Point it. Send it. Hike it. Shred till the snow melts. Lots of talk this year about the “dismal” season in Tahoe, but you make what you make of it, snow be damned.
Photo: Josh Staab
Curtis Woodman has been on fire as of late. Alaska lookout! Curtis is coming.
“Zak Hale is a sponge, he soaks up all the words of wisdom, advice and information while traveling on the road with the crew…he’s going to rule the world by the time he’s 25″ – Dean Blotto Gray
Talked with all around young radical dude Zak Hale for this week’s yobeat hump day feature. Happy hump day. Happy Leap day. Enjoy the interview with Zak.
Meeting Chris Carnel at 16 introduced me into a world of snow filled landscapes, professional snowboarding, desert lunar landings, skateparks, coffee shops, insane photography, reno and obscure punk and metal bands. Thanks, Chris. Your influence has been immense. Click here for an awesome read with Chris.
It’s been pretty grim and low tide out there everywhere (minus the northwest) this season. Curtis Woodman has been making it happen this season. This video will a test to that. Good on ya, Curtis. Snowboarding to Operation Ivy will get you mightily stoked too. Curtis shot this video in Chile, Montana and Washington state. Ride the white wave. Ride the white wave like Curtis.
Last week at Squaw. Still low tide. Pray, pray, pray.
“I thought it must surely be the fairest picture the whole world affords.” – Mark Twain on Lake Tahoe. 1861.
And just in case you missed Curtis Woodman’s part from the Comune video. You missed some bangers. So enjoy it now.
Woke up in Fresno County the other day. We were there to snowboard. Snowboard in Fresno County? Yup. China Peak Ski Resort is the spot to be exact.
Top of Chair 1.
We were there with next year’s 2012/2013 Santa Cruz Snowboards. Looking sick. Simpsons Snowboards, too.
Everybody gets hucky in the rail jam with a little help from their friends.
Style for miles. Definitely best jacket of the day. Best Ricky Henderson stance.
This dude was stylee.
Young ripper. Get out and shred friends. Shred some new places this season. Watch out for bears and security. Point it and go big. Leave the details to the pencil pushers. Over and out from Fresno County.
Santa Cruz Snowboards 2012/2013 line-up. Going to be a doozy. Bart pro model with Springfield style Santa Cruz font? Check. Homer board? Yes, please. Salba graphics, a powerlyte model with bamboo stringers, surf rocker reverse camber and a board that has a joint it. These boards will shred.
Headed north last week to Sacramento. The Golden Bear of Cal Expo awaited me. This bear kicks some major ass.
If you didn’t already know, Heckler Magazine is back up and rolling. Thanks JP for all the new gear.
&work is a new work wear brand out of San Francisco. Good stuff.
Javier Coupe from Boards N Motion with the new Burton skateboard, err, I mean, new Burton snowboard. Sick graphic.
It was getting pretty nipply over at the volcom booth.
I guess it’s better than having ass crack in your face at the vans booth.
It was tent city over at the nhs booth.
That’s a brown bear face mask and oven mitt to boot.
Corey Smith dressed his girlfriend up in black metal and it’s got to be the coolest capita board of 12/13 season and one of the best graphics of the year. Makes your eyes bleed and your penis hard.
One of Halldor Helgason’s Lobster snowboards. This is a rad board not too be missed.
Some of the Rome line-up for 12/13 season. That’s their splitboard second from the left.
Don’t pass up an opportunity to skate the granite skatepark when you are in Sacto.
Live from camp smokey where the fire danger is extreme. Over and out.
So, the holidays are over. And what did we learn this Christmas? Still piecing that one together. To give is better than to receive? Well, I wish we could receive some snow. In the meantime, here’s my festivus in photos.
Just a skier walking out of the woods. On dirt.
That said, Alpine Meadows was a lot of fun. You can get pretty rad and experimental with low snow conditions.
Snakes in the grass.
Where, oh where is Scooby Doo?
We’ve located shaggy.
He’s at the beach.
Until the snow falls, this video of Tahoe is really really cool.
If you haven’t already heard, yobeat.com is the best online snowboard rag on the planet. proof? just go to their fucking awesome site. They also make some of the best softgoods in the world, too. Pictured above is the mountain s/s and the mountain crew neck sweatshirt. Not sure if these will make you a better snowboarder, but they will make you a better looking snowboarder and isn’t looking the part all that really matters these days?
“Style is Everything” – Christian Hosoi
