Flexmeter Double Splint Gloves ordered from the Other Company

Lauren,

I am writing the email to request to purchase the Double Sided Flexmeter Snowboard Gloves in size large. I ordered a pair of these gloves from ___ last week in anticipation of my upcoming trip to Colorado for which I leave on Friday of this week. (i previously had seirus cranium gloves).

Needless to say, ___ sent me the single sided gloves instead. My initial conversation with ___ didn't even want to send me out the correct gloves the same 2 day fed ex for which I initially paid for to have the gloves in by me leaving for my trip. Two phone calls later and ___ offered me nothing more than the ability to return them since they did not have the double sided gloves in stock....saying they were on back order (even though they charged my amex, sent the single sided ones to me and gave me some half dumbfounded excuse 4 days prior to leaving on my trip leaving me without gloves. Some questionable "supervisor" almost mocked me when I asked to have the manager call me the next day.

Extremely poor customer service for a company, in my humble opinion who completely in the first place messed up the order. Needless to say probably will not be using that company again....and I would hate to have my product being distributed by this company or any representative of this company.

I rarely write about companies service but I felt that this probably needed to be addressed to the people who make/own the company who promote this product so they could see what a awful job ___ does with their product.


In summary, I really need a pair of these gloves (double sided flexmeter size large) prior to me snowboarding in colorado (my job doesn't give me the ability to have a broken wrist). If there was anyway I could purchase them from your company feel free to contact me.


JL, M.D.
Tampa, FL

Where i should put put my snowboard bindings? Q and A with Tom Buchanan

Snowboard Q and A with Tom Buchanan
"Snowboarding has come a long way from the olden days when a board was little more than a stiff piece of wood."

Q. i ride freestyle and i was just wondering where i should put put my bindings, equal length apart? more to my nose or more to my tail end? Thomas P.

Tom Buchanan, Okemo Resort

A. from Tom Buchanan:

Freestyle riders [snowboarders] generally like small flexible boards with a twin shape (so the nose and tail are the same size, and so that the board rides the same way in each direction). The generally favored binding position for a twin is equal distance from the center. That allows for easy spins in both directions and, comfortable switch riding for take-offs and landings.

A typical directional snowboard for all-mountain riding is designed to be ridden with a longer nose than tail, but also works well for basic freestyle.

The binding position is just part of the design. Board designers also play around with core materials, side-cut, and camber, all based around a targeted stance. The further you move the bindings from that targeted position, the weirder the sidecut, camber, and core will perform.

If you have a twin board, the binding position will be easy to set with an equal sized nose and tail. If you have an all-mountain board (the most common type of snowboard) it will typically have a longer nose than tail, and I suggest you stick to roughly whatever the manufacturer has established as the reference stance. On a directional snowboard you can push both bindings out or in a bit without adversely affecting the ride, but they should generally be moved together. There’s nothing inherently wrong with pushing your bindings all the way back, forward, or setting them asymmetrically, but that might give you a weird ride and is generally not recommended. A local shop will be happy to look at your board and offer a suggestion for the best binding position to suit your riding style and body size. If you really want to play around with binding placement, go ahead, but please understand it’ll change the way the board performs.

Snowboarding has come a long way from the olden days when a board was little more than a stiff piece of wood. The technology inside a modern snowboard is completely amazing, and that really lets us push the sport to new levels. For example, many advanced snowboards have a core made of different kinds of wood placed in very exacting patterns around the center and around the bindings, which provides engineered levels of energy absorption and pop. The sidecut is designed to make the board turn easily, but in some cases the sidecut is placed off-center from the midpoint of the board to really focus turning power. And new hybrid camber boards use camber or reverse camber shapes based on the intended binding placement.

If you are interested in how snowboards are made, and you happen to be near Burlington, Vermont, Burton offers tours of their prototype shop on Tuesdays and Thursdays. It’s a great tour that’ll really give you a sense of what it takes to make the world’s best snowboards. The proto shop is called Craig’s, in honor of pioneering snowboarder Craig Kelly, and is profiled on a Burton page here.  There is a video on the top of the page about Craig Kelly, and then the video shows what’s up inside the proto shop. (Editor's note, see a short video of the Burton Flagship Store and more here on SnowboardSecrets.TV (3rd video from the bottom) Burton Snowboard Museum, Flagship Store, and the Dogs of Burton, VT)

If you’re wondering what binding set-up the designers have in mind for your board, or how it will ride with a weird binding placement, you can always call the manufacturer directly. Their numbers are pretty easy to find on the internet, and most snowboard companies like to chat with the riders who are shredding their boards. Burton, the company that sells more boards than any other, has a toll free Rider Services phone line at: 800-881-3138.

