October 6th-8th

Unless you've been either in prison, or living in a basement with no windows playing call of duty with your bros... you've probably heard or hopefully noticed that there is snow on the ground and people are hyped on it. We've been out a few times now and it's great to be back. Here are a couple of different crews getting at it over the past few days. The Nayborhood

Academy Snowboards

Barrie's Rail Jam (Drew got RAPED by some judges. He back 3'd on, five-0, front one off and didn't even place for best trick. Blasphemy)

Pow-Mow with Corey, Balsman, and nervous-Bryden

Change That Tape

Skate Jumps and Trick Grinds

Cool edit from Idaho Falls friends and The Nayborhood

Starting off the Summer

It finally stopped raining, and as soon as it did I realized that it was indeed summer and I should get outside. So I did, and I'm about to go back out and make the most out of Idaho before the real summer at Windells.

Got a new skate deck courtesy of the fine folks at The Nayborhood

Went to Utah to handle some business. Mandatory In-N-Out stop. 

Yes, it's a Triple Triple

Yes, I brought my own pepsi

Board Fixin' Season

It's the end of the regular season, and with that comes broken boards, shattered egos, and the coming of summer snowboarding. So before I make my way out to Oregon, I started on a few projects to fix up some boards that I beat up during the season.

Board #1
DC wood core prototype 153
Loved it, and it saved my life. Took a hard fall on a handrail-caught on a 270, landed on my neck on the rail, hit stairs, hit the other rail, and ended up at the bottom in a daze. I was fine, but the board took the hardest impact and was un-rideable as you can see.

I tried to hammer it back in, but it wasn't going anywhere and ended up as some dorm room art for the rest of the season. Once I got home, it was time for a fixin'

After pulling the edge out and tweaking it back to shape, we hammered it into the core and with some help from gorilla glue and these vice grips, it set in nicely. 

Fixed! Board is now ready to ride again with some minor defects.

Vice grips are really strong, check out those new dents.

Board #2

DC Tone 149

Verdict: Edge broke while hitting a knobbed rail. Edge was completely ripped out while firecracking said rail's stairs.

The chunk was big enough to scare me away from using the board any longer this season. But besides this and the base damage from stair rides, the board is fine.

P-Tex to the rescue. First, I dulled the edge around the breaks to make it less catchy. Then with a razorblade I shaved off the bump from the compressed edge to get it as smooth as possible. Finally I went to The Nayborhood where the owner Chris had some P-Tex sticks and we filled in the core shot. Thanks Chris!

2 boards fixed and ready for summer shredding.

Skateshop Celebrities

Looking through some mags at Idaho Falls' newest skate/snow shop, The Nayborhood, and came across homies Evan Drage, Cheeseburger, and Riley Drage doing work at the DC Mtn Lab.