Not having having snow can allow you to be way more creative. So stay positive people!

“No snow is falling in Ontario, this is true, but the shred can live on. Grab a few buddies and a pick up truck, grab snow from your local hockey arena and set up jibb. Local skate parks usually have nice rails or quarters to session. So stop whining! get out and get stoked.”
-Fullerton

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Here are aerial pictures of both Blue Mountain and Mount St. Louis Moonstone taken from a Cessna 172 on the first official Boarding Canada snow search. As you can see, its a pretty sad situation for Ontario boarders, especially those like myself, who bought a seasons night pass. Temperatures are starting to drop below freezing, which will hopefully lead to some man made snow dumping. Time shall tell.

A woman had her $1200 snowboard stolen from Mount St. Louis Moonstone over the holiday break. After searching everywhere with her husband, they decided to call it quits and head home empty handed. On their drive back her husband got the idea to check eBay when they get home, so they did, and guess what, it was there. Two teens from Barrie will be heading to court shortly. As for what kind of Snowboard it was? We can only guess a 2007 Shaun White Burton. Hopefully this story will scare future punks from hocking our boards.

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A film being made for release in fall of 2007 will feature all-women snowboarders. It has a focus on women’s riding, showing what level they are at, and to document the environment and lifestyle of these ladies cutting up the pow. Unfortunately no women boarders from Canada, but a good majority of them are just south of us. Most locations will be remote and rural, it will be a fun flick to watch later this year.

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The largest ski resort in Ontario is laying off 1,300 workers and shutting down temporarily. Unfortunately the manmade snow cannot keep up with the abnormally warm climate Ontarian’s are facing. By this time of year 60% of trails should be open, right now, Blue Mountain has none. If something changes workers will be called back, but who knows at this point.

Read via CBC Toronto.

Learn all the sickest freestyle moves from FreestyleMax, an action figure??? That’s right an action figure who can do it all, anything from stalefish’s to handplants. For all you instructors who try to explain trick’s and in return get blank faces, just show you’re students with FreestyleMax. Check it out at www.freestylemax.com. He even has a comic book.

Not much snow in Ontario but lot’s of parties and events are in full swing. So if your stuck inside praying for the white stuff keep up-to-date on different snowboard events in Ontario by signing up for the eventsing mailing list at www.eventsingentertainment.com.

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.

Photo courtesy of nevasport.com.
-Brett
bkirton489@gmail.com