Archive | March 2012
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Snowskate Confessions: Matt Hightower
Matt Hightower is an old-school, skateboard-inspired snowskater living in Reno, Nevada. He’s 37 years old and has been snowskating for 3 seasons. He’s a Minus 7 team rider. He was 2011′s Minus 7 Melee Skater Cross champion, and he placed 2nd in that year’s Melee’s Slopestyle contest. He was the muscle behind putting the park together for the 2012 […]
St. Powder Day Sesh
I don’t think anyone got their fill of the fresh powder that had fallen at Donner Ski Ranch on March 17, 2012. The Minus 7 Melee was in session, and most skaters did the responsible thing and participated in the competition rather than ride fresh. But, on March 18th, it was on! Pat Bonser, Tara […]
Minus 7 Melee 2012 Recap
The Minus 7 Melee was held at Donner Ski Ranch on St. Patrick’s Day – March 17, 2012. The skies opened up and dumped inches of fresh snow just in time for the competition. The Minus 7 crew built the park in the morning while the other competitors broke out powderskates and surfed freshies until the […]
Snowskate Confessions: Randi Rettke
Randi Rae Rettke is a snowskater out of Snoqualmie Pass, WA. She has partnered with Pioneer Snowskates to become the first sponsored female snowskater, and she is killing it. She’s been snowskating for 6 years and has placed in competitions in The Snowskate Olympics, Serpentine Massacre, Snowskate Round Up, and recently won First Place in the Ralston Cup. She has been a […]
Santa Cruz snowskater Aidan Spiers takes third in 5th annual Ralston Cup
Reblogged from outandaboutscs: Santa Cruz’s Aidan Spiers placed third in the 5th annual Ralston Cup, a snowskating slopestyle competition at Sierra-at-Tahoe’s Upper Main, on Saturday, according to Spiers’ step-mom Melissa. Spiers — who rides for Predog SnowSkates, a Santa Cruz-based and family run company — was a two-time defending champion in the youth category, but Pioneer […]
Ralston Cup 2012 Recap
This year the Ralston Cup drew more than 50 competitors from all around the nation and beyond! California, Nevada, Washington, Colorado, Minnesota, Maryland, and even Canada were represented! There were enough competitors for jam-packed Pro and Amateur Divisions, and healthy sized Youth and Women’s Divisions too! The whole course was roped off for snowskate use only. Skaters got to […]
It’s Coming!
Duuuuh nuh. Duuuuh nuh. Duhnuh. Duhnuh. Duhnuh! Tahoe has a big week coming up. We’ve got three major snowskate events going down. And, estimates are that there is going to be a huge turnout of snowskaters. So, if you want to mingle and compete with the best of the best, you better make it up for these events! […]
GoPro Snowskate Promo
Creator of Strapless Entertainment and super-rad snowskater, Sean Davis, created a Snowskate GoPro Promo. I saw it for the first time tonight, and I was very impressed by the quality and creativity. If something like this could get on TV as a GoPro commercial, it would bring all sorts of attention to snowskating. It’s actually […]
