Author: Warren Currie

The 31st Annual Easy Rider Snowboard Cup – presented by Burton – is coming Home!

After 30 years we figured it was time to have a Home Coming and give away all the prizes to our Edmonton and area Customers.

March 31 and April 1 will see the Snowboard Cup at RABBIT� HILL for the first time!

The Snowboard Cup is a Banked Slalom event that is designed for riders of all abilities – from age 3 to age 83 – it is FUN for everyone.

Early Registration is now open at the store – and is $30. Cash Only� (on hill registration is $40.).
Register before March 24th and be entered into an Early Bird�Draw for a new Burton Snowboard.

Your entry will get you into the event / an event T-shirt / and entry into the Draw for over $60,000. worth of prizes.

On Friday, March 30th from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM, at the STORE – we will be having last minute registration / racer bib and T-Shirt pick up / a Free BBQ / and a FREE Wax session for your board – all included in your entry.

ALL Racers MUST come to the FRIDAY EVENING event to pick up their Race Number.

The racing goes on Saturday and Sunday at Rabbit Hill with one run each day.
Awards and Draw Prizes will follow the racing Sunday afternoon.

For more information please contact us at 780-413-4554

We are stoked to announce our next Snowskate Sunday of the season.

February 11th�we will be at�Sunridge�to do some snowskating from 9:00 until 11:00.

Bring your board and come ride with us.

We will have lots of FREE demo snowskates available to try out if you don’t have one.
Just get your lift ticket and wear some warm boots.

Local followers and customers of the store may have seen me with a weird wooden “disk” thingy that goes on your hand while carving your snowboard.

It’s called a Snowboard Hand Plane – and it is used to be able to carve�ridiculous lines on your board.

The inventor of it is a Moss Snowstick team rider from Japan, named�Naoya Wada

I met Naoya at a trade show almost a year ago where he showed me his creation.

Upon returning from the trade show I quickly looked for an old skate deck and made my first one.

Trying it out on the groomed runs at local hills was an eye opening experience.� You can put all of your weight onto your hand – and you do not slow down.� It allows you to draw out long lines and adds a whole new�dimension to riding groomers.

I managed to make about a dozen, or so last spring for friends and staff, but knew that if I wanted to expand the experience of the Snowboard Hand Plane – I would have to step up my game.
I contacted Randy at Olive Skateboards in late summer and after a few prototypes we settled on a shape and began production.� Once the “boards” were done I took them to another friend, Dave at Custom Edge Design, and had him laser etch our new logo into them.
After that it was a little bit of trial and error to find a strap system that could be adjustable and easy to use.

I finally have the first batch complete and they are now available in the store.

I want to Thank Naoya for having such an open mind to come up with this idea, and for allowing me to “run with it” over here in Canada.