Rome Snowboard Design Syndicate

From the Anchorage Daily News:

“We have a drift that’s gotta be 8 or 9 feet high at the station and our transmitter shack is almost completely buried.”

The snow wasn’t just falling but blowing around creating white-out conditions. The Cordova Police Department asked drivers to stay off the road for a while said dispatcher Nancy Gentry. “The snowplows were not running because visibility was only 10 or 15 feet,” she said.

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Last Spring, a 'bad' snow year

all natural baby

Well, winter is happening here in Northern New England.   Stowe has been getting snow since about Christmas Day.  Through the  power of modern snowmaking and grooming, you may not think it looking at your backyard, winter is here.

Above was some of the all-natural terrain (no snowmaking, no grooming, etc. )  that I rode this morning.

So it’s happening… may not be as epic or unforgettable as last year but it’s there for the taking.

Stowe’s had a foot of snow in the last week, with more snow on the way

Get after it.

We pulled a bunch of limited edition screen prints for the sales meeting this weekend. They came out awesome.

The crew will be in town. Stoked to get the Syndicate all under the same roof and maybe raise some hell. We’ll see.

Once in a while we get an awesome letter. This is one of those times.

This is what Liftline at Stowe looked like on Tuesday.

We had over a foot of snow a week ago. The guns are on now but I’m impatient.

Doesn’t look like he’s having too bad of a time. He sent one word along with the photos; “Shred!!”

Finally! The snow has hit Vermont and Stowe was able to open for the first day of the 11/12 season!…but not before the Rome Crew headed into Burlington for the Red Fang/Spit Jack show the night before.

Spit Jack warming up the stage and crowd before Red Fang.

Blurred photo, obviously from excessive hang banging.

Finishing the set with a song you may know from our new flick The Shred Remains

For those who battled through sleep deprivation from the show, we were happy to see 5 inches of fresh along with a celebratory bottle of bubbly for Stowe’s new high speed quad! Add in a sprinkled doughnut, some good friends, and new gear, and this might be the best way to start of the season…period.

Before logging the first shred day of Stowe's season, Grady, Tim, and Mike enjoy some pre-lift celebratory snacks.

On the lift? That's how we pop bottles!

Justin and Natalie awaiting their turn to break in the new lift with a swig of high end Andres. Oh, and they're stoked to be riding.Until tomorrow...you were a blast Stowe! can't wait for the rest of the season, keep on snow dancin'.

We took the shred van down to Killington for some early season shredding and my first day of the season. It wasn’t hard to get a good size crew together for the trip as everyone in the office has been itching to get out.

Caf, Grady, Matt, Chris, my buddy Kenny and I met up at the office around 7 in hopes of beating the crowds and hopefully earning some nice groomers. Jon “the warranty guy” couldn’t drag himself away from his warm blanky and missed the boat.

By the first run we were rolling deep as we ran into the Stowe Darkside crew.

The crowds did eventually come and it was a bit of a wait but it was fun chatting up old shred friends that you only see while waiting in lift line.

Marketing guys Grady and Caf; checking e-mail, tweeting, insto-gramming, updating their tumblrs, and doing whatever else marketing guys do. Actually, they were face-timing with each other about how much fun the snowboarding was.

With a warm sun, it felt more like spring riding, except my legs were burning a bit from doing little more than getting in and out of my office chair all summer.

Good hit fellas and thanks Killington for the snow.