Rumor has it that Snowboard Journal’s parent company Future is ending the magazine’s run. It’s sad that a high-quality publication like Snowboard Journal isn’t profitable enough to keep around. I look forward to Future’s new magazine stuffed with full-page ads and absent of absolutely any articles.
VIA Snowboard-Mag.
Bianchi is producing a line of three mountain, three road, and one street bike with a little help from Ducati’s brand. They’re pretty much normal Bianchi bikes painted red and given some new graphics, but that doesn’t mean they’re not the coolest road bikes out this year. The chrome grip tape goes a bit too far, but this bike just looks fast.
Techweenie Todd
October 16th, 2006 at 10:50 am
PS – sock not included.
Techweenie Todd
October 16th, 2006 at 10:49 am
Unfortunatly, not even these Ducati logos will make chicks think your unit is bigger. Better stick to the sock in spandex. This is almost (though not quite) as stupid as those “chopper” bicycles. Look for it wherever middle aged men are buying.
If you want to complicate things, throw out the bent up wire coat hanger you’ve been using to dry your CamelBak reservoir and get the Typhoon Hydro Bag Dryer. For $60 this thing circulates heated air through your water bladder to dry it in 20 minutes. Now if I could only imagine a situation where I would need my CamelBak dried out in 20 minutes.
Dave
October 13th, 2006 at 2:16 pm
“Now if I could only imagine a situation where I would need my CamelBak dried out in 20 minutes”
So you can put your WEEEED in it!
Daigan
October 13th, 2006 at 1:50 pm
Or just stuff the tube into the bladder.
Roll out of bed and pop two of the horse-pill-sized Motor Tabs into your water before exercising. These things look like a caricature of Alka-Seltzer, but they’re really just an effervescing electrolyte-replacement energy drink. The nice thing is you can stuff some into your backpack for a week into a trip instead of carrying a huge jug of Gatorade with you the whole time.
gear
January 16th, 2007 at 6:50 pm
This stuff really works and is for real. US Ski Teamers, professional cyclists, triathletes are using MotorTabs and they all use them cuz they work. Lots of science and research behind them, tested extensively and they taste good. Go to http://www.motortabs.com
tip: if you get the flu and get dehydrated (which happens all the time) they are easy on the stomach and get you back in balance.
[...] The people at nuun hydration have sought to separate hydrating from providing energy with their electrolyte-replacing tablets. Much like Motor Tabs, nuun active hydration tablets are meant to help your body absorb water more quickly than drinking untreated water. The tablet mix of sugar and salt comes in three fruity flavors—just don’t feed them to the seagulls. [...]
It’s an El Nino year, but that doesn’t mean global warming is off the hook if it’s a bad snow year. KeepUtahCool.com is SkiUtah.com’s new website which argues that everyone should start running their HUMMERs on bio-diesel or the ski season will become shorter. Hitting people with the global warming stats where it hurts.
VIA SnowboardMag.
Dave
October 13th, 2006 at 1:21 pm
Is it written in Chinese? ‘Cause you know– those factories are filthy over there. I’m not letting the Americaners off easy, I’m just reaching for my ‘bullshit enviro bandwagon publicity stunt’ card.
Beginning next Friday, Etnies is releasing a girl’s team DVD that will be a gift with purchase. The video follows the group of women riders from California through New York to New Zealand. Teenage madness without the lawsuits and a pair of shoes you would have bought anyway, perfect.
VIA Snowboard-Mag.
Bicycle fabricator Firebikes specializes in low-rider frames and completes, but they also make a handful of accessories like these pedals that go for $150. Despite their Tommy Lee looks and West Coast Choppers logo, these guys actually do some really rad work that’s worth a look. I’m not saying I’d buy their Disco Beaver frame, I’m just saying it’s a cool form of craftsmanship I can appreciate even though I’d rather be seen on a snowbike than one of their frames.
