Yes...the Website!

Pretty amped up on this new website we just went live with (Working on getting a link back to it from this blog). I think it lets people know what we're up to in a pretty concise, yet mellow way. Still a couple of items to deal with, and some of the content (including board specs) is still absent, but we're nearly done with it. Tell us what you think about it (and us) if you want to. That would be rad.
Anyways, this website's been a long time coming, so I have to take a hot second to give out some thanks to some serious bros, who have seriously hooked us up. Gaetano, the website looks beautiful, thank you for being one of the most insightful designers, as well as one of the best people ever. Thanks. Shem, thanks in advance for towing me out of your horrible, snowy driveway every other weekend this winter. And for giving me thousands of dollars of sick digital snowboarding photographs for free...Kegler, everyone, EVERYONE thinks that your logo is the best thing about the company. Scott, thanks for naming the company, and for being a good snowboarder to take pictures of. Aaron, thanks for letting me use your photos, even though we only really met once. You're a pretty nice guy, I think. Shoot, now that I've started, there's actually a lot of people I need to thank...Ken, Vin, Mike, Nick, my wife Zoe, Matt Conrad, my dad...J. Huffman, Dave-man...Dan and crew at Dorset Custom Furniture...You know what, I'm going to stop right there. Let me know if'n I left you out, and I'll give you an individualized shout out, how does that sound?
I love this website. I feel like its my own little digital child, birthed through computer processors and observed though monitors for any shortcomings/abnormalities that must be dealt with. It's not quite done, so we can't expect it to be perfect, but I've got a good feeling that it's got a strong future. I hope everyone enjoys it, and then buys something.
And again, thanks fellas. Nice work.

2nd best toeside turn EVER

In the spirit of qualified claiming, Jesse said that this was his second favorite toeside turn ever.
Considering it was his second run on a PowderJet, we're claiming that his third through twelfth favorites ought to be served up before longish.

Huffman drops a VT cornice

Steel your face

Whooo! Got the basic skeleton for the press assembled yesterday. 12" by 9' slabs of steel, lovingly lifted into place by Sam, Dylan, Matt and me. These things run about 300lbs each, so getting the top ones chest high was a little nerve wracking. Turns out having no plan save for not dropping it on our toes was enough. Thanks to the fellas for helping out.
Now to finish off a couple of molds and start building some jams!

Frequency

Frequency-The Snowboarder's Journal did a two page spread on PowderJets in their latest issue, #8.1. More great photos by Roose-man, and words by Vince LaVecchia. You can't read the story online, but here are a few bonus photos of Chris Bowlen and me, farting around near Bolton, VT. To read the magazine story, you'll have to cough up for a hard copy, or steal one from a buddy. Here's a list of places where you can obtain the best snowboard magazine on the planet. I've always loved Frequency magazine...These guys have a realistic view of the sport, and they have great writers and beautiful photography. What more could you want? We're honored and humbled to have been mentioned in their pages.

Another bit on ESPN

A cool story that master wordsman J. Huffman wrote about lost ski resorts in New England. I tagged along on a trip with photographer Shem Roose, who captured some amazing photos of this hidden gem in central Vermont. The snow was marginal at best, but we had a bitchin' time and will be going back when the snow is right.

We had a sweet opportunity to hit up Jay Peak yesterday, and it truly exceeded all of our expectations. Not only have they received several feet of snow in the past week, but we also had bluebird skies above a sea of marshy clouds, and relatively balmy weather. It was the rare Vermont trifecta that local photographers only speak about in hushed tones, huddled down in their rusty Subarus. Past and current Vermonter Jesse Huffman invited us up to shoot some powder slashes at Jay with photographer Aaron Codling, who moonlights as a night shift park groomer up at Sugarbush Resort. (I don't really know how someone who spends 5 nights a week working till 8 AM can then get the gumption to snowboard all day with a camera bag, so I can only assume he's one of those new fancy vampires that can somehow stand the sun now.) Anyway, we found a bunch of super fun spots, got lost a few times, talked on our mobile phones and ate a big steaming platter of poutine.
On the way out of town we stopped at a sand pit that Huffman had seen on his last trip to Jay. This is where the other dudes strapped on the wooden boards for the first time. The sand pit also did not disappoint...it was steep as a bastard and waist deep. There was even a sweet cornice drop that Jesse was having fun on, another Vermont rarity. So that's one more thing...what's one more than a trifecta? A four-fecta?