Hey, my name is Adam Bowcutt and I am a snowboarder. Welcome to this week’s tasty round-up of snowboarding blog posts, articles and forum topics from around the world.
A brand is what distinguishes one company over another. Successful snowboarding brands capture a particular rider by not only offering their products but also their ideals of snowboarding

The big B
Burton snowboards is the worlds biggest brand. In 1977 Jake Burton Carpenter started building snowboards in his shed and hasn’t looked back. … Read more
Here are a selection of 09/10 course diaries from the home of legendary powder – Fernie, BC: … Read more
I’m Ben, 32 and a skier and have recently completed the NONSTOP 2 week improvement course in Fernie. I’m right now taking a few extra days at the end of the holiday to consolidate on what I’ve learnt. This is my account of my time here…

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Here’s another update from the Red Mountain NONSTOP crew. Here’s Ben Warner’s take on Catskiing in Valhalla:
Those of us who went to Valhalla are still smiling, those who didn’t go now hate us. Everytime they log in to Facebook and see some more photos or videos of us floating on 3 feet of fresh powder their hatred grows and grows. … Read more
It’s been an exciting week in Red Mountain for those taking part in the Valhalla cat-ski day. Here’s an update from Shim Star:
On the evening of Saturday March 13th, I emailed Pincus to ensure his house remembered about the daylight saving and the fact that we were getting picked up at 6am the following morning for Valhalla catskiing/boarding we discussed how bad would it be to sleep in on Valhalla day… … Read more