tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777003653676794662Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:04:27 +0000http://southofthenorth.blogspot.com/testernote@gmail.com (Jonny)Blogger792125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777003653676794662.post-7900827872510490895Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:10:00 +00002010-01-05T08:10:00.142-05:002011 Analog2011 outerwear2011 snowboard outerwearAgain, as you all know the 2011images are beginning to float these around. As previously stated these aren't being broken or new to anybody. More honestly, these should be easy to find if you have a few minutes, google, a dixie cup of whipped cream and some interest in learning what Analog will look like in 2011. Disclaimer - these could be a gag, these could be BS. Until SIA we won't know http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/southofthenorth/~3/IFy0UfiTw4E/2011-snowboard-outerwear-preview-2011.htmltesternote@gmail.com (Jonny)2http://southofthenorth.blogspot.com/2010/01/2011-snowboard-outerwear-preview-2011.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777003653676794662.post-6369023953670410101Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:39:00 +00002010-01-05T03:39:00.106-05:00kevin pearceburton c602011 burton vapor2011 burton2011 burton snowboardsDisclaimer: These photos are purely speculation but hey why not. Once SIA rolls around we can confirm this fo sho. I give you the alleged 2011 Burton Vapor or as I used to call the Vapor - the Kevin Pearce board. Get well soon KP. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/southofthenorth/~3/aKN66zyB9d4/2011-burton-snowboards-2011-burton.htmltesternote@gmail.com (Jonny)1http://southofthenorth.blogspot.com/2010/01/2011-burton-snowboards-2011-burton.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777003653676794662.post-8037793181018421687Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:01:00 +00002010-01-05T08:42:04.980-05:002011 lib tech2011 travis rice2011 lib tech snowboards2011 triceOK, so as long as we are posting randoms from the interweb we're going to go the full monty. Disclaimer: We can't vouch for the photos. We don't know who took them. If you took them, congrats! You should be very proud. But, that being said. Interweb hype is just that - hype. These may or may not be 2011 boards until folks get dealer catalogs confirmed or pics start flowing from SIA - we'll be http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/southofthenorth/~3/-9A5eDPmZ8M/lib-tech-2011-2011-travis-rice-and-2011.htmltesternote@gmail.com (Jonny)2http://southofthenorth.blogspot.com/2010/01/lib-tech-2011-2011-travis-rice-and-2011.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777003653676794662.post-6261328827473610366Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:22:00 +00002010-01-04T21:30:59.692-05:00quiksilvercypher vestsurfing About two months ago, I posted a gear preview/holiday gift post on the Quiksilver Cypher PS+ Heated Vest. I finally got a chance to put the vest through its paces. To set the scene, it's been bitter cold here in New England, and we've had some serious snow storms with average snowfalls of 6" to a foot of fresh snow. The morning I went out for dawn patrol in the Cypher vest, the water was a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/southofthenorth/~3/TGWUmfHvoWU/gear-review-quiksilver-cypher-ps-heated.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (hoon)2http://southofthenorth.blogspot.com/2010/01/gear-review-quiksilver-cypher-ps-heated.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777003653676794662.post-4248145582236405643Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:01:00 +00002010-01-04T08:08:46.476-05:00monument snowboards 2010south of the northsouthofthenorth Now, it's likely that with every with every review on SOTN we should be posting some sort of transparency disclaimer. After all we want to be above the board, transparent, honest and giving a good sense of what our motivations are. This one was pretty easy in terms of motivation: awkwardness. You see Dave Tran: Monument Founder, Press and Head dude in charge is a buddy of mine. We ride all the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/southofthenorth/~3/DAlEk1XSyB4/snowboard-review-monument-momento-mori.htmltesternote@gmail.com (Jonny)2http://southofthenorth.blogspot.com/2010/01/snowboard-review-monument-momento-mori.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777003653676794662.post-8832981520202238068Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:39:00 +00002010-01-03T23:51:51.288-05:00blog analyticsanalyticsWell, since everybody is doing a year in review thing I figured SOTn should jump on the bandwagon as well. That's right we are not leaders we are followers. We are not men! We are DEVO! All kidding aside I tend to be a bit shocked every month when I see people roll back to this site to consume what ever we put up. South of the North was started a few years ago and wouldn't you know it  - it's http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/southofthenorth/~3/dsCFGnjqrJs/howd-we-do-in-2009-south-of-north-stats.htmltesternote@gmail.com (Jonny)0http://southofthenorth.blogspot.com/2010/01/howd-we-do-in-2009-south-of-north-stats.