Official Awesome Banana Dealers and Certified Banana Demo Centers

12.21.08 11:07 AM

We can tell you Banana Tech works, you can see by all the Magazine test results that Banana works, you can see all the pros on Banana Tech and Magne-Traction serrated steak knife edges but the most fun way to find out about Banana Tech and Magne-Traction is to get on the hill and ride it. Our official certified awesome Banana Mag Demo Center Dealer Demo program is just the place to do that. Keep your Banana between your legs! Banana tech: 75% less scorpions than camber! Banana for retailers who actually care about their customers! The Future is Banana’s. First place US open pipe…Banana. More Transworld Good Wood awards than you can put in a press release…

AZ
Hon-Dah Snow and Sports
787 Hwy 260
Pinetop, AZ 85935
928 369 7669 contact John

Ski Pro
1924 W 8th
Street Mesa, AZ 85201
480 962 6910

Ski Pro
2110 East Camelback
Phoenix, AZ 85016
602 955 3939

Ski Pro
2600 W Chandler
Chandler, AZ 85224
480 855 8686

Axtion Sports
5626 E Broadway Blvd
Tucson, AZ 85711
520 745 4514

CA
Chico Sports Ltd.
698 MANGROVE AVE
CHICO, CA 95926
530-894-1110
www.chicosportsltd.net

Destination 1440
1440 San Pablo Ave.
Berkeley, Ca 94710
510-526-7529

BASD
1942 4th Street
San Rafael, Ca 94901
415-925-4384

Tahoe Dave’s
590 North Lake Blvd.
Tahoe City, Ca 96145
530-583-8833

Porters Sports
501 N. Lake Blvd
Tahoe City, CA 96145
530-583-2314
www.porterstahoe.com

Porters Sports
11391 Deerfield Dr
Truckee, CA 96161
530-587-1500
www.porterstahoe.com

Demo Sport
1101 FRANCISCO BLVD.
SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901
415-454-3500
www.demosport.com

Kirkwood Mountain Sports
1501 KIRKWOOD MEADOWS DRIVE
KIRKWOOD, CA 95646
209-258-7255
www.shopkirkwood.com

Wave Rave
3203 Main St.
Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
www.waverave.com

CO
Alternative Edge
670 Mountain Village Blvd
Mountain Village, CO 81435
(970) 728-6138

Colorado Boarder
32 Crested Mtn. Ln.
Crested Butte, CO 81225
(970) 349-9828

Mountain Wave
600 Park Ave.
Breckenridge, CO 80424
(970) 453-8305

Broadcast Boards
500 S. Park Ave.
Breckenridge, CO, 80424
970-453-6405

Powdertools
78786 US 40
Winter Park, CO 80482
(970) 726-1151

Gravitee boardshop
164 Copper rd.
Frisco Co, 80443
970-968-0171

One Track Mind
492 E Lionshead Cir, #101
Vail, CO 81657
(970) 476-1397

The Click
1809 Central Park Dr
Steamboat Springs, CO 80478
(970) 879-5861

DE
Switch Skate and Snow
16 HAINES STREET
NEWARK, DE. 19711
(302) 738-7499
www.switchskateandsnow.com

ID
The Boardroom
2727 W. State Street
Boise ID 83702
208-385-9553

Board Bin
180 4th St
Ketchum Id 83340
208-726-1222

MT
World Boards
601 WEST MAIN ST.
BOZEMAN, MT 59715
www.worldboards.com

Stumptown Snowboards
128 CENTRAL AVE.
WHITEFISH, MT 59937
www.stumptownsnowboards.com

NH
Lahouts-
Loon Mtn
Lincoln, NH

Rogers-
Loon Mtn
Lincoln, NH

NJ
MT. Everest
318 THIRD AVENUE
WESTWOOD, NJ. 07675
(201) 666-3133

PELICAN SWIM & SKI
P.O. BOX 36
3555 ROUTE 22 EAST
WHITEHOUSE, NJ. O8888
(908) 534-2534
www.pelicanshops.com

NM
Alto Ski Shop
101 Lake Shore Drive
Alto, NM 88312
505 336 4386 contact Don Damron

Experience Snowboards
Village Center #6
Angel Fire, NM 87710
505 377 8012 contact Michael or George

Wild Bill’s
325 W Main St
Red River, NM 87558
575 754 2428 contact Kay Bolin

The Boot Doctor
Taos Ski Valley
Taos, NM
575 776 2489 contact Bob Remiger

St Fe Mountain Sports
1221 Flagman Way Ste B-1
St Fe, NM 87505
505 988 3337 Contact Devon

