Shortsighted marketers are riding snowboarding into the ground, but there may still be hope to keep the sport alive.
I was a state college kid the first and only time I rode a snowboard. This was in the 1980s and snowboarding was still illegal at New Hampshire’s ski resorts. A classmate from New York City named after Dylan Thomas (and who called everybody he didn’t like a chucklehead) brought a board to campus after the winter break. It was a Burton Woody. Skegs on the base. No edges. You just strapped your Sorels in and went.
Actually it wasn’t that easy. First we had to boot pack up a local gravel pit, lock into the board, and take turns pushing each other bobsled style off the ridge … More
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As the sun rises over the ocean coast of Peru, small waves roll in, hitting the shores of Chorrillos, a district within Lima, Peru. Behind Chorrillos — up on what appears to be a shantytown on a sand dune — 20 children, 8 to 15 years old, are soon getting ready to surf.
These children reside is Alto Peru, an extremely poor barrio behind the modern highrises facing the Pacific Coast of Lima.
Some of these children don’t have parents, some are sniffing … More
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2013 was packed with amazing Red Bull BMX projects and events; see the highlights in this video. As winter wraps its icy chill around our favorite trails and street spots and the contest scene is in deep hibernation, riders have retreated to rehab nagging injuries and work on their skills and goals for the new year. While plans come together for new events and projects in 2014, take a look back at some of our highlights from 2013 in the video below.
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