Spring time… and the living’s easy. Here on the EC, we’ve been blessed with a bunch of snow storms that have dumped over 40 inches in the last 5 weeks. Of course, it’s also now March, which means spring temperatures and slushy snow. It also means a chance to demo next season’s gear. Even though …
In snowboarding, collaborations are the mid-season release or limited edition collection for 2014. It seems like everyone is doing a collaboration. It’s the “in” thing to do. Burton Snowboards has been doing some type of collaboration for probably over 15 years. Whether it’s graphics from Mark Gonzales or Ron English or Stash or Kid Robot, Burton …
We’ve all been waiting for this, and now it’s here. The next iteration of the Red Bull Super Natural contest. You didn’t think they could up the ante, but they did. Congrats in advance to Baldface Lodge and Travis Rice. Cannot wait!
As many of you know, we made the decision (in reality she made her own decisions) to have the Bean start snowboarding last winter. A bit unconventional by most standards, but if she likes it and is comfortable, who are we to disagree? My background includes a stint as a ski and snowboard instructor at …
So about a year ago, I heard rumblings of a small snowboard company in the backwaters of Southern Vermont. Ok, no big deal right? Well then I heard that they were making snowboards by hand, using US sourced sustainably farmed wood with the same eco-resin that Grain Surfboards uses. Started by Jesse Loomis, former staff …
BURLINGTON, VT (October 23, 2012) Burton Snowboards today announced that its senior management team has elected to alter the structure of Burton owned brands to better position the company, its retail partners and stakeholders for the future. The current family of brands includes Analog, Gravis, RED, anon, Foursquare, Forum, Special Blend and Channel Islands. During …
Here’s some fun stuff that was created by The Madbury Club for Timberland’s new GT Scramble. Madbury Club for Timberland GT Scramble from The Madbury Club on Vimeo. Timberland asked us to create some content around the GT Scramble and since we were unable to to achieve our initial idea which involved battle with …
Pretty fun stuff from New York in Winter. Good Water – Episode One from Benjamin Potter on Vimeo. The first installment of the Good Water series, a look into surfing in New York. Filmed on a Canon 7D in December 2011 in the place of good water (first times using the camera). Video/ Edit – …
It may be August, but this little clip reminds me of the great potential that winter unlocks here in New England. A fun little clip from Ross Schnell, sponsored by Rusty. Bonus is that he’s one of the boys from Summer Sessions. (I’ll get it embedded once I get the actual code.) http://www.surfline.com/video/webisodes/a-cold-day-in-schnell_75084
80 Proof- Secret’s Out on the Craig Kelly Proto Facility You gotta love watching a snowboard come to life, especially something super cool and misty. Winter’s right around the corner.