There are a few things in life that don’t go together.  Drinking and driving for one.  Everybody knows that.  FRED DURST and music is another.  I think he’s doing pretty well for himself behind the scenes.  And of course UGG BOOTS.  Uggs and people don’t go together.  Those things are just awful.  But one thing that I do know goes well together is Partying and Snowboarders.  Ad in college students and you have yourself an all out wild bash.  I’ve always said that snowboarders party the HARDEST. 

For all you southern Californians, and those willing to make the drive, MOUNTAIN HIGH is throwing another one of their good ol’ “College Night” parties dedicated to you guessed it, college students.  That includes you BARBIZON COLLEGE models.  Check out the press release below for all the info.

Wrightwood, CA (December 30, 2008) – Mountain High is bringing a rocking college party to the mountains this winter with its new program, College Night at Mountain High. College Night at Mountain High is a series of three Thursday night parties created to bring Southern California college students together on the snow. College Night will take place from 5-10pm at the Bullwheel Bar & Grill at Mountain High West on January 15, February 12, and March 12, 2009.

Toyota Matrix has just come aboard as presenting sponsor of College Night, jumpstarting the party with the Antics street team. The Antics crew will be dolling out custom t-shirts with an on-demand screen printing machine. Toyota is also providing the beats, spun by DJ Slip Matt, and a pair of tricked out Toyota Matrix display vehicles complete with Guitar Hero. In addition, newly added product sponsors Ally Distribution, The Hundreds, Elm Company, Omatic Snowboards, Celsius, Nikita, Bataleon, Flow, and Sessions will be hooking it up with product galore.

College Night will feature half-off appetizers, half-off beer (21+), $1 hot dogs, live DJs, $20 night lift tickets (with college ID), and hookups from a collection of industry partners. Transworld Snowboarding, FUEL TV, Active Ride Shop, BNQT, Southern California Collegiate Snowsports Conference (SCCSC), ForUs Magazine, and Skinnie Magazine will also be in attendance ensuring College Night rocks to its fullest potential. Hookups include:

· Custom printed t-shirts from Toyota Matrix.
· Cash and product toss-ups courtesy of Elm Company and Omatic Snowboards.
· Awesome giveaways like passes to live tapings of The Daily Habit on FUEL TV and more from companies like Ally Distribution, The Hundreds, Celsius, Nikita, Bataleon, Flow, and Sessions.
· Discounted subscriptions from Transworld Snowboarding.
· Special college discounts and giveaways from Active.
· A chance to preview FUEL TV’s new snowboard shows like “Snowboard Diaries” and “Flipside”.
· Hookups and party photos from ForUs and Skinnie.
· Event coverage from BNQT, FUEL TV, and Transworld.
Join crews of kids from dozens of college campuses and bring your friends for a rocking college party on College Night at Mountain High. Check out mthigh.com/college for details.

Are you living in the middle of nowhere, so much so that despite all the demos and autograph postings we advertise on this site, you’ve yet to see a team in your neighborhood, or at least a few hundred miles of your neighborhood?  One prime example of a lonely skater was featured on THE BERRICS named SKATE KIM.  I bet that’s his real name too.  But that kid was so awesome and lonely at the same time, you’ve got to assume that there are thousands of kids like him all over the world.  It’s humbling. 

A new website called Mycharitablelive.com has come onto the scene with a new business model.  You can bid on autographed gear via auction and portions of that winning bid will go to your favorite charity. 

Now excuse me while I go search out a sweaty Ryan Sheckler t-shirt, or a Nyjah Huston lock. 

It’s Christmas Eve and you’re anticipating the moment you open your gifts that Santa left for you.  You already know what they are because you’ve been good all year.  Except for that time you got your nipple pierced, but nobody knows about that.  But what to do while you patiently wait for Christmas to roll around. 

