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Retro Fools Day 2012 Stevens Pass

Webmonkey — Thu, 03 May 2012 17:01:38 +0000

Big thanks to: Stevens Pass, Mervin Mfg, Sno Con, Full Sail, Maxx von Marbod, Dave Billinghurst, Jesse Burtner and all that came out and shredded the radness.

The 3rd Annual Retro Fools Day at Stevens Pass, WA

Webmonkey — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:38:22 +0000

Join GNU and Lib Tech for the 3rd Annual Retro Fools Day at Stevens Pass on April 21st, 2012.

The more retro your gear, the more style points and time deduction you get for the Downhill Slalom Race and NEW Stunt Ditch. Super Mega Raffle and trophies for everything rad.

RSVP on the Facebook event page

Awards:

Best Dressed
Fastest Time
Best Trick
Most Radical

$10 Event Fee or $20 with Limited RFD T-shirt

All proceeds go to SOS Outreach and The Service Board.

Brought to you by Stevens Pass, Lib Tech, GNU and Retro Snow.

Supporting sponsors: Skullcandy, Sno-Con, EVO, Union, Coal, Zumiez, Sessions Beer, Volcom, Frequency, Casual Industrees, Pow Gloves, K2, Diecut Stickers and Imprnt Screen Printing.

More event information at ridestevenspass.com

GREENHORN GAMES : SUMMIT AT SNOQUALMIE : 2012

Webmonkey — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:23:16 +0000

Gnu Snowboards’ traveling mini-shred tour finished off in grand fashion at Washington’s Summit at Snoqualmie resort. After stoking out kids and parents in a full gamet of conditions at Brighton, Loon Mountain, Mount Seymour and Sierra-at-Tahoe we were treated to broken blue skies and sun during one of the snowiest springs in NW history. This was actually the fist time the GHG has ever had sun in it’s five year run at the Summit, and the kids wasted little time in destroying all the features the park crew had assembled. 60 kids from age 3 up to 13 years and 364 days old learned new tricks, met new friends, had lunch served to them by Pete Saari (Mervin Mfg), John Logic (Snowboard Connection) and Johan Malkoski (C3 Worldwide), got pointers from NW Lib Tech shred and sitting Mayor of Tube City Stefan Krumm and walked away with tons of prizes from Gnu Snowboards, Arnette Eyewear, Lib Tech Snowboards, POW Gloves, Poler Stuff, Snowboarder Magazine, High Cascade Snowboard Camp and Snowboard Connection. This was a perfect end to an amazing year of GHG stops…the future of snowboarding is in good hands. Look for even more stops next year!

Edit by David Kiker

Results:

HCSC’s Spirit of Greenhorn Sword – Paisley Flowers (3yrs!)

Poler Stuff’s Parent Jam Top Shred – Kimo Cole

12-13 B0YS:
1) Quinn DuBois
2) Matteo Soltane
3) Skyler Kloth

10-11 Boys:
1) Milo Malkoski
2) Keala Cole
3) Frank Bessolo

9 – Under Boys:
1) Zakk Harman
2) Mac Malkoski
3) Cooper Hunter-Smith

Girls:
1) Paris Elliott
2) Isabella Gomez
3) Bella Polizzi

GNU’s GREENHORN GAMES : MOUNT SEYMOUR : 2012

Webmonkey — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:00:54 +0000

Gnu Snowboards brought the “Greenhorn Games – The Coolest 13 and Under Contest in the World!” back to the snowy slopes of Mount Seymour, BC.

Lib Tech Ripper Jesse Burtner was our guest emcee and Bent Metal’s Sean Genovese gave out pointers all day to the 30+ mini-shreds.

Everyone enjoyed the BEYOND FREE event, went home with a full belly of hot dogs and bananas and prizes from GNU, Lib Tech, Arnette Eyewear, Poler Stuff, POW Gloves, Snowboarder Magazine, High Cascade Snowboard Camp and Coastal Riders!

Thanks to David Kiker for the video!

HERE ARE THE RESULTS!

- Poler Stuff’s “Spirit of Greenhorn” – Finn Finestone

- HCSC’s “Greenest Greenhorn” – Toan Krauskopk (5 yrs!)

GIRLS:
1) Paige Johnston 2) Lynn Kaufmann 3) Ella Birkland

9 AND UNDER:
1) Zakk Harman 2) Mac Malkoski 3) Tosh Krauskopk

10-11:
1) Milo Malkoski 2) Willem Stroud 3) Joseph Witwicki

12-13:
1) Christian Briones 2) Ethan Akelaitis 3) Jakob Goodsmith

Grenade Games 8 Promo

Webmonkey — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:53:20 +0000

Danny & The Dingo are getting ready for Grenade Games 8 at Bear Mountain, CA March 24th-25th…

Woodward Women’s Day Camp March 18th!

Webmonkey — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:47:19 +0000

Woodward is hosting another women’s day camp, they will be giving away a couple GNU boards as well.

Check out the video from the previous camp.

