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Russia is planning to spend $15 billion developing five new ski resorts in the country’s south eastern Caucasus mountain range, which divide Europe from Asia and include the highest peaks on the European continent. The Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced the new resorts would be built under a public-private partnership. He hopes that building the [...]

China will open the world’s longest indoor ski slope to date, when the first 1km (3,300ft) long indoor slope will open in the city of Guangzhou near Hong Kong. Guangzhou will feature a slope of 1000m in length and has 100 million people living within a radius of 100km. The new indoor snow slope will [...]

Westbeach just publicly announced a preview movie of their 2011 line (which looks awesome). Check out this movie by Vancouver’s Graham Winterbottom and Caleb Beyers. View the movie at www.westbeach.com/2011

Analog Hi Res Board Shorts A new design for the 2010 Hi-Res boardshort, the Anahulu Bridge (Rainbow Bridge) is symbolic in Haleiwa and one of the most famous sites on the North Shore of Oahu (other than the waves of course). The Hi Res Boardshorts feature Analog’s typical close attention to detail and flair for [...]

Check this movie out on Addicted to Ride – Torah Bright practising her double corks prior to hel Olympic halfpipe runs. It looks like a really nice pipe & it gives an insight into how much she’s worked on her riding. Go right here

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ICS stands for ‘Infinite Channel System’ – as an idea this is nothing new, Rev Snowboards (I think they were from Canada) did this in the nineties…maybe not as good an implementation, but they were the first as far as I can remember. The idea in the channel system is to give you as many [...]

Bern make a superb range of snowboarding helmets & I’ll tell you why I like them over other brands. For one, they have an edge in the style department, but they’re also extra versatile. I use mine in summer time for riding my mountain bike, just pull out those ear flaps and bang. I also use it on my road bike too, the other roadies hate it which is exactly why I love it.