Mammoth had a massive dump, but it’s snowing in Japan as well. Since december 53 persons have died and 760 have been injured in snow related accidents. Many locations in Japan have record-depth of snow and it just keeps coming. The snow is 4 metres deep at some locations, burrying street light, first floor apartments, rail roads and pretty much everything. The peak is usually in february so more snow is expected.
Article at Japan Times
Article at NEWS.com.au
Giro and Skullcandy teams up to create helmets that that connects both your phone and your music player. The Nine helmet below costs $139.99 and their other helmet Fuse costs $179.99.
[via TechDigest]
After the massive dump of eight feet snow the pictures is starting to turn up. Eight feet is a whole lot of snow. I especially like Phrend’s photo of his car before and after
Transworld photos: After the storm
Mammoth mountain: New Year’s 2006 Storm
Flickr: Phrend’s album
Webshots: mammoth storm
Photo: Mammoth mountain
Brandon Arnold at About.com have reviewed the Off-piste 20 from Mountainsmith. It’s a compact backpack made for backcountry use, yet they’ve managed to fit a bunch of features to it.
– Large main compartment with mesh pockets
– Separate pocket for shovel
– Multiple board/ski carrying options
– Small insulated top pocket for googles, camera or mp3 player.
– Waist belt with pocket
Read the review
Off-Piste 20 at mountainsmith
Photo: Mountainsmith
Check out a bunch of old school snowboards at DVS snowboard museum. The snowboards are from different years and manufacturers.
DVS snowboard museum
Check out DVS products
It’s been snow like crazy in mammoth, a powerful storm brought massive snowfall until late monday evening. In a 36 hour period it fell 8 feet (244 cm) of snow. At most it fell 4-6 inches per hour.
“The biggest challenge with this storm is the fact that the snow is light and very deep,”
Read the entire article at Transworld Snowboarding
Mammoth mountain
credit: mammoth mountain
Protect your head with style. The Scarface C+ from dainese has everything that regular helmets have and a chin guard. The helmet costs about 109 €.
Read more about the helmet at dainese
