Getting a quick run in before the contest Zak Hale was recently warming up for The Launch event at Bear Mountain. The California ski area boasts a great terrain park and Zak was all over it! What makes this different from most park edits is that it was a one-take shot. No do-overs, no editing [...]

Perfect handplant, good stiff arm with the weight centered and a solid grab! Burton’s got a few of these TricTracs floating around out there and we like to highlight them from time to time. This one’s all about the handplant, a trick that’s not particularly easy to do on a snowboard. Luckily for us we [...]

Impromptu indoor jibbing park, impressive! So what do you do when you’re a major snowboard manufacturer and you want to hold a contest in a large city? Oh, did we mention that the city is Tokyo? Burton decided it’s as simple as building an indoor jibbing park with enough room for spectators and all the [...]

That looks like a frozen lake up ahead, let’s go! When you think of the shortest days of the year, you’re probably imagining cold and lazy times. In Anchorage, AK this means less than six hours of actual sunlight. Good thing  Ethan Diess, Jeremy Jones, Alex Andrews and Zak Hale brought some lights and a [...]

PR Waves, Kiteboarding Brazil, BMX Portland, Zak Hale 13, Vertical Scorpion It’s Friday and you know what that means! FIVE for the Weekend is in full effect. We’re starting off with Pat Schmidt surfing in Puerto Rico. I’ll have to admit a little jealousy due to the fullsuit, booties and gloves we’re forced to wear [...]

The Frontside boardslide is a thing of beauty which never gets old! Ethan Deiss, Zak Hale, Mark Sollors and more show us the correct way on how to do a frontside boardslide. This trick is one of the few that no matter how many times it is performed, it never gets old or boring. Technique [...]

The credits of a movie have never been better! The outtakes and quick scenes from the new Burton Movie, “Standing Sideways” brings a feeling of freedom and happiness to all. The movie will be released this fall but take a look at the credits…we can already tell this is going to be a sick movie! [...]

Longboarding back to Texas, Snow Porn, Travis Grant, McCormicks, Nate Greenwood Here at ASN we wish that it could be Friday everyday just so we can sit down and watch some sick youtube videos and then go grab a cold brew! We got some cool video’s for your viewing sensations on this beautiful day starting [...]