2.1.12 8:51 AM
GNU Snowboards presents TUBE CITY – POPULATION RADNESS! on February 4th at Summit at Snoqualmie, WA.
The event was born in the loins of Lib Tech’s Holy Oly Revival…starting as the side show to the ariel trickery and the 1000 method onslaught of the giant quarterpipe it grew like all good fungus grows…year after year it adapted, progressed and now, like the cheese in the classic kids song Farmer in the Dell, it stands alone. Make your travel arrangements now, because all roads, flights and ferry rides eventually lead to Tube City – Population Radness!
The event will consist of a highly creative zone of metal tubes, lift towers, propane tanks and other assorted and recycled metal in a hike-able, skatepark inspired layout.
“The Summit is known for it’s fleet of round, cold steel” says Lib Tech pro and Ballard resident Jesse Burtner, “Let’s get tubed!”
“I was just really stoked to use a reference to the Farmer in the Dell in the press release.” said event creator Krush Kulesza.
Prizes will be given out to people who deserve em and someone will we appointed the MAYOR of TUBE CITY for downright awesomeness.
Pat Bridges and the fine folks at Snowboarder Magazine are also giving out a SUPERPASS invite to Superpark to one deserving shred at the end of the event. This is a pretty big deal.
Thanks to our amazing sponsors GNU Snowboards, Arnette, Lib Tech, Poler and Snowboarder Magazine.
Registration is from 8:30-10AM at the Main Lodge at Summit Central / Discounted lift tickets will be available / Helmets are required / Under 18 needs a parents signature
FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE
1.31.12 5:32 PM
New Complicated Confusing Snowboard From Gnu Naturally Makes Snowboarding Easier And More Fun!
Seattle, WA (January 31, 2012) – In a special very early release coming out mid-February 2012, GNU re-evolutionizes snowboarding with the most technologically advanced snowboard ever, the new GNU Impossible Asym. Sym. Sync. Pickle. Balance through asymmetry is taken to the next level, with the Impossible’s new asymmetry for ducks then combined with Mervin Mfg’s latest and greatest technological innovations. Customized core construction, sidecuts and contact angles are designed to allow the body and board to synchronize into perfect harmony through nearly “imperceptible perfection.”
In addition to Asym Sym Sync, elliptical EC2 camber/banana with Magne-Traction underfoot creates a fun, all-mountain ride. Impossibly strong, ultra-lightweight magnesium fiber, rugged Bio Beans topsheet material, black and blue swirl sidewalls, lightweight Colombian Gold eco wood core and a sintered base combine are brought together in the Gnu Impossible for the most technologically advanced snowboard being built today.
Asym Sym Sync is designed with the body’s asymmetry front to back, but symmetry side-to-side in mind. Snowboard turn mechanics are completely different on your toe side than on your heel side. The Duck Asym of the Asym Sym Sync balances the amount of board contact behind and in front of your feet for stable, balanced pop and float.
On the heel side, a shorter contact length allows for turns and reactions with power that are taken at an inherently lower angle. A softer flexing core construction on the heel side allows the board to flex into a tighter arc at a lower angle. On the toe side, anatomically its possible to tip a board up into a very aggressive angle of attack. The Asym Sym Sync’s mellower toe side sidecuts and longer contact are designed to balance this asymmetry creating toe edge stability and a range of turning arcs that align perfectly with the heelside turns. A firmer flexing core on the toe side provides added stability and control necessary with finely tuned toe side turn mechanics.
Curious Science and Anatomical Facts:
Available in 155cm only, for mid-February 2012 very early season release. Full size run and greater availability fall 2012.
TECH SPECS:
1.28.12 11:51 AM
Anderson Sets Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle Scoring Record Capturing Gold
Jamie Anderson, the lone American in Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle, set a Winter X Games Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle Finals scoring record with a 95.33 on her final run to capture gold. The gold was Anderson’s third in Snowboard Slopestyle and her sixth total medal in the event. Last year she captured the bronze and said it was nice to see her hard work in training this year paying off.
“I guess I was on point today,” Anderson who last took gold in the event in 2008. “The last few years I was trying to learn some new tricks and they weren’t all the way there. Now they kind of are.”
Due to the freshly fallen snow, most of the competitors struggled to keep their speed over the series of jumps. But Anderson was able to navigate the conditions for the top spot.
“The jumps were definitely really tough to get dialed in but once I got it down I was pretty happy,” Anderson added.
The Slopestyle course is approximately 1,600-feet long with six features and a vertical drop of 280-feet. Snowboarders attempt multiple tricks throughout their run on specially designed jumps, rails, boxes and other obstacles. Slopestyle is judged on creativity, trick completion and style. The competitors are ranked based on the best score of their three runs.
