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The President has an Inaugural Ball, Kings have their Coronations, YallAboard has a Winter Adventure Expo Party. To kick off a new era of adventure, YallAboard, Amesbury Sports Park, Social Boston Sports, and SnowRiders are forming the new dream team to put on the event that billions of years of evolution have been trying to create.

Think about what would happen if you threw free snowtubing, gallons of booze, hot air balloons, a banana, and a bunch of prizes into a blender and hit the “Puree” setting. Now imagine an event ten times better than that injected with animal growth hormones, and you might have an idea of what the Winter Adventure Expo Party will be …  Details

ANGEL FIRE, N.M. — What goes up must come down — in wild, blazing speeds at the 2011 Snow Shovel Races.

Adrenaline junkies and curious first-timers fly by the seat of their pants on metal grain snow shovels, legs up, steering with their hands pressed in the snow down a 1,200 foot-long mountain track, vying for the best time out of two runs.

Part whacked-out sledding, part unconventional luging, this extreme sport came to be from ski resort workers using shovels as sleds to get from one place to another in the 1970s. It evolved to become an intense competition, with tricked-out shovels and high speeds leading the way   …  More

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Airboards were created in Switzerland several years ago after many years of trial and error. Because they’re inflatable they’re lightweight and you can take them with you pretty much anywhere! (Plus, as Docta P and Ice can attest, having an air cushion to land on really keeps your ribs in place – check out these pics of the FaceLevel.com founders as kids riding “Krazy Karpets” down snowy hills!)

The Airboards allow the rider total control with their tri-channel bottom and grippable handles. Riverboarders will be instantly at home on these things, and although nothing beats a whitewater rapid, snow bodyboarding is a great rush at face level!

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Video Cycling Snow Bike – Testing last yrs ski bike -went ok but will be a major overhaul for this year. weather was terrible