Shred White & Blue Sends some Call-outs

Posted March 12, 2011 | Filed Under Community, Featured
Written by Peter Kray | Comments: 0

From California to Colorado and all the way to Vermont right now, the snow has been absolutely going off. It is one of those seasons you get to lay claim to, and try not to sound like you’re lying when you talk about how deep it got. With all of the fun so far, we just wanted to give a call-out to some of the folks out there doing their own special thing who keep inspiring us:

The Mountain Gazette – www.mountaingazette.com – is an amazing monthly collection of interesting voices from around the Rocky Mountain West. Now online and on Facebook, too, it’s a testament to the mag’s honesty that it has so many fans around the world, who all keep contributing stories about their adventures, as well as plenty of photos of their dogs.

Surfline.com is an addiction almost as deep as surfing itself. With one click you can watch other surfers bust big waves via video all day, plan your own surf trip from bus to bungalow, or just watch the wave cam for a couple of minutes (hours) and dream you are surfing yourself.

www.surfline.com/home/index.cfm

Just released last fall, GNAR is already one of the greatest ski movies ever, and probably growing fans by the hour. With three distinct acts, and the kind of engrossing narrative missing from most ski flicks, it’s a shredder’s mix of Lord of the Rings, Caddyshack and Blizzard of AAHHHs. You can watch the whole movie online at http://unofficialnetworks.com/team/

Wagner Custom Skis really do rock! As does the Telluride-based ski company’s sister snowboard brand, Winterstick. If you want the super personal treatment so that you can hit the slopes on something completely unique to you, this is who you want building your dream design. www.wagnerskis.com

Interski is something you probably never heard of, but it is the Olympics of ski and snowboard instruction, held every three years at ski areas around the world. The last—and only—one that the US has hosted was in Aspen in 1968. But US instructors play a crucial role no matter where the event takes place. This time they brought a whole wave of innovation to Interski 2011 in St. Anton, Austria, internationally updating every one else on how rocker skis are changing telemark to the latest in adaptive snowboarding to even how to teach freestyle to every level of ski class. This very cool group of people also had a great time off the slopes as the top picture of Glen Plake (who recently became certified as a ski instructor, as did Kimberly, his lovely wife) and PSIA-AASI Board President Eric Sheckleton shows above.

Owner Operator is a homegrown outerwear brand out of Rhode Island with some nice ideas about style on the slopes. Thanks to Steven Kimura for reaching out, and thanks to you for checking out their site: www.operatorusa.com

Also, thanks for all the stoke to Mike Horn and Justin Cash at the www.stokelab.com, to the Larson boys for the Shred Sightings, C-Dog and Wyatt for the race results, The Hawk for tagging the hell out of Wahoo’s, the Waltons and Schnitzspahns for catwalking in the colors, Scott in Carbondale for always representing, to Ben for all the Laguna sunsets, Colin for keeping the levers moving behind the curtain, and to our man on the East Coast, Alex, who is counting down the days until he graduates.