Snowboarders always claim that they are above piping hot new trends. By resisting fads, snowboarders collect “cool points,” because creativity is the new hotness these days. But in reality, doing things differently than other snowboarders will lead to criticism and humiliation on snowboard message boards. Creativity and originality is only cool when everyone else is doing it.
Last year’s hot trick was a doublewacky-backwards-hardway-nosepincher-croissant out. But this season, it is all about exercising your right to pointless speech, i.e. blogging. Everybody is doing it. So if you haven’t fallen in line …

The perfect way to start yr day. Let’s do this folks.

Bad news: Putin’s got George Lucas on his team.
«Кухня» from stereotactic on Vimeo.
“Cooking” - the new film from Stereotactic Films. The longest season in the history of the studio - from December to August! Free filing form - mix of parties, travel-segments, gaming and documentary films. Fully pilot soundtrack legendary track from Radiohead. The expanded geography of the film, made possible by the support Helipro: Greenland, Norway, Kamchatka, Krasnaya Polyana, Sweden, Chile. Two special segment: DreamPark session spb. and RedBull / Stereo Invitational Folgefonna (Norway).
Freeride, backountry freestyle, urban snowboarding, park …

We here at agr constantly strive to provide fair and accurate news that matters to our reeders. We hold ourselves to the highest of standards in terms of maintaining our integrity as journalists. This means reporting the news without the influence of our personal opinions and interests. That said, we would feel morally irresponsible if we did not share our thoughts regarding the looming US presidential election.

VOTE for McCAIN and PALIN in 2008. We were all aboard the Obama boat until McCain announced his selection for vice president, Alaska Governor …

Among the many reasons folks depend on agr, fashion advice is one of the most valued. As trend titans, it is our duty to keep all y’all reeders in the loop on how to stay fresh fish.

What’s hot for 2008/2009 is the future. That’s right, ugly apparel—including all-over prints, throwback styles, contrasting bright colors, baggy thug pants, tight hipster pants, and pants pants—are way 2007. Here is a must-have for the future.

Swany g.cell Glove. The first hands-free snowboard glove. The g.cell features a “fully integrated Bluetooth adaptable cell phone in …

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Burton x Futura “Forest Camouflage” Series

Holy canoli, another damn collaboration. Everybody is doing collabs, even our toast: it collaborated with some raspberry jelly and came out amazing. But this collection from Burton tastes like putting dish soap on our …

If you weren’t already convinced of the radness of Travis Rice and Curt Morgan’s new film “That’s It, That’s All”, we have new evidence…
It now has a website: thatsit-thatsall.com
And we all know that if you have a website, you are awesome.

“That’s It, That’s All” is the new snowboard film produced by Travis Rice and Curt Morgan and presented by Quiksilver and Red Bull. It was shot in HD 35mm and super16 film in terrain such as New Zealand, Alaska, B.C., Munich, Tokyo, and Jackson Hole. TITA features Travis …

Our friends NC Productions have been busy this past season.  Take notes folks, this is how ya take care of business.

Almost Dead
“Almost Dead” a film by NC Productions. Produced, directed, and filmed by Leland McNamara and Sam Hiltner. Featuring: Lucas Wilson, Kyle Martin, Vincent Remmel, Jonny Malanga, Jason and Aaron Robinson, Kyle Miller, Skylar Thornton, and friends. Shot in HD in Oregon, Washington, Montana, California and Colorado.
NC’s Jack of all trades Leland McNamara was kind enough to answer some questions for agr. Enjoy.
agr: Name and rank/job/position?
Leland …