Rome Snowboard Design Syndicate

Lets face it – Mondays suck. Back to class, back to work, back to the grind. We’d all rather be partying with friends, taking turns at the hill, or maybe just catching up on the ol’ tube. Case of the Mondays hopes to give you some helpful tips to make your work or school week go by a little quicker, because no matter if you’re working or in school – everybody’s workin’ for the weekend.

Rage Mask: For those who keep up on internet trends, you’ll recognize this little guy. He’s the face of “Fuuuuuuuu Comics” aka Rage Comics. When you find yourself in situation where you feel like maniacally screaming “F%@#!!!!!”…he does it for you. Being that I find myself in numerous situations that I’ve related to these Rage Comics, I figured out how I could make it work in real life situations, away from the web. Ever had to answer a question in class just because your teacher could see you weren’t paying attention? Ever had the receptionist interrupt your web surfing session to tell you that “your Mom wants you to call her back after work”? Problems solved.

Rather than bottling up your rage and exploding on some unfortunate soul, why not just identify yourself as “raged?” That way, people will KNOW to avoid you on a Monday. Teacher will stop pickin’ on you, and the receptionist will already understand that you won’t call your mom back. With the Rage face, just simply print and cut out the included Rage face, and watch it work. I’ve already seen it action!

Print this off first!

Fresh bowl of Charms and no milk? RAGGGGEEEE!!!!! Angry breakfast eater avoided!

Comin' home from a hard day at the office with some healthy snacks! Oh no! The integrity of this plastic bag has been compromised! RRRRAAAGGGEEE!!!! Better stay out of the way of the savage shopper!

Just strummin' on the strings with my new pi...oh damn it, I dropped my pick in the sound hole!!! RRRRRAAAAAGGGEEEE!!!! Run for the Hills - this sour serenader is FURIOUS!

Check back next week for a new Case of the Mondays!

-Forester

In 1996 the size of Ingemar’s backside air at Riksgransen blew minds, changed everyone’s perception of “big” forever and landed him on multiple covers.  It’s still pretty damn big 14 years later.

I was over at Cavan’s the other day getting some things ready for ShredTV. He’s been in snowboarding forever, and is one of those guys who archives stuff. The Noah Salasnek pro model from Sims with the skate trucks and wheels was such an important board — Cavan rode it back as a grom working for EB. And his copy of FLF’s “Gettin’ Some” is sick as well, with Jason Brown throwing a mean shifty.

Little over a week ago in Vermont we got a little bit lucky and got around 20 inches of snow in the mountains around the Rome office.  A bunch of people from the office headed to Stowe to hike and enjoy some late season pow.  (I personally went to Bolton, was the only car in the parking lot and got my car booted…. that’s another blog-post though, which will include a liberal amount of swear words.)

Brendan O'Shea

Anyways, we decided to run a quick contest where we left the highback of a Rome 390 Boss binding up at the top of the hill, and the first person to grab it would get some new boots to hike in next year.

Jonathan Kiraly was the first person up there to grab the highback and score a pair of 2011 Libertines with the PureFlex lacing system.  Thought I’d shoot some questions his way.

Hi Jonathan, where are you living and stuff, how often do you get to Stowe?

I’m living in Burlington, going to UVM.  I got about 60 days in, 40 of which were at Stowe, hiking 3 days, including the day I won some boots.

How was that day?

Woke up at 6:15am, left Burlington at 7am, began hiking at 830am.  Did not expect to beat the hardcore Stowe locals. There were already a few people riding down when we pulled up.

Was it worth it?

Of course, can’t beat fresh tracks and face shots on April 28th!

Did you know it may snow on Sunday? (this was before the Rome FOR, or friends of Rome party)

No, I was not aware of this possible snow, but I will definitely be keeping a close eye on this and wouldn’t miss another chance to get some more turns in.  See ya tomorrow at the party!

Well, Sunday’s snow was no April 28^th, I heard 14 at the top of Stowe, but didn’t see any photos. The party was a really good time.  I’ll post some photos of that party soon here on the blog.  And if you’re in them partying too hard, and email me asking me to take them down, I’ll ignore your email, and next time we see each other I’ll say something like, “oh yeah, I’ve been having email issues, it must have ended up in my spam folder, which will be a lie. (photos by Mike and Paul, same day Jonathan hiked though)

On Friday, Darkside Stowe held a “Metal Mini” party to celebrate the opening of the new mini-ramp inside the shop.  Beer, BBQ, skating, heavy slams, good people.  Such a great start to the off season.  Enjoy the low quality photos.  Thanks to Paige and Bo for throwing a good time.  There were way better skating and hanging photos to be had, but I was busy skating and hanging.

Rules are important

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Mike Toohey and Adam Hawes in attendance

tie-dye’s so hot right now.

Being awesome.

If you are up in AK, you’re probably doing something like this….

Photo: Sharif Zawaideh

High pressure has hit and with blue skies the heli-fun is in full swing.

Photo: Dustin Carroll

But what do you do when the sun goes down? You throw a party and have a big ass bonfire. The kind of bonfire that would make even the best pyromaniac jealous. Our 4th Annual Doug Coombs memorial party always features a massive fire to celebrate the man that made Alaskan shredding happen in the first place. If you don’t know who Doug Coombs is, do your homework. Big mountain snowboarding would not be where it is without him, especially here in Alaska.

Heres a little taste of the celebration…

Like any self-respecting pyro, we burn everything we can get our hands on, and are sure to add plenty of propellants.

Photo: Dustin Carroll

Photo: Dustin Carroll

But like every party, its going to end at some point. See you in Alaska….

Photo: Dustin Carroll

John Foy just shot me over a clip of him riding some pow over in Squaw. Looks pretty sick.

Week 2 off no soda and candy for Eiki – here is the proof! from www.helgasons.com on Vimeo.

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After the contest (i took it very easy since i´m just not ready yet after my injury to do a good run on a 7 jump course) Tyler Charlton and me got a chance to go heli-ing with Oakley, it was sooo sick! Tyler and me had only been in a helicopter once before – on the way to the hospital. Back then I was even unconscious and therefore not able to appreciate it in any way, so i was way stoked to get my heli experience without the bad circumstances this time!

The snow wasn´t the best since it had been warm for a while, but it was still great times and i can´t wait for the next time…

Now i am by the way back in the US riding Breckenridge to get my old strengh back 100%.  Right in this moment it´s dumping outside. The winter isn´t over yet!

Silvia