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29 Results for snowboarding

Conscience Free Commute

Jesse Huffman

...mountain at once, several innovative groups have popped up to address just that need. Mike Parzialle, a snowboarding bio-diesel guru based in Portland OR, is kicking off the second season of Grease Bus trips...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009

Euro Resorts Fire Up Franken Snow

Jesse Huffman

While cold temps and cooperative snowfall means that resorts in the European Alps are enjoying an early go at the 2009-10 season, just a few months ba...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2009

Wisconsin Resort Announces Snowboard Restriction

Jesse Huffman

...will ban snowboarders from three trails. Currently, there are three resorts in America that remain as no-snowboarding holdouts: Mad River Glen in Vermont, and Alta and Deer Valley in Utah. Taos in New Mexico...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 09, 2009

Green Guide 2010

Jesse Huffman

The crisp cold of fall is here, and you know what that means: it's time to start shopping for a fresh kit. Finding the right fit, the right flex and ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 06, 2009

Green guide 2010

Jesse Huffman, ESPN Action Sports

'Tis the season to gear up, and green products are the hot ticket. Here's a look at the best eco-minded boards, boots and bindings hitting stores this year.

Story | Conversation | November 04, 2009

Snow: Good for Cooling, Communists and Creativity

Jesse Huffman

Snowboarders are no strangers to collecting snow and re-purposing it for their needs: jumps, drop-ins, landing piles for urban jibs -- even halfpipes ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 03, 2009

Riders Take Action Against Shrinking Winters

Jesse Huffman

You've heard plenty about the threat of global warming. Want to do something about it? This past weekend people across 181 countries did. 350.org is...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 26, 2009

Cognitive Dissonance

Jesse Huffman

...here on ESPN.com, we caught up with JP to talk shop about going backwards -- to push snowboarding forward. Full part and interview here

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 22, 2009

Cognitive Dissonance: JP's All-Switch Part

Jesse Huffman

The Don talks going backwards to take it forward.

Story | Conversation | October 21, 2009

Jake Price: Board, Not Bored

Jesse Huffman

Jake Price has led an interesting career path. From an up-coming Salem-Oregon am with a TWS checkout and some shots in a Whitey movie, "Minibike" as h...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 20, 2009

Jake Price: Board, Not Bored

Jesse Huffman

The expletive-riddled enigma of BAF.com.

Story | Conversation | October 20, 2009

Vail Swaps Wind Power for Reforestation Effort

Jesse Huffman

...renewable energy production, even if it is not being produced near you. Home to a hotbed of snowboarding innovators like Ali Goulet, Steve Alters and J2 during the mid 90s, Vail has also become an...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 13, 2009

Farming for Powder

Jesse Huffman

Farmers wouldn't expect to harvest any crops without first sowing some seeds. Is the ski industry close behind when it comes to snow? In early Septemb...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 09, 2009

Dirty Snow Isn't Sexy

Jesse Huffman

So here's what we do know: people can enhance a cloud's ability to produce snow by a technology known as "cloud seeding," an in-exact but consciously ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 06, 2009

White Winters, Powered by Wind

Jesse Huffman

In case you didn't notice, resorts have slumped into an economic and environmental pickle as of late. With fuel prices bouncing up and down like a mog...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 28, 2009