ABC's Local 8 recently reported on a two-man snowboard, which holds a Guinness World Record, but now the duo that created the two-person board is out to break their own record.
Eric Sweet and Butch Brady of Idaho Falls are working to make the world's first three-man snowboard, that would have three riders working together, on the same 12 foot board, to go down the mountain.
Check out the article and then let me know what you think about this behemoth of a board!
~Tony (BoarderGuy)
Filed under: ABC Local 8 Butch Brady Eric Sweet Idaho Falls Three-Man Snowboard
The Guardian, a periodical from the UK, has listed what it calls the 'Top 10 Easter Ski Breaks.' The resorts range from Austria to Aspen. Check it out and see what you think!
1. St Anton, Austria
2. Arinsal, Andorra
3. Val Gardena, Italy
4. Verbier, Switzerland
5. La Tania, France
6. Val Thorens, France
7. Ischgul, Autria
8. Crans Montana, Switzerland
9. Banff, Canada
10. Aspen, Colorado
The article is obviously a little biased towards Europe because it's much less expensive to travel from the UK to Austria than it is to fly to the States. Any thoughts?
Leave a comment and tell me what you think!
Filed under: Arinsal aspen Austria Banff Crans Montana Easter Ischgul La Tania St Anton The Guardian Val Gardena Val Thorens Verbier
Presidents' Day saw thousands of skiers and boarders across the country heading to the slopes! The beautiful weather (in most places) made for wonderful skiing and boarding, and there were plenty of people ready and willing to take advantage of their day off from work!
According to the Salt Lake Tribune, some resorts in their area saw an increase of 85 percent in the number of people visiting for Presidents' Day over last year. For the full article, click here.
I hope you had an awesome Presidents' Day on the slopes, and if you didn't, it's never too early to start planning for next year!
See you on the mountain!
~Tony (BoarderGuy)
Filed under: Presidents' Day Salt Lake Tribune
In our efforts to bring you the best and most interesting news and content possible, Snowago has added Newsfeeds!
If you head to any resort page, you will see a section called "Resort News From the Web." This information is from RSS feeds we've been aggregating to bring you the best content from the web that we can. Some of the sources are sitewide, international, national, regional, state-specific, or even resort-specific.
Check out your favorite resort pages to see the new content we've added. If you know of any other great blogs or news sites and we haven't already added them, feel free to send me an email with the URL.
See you on the slopes.
~Tony (BoarderGuy)
tony[at]snowago.com
Burton Snowboards just launched a cool program with some North American resorts. Basically, you buy one of their boards and you get a free lesson and a lift ticket. It's all designed to introduce people to snowboarding. With the purchase of select Burton snowboards, you can go online (burton.com/gosnowboarding) to obtain the extra goods. The lesson and lift ticket package is transferable to family or friends if you are feeling charitable.
Lesson and lift ticket packages are redeemable at these resorts:
• Bear Creek Mountain Resort - Macungie, PA
• Blue Mountain Resort - Collingwood, ON
• Canada Olympic Park - Calgary, AB
• Copper Mountain Resort - Copper Mountain, CO
• Elm Creek Winter Recreation Area - Maple Grove, MN
• Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort - Truckee, CA
• Stowe Mountain Resort - Stowe, VT
• Stratton Mountain Resort - Stratton, VT
• The Canyons Resort - Park City, UT
• Timberline Lodge - Timberline, OR
• Waterville Valley Resort - Waterville Valley, NH
Snowboards featuring GO SNOWBOARDING packages will be available at North American Burton retailers in August of 2008.
Do you think something like this gets new bunnies on the slopes? Are you going to take advantage of this offer?
Filed under: Burton
