Girdwood, Alaska –November 15, 2007 – With the 130 inches that fell since November 1, Alyeska Resort mountain crews have been hard at work preparing the upper-mountain for the first opening of the 2007-2008 season. The upper mountain boasts 84 inches of snow pack, while midway has 48 inches, and the base has 22 inches.   Continue Reading »

ThirtyTwo and etnies have sifted through our sponsor me videos and have found three diamonds in the rough. Now it’s up to you, the voting public, to choose either Sean, Toni or Dan as your winner. One of these guys is going to be hooked up this season for sending us their sponsor me videos. Yeah, we are sweet.   Continue Reading »

Airblaster would like to take a second to say a big THANK YOU to all our retail stores, online partners and all customers. Airblaster takes its relationships with all business partners very seriously. We all love snowboarding and we love doing business with good friends. Since the Holiday season is fast approaching we would like to remind everyone to check out our Dealer Locater and Online Store Partners listed on our web site. Airblaster only works with the best and they can be found on www.myairblaster.com. Online stores such as Tactics, Milo, Porters, Eternal, Exit Real World, Moda 3, Dog Funk and of course the Airblaster AIR store are loaded with all the Airblaster gear you need as well as other great product. Many items from Airblaster are selling out fast so do not hesitate to check it out.   Continue Reading »

Mammoth Mountain, CA - Mammoth Mountain and the University of Southern California (USC) Ski and Snowboard Team brought snow to downtown Los Angeles yesterday for the first ever Snow Fest, held on the USC campus. Snow Fest is a winter ski and snowboard exposition featuring an open rail jam and product giveaways for Southern California college students.   Continue Reading »

Broomfield, Colo. – Nov. 15, 2007 – Resort officials from Breckenridge and Keystone announced they’ll open more terrain this weekend. Temperatures dropped into the teens last night allowing for productive snowmaking at both of the Summit County, Colo. resorts. The National Weather Service is predicting colder temperatures and a chance of snow showers this weekend with temperatures expected to dip back into the teens on Monday night and Tuesday night and, to sweeten the Thanksgiving pot, snow is in the forecast for Wednesday.   Continue Reading »

(Big Bear Lake, Calif. – November 2007) – The 2007 – 2008 season at Big Bear Mountain Resorts brings more fun, more excitement and more snow than ever before! With an additional $600,000 investment in its snowmaking system, this season Big Bear Mountain Resorts (BBMR) will be able to make more snow than ever before. New this season are a variety of amazing new terrain features, brand new jibs designed by the pros, plus BBMR hosts the High Cascade Snowboard Camp and tons of jib-tastic events all season long, including the first ever first ever Goofy vs. Regular Snowboard Contest during the Wide Open #5.   Continue Reading »

Rogue Status, the controversial, pridefully non-conventional, “luxury goods brand” - and Arbor, the surf/skate/snow industry’s forerunner in the use of environmentally friendly, beneficial materials, announced today that they will release 333 specially designed and numbered snowboards - a collaborative, limited offering that will be sold exclusively through select Arbor and Rogue Status dealers in the US and Canada.   Continue Reading »

Calgary, AB – November 15, 2007 – Lake Louise Mountain Resort kicked off its ski season on November 10th, and recent snows have provided a favourable first week of skiing and riding.   Continue Reading »

Lake Tahoe, CA (November 15, 2007) - A hand-picked group of fifteen girls will be rocking the Girl Powder logo on and off the slopes this season. From sunny California to quaint Wisconsin, and ranging from 11 to 29 years old, the eleven snowboarders and four skiers make up a unique team of powerful girls.   Continue Reading »

Vail, Colo. – November 15, 2007 – Vail Mountain resort officials announced today that they are moving the resort’s 2007-08 season opening day from Friday, Nov. 16 to Wednesday, Nov. 21. Snowmaking crews have been making snow on Born Free trail since Nov. 1, but early November snowmaking temperatures have been marginal. Last evening a cold front dropped into the region producing the first significantly cold temperatures that allowed for a great night of snowmaking.   Continue Reading »