They don’t come any better. A truly unfortunate loss.

AGoodReed gets artsy!

Ride uses children to make snowboards.

686 founder and creative director Michael Akira West has been getting wild lately. Collabs and limited edition runs for dayz. West’s most recent project, “In My Eyes,” has us particularly excited. For Installation 1, West enlisted the help of artist Nathan Sayawa to recreate 686’s Smarty Complete 2.5 Ply jacket with Legos.

Also in the Installation, 686 created their Smarty Admiral womens jacket out of International Code Flags—the flags that are used to signal between ships.

(via hypebeast.com)

To further increase our unrivaled intellect, we here at agr maintain a strict training regimen to keep our thinking caps in tip-top shape. In addition to a wholesome diet and plenty of rest, we set aside time to explore “smart” things like books and art. Here are a couple of selections from our summer lineup.

-Rob Mathis takes pretty photos of pretty snowboarders. Slide documents Rob’s past 10 years as a snowboard photographer, from his humble beginnings at Brighton to becoming Forum’s staff photographer. Featuring shots of …

Some of us are wil-n-out in Whistler, and some of us are not. Some of us are taking care of business. Good thing we have freak snow falling in the city to remind us that we are not snowboarding, drinking real beer and throwing bros hi-fives.
Another thing some of us are missing out on is the crowning of the If Ullr Was A Girl champion, which happened this weekend at the Telus Festival in Whistler, B.C.
We will spare you the details of the comp, but the skinny of …

This week in snowboarders who think they are artists:
1. Burton’s Series 13 is teaming up with Suzuki to present the Freeride Design Competition. The Series 13 program allows you to design yer own board graphics for a burton deck. Log on to board-design.com and submit your design. In March 2008 submissions that made it through the prelims will be judged by burton riders, board designers, artists, and other contestants to determine a winner. If you win (you won’t…I will…), you will get your customized Series 13 …