Hitting Kickers

Following the conviction of two snowboarders in France for manslaughter after a teenager died in an avalanched they caused, another snowboarder has been sentenced to 6 months imprisonment in the States, Jackson Hole News reports:
Greg Doda, 18, of Crownsville, Md., had pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide, a misdemeanor, and received a one-year sentence Wednesday […]

With the cold weather finally upon us, not much real snowfall to speak of and the busy Christmas holidays to deal with, isn’t it about time we saw the snow cannons in action?
Morzine today is starting to resemble the golf course it was looking like a couple of weeks back. The snowfall was short-lived […]

… that’s what it takes to get the slopes ready for us to use when the winter comes round, acording to pistehors.com.
One of the consequences of climate change is that snow depths are thinner, particularly at the start of the season. Snow canons can be used to lay down base but they are costly to […]

As the Alps start getting a bit more snow, Val Thorens kicks of their season proper this Saturday with Boarderweek.
Boarderweek sounds like Snowbombing in some respects… a combination of riding by day and live music and DJ’s by night.

I’ve got a soft spot for Val Thorens. It was the resort where I first strapped […]

Check out this video of Wade (TreePilot) and pals doing tree runs on the openning day at Kicking Horse, Canada…

Looks like a good amount of fresh pow. Nice one.

“No friends on a powder day”
…aint that the truth sister

I’ve had a pair of Electric EG1’s since February, and more recently 2 pairs, but only wore them for the first time recently in Cervinia and Zermatt.

Here’s the review:

Having suffered in the past with sunglasses and goggles steaming up, I was desperate to get a pair of goggles that wouldn’t give me any of that […]

An education and a cool little vid to boot.

I picked this up via Snowbroader and Highly Obsessed. Check their blogs out. Well worth a read.

In three weeks time I’m off to Morzine for ten days, staying over New Year. Really looking forward to it. There’s a good group of us going, including my girlfriend who will be snowboarding for the first time. Good on her! The only thing we need now is some snow…
So, I’ve […]

Just watched this video. All I can say is base jumping is a nutcase activity.

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I found another snowboard orientated fitness program that looks pretty good. This one was set up by Ron McConnell, who trained Jake Burton after an accident acording to the website.
Since snowboarding involves many multi-joint movements that require a mixture of strength, balance, and flexibility, the conditioning program should reflect the same. The focus of […]

“Never call last run”
…for or risk the moutain hex of certain doom by injury.

Spotted an article the other day about a snowboarder who got lost on the hill on his final run of the day (never call last run).
When Jay Blair realized his core body temperature was dropping, he knew he couldn’t just let the cold take over. A couple hours into a long night, he built a […]

I’m often left drooling by some of the photos that get posted at JP’s Backcountry Blog, and today is no exception. I’m particularly loving these 2 photos posted today:

There’s loads more good stuff in the full post, see for yourself.