CALI RUSH

CALI Rush is a celebration of some of California's most adventurous and talented athletes and innovative companies that are in search of a more harmonious relationship with nature through sports, lifestyle, recreation and environmental technology. Join a modern day tribe of adventurers as they explore some of California's most wild and beautiful places in search of their own Green Rush. Come along on a multi sport adventure following the changing of the seasons through some of California's last wild places. CALI Rush features all human-powered sports that work in harmony with the flows of nature, don't rely on gasoline, and create the least amount of impact. By making small lifestyle changes and implementing the cleanest technologies possible these athletes prove you don't have to thrash the environment to have a good time. Shred Lightly. Recreate responsibly. Respect the landscape. Do the least harm. Leave the least trace. Find Harmony with the wild creatures. Seek the cleanest path. Live the change you want to see. Be the California Green Rush.


Thursday, February 18, 2010

Snow Skate the Lake

What's That?!?!?! Is the first words out of most people's mouths when they first see snow skating. So what is snow skating? It's the fastest growing sport on the slopes. A combination of snowboarding and the freedom of skateboarding. Picture a skateboard deck with a mini snowboard attached to the bottom with metal "Rocker" trucks. For many of the old school skaters, turned snowboarders, it's a renewal for the stoke of skateboarding. It provides a whole new way of riding the mountain and changes the way you see terraine and features. For many who have been snowboarding for years at the same resorts it offers a fun and more challenging alternative for non pow days. For the young snowboarders it's also a cheap and low eco impact alternative to buying expensive lift tickets and season passes at resorts and or snowmobiles. You can hike and snowskate just about anywhere and anytime of day. Some of the best spots are parks and backyards. The most famous home park being the Bonser Pipeline at long time local shredder Pat Bonser's back yard.

Gnu from Mervin Manufacturing first popularized this style bi deck. Now many companies have seen the light and began to follow suite. 4 years ago South Lake Tahoe vert skater, snowboarder and snow skater Danny Sheehan started Ralston Snow Skates. Ralson is the one of the first independent companies to bring a high performance snow skate to the Market. Ralson manufactures it's own boards locally. The ski is pressed at their own factory near Lake Tahoe using the latest most eco friendly materials and process. Utilizing renewable materials like Bamboo and Birtch wood for their ski cores.

A few years ago there were only a few snowskaters trying to ride the resorts. Many Resorts wouldn't even allow it and some Resorts still don't. They treat it like they did snowboarding 15 years ago. Now there are too many to of us to deny. Last season Snowskatings premier film production company, Strapless Entertainment lead by Veteran snow skate ninja Sean Davis and backed by talented local filmers Kyle Schwartz and Jason Hogan toured the lake in search of the dopest lines, cleanest jumps, most tech rails, slick boxes and Good Times. With Ralson team member Seth "The Mouth" Hall at the rains, a group of the most progressive riders in the world toured all the resorts that allow snow skating and the back yard jib parks of the Lake Tahoe area. Check out Pat "Goblin"Quin, Sean Davis, Seth Hall, Danny Sheehan, Pat Bonser, Jomie Smith, Donny Green and the rest of the Group as they progress the sport of Snowskating. For more info or to obtain a DVD, check out www.Skateboardonsnow.com or www.ralstonsnowskates.com


SnowSkateTheLake:TheMovie from Strapless Shredder on Vimeo.

With snowskating gaining in popularity small grass roots events and competitions are popping up in the North West, Colorado, Oregon and here at Lake Tahoe. What started as the first ever "Shut up and Snowskate" competition here in Tahoe five years ago has now progressed into the Ralston Cup of Snowskating. The competition takes place at Sierra Ski resort every year and features Slalom, Slopestyle and sometimes a free for all down hill boarder cross Chinese downhill dash for cash race. Heres some hight-lights form the 2009 Ralston Cup put on by Danny Sheehan and Announced by injured Raston team member Seth Hall, who came back in 2010 to take second place.

Ralston Cup 2009: snowskate contest from Strapless Shredder on Vimeo.

Keep an eye of for one of the most progressive Snowskating parts ever compiled of these riders hiking backcountry features, in town jibs, natural log slides, backyard picknick tables and leaving the least amount of impact possible while achieving the highest level of shredding to be featured in Green Rush.


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