Allus Snowboarding Magazine

outdoor DIVAS

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:24:00 -0400

â€œWe are not your boyfriends snowboard shop!â€* outdoor DIVAS bring in Never Summer Industry Snowboards for the 2008-09 season.

outdoor DIVAS, a Colorado based womenâ€™s specific gear shop in Denver and Boulder, are proud to bring in two new womenâ€™s specific snowboards made by Denver based Never Summer Industries. The Lotus and the Infinity two snowboards made specifically for the ladies.

The Infinity is the do everything board for the girl that want an all mountain freestyle board that can be taken in the park and pipe as well as the steeps. The Infinity is easy to butter with the reverse camber and still handles powder. The flex on the infinity is forgiving, torsionally softer and you can feel the dampening giving you a smoother ride. The new RC (rocker camber) technology will impress the novice to the extreme riders. Never Summer has their own patent pending for the recurve camber rocker technology. The two cambered areas begin underfoot going out towards the tip and tail and rockered under foot with a Vario Power Grip sidecut radius. This new design will allow easier turn initiation, with a light yet damp feel.

The Lotus is a â€œfreerideâ€* board that will open your eyes to the world of performance snowboards. The narrower waist designed for a women's boot size is a nice feature that also allows for quick edge transfer. The multiflex camber makes it easy to turn while maintaining a solid platform. Never Summer is know to have solid damp wood core boards which still stand true even with the narrow waist and micro adjustments they have made for the women.

Ride on ladies!
About outdoor DIVAS: outdoor DIVAS, one of the preeminent specialty retailers addressing the needs of active women, is located in Boulder and Denver. outdoor DIVAS strives to inspire, educate and outfit active women. They believe that proper education, apparel and equipment will enhance womenâ€™s experience in any outdoor activity.
About Never Summer: Never Summerâ€™s reputation of quality and durability began in the early years of snowboarding. Designing and building snowboards since 1983 has given them years of experience in testing and perfecting their snowboard designs and construction methods. Each snowboard is carefully handcrafted in their Denver, CO factory to precision tolerances. As a result, only the worldâ€™s best snowboard shops proudly sell their products.

TS Summer Fun

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:31:00 -0400

Come on out! AllUs will be there, so will the rippers. Good times with a great shop, can you think of a better way to start the summer?

NeverSummer Press release

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:54:00 -0400

The secret is out! Never Summer is stoked to present its all new, â€˜Recurve Camberâ€™ with â€˜Vario Power Gripâ€™ side-cut for 08/09. Rather than launching a different deck altogether, our extensive testing has led us to drive this insanely fun and functional technology into much of our existing lineup. This consists of SL, Legacy, Evo, Infinity and Revolver models...just adding an â€˜Râ€™ at end of names, and completely replacing the older versions. This Patent Pending technology will feature two cambered areas from the feet out toward the tip and tail and rockered under foot...giving riders crazy good response, power, pop, and stability that is NOT seen in other rockers!

The new side-cut, â€˜Vario Power Gripâ€™, combines both deep and shallow radius to give unmatched response and edge hold like nothing else on the market. As if the technology isnâ€™t enough to offer, we also managed to take a 1/4 to 1/2 pound off the previous year models making them some of the lightest boards anywhere! And donâ€™t worry...weâ€™re still standing behind our product with the only 3 year warranty in the industry. Check out your local NS dealer for the new product in September â€˜08!

Toll Proposal for I-70

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:31:00 -0500

Denver Senator Chris Romer is proposing a possible $12 charge for the weekend warriors traveling I-70 between the hours of 6:30 and 8:30 on both Saturday and Sunday. Romer seems to think that a ten to fifteen percent traffic reduction is what it would take to get drivers moving at a decent pace. He figured this while screaming at the car next to him on I-70 last weekend.

To accomplish this, he is offering a $25 check for staying off the congested highway at that time. â€œYouâ€™re just reallocating money from those who are time- sensitive to those who are price- sensitive, and thatâ€™s a perfect market based solutionâ€* Romer said. An avid skier, and apparently sick of waiting in traffic on the way up in the morning, Romer was quoted in the Rocky Mountain News saying heâ€™d be happy to pay to drive his â€œtime sensitiveâ€* family to the slopes during peak times, if his fees could keep others off the road.

Mr. Romerâ€™s desire to catch the first chair up is pitifully transparent. This is the first time that I have heard of a Political Powder Scandal. Mr. Romer goes on to say â€œWhat teenager or college student wouldnâ€™t take $25 for gas money to move their departure time up 45 minutes,â€* â€œThrow in a Chipotle burrito and youâ€™ve probably got all of themâ€*.
So let me get this straightâ€¦

Mr. Romer wants first chair on Saturdays so bad, that he will pay us $25 and give us a Chipotle burrito? I have news for this prick, we donâ€™t eat football sized burritos at 6:30 in the morning before a day of riding. We are not going to trade a pow day for a burrito so that your â€œtime sensitiveâ€* family can scream up the hill and get an almost full day of skiing in. By the time we eat and delay our trip 45 minutes, weâ€™ll all be leaving at the same time, pissed that we ate a ten pound burrito so early. Now we have a â€œprice- sensitiveâ€* road rage problem with no traffic de-congestion whatsoever, the car accidents go through the roof, and there goes our $25 for gas money. If we do make it up the hill, all the snow is gone due to the â€œtime- sensitiveâ€* skiers.