4 D’s
9311 Coors Blvd NW
Albuquerque, NM 87505
505 897 4010 contact Dan or Dave

Skate City
1311 Eubank Blvd NE
Albuquerque, NM 87112
505 294 6699 contact Dave or Matt

Sports Systems
6915 Montgomery NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
505 837 9400 contact Frank

St Bernard / Rush Ski and Sport
420 Mechem
Ruidoso, NM 88245
575 257 8767 contact Ralph

Experience Snowboards Taos
1110 Paseo del Pueblo Norte
Taos, NM 87571
575 758 8448 Contact George

4D’s
8000 Paseo del Norte Ste C-7
Albuquerque, NM 87122
505 821 9940 Contact Dave
4Dsboardshop.com

NY
The Boardroom
6113 Rt. 219
Ellicotville, NY 14731
Phone: (716) 699-2931
www.bordroom.com

HOMAGE
151 SMITH STREET
BROOKLYN, NY. 11201
(718) 596-1511
www.homagebrooklyn.com

XTREME SURF AND SPORT
3034 JERICHO TURNPIKE
EAST NORTHPORT, NY. 11731
(631) 462-9283
www.xtremesurfandsport.com

NV
Shoreline
259 KINGSBURY GRADE
STATELINE, NV 89449
775-588-8777
www.shorelinesnowboards.com/

Porters Sports
885 Tahoe Blvd
Incline Village, NV 89450
775-831-3500
www.porterstahoe.com

OR
Mt Hood Meadows
14040 Hwy 35
Mt Hood, OR
503-337-2222

Boardsports
201 E 13th ave
Eugene OR 97401
541-484-2588

PA
Human Zoom
4159 Main Street
Manayunk, Pa. 19127
P – 215.487.RIDE
www.humanzoom.com

Lowe Riders
300 EAST LANCASTER AVE.
DOWNINGTOWN, PA. 19335
(610) 518-1622
www.loweriders.com

TX
M-2 Sports
6375 Westheimer
Houston, TX 77057
713 433 4475 Contact Jeff

Riptank Boardshop
2400 Glenna Goodacre Blvd Ste 106 B
Lubbock, TX 79401
806 799 8265

Warming Hut
331 North Central Expressway
Richardson, TX 75080
972 234 6088

UT
Cliff Sports
Highway 210/ p.o box 929000
Snowbird Ut, 84092
801-742-2222 ext 5049

Salty Peaks
3055 e. 3300 s.
Salt lake city Ut, 84109
801-467-8000

WA
Mt Baker Ski Area
Mt Baker, WA
360-734-6771

WY
Hole in the Wall
245 W. Hansen
Jackson, WY 83001
(307) 739-2689

Jackson Treehouse
3335 W. village dr.
Jackson Wy, 83002
307-793-tree

Boardroom of Jackson
225 W. Broadway
Jackson, WY 83001
(307) 733-8327

WV
Elk River Snowboard & Ski
Soaring Eagle Lodge
Snowshoe Mountain Resort
Snowshoe, WV
26209
304-572-2550
www.ridesnowshoe.com
reserve@ridesnowshoe.com

CANADA
BC

Showcase Snowboard Shop
119-4350 Lorimer Rd
WHISTLER, BC, V0N 1B1
(604) 932-2526

AB

Allrose
4712 50th st south,
red deer alb T4N 1X2
403 347 6426

Rude Boys 215
Banff ave Banff
Alberta T0L 0c0
403 762 8480

Easy Rider
4211-106 st, #b138
edmonton ab t6j 6l7
780 413 4554

QU
Alternative sport :
113 st-germain est,
rimouski, quebec g5l 1a5,
418-721-0052
contact patrick Trottier

Deluxe :
2480, chemin stefoy,
ste-foy, quebec, g1v 1t6
418-653 0783
contact yan.

Escapade:
1440, des cascades ouest,
ste-hyacinthe, quebec, j2s 3h5
450-771-6999
contact joe

EUROPE

AUSTRIA
BOARD.AT
Location Hinterglemm:
+43(0)6541 201 97
http://www.board.at

NORWAY
Session
Kirkegata 17
4006 Stavanger, Norway
www.session.no

Hemsedal Sport
3560 Hemsedal, Norway
www.hemsedal-sport.no

SeaSport
Munkedamsveien 20
0250, Oslo, Norway
www.srfsnosk8.no

SPAIN
Mombi Surf
Baqueira Beret
Contact Gonzalo at
tienda@Mombisurf.com

Nueva era Shop
Valladolid
Contact Jesus at
nuevaerashop@gmail.com
www.nuevaerashop.com

Tres60
Madrid
Contact Toñin at
thankyoushop@hotmail.com

Demo Center/Happyriding park
Barcelona
Porte Puymorens
Contact info at
info@happyriding.net

Green Snowboard Manufacturing Article

12.20.08 9:30 AM

SPIN NEWS MAGAZINE, Snowboard manufacturing taking a green turn

-”Mervin Manufacturing, the company that heads up Lib Technologies and Gnu is taking things a step further. The company has its own environmental division focused on lessening their carbon footprint through everything from manufacturing to packaging and transportation.

