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Sass Global Travel launched it’s new and greatly anticipated Facebook page this week. It’s a pretty sick page too and will guarantee to have all the latest and greatest SGT happenings on it. Become a fan now and they’ll take you to Argentina for some summer riding for free, via the web anyway.
It’s May but there’s still plenty of jbbin to be done at the Whale. $15 gets you an afternoon of rail slaying with a chance to take home some swag. There’s nothing like a solid summer sesh.
Zero Gravity camps have been offering skiers and riders a unique summer camp experience for 16 years. Summer is the best time to improve your on snow skills and Zero Gravity’s skate park, trampoline, foam pit, and summer jib set-up along with excellent coaching mean you get the most our of your summer. Past pro coaches include: Nick Martini, Lucas Magoon, Shea Flynn, Tyler Lynch, Alex Martini, Dylan Lynch, among others. Camp sponsor “Ski The East” Check out the details about Zero Gravity summer camps online.
With 6-12″ inches of fresh stuff on the way, Crotched Mountain will be back open again this weekend with 100% terrain and mid-week prices. Spring is the best time to ride and there’s only a small window so hit it up while it’s good.
We take the action to lake tahoe as Thuggin on the Box invades the weekly Saturday Night Contest at Brothers BBQ and Grill. The fiercest Tahoe jibbers throwdown weekly. This will be the final showdown in a so-cal vs norcal shred battle winner takes all. Live performances by DJ CRIME #1 Video DJ in the world and AZ REDSMOKE of the Dubstep Kings! Special fashion show with the lovely ladies of Zsu Swimwear!! hosted by Dirty D and the Snowdogg this is sure to be an event you wont want to miss!
Stop #3 is dedicated to the memory of Scott Serchen who succumbed to his battle with Metastatic Colon Cancer on January 18, 2010. Scott was a long time snowboarder and a big supporter of non profit snowboard causes with his organization Hive Projects in South Lake Tahoe.
With $10K on the line, you know you’re gonna see some heavy hitters throwin’ down. The Carinthia Open Finals popped off this Saturday and they didn’t disappoint. The park staff had a dope slopestyle setup on Inferno as usual with boxes rails and some 50ft+ booters to huck off. We won’t bore you with all the details but check out the pics and winners breakdown below. On a sidenote too, Carinthia is ridiculous!!! Get up there and check it out before the season is over. More features than you shake a jib-stick at and it’s constantly changing. Such a good time…
Men’s Snowboard Pro:
1. Hunter Wood
2. Kyle Dorfman
3. Jack scheufele
Men’s Ski Pro:
1. Chris Laker
2. Jamieson Irvine
3. Jack Strain
Female Ski Pro:
1. Dara Howell
2. Jackie Kling
3. Emmanuelle Blanchett
The Carinthia Open features the best slopestyle skiers and riders in the country. This mega-event takes place on Inferno, the only trail in the world to host both the X-Games and Dew Tour. $10k in cash will be given out to pros with boatloads of prizes for our top ams. Pro Cash Purse and Amateur Sponsor Prizes for top 3 finishers in each competition. UPDATE: Skier entries are full but there’s still plenty of room for snowboarders and snowboarding finals will now be held on Saturday. Signup now by visiting the event page.
Payout details:
Men’s SS (ski & ride)
1st = $2000
2nd = $1200 3rd = $750
Women’s SS (ski & ride)
1st = $600
2nd = $300
3rd = $150
It went down in grand fashion this weekend at Mountain High for the second stop of the “Thuggin on a Box” Fundraiser rail jam tour sponsored by Tyrant Snowboards, S4 Optics, Grenade Gloves, Party Snake, IS Design, Ballers Choice, Vulgar Villains, Axtion Magazine, Blaze1, Annenberg, Steez Magazine, Couchboys, Thug Bunniez, Explosive Industries, Civilian Clothing, The Horror Project, Nothings Changed, Ellis, Bad Boarderz and Thug Krew Snowboarding. Over 45 riders registered for the event and all proceeds of the event were donated to the leukemia & lymphoma society, over $350 in honor of Chuck Allen, founder of USASA and co founder of NFFA who passed away on Valentines Day. Chuck was a legend a great man and a legend, he helped build the biggest amateur snowboard competition in the world, and helped more kids achieve there snowboard dreams than most realize. “We ride for Chuck” proclaimed Snowdogg as they kicked off the riders meeting. The crowd was able to enjoy the groovin’ sounds of the Blinding Ash, The Skeletones and the Speaker Junkeez while event host “Dirty D” called the tricks, repped the sponsors and freestyled to the bangin dubstep and hip-hop beats dropped by the DJ on the course. After a quick tally by the Snowdogg announced the finals and everyone threw down there hardest to try and walk away victorious when the spring slush settled it was Nick Guin who walked away with first.
MENS FINALS
1. Nick Guin 2. JD Floen 3. Jared McDaniel
WOMENS FINALS
1. Victoria Flores 2. Kaz Palomino 3. Jenny Johnson
BEST TRICK
Brendon Simons – the hardway 450
GROMS FINALS
1. Colby Lazerette 2. David Arnold 3. Nick Stroter
SKIERS FINALS
1. Alex Gawer 2. Alexa Chadilton 3. Micah Tirre
photos by Michael Stuart, Jody Glaza and Jason Anderson
Thuggin on a rail.