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777003653676794662.post-8308270152770714596Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:40:00 +00002010-01-01T08:40:28.149-05:00So we'll be taking the next few days off. Coolin' and chillin just like a snowman. See you Monday-ish. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/southofthenorth/~3/wFR8qU1XqIo/happy-new-year.htmltesternote@gmail.com (Jonny)0http://southofthenorth.blogspot.com/2010/01/happy-new-year.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777003653676794662.post-3525864808099782964Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:50:00 +00002010-01-03T23:52:46.527-05:002011 burton easy livin2011 burton2011 snowboards2011 easy livinAlready floating around the internet... I'm not breaking these. This isn't a scoop. hey if you watch NBC close enough you saw these on the DEW'd tour broadcast. For those of you who are much to young that would be caricature is of the late Hunter S. Thompson's Raoul Duke from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Not to be confused with SIA up until 2008. No word on the boots or the random right foot.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/southofthenorth/~3/ju16S5stVN4/2011-burton-preview-easy-livin-2011.htmltesternote@gmail.com (Jonny)1http://southofthenorth.blogspot.com/2009/12/2011-burton-preview-easy-livin-2011.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777003653676794662.post-2873486307608379310Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:58:00 +00002009-12-31T13:58:46.177-05:00Six weeks until the Olympic hijinks begin Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/southofthenorth/~3/0sVfjqLzPpc/today-show-goes-boardercrossin.htmltesternote@gmail.com (Jonny)0http://southofthenorth.blogspot.com/2009/12/today-show-goes-boardercrossin.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777003653676794662.post-3657462917972941602Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:57:00 +00002009-12-30T19:05:20.598-05:00monument snowbaords2010 burton akunion Bindings A scant 30 plus hours from a New Year and boy did I need to get out and make some turns in all sorts of ways. So I rounded up Monument Dave and a new Memento Mori with Union Force binders and off we went. Snow was good, guns were going full blast but fun was to be had. After several rounds of riding and comments that will filter into a board review shortly here we broke for some food and then http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/southofthenorth/~3/VHFjLry6ySA/making-turns-complaint-box-looking-into.htmltesternote@gmail.com (Jonny)2http://southofthenorth.blogspot.com/2009/12/making-turns-complaint-box-looking-into.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777003653676794662.post-2491174561415052822Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:01:00 +00002009-12-29T00:01:00.327-05:00greek peaklabrador mountainfeeding americaWho says you can't go home yes, I headed back to the original South of the North- Vestal, NY for a few days of family time and to let the kids begin the wild holiday rumpus with their Grandparents. I was pretty happy to see my old stomping grounds where I learned to ski and snowboard back in the 80's Ohhhhh the 80's! Neon! Big hair! and snowboard mogul competitions! Don't laugh it really happenedhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/southofthenorth/~3/7_ZTtNFw2Us/free-ski-day-at-greek-peak.htmltesternote@gmail.com (Jonny)1http://southofthenorth.blogspot.com/2009/12/free-ski-day-at-greek-peak.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777003653676794662.post-4063038013704479689Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:20:00 +00002009-12-28T01:20:00.237-05:00giro helmetsgirogiro goggle reviewgoggle reviewgiro gogglesLast year I whacked my head pretty good. I mean real good. Basically, I knocked myself silly and was thankful to be wearing my Giro G10 that i quickly fired off a thank you note to Giro. Basically, I dig Giro helmets. Cycling to snowboarding they've managed to keep my dome in one piece for many years. So I was pretty happy when they shot me a few pairs of goggles last season. I didn't get the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/southofthenorth/~3/xZyQF7KTmWs/giro-basis-goggle-review-keepin-it.htmltesternote@gmail.com (Jonny)1http://southofthenorth.blogspot.com/2009/12/giro-basis-goggle-review-keepin-it.