Just in from agoodreed’s amigo Danny: snowfall across the pond in the United Kingdom.

And once again, Burton does something edgy and gets everybody talking. Snowboard moms and shred clerics are up in arms over Burton’s “bare-it-all” 08/09 LOVE boards, whose graphics feature nude Playmate models.
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As public informers, agr is compelled to reveal that Burton’s sensational marketing scheme really is “old-hat.” Nice try Burton. Nudity, private-parts, and poop jokes have been a part of snow and snowboarding since the Ice Age.

While in the Northern Hemisphere everyone is dousing their livers with heavy amounts of alcohol, getting kicked out of MDP premieres and chasing girlies that like snowboard boys, we are still hopping around on our snowboards trying to avoid coming home and getting a real job.The season finally feels like it’s winding down, temperatures are rising and the last snow fall seems to have been ages ago. The AGR office has now moved from Farrellones to Santiago where we will try to detox, wash our clothes for the …

Goodbye productivity, hello Gnarshmallow.
We have been a bit hard on video games in the past.  A result of being raised by a pack of wild moose, the appeal of programmed beeps and blips fails on us.
We get it now.
Gnarshmallow is a flash game wherein you control a little skier dood as he swooshes and loops his way down pristine mountain slopes. In addition, you can edit the topography of the slope by moving trees, rocks, and whoop-dee-doos to wherever you fancy. This guy made himself a doozy of a line. …

Keeping things “fun” is so last year that it went through a time warp and is now the bee’s knees again. Our friends over at Signal Snowboards gave us a lil’ sneaky-peaky at how they have been keeping it “fun.”
FUNerful Teaser from Signal Snowboards on Vimeo.
Not too much known about this one yet. We’ve heard some rumors…there might be a scene where Spencer defeats an entire gang of ninjas, and Jake might have a nude scene. Stay tuned to agr and Signal for more dirt on “FUNerful.”

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, …

Despite common beliefs, agr does sleep - we just sleep with one eye open and one arm doing bicep curls. That’s how we do it folks, constant vigilance. We are always on the lookout for emerging trends, and you can count on us to keep you in the loop.
We spotted this next trend recently, but have been apprehensive to breaking the news…we have a bad gut feeling about this one, it just don’t sit right…
PERSONAL GROOMING (even for doods)
-Mission Product is a new brand of skincare company that …

In contrast to the consensus of the scientific community, there is new evidence that climate change is a hoax created by granola-munching-treehuggers, Al Gore is a phony, and it is okay to kill animals.
-The Seattle Times reports: “Despite previous studies suggesting a warmer climate is already taking a bite out of Washington’s snowpack, there’s no clear evidence that human-induced climate change has caused a drop in 20th century snow levels, according to a new study by University of Washington scientists.” (via Seattle Times
This is great news for us because while …

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 …

We have been getting pretty antsy up here at agr HQ.  You may recall that we dispatched field reporters to cover the haps that happen in the Andean winter. Well, we haven’t heard from our esteemed correspondents right smart spell*, and have been fearing the worst. We’ve had some leads, but the trails have all gone cold:

Craig (left) and Barry (right), at a Peruvian Guinea Pig Festival. (image via Telegraph UK)
We will keep you posted with all new sightings…