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• Carving Through History With C Carving Through History With Chuck Barfoot Part One: The Old Days

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    With each year that passes, the opportunity for seeing, meeting, and speaking with a snowboarding legend diminishes. The passing of Tom Sims last September is a stark reminder of this. The ranks of the original riders, the guys who took what we would consider simple wooden or fiberglass planks to the snow, are fading fast. On Friday February 1st at the SIA Snow Show, I was fortunate enough to come across one of the original riders. I was lucky enough to meet Chuck Barfoot.
    
    After speaking to Chuck and his board-building partner Ernie Delost, I was nearly at a loss of words. I had never met a stranger who had lived through so much snowboarding history, let alone helped to create it. I knew I needed to learn more about this man. Before he parted to meet with old friends on the snow show floor, I asked if he would be willing to do a brief interview with me the next day.
     
    Being simply a down to earth guy, he agreed to come back the next morning and speak with me for fifteen minutes. This fifteen-minute meeting turned into a thirteen-minute interview plus another twenty minutes of great conversation, just talking, laughing, and enjoying the snow show vibe.
    
    Chuck Barfoot is a humble, inspiring, and truly good man. We should be thankful he loves snowboarding so much, because without him we might still be riding wooden boards with black grip tape and skyhooks for bindings (ok, it probably wouldn’t be that bad).
    
    This is Chuck’s story.
    
    The Old Days
    
    Chuck Barfoot started surfing in Beach Haven, New Jersey in 1961. Nine years later, in 1970, he moved to Santa Barbara, California and was living with Tom Sims. Chuck was well positioned to help craft the snowboarding industry that we know today, but he didn’t know it.
    
    It was 1977; he was working for Tom Sims, building prototypes and doing research and development on the classic skateboards and surfboards that Sims produced. At this point, he had never even touched his feet on a board and placed that board on the snow. He was a surfer and a skater. He had no idea how much his life would change.
    
    One day, Tom Sims approached Barfoot with a project Bob Webber and Tom had worked on. According to Barfoot, it was a “yellow plastic ski board with a skateboard deck on it.” It had black grip tape, and skyhooks for the riders’ feet. The board worked, but it had some problems.
    
    The grip tape would pack with snow, and the skyhooks were permanently mounted regular or goofy. There was no switching the skyhooks from regular to goofy, or vice versa. At the time, these snowboards were a rare thing (the word “snowboard” wasn’t even used yet). If you had a board, you wanted to share it with all your friends. With the skyhooks mounted only in one direction, if your friend was regular and you were goofy one of you was simply out of luck.
    
    Tom Sims approached Barfoot with the crude snowboard device and said, “What can we do to fix these problems?” Barfoot gave the board a quick look up and down and replied, “Well first, get rid of the black grip tape.” He replaced the standard black tape with a sheet of clear plastic grip tape, and then sprayed the board with a coat of silicon to help relieve the skate deck from packing with snow. Thinking about how to fix the skyhook problem, Barfoot took rubber bungee cord and bolted it to the top of the skate deck, running from tip to tail. Instead of having a set mounted position, a regular-footed rider could now stand on it, set his feet underneath the bungee, ride down a hill, and then hand the deck over to his goofy-footed friend.
    
    Snowboarding could now be shared.
    Sims knew Barfoot was onto something. Shortly after this, Sims approached Barfoot again and asked, “How about building me a fiberglass prototype of a board I built like in 1963?“ Always the tinkerer, Barfoot began working on what he described as, “a little four foot bullet with a v-bottom.”
    
    At this point, it was 1978 and Chuck Barfoot had still never ridden a snowboard, a snurfer, or even one of those plastic ski boards. Barfoot finished his fiberglass copy and knew he could do better. He took the board back to Tom Sims and immediately said; “I can build something way better.”
    
