december snowskates

Events

2012-02-14T12:57:00.001-08:00

LIVIN THE DREAM

2012-02-11T05:36:00.000-08:00

we received Andrew's (gearbox films) latest snowskate video this week, ...watched it 3x in a row, and then a bunch of times so far. Really awesome stuff. The level of snowskating or the progression of it is amazing. Must be seen to believe! Periodically throughout the video are fun surfing and skateboarding clips which links the three sports cleanly.. Loved it.

Pic. of Andrew from his Facebook page (couldn't resist the subtle plug)
Pic of the disc was shot in France by Eric C.

It's snowing like the bejezzus right now.. Woot

VT coldsmoke strapless

2012-02-07T18:34:00.001-08:00

..heres a cool pic Aaron D. sent in from his 2/4 backwoods surf session with Peter B. These two smuggs' locals picked up some real nice powdery conditions hidden in the woods up at the real 'notch'. As Aaron put it "the best conditions are in the woods this year".
Looks super fun
Photo : Peter Banta
Board: 2011 december powderfish 48"x12"

MMM going local

2012-02-07T03:54:00.001-08:00

Pic. Eric R.

a few more from Super Small Sunday

2012-02-06T09:29:00.000-08:00

Super Sunday

2012-02-05T20:13:00.001-08:00

Snowskate sox/bag

2012-02-04T07:22:00.001-08:00

the bag: Ballistic nylon on the ski side, form fitting four-way stretch fleece on the deck side, drawstring with cord lock closure .. Only for snowskates!
Here's a clip of how they work

Bi-deck snowskate sox/bag from december snowskates on Vimeo.

mini-pow fish circa 2009

2012-02-04T04:48:00.001-08:00

This is Marco's little ptex powderfish, it was number 3 or 4 in production. Originally it was ship to France, but Marco might have brought it back to Brazil. (snurfer grip)

Positive wheel wells

2012-02-04T04:38:00.001-08:00

Powder wheels

2012-02-02T15:00:00.000-08:00

Packing out the concave on this powderfish with wood "wheels", before the ptex gets laminated.

looking foward to testing out this idea, more to come

Matt's trip

2012-01-31T18:32:00.000-08:00

Here's a cool little quick clip Matt M-M sent over from his solo gotham train ride to the "balmy" mountain adventure. After talking to a six tier mountain management heiarchy, we was finally granted access to skate the slopes by the resort owner himself. Nicely done Matt. He was then luckily enough to met up with local boarder Aiden who was willing to film and demo the snot out of a skate for the first time. It looks like Aiden is a natural.
Thanks Matt and Aiden for sharing the video!!

As a sidenote, we grew up 15 miles from this fun, but miniscule little mountain (we called it 'big bump' as kids) and hit it weekly for years, stoked to hear it's still thriving and allowing snowskates now. One last fact about this exact place, Jake Burton learned how to ski here and was a member of their ski team as a teenager. Pretty interesting history. And now Matt has added some more to its history! Viva snowskates

string b-packs $12 • xl $16

2012-01-30T17:31:00.000-08:00

Up the RIVER

2012-01-29T12:04:00.001-08:00

...around year 2000 we need another wintertime fix to fill in when the waves went flat, and since it seemed like it always snowed here, why not start taking advantage of it. So we started snowshoeing. Snowshoeing lead to winter peakbagging, which quickly lead to dragging our snowboards up to ride down on the descents. Fun, but there was always a flat spot or valley that would impede our descent, and lead to multiple strapping and unstrapping of bindings.... Bummer after a while. The greatest frustration came when you saw a short but deep powdery slope hit a gully you knew you would have to climb out of to continue downhill What do you do? sit in the knee deep plus snow to strap up for 40 secs? Keep walking down? Mostly we did, but one time we just stood behind the bindings, and it WORKED. Snowskating became the new passion. Something happen yesterday that seemed funny. Due to the lousy winter, surfing has been picking up the local slack. (look at surfing giving back!) Photos : yesterdays sunset, a stiff breeze kept about sixty seagulls hovering over the local fishmarket , pretty remarkable looking. And the four shot is a funky spot that rarely breaks, lone surfer paddling up the river, and winter Clammers keeping it real.

