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Powdah at Huntah!

by japollner
Mar 4th 2010 - 0 comments

         With two days before our event with the New York Snowboard Group in New York City, Jack and I left from the Main Event finals and made moves from Stowe to Hunter Mountain with a rest stop with SASS homie Aras Holden at Williams College on the way.  If you’ve been [...]

?Wait, We have to walk in the snow??

by japollner
Feb 24th 2010 - 0 comments

  Wow, long weekend.  To top it all off, I had most of this blog post done, aaaaaaand then I accidently clicked the "x" to close the tab.  And it didn’t auto save.  So back up your work kids, and save often. Towards the tail end of last week, we had some surf finally roll into the [...]

SASS visits The Weeny Jam

by japollner
Feb 22nd 2010 - 0 comments

       While the rest of the SASS crew made their way to Hunter Mountain for the Reclaim the Fame rail jam, I went back to my alma mater, Williams College, to help run the now-infamous Weeny Jam.  The 3rd Annual Weeny Jam, put on by the Williams Ski & Snowboard Club and sponsored [...]

Aspen Sustainability Meeting

by japollner
Feb 22nd 2010 - 0 comments

  Yeah, yeah, blogs are supposed to be about timely content, but unfortunately our social media intern has been having a ravenous stomach bug recently so he’s barely been able to hold it together in front of his laptop.  So we’re still posting stuff from our Colorado trip back from early Feb.  But lots of good [...]

SASS is Everywhere!

by japollner
Feb 19th 2010 - 0 comments

 What’s goin on faithful blog readers!  As I am sure you have noticed, SASS has been crushing the coverage in the ski/snowboard world lately.  Here are two of the latest articles about us that appeared in Freeskier and Transworld Snowboarding.   The article in Freeskier was included in their summer guide.  They included 5 camps, and did [...]

SASS Gets some Press!

by japollner
Feb 17th 2010 - 0 comments

 What’s goin on faithful blog readers!  Whether you have noticed it or not, SASS has been getting a decent amount of coverage in the ski/snowboard world lately.  Most notable are 2 articles about us that appeared in Freeskier and Transworld Snowboarding.   The article in Freeskier was included in their summer guide.  They included 5 camps, and [...]

SASS Product Review ? Kicker HP1973 Headphones

by japollner
Feb 5th 2010 - 0 comments

  Kicker describes these bad boys as "a throw-back with a retro look and legendary KICKER sound, ideal for music lovers and musicians alike."  Now, I’m not a musician.  Scratch that, I play a mean ukulele.  But, I don’t need headphones for that.  What I do need them for is drowning out some of the music [...]

SASS at SIA, WX14, FWT

by japollner
Jan 28th 2010 - 0 comments

If you were able to keep count of all the acronyms in the title, you would know that South Amercia Snow Sessions is in Denver for SIA, then Aspen for Winter X Games 14, then we’re going out to Telluride for the Freeski World Tour. We’re going to [...]

SASS at Tufts Mountain Club & Killington

by japollner
Jan 25th 2010 - 0 comments

      Another weekend, another flurry of events with SASS.  Travis and I packed up the car Saturday to get a few runs at Loon before we met the folks from the Tufts Mountain Club.  I spent the afternoon crushing myself trying to re-learn all my box tricks after a year skiing pow in Colorado, [...]

SASS collecting goods for the Haiti Relief Effort

by japollner
Jan 21st 2010 - 0 comments

 Hey Everyone,   With all the stuff going on in our own lives, it’s super easy to forget about those who aren’t as fortunate as we are.  I am sure by now everyone has heard about the earthquake and subsequent aftershocks in Port au Prince, Haiti.  We want to help, and are contributing to a drive that [...]

SASS alum Lucyann Murray killing it!

by japollner
Jan 21st 2010 - 0 comments

       SASS alum and Stanford nerd Lucyann Murray KILLED it this weekend at the Mt. Snow stop of the Revolution Tour, slaying her way to 3rd place in slope.  Travis freaked out because she doesn’t even ride park!  Way to Lucyann, you’re KILLING IT!!   SASS alum Lucyann (right) shell shocked by her own performance SHARE!

SASS Rider, Sean Ryan, Gets Down @ O?Neill Evolution Tour

by japollner
Jan 20th 2010 - 0 comments

We wanted to give a quick shout out to SASS Rider Sean Ryan.  He headed over the pond to Switzerland to compete in the O’Neill Evolution Tour.  He ended up taking 10th overall in slope and crushing it.  His back 9 tail even received some coverage in the Wall Street Journal.  Congrats to Sean!   Sean checking [...]

SASS sends it MLK Day Weekend!

by japollner
Jan 20th 2010 - 0 comments

     Saturday, January 16th: time to wake up at 5 and make moves down to Ski Sundown, Connecticut.  I had never skied The Constitution State before, and was interested to investigate the under-reported shred scene that had produced industry greats like John Sang Wilbur.  After three and a half hours second-guessing Google Maps, we [...]

SASS Tour Keeps on Rolling

by japollner
Jan 15th 2010 - 0 comments

Last Saturday Travis, John and I (Jack) cruised over to Rye Airfield for one of the first rail jams of the season with PM.Snowtec, Scion, Herd Headwear, and Pit Girls from NH Racing Limos. The weather was awesome and the vibe was great as the “park crew” got things ready.   We had the tent set up and [...]