If you still have questions, stop by your local shop or contact the manufacturer of your board directly. Then, go out and ride!

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Tom Buchanan is an instructor and staff trainer at the Jackson Gore base of Okemo Mountain Resort in Ludlow, Vermont. He teaches group and private lessons for all age riders. In the summertime he guides and teaches fly fishing for Orvis in Manchester, Vermont. He taught skydiving for 25 years and is the author of “JUMP! Skydiving made Fun and Easy” published by McGraw-Hill.

Tom Buchanan
PO Box 261
Londonderry, VT 05148
802-824-4243  (Legacy)
802.451.6097   (Mobile)
Linkedin.com/in/BuchananT

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Leg Pain While Snowboarding Q and A with Tom Buchanan

Tom Buchanan, Okemo Resort

Question from Reader Chris

January 2011

hey well i have a question im not sure you can help with but i appreciate any an all advice. i had a old set up a burton royal board an k2 bindings its what i learned on an it was good .i had it for roughly 4 years i recently upgraded to a lib tech banana magic board with burton malativa bindings.....i understood the setup would need adjusting however after rougly 2 runs down the mountain my back left thigh into my knee was beyond pain. it feel like the worst cramp i have ever felt in my life .it starts in my lower thigh an hits my knee it feels all muscle no joint or bone pain from bearing my weight. i tried to widen my stance an played with my bindings it got better but never felt ok  i understand some level of this is conditioning an muscle fatigue . i dont know what to do also my right (front foot) was getting sharp pressure point pain i think my boot is to big honestly because i feel like the foot is able to move around to much inside the boot but the heel is secure .im at a loss an would appreciate any help/advice thank you

Answer and Ideas from Snowboard Instructor Tom Buchanan and His Crew at Okemo

Hey Chris:

Lauren Traub Teton (at SnowboardSecrets.com) sent me your email with a request that I offer some thoughts about what might be causing your leg pain.

I am a snowboard instructor and staff trainer at Okemo in Vermont, and have been teaching for 10 years. I actually used your question as the foundation of a training session this week, which got some of our staff thinking about different ways to assess equipment and movements. So, thanks for giving my morning session some direction!

While it’s not possible to provide a definitive solution to your leg pain without looking at your equipment and seeing you ride, I can give you some things to think about. My general impression is that the problem is probably related to your riding style rather than the equipment itself, but the way your gear is set-up might be contributing. 

It would help to know how many days you have been riding this season, what your stance width and angles are, and how you are using your body to turn the board. Absent that detail, I suggest you place your bindings at the reference positions on the board (probably the centered screw holes), and then use duck angles of about 9 and -9. That’s a pretty good start point, and from there you can change things up as needed.

A duck stance is sweet because it helps center your hips and allows you to easily move your center of mass from edge to edge while remaining balanced with hips and shoulders over the board. The duck stance also helps in using your ankles to efficiently pressure the board, and to ride with small muscles in a relaxed body position. 

Often we see people riding in an old-school skateboard or surf style with twisted hips while leaning back toward the tail, and then kicking the board around with the back foot. That’s most visible while riding on the toe edge and is easily spotted because the riders back arm ends up over the toe edge. Twisting and tail lean is usually aggravated by bending at the waist. That riding style tends to place a whole lot of pressure on the backleg just above the knee, and it often twists or torques the front foot causing pain to the side of the shin. It may be your old set-up allowed you to get away with that, but the new set-up with reverse camber has reduced your feeling of stability which is increasing big-muscle torque. If that’s the case, the solution would be getting centered on the board in a neutral reference stance, then using gentler movements to turn the board.

You also mentioned that your boots might be too big, which could reduce foot control and thus require big muscle movements when smaller movements would be more efficient.

Finally, as a super-long-shot, there may be a canting issue with the Burton binding on the banana board. If the camber of the board is opposed to the cant of the bindings it may create a weird pressure dynamic. I think your bindings have a removable canting bed, so that might be something to look at, but honestly, I think that's a pretty big reach. I checked with Burton to learn a bit more about their canting system and they say it's just a couple of degrees and it relieves pressure because the knee can bend as it was designed, and that in any event when the rider is on a board the camber/reverse camber flattens so the type of camber shouldn't matter. Burton says they haven't heard of a leg pain issue associated with the canting in the Malavita binding. Of course the canting is foot specific, so if the right foot is in the left binding (and vice-versa), it might create a problem.