Wobbly on the inside today, and wobbly on the outside

2012-01-28T14:52:00.001-08:00

the catalyst doesn't fall far from the tree

2012-01-26T16:20:00.001-08:00

..I'm always curious about the projects jeremy (pictured in post below) works on. So periodically upon request he'll send me some shots. Currently he's ripping old windsurfers down the middle and then gluing them back up into sleek missile like wall hangers, if you hold one, you'll want it

Here's a clip of his Dad's work from 1966 that's currently being shown at the WHITNEY museum.. Here's a clip of it, if you can't check it out .. Amazing

2 photos separated by 2 weeks and less then 4 miles (NY)

2012-01-25T18:54:00.001-08:00

Jeremy G. double dipping in his backyard. It doesn't take much to strike it rich, just have to play the cards your dealt. Great shots

For the record: jeremy's bi-deck is 132cm boydhill sub with 41" December deck
Surfboard is 10 something Christian Beamish twin keel gun

Last week's storm vt, 2 Idaho , NYC, and NY

2012-01-25T18:42:00.001-08:00

Here's a few shots that came in from various spots around the country this week. Thanks for pics

Comp sweatshirts green/purple/safety yellow/cardinal (for Ben)

2012-01-24T17:40:00.001-08:00

Couple more straight foward super soft comp sweatshirts available, red one is for Ben the man behind Grizzly Wax!

Few more from today

2012-01-22T13:53:00.000-08:00

Today around 9 am GROMS

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Today around noon , small leftovers

2012-01-22T13:35:00.000-08:00

Doubled dipped

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Changing in snow

2012-01-22T13:30:00.000-08:00

Yesterday

2012-01-22T13:29:00.001-08:00

Eric was lightning fast!

Driving up to mountains was uneventful

2012-01-22T04:41:00.000-08:00

We got some snow yesterday, so Eric and I drove up to the closest mountain. Heres a clip Eric shot of the drive.

The ride up, was completely uneventful from december snowskates on Vimeo.

demo day•49 north• (Washington) Sneva n Boyd!

2012-01-18T18:46:00.001-08:00

TJ and Bryce set up a booth at 49 north to show their stuff and convert some riders. They had a great day! Here's a part of a text from Bryce about pic #1
"Guy on the right is joey tilton...he built pastranas practice ramp for worlds first double backflip on a motorcycle near spokane then travis unleashed at xgames" .." His day 1...i made him try it....took 3 small runs...3rd run he was screaming on the 115 he was amazed by how easy it was"
Bryce (in blue) is wearing #1 of 3 December 'puffy' jackets. 100% Snowskater booth !

Plenty of cold smoke coming in this afternoon

2012-01-18T13:58:00.001-08:00

Air :34
Water : 43 and dropping

old December grip circa 2008-09

2012-01-17T18:33:00.001-08:00

GRIP

2012-01-16T08:44:00.000-08:00

34 1/2" x 9 3/16" custom (finished)

2012-01-16T07:52:00.001-08:00

december Pre-cut, Pre-packaged 'peel n stick' snowskate Grip

2012-01-14T04:31:00.001-08:00

Available in 2 widths, and much like a surfboard traction pad, it can be custom positioned for a clean fit!
Email: decembersnowskates@gmail.com
With inquires
******January promo price $18.00 includes shipping in lower 48*****

Custom Top Deck for Gaute

2012-01-13T19:43:00.001-08:00

Gaute is going snowskating this season!! He picked up a 112cm boydhill sub, and order a custom 34.5" deck from us. He hooked us up with a color scheme of his new sub and a nice computer image of the layout.
This one is shipping ASAP... he's getting buried in some serious dry powder out there (Norway). Last shot is of his beautiful local mountain, but I think, to him, they are mild compared to the peaks where he grew up. Thanks Gaute, couple more pics to follow.

Conditions report: Funky winter here has caused Surf to spike UP

Starting Tomorrow 1/11/12

2012-01-10T18:19:00.001-08:00

Chance is throwing a snowskate 'szechuan' every wenesday at belleayre for the rest of winter (year two)

Matt McGregor Mento /Beater/ Korduroy TV

2012-01-09T15:11:00.001-08:00

Back in October we ran a post about Matt's traveling beater surfboard.
http://decembersnowskates.blogspot.com/2011/10/beater-crew.html
And currently his story is being told on Korduroy TV
http://www.korduroy.tv/2012/the-travel-beater-project-surf-sufficient
Matt is a great skater, innovating film maker, surfcraft designer and dedicated snowskater!
He even mentions snowskating in his interview on the surf specific site (thanks for dropping the D word). Here's a couple pics of the man in action.

