Ride Snowboards releases the first of three Artist Series boards, the DH 2.1, featuring artwork from the one and only, Michael J. Zepeda III. The DH 2.1 captures Michael's unparalleled signature style and elements that make it easy to see how he has become the noteworthy artist he is today. Originally from Carlsbad, California, Zepeda went to the Academy of Fine Arts University in San Francisco and currently works and lives in Costa Mesa, CA. Mike Z absorbs the diversity of his surroundings and regurgitates them in visual explosion of boiling energy with sawing dialogues that vibrate with a razor-edge accuracy...oh, and he can draw pretty good too. Click here to check out Michael’s video and bio page. The DH2.1 will hit select stores October 1st and is only available while supplies last. Visit www.ridesnowboards.com/dh2 for authorized retailers. Each DH2 board in the series features distinctive work from influential artists and include Ride's most innovative board technologies. Watch the countdown to see boards revealed, timed to drop 15 days prior to arrival at retail stores. Look for the DH 2.2 reveal on October 15th, available in stores November 1st, and the DH 2.3 reveal on November 15th, available in stores December 1st. Keep your eyes on the countdown at www.ridesnowboards.com/dh2, and be sure to check out the artist video, bio and full product details. The DH2 series features Ride's new LowRize™ rocker profile with LowRize™ specific sidecut, built to lock in landings and eliminate hook. This twin also combines our exclusive Membrain™ top sheet, Pop Stixs™ and 85A Slimewalls® for a one of kind freestyle Ride ideal for going big.

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Episode 2 brings a good crew together to bonk and slide some of the features The Remarkables park crew have lost sleep over creating. Nick Hyne, Heath Patterson, Hootie Andrews, Jake Koia, Jordan Rehrer and Ben Vercouteren testing things out. They even have lights those crazy foo's. Also, The Remarkables Stash sees more good times with some doubles runs and some more sweet moves in the all natural terrain park.

Ride Snowboards presents the Nitrane Contraband Binding preview with Austin Hironaka. New 2010 Nitrane Contraband Single Strap Goodness with a Custom Fit A fresh take on all-mountain freestyle with the new Nitrane Contraband, featuring the new CustomFlex ankle strap for limitless flex options and the new V-grip strap for super snug boot grip. Add the Wedige 2.5 and 4.0 fixed position footbeds for extra drive and pop, creating the ideal custom freestyle binding for all of your riding pleasure.

Unlike the wedgies you may have received in junior high, this Wedgie will provide the added benefit of support and control, allowing you to ride longer and harder, all the while leaving your skivvies in tact. Years of experience developing our Custom Balance™ Footbed led us to the ideal angles for specific riding styles and stances. The Wedgie is an ultra-light footbed that uses subtle angles to align the ankles and knees to a more natural and comfortable position. The angle also gives leverage to press the board for huge pop, without affecting your preferred stance width.

HighRize Rocker from Ride Snowboards. Only on the Slackcountry board for 2009-2010.

More pop in our rock. Ride LowRize Rocker eliminates the hook, but maintains full ollie pop and landing lock. Anybody can simply reverse the camber of their existing boards, but making a better performing rocker board takes dedication and innovation. Through extensive testing we developed our new Radial BlendZ sidecut and rocker profiles together to provide optimal hook-free goodness and allow you to lock in big landings without the fear of “Rocker Washout”. LowRize Rocker has a flat profile through the center of the board and then begins the rocker at the extended Blend Zone to lift the contact points just out of the snow. Combined with our proven 85A Slimewalls®, this rocker will outperform whether in the park, on the groomers or floating the deep stuff. No hooks, no catches, no gimmicks, just pure performance and a super smooth Ride.

Membrain® ThinLight top sheets. Ultra thin, ultra smooth. Ride lightens the load with Membrain® top sheets. Weighing less than half of traditional top sheets, Membrain® maintains a smooth feel by infusing urethane into fabric. Along with pushing limits in the world of lightweight, this process also allows us to push the boundaries when it comes to graphics. By utilizing the textures and aesthetics associated with a variety of fabrics, Ride is able to achieve graphic tricks that are simply not possible with conventional printing techniques. Lightening the likes of the Society, Concept UL, Concept TMS, Yukon, Slackcountry, Crush, DH2, Compact & Canvas models.

