Archive for 'Snowboarding'
Nate Langer of Northern Alliance
Posted onJun 01, 2010 by Landon.
I have been seeing big NA stickers on cars and snowboards just about everywhere I turn on Mt. Hood lately. It’s obvious that something cool is brewing over at Northern Alliance and it’s not just another Mt. Hood micro-brew. So I decided to catch up with Northern Alliance’s founder and owner Nate Langer to check [...]
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I ♥ timberlineparks.com
Posted onMay 26, 2010 by Landon.
Adrian Blair who runs the Timberlineparks website just wrote a review on the new Otto Lang park at Timberline. Here’s a quick clip from his review… “The rain and snow stopped just long enough to get some hot laps in Timberline’s new park, Otto Lang. In my 12 years of snowboarding there’s one thing I [...]
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Campus Rail Jam Tour – Portland
Posted onMay 25, 2010 by Landon.
The Campus Rail Jam Tour is grassroots shred movement dedicated to promoting the amateur ski and snowboard scene. We are after all you “up-and-comers”, all you kids who are “about to blow up”, yeah you. What’s that? You don’t have a deodorant sponsor or your own pro-model? Perfect, you will fit in just fine at [...]
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09/10 Winter Season Photo Contest
Posted onMay 21, 2010 by Landon.
As the winter season comes to a close here in the Northwest, we thought it would be a good time to reflect on how much fun we had over the last 8 months. The conditions were extremely variable on the mountain… powder, ice, rain, hail and everything in between. But there were plenty of perfect [...]
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Meadows and Paintbrush closing day
Posted onMay 17, 2010 by Landon.
This weekend marked the last day at Meadows, along with the closing of the lower portion of Timberline and Paintbrush park. It was a super fun year up at Mt. Hood with alot of variable good, and bad conditions to be had. The season started out with super early snowstorms in November that allowed the [...]
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Corey Caswell Interview
Posted onMay 15, 2010 by Landon.
There’s been a name echoing through the trees this winter up on Mt. Hood. Tales of a young up and coming rider with super unique style, and who is riding for all the right reasons. He’s having more fun then most people on the hill and he’s got a grin that will turn a frown [...]
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1994 Crust ReMastered DVD Premier – Bend Oregon’s finest from 93-96
Posted onMay 11, 2010 by Landon.
Northwest Boarder’s own Chris Willford was a Bend local for many years and was a huge part of the Northwest snowboard and skate scene during the mid 90′s. He is going to be there along with all of the legends from that area. If you live in Bend or are anywhere in the neighborhood, relive [...]
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Painting the sky blue
Posted onMay 09, 2010 by Landon.
After weeks of harsh winds and an overcast drizzly April, which some how seamlessly blended in with another 9 days of May Gray, the season decided to agree that yes… spring is finally here. The parks crew at Timberline knows exactly what to do with over 2 feet of new snow at the end of [...]
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Catching up with Scott Bannan and Jon Keenan from Auviq
Posted onApr 30, 2010 by Landon.
Scott Bannan and Jon Keenan are two Oregon locals who can be found ripping the Timberline parks on any given day during the winter. When they aren’t hitting the jumps or slashing some pow on Mt. Hood, they keep themselves plenty busy with their creative endeavors. I caught up with them to discuss the 09/10 [...]
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This is what snowboarding is all about
Posted onApr 15, 2010 by Landon.
A few weeks back Timberline was shut down due to storm control. But that can’t hold back Karim Hadid, Matt Hogan, Trevor Rome, or Mikey Fyans from having fun. A little muscle power and enginuity can turn a crappy day on the mountain into a photo opportunity. Matt Hogan / Road Gap / Photo: Hanson [...]
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Drew Smalley Interview
Posted onApr 08, 2010 by Landon.
Where did you grow up? Mendon, Vermont. Killington and Pico were my home mountains. How did you end up getting into photography? My Dad was into it so naturally I was too. When I was going to college I decided to combine two things I love, snowboarding and art. My girlfriend Hayley bought me my [...]
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