Hoodoo Comp. 1/21/12

2012-01-05T18:26:00.001-08:00

...here's a couple of sweatshirts, that were hand screened for the cakeatr skate comp at Hoodoo Oregon. What's cakeatr? Check it out: http://cakeatr.com/
Stoked to be involved

More December gear here:
http://snowskategear.blogspot.com/

Top decks

2012-01-03T14:23:00.000-08:00

...made in same tradition as a skateboard deck, 7 ply hard rock maple, sorted, pressed, sanded, tack clothed, sealed, and silkscreened by hand. Gaute's deck (pictured) has a few steps to go. Another run of 10 decks should be ready to go by next week, these will be pressed by a friend of December, but shaped,sealed, and screened in house. Highest quality stuff, 4 are taken, 6 available. Email now if u need a deck. 50$ sealed and drilled, 62$ with December grip. Thanks
Decembersnowskates@gmail.com

Custom deck for Gaute in Norway

2012-01-02T17:31:00.001-08:00

Day one 2012 (felt more like last day of spring)

2012-01-01T20:25:00.001-08:00

Plenty of carvable fake stuff.. Plenty of concave, and a few "can I try that" Gremmie linking some turns! Great start to new year .HNY

Today 12/28/ yesterday 12/27

2011-12-28T10:28:00.000-08:00

..by the end of our session yesterday the conditions on the hill were deteriorating rapidly. Here's a shot of Jeremy still stoked as he assesses the conditions, on a bright side, he knew the bad news was causing good news on the surf front. Only separated by a couple of hours and 150 miles. Jeremy is still stoked on the conditions, 1maybe 2 times overhead, and chugging down the point. Nice Tuesday Wednesday combo!

Standing Room Only

2011-12-28T08:36:00.001-08:00

We got lucky and rode Some real soft carvable man made stuff yesterday. Another touch of class was their basket lift. Which is a standing lift that holds 8 people as they walk on with their gear. No dirty looks from lifties no foot traffic, no walking around looking for a high point to buckle up at... just Drop and go

Merry christmas 2011! elevation: 0'

2011-12-24T14:56:00.001-08:00

Today (around 8:30 am) wasn't a big gift more like a stocking stuffer, but we'll take it. Funky tall a-frames collapsing into longish super groomed lefts!
Hope everyone scores this holiday.
Kb

Graphics: December 'dude' snowfall

2011-12-24T05:12:00.000-08:00

The fish tail represents the surfy feel snowskating has, and the little guy was suppose to look like snow falling. It came out better then expected, so no one in our graphics' department is losing their jobs..

TOPsheet VIEW

2011-12-24T04:59:00.000-08:00

Boyd crew did a Super clean job printing the topsheet, and hooked it up with their Idaho wookie... Have u tried to snowskating in 2011? Time is running out!

109 White Swallowtail

2011-12-22T16:51:00.000-08:00

Day one for Eric

2011-12-20T14:41:00.000-08:00

Within just hours of stepping on to a snowskate for the first time, Eric (goofyfooter) took his calm cool approach, and applied his skate background to this ice bank. Matt (regular) airing out the fluorescent green December sub! With close to 40 combined years of skateboarding matt and Eric were enjoying the new feeling of skating on snow, powerslides and all

12/18 ice/snow

2011-12-18T18:43:00.000-08:00

...big thanks to the lifties and Chance for getting us on the belle' today, here's Matt testing out the new December sub!

12/17 rock/reef

2011-12-17T15:07:00.001-08:00

... Always nice to find a small wave when the forecast and report says none.

Foam and Function

2011-12-15T18:27:00.000-08:00

...just wanted to pass along some xmas gift ideas for any sideway stance enthusiast. Here's two from my favorite online surf shop: Foam and Function. First up there's the 'Jay Boy' book, which is a photo story about the legendary skater Jay Adams (dogtown) from his youth. Kirk at Foam and Function has a batch of them for sale, (among other great books) ready to ship. Secondly, he has a handshaped 6'3" Mackie singlefin for sale. Which I hope sells soon before I start collecting cans to cover the sticker price. It's a board I've been dreaming about for winter point surf. I believe a single fin 'performance board' takes the brains out of the equation which frees more space for thoughts about how much fun your having. Check it all out here.

http://waveslide.blogspot.com/2011/12/fins-jay-boy.html

Kendra

2011-12-13T14:57:00.000-08:00

Kendra runs a great new blog about snowskating, in which she has personally taken on the responsibility of promoting the sport. It's always worth a daily glance.

early in the season she talked about how she got involved in skating, something rang very similar to me (and most snowskaters) And if your on the fence about getting on a skate this season take a read :

I fell in love with snowskating a little more than a year ago. At the time, I had been snowboarding for boocoo years. I'd ride every single day that I wasn't working. But, my whole heart wasn't in it anymore. I'd get up to the mountain, ride a few hours, and then leave after I hit my favorite runs a couple times. Although I loved snowboarding, I was bored with it.

