Also this week: How to pronounce Obergurgl...

A couple of weeks ago we shared some impressive vintage car ads that two guys produced for Pontiac, that featured some awesome cars and lecherous blokes. Since then we found a site called Vintage Ad Browser and another batch of ski-inspired vintage car ads from the 20s onwards (skip to the end if you just want to get drunk). Things start of well with some seriously high-class vehicles, but by the 70s the options had seriously deteriorated...

This might just be the most significant contribution Australia has made to snowboarding since they gave us that fat lad that hangs around with Danny Kass...

The Freeze Festival has been running for years in different guises in various spots around London. I think they must plan the thing each year using a map of the city, a blindfold and a dart. This year it's gone south to Clapham Common and there's been a few changes. Here's why I'll be going...

Also this week: A mind-blowing Japanese computer game, a snowmobile with guns and the worst Christmas present ever...

Yes, that's a skier strapped to the top of a land speed car. Why? Who the fuck knows, but there's been a whole load of skiers who have given this a try...

I've been to Tignes quite a few times. It's a good resort, reasonably priced, good snow, decent nightlife, big terrain and no nonsense. I'd recommend it. That's not how the Tignes marketing department promote it though, they want to try and make it a little more sexy. They decided they had a target market of "audacious people" and wanted a campaign that would appeal to them, which needed to be "sexy, offbeat, young, dynamic and original". Here's what came out of that brainstorm. Are you Tignes?...

Just 102 days left until Christmas. We've got it covered...

Can't wait for winter? Here's a quick fix for you...

Just, wow...

Here's a little trend in poster design we found with three talented artists getting in on the action...

In February 1959, nine Russian ski hikers trekked off in to the wilderness and died horribly in very strange circumstances. Now they've made a movie...

This is excellent...

Signal's design a snowboard competition is on to the voting stage and there's just 5 days to get your votes in. As we've seen before the voting on these comps is completely nuts, so to save everyone a lot of time and effort here are the results...

One of the problems with Facebook is that it makes you feel like everyone else is incredibly talented and their having loads more fun than you. In reality only a small number of people are doing anything remotely interesting at any point, but with a couple of hundred friends your going to constantly see someone having a great day, and the rest of the effect is just your mind playing tricks (this effect is only slightly counterbalanced by another small group of people who spend their time posting incredibly dull updates on their pets). The only known exception to this rule are the poor bastards who happen to be friends with Mike 'Aemka' Knobel, because he really is more talented and having more fun than everyone else, every single minute of every damn day...