During the early growth phase of snowboarding one of the significant moments was when an article about the little-known sport appeared in the the February 1978 edition of Playboy. Disappointingly it had nothing to do with the drugs and sports headline on the front page, or the outer-space sex headline for that matter..,

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...

To fulfil our strange need to tidy up the internet by grouping things together, this week we've created a collection of the finest vintage ski movie posters. What we've learned from this is that ski movies fall into 4 distinct groups; war, romance, frolics and porn...

Featuring the best monoski invention you'll see this week...

Did you know that Pat Moore has no penis? Read all about it here, along with nine other things you need to know...

Just a little more Olympic art work and news for the end of the week....