*** NOTICE ***Â Due to the extreme cold – this event has been Rescheduled to Sunday, March 9. Â Everything else remains the same. Â We are teaming up with Red Bull to bring you the First ever – Red Bull – Break The Bank. Saturday, March 1, 2014 at Tawatinaw Valley Ski Area. This will be a first ever DUAL Banked Slalom. Entry is FREE Lift tickets are FREE Bus ride from our store to the area is FREE There is a $1000. total cash prize purse. Lots of draw prizes from Burton / Spy and Easy Rider. Event […]
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Mt. Baker
Every year after the January Trade show in Vancouver – I set up a I set up a day trip out to Mt. Baker with a bunch of industry friends. Mt. Baker is the birth place of snowboarding in the Pacific North west. Legendary riders like Jamie Lynn, Temple Cummins, Craig Kelly, and many, many more all “grew up” shredding Mt. Baker. The entire hill is like a giant skate park with rollers, hips, banks and tons of other natural features to ride. Not to mention the famous “Gully” that hosts the legendary Mt. Baker Banked Slalom every year. If […]
Lib Tech Build a Board.
With the Lib Tech Do It Yourself board builder site now live (see the post on that) – I figured it would be a great time to show you all a little bit of what goesinto building a snowboard. This past July, myself, Ryan (shop manager) and Andrew (our Lib Tech sales rep) all went to the Mervin head offices in Washington state. Â We had a tour in the morning (see other post on that) and after lunch we were lucky enough to be able to build our own boards. I choose a Travis Rice HP 161.5 Here is a […]