
And if you’re a skier… score after the jump.
Cheer up. It’s a short week.
Our frends over at frendsvision.com always have something on-hand to make us laugh. Here’s a little something to brighten up your day. Amazing.

We here at The House fully support the notion of FREE STUFF.
You may already know this from our weekly Friday Freebie days… or from offers like this one, but we humbly admit that Transworld Snowboarding has upped the ante when it comes to giving away free stuff. It’s a virtual product toss of epic proportions.
Starting today, September 1st, TW Snow is giving away something every day for a month.
All you have to do go to their site and enter. Here’s a link and a lineup of the swag that is up for grabs. (Personally we’re drooling over the trip to Aspen!)
It’s not team spirit you’re smelling…
It’s winter coming. Are you ready?
“Hot Dog!” – quote from the best old-school skiing commercial evah’.
You, my friend, you are the reason we do what we do here, and for this reason we’re going to step things up over here at The House Blog.
Coming soon is an in-depth library of How-To videos. Everything from switch back-fives to pro status sticker jobs. But we need your help! What do you guys want to know how to do? Anything goes so set the comment board afire with suggestions of anything you would like to see, or you think “your friend” might not know how to do.
So I’m a snowboarder right, but I still say that freestyle skiing needs a lot more credit. Cause honestly we’re all one in the same. Those guys rip and don’t get half of the love that their sideways standing bothers and sisters do. We are seeing a change in tide, however, as Fuel TV has FINALLY decided to recognize the talent and is bringing skiing to their airwaves. For the first time ever a male skier will have a spot on Fuel’s ever popular Firsthand, and that guy’s name is Tom Wallisch. You can catch the epispode on Fuel this Sunday, August 22nd at 5pm PST/8pm EST & 8pm PST/11pm EST.
Jeff Schmuck sat down to talk with the producer of Firsthand, Jeff Harper. They had a good talk about how they finally got skiing on Fuel, how it’s all different and if they think we will continue to see more of this kinda thing happening. I personally really hope so. I think skiers and snowboarders have a lot to learn from each other and this kind of immersion into each others worlds is going to help us do just that. Check out the interview on New Schoolers, Tom Wallish’s Firsthand.
Something tells me triple is already the word for 2011. If these guys are getting these tricks on lock in slushy summer time snow, I can’t wait to see what the contest season is going to bring about.
This weeks winner is Dane McCullough from Wisconsin. Dave here’s a pair of Burton Ronin work gloves to go with your new snow gear. Thanks for being a customer.
In my opinion this is one of the best teasers to hit us so far in 2010. It looks like they have some pretty creative hits and some total bangers. Check it out…
New Schoolers had a great little post up about the new ski video to hit this Fall called Too Nice. It’s an all Minnesota production featuring all MN skiers, all MN music, and was filmed and produced by all people MN. Check out the write up about TOO NICE, which is a tribute to the original MN Nice.
Oh yeah and p.s. be sure to check out the comment at the bottom from philcote. Very interesting… I never looked at it like that.
I think the future just slapped us in the face. We’ve all been wondering when computers were going to be displayed not on a monitor or cell phone, but simply in our field of view. Well, Blam! Here it is. The Recon x Zeal GPS Goggle has a small screen built into the inside of the goggle frame at the bottom of your vision. The video explains everything.
It’s pretty rad that one of the first places I’ll remember seeing this was in the snowboarding industry, but this is without a doubt fad that will spread to all aspects of everyday life.
Here’s to a mom that supports what we do
Here’s to a mom that knows what all we’ve been through
Here’s to a mom that is patient and kind
Here’s to a mom that’s there when we take a bad digger and almost go blind
Here’s to a mom that cared for us when we were small
Here’s to a mom that loves us even though we think it’s a good idea to try and ride our boards on a wall
Here’s to a mom that lovingly scolded us, hand on her hip
Here’s to a mom that worries for us when we’re packed in a car on a road trip
Here’s to a mom that offered us reassurance and comfort
Here’s to a mom that is the first thought that goes through our head if we’re about to do something where we could get hurt
Here’s to a mom that told us there was nothing in the dark to fret
Here’s to a mom that taught us confidence that we would later need to gap down a 20 step stair set
Here’s to a mom that bundled us up head to toe, making sure nothing froze
Here’s to a mom that hopefully won’t see us when we’re high in the air rolling down the windows
Here’s to a mom that told us to be careful while you play
Here’s to a mom that will still come to support us even though it may turn her hair gray
Here’s to a mom that picked us up so we could reach the drinking fountain
Here’s to a mom that helped us realize we can take down a mountain
We know we put you through a lot mom, but thanks for loving us any way.
Thanks and Love you Moms everywhere! Happy Mother’s Day!
April 4th marked the beginning of the 2010 Jon Olsson Super Session, or JOSS as it’s more commonly known, being held in Are, Sweden. JOSS is a two week venture battled out between seven teams that represent nations around the globe. This year teams Sweden, Canada, America, Norway, Europe, Down Under and Newschoolers duked it out to see who was the best. The teams are made up of five people that include one rookie, two pro skiers and two filmers. Their main goal over these two weeks is to put together the best five minute video they possibly can. This epic battle just recently wrapped up and the outcome was glorious.
All the fun over this two week period was documented both by Newschoolers TV (they have something like 9 episodes) and by josupersession.com (they kept a daily update and have a bunch of videos). It’s pretty entertaining, I would most definitely recommended checking all of it out. JOSS gives out awards for best trick, best crash and all that, but the coveted award at these games is who made the best video.
It had to be decided who took the cake from a three way tie, but in the end it was team Canada that came out on top with the best video. They are still releasing all team videos but so far the ones you can peep are team Europe, Sweden and Down Under. They are all really good so I’m curious to see how Canada topped them. Keep an eye out for updates cause this is something you probably don’t want to miss.
If you’re reading this chances are that you are an outdoor enthusiast and have a great appreciation for the white fluffy stuff. Over the years we’ve seen a decrease of snow and our riding seasons are consistently getting shorter. Jeremy Jones decided it was time to take action and started Protect Our Winters (POW):
POW was founded on the idea that if we harness our collective energy and put forth a focused effort, the winter sports community can have a direct influence on reversing the damage that’s been done and ensure that winters are here for generations behind us.
Jeremy and POW are now asking for our help to get The American Clean Energy and Security Act passed. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill in May of 2009 but now it is being held up on in the Senate. POW is asking that we contact our Senators and let them know where we stand on The American Clean Energy and Security Act. The POW web site has made it easy as ever to get a hold of your Senators. Simply go to their TAKE ACTION link and you will be able to see where your state is currently standing and you will be able to send your Senators an email as easy as entering your zip. They have a message ready to send out, but if you would like to create your own that is an option as well. As of right now we only have 22 days to get our Senators to take action, so we need to contact them NOW! Read More
After winning back to back gold medals in the Superpipe at X Games Grete Eliassen rocketed off a monster hip at The Canyons to set a height record of 31 feet.