I didn't even know what a snowskate was the first time it was mentioned to me. But the first time I saw one, I was fixated. All the implications of a "snow-skate" and what it meant to my understanding of riding snow started to come together.

I learned to snowskate in Pat Bonser's back yard, which is kind of like learning to skateboard at Tony Hawk's ramp. I was so pumped that I actually ran back up the hill after each drop in. I couldn't get enough of it.

In the 2010/11 season, I snowskated more than I snowboarded. I was euphoric, I wanted to snowskate all the resorts and backcountry that I had previously only experienced within the confines of my snowboard bindings.

I started with Heavenly Mountain, which is my home mountain. When I snowskate Heavenly, I ride from first chair until they don't let me on again. There is so much to explore, so many different features, and any terrain you could ask for; it is a snowskating paradise. There are no restrictions on where you can take your snowskate, so whether you want to ride Motts or Killebrew, High Roller or Groove, as long as it's open, snowskates are welcome.

http://projectsnowskate.com/

93% plastic 7% steel

2011-12-12T04:30:00.000-08:00

Deck headed to Northern Ireland !

2011-12-07T15:39:00.001-08:00

You'd have to live under a rock these days not to know Ireland gets heaps of swell.. Surfer/skater Oliver and his crew will be shredding snow this winter in his neck of the woods..
Thanks Oli- best of luck

109cm december

2011-12-05T18:09:00.001-08:00

......a couple summers back I joked with Bryce about pressing a few prototype subs, he quickly texted back, "leave the ski building to the experts," haha...

so here we are

Our first run of 109cm December snowskate subs, based off the now lengendary Boyd Hill 109 cm. Not one to reinvent the wheel, we went with what works. Really blown away by the craftsmanship of these puppies. Four of them are taken, however there is one available- if you wanna skate on a December this season drop us an email, Or contact boydhill directly for a custom. Thanks to Bryce for quickly making a four year dream a reality, TJ for the craftsmanship, and Matt for persuading us to pull trigger on tagging some subs.

Conspiracy theory

2011-12-03T18:52:00.000-08:00

..thumbing thru backcountry magazine, I ran across an ad for dps skis.. They had such a great shape, beautiful outline, and then it hit me, where I had seen it before

http://decembersnowskates.blogspot.com/2010/03/kgs-80s-powderstick-475-x-105.html

Keep it uncomplicated

2011-12-03T18:43:00.000-08:00

2011-12-02T19:10:00.000-08:00

$35.00 Dec. BI-DECK BOARD SOCK

2011-11-30T12:46:00.000-08:00

After a year in the prototyping and testing phase, we are ready to run a batch of board sox to keep your skates protected and your cars dry! Drawstring closure with cord lock will fit any brand snowskates. Fleece clings to the top deck while the cordura protects the sub. Smooth... form fitting... and just in time for Xmas
Email: decembersnowskates@gmail.com and we'll get one in the mail to you

Shop 'ideas'

2011-11-29T13:24:00.000-08:00

Kronicle issue #1 (part 1)

2011-11-27T15:31:00.000-08:00

Kronicle (snowboarding's very first backcountry mag.) set the stage right by having a powsurf article, featuring binding free pow surfer ambassador Jeremy Jensen in their premier issue. Cool mag.

The 'Van Cam' showing signs of white

2011-11-26T07:06:00.000-08:00

One of greatest places on earth

"the candle has been lit"

2011-11-23T14:13:00.000-08:00

ok, its time to start talking turkey (meaning snowskating) no more messing around, Winter is here, so here it is:

Bryce, TJ, and Todd from Boydhill Snowskates are kicking off the season with the release of two mini shorts. Last winter they were busy filming with Andrew Shirokman and the Gearbox Film crew, to shed some light on their production methods and a look at their local terrain. Both crews did a top notch job capturing the vibe of snowskating digitally.

The first clip is a shop tour. ...Even tho Bryce is sketched out on his cameo, I'm posting it anyway. Its good stuff.

The second one is classic. A bunch of gnarly North Idaho Mountain Men having a laugh sliding around in onesies, while integrating the roots of sideways snow riding with contemporary snowskating...
ya gotta smile watching this one

pretty amazing job by GBF and the Wookie Crew

email these guys if you need a skate
boydhill.com

sidenote(any red topdeck you see in the short is a december)

Lastest long range season forecast

2011-11-22T19:47:00.001-08:00

Looks like PNW is going to get the most snow this year!