    Sims told Barfoot to go for it, and go for it Barfoot did. He wanted to craft a board that would let surfers and skaters like him carve through snow just like they were surfing or skating.
    Barfoot began designing his first snowboard in his head; “The idea was like putting two skis together, with camber and channels.” The channels ran along the sidecut of the board, allowing loose snow to flow (at this point, boards were only made for riding powder). He started by building a mold, “a solid rectangular fiberglass shape, with camber, v-shape, nose and tail lift, and sidecut.” After the mold was complete, Barfoot built his first snowboard.
    
    It was time for him and Bob Webber to begin the nearly thousand-mile journey from the Southern California Coast to entry three between the Snowbird and Alta ski resorts. At the time, entry three was a series of switchbacks winding up the mountain. He had no idea that his life was about to change forever.
    
    We aren’t all lucky enough to first experience snowboarding riding in 18 inches of champagne Utah powder on Christmas day, but lucky for us, Barfoot was.
    
    “I remember taking off, taking my very first toe and heel turns, 15 yard beautiful carves all the way down the freaking mountain.” Chuck reminisced. He wore a red, white, and blue jersey, and after getting to the bottom he grabbed his board, held it high above his head, and screamed. “YEAHHH!”
    
    Chuck Barfoot and Bob Webber weren’t the only ones enjoying a miraculous Christmas. By some stroke of luck, fate, or both, they spotted another rider, sporting a snurfer-like board with a rope on the nose, coming down the mountain. It ended up being Jeff Grell’s older brother, Jay (Jeff was one of the designers of the highback binding).
    
    Barfoot was amazed. “We were like ‘Oh my god!’ So we snowboarded together all day long.” The three pioneers enjoyed a day of powder, laughter, and camaraderie that truly created history. To this day, riders across the world unknowingly seek to emulate those three young men as they search for that perfect day of freedom, riding, and friendship.
    
    Barfoot continued to work for Sims for the next several years. But that day was the real beginning of Barfoot Boards. His mind and more importantly his heart were in it. He worked hard, building one of a kind snowboards. Each new board was a little bit different from the last, a little lighter, just a bit more flex, a new shape.
    
    “I did about fifteen different models until I had boards that worked, really-really well.” He described his motivation for building boards. “It was basically just to surf snow.”
    With such a simple goal in mind, Chuck lovingly built boards for Sims until the 1980 – 1981 season, when he left Sims Snowboards and founded Barfoot Boards. He continued to build individually crafted snowboards and skateboards for the next twenty odd years. Until, around the 2003 – 2004 season, his company had grown too large. It was out of control and unfocused. It became such a problem, that he decided to stop producing snowboards (he continued to craft surf-style longboard skateboards under the Barfoot brand).
    
    Chuck didn’t sound happy as he said this. “Things were being done for not the right reasons. It was more about money and all that stuff.” Chuck was fed up with the corporatism that had invaded his, and so many other good companies.
    
    “My philosophy has always been, build something really good, that works. Take care of someone and they'll be back, and your company will grow and the money will come with that. And that's not the corporate world. And I am so far away from the corporate world.”
    
    Fast-forward ten years, and lucky for us, those same snowboard corporations, the mass media, and most importantly, the internet, created a huge market for snowboarding. The market was so big, that people wanted something smaller, something personal. People began demanding a product made just for them.
    “The internet got so many people getting ahold of me saying, ‘You need to be building boards again. My fifteen year old Barfoot is at the end of its road, I need a new board.’ So my old partner, Ernie Delost, him and I got back together again. So him and I, we are hand building the boards in his factory.
    
    We design them together. We hand build them in house, and that’s just what I love doing. So that’s why I'm building boards again. It’s for the right reasons.” As Chuck said this, the grin on his face widened to remind me of a child’s first visit to a toy store, his mind hungry for the possibility of building even greater adventures.
    
    What really amazed me about my meeting with Chuck Barfoot was his willingness to become my friend after just speaking a few words with me. I never once caught a rude tone come out of his mouth, and it was hard to catch him without a smile. The word that kept coming up was “personable.” With his business, Chuck wanted to, and still wants to create a personal connection with every single one of his customers (and many more lucky people, like me). He was also very humble. It never once seemed like he was boasting, or trying to make what he did out for more than it was. Long after our interview was over, and just before we said our goodbyes, Chuck Barfoot left me with one last history lesson.
    
