Year in and year out Darrel Mathes produces some of the most stylish parts in snowboarding. A founding member of the Videograss crew and OG Kidsknow shredder. Darrel shows time and time again why he is one of snowboarding’s greats. This full part from VG’s latest release “The Darkside” is no exception.
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A strong storm dumped up to three feet of snow on the Sierra Nevada, allowing several California ski resorts to open some slopes earlier than any time in memory and offering hope of a rebound from last season’s disastrously dry winter.
Squaw Valley, one of the state’s biggest and most internationally famous ski resorts, said it will open a slope Thursday for skiing, its earliest opening in 51 years of record keeping.
California ski season normally starts around Thanksgiving  … More
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If Lindsey Vonn is cleared to race the men’s World Cup downhill at Lake Louise it would give the sport a huge boost, but the American should reconsider loftier plans to tackle Kitzbuehel, the head of Alpine Canada said on Tuesday.
A four-time overall World Cup champion, Vonn set the ski racing world abuzz earlier this month when she petitioned the International Ski Federation (FIS) to let her race in the men’s season-opening downhill on Nov. 24 in the Canadian Rockies  … More
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