The overall pain issue sounds sudden and extreme, and that leaves me a bit puzzled. I'm wondering if you rode at all this year before switching to the Banana Magic board and the Malavita bindings, or if you just started your season with the new gear. I hate my first day of riding because there is always some kind of pain, and my riding generally stinks. Plus I'm usually on new gear so I'm confused and struggling to find a comfortable stance. My solution is to just ride and deal with the general fatigue, while working on riding movements to improve my position on the board and reduce torque. I’ve felt shin pain on the front foot a few times at the beginning of the season, and usually handled it by shifting that binding angle a bit more toward the nose. This year I actually did the opposite and shifted the back binding toward the tail hoping it would help me stay centered on the board, and not try to cheat the turns by torqueing my body. Being able to ride centered really helps as a foundation from which to move through and around. The muscle fatigue and small pains go away after a few days of riding as my body adjusts to being on the board.

In any event, I'm guessing your problem is primarily a rider issue, rather than an equipment issue, and that a couple of hours with an instructor would sort it out. Most major resorts have instructors that can identify and address issues like this, but of course not all instructors are created equal. Naturally I'd suggest a private lesson, but if cost is a concern upper level group lessons don't usually have many people in them, and if you let the resort know that you are looking for an experienced instructor who can sort out a technical problem you’ll get a good hook-up. If that's too much of a mouthful, simply asking for an AASI certified level 2 or level 3 instructor will get a qualified instructor who can think in tech-terms.

I hope this helps. Snowboarding shouldn’t hurt, and while there may be some fatigue and minor pains on the first day of the season, it sounds like your situation is more extreme. The gear you have is top notch, so I hope you can adjust your riding style to reduce those weird pressures and make it fun and easy.

Tom Buchanan

Tom Buchanan is an instructor and staff trainer at the Jackson Gore base of Okemo Mountain Resort in Ludlow, Vermont. He teaches group and private lessons for all age riders. In the summertime he guides and teaches fly fishing for Orvis in Manchester, Vermont. He taught skydiving for 25 years and is the author of “JUMP! Skydiving made Fun and Easy” published by McGraw-Hill.

Tom Buchanan
PO Box 261
Londonderry, VT 05148
802-824-4243  (Legacy)
802.451.6097   (Mobile)
Linkedin.com/in/BuchananT

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Flexmeter Snowboard Wrist Guards - More Letters from Customers

see the video of Flexmeter FAQs here!

"If i would have just read your info and purchased a pair of Flexmeter Gloves  from day one it would have saved me two years of pain and over 80 k in medical bills."

Gino Campagnolo, State College Pa

Dec. 11, 2011

"I've bought and tried all the other brand wrist guard gloves that I know are out there and the ones you sell are definitely the best ones by far."
Marc,  Feb. 27. 2012

Order Flexmeter/Docmeter Snowboard Wrist Guards and Sport Wrist Guards at www.Flexmeters.com!

 

More letters from Flexmeter customers here, in this blog, February 22, 2011. Scroll down below the article of Lauren working on 180s at Switch Academy, Mountain Creek, NJ.

Flexmeter Wrist Guards, and Gloves with Wrist Guards built-in are designed by a doctor and proven to reduce snowboard wrist injuries. Lauren from SnowboardSecrets.com is the US importer and distributor. She receives many letters like these from customers and people who wish they had been wearing Flexmeters!

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Letters from Flexmeter Snowboard Wrist Guard and Glove Customers

February 27, 2012

Hi Lauren,

I just spoke with you on the phone. It was nice talking to you. 

I've ordered the double sided wrist guards and the double sided gloves for myself from you in the past.

I've ordered another pair of gloves for a friend. And now, another one for another friend. I may have a few more friends interested in the gloves.

I've bought and tried all the other brand wrist guard gloves that I know are out there and the ones you sell are definitely the best ones by far.

Please don't forgot to include a medium size Azzpads with my glove order.

Thanks,

Marc

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Feb 9, 2012

Hi Lauren,

Wanted to send you a quick note to say thanks for hooking me up with all the gear.
My girlfriend and I love the gloves and the butt protection. We've been going snowboarding almost every weekend and are having so much more fun! We've had many falls and so far no major injuries. Absolutely love the gear.
Hope you're well.
Mariya 

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Jan. 9, 2011

Hi Lauren,

Thanks for your very informative website !!

i unfortuntaly broke / fractured my right wrist at Copper Mountain on New Year's ; really silly fall !!  I was wearing pair of  'short' wristguards but fell on top of wrist / Arm and the wrist guard actually made it worse ..

anyway , planning to be back in 6 weeks and looking at the flexmeter gloves v/s wrist guards ...

