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Herd Headwear supporting Just 4 Girls snowboard camps!
We are stoked to announce a new partnership for the Just 4 Girls snowboard camps… and to introduce you to Herd Headwear! Herd Headwear is a local Whistler grassroots company created by a Norwegian snowboarder who came to Whistler, B.C. in 2001. From the love of the Canadian Mountains and…
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Free Avoriaz music festival announces line up
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The hotly anticipated inaugural Avoriaz Festival des Concerts Sauvages (Wild Concerts Festival) 2-9 April 2011, has announced a preliminary line up comprising some of Warner Music’s most exciting talent. Kézia Jones, BB Brunes, Guillaume Grand, Joyce Jonathan, Jamaïca, Inna Modja, Irma and Madalena and others soon to be announced will…
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James Stentiford gears up for the Freeride World Tour
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UK freeride legend and experienced big mountain rider, James Stentiford, gears up for this seasons Freeride World Tour, with his eye on the podium. After last years wild card invite and surprise third place finish at the Nissan Freeride de Chamonix, Stentiford has been invited to attend the full tour…
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Sliding with Bluebird!
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MINT are stoked to add Bluebird wax to their list of supporters… so if you see our instructors zooming past on the slopes, now you know our secrets! Bluebird Wax was started in 1996 from a kitchen table in Jackson, Wyoming (USA) and produces a variety of wax for snowboarders.…
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Morzine is buried in SNOW!
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 This is our morning view from MINT HQ… what an excellent start to the season!
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Epic powder on Mt Chery!
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So, the lifts in the Portes du Soleil are still not open and after a few days at the computer (coupled with stresses involving office floods and uniform printing)… I decided I deserved to make the most of this first bluebird day since a week of snow. So back up…
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Just Snowboard camp update…
First things first… we have just had a RAD facelift to the website for our snowboard camps, check it out www.just-snowboard.com. We just love the graphics (thank you to the guys at www.origincreativedesign.com)! As I am sure everyone knows… its SNOWING! We have tons of snow in Morzine (let alone higher up in Avoriaz) and…
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QUIKSILVER & ROXY RADAR – Search for the next big name in snowboarding!
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Quiksilver and Roxy are launching registration for the second season of the Quiksilver & Roxy Radar contest – a European wide search for the next Candide Thovex, Mathieu Crepel or Torah Bright’s of the world.  To find these future champions Quiksilver and Roxy have set up a European wide…
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The Rock On Snowboard Tour, Avoriaz 2010
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This festival, hitting Avoriaz this winter, will see the biggest snow covered dance-floor in the mountains with thousands set to dance ‘till dawn. Rock star in the making, Gaston Pluton, the Air Guitar Champion of France will perform his all-action routine to a host of rock rift-heavy classics. This is…
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Help us save the Lindarets Snowpark
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It’s confirmed, the snowpark will not be back in Lindarets this season! This park will return to its original location next to the boarder-cross on Arare where there is no dedicated lift… NOT GOOD AT ALL! The rumours behind the decision to move the snowpark is that the snowpark wouldn’t…
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