Nice try Senator, but I have another suggestion. Try getting up earlier. We canâ€™t get everything we want. If you want first chair, earn it like everyone else from Denver.

-DUB

Urine Trouble at the X-Games

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:29:00 -0500

URINE TROUBLE AT THE X-GAMES

    The urine flew out of the guyâ€™s plastic juice container, sprayed across his face, and coated all of the people next to him. Itâ€™s not too often that Iâ€™m able to begin an article with a sentence like that. Thus began our astounding adventure deep into the heart of the 2008 X-Games in Aspen, Colorado.

    Our photographer Kim gives us the â€œheads upâ€* that most of the parking lots along Highway 82 into Aspen are full. So we dump our vehicle next to Glenwoodâ€™s city park and hike to the closest bus stop enclosure. We board, pay, and smash ourselves into the already-full bus. I wasnâ€™t expecting it to be this packed, weâ€™re sardines pressed tip-to-tail in a mobile stench wagon.

    Our spirits are high however, weâ€™re pumped, and we persevere. We maintain our composure regardless of the cramped conditions and inebriated minors. Shit. Did I say inebriated minors?! So these kids are obviously blotto and desperately require a commode. Iâ€™m talking about at least twelve of them. And they gotta piss. Musta been binging for hours before mounting this bus- lucky us. One chick is ready to drop trou in the busesâ€™ door well- seriously. Luckily we make it to the CMC stop & she bursts through the doors to utilize the nearest acceptable receptacle that she can find.

    Her pal in the back row of the bus is in far worse shape. He gambles on being able to make it the rest of the way to Buttermilk and obviously loses. The next thing I know I witness a plastic bottle oâ€™ yellow liquid lifted toward an open bus window (top-drop style, no sliders going on here). Heâ€™s trying to empty the nozzle of this makeshift urinal through four inches of whistling sky! He tips, and the spray ensues. His friends (and strangers) bail in every direction- but itâ€™s too late, the pee is in flight and currently landing on helpless victims. From this day forward I will remember this day as the pee-pee-bus-trip-day, and shall be forever thankful that I was not in the crossfire (piss-fire?)

    So weâ€™re here, the â€™08 X-Games, the bus stops & releases us. Raynbo and I run like hell from the pee-pee bus, and weâ€™re free. Finding our photographer and some pals near the Superpipe we grab a bite at Bumps slope side. We freeze a bit watching the snow cross and big air comps but enjoy every second of it. The scent of high-quality green dope occasionally floats past us as we stand high above the massively-engaging competitions. The gap that these loony fellows float over for the big air competition is absolutely insane. In fact, the staff puts down padding at the bottom of the gap in case one of these hooligans Fâ€™s up and doesnâ€™t clear it. But they flyâ€¦ Like God Damned birds they fly. Just watching them fills me with the feeling I used to get when I launched hits in Breckenridgeâ€™s park about a decade ago. My heart is wedged in my windpipe, my stomach has levitated into my chest, and Iâ€™m unable to convey how free I feel. What eventually occurs to me is that it requires some baked-on, hydraulic-pressed, heat-tempered, and powder-coated testes to launch that shit.

    We bail out of the big air competition and into the bed of my boy Lukeâ€™s lifted Chevy. My ear lobes solidify as they freeze from riding to the Hickory House in Aspen. Luke works there & scores a parking spot. We stroll over to Little Annieâ€™s for a bite of the best grub Iâ€™ve had in way too freakinâ€™ long. What an absolutely sick place to thaw out. The timbers supporting the roof in this fabulously quaint establishment force me consider the breadth of mining history that my beloved state holds. And I order a bowl of scrumptious chili and steak fries. Oh yeah, and beer. We discuss todayâ€™s accomplishments, are accused of stealing a chair from a crotchety old man, and pay our surprisingly low tab (for Aspen).

    We follow Luke to Belly Up for some kind of V.I.P. party and as soon as we get there realize that weâ€™re not important enough for this shitty show. Thereâ€™s no â€œIâ€* in our â€œP.â€* So we say fuck it and collectively decide that we should retreat to my buddy Nickâ€™s condo a couple of blocks west. But we require ethanol-laced fuel to continue our adventure! So we saunter through the streets of Aspen, occasionally screaming at cars and passers-by. We happen past a dude strutting a bright pink onesie. A full-on pink fag-bag, and heâ€™s sportinâ€™ it proud. If nothing else, we try to remove the wooden axe handle from this townâ€™s anus (or at least yank their noses down from being turned up so high). We arrive at Lindleyâ€™s friendâ€™s liquor store to find it closed. Shit. We stagger down to the L.Q. next to the gas station and our excitement mounts. The ownerâ€™s are inside discussing tonightâ€™s take- they even see us on the way to the door! Closed?! What the god-damned shit do you mean closed!!! Youâ€™re looking right at us, and what excuse have you for owning a closed liquor store at 11:28 on a Saturday night?! Shit! Aspen!! We quickly realize that weâ€™ve been bitten by the beastâ€¦ These folks must mark their booze up enough to not need to stay open on a Saturday night. â€œWhat Would Jesus Do?!â€* Yelps my pal Turner in the hope that one of these wealthy bastards would sling us some of their alcoholic wares. But no luck, Jesus would have obviously not been boozing tonight according to these scoundrels. I wonder to myself what the fuck Jesus has to do with this situation, but Turner will attempt any angle necessary when pushed. We settle for too much 3.2 beer out of the gas station next door- and I have beer, rum, and vodka in my trunk in Glenwood Springs. Shit.