Custom decks sizes available

2011-11-21T17:35:00.000-08:00

41" (white graphic) 34.5" (red graphic) 36" (purple graphic)
Decembersnowskates@gmail.com

X-large 12/ String backpack

2011-11-18T16:41:00.000-08:00

16$ includes shipping
decembersnowskates@gmail.com

Oct. 2010

2011-11-17T04:10:00.000-08:00

(que Jaws theme)

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Around 2pm

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Ungripped from last year

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Opening powder surf day was 10/29

2011-11-09T18:04:00.000-08:00

Back on 10/29 the snow piled up enough to swap out a bi-deck for a powder plank... Unfortunately as the powder piled up the sun was dropping, and a 'sick' line never materialized. But it was fun to link a few turns
This one is made 4' x 12" out of 7 plys of maple.. Front foot wedge and a kicktail.. Thanks surfer Steve for modeling with it.

Sunset

2011-11-09T17:47:00.000-08:00

Plenty of swell filling in this week, Friday am should be the call.

the latest STARFISH

2011-11-08T12:35:00.000-08:00

Another classic starfish is out.. If you need a copy email me

2011-11-08T12:30:00.000-08:00

...so it is written, it must be true, thanks Jeremy for unbias assessment

2011-11-08T12:29:00.001-08:00

Jeremy gets in the mag

ALERT: Martians have landed

2011-11-05T06:54:00.000-07:00

Luckily, there only here to skate (looking hip in December tees)

Thanks for pics JG

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Kirk's Mackie

2011-11-03T20:45:00.001-07:00

...Imagine having this one in the old quiver

For more gems, Check out kirk's daily blog .... Very inspiring, and written with style:
http://waveslide.blogspot.com/

2011-11-01T19:35:00.001-07:00

bad photo / good swell

2011-11-01T15:08:00.000-07:00

a weeks worth of swell began to show tonight ...(well, more like the work week)

10/29/11 session one

2011-10-30T18:06:00.000-07:00

...the forecast for October snow looked convincing, so calls were made Matt, Jeremy and Steve committed early and we all made plans to meet up around 11am start.. As we all got in our vehicles from different points in the area it was pouring out. Fingers were crossed that it would switch to snow and dump quick enough to get a session in before dark.. Super long story short it went from a dusty cover by 11:30 to 9" by 4:30 pm (on it's way to 19" by overnight) ...the forecasters nailed it! Awesome day, great group, plenty of rust on my end... Best ever October snow I can remember!!

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Just like old times

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Surfer steve's hunt for white October

2011-10-30T17:42:00.000-07:00

Today 0ctober 28th

2011-10-28T19:29:00.000-07:00

Looks fun?

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Predog trucks & 80's running shoe grip

2011-10-27T19:03:00.000-07:00

109cm boydhill sub, deck, sold (but still in the family) snow fell not so far away today , gonna fall much closer on Saturday... This set-up is ready

the Indicator

2011-10-26T15:31:00.001-07:00

...speaking of indicators, here's a strange weather scenario, got a text from my brother about possible swell on Sunday in my next of woods, so I checked out some weather forecasts... Here's my favorite 'cast; Tropical storm Rina is gonna push up the coast causing good seas on Saturday and Sunday, because of the storm's direction it's gonna bump into a cold area just off the coast causing snow to fall in manhattan on Saturday, which is at sea level! And it's October... So the waves will be tropical and rather warm and it will be snowing at the same time...
Even luckier ... The mountains could receive over 8" at the highest points tomorrow night!... from same storm that got Denver good today .. Winter is underway..

Couple more shots from quicksilver NY contest

2011-10-25T17:40:00.000-07:00

.. Sorry don't remember the names of photographers but all these pics were on surfline a while back.. Love the packed beach aerial shot (the birds eye view one) !

Max and the ski out

2011-10-24T17:02:00.000-07:00

(Ski out is alittle strong, this is more like a short jeep road on backside of a small hill) last winter after a fresh snowfall, I met up with Max to powdersurf the hill by his house. On the way out Max, who had only ridden a powderboard a few times threw down the powder board and slalomed down the flat jeep road. I was impressed on his control so I asked him to do it again. He said , "sure" and hustled back up.. I'm hoping this video will display how much control a bindingless board has even in flat lackluster conditions..one would never attempt this on a snowboard (who has the energy for all that buckling) but max was smiling after the mini run- u can even notice the flow in last two turns

Ski-out from december snowskates on Vimeo.

SOLD headed to bridgehampton

2011-10-19T16:18:00.000-07:00

Thanks Jeremy
132cm Boydhill / 41" December combo, rocker trucks (all mountain set-up)

Foam and wood

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