Faster Louder Bigger Better

Posted by Paul on November 13, 2009 in Gear | Leave a comment

The title says it all, Emil Kozak an amazing designer from a small town in Denmark. His design inspiration comes from a life long passion for skateboarding. This guy has some serious skills when it comes to fresh looking creative ideas. The guy has worked for some pretty big clients as well, with such names under his belt as Vans, Element, Graniph, Eastpak,  Burton, Channel Islands, Nike, Lab Skateboards, Uniqlo, and many more.

Don’t Believe me check out the Vans Grunt Jacket and Pant, its sure to be a head turner. Emil offers some of the cleanest freshest designs put out there in the industry. He also comes through with a pretty amazing line of clothing, accessories, jewelry and art prints with style everyone can attest to. Check out his shop here.

Coming Soon Pics with Paul

Posted by kater on November 12, 2009 in Staff Interests | Leave a comment

For those of you that don’t know, Paul Loula is our Photographer here at The House. He just graduated with a degree in Graphic Design and the kid has got knowledge all over the place. Some of his recent work would include photos from a little thing I like to call America’s Next Top Pro Model.

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Pretty ill I know, so we have decided to put his talent to work for you guys. House Junkies is going to have a section just for Paul to tell you all about the big photographers in the biz, who are out there on the mountain right next to the athletes. He will be able to fill you in on the equipment they are using and maybe even how they get those crazy color palettes we see in pics everywhere now. Plus, a crap ton more about whatever he feels like talking about. And because we are so hilarious and clever, we’re gonna call the section Pics with Paul.

I’m super stoked to see what Paul has to offer, but wait! He’s not done! You can see the skills of this crazy krack at PaulLoula.com too.

Educate & Entertain Yourself

Posted by Paul on November 11, 2009 in General | Leave a comment

If any of you people out there would like to see the best reviews on 2010 snow products, check out our Youtube Channel.

We have over 650 videos and counting for your viewing pleasure. You can find everything from review’s, how to’s, video trailers and even the infamous Dave McCaul (aka D Mac, aka Ol’ Thirty Bastard).   Don’t forget to subscribe to our channel as we try and update videos as often as we can.

Just in case you need the address it’s http://www.youtube.com/user/thehouseboardshopyoutube

Hahaha… Oh Billy, obviously DC misses you, but we do too

Posted by kater on November 11, 2009 in General | Leave a comment

Woodward at Copper

Posted by Paul on November 10, 2009 in General | Leave a comment

Woodward at Copper is a year round training facility for all levels of park and pipe riders. They focus on an aggressive progression training technique. They also throw down with a 19,400 square foot indoor training facility. Woodward at Copper has options for everyone, whether you’re looking for day classes, camps, one hit wonders, drop ins, foam pits even strictly skate, bmx, and even inline sessions. Sure to be a blast for any visitor or camper, indoor outdoor fun all year long with pro coaches such as Chad Otterstrom, Eric Dummer, Matt Peterson and many more.

Shaun Update!

Posted by kater on November 10, 2009 in General | Leave a comment

A little while ago I posted about Shaun White’s Project X and his “secret new moves”. And our boy Brennen Swanson, who was down in New Zealand, made a comment that may have gone a little something like this, “he’s doing… front 12, cab 12, dub cork 10, cab dub cork 10, backside dub cork 10, dub alley oop back rodeo.. and some sick switch back 9’s… no need to wait for november 3rd! haha”

Well, the Project X site revealed a little about his new moves on Nov. 3 like they said they would, but they didn’t reveal all. My main man Conan talked to Shaun and he said he still had some secret new moves, but he gave THE PEOPLE IN NEW ZEALAND (aka Brennen) a little sneak peak. Brennen… respect. And Shaun, your an insane little red ball of talent.

