Shred-ictionary: Powder Patty
We’re not talking candy here. This is when one’s face meets the powder. You can give your friend whose whining a Powder Patty, or give yourself one by falling flat on your face. “Quit your pee-moaning or I’ll give you another Powder Patty.”

Heavenly Opens Tomorrow
Danielle and I have been quite the world travelers lately.  Well, US travelers, anyway.  Danielle just spent what I hear was an amazing week in Hawaii, and a day later she took off for a week in Alaska!  Not without a fair share of surfing/snowboarding, I’d imagine.  And me, I’m in Vegas right now for a marketing conference, enjoying my first break of the entire couple of days. (Whoever said you can’t get business do

Spencer O’Brien on FUEL TV Tonight
Tonight, FUEL TV’s the Daily Habit will feature female snowboarder extraordinaire Spencer O’Brien.  In case you aren’t familiar with Spencer, she’s one of the hottest up-in-coming female snow pros; also the reigning 2008 Dew Tour Slopestyle Champ, Transworld’s Rookie of the Year 2008, and she placed third in the X games 12 slopestyle

Westbound Wisdom: The Correct Way to Fall
Broken bones suck.  A lot.  Especially when they’re your wrists (trust me, I know; I’ve broken mine twice!  Once while snowboarding, and once, well…  Remember this story?) Snowboarding and falling pretty much go hand in hand, so here’s a little rule we learned a long time ago that just, well, stuck: Fall on your fists, not on your wrists. OK, I’ll just come right out and say what I know you all are thinking - The best way to protect your wrists is to not fall at all!  Duh moments aside, I really believe that if

Catch the Hurley US Open of Surfing Recap on FUEL TV
Back in late July, one of the largest surfing events of the year flooded the beaches of Huntington Beach - The Hurley US Open of Surfing.  In case you weren’t around to check out the event live in SoCal, FUEL TV’s bringing it to your living room this week, with a highlight reel of the best moments of