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777003653676794662.post-1298994141928808391Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:03:00 +00002009-12-27T09:04:39.055-05:002010 burtonyes snowboard reviewyes now board2009 uninc If you haven't heard of YES (we can) Snowboards, you must be living under a proverbial snowboarding rock. YES popped out onto the scene last year during SIA and caused some serious buzz. Why? Because YES Snowboards was started by the former Uninc team when they were unceremoniously (missed marketing opportunity) cut from Burton. That's right: DCP (David Carrier-Porcheron), JP Solberg and Romain http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/southofthenorth/~3/KihlxaKZ5rQ/yes-we-can-snowboard-review-buy-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (hoon)2http://southofthenorth.blogspot.com/2009/12/yes-we-can-snowboard-review-buy-this.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777003653676794662.post-2546981736103104487Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:23:00 +00002009-12-27T15:13:05.178-05:00burton ak reviewburton alaskaburton gore-tex reviewburotn goretex2010 burton akNow don't get me wrong - I love the Burton AK line. I think Burton has done an amazing job of bringing style and function together into a technical outerwear so that it far exceeds the looks of most "fashion forward" 8K to 15k rated outerwear. But, like every product that rises to the top there must be an eventual decline. So hang with me here because I'm not buckling in for some standard Burton http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/southofthenorth/~3/eAVm4mJu0_c/burton-ak-review-when-good-products-go.htmltesternote@gmail.com (Jonny)5http://southofthenorth.blogspot.com/2009/12/burton-ak-review-when-good-products-go.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777003653676794662.post-2584553228226480780Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:52:00 +00002009-12-24T21:52:48.560-05:00Merry Christmas from South of the Northhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/southofthenorth/~3/euDkNgQxlDg/slappy-holidays.htmltesternote@gmail.com (Jonny)0http://southofthenorth.blogspot.com/2009/12/slappy-holidays.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777003653676794662.post-8779761853584471606Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:33:00 +00002009-12-22T13:38:15.494-05:00Now I'm not to sure about the plot but here's what I can think it is. people get stranded on chairlift and lose their shit. Pretty much a gross out concept of horror and another official order of weak sauce into the lexicon of action sports associated movies. What's next trapped on a the ferris wheel? The Carousel of doom?You know what I'll take being stuck on the chairlift over this any day ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/southofthenorth/~3/HX-jl9zp-Hc/frozen-trailer-stinks-up-interweb.htmltesternote@gmail.com (Jonny)1http://southofthenorth.blogspot.com/2009/12/frozen-trailer-stinks-up-interweb.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777003653676794662.post-5516628022529283225Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:09:00 +00002009-12-27T15:13:49.661-05:00dc snowboard reviewdc snowboard outerwear reviewdc helix jacketdc tashpantDC Snow outerwearOver the weekend (during snopocalypse in metropolis) I had the opportunity to toss rummage through the review closet to get out the gear DC had sent along this fall, aka the Helix Jacket and Tasch pant. The funny story is even with personnel changes and all sorts of sizes and colors not being available DC came through. They sat for hours on the other end of e-mail listening to me blather on abouthttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/southofthenorth/~3/fFoA7KKuysQ/dc-helix-jacket-and-dc-tasch-pant.htmltesternote@gmail.com (Jonny)2http://southofthenorth.blogspot.com/2009/12/dc-helix-jacket-and-dc-tasch-pant.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777003653676794662.post-1678143934340114634Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:11:00 +00002009-12-21T00:11:00.071-05:00lazy sundaypow turns in DCsnomageddonsnowpocalypseUse it Up Wear it Out Make it Do Or Do Without - North Eastern Saying (presumably by some curmudgeon from Maine which has the highest curmudgeon per person ratio) Snowapocalypse! Snowmageddon! The Blizzard of 2009! People panicing! Grocery store shelves ransacked! Mass Hysteria! Dogs and Cats living together Aieeee!! Aieee!! Aieee!!Now, unless you live in the general vicinity of Washington D.C. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/southofthenorth/~3/pbdUNkIzfKI/snowpocalypse-2009-or-pow-turns-in-dc.htmltesternote@gmail.com (Jonny)3http://southofthenorth.blogspot.com/2009/12/snowpocalypse-2009-or-pow-turns-in-dc.