Since 2002
One of the brands that I am most interested in seeing year after year is Vancouver Canada’s own Endeavor Snowboard Design. Coming into their 8th season in 2011 and looking to drop an impressive catalog of both hardware and softwear products, Endeavor is still hitting strong with their attention to detail and collaborations with some of the world’s best artists. Mr. Jago, Hydro74, Vince Chan and Derek Stenning are only a handful of the artists that have done work with Endeavor for 2011. New for next season are two models of bindings to round it all out and complete your kit. Keep your eyes out for these!

Image source: Endeavor Snowboard Design

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Vote Now
Nike 6.0, which is Nike’s offshoot action-sport brand, is having a contest where they give you the opportunity to vote for one of six cool features that could possibly become the next best obstacle at the Greatest Hits Park in Mt. Seymour. The features in question include the Calgary Triple Green Rails, The Montreal Big O Pyramids, Vancouver Delbrook, Utah Rail Gardens, Utah Wallride, and Vermont Double Set.

Image source: Nike 6.0

In other online news…..
New website design from Elan Snowboards with site design and direction from VBG Creative Design Studio out of Slovenia. Lots of nice stuff coming out of that studio for both the Elan Snowboards and Artec brands.

Image source: Elan Snowboards

YES, you want a pair!
Independent snowboard brand YES Snowboards, backed by riders David Carrier Porcheron (DCP), Romain de Marchi, JP Solberg and Tadashi Fuse, have now partnered with premium headphone brand Aerial7 to collaborate on a co-branded headphone that will feature premium acoustics, signature styling and superior functionality.

Available in Tank (over-ear) and Sumo (in-ear) models, the limited edition Aerial7 x YES headphones will be available at YES retailers worldwide beginning August 2010. They will make their official debut at the SIA Tradeshow in Denver, CO, which kicks off on January 28th.

Image source: Aerial7

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Dropping at SIA
A new goggle line has been announced from glove manufacturer DROP MFG for the 2010/2011 season. DROP’s introductory line features six high-performance goggles offered in a variety of prints and colorways. Models include the ESPI, Laax and Helio for men, SPR MDL and Rocker for women, and Ripper for kids. Additionally, two special-edition “DROP Pure Inspiration” (DPI) series goggles will be offered from artists Andy Jenkins and Bigfoot.
More info and images after the jump.

Image source: DROP MFG

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Artist Spotlight
We brought you coverage of the Aries 2010 Time Capsule Program that Nike and Nemo Design had commissioned from artist and designer Brian Addison Elliot of Portland Oregon. Now we get a closer look at the Aries itself, complete with the initial sketches or the artist’s renderings. Aries turns out to be a massive installation with cues coming from the vintage space days. You can view a time lapse video of the installation here, and be sure to check out the rest of Brian Addison Elliot’s impressive body of work.

Image source: Brian Addison Elliot

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Spotted at Agenda
Radcollector brings us some photos from the Agenda trade show in Huntington Beach, we get a first look at the ongoing collaboration between snowboard power house 686 and long-time sneaker manufacturer New Balance. This time it looks like a hybrid boot/sneaker is in the works, or some type of hi-top complete with a massive 686 branded tongue. More information on this to come, something is bound to surface at SIA.

Image source: Radcollector

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Now With More Betterness
Automaton has gone through some major hardware retooling to make their 2010/11 line of awesome award-winning snow swords even better. Their goal was to create the world’s finest and most fun freestyle snowboards. The end result are two new models for 2011 from Automaton, the Babble and the Manimal,with the graphics side of things held down with designs from Alex Funderburk and Eve Duhamel, giving some unique flavor to each. Keep your eyes out next season for these bangers!

Image source: Automaton Snowboards

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Doing Space Right
Taking Mission 82 one step further, The Boardroom in Vancouver BC have transformed their store’s window display and interior to represent that of Nike Snowboarding’s latest space-like campaign. The window display was done up to look like the beach from the aftermath of the crash landing into the psychedelic realm from the viral videos, while the interior of the store has vibe more in tune with the mission control. If you’re in the area, go check that out!

Image source: The Boardroom, props@ SSPEIER for the heads up.

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SFxVT For The City
Burton’s relationship with FTC in San Francisco dates back to 1984 when the shop first started selling Burton boards, helping to pioneer snowboarding in Northern California. 25 years later, the relationship is still going strong and this jacket commemorates the long-standing friendship between the two iconic brands and their dedication to snowboarding. The jacket features smoke detailing on the zipper and the inner lining pays tribute to the SF lifestyle. Sold exclusively at FTC stores in San Francisco and Tokyo for $225 USD.

Image source: Hypebeast

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