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Help Bentley!

You may remember the lovely Bentley from Under the Radar part 1, which she helped to film. Well, she’s just informed us that her snowboard has been tragically stolen!

12.16.08

And we thought ski boots were bad

Occasionally, I scour the web for things that are not snowboard related. In fact, often times, those things are fashion related. Anyway, I came across some pictures of Ms. Victoria Beckham shilling her new perfume line at Macy’s in New York, and all I could think when I saw her footwear was “EGADS! I thought ski boots looked like a form of torture!”

09.29.08

Hidden Valley Ski Resort Closes

So after reading this article about this ski resort in St. Louis closing, I got to thinking… I would be SO PISSED if a resort just up and closed on me, especially if new owners didn’t plan on reopening it. Like, what would I do with my winter if my home mountain closed? It would be so inconvenient, not to mention sad that the place you first learned to snowboard was no more. And you’d waste so much gas trying to get to the next “local” hill. I don’t think I have much to worry about, especially come this winter… but either way, I’m sorry for those of you in St. Louis. That sucks.

09.12.08

A Poem

Let me preface this by saying I am NOT a poet. However, a few glasses of wine will get you thinkin’ about how much this time of year actually sucks. It’s RIGHT on the cusp of being cold. You can feel it. Websites get updated, new product is everywhere, ticket/pass prices are posted… Winter is only 2-3 months away. So here it is. I’ve entitled it, ever so eloquently, “Summer sucks.” Enjoy.

09.01.08

Snotty Skiers. Meh

So I’m walking around the bar tonight handing out cheaply made t-shirts and baseball caps for a beer that shall remain nameless (I’m a liquor promoter. I don’t just randomly cheer lead for alcohol companies.) Anyway, I come to a table, give them my spiel on why they should order said beer, and somehow we got on the topic of winter. This doesn’t surprise me, as I have a one track mind.

08.22.08

The New “Tight Pants”

If you’ve read the interviews in the Betties section of our site, you’ve seen that most people stated that the worst trend in snowboarding has been tight pants on the hill. I hate to admit it, but I’ve almost gotten so used to seeing this that it’s not such a big deal to me anymore. Now something else has taken its place.. Unzipped Jackets. Why are so many shredders rocking the open jacket…I don’t really get it? It’s one thing to have your jacket/hoodie zipped up half-way, but another to have it flapping around in the wind and wing-like when you jump. Sometimes, at least to me, it makes tricks look sloppier. And, when you eat it there’s way more snow down your pants/sleeves/shirt than normal.

08.17.08

Anti Core

As long as snowboarding has been around, there has always been an attitude the that we were an underground sport, that we were “core”. To this day, people still feel this image exists and strive to try and maintain a sense of “core”. I won’t deny that I was one of these people for years, but as snowboarding changed, and I grew older my idea of what snowboarding is has moved forward with the times. However, many people and companies still stick to this image as if it is the end-all-be-all of what snowboarding represents.

08.04.08

Reason #846 Why WInter is Better Than Summer

During the winter, everyone doesn’t run their ACs 24/7, thereby causing a transformer to explode and lie sparking in the street for an hour, causing the electric company to turn of the power all night. Fortunately, the apartment buildings who were probably responsible for this overuse of power all have their own generators, so they weren’t screwed. Unfortunately, I live across the street from these buildings, not in them, and had no power. Yay for summer

07.24.08

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