Ride's Hana Beaman won top honors at the first-ever Women's final presented by Oakley, at this year’s RIDE Shakedown. Male and female snowboarders shared no less then $27 000 in prize money during the finals. This year, 37 riders participated in the main competition, 4 of whom were amateurs. Toutant won the 2006 edition of the competition at the ripe old age of 13 years and an amateur, beating every pro snowboarder to sneak through to claim the top step of the podium. “It’s a great feeling. This is the second time that I’ve won – something that no other rider has achieved before. I couldn’t ask for more.” exclaimed Toutant, who won based on the merits of his performance: a Backside 1080 Double cork / Backside 270 gap on the Battleship rail. Finals The evening final which took place under a constant downpour consisted of 15 men and four women competing for a hefty prize purse. Each rider was given two judged runs in which they had to call out their tricks before dropping in. Each run was judged 50% on the jump and 50% on the rail course. “I’m really stoked on the contest. The setup is a little bit sketchy but it’s going to separate the women from the girls [and the men from the boys], said Ride's Megan Whiteside, who was just stoked to be competing against her favorite pro Marie France Roy. It's the first year that female riders have been invited to compete in the Ride Shakedown, something Mittermuller was clearly stoked about. "I think it's great that they have women now and I think, although the set-up is a little bit crazy, it's something that we definitely can master," she enthused. "I mean, girls have been hitting all three of these features in a good way. I'm super stoked we got into this contest and I hope we'll be in here next year as well. And great respect to all the girls that were riding, because I think the riders were really going for it and it's really cool to see." With a mix of pro and amateur riders such as MFR, Ride’s Hana Beaman, Charles Reid and Ride’s Alex Cantin competing in the women and men’s finals the crowd of 10,000 plus had their head’s turning and jaws dropping all night. When asked what he thought of the contest, Ride’s Nash Lugenaisse said, “It’s really good. There’s always lots of pressure –it’s all for show. There’s lots of pressure when there’s a crowd but it makes you work harder.” It seemed to be that all the riders were working hard to impress the judges. When it came time for the girls Megan and MRF both pulled Frontside 5’s. As for the men, everyone seemed to one up each other. From Jeremy Cloutier’s Switch Back Rodeo 540 to Yale Cousineau’s Switch Back 9, and Charlie Reid’s Frontside 10, it was a case of go big or go home. However, at the end it was Seb’s Frontside 9 that had the crowd cheering. Finals ran from 7 to 8 PM, and then we braced our livers for the infamous Shakedown after-party. If the noise from our neighbors partying next door to us in our hotel is any indication; it'll be one for the books

School’s in, suckers! The Classroom Collaboration hits the slopes. After taking a long, hard look at other artistic collaborations across the industry, Ride’s designers took a step back and thought about the kind of collab they wanted on their ’09-’10 gear and decided to strike out in a new direction. Instead of teaming up with a hoity toity artist, Ride embarked on a collaborative project with Pam Neithercott’s third period art class at Denny Middle School (West Seattle, Wash.). Promoting both art and snowboarding within the local youth community, Ride sought out a nearby Seattle school with an art program in need and proudly donated funds for art supplies and provided an on-hill snowboard day for the kids. The on-hill field trip took place Monday, March 30th. The Ride in-house crew met up with 20 Denny students at their school, hopped on the charter bus and headed up to the Summit at Snoqualmie. The weather and temp made it ideal for these first-timers, and with a good ratio of students to seasoned shredders, the kids were on the lift and riding in no time. Special thanks go out to the Summit at Snoqualmie, Smith Optics and POW Gloves for their generosity and contributing to the success of the day. We have to also give props to the crew of in-house people that took time to teach and ride with the kids; all had a great time and your efforts made it possible. Last, but certainly not least, thanks to teachers, Pamela and Roxanna, and all the kids that participated, you guys are awesome and we hope to see you out there again soon!

A huge thank you to all of the participants in Ride's Snowboard Art Contest 7! With more entries than ever, the decisions were tough, but we are stoked to show the top entries off to the world. And the winners are...

Marco Feichtner's part from the 2009 Ride Pro Team DVD "Ride Rats". Music: Eagles of Death Metal - "Anything 'Cept The Truth"