12 September 2006 | Downtime, Features, Product, | Comment
With an estimated 250,000 snowboarders in the UK, those clever folks at Footprint Travel Guides have recognised the need for a travel guide dedicated to snowboarders and produced ‘Snowboarding the World’, a new travel guide due for release in early September.
11 September 2006 | Features, On-Mountain, Product, Season 06/07, | Comment
This directional shaped beauty is built to tackle the many faces of the glistening gem that is snowboarding: backcountry, trannies, park and rails all bow down to the solid, powerful nature of the Anthem.
9 September 2006 | Features, On-Mountain, Product, Season 06/07, | Comment
The team driven UnInc once again delivers independent innovations in this all-mountain freestyle dominator, and each length bearing its own sick design depending on the shred dawg who rides it.
7 September 2006 | Features, On-Mountain, Product, Season 06/07, | Comment
We like Icon. They’re a bunch of down-to-earth Finns making sick boards for the right reasons. And the Revival is one of them. So if you like a bit of freestyle razzing on a stick made by guys who are down for the cause, why not get your feet on this twin-tip board?
5 September 2006 | Features, On-Mountain, Product, Season 06/07, | Comment
Stefan Gimpl’s board of choice is a directional freestyle board that’s super light and lively, yet still predictable to ride for the advanced radicalistas. Leaning ever so slightly to the stiffer end of the stiffness spectrum, the Random features V30 carbon for precision and pop and a G30 Xtra light core so you can fly like an eagle and spin with the kind of ease that Mr Gimpl is famed for.
18 August 2006 | Features, On-Mountain, Product, Season 06/07, | Comment
The new Nixon Delta watches are the first snowboard specific triple sensor watches with custom digital movement, compass and altimeter functions. The clever time-piece also has runs and elevation tracking thanks to a swiss barometric pressure sensor, slope sensor and speed sensor. With the turn of a dial you can easily access all the different functions.
18 August 2006 | Features, On-Mountain, Product, Season 06/07, | Comment
Being the creator of the widest board on the market wasn’t quite good enough for Elan, who have now surpassed themselves with their new super wide shape. For the big-footed gent, the new super-wide fit easily accomodates bigger boot sizes, featuring a significantly reduced width across the nose and tail of the board thanks to patented Omega Sidecut technology.
18 August 2006 | Features, On-Mountain, Product, Season 06/07, | Comment
After two years of talks with riders, Head have launched their brand new PX5 binding. Blending comfort and performance, the binding easily adapts to all styles of snowboarding and moulds to your boot for a smooth, non-clunky ride.
18 August 2006 | Features, On-Mountain, Product, Season 06/07, | Comment
The O’Neill H3 Series is a range of wearable electronics, designed specifically for boardsports fans. The range of technologically advanced apparel constitues six items to save up for, including…
18 August 2006 | Features, On-Mountain, Product, Season 06/07, | Comment
APO snowboards have just released their new expresso binding. The lightweight binding has two independent straps with ratchets, making it as comfortable, customizable and precise as a normal binding plus you can fit your foot in from the top when in powder snow or steep slopes.
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