Snowboard Review Blog + Features (Archive)

It seems that a lot of big name pro’s are ending ties with their long-standing sponsors to start brands with Swiss Snowboard manufacturer Nidecker. The latest recruit, in a rapidly increasing list of the who’s who of snowboarding, is Finish pipe ripper and former flow rider Antti Autti. Antti, who has ridden for Flow since he burst onto the competition scene in 2001, has decided to take his involvement in board production and design further.

Posted by Tom Ewbank.

Continue reading Antti Autti starts new snowboard brand with Nidecker!

Antti's new snowboards are making him crazy

Colorado grass roots snowboard manufacturer Venture have just announced a partnership with Jeremy Jones’s non-profit environmental organisation Protect Our Winters (POW). For the 2009/2010 winter season, Venture will emblazon all its Euphoria powder boards - both solid and split - with the POW logo, and donate a portion of sales from these boards to POW.

Posted by Tom Ewbank.

Continue reading Venture Snowboards announce support for POW

So as we all know the pound isn’t particularly strong at the moment, which means those days spent buying cheap boards from European online retailers are over. To save our readers a bit of time this coming season we’ve done our own price comparison to see where the best country to buy a board is at the moment.

Posted by Tom Ewbank.

Continue reading When it’s Best to Buy British

On October 1st just as Rossignol were due to release the most innovative high-end freeride snowboard they’ve ever produced it seems their wonder boy Jeremy Jones has had a change of heart. Mr Jones, not to be confused with the Forum/Burton rider, who has been at the forefront of Freeride Snowboarding for the past decade finally decided to leave Rossignol, after 19 years, to begin his own company ‘Jones Snowboards’. In a statement on Jeremy’s blog site he thanked Rossignol for their years of support but stated he needed to make this move to take his involvement in product development to the next level.

Posted by Tom Ewbank.

Continue reading Jeremy Jones leaves Rossignol to start Jones Snowboards

Designed and made in the Eastern European country of Poland, there can’t be a fresher or more ground breaking snowboard brand on the planet than Contract. In their first season, despite a miniscule marketing budget and a pro team consisting of little know Polish rippers, people in the snowboard industry all over Europe are starting to hear good things about this small brand coming out of Poland, mostly because they’re producing some really tight gear, but also because it’s a really intriguing story. Snowboard-Review.com caught up with Maciej aka Magic, head of marketing at Contract Snowboards to discuss all things Poland and Contract.

Posted by Rich Ewbank.

Continue reading Brand Focus - Contract Snowboards

Contract Snowboards C62 being built and being thrashed.

Page 31 of 38 pages ‹ First  < 29 30 31 32 33 >  Last ›