Pete Saari, one of the founders of Mervin, says they’re constantly looking at ways to go green. “Every board from our lowest price to the most expensive is built with maximum eco-motional energy, a focus on environmental sustainability, healthy work environment and the lowest impact, least toxic materials available,” he says listing off the different technologies incorporated into their snowboard manufacturing.

Mervin’s snowboards could actually be the closest thing to green. A bio-plastic top, called BEANS, is made entirely from castor beans. Cores are developed from fast growing renewable farmed wood such as bamboo, all graphics are created from their water-based ECO Sub sublimation system, and additive-free basalt fibre is used on many of their high-end boards. The shop itself, located in Carlsborg, Wash. is also a great model: it runs on biodiesel, has certified green power, uses only low volatile organic compound epoxy resins, citrus-based solvents and recycles as much scrap materials as possible.”

Danny Kass GNU Exclusive Web Shred Video

12.19.08 11:55 AM

A GNU Danny Kass Shred Video just for all you web surfers. Shot in 16mm film, transfered to HD, mixed with music from Hollywood Lightweights (ex Mervin Mfg. Kraftsmen John Gone Pardo-guitar), compressed nicely for the www and your personal video players.
TURN IT UP

Footage by, Grenade Gloves
Music by, Hollywood Lightweights, “Sleep Off The Highway”

Park Pickle Rider Review

12.16.08 9:12 AM

Hey guys, I rode the Park Pickle at Northstar on Saturday. It was awesome. By 2:30 pm the entire mountain stunk of vinegar. Heelside turns require much less effort, and the board responds immediately. It goes fast too. Real fast. I tested the high speed responsiveness in the human slalom course that was the single open trail. It passed with flying colors. The Park Pickle and I were whistled at by ski patrol on more than one occasion. I decided to test it in its natural environment, a 6 feature mini park set up on a short trail. The Pickle pressed impressively, and it had a nice amount of pop so that alot of effort was not required to get onto the higher features. There was a 15 foot kicker, which is now more more pickled than Keith Richards. Frontside spins off the heels were done with little effort. In fact, the first FS 3 I did was nearly inverted due to the responsiveness of the heel edge. Awesome. The public was responsive as well. Every time I was in line somebody would ask me “hey how is that thing?” or “oh my god is that the Park Pickle? You’re so cool.” All in all, my first day on the Pickle was a great one, and I can’t wait to do it again.~ Nate Farrel

Gus is ready for more snow…

12.12.08 10:19 AM

Check out this video of our 12 year old GNU AM Gus Warbington, shredding some early snow from Mt Bachelor. Check out his bio up on the Mt Bachelor Freeride Team Site

For parents who actually care about their kids…

12.12.08 10:11 AM

Chloe loves her B-Pro Mini Banana. There is no more fun easy geometry in the world.

NWS: 8808

12.9.08 5:46 PM

Check out the latest adventure flick from the Northwest Snowboards crew.

Nick Ennen Video

12.4.08 12:12 PM

HD footage of GNU’s NW team rider Nick Ennen, filmed and edited by North West Collective Productions.

See more of Nick in Winter Renaissance:

Mervin Announces the GNU Park Pickle

12.1.08 7:10 PM

Newport Beach, CA
At the North American sales meeting for Gnu Snowboards, plans for the GNU Park Pickle were unveiled. The Patent Pending Proprietary Park Pickle Product will be included in the 09/10 Gnu Snowboard line. Based on the idea that heelside turns require more leverage than toeside turns, the Park Pick will have a deeper sidecut on the heelside. The board is a true twin shape with a centered stance so it can be ridden with either goofy or regular and includes Mervin Mfg’s exclusive use of Banana Technology.

Pete Saari, VP of Marketing at Mervin had this to say. “The Park Pickle achieves perfect balance through asymmetry, a deeper sidecut and asymmetric core on the heel edge balances your foots asymmetry and the different turn mechanics between heel and toe turns. Twin Asymmetric Banana Magnetraction design is the future of all terrain freestyle performance snowboards. Pickle Power!”

A limited run of 300 Park Pickles for North America will be built and released for sale to select Authorized Gnu Dealers in mid December.

EXPN: Holiday Gift Guide Features Street Series BTX

12.1.08 10:35 AM

Check out EXPN’S Holiday Gift Guide, they featured GNU’s Street Series BTX(Banana Technology with Magne-Traction)