Thug podium.
Thuggette podium lookin good…
Thuggin on a single barrel.
The Skeletones tearin down the house.
This Saturday March 12th is Crotched Mountains Annual Big Air Event. This years event is jam style and open to skiers and riders ages 16 and up. Just $25 to enter and there’s a $500 cash purse, new skies, snowboards, boots bindings and plenty more. Head over to Crotched if you just wanna chill too and catch some live music. Event starts at noon. See ya there.
Last Saturday night kicked off the 3rd Annual Amesbury Spring Splash at Amesbury Sports Park in Mass. The event featured live music all day and night from Flyrock Records’ 17 different artists. The highlight was the big air comp under the lights. Skiers and boarders took advantage of the spring-like conditions to throw down pretty hard. We saw lots of front flips, back flips, corks, 7′s and rodeos. Not bad for the super sticky snow. The skiers were all pretty sick which made judging extremely hard. We apologize for not having your names, just your jacket colors…. There was a $1,000 cash up for grabs and it was split between the two groups. At the end of the day Steve from the Sunapee region took home first, Jonny D took second, and Justin Healey third. Props to everyone who came out. The bands played straight into the night and kept the bar busy. Good beer, food, friends, music, snowboarding – Good night!
If In Life on the deck.
Practice.
Branding, anyone?
Waitin’ to drop.
Big grab under the cat lights.
Steve as usual…
Justin Healey was on his game all night.
Winners circle. Not quite champagne but as close as it gets in this industry.
Rio Bravo put on a good show. Pretty girls wear flannel too… ^
The seventh annual Downtown Throwdown rocked Keene, NH on Saturday, March 5th with the biggest railjam yet. Held beside the skate park, Downtown Throwdown brought out over 40 riders and skiers to session the sick set up: down-flat-down, down box, 2 corrugated pipes and a walker ledge to drop over a set of lime green Downtown Throwdown lockers, constructed by the Granite Gorge Terrain Park crew. Beneath overcast skies and temps in the 40’s, skiers and riders competed in both grom and 16 + categories in front of judges Aaron Hyer, Nick Marsland, and Ted McGreer, owner of Ted’s Shoe and Sport in Keene, NH. Dave Morin was emcee on the mic all day, shouting out to all of the sponsors! When Dave was asked about the event he said “It was by far the biggest event he’s ever done for Granite Gorge.” Forty five minutes of shredding features later, the judges narrowed it down to five skiers and riders, respectively, as well as 6 groms. After a tough elimination round and some gnarly tricks in the finals, the winners were revealed:
Snowboarders:
1. Matt Schaffer
2. Steven Lauder
3. Cody Delano
Skiers:
1. Taylor McIntosh
2. Ryan Anderson
3. Keenan Hawkins
Schaffer took home a custom-made, bamboo, 7th annual Downtown Throwdown Bean board and McIntosh received a set of K2 skis donated by Norm’s Ski and Bike. Tanner Bearson placed first for the groms, Dan Jones won Best Trick, and Liz Elia snagged first in the women’s “108″ division. We asked the riders how they felt about the railjam this year, and Cody Delano said it best, “It’s pretty sweet.” Mad props to all the skiers and riders who came out to shred, all the sponsors and spectators who came to toss out swag and support the event, and the Granite Gorge Terrain Park crew for holding it down; we had a blast. We are definitely stoked on an even bigger event next year!
-Cat Reagan
Press that nose son!
He knows what’s up.
Only metal corrugated for the Dtown Throwdown.
Put those arms down!
First time we’ve seen lockers built into a feature…
Ooooooo. Custom Bean bamboo board for the winner.
Lotsa corrugated action all day.
Keene came out.
Front board on the DFD. Chea!
Mid-tranny handplant.
The product toss. Can you spot the Canadian?
Tuesday and Wednesday are the annual On-Snow Demo days for the New England Region at Loon Mountain, NH for the first time. Previously the demos were held at Stratton Mountain in Vermont. Basically it’s the time for shop rats, marketing folks, local pros and industry heads alike to congregate on mountain for a couple days of fun. The event isn’t open to the public but it’s pretty lax and you’re more than welcome to peruse some of the new product on the DL. Shop workers are encouraged to demo as much of next years product as they’d like, whether it be boards or bindings, to helmets, goggles and boots. Try one, try all. The parks were nicely done and with bluebird skies, it made for a great day of riding too. Loon had more in store once demoing wrapped up. The Hard Days Night Wall Ride comp kicked off at 5pm and there wasn’t a shortage of talent to throw down on the new setup. Shaun Murphy consistently went big and took the top spot for the night. Mad style kid! Of course there were plenty of apres and afterparty’s in store for the night. It wouldn’t be a snow event without partying, would it? All in all, a pretty sick day if you were lucky enough to hit the mountain.
Pick one…
Turnin’ screws.
ThirtyTwo Loon Mountain collab boot = hot!
New Dragon goggles.
Rome’s new board lineup.
BF/GF teamwork.
Bross Dross and Halby holdin’ it down!
Canadian demos on the side. Shhh.
Couple a local shreds.
Wall Ride Comp. Chea!