Do you maybe have recommendation which one would give better protection ? ..  I'm thinking that the wristguards would be litlle too big to fit under my current gloves and would be nice not to have to strap on guards separately; so leaning towards the  'build in' / glove ..

Please let me know :-) // Torge       

Torge, what kind of wrist guards were you wearing?

Hi Lauren,

thanks for quick reply :-) ... i was wearing Dakine wrist guards which 'safed my wrist' many times before but they are  just not 'designed' for this scenario / fall ...  i hit some ice and actullly slammed backwards with entire body weight on top of the wrist; the guards have a bend, hard plastic splint on bottom ..  it was such a silly / preventable fall as well!

reading through your website these are surely not ideal though and the double protection glove is likle way to go ; especially since i do not want to call it a season yet ;-)..     // T


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Jan. 9, 2011

Hi Lauren.

You probably won't remember but you helped me a couple of seasons ago with some Flexmeter gloves and guards.  I live in Toronto, Canada and, at the time, our family was getting ready for a ski trip in Quebec.  I wanted wrist guards for the trip but, at the time, you were already out of stock of the medium guards for the season but recommended the gloves to me which have worked great.

My 13 year-old son just started snowboarding this past weekend.  In the order that I placed a couple of seasons ago, I included a pair of small wrist guards in anticipation of my son starting it up in the future.  I'm pretty sure they fit him when I first got them but, unfortunately, it appears that they are now too small for his hands (he could not comfortably velcro the strap that runs across the palm).  I had him wear his guards this weekend even though they were a bit small but I let him try my gloves at the end of the day and, not suprisingly, he is now begging me to get him a pair too.

John Y.

Toronto

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Dec. 15, 2011 

Lauren,

Yes, thank you for the email. Despite my efforts to get him to get some wristguards (I even sent him the Ski-injury.com linK). No luck!

So, please go ahead and send my original order of Flexmeter Gloves with DOUBLE wrist protection (palm and dorsal side)  and the Azzpad.

via FedEx two day if possible.

Thanks for you extraordinary customer service!

Tom

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> Hi Lauren ,
>
> I see you have a new glove do you have it in stock in Lg ? if so  I would
> like to order one set  in Lg . I have also sent my wife's best friend your
> info i think they are planning to get wrist protection for their boys they
> are starting this year ..
>
> FYI .... I had surgery two weeks ago and it looks like I'm getting better
> .I had the hardware taken out  and working to get into the snow in three
> weeks . I was reactive to the implant and the Dr's are scared !!! I have
> tons of info for anyone with questions. I am going to NYU Medical center
> in Jan to see if i can be a research candidate . I went to Johns Hopkins
> and they sent me to NYU .. Lots to tell . it all end with "If i would have
> just read your info and purchased a pair of Flexmeter Gloves  form day one
> it would have saved me two years of pain and over 80 k in medical bills.
>
> Gino Campagnolo
>
> State College Pa

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Jan. 21, 2010

Dear Lauren,
     My son Jake is an avid snowboarder and a very active kid in general. He is almost eighteen years old and has broken nine bones in his life so far. However, he has been wearing flexmeter wrist protecting gloves for about five, maybe six years now and has never and I repeat never had a wrist problem since wearing them. He will sometime do a jump as high as thirty to thirty five feet and has at times taken falls and never hurt his wrists. He is amazed at the protection the flexmeters give him. It has really made a difference in how he feels when he snowboards. He just feels better when he wears them. Also, dealing with your company has been a real pleasure. We feel that someone really cares about the safety of snowboarders and skiers in general and the service has been amazing! Thanks for all of your help.

Billy W 

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 Dec. 14, 2010
Hi Lauren,

I ordered Flexmeters from you a couple of years ago and would like to try the gloves with palm and dorsal protection. Can I order a pair of large ones?

Brit D
Houston, TX
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Dec. 11, 2010
Thanks Lauren!!!!!!! You rock! Great customer service from you. Please forward to your supervisor with my compliments!
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SnowboardSecretsTV on YouTube Explodes in Popularity

YouTube Channel SnowboardSecretsTV Explodes in Popularity

Hits 200,000 Total Views

Westchester County, NY. April 22, 2011 - SnowboardSecretsTV Channel on YouTube hit the milestone of 200,000 views on April 22, 2011. 

