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Snow and Skate Articles

Shaun Palmer Interview
I don't know. I grew up doin it. At first I grew up BMX'ing, then I moved on into selling drugs, and ... umm, went through high school selling dope: coke, mushrooms. I was a high school drop out. People thought I was gonna be a loser. Well sometimes I still am a loser, but I would consider myself a loser with money. And that part of my life is successful. Are you confused? Am I talking into a big blurred circle of bullshit that you don't understand, do you think, John Brady? read on>>

Matt & Temple Cummins Feature
Matt started One Ball Jay wax , has a signature model board on Lib Tech and with the help of his dad Joe started Northwest Snowboards. Temple, who's seven years shy of Matt, is a ripping, up and coming rider and also rides for Lib Tech in Seattle while their parents run Northwest Snowboards. read on>>

Dave White Interview
He also rolls his words around like a nice fresh egg feels when you turn it to see if the yolk's still in there. But he's hip as eggs go - chicks dig him, and he's got what Q-Tip might call rudeboy composure: he's never bent over. Now he's into transferring pipe/park moves to powder and steeps, but he's shown he can do the contest thing with a halfpipe: 15th at the `92 Japan contest Terje won, and a 16th at the `91 OP Pro. read on>>

Chris Andrews Interview
He grew up riding in 'lingo central' Grass Valley with Chris Roach and Tucker, but talks perfect phonetics. He therefore admires the talent of the "older school" riders like Roach and Tucker, "All the guys from the Western Front video," but cites Uriah Birch and Chris Haggin as some up and coming talent to keep an eye on. read on>>

Chris Haggin Interview
Let's see, this past New Years, driving South Shore 3 minutes before midnight, Chris had me pullover and right as it struck midnight Chris started puking out the side of my car. read on>>

How To Tune Your Snowboard
When you talk to most shop techs, they all have their own waxing secrets that they claim work better than others. But the truth is they all work about the same. After a few times of waxing your own board, you will find a way that will work best for you. read on>>

Your Son Eats A Lot Of Meat by Arlie John Carstens
I was happy that he was calling shit on this ugly propensity a lot of us exhibit for wholly unnecessary recognition within our quaint little sub-culture. Anymore, it is almost not enough for people to purely play in the snow; the goal is no longer fun, it is the pursuit of glory and bro-brah glad handing with as many of the other recognized chump idols of the day as possible. read on>>

Three Skaters: Denny Franchini, Troy Miller & Martin Orduna
Troy's skating is a mixture of new school innovation and old school speed and aggression. He doesn't skate around all night trying shit he never makes, he just makes it. He can be found in the greater Sacto area and occasionally at the Daily Grind. Besides skating, Troy also likes to get really drunk and punk out on people; and I heard he's been known to throw down some serious fashion statements while snowboarding.
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Music Articles

Quicksand Interview
As a band we kind of look at it as... it's not like it's our art, we're not video makers, we make music. Unfortunately, that's where people see music now, on MTV. If you want alot of people to hear your music you've gotta put out a video. If you want people to hear it ,you do it so we just got video directors. We like the videos for the most part and tried to make something we can live with. I think that's all we were really hoping for, something that they would play and didn't make us look too stupid. read on >>