Mantrax skiboards out of Czechia have been around for a while now, albeit a pretty dormant brand at the moment, they still have skiboards for sale on skiboard.cz, along with other more blade like offerings. Mantrax bills their 98cm skiboards as universal for all types of riding and terrain. An ambitious claim for sure. Fully […]
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Tested: Rossignol Free’ZB 118cm
Rossignol describes their Free’zb 118 as a playful beginner ski which will teach people to ski in three turns, and I would definitely agree with them! But instead of looking at these as a training tool for future long skiers, how to they stack up to today’s skiboard market? Far from what some of us […]
Look Back: US Open
The Skiboard US Open was organized by Skiboard Planet and Hershel Nunez. This event had two iterations, and were the first competitions held in the US since the 2006 Skiboard Triple Challenge, and the last Skiboard competitions ever to be held. The US Open was held at Ragged Mountain, New Hampsire, in 2009 and 2010. […]
Skiboard Picker Chart v1.1
Calculated using Rocker/Camber, Underfoot Width, Turning Radius, and Length. The purpose is to give a general idea of how each skiboards best performs.Some measurement were estimated as they were not published by the manufacturer. Personal preference, rider ability, weight, and height are obviously subjective factors that can’t be included. Hope it helps with your next […]
Look Back: Jay Jam 2010
Although many skiboarding meet ups had happened before at Jay Peak, Jay Jam was the Enurshia branded meet up. Enurshia was skiboard clothing brand that operated sporadically at the time, releasing limit runs of printed t-shirts, hoodies, and bandanas. Back when skiboarders were mostly living out East, Jay Peak, Vermont had the powder and the […]
RVL8 Sticky Icky Icky Review
Mellow and playful is how I’d describe the Stick Icky Icky skiboards. RVL8 has created a great groomer oriented early rise (rockered at tip and tail, camber underfoot) skiboard that’s similar to it’s larger all mountain Spliff, but in a slightly shorter, and much narrower package thats quicker edge to edge. The “rocker” on these […]
Michael Romanenko – Sochi Twoowt Week 2016
Fox-Trotting Japan: Episode Three
Jason and Emily visit Arahama, a neighbourhood of Sendai badly affected by the 2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami and Jason heads north to Aomori to shred the infamous Mount Hakkoda in the series finale of Fox-Trotting Japan.
Fox-Trotting Japan: Episode Two
Jason goes on a solo winter bike ride. Then Jason and Emily take an overnight ferry to Hokkaido visit the Snow Festival in Sapporo and skiboard in powder!