Well you can get on your TV set and watch FUEL TV because DC’s Devun Walsh is taking over “The Daily Habit” tomorrow at 6 PM PST and 9 PM PST. You can catch additional episodes on December 25, 2008 at 11:30 AM PST and 2:30 PM PST.

On the show, Devun sits down to discuss his early days in snowboarding, the impact he’s made within the sport, and where his career has taken him today. Devun shares stories about being on the DC Snow Team and the fun times he’s had with Iikka, Lauri and Aaron. Plus, he talks about his new pro model DC snowboard, and gives a behind-the-scenes perspective of filming the “Enjoy the Ride More” commercials with Billy Mays.  Maybe he will inspire more presents for you to get. 

Devun also takes a close look at his long relationship with Mack Dawg Productions, the films he’s made in the past and his latest pa

If the creators of THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS were to make a third installment of the highly successful, tremendously heartwarming series, featuring some of the most famous young and hip female actors, I say that they do it up at Mountain High Resort during the ROXY Sunset Session.  What better way for a group of young girls to bond than at a resort made for women by women.  That means no boneheaded comments made by guys.  No nasty funk filling the room by testosterone driven meatheads.  I say all girls, all the time.  Now that’s assuming the movies are what I think they are about given I’ve never seen anything but a preview. 

But if you would like to have your own “Sisterhood of the traveling pants”, experience (sorry bros), I suggest you take the time to look into the Mountain High Resort & Roxy Sunset Sessions.  Sunset Sessions, a new series of evening park clinics for girls in January and February geared towards girls who are comfortable on green and blue runs.  Sunset Sessions provides an encouraging environment where participants can progress at their own pace with Mountain High’s certified female coaches. The ROXY Team ups the experience by hitting the slopes with the girls and providing Roxy product demos.

Sunset Sessions is offered in two four-week sessions and takes place every Wednesday in January and February from 7-9pm. For $99* each participant receives a four week clinic, a free subscription to Snowboard Magazine, an opportunity to demo ROXY snowboards, and a chance to ride with the ROXY Team. Each clinic ends with complimentary hot drinks and dessert.

“At Mountain High we’re always looking for new ways to encourage more girls to get involved with snowboarding,” said Laura Johnson, Marketing Manager at Mountain High. “Last season we launched a successful 30+ women’s learn-to-ride program and look forward to adding Sunset Sessions for the 16-29 year old demographic. We’re excited to have ROXY and Snowboard Magazine as partners to add to the experience for the girls.”

ROXY has been supporting women’s snowboarding since 2003 when the brand introduced its first line of snowboards. ROXY also puts on The Roxy Chicken Jams, a series of all-female pro snowboarding events that began four years ago in Innsbruck, Austria. ROXY’s pro snow team includes world-class athletes Torah Bright, Alexis Waite, and Amber Stackhouse.

If you’re done eating your favorite, Mom’s Stove Top Stuffing and you have finished your homework and have completed all your chores, make you can catch tonight’s episode of The Daily Habit on FUEL TV featuring pro snowboarder Pat Milbery.  He’s making another appearance of the Habit along with the total loud and proud band Japanther.  Also, The Habit checks in with Jordan Morris at the Sony Playstation Experience in New Orleans to make sure he’s doing his job. 

Pat Milbery’s sponsors include: Von Zipper, LRG, Red Bull, Installation Shoe Gallery, Skullcandy, Winter Park Resort, Flux Bindings, Pow Gloves, Capix Helmets, Nixon, Spacecraft and Satellite Boardshop.

Airing Monday, December 22, at 9:00 pm Eastern Time (6:00 pm Pacific Time) and telecast three additional times. 

Men’s Superpipe Finals

Women’s Superpipe Finals

Men’s Slopestyle Finals

Women’s Slopestyle Finals

Men’s Ski Slopestyle Finals

Men’s Ski Superpipe Finals

Danny Davis – cr. Jennifer Huskey / Lat34

The first stop of the Winter Dew Tour wrapped up Sunday in Breckinridge, Co., and six athletes are each $15,000 richer.