    “All credit really goes to Dimitrije Milovich, Winterstick founder. He was the one that set the right direction. P-tex base, sidecut, steel edges, swallowtails — it was straight up surfing on powder-no rope attached.”
    
    Remember to check back later this week for part two, “Barfoot is Back,” a sneak peek at the new Barfoot Boards.
    
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• News: Ex-Forum Rider Austen Sw News: Ex-Forum Rider Austen Sweetin Signs Binding Deal With NOW

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    - Sweetin brings street to the team but kills it in the backcountry -
    
    WHISTLER, BC – One of the biggest up-and-comers in snowboarding, Austen Sweetin is also one of the most complete rider’s strapped into a snowboard today. Hailing from the powder-choked and coffee-drenched Pacific North West, Sweetin loves coffee, throws down large in the backcountry, and he kills it in the streets. With a huge bag of tricks and tons of passion to shred combined with his next generation PNW style, Sweetin has already begun etching his name alongside the PNW greats.
    
    Peter Line, one of the most innovative snowboarders of all time, says, “It’s hard not being stoked on a snowboarder shorter than me and one from my local Ski Acres. Austen is sick. He’s an all-around rider who loves snowboarding to death, which in my eyes is more important than anything.”
    
    JF Pelchat and NOW Bindings are very excited to have Sweetin join the NOW team as it grows to include some of the most progressive and diverse riders on the planet today.
    
    “I’m super stoked to have a young blood Northwest rider on NOW," Pelchat said. "Austen is everything a snowboarder wants to be: he can ride and kill everything – pow, park, or urban – he does it all.”
    
    Sweetin, who also moonlights with some skateboard sponsors, loves the skate-influenced bindings, a perfect match to his skate-influenced riding style.
    
    “I’m excited to be apart of a binding company created by snowboarders and influenced by skateboarding,” Sweetin said.
    
    From big lines in Alaska charged by snowboard veteran and NOW team rider Jeremy Jones to up-and-comer Austen Sweetin slaying it in the streets, NOW’s revolutionary binding design and Skate-Tech technology is just as at home in the backcountry as it is in the urban stomping grounds of today’s street scene. Built around the NOW IPO hanger, the worlds’ first skate-influenced binding is the most innovative and progressive binding on the market today and offers riders a smoother and more precise ride. The future is NOW.

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• Video: Baby Parkour And Nitro Video: Baby Parkour And Nitro Circus Live In London - Roner Vision

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    Erik Roner heads to London to catch up with the Nitro Circus Live crew on this week's Roner Vision. Mixing it up from the usual ski routine, Erik gets in on everyone else's action borrowing Lindsay Pastrana's skateboard to session the Giganta Ramp, pulling a double backflip on James Foster's BMX bike, razor scooter front flips...turns out Roner is a real jack of all stunts. His closest call with death comes as a spectator, check the BMX impact he takes on the sidelines. Meanwhile back in Tahoe little Oskar Roner has been watching too many YouTube videos and takes Parkour to new levels at the playground. No Oskar!

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• Swiss Vacation Skiing Is Only Swiss Vacation Skiing Is Only Part Of It

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    There were three places on planet earth that had snow in the Northern hemisphere this past winter. B.C., Japan and Switzerland. With trips lined up to B.C. and Switzerland we were lucky enough to hit 2 of 3.
    
    In search of a different vibe we called upon a diverse crew that consisted of steeze master and jib legend, Phil “B Dog” Casabon, freestyle / freeride pioneer JP Auclair and rounded it out with France's up and coming big mountain phenom Jeremy Prevost... and we headed off to Zurich with no idea what to expect.
    
    When it was all said and done we realized that sometimes when you dive in blind and don't put expectations on things you end up with a whole new perspective, or in our case, the realization that “skiing is only a part of it”.
    
