Vinceland

Crapped out a crappy essay with the same title back in the late 1990’s attempting to explain why I was beginning to dislike riding a snowboard after working at Burton for a few years. I was confessing publically to Glebelands, letting them all know why I didn’t care to ride as much as we used [...]

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Here I sit, on the eve of a snowsports tradeshow in the cheesiest town in America…Vegas. What makes people think this is the perfect place to do business? The friggin’ Excalibur Hotel and Casino? No wireless, $11.99 for ethernet.
It feels like a bit of a return to a world that’s probably not changed that much [...]

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At Seton Hall Preparatory School for Boys of Higher Learning and Education, every student wore a blue blazer with a patch, white shirt and tie. In the Spring of senior year, we were allowed (told?) to wear collared, blue, polo shirts instead of blazers so we could concentrate more and stand out more from the [...]

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It seems like every 4 years there’s a pretty good swing in attitude around here, enough of a change to notice a difference in things. It takes us 4 years to get sick of our leaders, and it takes about 4 years for real noticeable changes to take place in sports, music, fashion and general [...]

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Here we are on the eve of the Dew Action Sports Tour’s night-time snowboard rail jam at the Rose Quarter in Portland. The Dew Action Sports Tour used to be the Gravity Games and is now owned by NBC/ Universal and Live Nation, a spin-off from Clear Channel. I heard the snow for the event [...]

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