As we all look towards winter and dream about the first run of the season a few of us will have to find new places to ride. I just heard the other day that Blackstrap Ski hill will not be opening due to repairs which is a big kick in the pants if you live in the Saskatoon (Saskatchewan, Canada) area and like to snowboard. Because of this it will be hurting our scene for the riders and shops. As if there wasn't a shortage of good riding already we got this unfortunate news in the heat of the moment before winter showed up. There were a few clips about it on the local news stations and i found a little write up about it. Do read.