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• News: Plans For New Indoor Act News: Plans For New Indoor Action Sports Training Facility In Crested Butte

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    Crested Butte, Colorado – Plans are in the works for the construction of an action sports facility in Crested Butte, Colorado. West Elk Project co-founder Ed Dujardin caught up with Doug Hudson, the man spearheading the project, to get the inside scoop.

    
    West Elk Project: What’s the plan for the facility? What features will you include?
    
    Doug Hudson: The Crested Butte Air Port will be a 100' x 200' x 35’ building stacked with features for skiing, snowboarding, biking, and skateboarding all year round. We want to create a facility where people can practice and perfect their talents in all the action sports that our valley has to offer.
    
    Facility features will include:


    Ski, snowboard, bike and skateboard jumps into foam pits


    A freeride area with bowls and features
 including six flush-to-floor trampolines

    Cross-country mountain bike trails


    A lounge area
 and arcade
    
    The plans pictured are not concrete. For example, there will be no platform between trampolines and the foam pit, thus increasing the size of the foam pit and allowing people to jump in from the trampolines.  We are also looking at other ways to make the pit bigger.
    
    The Crested Butte Air Port will be open seven days a week year-round, with hours to be determined. Rates are also undecided. However, we have decided on a deal for locals who want to commit themselves long-term. Basically, everyone who buys a season pass on opening day can buy a season pass for 1/2-price for the rest of their natural lives so long as they purchase a season pass every year. People will be able to purchase both seasonal passes and annual passes.

    
    WEP: How has the process been? Where has support come from?

    
DH: The process has been awesome so far. Support for the concept has come from everywhere. Obviously the most support has come from action sports athletes and their families. The CB South Property Owners Association has consistently expressed unanimous support for the project. There are multiple manufacturers that have expressed interest in exclusive sponsorship opportunities. The only obstacle we see on the horizon is securing the financing for the project.
    
    WEP: Why Crested Butte South [versus Crested Butte proper]?


    DH: We’re focusing on CB South for several reasons:
    
    Most of the kids that live in the north valley live in CB South.
    Land values in CB South are something closer to reasonable.
    CB South is 20 minutes from Western State University and 20 minutes from Crested Butte Mountain Resort.
    CB South is at the foot of Cement Creek Canyon, which features some of the rowdiest terrain in the Gunnison Valley.
    The commercial district in CB South needs a stimulus and this will be it.
    
    As of now, the plan is to start construction as soon as the frost thaws this spring, with hopes of opening during the summer of 2013.
    
    WEP: Similar facilities have proven to be a huge success in progressing a multitude of sports. We look forward to seeing the impact this has on our region.
    
    
    Click Here To Visit The West Elk Project

    
    Photo via West Elk Project

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• Plans For New Indoor Action Sp Plans For New Indoor Action Sports Training Facility In Crested Butte

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    The Crested Butte training facility will be similar to the one at Woodward Copper, pictured above.

    Plans are in the works for the construction of an action sports facility in Crested Butte, Colorado. Writer Ed Dujardin of The West Elk Project, an online action sports community out of Crested Butte, caught up with Doug Hudson, the man spearheading the project called the "Crested Butte Air Port."

    Ed Dujardin: What’s the plan for the facility? What features will you include?

    Doug Hudson: The Crested Butte Air Port will be a 100' x 200' x 35’ building stacked with features for skiing, snowboarding, biking, and skateboarding all year round. We want to create a facility where people can practice and perfect their talents in all the action sports that our valley has to offer.
    
    Facility features will include:
    
    - Ski, snowboard, bike and skateboard jumps into foam pits
    - A freeride area with bowls and features including six flush-to-floor trampolines
    - Cross-country mountain bike trails
    - A lounge area and arcade
    
    
    The plans pictured are not concrete. For example, there will be no platform between trampolines and the foam pit, thus increasing the size of the foam pit and allowing people to jump in from the trampolines.  We are also looking at other ways to make the pit bigger.
    
