Apr 18
The folks at Signal Snowboards like to experiment over the winter months with conceptual deck designs—sometimes they’re practical
Apr 15
Luckily for Eric Hjorleifson, the avalanche that he started by going down a big mountain pillow line doesn’t fully consume him, leaving him relatively unscathed—he just "twisted his knee a bit." You can hear the fear in his heavy breathing after the incident, though. I don’t blame him. It’s quite scary.
Mar 21
Die winter, die!
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On the first day of spring, Grant "The King of Random" Thompson blew up a snowman to bits and filmed it in slow motion—150 times slower than real life. It’s oddly satisfying.*
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Mar 20
It’s easy to forget on the slopes, but your speed depends on the thin film of water created by your snowboard (or skis). So it follows that more heat below your feet would mean more speed, right? Signal Snowboards’s Dave Lee just built a heated snow board to find out.
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Mar 05
It’s been a snowy winter
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Feb 28
Winter came and overstayed its welcome. At what point do we make like the Russians and turn our tiny crappy cars into snow plow sleds? I say the next snow. Just hop on the hood of your car and make a friend drive you through and pummel it. Winter is stupid, this type of stupid fun makes it a little less so.
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Feb 24
Believe it or not, making ice is more complicated than just making water really cold. One thing that helps is bacteria. Yes, bacteria! In this captivatingly magic video, it takes just a second for Pseudomonas syringae to turn a whole jar of water into ice.
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Feb 20
Road salt has been a point
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Feb 20
Signal Snowboards has made a name for itself—at least outside of snowboarding circles—with its experiments using unorthodox materials to make decks. The company’s glass snowboard
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Feb 20
The design and fabrication of artificial ice-climbing structures is an incredibly creative yet widely overlooked form of experimental architecture. The resulting constructions are often astonishing: ice-covered loops, ledges, branches, and towers reminiscent of the playful 1960s experiments of Archigram, yet serving as some of the most spatially interesting athletic venues in all of today’s professional sports.
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