Snowboard: Jones Snowboards – The Flagship 160 .
Setup: Burton Cartel bindings, 32 Leashed boots.
Conditions: Hard packed snow, some powder. Big mountains.
Camber: Under the feet, rocker on tip and tail.

Flex: On the stiffer side.
Weight: Not as heavy as I expected. About average.
Size: 160

This snowboard is big. The first impression is that it´s quite wide and a bit heavy. But after just a moment or two you get used to it and just fall in love with the board. It´s powerful and yet forgiving. One of the best things with this board is how amazingly quick it turns. In comparison to the Malolo from Burton the Flagship is much more of a powermachine. It´s stable, built for speed and floats in both knee deep powder and harder snow. The surf feeling is one of the best abilities of this board.

For big mountains only?
The Flagship is stiff. But with that said I´m still suprised by how easy going it is. And I guess it has to do with the fact that the board is directional and so is the stiffness. The Flagship is still stiff enough to demand some good speed. With that said it´s not too fun trying to play around with on smaller slopes.

Being a stiff and directional board it still performs extremly well on jumps. It´s even rideable switch.

Quality control
The topsheet show marks from use after only a few hours. The bindings leave quite big marks on the board. It doesn´t really matter, and since the topsheet is made entirely out of wood the explanation is easy. Otherwise the board seems to handle anything I throw at it. But again I must say that it´s a pity that this beautiful board looks more beaten after 10 days of riding than my older Skate Banana after some 3 years of riding.

Conclusion
What really makes this board stick out is how fun it is to ride hard and fast. And it floats better than anything in powder. A great board I would recommend to anyone any day.

So what´s the deal with worker boots styled snowboard boots? We don´t get it. But hopefully the boots are made in the USA, like all Red Wing shoes. And what else? That they are comfy? Or maybe this crappy photo doesn´t do them justice.

I often wonder why you cant just have one glove that can do it all. But I guess you have to look at gloves more lika you look at socks than jackets. The gloves are going to be wet, stinky and yes – you´re going to need at least two pairs. So after not listened to myself and only used the Burton AK Guide Glove for some three years I finally got myself a new pair of gloves. And the feeling is great. New and fresh.

Since I´m very happy with my old pair and the us dollar is really cheap these days I went for the

Burton AK Tech Glove on eBay. Great savings by the way.

The gloves are back to basics. Leather palm and light insulation. They get wet way faster than I expected. But used in sub zero conditions they work really well. The problem is just that when it´s warmer in Sweden it usually means it´s really wet and slushy as well. So with wet snow these gloves aren´t really perfect. But used in warmer conditons but fresh snow they are really good. Also the insulation is thick enough to provide some warmth. So if you´re not to chilly these gloves can work even when colder.

The gloves have a good fit, maybe a bit small in the sizes, but I guess that´s regular with Burton.

At the end of the day they are good gloves.

A edited film with Gus Engle from Videograss. All in the celebration of the newest team rider on Holden.

Ingmar Backman at Riksgränsen.

Now is the time to apply to the swedish program for snowboarding. Amongst the previous students are: Ingmar Backman, Johan Olofsson, Magnus Sterner, Hampus Mosesson, Chris Sörman and Kalle Ohlsson. So it´s good company!

Här är chansen du väntat på! Gå på gymnasiet och åk bräda, under säsong är det åkning minst 2-3 dar i veckan. Flytta hemifrån och lev på pasta och ketchup. Lär dig städa ditt eget rum.
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episode 3 from mark reznikov on Vimeo.

Monday In The Parking Lot with beats and tricks.

Airblaster Family Portrait – Part 6 – THE FAMILY from Resourceful Gnome on Vimeo.

Ok, this is not new. Not even barely new. but take some time off and watch the complete Airblaster movie Respect Your Elder here.