Portland, Oregon (January 12, 2010) The I AM SNOWBOARDING art show landed in Portland, Oregon last Friday at Studio Nemo. The exhibit, hosted by Trevor Graves and Nemo Design, will be open to the public until January 22nd, Monday to Friday, hours: 10am to 4pm. For more info and location go to StudioNemo.com.

BOXES FOR DAYS* IS GONNA BE SO SWEET...I’M TOTALLY FREAKING OUT!

The Summit at Snoqualmie is pleased to add another fantastic event to its already stacked winter calendar. The creative powers at AirBlaster and Snowboy Productions have come up with Boxes for Days* - *a ridiculously fun event involving a lot of boxes, and it’s going down at Central Park on January 16.

Tony in between runs on the course.

Words/Photos: Aaron Hanlon

Yesterday was the third year of the "Dirksen Derby", and it went well. Hosted by Josh Dirksen this event was started to raise money and awareness for Tyler Eklund.
Tyler suffered a serious snowboard injury that left him paralyzed from the neck down. For more info on Tyler's story you can check out this Facebook page.
Not only a fun snowboard event but some good turns as well. Here are a few photos from the day. This event keeps growing every year, you should come check it out next season.
Plenty of snow on the way, so check out Mt. Bachelor for some quality Christmas cheer!

American Cancer Society Announces Hope on the Slopes at Stevens Pass, WA March 6-7th, 2010

Stevens Pass, WA - Hope on the Slopes provides skiers and snowboarders an opportunity to make 24hrs of skiing or riding more meaningful by raising money and awareness for the American Cancer Society while competing for vertical feet and celebrating their fundraising efforts in a family friendly atmosphere.

Hope on the Slopes allows skiers and boarders to compete as individuals or on a team formed from friends, family, co-workers, etc. There are no age restrictions on event participants.

Wow - this is quite the storm cycle we're sitting in! Mt. Baker received 40 inches of new snow in the past 3 days, much more than anticipated, and forecasts look great for more snow this week. Freezing levels are expected to drop to around 1,500 feet with possibly a foot of new snow to fall on Friday. It could be one of the best opening days in years!

We will be in full operation out of both base areas for Thursday and Friday from 9:00 - 3:30 with all chairlifts running, but will still have midweek rates in effect ($39.50 adult ticket, includes tax!) Due to the huge amount of snow we've received in the last 24 hours, there will most likely be a delayed opening on Pan Dome Thursday to allow significant avalanche control work to be done.

Powerful Cold,Wet Early-Season Pacific Storm Systems Bring Fun, Work

Seattle -- (November 10, 2009) – More than 40 inches of fresh snowfall at Washington State ski and snowboard areas over the last week is enough for many resorts to open this week. Spokane to Seattle - skiers and snowboarders can expect and early start to the 2009/10 season.

“We’re pretty excited to get open by Thanksgiving each year,” said Crystal Mountain Marketing Director Tiana Enger, whose resort will be first to open tomorrow with $30 lift tickets.

“Last year we opened December 13. Tomorrow will be our 5th earliest opening in two decades,” added Enger.

Crews at Crystal, White Pass, Mt. Baker and others are scrambling to get riders on the snow soon.

Seattle, WA – April 23, 2009 – Most of the kids riding may have not even been born in the decade, but 80’s clothes and style were all over the hill as Gromfest held an “Unofficial 80’s Day” at the Summit at Snoqualmie, Saturday, April 18th.

In what Gromfest is calling a “social experiment,” the theme day was not officially announced or publicized, but rather spread by word of mouth. Gromfest started by just telling its Team Riders and then they let their friends know, who let their friends know, and you get the idea from there. The Seattle branch of the Burton Chill Program even got a few of their volunteers involved and in the spirit of wearing neon colors and spandex.

Dark side of Mt Bachelor, wish you were here!

Words: Aaron Hanlon / Photos: Aaron Hanlon & Tony Iorio

I will say without a doubt that this miracle month of March has been our best of the season. We have had amazing snowfall with Utah like pow. It has snowed almost the entire month with just enough weather breaks to shred the top and then it gets buried again. It's been storm riding, blue bird, storm riding, blue bird, ....... Looks like we are going to keep it up as it is snowing at the moment and set to take us on into April. All I can say to the folks out there that want to get that last trip in is think NW. We have it good!

The Summit at Snoqualmie, Sessions and Snowboy Productions bring you The Greenhorn Games – the coolest 13 and under contest in the world!

The follow-up to last year’s breakout event is back with lots of features, fun and prizes but without the pressure of having the “older kids” around. Event is FREE and open to all snowboarders of all levels…you just have to be 13 or under.