Clay Marzo: SUPERhuman
Posted on Jun 03, 2010 by Landon.
SUPERbrand, maker of Clay Marzo’s surfboards, has actually begun receiving federal tax credits for the green energy generated by Clay’s signature tail-whips. The speed and frequency of Clay’s massive spins act in much the same way as a wind turbine, putting clean, non-petroleum-based energy back into the grid. SUPERbrand and Clay Marzo: Changing the world, [...]
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Nate Langer of Northern Alliance
Posted on Jun 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 on May 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 on May 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 on May 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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BC surfer Peter Devries kills it in a 5/4 hoodie
Posted on May 20, 2010 by Landon.
Last year Peter Devries won the O’Neill Cold Water Classic in Tofino, British Columbia. His win propelled both Peter and BC surfing into the spotlight in 2009. Everyone knows there’s sick surf all over the jagged coastline in BC and the North West. But after seeing Peter’s raw power and unique style as he demolished [...]
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Meadows and Paintbrush closing day
Posted on May 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 on May 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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Should have been there yesterday
Posted on May 14, 2010 by Landon.
A buddy and I surfed Wednesday evening at an undisclosed spot and scored some small, but really clean rippable waves. There was a slight North wind on it but the rock’s were protecting the surface from getting too bumpy. As the tide filled in there a little push in the size, and you could tell [...]
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1994 Crust ReMastered DVD Premier – Bend Oregon’s finest from 93-96
Posted on May 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 on May 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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