     Our spirits are high however, weâ€™re pumped, and we persevere. Staggering back to Nickâ€™s condo we see a fifty-something, fur-trench-coat-sporting, dirty old man putting a twenty-something blonde into his car. Must be in Aspen. Iâ€™m sure sheâ€™s drawn to his winning personality.

    We open a game of Hold â€˜Em for no money and watch Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse on TV. We consume our 3.2 beer, urinate constantly- as though we had been drinking 3.2 beer all night, and listen to each otherâ€™s tales of ribaldry. We laugh â€˜cause we live to and speak about whether man-scaping our junk actually appeals to the fairer sex. I realize what an awesome group of people I find myself among. But we have to snag the last bus â€˜outta this town to get back to the Springs at Glenwood.

    The bus depot at 2:00 AM in Aspen is a silly collection of late night heroes. Of course, thereâ€™s the hammered dude outside asking for a dollar- seems like he follows me everywhere but changes his face, body, & clothes. The bathroom is atrocious with impressive amounts of bodily goo on the floor. But Iâ€™ve been drinking 3.2 beer and whether it comes out in my pants or in a receptacle is the only part of this situation I can control- itâ€™s coming out either way. Of course there are creepy guys that look wealthy, creepy-looking chicks who are looking for wealthy-looking guys, but the majority of the crew appear wasted and weathered. I drop some All Us mags into the free rack at the station and hold onto the amazing woman who has agreed to marry me. Itâ€™s been an impressively-educational and wonderful evening. Who knows what kind of bodily fluids we might see thrown around a bus tomorrow. I know Iâ€™m coming up to witness next yearâ€¦

-El Hefe

PUTS

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:15:00 -0500

I like this video but wanna know what is nicer? Go to YouTube and type in PUTS 'Trippin at the Disco'. That shit will make you laugh. Nobody beats Double K and Thes One.

Party like its December 31st, 1999

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:02:00 -0500

Well 2010 but still that is pretty crazy.

Elm Company Collabs

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:40:00 -0500

Elm Company usually makes things to wear on your head. Not this time suckas. Things for other than your head. Check em out www.elmcompany.com.

Ben Birk Photography

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:29:00 -0400

Ben Birk currently lives on the Right Coast. However he is moving to Mid-Left Coast if you will... somewhere in the deep and remote mountains of the Sierra Nevada's. Here is an ecletic sampling for your relaxation. Check out www.benbirkphoto.com for more goodness.

Blood Pigs Edit

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:07:00 -0400

Teasers suck. This does not. Blood Pigs is the real deal Holyfield.

BLOOD pigs edit from Zach Hooper on Vimeo.

Nomis Fall '09

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:42:00 -0400

Nomis is a company. Not only that but Simon spelled bacwards equals Nomis. Marinate on that for a minute. Also, Nomis has some of the best designs... especially in the outerwear department. Plus they are a CO operated company. Have I said too much? Probably not enough. Go to www.nomisdesign.com to represent.

New New Akomplice Threads

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:07:00 -0400

So AK just released their 11th collection of V.S.O.P. threads. Why should you care? Because these cats are from a little place called Carbondale. Akomplice represents CO hard. Plus they send positive message to the masses through their threads. Which is important. So check em at www.akomplice-clothing.com and pick yourself up something nice. You deserve it.

Lifesavas

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:29:00 -0400

So I was lookin for a video for the Lifesavas because they are coming to the Ogden Theatre with Pretty Lights and I found this one starring JP Walker and some dude named Devun Walsh... They are snowboarders or something.

Pretty Lights is mentioned somewhere in this worthless blog so find that and download a couple of free discs of some awesomeness. The show is October 3rd at 9PM at the Ogden. Good shit. Peace for now and laters.

The Colorado Skateboard Guide

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:11:00 -0400

Before the big pooping snow winter that Colorado is about to get sharted upon, visit your friendly local skatepark and more importantly www.thecoloradoskateboardguide.com to get directions to approximately 160 parks in CO. This website is a nice resource to have for the nice Indian Summers that belong to CO.

Spacecraft Viral Video

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:28:00 -0400

Kind of random video here but one of the most viral and kick-ass companies on the planet. Check out some nice threads for ya head at: www.spacecraftclothing.com.