San Diego, CA Mountain Biker Shot and Had His Bike Stolen San Diego-area mountain bikers are being warned to be alert after a shooting and bicycle theft Tuesday in north San Diego County. The San Diego Police Department is investigating the incident, which involved a cyclist riding beneath Interstate 15 near Lake Hodges, an area popular among mountain bikers. According to police reports, a 37-year-old male was riding his bicycle eastbound on the […] Cycle CycleBrains | August 8, 2019 0 Comments
Mountain Lion Killed After Suspected Attack on 4-Year-Old Boy Near San Diego, CA Wildlife officers said Tuesday that they killed a mountain lion in a San Diego County nature preserve and will try to determine if it was the animal that injured a 4-year-old boy during a group hike a few hours earlier. The boy was hospitalized following the attack Monday and treated for head injuries that were not life-threatening, California Department of Fish […] SnowBrains | May 31, 2019 0 Comments
Oceans Warming: San Diego, CA Just Recorded its Highest Ocean Temperature Ever If you surfed at some point this week along the San Diego, SoCal coastline and thought to yourself, “Good god the water is warm,” that’s because it is. In some areas, the water is reaching balmy, record-level temperatures, reports Surfer.com. On Wednesday, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego recorded ocean temps at 79.2F, its highest registered ocean temperature […] Weather SwellBrains | August 13, 2018 0 Comments
San Francisco Surfer Emma Stone, 16, Wins the Scholastic Surf Series State Championship 16-year-old Emma Stone, a San Francisco surfer representing Half Moon Bay High, just won the Scholastic Surf Series state championship at Oceanside Harbor in San Diego, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. Surfing against a field of Southern California girls, representing San Clemente, La Jolla, Carlsbad, Laguna Beach and other surf havens, Stone won the shortboard division to continue an impressive […] Surf SwellBrains | May 7, 2018 0 Comments
Portillo, Chile Conditions Report: From Bone Dry to Powder Fly This video proves, once again, that Portillo has incredible terrain. Wow. Northern Chile has had a dry winter this year. Portillo is the furthest north ski resort in Chile that we know of. It sits at the same latitude as San Diego, CA. Just last week Portillo released this statement on their Facebook page and their website: “Most of our lifts are functioning and all of the major slopes have adequate snow […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | August 27, 2014 3 Comments
Boat Hull Design for 2015 Atomic Bent Chetler The 2015 Atomic Bent Chetler will have a bit of a boat hull style tip. Chris Benchetler, the ski’s designer, was inspired by a Rob Machado (pro surfer from San Diego, CA) surfboard design: “It [the 2015 Bent Chetler] was inspired from a surf board that I saw Rob Machado had shaped. He took a standard short board thruster, and basically […] Gear Review SnowBrains | January 17, 2014 0 Comments
2023-24 Stifel US Alpine Ski Team Announced U.S. Ski & Snowboard is proud to confirm the 55 athletes who have accepted their nomination to the Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team for the upcoming 2023-24 season. Related: U.S. To Host 11 FIS World Cups in 2023-24 Season – Most in History Two-time Olympic champion and winningest alpine skier in history Mikaela Shiffrin, 2022 Olympic silver medalist Ryan Cochran-Siegle, […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 10, 2023 0 Comments
Tropical Storm Hilary Wreaks Havoc on California Mother Nature has reminded us of how powerful she can be and has been very active in producing major weather events across the U.S. and Canada this year. This past winter produced historic amounts of snowpack across parts of the western U.S.; there was record flooding in Vermont; more than 37 million acres have burned in Canada’s wildfires and over […] Weather Gregg Frantz | August 24, 2023 0 Comments