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An SOL | Snowboarding Online graphics retrospective in one image thanks to Sichon Design. Damn, we had some fun back in those dawning days of the Internet revolution, didn’t we?

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This action sports industry has always been a quick-changing, new kid on the up world that you don’t really notice when you’re the new kid on the up. So that’s why it’s always good to see some of the old guard getting a little love from the next wave. Snowboard photographer Dano Pendygrasse was just [...]

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Looks like Wasserman Media Group’s dive into digital properties with Sportnet (skateboard.com, motocross.com, surfspot.com, etc. . . ) has convinced sports management giant Octagon (you know, that swimmer Michael Phelps’ agent) to kick off its own digital division. It would make sense after their dabbling in “consulting” with live webcaster Go211.com. To be led by [...]

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Sometimes you find to coolest stuff by taking a wrong turn. I haven’t been checking out the Snowboard-mag.com site at all lately, because, well, I guess because I don’t care. If I had, I would have learned about these cool little snowboarding journals two months ago. But I didn’t. Instead, while cruising the web late [...]

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While cruising facebook today a status update caught my eye. A former Future Snowboarding employee said, ” . . . is in shock. He is a free agent.” It appears that Future Snowboarding has moved forward into the past. In an 11 o’clock meeting today employees were told that Future Snowboarding would be shutting down [...]

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According to the blog PisteHors.com: The Salomon factory at Rumilly [France] is at a standstill for a third day today. The workers are claiming an increase of 150 euros per month. Salomon is planning on moving ski production from France to Austria. . . .Salmon’s union representatives are complaining that Amer Sports, which owns Salomon, [...]

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Look Cycle International, the French company that revolutionized the cycling industry with what I still believe is one of the most game-changing products in history (the clip-less pedal) is rumored to be considering taking Rossignol off of Quiksilver’s hands, according to a story on Reuters. The head of cycling equipment group Look International [Dominique Bergin] [...]

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Brothers David and Corey Smith have, according to a story in the Summit Daily News, invented a “new twist on snowboarding.” They’re calling it the Kneeboard Binding. And though I wish this was some kind of April Fools joke, I believe these brothers are serious. The Kneeboard Binding includes knee shells for the knees to [...]

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Yesterday, while pushing a stroller along the cherry-blossomed shores of Lake Balboa in the heart of the San Fernando Valley, I got an email from Funny Feelings‘ Publisher Jeff Galbraith. He’d just spent the last week at Baldface riding powder. While I learned long ago that one should never trust a host to report on [...]

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The gadget wanks at my favorite technology blog Gizmodo (specifically writer Brian Lam) are getting together at Alpine Meadows on April 5, 2008 for a techno snowboard “meetup.” The place: Alpine Meadows. The Time: 9AM, upstairs in the main lodge cafeteria or something Nokia is coming with a fleet of N95s we can use, and [...]

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