The Airblaster Leg Bag is pretty spendy at $60, but you just have to think of all the street cred it’s giving you. You can even put it on your back leg so everyone thinks you’re riding switch. It’s even available in some limited edition options from MyAirblaster.com right now.
[...] If their leg bag is too last-year, check out the Airblaster Leg Fanny. When it keeps falling down your chicken legs, you can always pull it off and rock it around the waist of your one-piece. It’s the coolest $50 fanny pack out there—now if you could just get off that rental board. Written by Rocky Thompson [...]
At only $25, Skullcandy’s Smokin’ Buds headphones are a killer deal, but they do come with a few hang-ups. Skullcandy made them with the wire to one ear much shorter than the other, so you need to keep you iPod in the same pocket or it pulls out while you’re trying to run or walk around. Don’t get them for working out if you sweat a lot, they’ll short out pretty quickly. They sound remarkably well though, so if you can cope with the wire thing and you’re not a sweat hog, go nuts.
Adjust your seat height from your handlebars with the Gravity Dropper seatpost. This $250 post is available in 2, 3, or 4 inch drop so you can lower your seat for descending and raise it for flatland and uphill riding. It’s like an office chair for your bike.
Burton is opening a new store in Japan, where the company makes about 29% of all its revenue. Their press release says: “The first floor, deemed the ‘Powder Stash’, houses Burton boards, boots and bindings inside a white playground-style fence that entices riders to enter and have fun with the product.†Those fences are so damn enticing.
VIA Snowboard-Mag.
Dave
October 12th, 2006 at 4:49 pm
5-17-4 Jingumae (a.k.a ‘Cat Street’)
Shibuya-ku
Tokyo, Japan 150-001
Phone: 03-5738-2777
Cat Street is the coolest part of Tokyo. It is a small street, usually only open to pedestrians or small cars. The cool thing about it is that it is windy– curvy, and it follows along next to a stream so it’s not really ‘megatokyo’ Akira, but more like Telegraph Ave outside Berkeley or something in Georgetown. I really hopes this goes well for them. God knows that a lot of different snowboard “shops” are ripping off the Japanese customers with gear they bought in LA, ship over, then resell in their stores…
At the last bike shop I worked at, this smoking hot girl came in once and asked if I could take a look at her car stereo. I was about to tell her that just because she was super hot didn’t mean she should expect bike mechanics to fix car stereos, when my co-worker yelled from the back of the shop that he would look at her car. In the interest of all the girls who don’t slut themselves out for mechanical help, 686 is making the Yumiko Women’s Embossed Snow Toolbelt. This thing comes with a Phillips screwdriver in the belt buckle and wrenches into the belt loop so you can handle repairs on your own.
[...] Crumpler says their Thirsty Al Pouch is made for cell phones, digital cameras, or iPods—but this thing should be used more truly to its namesake. Put in on your 686 Tool Belt and you’ll be the most popular guy in the lift line with your hip flask holster. If one of your friends falls down in the lift line, you could also pull your camera out to take the best picture of the day. Written by Rocky Thompson [...]
whiskyTango
October 12th, 2006 at 4:19 pm
Gadoury likes Girls?
I was disappointed to find out about the recent decision regarding the future of Snowboard Journal, although I am not surprised. The magazine represented the purity of our passion.
Nothing pure lasts for very long in this culture, it was Art. Photographs to articles, photographer to writer, it seemed to be concieved from a collective oneness. A core. A heart. Our culture is bent on the “bottom Line”. I will miss having its availability, being able to take flight over mountain ranges I may never get to see, chillin’ with like minded spirits who are exactly where they want to be, doing exactly what they want to be doing, with whom they want to be doing it with. I am grateful for the time it had; like all of us have, but a moment, and then it’s gone, impermanence reigns.
thats a bum deal about snowboard journal. that was a cool mag. but i really like future snowboard mag. not sure what you’re saying about no articles cuz i like reading their articles way more than transworld or snowboarder mag. thanks ffor the post.