Riders Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands
by michael on Nov.07, 2009, under Other News
It has been a year of wholesale changes all over the globe in terms of the way companies and people do business and live their lives. This has been the case for many reasons, but the most notable of the causes has to be the “global financial crisis” or “GFC” as many in the media [...]
Ken Block’s “Fastest Snowcat Ever” Project: The WRX TRAX Sti
by michael on Nov.03, 2009, under Other News
Ken Block looks like he has a pretty awesome life. He is an owner of DC, a rally car driver for Subaru, and in his spare time thinks up awesome ways to combine his two loves – rally car driving and snowboarding. Life is good at the top. It’s enough to make you want [...]
Trend Watch: Cross Country Snowboarding
by michael on Oct.31, 2009, under Other News
You read that right. Cross Country Snowboarding is the next big thing. And don’t think it won’t take off-with the passion these guys have for the sport, success is pretty much guaranteed. I’m thinking next Olympics this will out do the halfpipe as the most popular snowboard event. Tickets will sell out in seconds. The [...]
Eero Ettala’s “Tracking Eero” Series Episode 1
by michael on Oct.14, 2009, under Other News
I wrote a post about this series a little while back, and in it I talked about how amazing Eero’s riding was to see live. He just doesn’t look like missing anything. So I was quite looking forward to his new venture with Oakley, “Tracking Eero”. Basically this was his main project for the season [...]
Jeremy Jone’s First “Deeper” Teaser Drops
by michael on Oct.09, 2009, under Films
I have been waiting anxiously for this day ever since I first heard about the new project that (big mountain) Jeremy Jones was working on with TGR. Jones is basically one of my all time favorite riders and this project sounds so good that I can pretty much say right now that it will be [...]