Ben Gavelda


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How To: Build A Pow Booter
Dreamy airtime can all be yours if you build it well. Big or small, here are some tips on how to push up your own pow town sender.
Board Of The Month: Salomon Man’s Board
A full-bodied board for the big boys. This brew of lightweight woods, bamboo, basalt stringers, pop-maximizing milled core, and a straight-up camber profile give this deck a refreshingly hoppy feel.
Top 10 Most Searched Riders Of 2011 On TWSnow.com
Here are the top ten most searched riders on our site, picked by web weirdos everywhere.
Rome Stoke Your Shop Day
Hook up the shop that hooks you up.
Deeluxe Team Clip 2011
One year of developments and innovations, travels, safety meetings, kickers, rails, gnarly lines and most important a lot of fun! Marco Feichtner, Dan Brisse, Xavier de Le Rue, Elias Elhardt, TJ Schneider, Aline Bock, René Schnöller, Sebi Müller, Tadej Valentan.
Sugar Bowl Receives Awards For Environmental Stewardship
The Ski Area Citizens’ Coalition (SACC) issued its annual Ski Area Report Card, naming Sugar Bowl Resort as one of the top ten resorts nationwide, earning an overall grade of "A."
Poler Rides Mt. Baker
Bryan Fox and Scott E. Wittlake living the good life at Mt. Baker.
How To: Build A Snow Shelter
You never plan on getting stuck out in the cold, but s-t happens. Maybe you wonder off the backside of the resort, get disoriented in a storm, or just have a heavy backcountry day and can't make it back to the car. Whatever the case, these steps will teach you how to create a shelter that will protect you overnight.
Snowboard World Cup Descends on Telluride
Telluride is set to host the only U.S. stop of the LG FIS Snowboard World Cup.
Snowball Music Festival Announces Lineup
TV on the Radio, Rusko, Head and the Heart, Bassnectar, Deer Tick, Major Lazer, Wolf + Lamb, Soul Clap, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Cassian, Gauntlet Hair, Small Black & More
Submissions Open For Vimeo Festival + Awards
Got a good shred vid? Enter it under the newly added New Action Sports category.
Scope The Snow With This New Site
An easy way to track over 450 resort conditions in North America.
Volcom PBRJ Tour Schedule
The Volcom crew is is putting up fourteen stops and $20k at the Championships in Mammoth.
Boarder Versus Biker
Old Swiss pro Gian Simmen and Austrian mountain biker Andreas Brewi dual it out on a boardercross course for the German TV show "Wanna Bet On That?"
Black Diamond Drops Dawn Patrol App
Black Diamond Equipment’s Dawn Patrol application brings to life the passionate shred culture of the Black Diamond Equipment brand and encourages their Facebook fans to share their tales and photos from their early morning shred tour experiences with their community.