    The Crested Butte Air Port will be open seven days a week year-round, with hours to be determined. Rates are also undecided. However, we have decided on a deal for locals who want to commit themselves long-term. Basically, everyone who buys a season pass on opening day can buy a season pass for 1/2-price for the rest of their natural lives so long as they purchase a season pass every year. People will be able to purchase both seasonal passes and annual passes.
    
    ED: How has the process been? Where has support come from?
    
    DH: The process has been awesome so far. Support for the concept has come from everywhere. Obviously the most support has come from action sports athletes and their families. The CB South Property Owners Association has consistently expressed unanimous support for the project. There are multiple manufacturers that have expressed interest in exclusive sponsorship opportunities. The only obstacle we see on the horizon is securing the financing for the project.
    
    ED: Why Crested Butte South [versus Crested Butte proper]?


    DH: We’re focusing on CB South for several reasons:
    
    Most of the kids that live in the north valley live in CB South.
    
    Land values in CB South are something closer to reasonable.
    
    CB South is 20 minutes from Western State University and 20 minutes from Crested Butte Mountain Resort.
    
    CB South is at the foot of Cement Creek Canyon, which features some of the rowdiest terrain in the Gunnison Valley.
    
    The commercial district in CB South needs a stimulus and this will be it.
    
    As of now, the plan is to start construction as soon as the frost thaws this spring, with hopes of opening during the summer of 2013.
    
    ED: Similar facilities have proven to be a huge success in progressing a multitude of sports. We look forward to seeing the impact this has on our region.
    
    To read more from Ed Dujardin visit The West Elk Project

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• Afterbang Ski Afterbang Ski

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    The Afterbang is every jibber's number one choice for creative, buttery, jib-tastic good times. Its playful flex pattern provides ninja-like control when buttering and pressing with tons of extra pop for ollieing and nollieing over snowboarders. Backed by a patented skateboard construction for durability, this is the park ski that gives our pros, and you, the creative advantage no other park ski can.

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• News: Snowboard Garden Festiva News: Snowboard Garden Festival 2012 – Movies, Art, Action

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    Grenoble, France – On October 11, 12 and 13 the Snowboard Garden Festival will once again take over Grenoble’s Parc Paul Mistral, bringing together production companies, the snowboarding industry and international level riders for three whole days.

    This year the festival will evolve around the Film-Art- Action triptych, and the awards ceremony will be held Friday night, rewarding the work of the best French riders of the 2011-'012 season. The whole French snowboarding scene will be present, and the garden party after the ceremony is sure to be rich with emotion.

    International Snowboard Films Festival

    An international selection of movies will be presented on a cinema screen. The projection will take place in a 600-seat pavilion, decorated with "snowboard art" , and access to the screenings will be entirely free, as for everything in  the Village. Riders and directors will present their movies, and will tell stories from the past winter to give a glimpse of how things work behind the scenes.

    Films presented will include :

    2112 from Standard Films
    The Dark Side from Videograss
    Eurotic from Lipstick Productions
    5 More Minutes Please from What We Want Films
    Resonance from Absinthe Films
    1000 Bornes from Almo Films
    Fool's Gold from Isenseven
    White Grave from Ero One Films
    Unique8 from Pirate Movie Productions
    Too from Givin Vids

    The Films Festival jury, made up of representatives of specialized media, will reward the work of the riders and directors at the festival’s closing ceremony with a selection of prizes.

    ART

    There will be a cobranded Spacejunk Art Center, art exhibitions and live performances in collaboration with major brands, a cobranded ACT Snowboarding photo exhibition that will bring together a dozen professional photographers (including a few international surprises), as well as a Snowboard Retrospective with vintage equipment and videos from the legends of the snowboarding world.

    ACTION TIME

    In a season where any true snowboarder is starting to wish for the first snowflakes and is getting the itch to be back on the snow, two novel board sports structures and a mini skateboard ramp will be present to fulfill those budding desires.

    The 7,000 square-meter SGF village will encompass two giant marquees, three dozen stands from the snowboarding industry, and as many animations as are designed to give out goodies, 1,000 square meters of covered terraces where you can enjoy a drink or a quick snack while protected from the elements, and most of all, numerous pro riders walking around in plain sight .

