Jason Arens Summer Ski Edit Get Rich, Or Don’t Posted on August 14, 2013 by Lief Storer Reply Just catching up with Jason Arens this summer and it looks like he has put together a couple new tricks for the upcoming season. Gone are the days of whipping 1080+ spins. This year, the game is to tweak those grabs harder and float nothing more than 5s. JASON ARENS//GET RICH OR DON’T from jason arens on Vimeo. Filmed by: Jake Strassman, Alexandra Erickson, Tyler Malay, Garrett Jurach, Sam Trefaller, Ian Macy Song: I’ll whip your head boy – 50 cent Posted in Snow | Tagged Good Enough, jason aarons, ski | Leave a comment
Tanner Hall Invitational – Sierra at Tahoe Posted on March 11, 2013 by Lief Storer Reply We’ll be rooting on our boys Brady Perron and Mike Hornbeck at the first annual Tanner Hall Invitational. There is just enough snow to make some proper hits and there is enough talent at this comp to make anyone get wet. See you guys out there March 30th at Sierra-at-Tahoe. Posted in Action Sports, Snow | Tagged lake tahoe, Sierra, ski, snow, tahoe, Tanner Hall | Leave a comment
Awesomely dangerous snowboard made entirely of glass Posted on February 26, 2013 by jeffbausch 1 Board looks dope but can you even use it? Got your portable speaker attached to your snowjacket and ready to hit up the slopes to do some shred-nasty on the slopes this weekend? Before you head, you have to check this out: Signal Snowboards just demoed a plank made entirely of glass. Gnarly stuff, right? No doubt the question that comes to mind is – how in the world is a piece of glass going to be able to withstand the weight of a person pounding on it mountainside? The answer: very careful manufacturing. Signal traveled across the world to Italy to build the board. Italians, if you didn’t already know, are well versed in the art of glass making, and Signal found two companies who could lend their special expertise to their project. First stop: Vetreria Aurora, a company that specializes in glass manufacturing for heavy duty glass applications (doors, wires, railings, etc.) Here, two separate pieces of the board were cut, melted, and custom-formed in a glass oven. Once that was done, the board was drilled for the inserts. After that, the board was taken to Viraver Technologies to be tempered (same deal as a windshield). The two pieces went through a series of heat exposure and chemical salt baths to make them tough as $hit, and less likely to shatter. Once that was done, the pieces of glass were baked together with a graphic insert in a vacuum sealed bag. Finally, after that was all done, the dudes were allowed to take the board out to test it out at Abetone ski resort. During the tests, the Signal folk found the board pretty much uncontrollable: with it being glass and all, it travelled at breakneck speeds going downhill but was slow as molasses going across more level areas. With such sharp edges, the board turned really well, but at the end of the day, it couldn’t withstand ALL of the pounding a typical snowboard takes, showing cracks similar to what you see in a windshield nicked up by stones and whatnot. Too bad — would’ve been cool to see this work out and expand the thinking to include skis as well. Posted in Action Sports, Snow | Tagged glass making, Glass snowboard, manufacturing, mechanical engineering, new snowboards, Signal snowboards, snowboard news, technology | 1 Comment
Can’t stand the winter cold? Then you’ll definitely enjoy watching these 10 snowmen get destroyed Posted on January 18, 2013 by jeffbausch Reply Frosty takes a licking in this video series Looks like somebody’s got Frosty issues. Ashton Kutcher’s Thrash Lab, which has already produced some pretty bizarre web-based content ranging in subject matter from butchers to barbershops, came up with this hilarious clip in which a group of Thrash Labbers took a trip to Tahoe and filmed “10 Epic Ways to Destroy a Snowman.” All of the destruction is captured in slow-motion on a Phantom Miro M320S High-Speed Digital Camera, so not only are these 10 acts hilarious in their approach, they’re also pretty damn cool looking to watch: Posted in Snow | Tagged Action Sports, Ashton Kutcher, build a snowman, how to destroy a snowman, snowboarder videos, Thrash Lab | Leave a comment
Good Enough Crew Presents Bare Minimum Posted on November 20, 2012 by Lief Storer Reply Good Enough Presents: The Bare Minimum from Garrett Jurach on Vimeo. It’s about that time when the snow is dropping. Back in the day, we used to just build snowmen and sit on a sled. In this day and age, the movement has shifted to slaying jib features and stomping huge tricks. Matter of fact, it’s not enough to just stomp big tricks. You have to do it with an ungodly amount of after bang, scissor, and swagger. This is our crew in Tahoe. We are proud of our boys. Filmed and Edited by: Garrett Jurach Featuring: Noah Curry, Jason Arens, Pete Arneson, Dash Kamp, Jordan Spohr, Bret Donnelly, Raleigh White, Cooper Davidson, Kyle Smaine, Lou Macias, and friends. Additional filming: Dylan Curry, Paul Heran, Chris Stamey. Supported by: Surface Skis, Causwell, Joystick, BoomBotix, Cakeatr, Newschoolers.com, and Tall Treez. Posted in Action Sports, Snow | Tagged Bare Minimum, freeski, Good Enough Crew, Jason Arens, newschoolers, ski, Ski edit, skiing | Leave a comment