Just because it is late March does not mean full-on spring skiing just yet. This day proved how sneaky Mother Nature can be in the northeast and gave us one of our coldest test days of the season. The sun was out, but the wind was howling. The snow was firm and grippy, which was perfect for our...
Read MoreThroughout the season we meet with brand reps several times to test gear in a variety of conditions. On this test day, we met up with our fave crew from Tecnica-Blizzard at Sunapee to take their new Rustler/Sheeva line out for some laps in spring snow. We’ve hyped this line up a lot already...
Read MoreAfter last year's ladies' day, myself and the other Lady Monsters were sitting around the solo stove in the Sunapee parking lot thinking about how we could top the fondue-themed Après spread we just put together. The afternoon had gotten chillier and we were all looking forward to...
Read MoreWe are committed to testing gear no matter the conditions, but there’s something about testing in fresh snow that just hits different. Two days before we went up to Sunapee, they got dumped on, which meant full coverage in the trees and plenty of pow stashes on the sides of the groomed...
Read MoreWhen we say we test everything, we mean everything. That includes a whole bunch of snowboard gear. This was a five board shootout day testing heavy hitters for 23/24. All these boards are slightly directional, all-mountain boards that have the most buzz around them at the moment. Snow...
Read MoreHold up... an event for splitboarders to hang, try out as much gear as you can, and potentially win some raffle goodies? Sign me up. Pico Hiko is an event put on by the one and only Mike Girard, our Jones and Mammut rep. The amount of effort and time he puts into this one made for one of my...
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