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Snowboarding on a Budget
Snowboarding is a rich kid sport. With $100 plus lift tickets and tons of necessary gear, how could it not be? Last spring we posted the summer plans of the pros, including Hood trips and more and a...
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Hump Day Gets Inspired by Leanne Pelosi
Outerwear modeling. Photo courtesy Airblaster Leanne Pelosi is one of the most dominant women in snowboarding. Not just “women’s snowboarding,” but snowboarding over all. Her attitude, charm and work...
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How to Spot a Gay Snowboarder
All photos courtesy of Ski-bums.org Thanks to androgynous snowboard gear and lots of layers, it can be hard to tell if someone is male or female on the hill, much less judge their sexual preference,...
View ArticleA Hump Day Retrospective with Think Thank
After years of producing local Alaskan videos with Jason Borgstede as JB Duece, Jesse Burtner had the desire to take the snowboard video to another level. A more cerebral celebration of snowboarding,...
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So I Went to the 2013 Winter Dew Tour
A wise man once said there are two types of snowboarding. Capital S Snowboarding — all the corporate-sponsored, mainstream, made-for-TV bullshit and lower case s snowboarding, the actual activity as...
View ArticleThe 3rd Annual Smash Life Banked Slalom at Big Sky
Montana is basically the only place out west getting snow, so a mellow 15-hour drive each way was a no brainer, especially when timed with the 3rd Annual Smash Life Banked Slalom on January 4, 2014....
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Bjorn Leines’ No Handed Hump Day
Photo: Phillip Kammerer While two broken arms have him laid up in the Minnesota backwoods right now, Bjorn Leines is using his downtime wisely. He was among the group of snowboarders in the Wasatch...
View ArticleSo I’m at ISPO…
Trade shows are trade shows, no matter what language everyone is having the same conversation over and over in, but after years of attending SIA, this year I decided to dip into the massive Yobeat...
View ArticleBest of ISPO: Fresh off the Hill
Yes there is all sorts of fancy new product, banging graphics, and exciting innovations at ISPO, but of all the things I’ve discovered here in Germany is Fresh off the Hill. Basically the coolest thing...
View ArticleISPO 2014: The Final Gallery
ISPO is officially over. My legs hurt, my back hurts and my brain hurts, but the final verdict is the show wins in the battle against SIA. It’s overall mellower, more welcoming, and ya know, in Europe....
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Three Days in France
The city of Grenoble, France sits in a valley carved out millions of years ago by a glacier. In every direction you look, huge peaks jut up towards the sky. Some are topped with castles, but on most,...
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YoBeat’s ALL CAPS Review: The Flow Darwin
THE FLOW DARWIN IS OF THE ILK OF THE POWDER BOARD THAT BRANDS AND PROS ARE SO KEEN ON. IT SEEMS PEOPLE WHO SNOWBOARD ARE GETTING OLDER AND WANT TO PUT LESS EFFORT INTO SNOWBOARDING WITH THE SAME...
View ArticleRoss Powers Wins the 2nd Annual Mike Baker Banked Slalom
After the gauntlet at last year’s Mike Baker Banked Slalom, it seemed unlikely a quaint, family-owned resort like Ragged Mountain would let a bunch of NHD’s come back for more. But despite the ice...
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The First Annual Slash and Berm Banked Slalom
Killington is my home mountain. I mean, I ride at Mt Hood these days, but Killington is where I learned to snowboard and hold many fond memories of my youth. So when the ultimate East Coast event...
View ArticleAnd Finally, Last Call 2014!
East Coasters go hard. It doesn’t matter if the park is a block of ice, it’s well below zero, or anyone is paying attention. When it comes to riding snowboards, the kids who call New England home are...
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Five More Brands You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Wouldn’t it be cool to run your own snowboard brand? Not talking about making actual snowboards here, but ya know, the accessories that make up the lifestyle, man. Think about it. You’d get to live...
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Hump Day Merges with Kevin English and Tim Windell
Ben Rice gets slashing at HCSC. Photo: Eddy Densow April Fools Day is hands down the worst day ever on the Internet. You can’t believe anything you read and if you do, well, you’re a fool. So when...
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Gateway Parks Bring Snowboarding to the City
With years as a pro snowboarder, event planner and course builder under his belt, Ryan Neptune set out on his most lofty proposition yet: To own and operate a ski area. But with a little research, he...
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Ben Hucke Goes Snowboarding (For the First Time Ever)
While we’ve all just been sitting around talking about whether snowboarding is dying or not, a committee of industry types was actually assembled to ensure it’s success. Now this think tank of brand...
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Brandon Hammid’s Hump Day Takeover
Brandon Hammid, aka Buff Moose is not your average pro snowboarder. He didn’t start snowboarding until he was 19, and then it was only because there was a small resort near where he was stationed in...
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