SASS was out in full force last night for the NY Snowboard Group’s end of year bash. We made the trek to Sweet and Vicious in Soho, NYC and ordered up a few drinks to get the night rolling. The vibe was awesome as it stopped raining just as the event got underway. Group members [...]
When the SASS crew comes to Colorado, it’s guaranteed to be a good time. After a weeklong adventure at USASA Nationals in Copper, the SASS tour headed to the Unveristy of Colorado in Boulder to set up shop and hang out on campus. The Univeristy of Colorado in Boulder is not only a beautiful place but [...]
Well, sort of. SASS founder John Sang Wilbur got tapped to provide some insight into how the recent credit crisis has affected his position as an entrepreneur to secure lending. John got two whole paragraphs in an article that mostly talks about JP Morgan but we get the one client mention… Bluechip baby! We’re going [...]
Shoe boxes. I have tons of them. It seems that they are one of those things you can’t get rid of. I am constantly faced with the decision of whether or not to trash the box my new kicks just came in. And I don’t even consider myself a sneaker head. I know of friends [...]
Longtime SASS client Jack Kyle has had an awesome season, picking up wins all across the Gatorade Free Flow series this winter. The Freeport, Mainiac kills it with a unique and got tapped for a video profile with Allisports. As we say in SASS-speak, Kyle is crushing it! SHARE!
USASA Nationals is a special time of year when eager shredders from every corner of the US hit the slopes of Copper, Colorado to compete in ski and snowboard events. This year SASS was on site with Sierra Nevada College (SNC) representing and pumping everyone up about the upcoming SASS season. Jeff Corrado from SNC [...]
Jeremy Landy is probably one of the coolest people you will ever meet. And while that sounds super cliche to say, he’s also one of the most laid back shredders you will ever meet. He came down to SASS for the past few years and was one of the most stoked kids around. While he [...]
Dash going deep with a 180 off the top of Laguna. Ashley Barker photo. SASS coach Dash Longe spent his weekend seeeeending it at the Red Bull Cold Rush at Retallack. He won the slopestyle portion of the event with some massive 5’s and 7’s and after putting down a 180 off [...]
We just got some love on Westbound Boarder for our MGT Women’s session this summer; perhaps for female rippers looking to learn from snowboard pros like Robyn Van Gyn and Leanne Pelosi. Or as they say: "Hop that plane you never thought you would." From Westbound Boarder: Wicked Snow Camp Wednesday: South American Summer [...]
Christmas came early this year; thanks K2! Still got a couple weeks left in the season to break them in before they’ll be blowing through Argentinean pow this summer…. SHARE!
Shane at the Main Event with his SASS Medallion; Travis looking like a mutant The 10th annual Last Call went down at Loon yesterday on some pretty tough conditions, but nonetheless, this year’s Main Event Series champ and winner of the free session at SASS Shane Fortier KILLED it. YoBeat was there [...]
The past few weeks I’ve gotten to know the Ski The East guys and the Jay Peak Video crew pretty well through the Freeride Tour stops, matches of flip-cup, and afternoons sharing table space in base lodges. They’re both awesome crews and are both pushing the legitimacy of the East Coast freeride [...]
SASS stopped by the IFSA "extreme" competition at Jay Peak this past weekend and got to witness one of the rawest displays of East Coast shredding this season. I did a write-up for one of our media partners, BroBomb, which you can find pas. Tim Fater from Ski The East also put a story together [...]
The Nimbus crew is one of the regular fixtures at SASS in the summers; Chris Benchetler, Eric Pollard, and Pep Fujas all make regular appearances to hunt the Santa Rosa pow-fest that seems to happen like clockwork every year. They’ve been out on the sleds, lifts, and skins this year, hard at work with [...]
This year at SASS, we’re trying to take a serious look at our environmental impact, and making every effort we can to reduce it. Several plans are in the works for our operations down in Argentina this summer, and as we develop our newest branch, SGT (SASS Global Travel), [...]
We’ve seen a lot of the Alta Lakes Obversatory in Telluride, CO this winter, which is run by Head Ski Coach Garret Russell and his brother Chason. They run an awesome operation out in the backcountry behind Telluride and BroBomb just did an interview with Garrett about ALO which you can check out here. Line’s [...]
At SASS we are lucky to have a constant stream of top pros checking in every summer to say hi, finish their video parts, shoot catalogs/ads and soak up amazing culture and snow conditions found in the Andes in the Summer. Check out this sweet edit of Andy Finch put together by the Argentinian Film [...]
a quick little video off the Cerro Catedral site. Those of you who’ve gone will remember… Cerro video SHARE!
This March marks the first year of the Ski The East Freeride Tour, which ties together a bunch of quirky, "big-mountain" contests across Vermont. Yesterday was the 2nd stop of the tour, the infamous Castlerock Extreme Challenge at Sugarbush. Run on what amounts to a mogul run with a couple cliffs, the course [...]
nbsp; A couple low-key runs with Dunfee, Rob Bear, Erika Brosz, Ariana Gradow, and John Heinle in NH, VT, & CO. SHARE!
