Florida – Recently, about midnight, a pair of skateboarders rolled quietly past my house, talking softly as they went south. My jealousy has waned over the years, but it reminded me of just how fortunate they are to live in the era of urethane skateboard wheels.
In the mid-1960s, we adopted California’s new skateboard culture for the same reasons it took off there. It was fun and helped fill the time during spells of flat surf. Commercial skateboards were slow to make it here, so we made our own. Pawn shops often had … More
Snow might not fall on central Wisconsin for another month or two, but snowmobile season officially has begun.
About 100 snowmobile racers, many from out of state, are competing this weekend in the 24th annual Wausau Snowmobile Grass Drags and Swap Meet in Marathon — the largest event of its kind in Wisconsin.
The smell of cheese curds and fried food … More
One of our favourite course previewer is back for the final round of the iXS European Downhill Cup. Johann Potgieter (RSA – RRP Ghost) talks us down a run the Maribor track, one of the best tracks in the world…
SNOWBOARDER Magazine’s monthly video magazine is back. Summer is over, we’ve moved out of Mt. Hood and followed the best riders in the world to places like New Zealand, Australia, Chile and Argentina as well as Big Bear for Hot Dawgz and Hand Rails, Portland to check in on Airblaster, Los Angeles to see Nike’s Never Not, and even Quebec to hang with the Déja Vu crew. We’ve got riding from riders like Scott Stevens, Louif Paradis, Hans Mindnich, Nico Müller, David Benedek, Ståle Sandbech, Jaeger Bailey, Christy Prior, Frank April, Hana Beaman, and more. So sit back and enjoy Episode 5 of SNOWBOARDER Video Magazine.