Epic Ride Gear Blog

http://www.mthigh.com/forum/index.php?topic=63345.0;topicseen Wrightwood, CA – February 16, 2010: The $25,000 Cholula Triple Air returns to Mountain High this Saturday, February 20th, for its 12th straight season. The Triple Air is the resort’s largest one-day snowboarding competition and participants come from as far away as Utah and Colorado to battle for the enormous prize purse. Cholula Hot Sauce, Monster Energy, Powder And Sun Ride Shop, and Jarritos Soda have pooled a terrific $25,000 in cash and prizes, and the top rider takes home a whopping $10,000. The Cholula Triple Air Show is a modified big air contest. Not one but three enormous… Read More

Check out Halldor Helgason as he STOMPS 2 perfect 50's at WXG Big Air, scoring a perfect 100, and the Gold Medal at his first WXG appearance. Halldor laid down a Backside Double Cork 1080, and a Frontside Double Cork 1260 to dominate the competition. Check out the video at ESPN http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4873682&categoryid=4864223 Read More

(Story from Yahoo Sports) SALT LAKE CITY – Snowboarder Danny Davis has been admitted to a Utah hospital with a back injury he endured in a non-snowboarding accident. Davis was likely to make the U.S. Olympic team in halfpipe. He was admitted to the hospital Sunday, the day after he won the Winter Dew Tour halfpipe contest at Snowbasin in Utah. Details of his injuries were… Read More

SALT LAKE CITY (Jan. 13, 2010) -- Kevin Pearce is continuing to recover at the University of Utah Hospital after suffering a severe brain injury last month. He consistently encourages his doctors and family with the strides he is making. Elaine Skalabrin, MD, Medical Director, Neuro Critical Care, and one of Kevin's doctors, states, "Kevin continues to improve and is actively participating in his therapies. He is making progress on a daily basis." Doctors removed Pearce's breathing tube last week and upgraded his condition from critical to serious at University Hospital in Salt Lake City. Family spokeswoman Danielle Burch says… Read More

This years IRONMAN Day will be held on February 27th, 2010 at Mountain High Resort in Wrightwood, CA. Registration begins at 7am in the back corner of Mountain High's West Resort parking lot. Contest begins at 8:00 AM, and ends at 10PM. A $5 entry fee will enter you in the contest, and get you an Epic Ride Gear logo T-shirt to wear during the contest (So we can spot you on the mountain).  Completing the Ironman contest will get your name and picture posted up on www.EpicRideGear.com!  You will have the option of entering the contest for $15, which will get you our GraveDigger t shirt… Read More

Story from Mt. High website: Wrightwood, CA – January 5, 2009: Mountain High Resort in Wrightwood is proud to name Vans its official terrain park sponsor. Besides the traditional media plays and park branding, Vans will be an active participant in the resort producing on-hill events such as jib contests, product demos and team rider appearances. Also look for a signature Vans terrain feature in 2010. Says John McColly, Director of Marketing, “I’m stoked to see this collaboration finally come together. The synergies are great and it’s something we’ve been working on for a while.” While collaborations between Vans… Read More

The Olympic snowboarding hopeful Kevin Pearce was in critical condition Thursday after sustaining a head injury during training in the halfpipe in Park City, Utah. Pearce hit his head against the edge of the halfpipe and was knocked unconscious. He was flown to the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, where doctors planned external ventricular drainage to relieve fluid buildup in the brain, according to Pearce’s mother, Pia. Pearce, a 22-year-old from Norwich,… Read More

The rumors are true. As winter has arrived, so has Norwegian phenom Andreas Wiig to Forum’s pro team. Joining Peter Line, Eddie Wall, Pat Moore, Jake Welch, Stevie Bell, John Jackson, Nic Sauve and Daniel Ek, Andreas is set to give it 110% this season. Whether riding the park, at a slopestyle event or filming in the backcountry, Wiig continually pushes his limits. “It’s an honor to be part of such a talented and progressive team, a team that is setting the standard in snowboarding today,” says Wiig. “I already know most of the guys on the team and I’m looking forward to riding with them. It’s going to be good times.” “There… Read More

Finally got the sequences back!  Here they are for your viewing pleasure.  More to come.  Read More

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