The YouTube Channel created by internet entrepreneur Lauren Traub Teton has exploded in popularity, with channel views up a total of 50% since the recent US Open of Snowboarding in March 2011. 164 short videos are posted on the channel that encompasses snowboard events and parties, snowboard athlete interviews, skateboard events, music festivals, and more.

Begun in March 2009, the two year old grass-roots channel on snowboarding caters solidly to the Twifties demographic, that is the fun sporty people in their late 40s and up, with a total of 49% of viewers over age 44. 64% of viewers are over age 34 and 71% are male. The channel is considered grass-roots because it is guerilla marketed on a small budget via stickers handed out at live events, and internet word of mouth, instead of using traditional expensive advertising in magazines.

All videos posted at SnowboardSecretsTV on YouTube can also be viewed easily on the TV Channel Online at www.SnowboardSecrets.TV. Ms. Teton created the format for TV Channel Online out of a need to categorize her videos easily for viewers to find on the YouTube format. “Now you can click a category and see all our ‘US Open’ videos or ‘Snowboard Athlete and Coach Interviews’ easily, and users can search our site” says Ms. Teton. “The TV Channel Online format is so good and easy to use for viewers and video makers that it’s available to license” says Teton.

Video is a relatively new medium for Lauren Traub Teton. “I bought my first video camera, a Flip Video the moment I became aware of it, and then switched to my Canon Power Shot still camera which takes incredible video and is the perfect size.” Teton was awarded the Harold Hirsch Video Journalism award Honorable Mention with many favorable comments last month by NASJA (North American Snowsports Journalists Association.) 

The most popular videos on SnowboardSecrets.TV are “JR Celski, Olympic Speed Skater” interview, “US Open Snowboarding 2010 Men’s Halfpipe Interviews - Peetu, Kazu, Iouri, Scotty Lago and Janne Korpe,” “USASA Nationals 2010 Injuries from Snowboarding Slopestyle,” “Sarka Pancochova,” and “Buff Headwear at Belleayre Mountain.” A 28-second video from the US Open Snowboarding Championship in March 2011 called “Excuse me, R U Danny Davis” continues to gain in popularity on the site.

SnowboardSecrets.TV is a division of Sport Secrets LLC, which is also the parent of Flexmeters.com, the US importer and distributor of Flexmeter/Docmeter snowboard wrist guards and gloves designed by a doctor and proven to reduce snowboard and skateboard wrist injuries. Lauren Traub Teton is the inventor of these websites: SnowboardSecrets.com, SnowboardSecrets.TV, SnowboardNews.TV, SnowboardEventsCalendar.com, SnowboardRegistry.com, SnowboardProfiles.com, Flexmeters.com, Twifties.TV, TwiftiesCalendar.com, Twifties.com (coming soon), TalkingNames.com, realpeoplemarketing.com, and MusicFestCalendar.com. She says that telephones are the new TV and 3 minutes is the new 30 minute show.

Snowboard Deaths

This is not a happy topic, but also needs to be known in hopes that snowboard fatalities and serious injuries can be reduced. Headlines courtesy of Google.

See previous lists of snowboard deaths on SnowboardSecrets.com
and Snowboard News Blog.

3/3/11
Snowboarding death: Santa Teresa High grad, 22, 'loved the outdoors'
San Jose Mercury News
Lt. Bryan Golmitz added that Philip Walker was found on a defined course, and said that even experienced skiers and snowboarders can fall into these "tree wells." It can be terrifying, Golmitz said, when the person in the hole sees glimmers of people ...
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	3/29/11 Snowboarder killed in Stevens Pass avalanche was UW student The Seattle Times Urquhart said the four friends were snowboarding down the mountain when McCarthy veered off in a slightly different direction and was hit by the avalanche. ...

 3/28/11
Stranded Snowboarder Found Safe
KTVN
A snowboarder braved the elements before being found alive and well by search and rescue teams after being missing since Saturday evening. Authorities say Sean Voss of San Francisco went snowboarding with a friend in the back-country near Waterhouse ...
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3/15/11	Dead child's parents solicit snowboard solution The parents of a fallen snowboarder are putting up $20000 in reward money to ... the risk of death goes up exponentially in avalanche or tree well accidents .... Andrew Bailey's injury diagnosed as a strain · Danville teen wins Intel ... www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/03/12/...

