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Mammoth has the most snow in the WORLD
After Mammoth got dumped on with 15+ feet of snow we tagged along with ski patrol while they did there avalanche control to open the top. After they were through we went to chair 14 to catch some shots of some locals pro’s Gabe Taylor, Tucker Watson, and Eric Jackson.
HT Videohypershred.com for the video.
Andy B
outsideallday.com
The North Face Masters Dates and Registration
We’re getting ready kick-start snowboarding season, and that means it’s time for TNF Masters – the largest big mountain snowboarding competition in the country. 2011 dates have been announced and registration opens on December 7th.
In its fourth year, the tour will feature stops in Snowbird, UT (January 20-23), Crystal Mountain, WA (February 6-9), and Kirkwood, CA (March 3-6), with the winners of each taking home a share of the $45,000 total cash prize purse. Professional and amateur snowboarders above the age of 18 are invited to join the world’s top competitors to showcase their skill, creativity and athleticism on big mountain terrain. Athlete and media registration opens on December 7, 2010 at 10 a.m. MST at www.thenorthfacemasters.com.
The North Face Masters of Snowboarding is presented by PrimaLoft and is supported by The North Face, Subaru of America, Mountain Sports International, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Comcast Sportsnet, Snowboard Magazine, Clif Bar, Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort, Crystal Mountain and Kirkwood Mountain Resort.
More info at:
www.thenorthfacemasters.com
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Meet The North Face Snow Sports Team
Meet The North Face snow sports team…
I’m a big of The North Face. Incredible product tested by exceptional athletes.
More info on The North Face Snow Sports Team at:
http://www.thenorthface.com/en_US/brand/snowsports
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Tyler Flanagan “Day in the Life”
Spend a day with ThirtyTwo/Etnies rider Tyler Flanagan at Mammoth Mountain during the opening weekend of the 2010/2011 season.
HT VideoHyperShred.com for the video…
The kid makes snowboarding look fun.
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Tracing the Edge video series from Patagonia and Fitz Cahall
Tracing the Edge – A 10 part video series featuring Gerry Lopez, Colin Haley & Krissy Moehl.
Our legends. Our heroes. Our rising stars. It’s easy to consider them super human, but dig behind all the tubes ridden, summits climbed and miles run, there are very human stories. Shot on location in the Pacific Northwest and abroad, we present a new video series tracing the careers of three Patagonia ambassadors – surfer/snowboarder Gerry Lopez, alpinist Colin Haley and ultrarunner Krissy Moehl.
Click below to start watching:
http://www.patagonia.com/us/patagonia.go?assetid=55194&ln=303
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Why Small Towns Breed Pro Athletes
Growing up among the 1,341 people in Taylorsville, Miss., Oakland Raiders quarterback Jason Campbell probably didn’t encounter the best coaches or the greatest competition. Which probably helped him reach the NFL. Studies show that small towns are better breeding grounds for athletes than cities, and sports psychologists are using these data to question our ideas about talent development.
Only one-in-four Americans come from towns of fewer than 50,000 people, but nearly half of NFL players and PGA golfers do, according to two recent studies. The small-town figures for golf and baseball are just under 40%. The studies use 1980 Census figures because they most closely represented the birth year of pro athletes.
A co-author of the studies, Queen’s University’s Jean Côté, attributed the small-town overrepresentation to a number of factors. These include the accessibility of sports role models in little towns, the cultural values placed on sport (think “Hoosiers”), and even the “big fish little pond” effect, which can be a positive reinforcer for young athletes. Dr. Côté also argues that, despite the prevailing notion that kids need to specialize early and immerse themselves in 10,000 hours of repetitive training, small-town athletes excel precisely because they spend more time playing outside of schools and leagues.
“In bigger cities, youth sport is overorganized and overcoached,” Dr. Côté says.
Dr. Côté admits that potential superstars eventually have to move to get superior training, but specialization before age 13 or 14 is more likely to produce a tired-out teen than a Tiger Woods, he says.
Then there’s what might be called the boredom factor. As Jason Campbell once said, in Taylorsville, “you have nothing else to do but sit outside and throw a football at trees.
—Austin Kelley, WSJ.com
Right Brain/Left Brain snowboard video teaser
Right Brain Left Brain trailer from Jesse Burtner on Vimeo.
Looks like a super fun movie!
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Summer snowboarding is fun
Windells 7, 2010: Snowboarding from Windells on Vimeo.
HT Video Hypershred and Windell’s Snowboard Camp for the video.
Reminds me of my summer days spent at High Cascade Snowboard Camp. Summer snowboarding is fun!
Andy B
outsideallday.com
The new iPhone4
I get this in an email today, “PS, don’t get the Angry Birds game. It will suck your life away.”
So, I am beginning to see a trend. A friend gets an iPhone and they disappear.
Surf sessions are missed because they stay up late uploading apps. They spend hours playing ‘angry birds.’ At a dinner party with cool music they keep on yelling out the band, song and album name because they are obsessed with ‘shazam.’ I get it. Technology has captured us. And I kind of dig it.
Think of it this way. The next time you paddle out at trestles it might be empty. Because everyone is playing with their iPad. You are out for a trail run and the single track is in great shape because no one biked it during the rain tearing it apart. They weren’t biking in the rain because they were playing with their new apple product.
What do you think?
Last mental picture, you train for months to prepare for a half-marathon. On race day you find yourself passing dozens of people on a small climb. As you pass them you look over and see that everyone is playing with their iPhone. They didn’t do the training because they were playing with their iPhone4 32G. So now they are hunting for a song to pump them up and get them over the hill.
Tell your friends about the new phone and then join a club to keep yourself motivated so you can beat said friend at the next 10K.
Bon Voyage Teaser
BON VOYAGE TEASER from VIDEOGRASS on Vimeo.
HT Videohypershred.com for the teaser.
Andy B
outsideallday.com
NowHere trailer by Absinthe Films
NowHere trailer by Absinthe Films from Absinthe Films on Vimeo.
Movement can give the illusion of progress. And they say that all the world is illusion. So what is the difference between exploring and being lost? In a winter that brought an exceptional amount of challenges to riders all over the world, Absinthe’s newest snowboard film reminds us how much our reality is affected by what we make of it. Whether you are lost … or exactly where you want to be … all depends on how you look at it.
NOW/HERE RIDERS: Dan Brisse, Jake Blauvelt, Gigi Rüf, Lucas Debari, Fredi Kalbermatten, Sylvain Bourbousson, Romain deMarchi, DCP, JP Solberg, Annie Boulanger, Marie-France Roy, Bjorn Leines, Taka Nakai, Tadashi Fuse, Jules Reymond, Cale Zima, Blair Habenicht, Terje Haakonsen, Bode Merrill, Wolfgang Nyvelt, Nicolas Müller
More info on the movie at:
http://www.absinthe-films.com
Looks incredible!
Andy B
outsideallday.com
