snowboarding
Cameras
Snowmodo: Don’t You Wish You Were Snowboarding?
7:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | This beautiful, sharp video, captured with a Canon EOS 5D MarkII and a 15mm fisheye lens inside a protective canvas bag, really shows the mountain fun we’re missing here on the surprisingly-temperate East coast. More »
Random Stuff
Video: How Do You Build a Massive 30 Metre Snowboarding Ramp in New York City?
9:40AM John Mahoney | The folks behind Red Bull’s Snowscrapers event this week in the city will tell you, as they’re building the biggest ramp ever in an urban area in New York City’s East River Park. More »
Gadgets
Cheetah Ultra Sports Whip F-117 Snowboard Carves Up Slopes and Wallets For $US1,900
2:00AM Jack Loftus | The folks at Cheetah Ultra Sports dedicated the last four years to hand-crafting a snowboard so perfect, it carves one-of-a-kind lines, impresses fellow riders, and bleeds your bank account dry—all in a single run. More »
Gadgets
Famed Office Chair Shrinks Into Premium Snowboard Binding
9:10AM Mark Wilson | The Aeron chair was the most famous office seat of all time, but we never expected it to show up in a Burton CO2 snowboard binding. Craziness? No, just look at the picture. More »
Games
Wii Ski and Snowboard Uses Balance Board, Looks Amazing
7:30PM John Herrman | It isn’t the first balance board-enabled ski game for the Wii, but it sure looks like it’ll be the best. With the weird and richly varied balance board hacks cropping up all over the place, it’s good — though late — for Nintendo to finally demonstrate a game that looks worthy of the device. [Kotaku] More »
Gadgets
The Grinch: Human Slingshot For Snow and Surfboarding
11:00AM Brian Lam | A friend told me about the Grinch today, a machine you hammer into the ground with a towrope attached to a 7HP engine, meant to rocket snowboarders and surfers into ramps and waves. [The Grinch] More »
Design
