Well, spring has arrived, and most -- if not all -- snowboard resorts have closed for the year.

It's a sad time for us all.

But, there are ways to cope with the loss of snow and months without shredding.  People deal with it in different ways. Some watch snowboarding videos. Some drink away their until the snow returns. Some just cry into their pillow. Read More...

It's a sad time of year. Another season has come and gone. Yesterday I tucked away my snowboarding gear in the storeroom. It was great while it lasted *sniff*.

Rather than mourn the loss of another season, this blog post is dedicated to remembrance of my five best trips of the season. Here they are. Read More...

I've been travelling around the western U.S. this winter checking out resorts and trying to figure out which are the best. In a few weeks I'm going to have to announce my choices. This may sound fairly easy, but it's not. My quest to decide which resorts are the best has been consistently plagued by one extremely difficult question.

What's better, a big resort, or a small one? Read More...

In my last blog post I talked about my experiences snowboarding in California. My favourite resort there was Sugar Bowl, partly because of the epic terrain, partly because of the short lift lines, and partly because the local small-hill atmosphere agreed with me.

The more snowboard resorts that I visit, the more I find that each one has it's own character. I was hoping to find more of that small town charm on my subsequent trip to Colorado, and I did. Read More...