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Rider Alec Wood Hits Late Pow at Kirkwood

Team Rider Alec Wood got out for some late season pow at Kirkwood, its about time to hang up the snow gear and break our the Comp I.  Looking forward to seeing Alec back on the water ripping, check back at the Tank for more on Alec this… continue reading

Shaun White Wins Gold at Vancouver and Celebrates with Stixx Wakesurf Sesh?

Not that there was any doubt about it, but Shaun White is the best snowboarder alive. Wednesday night he successfully defended his 2006 men’s halfpipe gold medal. And yes, he did the Double McTwist 1260. After a flawless first run, White found himself where he usually is: atop the… continue reading

Coalition Artist Shaun Gordon Gets Published for Palmer Snowboard and Liberation Wakeskates

Since announcing Shaun Gordon as our first Featured Artist for slayshTank he has had a couple designs published for Palmer Snowboards and Liberation Wakeskates. Congrats to Shaun and the new designs are sick and we look forward to seeing the final designs for the first Artist Series in March… continue reading

slayshTank Art Director Finalist for Ride Snowboards Design Contest

Just weeks after we all pitched in and helped slayshTank Art Director Ty Hudgins win the last design contest, he finds himself a finalist in the Ride Snowboards {8} design contest. By this time, most of you should have received your payout for your votes from the last contest and its time to… continue reading

iPhone Update from Rider Johnny Stieg

Team Rider Johnny Stieg hit Sierra Summit and brought his iPhone.  The first few attempts on this 10 ‘ drop were not a success but the skis eventually landed under his feet.  Keep your iPhone in that side pocket and the wind always at your back…. continue reading

slayshTank Introduces slayshFlo Sponsorship Program for 2010

In addition to managing the Shred Stixx Pro Wakesurf Team and the slayshTank Pro Team, slayshTank has just announced the slayshFlo sponsorship program for 2010.  We are opening up our sponsorships and recruiting new talent for 2010.  The slayshFlo program will offer incredible discounts on… continue reading

Rider Alec Wood Hits the Kirkwood & Dodge Ridge Pow

The boats are winterized and the snowboards are out. Team Rider Alec Wood hits Kirkwood on a regular basis during the winter months and phototographer Vince Piercey caught this shot of Alec last weekend.  Check back for more updates from the California… continue reading

A Day at the Park with Rider Johnny Stieg

We caught up with Rider Johnny Stieg for a day in the park at his home spot in Northern California. We hit a secret spot (rooftop) skate ramp and then decided to wax the brush guard with a snowboard.  There was actually no snow, but we got a little help from a local snow cone factory, it was… continue reading

Shaun White and Red Bull Project X

Several months ago slayshTank published an article featuring Shaun White and the Secret Halfpipe regarding some rumors that were flying around the web at the time.  With a fresh snow season upon us we checked back in with Shaun and Red Bull on the secret stash halfpipe and discovered what is quite… continue reading

Is this Shaun White slayshing a Stixx?

Cruising around Youtube the other day and stumbled upon what appears to be some old school footage of professional board maestro Shaun White ripping an older model Piranha Shred Stixx.  Its a little fuzzy but that red hair looks like the original.  You be the… continue reading

Stixx Rider Alec Wood Rips Snow and Water

With the snow season coming to an end some of the Stixx riders are squeezing out a few more trips to the mountains.  Alec Wood is pictured above slayshing the snowboard at Kirkwood in CA and pictured below killing the Thresher last season.  All photography is by Piercey… continue reading

Snow Kiteboarding: A New Frontier of Radical

Alright, so we thought the Norwegians were on to something with their wingsuit base jumping but it appears we have discovered another sport worth mentioning in the legally insane category.  The video below shows what happens when you attach a kite to yourself and buckle in the snowboard.  Makes… continue reading

Shaun White Takes the Dew Cup

The Winter Dew Cup Awards went down at TC’s Pub in the Village-at-Northstar on Sunday afternoon. Fans and athletes packed in to see the prizes handed out for the first Winter Dew Tour. Awards for Athlete of the Year and the Toyota Go Big Award were also given out. In case you need a refresher,… continue reading

Poor Boyz Prodcutions Release Trailer for Every Day is a Saturday DVD

The new film by Poor Boyz Productions features some of snow skiings’ elite: Nick Martini, Matt Walker, Riley Leboe, Mike Henitiuk, John Spriggs, Matt Margetts, Frank Raymond, Tanner Hall, Brandon Kelly, Peter Olenick, Chris Benchetler, Jossi Wells, Andreas Håtveit, Jon Olsson, Tim Durtschi,… continue reading

Shaun White and the Secret Stash Halfpipe

There have been many rumors flying around the web about the secret stash, Bat cave style halfpipe that belongs to one Shaun White.  To date this has been a mythical place dreampt up by half baked snowboarders but recent pictures show that there may be truth to pipe dream rumor.  This picture is… continue reading

Hybrid Sessions Brings the Snowy Goods

“I think the friendliest people around maybe the Bloggers of the world.” As the slayshTank and slayshBlog have gotten off the ground in the past two months we have been reaching out to the action sport bloggers of the world and got some amazing feedback and support.  One site in particular… continue reading