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This one looks interesting…

“Red Bull is partnering with the East’s top shred resorts to create progressive park features. Each feature is created by the home mountain in collaboration with Red Bull. Once all of the welding is done there will be a best trick competition at each resort. The winners will qualify to take part in the finals at Mountain Creek Resort in March. Check back for more updates. Open to ages 13-18. Partner Resorts: Big Boulder - PA Killington - VT Waterville Valley - NH Loon - NH Mountain Creek - NJ Stratton - VT Sunday River - ME

STRATTON RESCHEDULED FOR 2/16

Mountain Creek - 1/20/08

Sunday River - 1/26/08

Killington - 2/2/08

Stratton - 2/16/08

Loon - 2/22/08

Waterville - 2/23/08

Big Boulder - 3/1/08

Mountain Creek Finals - 3/8/08″

The prize: a years supply of Red Bull and a trip out west.

(via myspace.com/rb1hitwonder)

agoodreed can’t wait to see what comes of this one…just as long as we don’t have to ride the features - we will be content to heckle from the sidelines.

And now another installment of:

IF AGOODREED WAS RUNNING THE SHOW

If agoodreed was running the show (which we should be), copious bonus points would be rewarded for a feature’s “Fear Factor”. Top points for: fire, spikes, moats, dragons, electricity, swords, and witchcraft.

[UPDATE]

Results are in for the Mountain Creek stop (via future)

Once again, agoodreed is the first to steal shred news.

First off,

agoodreed is soooooo over the whole Burton x some-fashion-designer-that-doesn’t-give-a-damn-about-snowboarding deal. Please, just make some damn snowboard gear that works…

Anyways here is the loot:

“Futura x Burton Vapor Snowboard: Futura’s signature atom/helix design is emblazoned on an upcoming collaboration with one of snowboards finest brands Burton. The multi-colored graphic also features the Burton name scrawled in Futura’s famous font. No word yet on availability.” (via Hypebeast)

Matty V called it…

15-year-old Canadian Sebastian Toutant has officially begun his rampage of the world snowboard competition circuit. This is what “Toots” has been up to as of late:

1) “dominated” the O’Neill Evolution Quarterpipe, with 7.4 meter airs (video)

2) 1st at the Burton European Open Junior Slopestyle;

3) ranked 1st for the Men’s Slopestyle at the BEO;

4) signed lucrative energy drink sponsorships.

…actually, I don’t think he has any energy drink sponsors yet. In fact, Seb is currently sponsored only by: O’Neill, Smith, and Universe Boardshop.
HINT, HINT, goddamn HINT.

More to come…

Two men from Jackson Hole, Wyoming have set a Guinness World Record for the longest snowboard.

“When Butch Brady first assembled his one-of-a-kind tandem snowboard, he was only looking for a creative way to have some fun on a spring day. That concept that began as a lark has now earned Brady and fellow snowboarder Eric Sweet a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records. On Dec. 20, the pair dragged the 9-foot, 7- inch snowboard halfway up the Teewinot run at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort and linked nine turns in front of a television cameraman.”

“Together with his boss Brian Wood, Brady mounted two snowboards together lengthwise with a 6-inch overlap, screwing the rear board on top of the front board with eight bolts. After practicing with several different partners, Brady was able to figure out a good technique for riding the board, with the rear rider weighting each turn a second or two after the front rider, or navigator. Brady has experimented with taking his contraption through moguls and even tackled small jumps, but admits that low-angle slopes are best for riding the creation.”

“‘It could be a teaching tool and anyone who’s reluctant to snowboard, especially if you constructed a triple, because a person could get in between two instructors,’ said Sweet.”

“Easily recognizable thanks to the buffalo coat and fur hat he wears while riding at the Mountain Resort, Sweet was eager to try riding the board after Brady told him about it…Brady also donned a buffalo coat from the pair’s new sponsor, Mill Valley Sheepskin and Leather, and the two made it all the way down the hill on their third attempt.”

(via Jackson Hole News and Guide)

Hell yea boys, hell yea….