    In short: 3 days of 100% free Movies, Art and Action, big Garden Parties, Awards, Professional Snowboarders, Directors, Animations, and Goodies to be won. 

     

    Click Here To Visit The Snowboard Garden Festival Facebook Page

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• Video: Skate Like A Snowboarde Video: Skate Like A Snowboarder

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    I once fell off my skateboard at 32 mph, and peeled most of the skin off my shoulder, knees, and palms. Then again, I was dual tow-skating, aka skitching, and my buddy let go of the rope without warning, sending me skidding across the street in board-shorts and a beater. That's right, I had a tow-rope attached to the hitch of my Civic. I highly recommend against any of this. What I would recommend, however, is trying out a Freebord. Especially if you enjoy snowboarding, but feel disconnected from the mountains in the off-seasons. 

    Freebords provide the feel of a snowboard, on a surface much less forgiving than snow. The trucks are much wider than the board, so wheel-bite is no longer a concern, and they come with a third wheel that allows you to carve against the slope and slide 180s and 360s with ease. In this video, Freebord team rider Mike Hoppe chases Corey Lucero down a seemingly endless hill in California, and tops out at 37.6 mph into oncoming traffic. 

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• Video: Nitro Circus Athlete Bo Video: Nitro Circus Athlete Bob Burnquist On Skating, Music, Surfing and Flying

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    2012 X Games Gold Medalist Bob Burnquist answered a text from Travis Pastrana a few months back asking him to join the Nitro Circus Live crew on their tour across Australia. Bob may have wondered, "What sort of body-breaking stunt does he want me to try now?" Well, the answer is here in the second episode of "On The Road With The Nitro Circus Crew". Bob shows us why he's one of the most talented skaters in the world as he guinea pigs The Dreaded Loop and lives to tell about it. We also get a glimpse into Bob outside of skating, and highlight his passions for music, surfing, and flying.

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• Custom Skateboard Custom Skateboard

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• Video: Kilian Martin Skates A Video: Kilian Martin Skates A Deserted Water Park In Altered Route

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    Kilian Martin is like the Michael Jackson of skateboarding, and I mean that in the best possible way. In this video where he skates an abandoned water park in the desert, he’s dancing on his board creating new moves like it’s 1982 and it's the Thriller music video. I don’t know, maybe he’s more like Antonio Banderas in the movie Desperado — a mariachi of skateboarding — again, I mean that in the best possible way. Set to the music of Patrick Watson, "Adventures In Your Own Backyard," it’s just a beautiful video you can watch again and again. A pretty epic solo performance. Can you believe it's sponsored by Mercedes-Benz?

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• The Third Weack. by Cole Drexl The Third Weack. by Cole Drexler

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    It's The Third Weack snitches! Enjoy the b-footy from the Traveling Circus finale and some other Hammerz. Filmed By: Shane McFalls and edited by me! Hope you like the high quality editing and all that shit. Thanks to all the homies and Line, Full Tilt, Joystick, Causwell, Electric, and Yoke. look forward to the next Weack haters.

    Click Here To Watch More Line Videos 

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• New Snowboard Binding Era Is N New Snowboard Binding Era Is Now

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    When it comes to snowboard binding technology, companies always try to reinvent the wheel, but not much has changed over the past couple years other than bells and whistles. Thanks to pro snowboarder JF Pelchat, that’s about to change in 2013 with the launch of NOW bindings. Influenced by the movements of a skateboard truck and designed around a pivot point, the NOW IPO changes what’s possible.
    
    “The NOW binding acts as an independent hanger, which allows for a slight movement from toe to heel. Regular bindings will flex and lose most of the energy in the baseplate-disc area,” NOW inventor JF Pelchat said. “The NOW binding bypasses the baseplate and discs through the kingpin (pivot point) and transfers the energy right onto your edges.”
    
