Thursday, August 28, 2014

The now sadly long-defunct Snurfing News first hit the shelves in March 1979. The first edition covered some of the seminal events of early snowboard/Snurfing history including an actual in-competition straight air and a full 360° turn. Let's take a look at all four pages of it...

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

The other day we stumbled across what could possibly be one of the most inane snowboard blog posts ever. A company called Custom Ink, in an attempt to drum up some orders for their t-shirt printing business, decided to produce an inspiration list of skiing and snowboarding phrases that people could have on their shitty matching vacation t-shirts. Take a look. They've managed to think-up some of the blandest and worst possible t-shirt slogans that are perfect examples of the sort of inane shit you see around ski resorts or chocking up your Facebook. We thought we'd see if it was possible to take this truly uninspiring list and turn them into something even remotely creative...

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

I haven't tried it myself because as British man I work best in a constant pent-up state, but for a lot of snowboarders yoga is a key part of their lifestyle. It certainly makes up a dominant proportion of the Instagram output of professional female snowboarders like...

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Ever wanted the main feature of your snowboarding to be your brightly coloured arse? If you have, a company in Japan has come up with just the answer: introducing the Anthem Powgard...

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

If you ever find yourself searching for a picture of an avalanche, one of the strange things you'll find is a proliferation of avalanches formed by ethereal snow horses. We decided to find out who the culprit was...

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

GoPros look really silly, but before they were invented things were even more strange, like Formula 1 legend Jackie Stewart here, styling it out with a movie camera and a can of spam strapped to his head. Let's take a quick look at some of the incredible predecessors of the GoPro...
 
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