MFM and Torstein…
It’s another sick video from Torstein – this one featuring the riding of Mark Frank Montoya – as the two of them rip it up in the park at Northstar. Super smooth shreddin’ – enjoy!
Mid-Week Eye Candy: Socks and Locks
Two things to look at/think about this week…
Sterling snowboard socks
I’ve known about Sterling Socks for a while now. I follow Jamie Nicholls on twitter and he mentions them from time to time. I followed the links and took a look. Not heard of them before? Here’s the low-down:
“A snowboard sock company bought to you by Dan Wakeham and Nick Atkins with help from Jamie Nicholls, Ben Kilner and Aimee Fuller”
With people like that involved, I feel compelled to support them. I haven’t tried any of their socks yet, but they do look pretty sick. I’ll hook some up before the Breckenridge trip. Who knows, I might get some socks that I want for Christmas…
The Art of Flight: Review (and Soundtrack)
Have you seen it yet? If not, read this review. Looking for the soundtrack? It’s at the bottom. Here’s the review…
The riding is sick
First up, the snowboarding. With riders like Travis Rice, Nicholas Muller, Jake Blauvelt, and John Jackson, to name some of them, you’d expect the level of riding to be high. And it is.
As you’ll read further down, Travis Rice does display awesome snowboarding, but he’s not the only one. For example, there are a couple of really good sections with John Jackson – he didn’t get Rider of the Year for nothing.
Favourites parts? Hard to pick… I really like the opening section, “So Far Gone” and there are some awesome lines in “Revelstoked”. But my favourite is probably “The Wizard”. Good tune (“No Way”), great locations and build-up, with excellent riding mixed in.
The Reality – Full Movie by M.O.G Production
the Reality is a new snowboard film made be M.O.G Production. You can watch the full movie, here…
It’s about 30 minutes long, featuring some really nice riding, and good camera work too. The soundtrack definitely works for me. Check it out:
the Reality from M.O.G Production.
Should You Set Your Bindings Back In Powder?
For some people riding powder is effortless – and it shows. For others, the experience can be a mix of fun and frustration. One of the main difficulties riders face when riding in deeper snow, is keeping the nose of the board above the surface; stopping the board from digging in.
Have you been in this position before? Do you set your bindgins back to help out? Should you?…
Torstein – Le Side Hits
Torstein does a great job of mixing fun stuff with great riding in his videos – this example of some shredding in France (Chamonix) is no exception. Sure, there isn’t anything huge in here – but it’s still awesome. It’s gonna make you smile; check out “Le Side Hits”:
France #5 – Le Side Hits from Torstein Horgmo.
Mid-Week Eye Candy: Headphones, 360s and Rome SDS
For your consideration; three things worth looking at…
1. Decent headphones for the hill?
I’m on the look out for on-hill audio options. My current setup of earbuds plus helmet isn’t working for me. I wrap the wires around the helmet strap so I can pop them out and not worry about the dropping, but then it’s a pain to take the lid off…
Well, I’ve been watching a few videos from Torstein lately, and he’s always rocking some ‘phones in the park. So I checked out his setup – he’s using the Kicker HP201 Active-Style Headphones. Not that you should judge a book by the cover, especially with audio, but they don’t look that good. Plus, they’re really difficult to find. Anywhere.
8 All-Mountain Freestyle Snowboards for 2012
“All-Mountain Freestyle” – do we need that category of snowboard? If you’ve got a freestyle board, you’re probably going to ride it around the whole mountain, right?. Likewise, if you’ve got an all-mountain board because that’s your focus, there’s not much stopping you from pulling tricks on it. Can’t we make do with either “all-mountain” or “freestyle”?
Well, you might be thinking that “all-mountain freestyle” is useful. After all, these boards are trying to cater for both tasks, and for a lot of riders, that’s what they want. A freestyle board that works well everywhere! Or is it an all-mountain board that won’t be crap in the park?
There’s still quite a bit of variation within this in-between category. It’s a breeding ground for hybrid base profiles and there are quite a few boards firmly towards “freestyle” that claim to be great everywhere. Is this where your riding sits? Freestyle plus the whole mountain? Read on…
Comparison of base profiles
It wasn’t that long ago when all we had was regular camber, which you’ll find on a number of all-mountain boards as well as boards that are straight up freestyle/jib. As such, you’ll find them within all-mountain freestyle, too.
But rocker boards did come along, and did get very popular.
