Shaun White’s Snowboard Brand Whitespace Sells Out in First Season “I don’t know what to say — the Whitespace snowboards are officially sold out,” White says in a video posted to Instagram on May 23rd, thanking his supporters for a great first season. Cleverly debuting the first Whitespace board during his final Olympics in Beijing, White capitalized on the festering hype during the 22/23 season by kicking off the company’s […] Industry News Tate Sundberg | May 25, 2023 0 Comments
ARENA SmartSnow Announces New Snowpack Measuring Technology for Snowcats ARENA SmartSnow announced this week that the company launched a new technology for measuring snow-depth. The new technology is able to capture snow coverage on pistes to within a centimeter (0.4 inches) of accuracy. The technology is satellite based while the hardware for which is a compact antenna, which, the company says, is compatible with all snowcats. The technology utilizes a […] Industry News Tate Sundberg | May 23, 2023 1 Comment
NASA Satellite Chronicles the Return of Tulare Lake, CA As the Sierra Nevada snowpack melts after one of the deepest seasons in recorded history, Tulare Lake quickly returns to life after the most recent Western Mega Drought had left it empty for years. Seen in the images captured by NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on their Aqua Satellite, the lake has expanded at a rate of nearly 3,000 […] Industry News Tate Sundberg | May 23, 2023 0 Comments
Kenton Cool Breaks His Own Record for Most Everest Summits by a Foreigner May 17th, 2023 — Reaching the peak of Mount Everest even once is an accomplishment of a lifetime, yet on May 17th, 2023 Kenton Cool summited the mountain for his 17th time — breaking his own record for most summits by a person born outside of Nepal. This time was a little different, he tells us in an interview with […] Industry News Tate Sundberg | May 23, 2023 0 Comments
Wild Mountain at Taylors Falls, MN, to Reopen for One Final Day According to its Facebook page, Wild Mountain Ski Area in Taylors Falls, MN, will reopen for four hours on Saturday, May 20, 2023. From 11 am – 3 pm, the resort will reopen “a full park set up with some old favorites and some new twists (hint — think water).” Reading between the lines here, a pond skim is very likely […] Industry News Tate Sundberg | May 18, 2023 0 Comments
Former Olympian Trevor Jacob Will Plead Guilty to Intentionally Crashing his Plane and Obstructing Evidence Former Olympian Trevor Jacob faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine after agreeing to plead guilty to obstructing evidence after intentionally crashing his plane. Trevor Jacob is a 29-year-old ex-Olympic snowboarder, competing in the 2014 Sochi Games, turned pilot and viral YouTube sensation. In a publicity stunt intended for a wallet sponsor on November 24, […] Industry News Tate Sundberg | May 18, 2023 0 Comments
Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Afton Alps, MN — The Joy of Skiing the St. Croix Nestled in the St. Croix River Valley in the tiny town of Afton, MN, lies the popular weekend getaway and nighttime ski location of Afton Alps. Yes, ‘The State of Hockey’ is better known for its skating than its skiing, but with everyone on skates and such similar edge control, skiing comes as second nature to Minnesotans — and let me […] Tate Sundberg | May 14, 2023 1 Comment
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