Tight pants are out. Fur is in.

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again, there’s something about the Midwest. The kids that come out of the Buckeye State just seem to take a different spin on things. Learn more on this theory through the eyes of the Syndicate Crew.

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.”

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 …

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 …

Thanks to our remarkable increase in readers and the surplus of revenue from advertising, agr has been able to send a field correspondent to South America.
In continuing our commitment to journalistic excellence, we have sent none other than the finest of the Calgary Cavalry, Captain Gill.
(image via Frostline Photography
Capt.Gill’s first assignment was to document the highly anticipated opening of Valle Nevado Resort in Chile. But for some reason he went to Bolivia, and then got stuck there.
So until we hear further from the Cap’, enjoy the teaser for “No …

This week in “close but no cigar”…
Being a snowboarder from Washington comes with its benefits, but it also carries a burden.
That is, it requires you to be gnarly. Real gnarly, all the time. The cognitive process of non-Washingtonians follows:
Washington + snowboard = Mt. Baker = gnarly, all the time.
While it does follow that Mt. Baker = gnarly, not all snowboarders in Washington are fortunate to call Mt. Baker home. This is our curse. Instead of being born just a wee bit further north in the shred …

First of all, your mom lacks substance. Disrespect agr and we blog about yer ass…that’s right fool. Libel for dayzzz.
We have been haunting Brighton Resort lately. A top notch establishment if we ever saw one: good folks, good shred, and free soda. Not free for everybody, just for agr, because we are sponsored.
This is the kind of soda that pros get. It says: “Drink Up. Throw Down”. We do.
Another reason we like Brighton is because it is home to the Dino Bots, and we …

Hey yo!  agr has been snowsliding at Brighton in Utah!  And what a wonderful time we are having.  The only frown to think of is when we discovered that we are NOT in fact the coolest snowboarder in the world.  Our pants are not tight enough, and our jackets are not Technined enough.  Damn…
We have been building back our ego by pretending to be a local.  Here’s how we do it:
Stranger: Nice day isn’t it?agr: It’s alright, yesterday was better.Stranger: Oooh, do you ride here a lot?agr: Duh…Stranger: Oh wow!  That is really neat!  Say, do …