King Size only…

Bloody noses are the new autographs.

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 …

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The Comune, from left:  Corey Smith, Chris Thomas, Howie Marchbanks, Mike Quinones and President Frank Delgadillo.
Novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald famously wrote “There are no second acts in American lives,” but Frank Delgadillo plans to prove there are second acts in the worlds of skate and active apparel.
Delgadillo started new men’s brand Comune after resigning on Aug. 1 as president of well-known skate label Ambiguous, the label he started in his college dorm room in 1996. As president of the line, he eventually placed it in prominent …

Last night, agr awoke from a deep siesta with a jolt. Something was amiss. We could sense something lurking amongst the Internets…

But what is it? Research has been inconclusive, but we have our theories:
1) Comune is a new skate/snow apparel company. Kinda like ambiguous, if ambiguous read Kafka and Nietzsche and played experimental music.
or
2) The title of the new Armi Ja Danny album.

Either way, we’re pumped.

In addition to being esteemed journalists, we here at agr are also meteorologists. In terms of forecasting, we are revered for our impeccable accuracy in predicting weather. In fact, we are always right…most of the time.

We were interested in the recently released forecast by the Farmer’s Almanac. Not to be confused with the Old Farmer’s Almanac, The Farmer’s Almanac forecasts are made by Caleb Weatherbee, who uses a secret formula based on sunspots, the position of the planets and the moon, as well as a concoction consisting of bat’s blood, …

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 …

agr takes pride in maintaining the highest degree of journalistic excellence, so that you, the goodreeder, receive the most accurate, fair, and thorough stories that matter. We strive to never allow personal biases to influence the news reported. That said, there are somethings that just push our buttons.
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 …