As usual, agoodreed is first to steal the latest and greatest in snow-slidin’ news.

agoodreed, (via highsnobiety.com) is proud to present the Burton Archive Series.

In true hipster form, Burton designers went hunting through parents closets and thrift stores to unearth some of their late eighties-early nineties inspired Archive Series.

“Burton did some digging and found Burton’s original 1988 Racing Gloves, 1989 Safari Sweatshirt, 1990 Freestyle Shell, 1991 Freestyle Pant, 1991 Freestyle Suit and the 1992 Glacier Jacket. Using the DNA from these classic designs, they futurized them with all the latest tech magic and even added some graphic flavor from the 1989 Cruise board graphic. Old school is now new. Dust off your vintage Safari and get buck wild!” - (via highsnobiety.com)

The Burton Archive Series: “agoodreed indeed”.

agoodreed has noticed a rather alarming trend in snowboard event write-ups recently: criticizing the featured event (or being honest). Take for example the recent TTR World Tour O’Neill Evolution QP competition in Davos, Switzerland.

Here are some snippets from a release for the QP qualifiers:

“..the qualification riders entered themselves into a backside air session with the occasional Backside 5 or Rodeo finding it’s way into the mix…Despite the lack of variety, 16 riders broke away from the pack…” (via TTR)

So basically the competition was boring? If we were writing about this one, you would only hear about how many celebrities were present, how many energy drinks were drank, and how one rider actually died from hitting a jetliner while in the midst of a triple mcdouble spinner rewind. Anyways, it looked pretty rad to us.

Case two is the Paul Mitchell Progression Session at the Breckenridge Grand Prix. On December 16, Future Snowboarding posted a write-up that states:

“Crispin Lipscomb won the best trick with a Mole roll tail tap on the wall ride but due to the NBC camera men he lost the cheque because the crew didn’t get the shot for T.V.. The event organizer had to rip up his cheque and draw up a new one for Tim Humphreys who undoubtedly placed second but in T.V. world first with a Miller flip ( frontside invert to fakie).” (via Future)

Disclaimer: This may not be written by an actual “snowboard reporter”…but then again, what the hell is a snowboard reporter? Mmmmm mmm, shredding on network TV. I wonder if they made all the pipe dogs wear makeup?

Despite the shadyness of this move, agoodreed wouldn’t have known who deserved the big CHEQUE either (well done mr. future writer, agoodreed loves the fancy spelling). Why? We don’t even know what the hell these tricks are. Miller flip? Mole roll? agoodreed would have been pleased as punch just for a TINA. TINAs for dayzzzzzz….

In the course of being immensely productive today, I came across a couple of you-tubers featuring a certain “Kael Hill“. (The reason for not embedding the videos is that youtube quality is inadequate to merit space on agoodreed. That, or I can’t figure out how to embed them. Nevertheless, watch these videos, they are sweet as maple syrup.)

I like Kael Hill. First off he is Canadian and I like Canada. Second, he looks wackier than Lucas Magoon. Thricely, dood can do some fancy-dancin on rails, looks like he can jump a bit too. agoodreed investigates…

Kael Hill is 17 years young, and from Alberta, Canada. His sponsors may or may not include Endeavor Snowboards, Flux Bindings, Spy, Skaters, iFound, and DC. This past year he filmed with Sandbox for “Time Well Wasted” and with Childemedia for “Infidels“. He has fared well at several competitions, and last season received an invite to the DC Mtn. Lab. According to the wildly entertaining site snowboardPROfiles.com, Kael keeps snowboarding “funrific” (seriously, so much good stuff on snowboardPROfiles.com).

Kael, agoodreed is proud to present you with our highly coveted “agoodreed indeed” endorsement. Your contract and goodies are in the mail.

