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Incredibly sad to hear. Best wishes to her friends and family.

Halo in the Coquihalla. Coquihalo?

Been riding my Artisan 162 for a couple months now and have had it out in all kinds of conditions. Really is a great board, very fun to ride. I’ve ridden exclusively cambered boards up until the Artisan so there was a very small learning curve moving to a rockered board, but am now having a blast on it. Really like how easy it is to jump from edge…[Read more]

On days where icy hardware is an issue, tour with the yin-yang hooks swiveled out. As much as I dislike doing this, it keeps ice from gathering over/around the hooks’ stopper pins. You’ll be that much closer to having your board ice-free when you go to board mode.
My Venture Divide goes together super tight. Great feel when riding but it is kind…[Read more]

@Chair2BoardSports wrote:

Neil Provo who has been recently added to their team

Hopefully Neil can chime in at some point when he gets some free time, see lots of pics floating around of him on the Artisan. BTW, got my Artisan out on snow for the first time this morning, so far I’m stoked!

Great stuff dln.

Just won a Artisan at the sb.com Donner split party last weekend (woo-hoo!). Haven’t ridden it yet, but like C2BS I’d describe the flex as “medium”. I’ll try to write up some useful observations after I get it on the snow a few times. Been searching around for reviews of the Artisan myself, seems they are hard to come by.

So glad I was in town for this… classic Sierra weekend with awesome people. Thank you Chris and Skylar for all the hard work and thank you sb.com and Voile for my shiny new Voile Artisan! :bananas:
Made my winter to see you all. Hope to be back for some corn this spring.

@aksltxlt wrote:

The conditions are pretty good out there!
Pic from today! South of Donner

Thanks aksltxlt. Would be interested to know what west shore is looking like if anyone has been out that way.

Haha, right on bcrider, no rush, I’m cool waiting for the next run.

Unexpected trip from Van to Santa Cruz for work yesterday, brought my split. Planning to ride up there Saturday, probably similar schedule to PJ’s. Stoked to see y’all and the Sierras again!

Coquihalla

@wasatch surf wrote:

View of our tracks from Keith’s Hut, BC

Beauty shot. I’m guessing this isn’t taken *exactly* from the hut? Is it from motel66? When were you there? Here’s one of (I think) the same ridge taken from the porch of the hut. There was this weird pink-yellow glow coming from behind the ridge, didn’t capture it.

Have fun you beautiful bastards.

Yeah, I noticed no one had posted to this thread for over a year.
But thanks for the info BeamerLad. Seemingly seconds after I put that post up it turned to rain up there, good to know for the future though. I’ll send you my email address in a PM, hit me up if you want to talk about doing some hiking. Moved up here not knowing a soul so I need…[Read more]

Hey BC, moved here a couple months ago from Cali and getting oriented. What’s the word on skinning at Cypress? Is it allowed? I’m hoping to put in a couple quick laps before work tomorrow. Was up in their lot yesterday and coverage looked good enough to have some fun. Thanks for any info!

I’m hoping to spend a week or two in and around the east side mid to late May. :headbang:

Didn’t get a chance to ride the Abacus split but I did get to fondle one, was really happy to see a factory split Arbor, been hoping you guys would get into the market for a long while. I have the A-Frame in a solid and a DIY split (thanks to Down The Middle). I’d REALLY like to see you guys offer the A-Frame as a split, I’ll guarantee you at…[Read more]

How long do people usually take to do this traverse? Is it typically a hut tour?
Awesome pics, looks like fun terrain around there!

Great write up, thanks! I want to echo the points on the Venture’s durability. I have three splits including an older Venture Divide (predecessor to the Storm). My other 2 boards get progressively more haggard each season, but that Divide is still in as good of shape as the day I bought it, it’s crazy! I love that board. And yeah, it feels really…[Read more]