3/12/11
Tree wells concealed and deadly on ski slopes
HeraldNet
By Sharon Wootton Deaths by avalanche draw the most media attention, but there's another snow-related danger that is a threat to skiers, snowboarders and ...

3/5/11
It's been a grim week
PlanetSKI.eu
On average each winter season up to 60000 people in Austria need hospital treatment as a result of an injury while skiing or snowboarding.

3/2/11
Another Snowboarding Fatality
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Like many of the other snowboarders who have perished, Halperin was found in a tree well, having fallen head-first into the dangerous pits that surround many trees after heavy snowfall. As always, our deepest condolences go out to Mr. Halperin's ...
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  2/27/11

Body of British avalanche victim still not found PlanetSKI.eu The men who survived described the avalanche as a huge wall of snow and it is ... With more snow forecast in The Alps skiers and snowboarders are being ...

PlanetSKI.eu

2/26/11
Finnish snowboarder dies and another is injured in avalanche in ...
Helsingin Sanomat
A Finnish male snowboarder died on Thursday in an avalanche near the ski resort of Bansko ... One of them sustained injuries. ”I just spoke with the injured ...

 2/21/11
Search resumes for missing snowboarder on Mount Hood
OregonLive.com
By Kimberly AC Wilson, The Oregonian Search and rescue volunteers and deputies from Clackamas County Sheriff's Office remain on Mount Hood this morning, planning a sunrise push to find a missing snowboarder. The rescue effort began shortly after 3:30 ...
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2/16/11
ACROSS the BIG SKY
Great Falls Tribune
The Gallatin County Sheriff's office said Caleb Acker was snowboarding in the ... No other injuries were reported. The avalanche danger for the Bridgers was

2/10/11
Skier who collided with tree at Sun Valley Resort dies from ...
Bellingham Herald
Sibbach said the Wednesday fatality is the first and only death at Sun ... "Like any sport, there is a risk to skiing and snowboarding," Sibbach said. ...


 2/1/11

Avalanche experts caution more big slides possible like Saturday's ... RealVail A female snowboarder Saturday triggered an avalanche estimated at 800 feet wide and ... in Saturday's incident not resulting more serious injury or death, ...

1/31/11
Rider injured Saturday in avalanche near Vail Pass
Summit Daily News
In November, there were six human-associated slides and one death — a patroller at Wolf Creek Ski Area. October saw one slide involving a snowboarder. ...

 1/28/11

Name released in Retallack death Nelson Star The woman killed in a snowboarding accident last month while staying at ... When their guide returned up the hill and used his avalanche transceiver to ...

1/27/11

California Ski and Snowboard Accidents and Injuries - California ... Accidents caused by negligent maintenance or insufficient avalanche control; ... Skiers and snowboarders can protect themselves from serious head injury by ... has successfully handled California ski accident injury and wrongful death ... www.california-injury-lawyer-blog.com/.../california-ski-and-s...

Student killed at Lake Tahoe without Snowboard Helmet – SkiHelmets ... A 22-year-old woman was killed Saturday afternoon in a snowboard accident at ... It is also the third death this winter at a Lake Tahoe ski resort. ... VIDEO: Ski Helmets reduce injury risk. Mr Private said: This article is ... Ski Vacations said: Helmets are useful expecially for extreme skiing and avalanches, ... www.skihelmets.org/.../student-killed-at-lake-tahoe-without-sn...