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777003653676794662.post-1463844571848444196Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:37:00 +00002009-12-20T21:37:32.244-05:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/southofthenorth/~3/yqrW44OMtnk/admit-it-this-looks-like-fun.htmltesternote@gmail.com (Jonny)0http://southofthenorth.blogspot.com/2009/12/admit-it-this-looks-like-fun.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777003653676794662.post-2552735024969684260Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:35:00 +00002009-12-20T18:42:05.742-05:00I'm going to drop the release right in here. If you are near Jersey - head over to Mountain Creek.CELEBRATE THE FIRST DAY OF WINTER -GO SNOWBOARDING DAY!Free Entry to a Lifetime Lifestyle – A Holiday Present For AllMountain Creek, Vernon, NJ. Winter means everything to Mountain Creek, and there’s little doubt that winter weather in all its stormy glory is here and all the indications are http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/southofthenorth/~3/ksjm4puxu1A/celebrate-go-snowboarding-day-on-1221.htmltesternote@gmail.com (Jonny)0http://southofthenorth.blogspot.com/2009/12/celebrate-go-snowboarding-day-on-1221.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777003653676794662.post-8136953662757942136Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:41:00 +00002009-12-16T15:43:10.343-05:00saleeesa 2010Eesa has closed its doors. That iconic brand with the free schwag built on hoop dreams, some diecut stickers and socks has sadly moved onto greener pastures. No they didn't go bankrupt. And no they didn't go all Tiger Woods on us with some crazy sex scandal. In classic fashion, before they go, they've created a big, gigantic, extravagant buzz through their inventory liquidation. Everything inhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/southofthenorth/~3/hqz8Kc8F1bI/eesa-sale-underwear-for-cheap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (hoon)0http://southofthenorth.blogspot.com/2009/12/eesa-sale-underwear-for-cheap.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777003653676794662.post-6537174075712376114Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:01:00 +00002009-12-14T11:52:42.686-05:00Serious brain drain going on over here on the beast coast. work, family, rain, back issues - all of it is hitting at the same time. So instead of slacking off on the SOTN blarg here I figured it'd be best to turn to my peers for inspiration. Thank god Brooke Geery came through. Now, a quick history lesson for all of you born in 1987, Back then we were in the pinnacle of crappy Hollywood meets http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/southofthenorth/~3/HBT9snfImlI/somebody-please-rewrite-80s-crap-movies.htmltesternote@gmail.com (Jonny)1http://southofthenorth.blogspot.com/2009/12/somebody-please-rewrite-80s-crap-movies.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777003653676794662.post-3388954607698766230Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:12:00 +00002009-12-13T09:13:25.759-05:00billabong pipelinevans triple crown iPhone appvans Thanks to TCB for writing that review of the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing iPhone app from his unique perspective. I finally got the chance to properly review the app when two conditions were in place: 1) The Billabong Pipeline Masters was in session and 2) I had a wifi signal. The significant delay was my wonderful work IT department, who decided to specifically block my iPhone's IP address as ahttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/southofthenorth/~3/IQ4VdPx20gA/hoons-take-vans-triple-crown-of-surfing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (hoon)0http://southofthenorth.blogspot.com/2009/12/hoons-take-vans-triple-crown-of-surfing.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777003653676794662.post-155779128179511199Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:01:00 +00002009-12-12T00:01:02.156-05:00A nice contrast to that other Jersey Shore show running on MTV - a group of kids surfing in Jersey. Really, the speakeasy blog from WSJ nailed it - on the East Coast (especially North East) surfing remains a subculture. No matter how many t- shirts the mall shops and boutiques sell, not many people are dedicated to surf year round much less compete. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/southofthenorth/~3/PqyCHihEKcw/school-of-surf-coming-to-mtv2.htmltesternote@gmail.com (Jonny)0http://southofthenorth.blogspot.com/2009/12/school-of-surf-coming-to-mtv2.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777003653676794662.post-9202416490471002311Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:01:00 +00002009-12-11T00:01:00.207-05:00Love me some good editshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/southofthenorth/~3/FQpGep90Isg/fall-boarding.htmltesternote@gmail.com (Jonny)0http://southofthenorth.blogspot.com/2009/12/fall-boarding.html