Quit yer whining Kyle…agoodreed is bringing the loot this Christmas! This is what is on our radar this yuletide season:-Not sure about this one: Rip Curl and Sprite want you to join their team of Rip Curl riders Darius Heristchian, Rémi Lamazouère, Per Løken, Nils Arvidsson to film in Abkhazia. According to Onboard Mag (all other sources were uncertain), Abkhazia is a former Russian republic between the Black Sea and Caucasus mountains. Here is the hoops to be jumped: 1)upload your video and photos to ripcurl.tv; 2) five finalists will be selected to compete in the Crans Montana Slopestyle in January; 3)top two riders will be shipped to Abkhazia.agoodreed’s take: Rip Curl sensed it was time to “clean house”. Whether Abkhazia exists or not, these guys ain’t coming back.-Nike ACG is recruiting a media crew to film their riders in Patagonia for their 2008 “Sweetspot” movie. The crew is to consist of a filmer, photographer, journalist, and a director. I don’t know what the hell a snowboard director does. Does he instruct the shredder, “grab melon - it will be all artsy and crap” or does he tell the filmer/photographer “hike across to that other mountain for another angle”, to which the filmer/photographer would reply “you’s a punk bitch, hike it yourself”.agoodreed’s take: Does Nike really need kids to make their video for free? Couldn’t they get Spielberg or Kubrick? Forealdo: agoodreed would cast Danny Kass and Lindsay Lohan, and have them battle robot dinosaurs on hover snowboards. Lindsay would also be in a bikini.

The masses are demanding it, so without further ado:
agoodreed.com’s two cents on the desegregation of Taos.

Taos Ski Valley is a ski valley in New Mexico. New Mexico is a state that apparently has snow… Taos was actually intended to be the biggest moonshine distillery in the world…unfortunately, the founder got all shined up one night, lost a bet to a coyote, and the coyote turned it into a ski hill of sorts.
New Mexican skiin’ siamese twins. The coyote didn’t like snowboards because one ran over his tail once while smokin’ a joint and listening to loud music. Thus: SNOWBOARDERS NOT ALLOWED….until

THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL PRESS RELEASE EVER

December 14, 2007: Taos Ski Valley,today announced that for the first time it will open the ski area to snowboarders beginning March 19, 2008.

“We are now enthusiastically looking forward to sharing our unique, unspoiled mountain with an expanded audience, including snowboarders.”-HCIC (head coyote in charge).

Bad news HCIC: you let those snowboard vermin on yer mountain and you can kiss that whole unspoiled part right on the cheek and send ‘er packin’. I have from a verifiable source that the ending of Taos’ prohibition era is in response to Mr. Burton’s plot to pillage the final frontiers of snowboarding*. Jake has promised $5000 to the CRIMINAL that creates the best video of his or her TRESPASS on one of the four US ski resorts banning snowboarding. The ultimate in extreme….

Marketing genius? Definitely, but what is more impressive is that Jake ain’t going to lose a nickel! Why? Because Jake Burton has threatened the four resorts to withhold snow until they let Jimmy Snowboarder get some of that oh-so-sweet corduroy. Well played Jake…well played.

Needless to say, there are some fumin’ snowboard-hatin’ Taosians down there south of the border. Here is some of the highlights: Twilight Says: A truly sad day in the history of Taos. Enjoy scraping the trails to ice snowboarders. Thanks for ruining TSV! Lysle Says: That was the reason I initially came to Taos “NO KNUCKLE DRAGGERS!!!!”. I am so disappointed. You have just ruined the best SKI area In th country. No We will go to Alta.

Obi-Wan Says: I am going to miss the great bump fields.

Good reed needs a new camera…one was stolen, and the other one came in a cereal box. If we are to continue providing our superb journalistic services, we needs a shutter, holler.

-Another quarter of higher education down, here’s the highlight:

1) I retained my title as smartest kid with the worst grades….hell yea;

2) Major changes is up to six;

3) Slept through 60% of my classes;

4) Still have no idea what I am doing in school.

-It is snowing…again….

-Wine+cheese=the bees knees. Homeboy through a new puppy/christmas/getsaucedferthehelluvit shindig. Erbody was having a nice time, keepin’ it classy, until SOMEBODY thought it would be funny to sticker my whip….Fools learnt their lesson, when i snapped they necks…

-Went snowboarding…it was pretty neet…more to come on that.