Props brah

Flow to Pro

Posted by kater on November 6, 2009 in General | Leave a comment

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If you’re 21 or younger it’s your turn to see if you got what it takes. Gatorade is bringing Free Flow to you. So you really don’t have any excuses to miss out on this one. They have 10 stops scheduled all over the U.S. for freeskiers and snowboarders to compete in slopestyle and superpipe. These stops include:

Jan 9th – Big Boulder Ski Area, Lake Harmony, Pennsylvania (slopestyle only)
Jan 9th-10th – Vail Ski Resort, Vail, Colorado (slopestyle & pipe)
Jan 16th-17th – Tyrol Basin Ski and Snowboard Area, Mount Horeb, Wisconsin (slopestyle & pipe)
Jan 17th – Mountain High Resort, Wrightwood, California (slopestyle only)
Jan 23rd-24th – Killington Resort, Killington, Vermont (slopestyle & pipe)
Jan 23rd-24th – Keystone Resort, Keystone, Colorado (slopestyle & pipe)
Jan 23rd-24th – Bear Mountain Resort, Big Bear Lake, California (slopestyle & pipe)
Jan 30th – Brighton Resort, Brighton, Utah (slopestyle only)
Jan 30th-31st – Loon Mountain Resort, Lincoln, New Hampshire (slopestyle & pipe)
Jan 30th-31st – Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, Mammoth Lakes, California (slopestyle & pipe)

Feb 5th-7th, Mount Snow Resort, West Dover, Vermont (slopestyle & pipe). Will be held in conjunction with the Dew Tour’s Toyota Championship

This competition is meant to be used as a stepping stone for amateur riders to go pro. And no joke, they are truly throwing that opportunity at the winners. Each stop will have three and six winners. Those winners will then be flown (compliments of Gatorade) to the Free Flow tour finals which will be taking place at the Winter Dew Tour’s Toyota Championship, February 5-7 at Mount Snow Resort in Vermont. And the overall champions are going to get to compete against the pros in the Winter Dew Tour.

Sick right? Makes me wish I was young again… and I guess good at snowboarding for that matter. There is a $20 registration fee and that does not include lift tickets. And there are limited spots in each competition, so you need to move quickly to set yourself up. If you want more info snowrev.com had a great article on it, or you can go straight to the source at www.gatoradefreeflowtour.com

CAPTURING A MOMENT

Posted by Paul on November 5, 2009 in Snowboarding, Staff Interests | Leave a comment

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Ever wonder who takes all those amazing photos you see on the covers of your favorite snowboard magazines? There are a handful of great photographers out there, but there are three that really stick out in my mind, Dean Blotto Gray, Jeff Curtes, and Embry Rucker.  All great photographers, all with stories to tell in a non traditional way. If your looking for some insight to what kind of gear they use, check out the My Gear Section of Blotto Photto. Mr Blotto himself gives you plenty of what you need to capture some shots yourself.  If your wondering where Burton got the colorway  Blotto Grey this year, well now you know.

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Snowboarders Not Allowed

Posted by kater on November 5, 2009 in General | Leave a comment

Guess what Granite Peak is doing new this season… they have been so kind as to to restrict snowboarders from 6 of their runs. Now before you say “well, that’s only 6 and they do have 74″ it gets better. Because of how the place is laid out, some of those six runs are the only access to a few others. So that bumps the number up to a cool 13 runs that snowboarders won’t be able to access at Granite Peak (located in Wausau, WI)

The only place on the Granite Peak web site that these changes have been communicated is on 2 of the 3 trail maps. So they’re not really giving a heads up to any snowboarder looking to buy a season pass. Even though snowboarders are going to have limited access around the mountain the cost of their lift tickets remains the same. Transworld Business had an article on this and they had a statement from Granite Peak that tried to justify why they were making these changes:

“This year’s change is an effort to provide a better balance for all of our customers. We have responded aggressively to the requests of snowboarders to expand terrain features over the past few years and have continuously upgraded and improved the features. Our snowboarder customers are important to us and we will continue to improve and enhance our terrain parks. This change is an experiment for this season and will be evaluated at the end of the season based on feedback from customers. This is the same process we have taken with our terrain parks which has resulted in changing locations and other modifications of terrain parks over the years.”

Yeah, K, Great… that maybe would be a little more understandable if a terrain park and their features were only used by snowboarders, as many comments from the article went on to point out. There should be no segregation between skiing and snowboarding. If you ask me the problem lies in generation differences, not what’s strapped to your feet differences. Old people need to accept that young people are on the hill progressing a sport, and at the same time young people need to respect that older people have a completely different riding style but they paid to be on the mountain too. (Sorry, I’m not trying to create any stereotypes here, just giving an example) Can’t we all just get along?

