ISPO – 2013-2014 New Gear ISPO Munich is the most important outdoor sports tradeshow in Europe, where all the brands show their new equipment for the next season. It was the third year that splitboardmag was going there to bring all the info back about the new stuff. Being there only confirmed what we already… Read more »
When discussing rescues in avalanche accidents, mostly technology and innovation concerning avalanche beacons are brought up, while there is another location tool which is essential within a rescue team: the avalanche rescue dog. Some history: Avalanche rescue dogs date back to 1937, to the first documented rescue, when a kid buried by an avalanche was… Read more »
GRIVEL, Made in Italy with Solar Energy. Founded in 1818 by a family of blacksmiths in the small village of Les Forges at Courmayeur, Grivel is the oldest brand producing alpinism equipment. After 160 years of tradition, the surname is still preserved, being part of the living history of alpinism. In Practice: The roof… Read more »
Is there any place in the world you’d rather be during the Apocalypse? A friend had made the comment a year previously. These days it’s on repeat in my head anytime we are hanging out in front of the yurt at night. I know how good the scene is inside: the wood stove is raging… Read more »
Splitboarding: shredding pow every day! Splitboarding is not a new trend but within the last years more and more riders have acquired a taste for it. Völkl Snowboards was into it from the start and has been producing splitboards based on the Selecta for their team riders for years. We have asked three Völkl… Read more »
Venture Snowboards is a small company located in Silverton, Colorado, United States. It started in 1999, and from the beginning they have had a strong commitment to minimize the environmental impact. Venture Snowboards factory is run by wind powered energy. when did you take that step and why? what difficulties did you find to… Read more »
When I tried a splitboard for the first time, I’d never actually thought about just how far I could go with my progress in snowboarding, and with the mountain itself. Now I know, the effort involved in the climb, the reward on reaching the top, the much talked about descent and the companionship are the… Read more »
Alexander Hoffmann Austria alex-hoffmann.blogspot Splitboarding opened a new world to me. When I’m snowboarding I’m usually hiking aswell, but I always used snow shoes. I carried my board on my back on several peaks and it happened more than once that I hiked out of a flat valley with my snow shoes on as well…. Read more »
WINK ABILITIES – Creative Imaging “Orderly chaos! This is what I love about art and design.” “Very much influenced by my surroundings – the mountains, the ocean, the undiscovered…I use these elements with a slight twist of perspective to create worlds I like to discover.” Jeanette Kangas, owner and designer of Wink Abilities – Creative… Read more »
