Weekend Warrior: Keystone’s Blue Ribbon Bacon Tour
Here at Snowboard Mag we’ve decided to put together a brand new column aptly named “Weekend Warrior” to give you the lowdown on what’s happening pretty much every weekend.
By no means should you consider this a column for kooks, but a column you should read every week to get the low down on what we consider to be the must-do weekend activities. Why you ask? Because we can’t all be struggling snowboard bums for the rest of our lives and the weekends are our time to let loose.
Since it’s summer, we’re kicking off with one of our favorite things, Bacon! Everyone loves bacon, even your vegetarian friends who swear they hate meat. The fact is, they actually love it more than you. Why they choose to not eat this succulent meat is beyond me. Something to do with animal rights (no, we aren’t against animal rights so you can save that comment you were about to post), or wanting to be trendy. Whatever their excuse, it’s more bacon for us!
So if you have no plans this weekend, and even if you do (because nothing is better than bacon), hit up the Blue Ribbon Bacon Tour at Keystone Resort, a two day event (June 22 – 23) that will have your mouth watering with more ways to eat bacon than you thought possible, and for only $30 per day.
New this year, Keystone added the Bacon Bloody Mary Bar sponsored by Hair of the Dawg Bloody Mary Mix, the place I’ll be spending most of my time. The festival kicks off at 1pm each day which gives you plenty of time to book a tee time at either the Ranch or River golf course or jump on your mountain bike to shred Keystone’s crazy good downhill and cross-country mountain bike courses.
Yes, it’s that beautiful!
If this is something you might dig, here’s the full event schedule:
Saturday, June 22
1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Bacon Festival, River Run Events Plaza—tickets required for sampling
1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Kids’ Crafts, Ina’s Bridge (between Village and Gondola)—free and paid activities
1:30 p.m.- 3:45 p.m. Concert: Hamilton Loomis, River Run Main Stage (Free)
2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Bacon U Lecture Series, Warren Station Center for the Arts (Free)
4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Concert: Hell’s Belles, River Run Main Stage (Free)
Sunday, June 23
1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Bacon Festival, River Run Events Plaza—tickets required for sampling
1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Kids’ Crafts, Ina’s Bridge (between Village and Gondola)—free and paid activities
1:30 p.m.- 3:45 p.m. Concert: Hamilton Loomis, River Run Main Stage (Free)
2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Bacon U Lecture Series, Warren Station Center for the Arts (Free)
4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Concert: The SteelDrivers, River Run Main Stage (Free)
To buy tickets or for more info, visit keystonefestivals.com.
June 12th, 2013
Mextures, the new iOS app that makes your photos Instabangers
There’s a ton of photo editing apps out there, all of which seem to be about the same. Snapseed is one of our favorites, along with a few others, but we just stumbled upon a new one that got us pretty stoked. It’s called Mextures, and it takes editing to a whole new level.
So what’s different you ask? Well, it boasts all the same things the other apps you use except it takes the process one step further allowing you to use multiple filters in layers (sort of like Photoshop), then allowing you to adjust the opacity and blend options of each layer creating something truly unique. Once you mess around with different filters and blending options, Mextures lets you save the combination creating your very own filter. How sick is that?!
The app comes in at only a buck, so we suggest you download immediately so you can Mextures your photos from Hood, making all your friends stuck at home mad jealous.
Check it out at mextures.com or in the App Store.
June 7th, 2013
Celtek is giving away a free session at HCSC – Enter now!
Summer camp is probably the coolest thing you can do while the resorts are closed. But going to camp on Hood is even cooler if you don’t have to pay for it.
So, to help you save some loot and shred for free, Celtek is offering to pay the tab for one session at High Cascade Snowboard Camp.
Well, what are you waiting for? Head over to Celtek’s facebook page for the rules and to enter!
June 4th, 2013
Johnny Lazz launches new website – Check it out!
Snowboarder Johnny Lazz launched his new website johnnylazz.com last night.
If you dig this kid you’re going to want to check out his new site. It’s littered with Johnny Lazz gold: Photos, videos, instabangs and a list of his sponsors.
Can’t go wrong with this kid!
June 3rd, 2013
Win a trip to the Frendly Gathering for you and a friend
Burton Snowboards wants to send you and a frend to Vermont for this year’s Frendly Gathering (June 28 – 29, 2013).
All you have to do is head over to the Frenldy Contest page on burton.com, fill out the form, and you’re in!
May 23rd, 2013
In the Office: Testing out the new BCA Float bags, a must for the backcountry
BCA’s Bruce Edgerly stopped by the office today to show off the latest and greatest from BCA. From the new Tracker 3, must-have shovels and new BC Link radios to their Float and Stash bags, pretty much everything BCA makes is on my backcountry wish list.
Check out the vine above for a quick preview of the BCA Float 32 in action, a must have for any backcountry adventure.
If you dig what you see, subscribe to Snowboard Magazine so you don’t miss any of the action coming out in our 2014 Buyer’s Guide, due out mid-August.
May 22nd, 2013
Download Niche’s snowboard artwork as your Facebook cover photo
Artwork: Zosia Olenska
Here’s something you don’t see every day, or ever! Niche Snowboards, that cool company making snowboards out of eco-friendly materials, now lets you download its board graphics as a facebook cover photo, sized and ready to go. So if you dig what they are all about and love the artwork of Zosia Olenska or Michael Sieben, you’re going to want to get your hands on one.
From Niche:
For this edition of Tech Style we thought it would be awesome to feature some of the artists we were lucky enough to work with for this upcoming season! Niche decks with some of their work will be in stores this fall – make sure to check them out at your local shop! They really are stunning. And today we’re offering you a chance to beautify your Facebook Cover Photo zone with some of their amazing work for us.
Click here for more info and to download your cover photo.
May 21st, 2013
Photographer Zach Hooper launches new website – Check out his sweet skills
If you dig gazing at kick-ass snowboard images all day long, you’re going to want to check out photographer Zach Hooper’s new website. Upon loading, which was fast as hell, the website boasts huge browser-wide images from his extensive body of work. From pow and park shots with names like Danny Davis to perfectly framed skate shots along with a huge collection of lifestyle, portrait and landscape shots that will grab your attention for at least a few minutes. That’s a lot in internet time!
If that’s something you might be interested in, head over to zachhooperphoto.com, check out his work and then go do something cool with your time, like maybe learning to shoot high-caliber photos.
May 20th, 2013
Aspen/Snowmass to open this weekend for some late season shredding
The rumor mill was spinning this morning and a tweet from Aspen/Snowmass revealed that Aspen Mountain would be open this weekend, May 24 – 25, for some late season shredding.
THE RUMORS ARE TRUE! We’re opening for skiing/riding this weekend on Ajax. More details coming soon. twitter.com/AspenSnowmass/…
— Aspen/Snowmass (@AspenSnowmass) May 20, 2013
It’s no wonder since it’s been dumping snow in the mountains of Colorado for the past several weeks.
Have fun out there!
More info coming soon…
May 3rd, 2013
Craig Kelly inducted into Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame
Well, this comes to us as no surprise. Craig Kelly has officially been inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. His involvement in the world of snowboarding has reached further than anyone could have imaged and this award only solidifies Craig as one of snowboarding’s greatest.
Check out the full article on Craig’s induction at burton.com.