An End, A Beginning

This weekend at Stowe Mountain in VT, the Main Event Snowboarding Series come to a conclusion. The finals are the 27th & 28th and an overall Event Series winner will be crowned. After 7 years in operation the Main Event Series has become the premier snowboard series for the amateur and professional riders on the east coast. This event series is managed and coordinated by Hampton's own and former Pioneers employee Brandon Halberstadt. Brandon loves snowboarding as much as anyone I know and his dedication to the sport is easily seen through his commitment to pushing the progression of young east coast talent. The Main Event is sponsored by Red Bull, Flow, all things Burton, SASS, and NIXON. The overall winner gets an all expenses paid trip to South America with SASS and this weekends winner gets an invite to compete in the prestigious US Open of Snowboarding, which happens yearly at Stratton Mt. This series is a great stepping stone for anyone that dreams of one day making a career out of snowboarding.

As one series ends another begins... The ASP World Surf Tour first event kicks of this weekend in Queensland Australia. The Quiksilver Pro at Snapper Rocks should be epic! It feels like just last week I was watching Mick and Parko battle it out at Pipe for the world title. Slater made quite a stir last year with his self designed boards and talks of creating the Rebel Tour. The ASP responded to Kelly by changing things up a little. They adjusted their judging criteria, the ranking system, and by adding more prize money into the tour. Slater has his eye on title number ten, Parko and Mick are ready to battle it out again, and the young, hungry, progressive surfers like Owen Wright, Dane Reynolds, and Jordy Smith are ready to take down the giants. This is going to be an exciting year for the tour and I am stoked it's already getting underway. Surfing is a sport that knows no season! Get stoked and don't worry, Pioneers will keep you up to date as things get moving!

While the surf is already starting to build it appears that the ocean is going to be a giant washing machine until Friday or Saturday or forever... Nothing works on an east around here and that looks like all we are getting until further notice. However, snow is in the forescast and we need that! I guess we are just going to kick back and see what happens... Remember if your heading North this week Pioneers has DEALS DEALS DEALS and Free Lift Tickets. Swing by to check it all out!