Once the seasons change and the snow falls, a lot of us get excited to hit the slopes. Whether you like to sled, ski, or snowboard, just being outside during the winter can be a blast. If you’re a snowboarder, you probably really worship your snowboards. Depending on the type of board you have, it [...]
So we’re well into the ski and snowboard season now and the top designers have had a chance to release all their best snowboard jacket designs into the market. This year there is more choice available than ever before for buyers, but it can get super confusing trying to pick a star jacket out of [...]
Snowboarding is an extreme sport where the rider uses a snowboard attached to his feet with a special boot-set and rapidly descends on a snow-covered slope. This sport became so popular that in 1998 it was included in the Winter Olympics. Snowboarding requires a lot of body work so you need to get in shape [...]
You saw Shaun White and Hannah Teter wow on the half-pipe at the winter Olympics and it got you thinking that snowboarding looks like a lot of fun (jumps and twists and flips, oh my!). And while you would like to take up what has become one of the most popular extreme sports in the [...]
So you’ve got your snowboard (you exercised due diligence in trying out several to find the one that was right for you) and now that you’ve done a few runs down the mountain, you’re starting to get bored. After all, you can only get so much air on the bunny hill! Jumps and turns aside, [...]
The summer here may be drawing to close, but it seems some are a little keener to hit the slopes than others and have been riding their hearts out at the opening round of the British Artificial Snowboard and Freeski Championships in Kent. The first event took place last weekend and saw some great action [...]
Burton Snowboards, arguably the most well known snowboard brand in the world have come under some controversy over their recent range of saucy snowboards. The company has been producing some of the world’s best snowboard gear since they were first established in 1977 by Jake Burton Carpenter, who was only 23 at the time. The [...]
Organisers of the The Big Freeze kindly sent EST some tickets to attend the industry day and take a look behind the scenes of what was to be an epic event for UK snowboarding. We got to see some of the world’s best riders in their heats and practice rounds before they took to the [...]
Perisher Blue, Australia played host to the second round of the Burton Global Open Series of snowboarding earlier this month. The event which spanned 5 days and saw the action begin on the 2nd Sep, came to end leaving Torstein Horgmo (NOR) and Jamie Anderson (USA) with grins on their faces, as they came through [...]