    The NOW IPO binding debuted January at the Snowsport Industries America trade show in Denver, Colorado. Photo by Shay Johnson.
    
    NOW launches with only one model, the IPO, to mark a new beginning of energy transfer and response. The binding isn’t designed for any specific rider in mind but it can change responsiveness by changing the density of the bushings on the hanger. The harder the bushing, the more responsive the ride. The IPO will be sold with soft, medium and hard bushings so the rider can adjust and play with the density settings. Instead of being too technical for the average consumer, JF made it easy with a binding that’s fully adjustable and easy to mount to any board on the market.
    
    “The process started in my garage six years ago. I had an idea, I built a working prototype, rode it and made some changes. I had people start riding them — friends and pros, then I did more changes. When I felt I had something good, I went after financing — the hard part, joined with Nidecker and filed for a Patent Cooperation Treaty,” Pelchat said. “I then hired Alex Warburton for his knowledge and experience dealing with Chinese Factories. We worked on a binding design, made a prototype, scrapped it and went back to the original design, which is today’s IPO model. We’re now in the final stages of fine tuning everything and will launch production in March.”
    
    NOW is already harnessing the power of big name pro snowboarders with a team that includes Devun Walsh, big mountain snowboarder Jeremy Jones, and the YES snowboard team.

    Wondering how it works? Get the full explanation in this NOW video.
    
    For the first time in years riders have new technology to look forward to with NOW bindings. The end result is a smoother, more comfortable binding that is designed to turn a snowboard while using less energy and having more response. Riders have already demoed the bindings on the slopes and giving feedback on the NOW Facebook page.
    
    “By far the best binding I have ever ridden. Seamless edging, unmatched heel hold, and light as a feather,” fan of NOW Matt Garcia said. “I can’t wait till I can call a pair my own.”
    
    The response has been welcoming for NOW, they’ve already taken home awards from ISPO for “Overall Winner Action Segment” and from Transworld Business for “Must See Product of 2012.”
    
    Pro Snowboarders aren’t just pretty faces and fun tricks anymore, they’re now making their mark on snowboarding product designs. JF Pelchat and DCP at the NOW binding booth at the Mt Baker Banked Slalom. Photo by Shay Johnson.
    
    NOW has big plans in store for delivering a binding design that keeps the industry questioning what is possible.
    
    “We want to be known as a brand that brought innovative and relevant technology to the sport while keeping it fun,” Pelchat said. “The master plan is to grow the brand steadily and nicely and introduce a product that serves a purpose and enhance the riding experience. I also want to support athletes that believe in NOW and want to be part of it for the right reasons.”
    
    Only time will tell if this is the new era of binding technology and NOW leading the charge. If anything, 2013 is the year to reinvigorate snowboard bindings.

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• News: Camp Woodward Opens New News: Camp Woodward Opens New Campus In Tahoe

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    Donner Summit, California – Natives of the Tahoe region are going to see the future of action sports unfold before their very eyes.  Woodward Tahoe is built and ready to embrace the evolution of snowboarding, skiing, skateboarding and BMX.  Shredders from around the country can now hit up Boreal Mountain to ski and board under the summer sun.  Not to be left out, skaters and BMX riders will get stoked on the parks, jumps and ramps that Woodward Camps are known for.

    The Woodward Tahoe campus will boast a full on-snow terrain park complete with Superpipe*, jump line and jib line for five weekly sessions.  Take a step off the snow to find an indoor skatepark, multiple outdoor skate spots, six Olympic trampolines plus the ultimate super-tramp, three foam pits to huck into and much more.  Ride with pre session headliners including Bjorn Leines, Andrew Brewer, Tanner Hall, Phil Casabon and Henrik Harulut.

    Woodward Tahoe is the spot to be this summer. It doesn't matter if you are an am or a pro, all you have to do is be you.  Come to Woodward Tahoe and have fun.  Book your week of AWESOME before April 1st to save $200 off the on-snow camp sessions.  Camp weeks will fill fast, book today at WoodwardTahoe.com.

