Throwback Thursday | That One Time it Snowed at Squaw Last Season It’s Thursday, and hence its everyones favorite day to reminisce on the past with the classic #throwbackthursday. We here at Snowbrains thought we would get on the Throwback Thursday Train and highlight some of our best videos from last season, and with roughly four months to go before winter here in the Northern Hemisphere, we’re all […] Jesse Cassidy | July 17, 2014 0 Comments
VIDEO: Behrica | America & Snowboarding for your 4th of July Weekend Well, it’s Independence Day here in the U.S. of A., and we here at Snowbrains would like to wish everyone a happy and safe Fourth of July. To help us celebrate this day of independence and everything American, we thought we would dig up one of our favorite videos from last year, Behrica. Behrica was made by our friend Jordan Behr Bolton last […] Jesse Cassidy | July 4, 2014 0 Comments
Music Mondays | Jet After a brief hiatus, Music Mondays is back once again. After a long time away we want to bring you a band many of you may be familiar with, but may not know a lot of their songs, and that band is Jet. While the Aussie band Jet, out of Melbourne Australia, is well known for their hits such as “Cold Hard Bitch”, and “Are You Gonna be my Girl”, much of their catalogue is unknown to most. With great lyrics, and riffs with an old school classic rock feel, Jet is one of the best bands you will ever listen to, and one of my favorite. Jet formed in 2001 in Melbourne Australia, with Cameron Muncey as the lead guitarist, Mark Wilson on bass, and brothers Nic and Chris Cester on rhythm guitar […] Jesse Cassidy | June 30, 2014 0 Comments
California Trip Report: World Class Single Track & Totaled Cars | The Downieville Downhill Lets start by getting straight to the point, if you like riding bikes, and you have never been to Downieville, California, stop everything you’re doing and head there immediately. I had never been to Downieville before, but had always heard good things, so when the opportunity arose I jumped on it. A few days ago my friends Jordan, Andrew, […] Conditions Report Jesse Cassidy | June 18, 2014 2 Comments
GoPro Is Going Public in $100 Million IPO Over the last few years, GoPro has become the norm at many ski resorts across the world, from world class athletes filming spines in AK, to the beginner filming his Mountain Run experience, GoPro has gone mainstream. And now you can not only own a GoPro, but you can also own your own small stake in the company, as in February of […] Industry News Jesse Cassidy | June 3, 2014 1 Comment
Groundwater Depletion & Mountain Building, California’s Sierra Nevada are Growing Taller Every Year As the current drought continues to grip California and the West, water is in high demand, and groundwater is being drawn out of aquifers at substantial rates. As groundwater in California’s San Joaquin Valley continues to be pumped from the ground for agriculture and industry, it is lowering the elevation of the valley, and possibly […] Brains Jesse Cassidy | May 19, 2014 1 Comment
Music Mondays | Fitz And The Tantrums Why hello there, it’s once again our favorite day of the week, Monday. And we here at Snowbrains want to alleviate that pain, just a little bit, with Music Mondays. So this week we introduce you to a band that a few of us may already be aware of,ย Fitz and the Tantrums. With a soulful, almost throwback feel,ย Fitz and the […] Jesse Cassidy | May 5, 2014 0 Comments
Music Mondays | Stromae Stromae, or Paul Van Haver, is a Belgian singer-songwriter who creates exceptional music in the electronic and hip-hop genres. While all his songs are in French, if you are not familiar with the language it sounds like gibberish, however, the producing and flow of the songs still make it enjoyable, even to the untrained ear. Interesting music videos, and amazing […] Jesse Cassidy | April 27, 2014 0 Comments