But as far as Granite Peak goes Louis Bailoni has made some great points:

  1. Granite Peak is not a country club, it is open to the public. And it is on State Park property so to restrict mountain access purely based on whether you choose to ski or snowboard is discriminatory.
  2. The rules of skiing and snowboarding conduct and behavior are clearly identified in the relevant national and state associations and do not discriminate between equipment type, only behavior on the runs.
  3. Many Families, like my own or groups of friends, are comprised of both skiers and snowboarders and this new policy restricts their options to enjoy the mountain together as a group.
  4. What’s Next? Restrict access to the Disabled? Telemark skiers? Children below a certain age? Adults above a certain age? I.Q. level?

There has been an outcry for a boycott of Granite Peak this season. So if you accidentally already bought season passes see if you can return them. Also be sure to let Granite Peak know your opinion either by leaving a message by going to their website SkiGranitePeak.com or by giving them a call 715-845-2846. This is a hard step backwards in the progression of snowsports all together. Thanks a lot Granite Peak.

AND YOU THOUGHT YOUR SUBARU WAS COOL

Posted by Paul on November 3, 2009 in Snowboarding, Staff Interests | Leave a comment

If you haven’t seen this then you’re seriously missing out. We all have seen the amazing  Gymkhana videos, well Mr. Ken Block takes it one step further by attaching the Trax system to his Subaru STI. This video is just a teaser, so keep your eyes open for the full video to come at a later time.

Minneapolis Ski and Snowboard Expo

Posted by kater on November 2, 2009 in General | Leave a comment

The Minneapolis Ski and Snowboard Expo is going to be at the Minneapolis Convention Center this weekend. There are going to be just about 100 exhibitors including peeps from local, regional and Western ski areas. It’s all going to get underway on Friday (Nov. 6) at noon and will go to 10 p.m.  Saturday starts at 10 a.m.and goes to 8 p.m. and Sunday is 10-6. When you get to the Convention Center head to Exhibit Hall D, but to get all the details check out either the Minneapolis Convention Center Web site or BEWI Productions, Inc. as they are the ones responsible for putting on the event.

Kids 12 and under are free, but the rest of us have to pay $12 (cash only). But, along with these entrance costs you get a Free lift ticket AND a Free one year subscription for Transworld, Ski, or Skiing Magazines. I would say that’s a little bit worth it! See ya there!

Purple Out

Posted by Allie on October 30, 2009 in General | 1 Comment

I think the only reason why purple is one of the hottest colors for the season is because of Prince and the Vikings. I think Prince and the Vikings brought back purple since they’re both from Minnesota.  Also did you know that purple is a symbol of royalty and wealth. You’re going to see purple in everything from jackets, boots, t-shirts, snowboards and etc. Well I guess you should go buys some purple now. Here are some of my favorite products for this season in purple.

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Purple Gear from head to toe

Helmet: Red Hi Fi

Goggle: Electric EG.5

Jacket: Volcom Albedo Women’s jacket

Snow Pants: Bonfire Prism Women’s snow pants

Mitts: Volcom Iller Leather Women’s mitts

Snowboard: Burton Lip Stick 145cm

Bindings: Burton Lexa Ext

DVS Munition CT Mid Mikey Leblanc Signature Shoe

Posted by Paul on October 29, 2009 in General | Leave a comment

If your looking for a pair of kicks to rock when you don’t have your shred boots on, then check out the DVS Munition CT Mid HO2 aqua shoe. This shoe has all kinds of style going on for it, and most importantly its Mikey Leblanc’s signature shoe. We all know how he holds things down with Holden, pure style. This shoe is part of their all weather snow collection and features what you need to keep your feet the way they should be, DRY. Dont forget to check out the MFM and Jeremy Jones all weather shoe as well.

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Talk About Style

Posted by Paul on October 23, 2009 in Gear | Leave a comment

Get a load of these stylish headbanging phones from Matix. The Domepiece is sure to be a real head turner and competitor of last years release of Nixon headphones. The headphones retail for around $75 and with three different colorways to choose from, you’re sure to be in sync. I know whats gonna be on my Christmas list this year.

WILLIAM SPENCER!!!

Posted by Dave on October 21, 2009 in General | 1 Comment

Holy carp!