It’s a record setting event—the first winter tour for the huge Dew/Alli empire, the first exhibition for women freeskiers, and unlike the one-week, one-stop X Games, there are three stops in the Winter Dew, where repeat winners can total up huge prizes  to rival the heavy money X Games. In addition, women winners in snowboard pipe and slopestyle will get paid the same as the men.

Shaun White got his loot for winning Saturday’s snowboard slopestyle contest, while nearly unknown Canadian rider Spencer O’Brien had the run of her life and ruled women’s snowboard slopestyle, scoring seven points higher than her closest competition.

But gasps of awe and screams of joy went to Breck local Bobby Brown, who won freeski slopestyle with ever bigger tricks as he rode his run, most of them switch, including a switch misty 1080—upside down and twisting—to a switch double rodeo 900 from the top of one jump, and spinning like a gyroscope off the others.

The show continued Saturday night under bright lights, when freeskier Tanner Hall shook off all the rest to land the first 1080 of his career—at the bottom of the superpipe. He went on with back to back nines, and tricked all the way to the bottom.

While there are lots of women who go big on boards, there are not yet enough women freeskiers who throw down well enough to contest for the best at the Winter Dew, so while there are women freeskiing pipe and slopestyle exhibitions, they’re not yet part of the official contests.

Sunday’s finals were bluebird all the way, after a week of qualifying and contests where the snow never stopped. “Today was the first day it didn’t snow, but we still had great competitions the whole time. In the open qualifiers, there were close to 250 athletes,” said Chris Prybylo, the Dew’s Vice President of Events.

The wrap up was total pipe, and Gretchen Bleiler continued her domination, with halfpipe amplitude rarely seen in women riders. Danny Davis won superpipe.

Prybylo said, “We didn’t have any double winners; nobody won more than one event. Shaun White won slopestyle and finished second in superpipe. I think everyone competed really well every day.”

He went on to rave about newcomer Bobby Brown. “He’s only 17, and I think he’s going to be a great athlete. He had an incredible run Saturday. All of these guys are competing for the Dew Cup. No one has the most points yet because it’s the first event. They are also competing for an overall bonus purse that will be awarded at the finals.”

When Prybylo was asked if hearty partying was underway, he hedged a bit, then diplomatically said, “they were in a contest, they wrapped it up. I think everyone’s going to enjoy themselves tonight.”

The Winter Dew Tour stops next at Mt. Snow Resort in Dover, Vt. on Jan. 8-11, then to the season finals at Northstar-at-Tahoe in Lake Tahoe, Ca., on Feb. 19-22. Each stop will have the Dew’s signature “Village,” concerts, bands and dancing in the streets.

For more about the contest, check out the Winter Dew Tour website.

Here are the podium results of all the events:

Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle Finals
1. Shaun White, Carlsbad, Calif. 95.17.
2. Mikkel Bang, Norway, 92.33.
3. Janne Korpi, Finland, 86.17.

Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle Finals
1. Spencer O’Brien, Canada, 85.00.
2. Jenny Jones, Great Britain, 77.33.
3. Bev Vuilleumier, South Lake Tahoe, Calif., 74.17.

Men’s Freeski Slopestyle Finals
1. Bobby Brown, Breckenridge, Colo., 90.50.
2. Josiah Wells, New Zealand, 89.50.
3. Henrik Harlaut, Sweden, 85.67.

Men’s Freeski Superpipe Finals
1. Tanner Hall, Kalispell, Mont., 90.75.
2. Justin Dorey, Canada, 85.50.
3. Duncan Adams, Breckenridge, Colo., 81.00.

Men’s Snowboard Superpipe Finals
1. Danny Davis – 94.75
2. Shaun White – 93.50
3. Scotty Lago – 90.00

Women’s Snowboard Superpipe Finals
1. Gretchen Bleiler – 90.25
2. Kelly Clark – 86.75
3. Elena Hight – 82.00