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Good thing we have a big Sprinter Van for picking up SUP’s.
Got the call that a bunch of boards were at the trucking company and would be delivered next week.  I said “forget that – I’ll come get them”.

We now have the AMAZING Starboard 12’6″ Pierce Touring in the Wood construction back in stock.

This is THE lake board for everyone.   The Width and Volume of these boards make them super stable, even for beginners – yet the shape makes them approximately 70% more efficient than a traditional “longboard surfboard” shape.  The piercing nose allows the board to go through chop and wave as opposed to being forced up and over every little bump like a “regular” board.
In the Video the 14′ is the one with the pointy tail and the 12’6″ has the squared off tail to help catch small waves.

Easy Rider is getting this board first out of any shop in North America due to the fact that Warren helped with the design of it.
Come get yours before they are sold out – again.

 

The 25th Annual Easy Rider Snowboard Cup – presented by Burton Snowboards at Panorama Mountain Resort was FREAKING AWESOME!

We had  443  competitors show up to race the legendary Banked Slalom and take part in the Big Air events. (That was not a typo – Four Hundred and Forty Three people showed up!)

Panorama did an amazing job at building the best course in 25 years!

Saturday morning saw the first run of the Banked Slalom take place – while it was dumping snow.  Competitors snuck in their race run in between pow runs on the mountain.  Later in the day the Big Air event was held with lots of rad tricks thrown down.  We had a “man sized” jump as well as a smaller take off for the groms to hit, and fun was had by all.

Saturday evening we held a showing of the Red Bull Supernatural show that had been on TV earlier in the day with a couple hundred people showing up in the Great Hall Lodge at Panorama to watch the riding.
After the showing Lester Quitzau and Billy Hicks took to the stage with some mind melting guitar and drums.
After Lester’s set it was off to the T-Bar Lounge for some good old snowboard contest fun.

Sunday arose to fresh powder and blue bird skies.  The Banked Slalom course was open for everyones second run and was nice and fast.
Lester and Billy again entertained on the Lodge deck in the afternoon and that was followed up with the awards and Draw Prizes.

After 25 years of running the funnest event in snowboarding – all I can say is bring on #26!

A huge THANK YOU goes out to everyone that made is such a great event.

Burton Snowboards
Nixon
Panorama Mountain Village and all their amazing staff!
Ride / DC / Vans / Converse / Spy / Volcom / 32 / Dragon

Bataleon / Lib Tech / Skull Candy / Platinum Video / Electric / Celtek / Quiksilver

Oakley / GoPro / Forum / Snowboard Canada / DaKine / Air Hole / Anon / Analog / RED / Sector 9 / Landyachtz.

Warwick Patterson for his video work. (DVD to be released soon)
Lester Quitzau and Billy Hicks for their amazing playing.

Most of all to my Family / my Brother / Friends / Staff and Team for their help – the event would not happen with out them!
The Biggest THANK YOU goes to ALL of you who came out and actually went snowboarding!

And Finally – The Banked Slalom Results . . . I am sorry to say that due to several factors (our lengthening of the course / the snowstorm / the huge number of entries / etc) we had a massive timing system failure on Saturday that resulted in the majority of times not being useable.  The amazing Staff at Panorama tried very hard, for a very long time to make sense of the messed up data and unfortunately they could not.   A few of the times from Saturday did work – and we did have manual back up for them to be verified, so those times do stand.
I am sorry to all those who were counting on their times to prove to their buddies who was faster – we are already working with Panorama and a couple of ski race teams to insure that next years system will work flawlessly.
(The “Timing Fail” note is just that / the DSQ means that you missed a gate in your run / and the DNS means that you did not show up for your run)

Thank you!
Warren Currie
The Easy RIder

25th_Results

 

We have received a brand new Starboard Pierce Touring Stand Up Paddleboard.
It is the 12’6″ x 30″ size in the Brushed Carbon.
This is THE board to have for lake paddling.  Nice and wide at 30″ – lots of volume at 277 L and enough tail rocker that it will catch lake waves for doing down wind runs.
The piercing bow will allow you to maintian stability in chop and be fast on flat water.
There are 4 tie down spots on the front and 6 on the rear enabling you to take all your gear with you.
The standing area has an EVA foam pad for comfort and from the pad back is Starboard’s StarTouch traction for added grip.

I am stoked to have had a hand in helping design this board – and equally stoked that Starboard added my name to the bottom of every board!

We will have this board on display at the Edmonton Boat Show – March 15 to 18 – come check it out.
Our stock of these board should be in by the end of March.  Get yours now to avoid disappointment.