Boxes for Days – Japan – 2012

Webmonkey — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:21:53 +0000

We had so much fun in Japan last year that we had to come back for another Boxes for Days stop! This year the crew at Iizuna Resort in Nagano rolled out the red carpet and shreds from all over joined Think Thank’ers Jesse Burtner, Sean Genovese, Chris Beresford and Sean Black for a ridiculously fun day involving a lot of boxes!

Thanks to our great sponsors, Lib Tech Snowboards, Arnette Eyewear, Coal Headwear, Gnu Snowboards, Snowboarder Magazine, Garage 902, Iizuna Resort and Advance Marketing for their support, and to Kenji Kato, Kenken and Maki for putting it all together…see you next year!

Edit by Think Thank’s Ross “The Boss” Phillips.

Visit Snowboarder Mag for Photos and Story>>

The 2012 Legendary Banked Slalom

Webmonkey — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:54:44 +0000

The 2012 Legendary Banked Slalom went off again for the 27th year in a row! The GNU team showed up and kicked some ass on the course bringing home at least 4 duct tape trophies! Thanks to the Howats, all of the LBS crew, racers and spectators.

Photo Gallery:

“This year’s course was a little rough, but I’m pretty sure I’ve seen worse at the LBS! There was a little of everything from top to bottom… from blue ice to sloppy slush, and it was snowing by the time we took our final runs. I felt pretty lucky to make it down without getting chewed up by any of those turns, and it was nice to finally get some more duct tape, it’s been a while.”-Barrett Christy

Video:

Gnu Team Results:
Women’s Pro Masters:
1st Place! Barrett Christy (1.39.43)

Men’s Pro:
3rd Place! Temple Cummins (1.26.27)

Women’s Pro:
3rd Place! Maria Debari (1.37.93)

Men’s Younger Ams:
2nd Place! Gus Warbington (1.35.15)

Official results here:

GREENHORN GAMES – LOON MOUNTAIN, NH

Webmonkey — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:31:56 +0000

After a crazy month of tradeshows, computer crashes, Tube City, Boxes for Days, LBS at Mt Baker and general poor time management, I was able to put together the coverage for Gnu’s Greenhorn Games – Loon Mountain.

Big thanks to the Loon Mountain Terrain Park Crew for going over and above to build us such a perfect course. Snow flakes and old school punk songs filled the air while bananas, hot dogs and Cost Cutter soda filled the bellies. Every kid went home with a big smile, tired legs and some great prizes from Gnu Snowboards, Arnette Eyewear, Lib Tech Snowboards, POW Gloves, High Cascade Snowboard Camp, Poler Stuff and Snowboarder Magazine.

Photos by Gus Ruffke

Girls:
1. Dana Swartz
2. Ally McCall
3.Morgan Dardia

9 and Under:
1. Shea Donovan
2. Marcos Soto
3. Tim McCall

10 to 11:
1. Oliver Guarnier
2. Nate True
3. Kenny Houle

12 to 13:
1. Sam Gildea
2. Jacob Hallam
3. Liam Eckhoff

Gnu’s Tube City : Population Radness

Webmonkey — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:14:11 +0000

At three years old…Tube City was kicked out of the house and stood on its own. The event that was born in the loins of the Holy Oly Revival as the jib sideshow to the big ‘ol QP has grown quite a following so we decided to give it it’s own day. It didn’t disappoint.

Photos by Tim Zimmerman

Sunny skies and set-up with over 20 green tubes, tanks and giant metal balls awaited us in Central Park at the Summit at Snoqualmie. Residing Tube City Mayor and recent X-Games gold medalist Forest Bailey was in attendance as well as a grip of pro shreds including Lib Rippers Jesse Burtner, Tucker Andrews and Kurt Jenson, Bent Metal and DWD’s Sean Genovese, Think Thank’s Sean Black and Brandon Hammid and Gnu’s Forrest Burki and Nick Ennen. Add in around 70 NW locals looking to get rad, free bananas and hot dogs and an exclusive Superpass Invite to Snowboarder Magazine’s Superpark and you just couldn’t lose.

At the end of the 3 hour jam the election results came in. The City Council spots went to Jay Hergert, Jon Olmstead, Garrett Read, Trevor Schy, Robert Benott and Keala Kole all going home with Lib beanies and Arnette goggles. First Lady Naima Frost took home a new Gnu Girls Park Pickle. Jacob Krugmire was awarded the Poler Couch Surfer award for Sargent at Arms. Bart Pattituchi grabbed the Treasurer position as well as the Superpark Superpass invite as well as a new Gnu Riders Choice…and after a total onslaught on the course, Stefan Krumm was elected Mayor of Tube City. For his efforts he received a custom Tube City trophy (thanks to Terry Parker and Diecutstickers.com) and a GNU Forest Bailey Park Pickle.

Thanks to GNU, Arnette, Poler, Snowboarder Mag, Think Thank, Snowboy Productions, Tim Zimmerman, Mike Yoshida, Sean Lucey, Ross Phillips, Ryan Davis, Matt Crane, Jesse Burtner, Krush, all the riders and the entire entire Summit at Snoqualmie park crew for an amazing day. We can’t wait for the next election!