If you are looking for an awesome weekend destination to ski or snowboard then look no farther than Kicking Horse Resort. I headed up there last weekend with a crew and had one of the most mind blowing experiences of my life.
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Why are we learning to ride Burton Snowboards? Because it matches my last name and I like geeky things like that.
Today was a great day to go riding. It’s Sunday night and no one was on the hill. Good time to try to ride goofy, but we will get to that a little later. Since I have just started to learn how to ride a snowboard, I thought I would go through some of the tips that have helped me out.
The first thing you want to do when you go out riding for the first day is make sure you have snow pants on because you will be spending a lot of time on your butt. (more…)
I took the plunge and bought my first snowboard. A Burton Elite 58. I’ve lived in Calgary Alberta for almost 7 years with the Canadian Olympic Park only 10 minutes away and never took the opportunity to drop in, literally.
If you are looking to buy a snowboard, the guys as Ski Cellar on 17th ave are awesome. They walked me through the boots (Solomon), bindings (FS Burton) and snowboard (Burton Elite 58).
The best thing they got me to buy was a lock. I figured it was an up sell but thought to myself “It’s a smart up sell!” Long story short, I walk out to get my snowboard after having a Rockstar and I see this guy next to my snowboard looking around kind of confused. He then calls to his friends, “My ski’s are gone! Someone ripped them off!” I love my lock. (more…)