1.28.12 9:49 AM
Gnu rider Forest Bailey wins gold in Snowboard Street at his first ever Winter X Games appearance. Forest absolutely pickled the rail set up with a standout 270 to frontside on the metal cargo container into the concrete Jersey barrier and a set of handrails and ledges riding his very own Gnu Psychedelic Park Pickle.
He showed up to Aspen just one hour before Thursday’s elimination round fresh off two weeks of riding powder at Mt. Baker. The Vermonter’s skate influenced take on snowboarding is decidedly un-kosher. He rides hard, wins contests (even X Games!), wears sweaters, is salty and has achieved supreme balance through asymmetry. Congrats Forest!!
“I can’t believe this,” said an overwhelmed Bailey. “I never thought I would come to X Games let alone win a medal. X Games 2012 was sick; the setup was awesome and the crowd was awesome.”
Bailey’s total score of 88 was five points better than Minnesota’s Ryan Paul, who finished with 83 points and the silver. Truckee, California’s Nick Visconti’s score of 76 earned him the bronze.
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1.24.12 3:39 PM
Maria DeBari is on a winning streak… she just won her second stop of the Freeride World Tour in Chamonix! Congratulations Maria!
Maria rides the B-Pro for freeriding/technical big mountain conditions.
1.24.12 8:42 AM
GNU Austrian Shred scored some epic powder conditions at Little Ak!
1.23.12 9:34 AM
Snowboarding is much more than just banger after banger; It’s a journey, it’s euphoria, it’s pain, it’s excitement, it’s fear, it’s meeting new people, it’s sending it, it’s SNOWBOARDING.
-Aaron Robinson
1.11.12 10:08 AM
Gnu Snowboards Club Weird TV Episode 5 Season Finale welcomes the original Billy Goat, Temple Cummins with host Captain Weirdo and the Wheel of Weird! Although Temple is not a Mayan, he has been split boarding in the Olympics^^ Expand your mind… stay tuned next season for Season 2 of Club Weird.
1.9.12 4:20 PM
“Of the six women invited to compete today, Maria DeBari topped the talented field with a score of 80.67; twenty-five points ahead of the next competitor. Honing her skills on Mt. Baker’s big mountain lines, DeBari chose a smart line, allowing her to ride fast and flawlessly down the steep face. Finishing second today is Margo Rozies of France with a score of 55.00. Third place goes to Snowbird’s Shannan Yates, overall The North Face Masters Tour Champion from 2011 with a score of 43.33. “- FWT
1.5.12 3:42 PM
The Gnu Impossible Asym Sym Sync Pickle, debuts at SIA, available September 2012
Seattle, WA January 5, 2012 – GNU re-evolutionizes snowboarding with the most technologically advanced snowboard ever, the new GNU Impossible Asym. Sym. Sync. Pickle, arriving in stores in September 2012. Balance through asymmetry is taken to the next level, with the Impossible’s new asymmetry for ducks, which is then combined with Mervin Mfg’s latest and greatest technological innovations. Customized core construction, sidecuts and contact angles are designed to allow the body and board to synchronize into perfect harmony through nearly “imperceptible perfection.”
In addition to Asym Sym Sync, elliptical EC2 camber/banana with Magne-Traction underfoot creates a fun, all-mountain ride. Impossibly strong, ultra-lightweight magnesium fiber, rugged Bio Beans topsheet material, glow in the dark sidewalls, lightweight Colombian Gold eco wood core and a sintered base combine are brought together in the Gnu Impossible for the most technologically advanced snowboard being built today.
Asym Sym Sync is designed with the body’s asymmetry front to back, but symmetry side-to-side in mind. Snowboard turn mechanics are completely different on your toe side than on your heel side. The Duck Asym of the Asym Sym Sync balances the amount of board contact behind and in front of your feet for stable balanced pop and float.
On the heel side, a shorter contact length allows for turns and reactions with power that are taken at an inherently lower angle. A softer flexing core construction on the heel side allows the board to flex into a tighter arc at a lower angle. On the toe side, anatomically its possible to tip a board up into a very aggressive angle of attack. The Asym Sym Sync’s mellower toe side sidecuts and longer contact are designed to balance this asymmetry creating toe edge stability and a range of turning arcs that align perfectly with the heelside turns. A firmer flexing core on the toe side provides added stability and control necessary with finely tuned toe side turn mechanics.
TECH SPECS:
- Twin Asym Sym Sync. Freestyle
- Shape and Geometries
- EC2 BTX Eliptical Banana Camber combo
- Magne-Traction
- Magnesium Fiber
- Asym Colombian Gold eco core
- Bio Beans Topsheet
- Glow in the dark sidewalls
- Sintered Base
- Flex 5.5-7 Depending on length
- Price: $799.95US, $849.95CDN
- In Stores: starting fall 2012
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