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Every Third Thursday-by-Signal Snowboards-Fish out of Water-Surf Snowboard Signal Snowboards does a feature called Every Third Thursday (ETT) where they experiment with board designs and materials to come up a unique snowboard that combines feats of engineering with stoke and creativity. This month the Signal crew builds one board for both surf and snow. In [...]
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Protect your body from falls without looking like the Michelin Man There are a lot of options for protecting your body from the impact of a hard or awkward fall, but not many options to do it with a minimal amount of bulk (which can hinder performance). G-Form allows you to protect yourself and your [...]
A few years back, Bitness ran a series of articles on the process of shaping an Alaia – a wooden, pre-20th century Hawaiian surfboard. I was pretty proud of my accomplishment – thought I nailed it! A few months later I was at my local surf shop Warm Winds and saw 3-4 cedar Alaia beauties [...]
I was stoked to learn there would be a magazine dedicated to backcountry snowboarding. To find out I was IN the Winter 2012 premiere issue made it all the more sweeter! Kronicle is published by Height of Land Publications, the same folks who bring us Alpinist, Telemark Skier and Backcountry magazine. OK, so they made me an [...]
When you or one of your friends drops in a halfpipe, wave, downhill single-track or chute you pull for them to make something special happen. It’s called spreading the stoke and for a little over a year Stokelab has done just that and done it beautifully with incredible imagery and digestible stokey nuggets of editorial. [...]
As of November 2011, Bitness has been bringing you their fresh take on fitness gadgets and gear for the past 5 years. We’ve tested products for runners, swimmers, snowboarders, cyclists and survivalists alike. Starting in November 2011, we’ll switch focus to what many call action sports or adventure sports. These sports include surfing, snowboarding, skateboarding, [...]
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Bitness is a group of snowboarders, skaters, surfers, kayakers, rock climbers, survivalists, mountain bikers and weekend warriors with backgrounds in professional photography, web development, writing and design. We review gadgets and gear we either already own as well as gear provided to us by the manufacturer or their agencies to test.