What to do with all those stickers …
Theres a cool article at the Burton Snowboards Community on the proper way to sticker your snowboard. Stickering is an artform so get familiar. Brought to you by Now Read This from Burton.

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Special Edition Bindings
Union Binding Company, known for their bombproof bindings, have a special division of their company that is probably not known to most. It’s a division dedicated to the progression of snowboard binding design and visual application. What that translates to is a special limited run of bindings each season for the who’s who of the snowboard world. Past collaborators include Airblaster, Milosport, Snowboard Mag and Danny Kass’ Boned Age, among others. Check out their site for the 2010 range of Custom House bindings.

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Artist Series
Ride Snowboards have released the first of a three part arts series for the DH2 snowboard. The graphics for this DH2.1 initial release were done by Californian fine artist Michael J Zepeda III, hailing from Costa Mesa. According to Ride: The DH2 series features Ride’s new LowRize™ rocker profile with LowRize™ specific sidecut, built to lock in landings and eliminate hook. This twin also combines our exclusive Membrain™ top sheet, Pop Stixs™ and 85A Slimewalls® for a one of kind freestyle Ride ideal for going big. Releasing in 7 sizes, get yours now from Ride.

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Pick up a copy at your local snow & skate shop
Updown Magazine is one of the most slept on snowboarding publications out today, they could best be described as the Vice magazine of the snowboard world, giving us content we’ve never really expected from a snowboard magazine until now. That’s a good thing. Give their website a visit as well, because the content doesn’t end when you’ve read the last page of the mag, it just carries over to the web for more.

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2010 Collection
There is something about The Brown Buffalo creative design studio in Burlington VT that screams craftsmanship and dedication to the creation and design of quality made products. Their work speaks for itself: a combination of function, usability and style.

This 15 year old studio specializes in wheeled luggage, bags, backpacks, furniture, and wood stoves for an impressive roster of clients. Those backpacks you see coming out of Burton year after year with the cool patterns are the product of their studio. Check out The Brown Buffalo for more pictures of the 2010 luggage collection, and be sure to drop by Burton as well.

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Ride Forever Campaign
Cambridge Massachusetts’ Soldier Design studio has worked closely with Burton Snowboards over a number of years on a multitude of projects. Since 2008 they have been appointed Agency of Record for RED Protection and have since rebuilt and realigned the brand. Ride Forever is RED’s campaign for 2009, developed by Soldier in conjunction with RED. The campaign covers many levels of media ranging from branding, print, web, point of purchase, product and architectural design. Very inspirational, and if you look closely you can pick up some sneaker references in the helmet designs. I’m sold on these. More images after the jump.

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686 x You
Designing outerwear is a lengthy process that is often overlooked once we see the finished product on store shelves. A lot of thought and research go into each and every piece and that jacket you’re wearing probably went through numberous design revisions in board rooms before it ended up looking how it is. 686 Outerwear is allowing everyone the opportunity to take part in this process. They’re running a design contest where you can mock-up 686 jacket and pant concepts and colorways. One winner will be chosen to have their design custom made, with the possibily of it being included in a future collection. Get your Illustrator on and get cracking, the contest ends Novermber 1, 2009. More information at 686 Outerwear.

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New for 2010
Our friends at Endeavor Snowboard Design have relaunched their website for the upcoming 2010 season. The site features a look at the new range of products, the artists responsible for all their board design, and a ton of content that ranges from artist inspiration to the technology found in their boards. Some sick wallpaper to download as well! Check it!

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Get crackin’
Celsius Snowboard Footwear is running a design contest where they will be accepting ideas and concepts for new boot designs. The Celsius team will choose the 3 best boot designs and have them featured on the website. The winner will more than likely get their boot produced by Celsius. More information regarding the contest is on their website.

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The Old School
For those of us that have experienced snowboarding back in the day, I’m sure you could come to appreciate how far we’ve come along just by looking at the type of equipment available today. I remember when some of these boards were cutting edge for the time, it’s funny how things change. DVS Shoes has put together a pretty concise online museum displaying some of the more iconic boards of our time. Check that.

Image source: DVS Snow Museum