 1/26/11
Snowboarder dies in accident at Lake Tahoe's Granlibakken resort
Examiner.com
A young woman from Oakland died in a snowboarding accident on Saturday afternoon at Granlibakken resort in TahoeCity. Rahsheka Keith, 22, died when she hit ...
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 1/24/11
Snowboarder seriously injured during Crotched Mountain event
Boston Globe
By Taylor M. Miles, Globe Correspondent A 21-year-old snowboarder from Billerica was flown to a Boston hospital with serious injuries after he fell ...
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1/21/11
Haines man recounts 21-hour brush with death
TheNewsTribune.com
Doctors told him he would never snowboard again and that he may not be able to return to his job as a carpenter. "It might be time to go back to school. ...
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 Galena High teenager who died at Mount Rose Ski Tahoe remembered as 'nice ...
Reno Gazette Journal
By Steve Timko • and Jaclyn O'Malley • January 21, 2011 Relatives of a 15-year-old snowboarder who died Wednesday after an accident at Mt. Rose-Ski Tahoe ...
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 1/13/11
Avalanche, ski accidents claim 3 lives
Flathead Publishing Group
TRAGEDY STRUCK Whitefish Mountain Resort again last weekend when a snowboarder and skier were killed in separate incidents at the ski resort. ...
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1/12/11
North American Tree Well Fatalities Are Sober Start To Winter
OnTheSnow.com
Tree well deaths stand in a class by themselves known as Non-Avalanche Related Snow Immersion Deaths (NARSID). In short, a skier or snowboarder falls upside ...
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1/11/11
3 men die while recreating in northwestern Montana
ABCMontana
Twenty-nine-year-old Scott Allen Meyer of Kalispell died in a snowboarding accident Saturday while a 68-year-old skier collapsed on an intermediate run and ...
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 12/30/10
Weather Expected To Help In Search For Snowboarder
KCRA Sacramento
Clear weather today is expected to help searchers as they continue to look for a snowboarder missing in the Alpine Meadows area since Tuesday. ...
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  3/13/10
Snowboarder was living his dream in Colo.
Northwest Herald
By SARAH SUTSCHEK - ssutschek@nwherald.com SPRING GROVE – The family of a Spring Grove snowboarder killed in an avalanche Wednesday said he had been living ...
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1/15/10
Grand Marais snowboarder's body found near Vail, Colo.
Duluth News Tribune (registration)
The worst fears have come true for family and friends of missing snowboarder Jasper “Jaz” McGrath, as Eagle County, Colo., authorities confirmed Thursday ...
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 1/9/10 
 Sketch of suspect in snowboard collision
Press-Enterprise (blog)
The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department has released a composite sketch of the suspect in a snowboarding collision that injured a 9-year-old girl ...
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1/7/10
Snowboarder Kevin Pearce is regaining consciousness; has been upgraded from ...
Los Angeles Times (blog)
Snowboarder Kevin Pearce has been upgraded from critical to serious condition, according to his doctors at the University of Utah hospital. ...
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12/30/09
Hofstra student killed in Vt. snowboard accident
Newsday (subscription)
Alex Westphal, 20, a sophomore business student at Hofstra University who played bass guitar and piano, died Christmas Eve in a snowboarding accident in ...
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6/17/09
Bangor sailor loses way on Mount Adams
Seattle Times - United States
Later he heard a rock fall from the peak and a rustling sound like a snowboard, and thought a rock formation was his friend Miller coming to rescue him. ...
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 6/3/09

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Body of snowboarder found
PlanetSKI.eu - The Alps,UK
It's believed the man was walking with his snowboard when he triggered the avalanche. His body was found at the bottom of the Dar waterfall. ...

 


6/1/09

U.S. Snowboarding Mourns Death of Karine Ruby | Solspot By Snowboard Mag PARK CITY, Utah (May 30) - U.S. Snowboarding officials and athletes mourned the death of French Olympic champion Karine Ruby, 31, who was killed May 29 in a climing accident on Mont Blanc near Chamonix, France. Ruby, one of the great ... Solspot - http://solspot.com/

  5/31/09

Pro Ride End of Season Newsletter 2009

Pro Ride's toughest season is drawing to a close. On January 20th 2009 Anthony Crute; founder of Pro Ride, coach, friend and inspiration to us all, passed away in St John's hospital, Vancouver. To any of you who ever met Anthony you will know that this has been a tragic loss to family, friends, campers and the snowboarding community worldwide. You will also know that after 11 years of hard work making the camp what it is today Anthony would have wanted Pro Ride to keep on rocking. Let's use his inspiration, guidance and zest for life as motivation to push our limits and live life to the max... through us all, Ants rides on.

 5/31/09

Snowboard champ dies in climbing accident, aged 31
Taipei Times - Taiwan
Ruby, who had competed at the highest level since she was a teenager, won two Olympic medals, six world championship titles and 67 snowboard World Cup ...
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 4/15/09

Giving New Meaning to Snowboarding
Bostonist - Boston,MA,USA
Two unfortunate—or lucky, depending on how you look at it—fellows rode an avalanche down Mount Washington this weekend. The climbers slid 800 feet ...