    *Superpipe available camp weeks 1 & 2,  TBD for on-snow camps 3-5.

    Woodward Tahoe is part of the Camp Woodward Family, bringing high caliber action sports to the North Tahoe Region and located at Boreal Mountain Resort.  Camp Woodward is recognized world-wide for offering the summer camps for snowboard, ski, skateboard, BMX, digital media and cheer.

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• Four Minute Fame Tyler Smith Four Minute Fame Tyler Smith

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    Four Minute Fame is produced by Shoreline of Tahoe.

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• Windells Snowboard Camp Sessio Windells Snowboard Camp Session 1 recap

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    Chris Hagerty came all the way to Hood, via Colorado, to start of his summer shred with this back five stale.

    Summer has officially begun at Mount Hood. The jumps are salted, the towropes are turning, and campers are strapping in and learning new tricks. Session 1 just wrapped at Windells and it was a seriously sick start to the season. The mountain is completely white, with over 100 inches of snow more than usual, and the Windells Diggers have crafted one of their best parks ever: two separate jib areas and all of the jumps, hips, and quarters that your summer-shredding heart could desire.

    

    There are new additions to the Concrete Jungle are all over campus, thanks to Jamie Weller, Billy Coulon, Peter Gunn, Nick Early, and crew.

    The first Windells session was all about good weather, good riding, and good friends with session hosts, Johnny Lazz, Forest Bailey, Nial Romanek, and Will Bateman. The crew lapped all week under sunny skies, hitting more metal than a member of the United Steelworkers Union on an overtime shift. What you would expect to be true about a week at snowboard camp, definitely is: it’s the most fun you can have during the summer months. Beyond the awesomeness of shredding everyday, skating every night, and getting to play tons of on-campus games, here are the top five highlights from Session 1:

    -       The new street section of the Concrete Jungle was unveiled: curbs, ledges, and a stairset, all thanks to Jamie Weller, Billy Coulon, and crew.

    -       Forest held a pickle-eating contest for the second year in a row, this time with giant gherkins on strings and blindfolded campers. Winning campers walked away with prizes from Gnu, but the spectators might have had the most fun watching everyone

    -       What’s better than drinking a smoothie of dinner leftovers made by Johnny Lazz? Watching Johnny drink it, too. Lazz, Forest, Will, and Nial plugged their noses and drank liquefied lasagna with the campers.

    -       Lazz, Forest, Will, and Nial did a top to bottom run, lapping all of Timberline, through the lengthy Windells park, Public Park, and down to the base of the Magic Mile Lift.

    -       The Neff RV came to camp and gave out free ice cream to all of the campers. Summer camp is the best.

    

    Justin Norman shows his Oregon colors with tail bonk on the wallride.

    
    

    

    If Forest stalls above the clouds on Timberline and no one is around to see it, do we remember if he back oned on or off?

    
    

    

    There’s more snow on Mount Hood than there has been in years—they had to dig out the Palmer lift in order to have it run.

    
    

    

    Nial Romanek back 180 off the pole jam.

    
    

    

    A little yoga is a good way to start the afternoon. Sammy Spiteri and crew striking the warrior pose.

    
    

    

    Assistant Head Digger Everest Arnold may not be showing the proper tow rope safety, but he sure is having a good time.

    
    

    

    This shot of Derrek Lever’s frontlip is fire. If Derrek could grow a mustache, it’d fiery too. Because he’s a redhead.

     

    For more visit www.windells.com
    

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• Video: Windells Cribs, Tour Th Video: Windells Cribs, Tour Their Sprawling Campus With Tom Wallisch and Eddie Wall

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    This is one of our favorite Windells clips yet. Tour Windells Camp's massive campus with Tom Wallisch and Eddie Wall as they go from its outdoor concrete skate park to the demo center, waxing station, fun track, cafeteria, cabins, game lounge, dirt jumps, mountain bike trails, log drops, clothing shop, cement bowls, dry slope jump/rails, airbag, outdoor trampolines indoor skate park and indoor foam pit. This place is expansive and looks like a blast.

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