Yep … just when you thought the snowboard video game genre was dead, SSX is back with some weird soldier of fortune snowboard game. Weird … right?

Oakley has been the king of goggles for a long time. Why, you ask? It probably has something to do with their lenses. When I was riding for Oakley, they used to make this low light lens I dubbed “the Prozac lens”. When you used them, everything was brighter & happier.

Lift access, guided backcountry? One of the best places you can go and ride in Colorado. No wait … it is the best place to ride in Colorado, if you like steeps, cliffs, gullies & powder. If you like 40-80 foot park jumps with a bunch of free skiers dressed like Starbursts, go to Breckenridge.

My friend, Dale, helped start Cappel back when snowboarding was cool. Not to say it’s not cool now, but it’s really less cool now than it used to be. Dale had a rad style on & off the hill that translated into the Cappel brand. It’s good to see Ride resurrected Cappel and are still putting out good-looking winter-proof threads.

Pat Moore has a new goggle out. It features a scratch-off coating, letting you customize your goggles. I like this idea. I do think a scratch & sniff goggle would be cooler. Although with Pat being about as Irish as they come, it would just smell like drunk.

Pop some tops with your belt buckle. Impress all the ladies in the lodge when you bend over, seemingly stick a beer bottle in your crotch and come up with an open apres sports soda.

Now … before you write this off as a coming-of-age story about a kid, who lost his parents in a tragic blimp accident, only to learn the ways of the force, from his hermit war-hero grandfather, who is dying of cancer … know it’s actually a package of Burton snow gear to set-up your little friends. I know some of you have reproduced on this site. Oh wait … if you’re on the internet 24/7, the odds of you ever touching a female are like 30% nevermind planting a seed & growing a human.

I’ve had the Airblaster Ninja suit on the site before. I’ve not had the Ninja suit in flesh tone with stained tighty whiteys, though. This may be the coolest and most socially uncomfortable long underwear I’ve ever dreamed about owning. I’m calling Travis Parker right now.

Super high-end bindings for your snowboard. I could tell you about all the cool things they do and the fact Gigi Ruff endorses them. But at the end of the day, they’re bindings holding your feet on your snowboard. If that alone doesn’t get you excited, I doubt me talking about their colorway will.

There just aren’t enough vests in snowboarding these days. Nike thought they would do something about that. Not just a vest, but several different configurations to keep you warm & stylish on the hill.