 4/10/09

EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Rescued Snowboarder
KOHD - Bend,OR,USA
Wednesday morning, Euteneier had parked at Mount Bachelor, heading on foot towards Todd Lake for some back country snowboarding and to celebrate his 30th ...
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Lost backcountry snowboarder rescued near Todd Lake
Bend Weekly - Bend,OR,USA
... disoriented during a snowboarding and hiking trip, Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue (SAR) Coordinator Sgt. Scott Shelton reported. ...
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4/8/09

Hypothermia killed Hatcher Pass boarder
Anchorage Daily News - Anchorage,AK,USA
25 when he fell behind his brother while the two were snowboarding, Matthew D. Theodore, 25, for reasons that remain unknown. Troopers say they found a 750 ...
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3/31/09

Snowboarder's death ruled misadventure
The Dominion Post - Wellington,New Zealand
Adele Sawyer, 29, a graphic designer originally from Manchester in England, was snowboarding with two others in the Organ Pipes, an advanced section of ...
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3/11/09

CORRECTION: Man critically injured in snowboarding accident at at ...
New Richmond News - New Richmond,WI,USA
Although we do not have any obligation to monitor this board, we reserve the right at all times to check this board and to remove any information or ...

Lake Elmo man seriously injured in snowboarding accident
Lake Elmo Leader - Lake Elmo,MN,USA
A Lake Elmo man has suffered serious injuries following a snowboarding accident late Saturday afternoon. Caleb Szajner, 22, of Lake Elmo was at Trollhaugen ...
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Snowboarder dies following fall at Trollhaugen
River Towns - River Falls,WI,USA
Szajner was snowboarding at Trollhaugen Ski Area in Dresser, Wis. on Saturday when he attempted a stunt with his board. According to reports, he landed in ...
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2/21/09

Autopsy Conducted On Snowboarder
MyMotherLode.com - Sonora,CA,USA
More details are known about the death of snowboarder Aline Christina Martins at Dodge Ridge Monday afternoon. Deputy Paul Tualla with the Sheriff's Office ...
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1/21/09

Name of snowboarder who died at Bridger released
Billings Gazette - MT, USA
By AP BOZEMAN - The name of a 32-year-old Bozeman man who died while snowboarding at Bridger Bowl has been released. Garden City Mortuary said Russell T. ...
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1/16/09

Snowboarding death defied odds
Olean Times Herald - olean,New york,USA
By Brian Lothridge ISCHUA - A 19-year-old Ischua man who was killed Tuesday after he was struck on Miller Hill Road while snowboarding was “in the wrong ...
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1/15/09

Mother of Snowboarder Killed in Accident Remembers her Son.
WKBW-TV - Buffalo,NY,USA
It is a sad reminder what happened on this road, a snowboard still on the side of it. Snowboarding was a passion of Adam O'Neill's. ...
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See previous lists of snowboard deaths on SnowboardSecrets.com
and Snowboard News Blog.

  

  
 

Snowboard Contest in Vancouver - $20,000 Purse!

The Quiksilver Showdown Over the City is s Grouse Mountain’s marquee snowboard event and one of Canada’s top snowboarding events, It returns to the Peak of Vancouver this weekend (March 25 and 26). The public is encouraged to come up and watch top international and local snowboard talent competing for $20K in cash and prizes. This year’s event has a 4-Star ranking as part of the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour, which is the premier event circuit in the world. The weekend consists of Friday Qualifiers, Friday Night Jib Session, the Saturday Park Session, and many other festivities throughout the weekend.

Showdown Over the City i Returning for the fourth time after taking an Olympic break in 2010 the event will showcase the very best in men’s snowboarding.

The Contest is broken down into two male specific categories: amateur and pro. Amateurs will compete on Friday, March 25 to earn a spot competing against the pro category Saturday, March 26. There is $20,000 total prize money up for grabs- $10,000 for first place, $5,000 for second, $2,000 for third and $3,000 for a rider judged best trick.

Showdown Over the City is a TTR World Snowboard Tour sanctioned event. It is a ‘4 Star’ event helping it garner increased media exposure and access to the world’s best snowboarders.  TTR is the world’s foremost governing body for professional snowboarding. 

New this year is for spectators is an onsite BBQ and Beer Garden. Additionally, Ford will be activating a test drive program at the base of the Skyride and Mervin Manufacturing and DC will be offering on mountain demos.  Mountain guests who are looking to pick up some great new gear will receive up to 50% off all Quiksilver and Roxy products in Outfitters. Customers who spend over $50.00 will also receive a free gift with purchase.

See our exclusive video Slopestyle Battle 2011 - Willet vs. McMorris, US Open Snowboard Championship on SnowboardSecrets.TV and don't forget to subscribe to us on YouTube for more goodies like this!

We've got a video interview with Eric Willet and Mark McMorris who will be competing in the Showdown.