As much as we love Burton, they seem to be taking on a novel approach and marketing some USB flash memory drives in the form of a, you guessed it, snowboard. They start at 512MB and go up to 2GB, they have a few funky styles to choose from; Burton Custom, GTWin and Vapor. Starting at only $17 each, you can transfer files in style.

Read via Gizmodo.

While we keep seeing record numbers in base conditions, we look over to the east and they seem to be having the complete opposite. Mount Chinguacousy in Brampton Ontario was forced to stay closed and cancel their Ski and Snowboard camps.

“To make snow, the City’s snowmaking system requires temperatures of -3 Celsius, with the humidity being below 85 per cent. With these conditions it will take a minimum of two to three days for the hill to be safely usable for programs.”

Read via Brampton Guardian

Who’s a pow lover? Whistler just recieved 72cm of fresh powder and I’m sure more is coming. Also heavy snowfall this Friday at Mount Washington so be first to ride the fresh tracks!!

Any girl rider’s out there? or guys who just love to watch the girls rip it up. Check out http://www.radgalz.com, its Canada’a first all girl event series. An all girl event is being thrown down in Ontario on Jan 7th so check it out if you’re in that area. If you’re interested on any other dates check out their site.

Hey shredders,For all you island folk we are starting something new up at Mt. Washington, Vancouver Island that you might be interested in. A few instructor’s including myself are throwing rail jam’s Friday and Saturday nights. If your interested in learning to ride rails/boxes or even looking to tone on your skills come hang out. We’ll have certified instructors providing knowledge and just having a good time. So dont be afraid and come out for some wicked rail jibbing! For any information just contact my email.

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-Brett
bkirton489@gmail.com