Alta Snowboard Team belt buckles are back for a limited time. Heavy-duty cast brass buckles with red, white, and blue enamel. If you’re an Alta Snowboard Team competition team rider, you might already have one. Belt not included.

Alta Snowboard Team belt buckles are back for a limited time. Heavy-duty cast brass buckles with red, white, and blue enamel. If you’re an Alta Snowboard Team competition team rider, you might already have one. Belt not included.
Call it a buff. Call it a neck gaiter. Either way, we’ve been asked for quite some time and here they are: AST buffs. Cut the sand-blasting snow and wind. Protect your face from the high-altitude U/V light. Pull it down over your face and dance around, whatever. Red, white, and blue sitting on black […]
Our man on the sidewalk surfer is at it again. James Cook of Seaside, Oregon to represent Alta Snowboard Team and Seaside Surf Shop at Mt. Tabor park in Portland, Oregon this Saturday, July 26th. It’s the Mt. Tabor Downhill challenge. It will be “Old School Style” with limited space between feet making for an […]
Local shredder and AST rider Shannan Yates takes 1st place at Chamonix with fellow AST riders Laura Dewey and Kaitlin Elliot finishing in 6th and 7th, respectively. This was the first stop on this year’s Swatch/North Face Freeride World Tour. All the American female snowboard competitors hail from our own Little Cottonwood Canyon. That includes […]
Here it is! The board has become a reality and here’s the production edit to prove it. Prototype – a short edit documenting our first board. Thanks for watching. Here’s some design specs developed along the way:
There’s nothing like flying on a board you designed. I can’t say enough good things about the builders and everyone who had a part in the construction of this one-off custom snowboard. After some experimentation and mad-science we have a first-edition, custom Alta Snowboard Team snowboard. I personally designed this board based on my riding […]
Thursday, March 21. Travel Day: “Never leave good surf,” a wise man once told me. As Justin and I loaded the 84′ AMC Wagon at 6 AM to leave our beloved Little Cottonwood Canyon, the snow had just started to come down hard. We hadn’t seen snow fall in a week or more. Never […]
I’ve been working with my friend Jay at Dirty Bird Boards to build my first snowboard. Jay has been manufacturing custom skis and surfboards for the past couple years and recently made the jump to snowboards. The shop may be close to home but that doesn’t mean this is backyard low-tech. Jay works with space-age […]
Taos Ski Valley is a family owned resort nestled deep within the Sangre de Cristo mountain range in Northern New Mexico. The resort boasts steep terrain, wide-open bowls, and uncrowded slopes. Taos has always been family owned and operated by the Blake family. They are dedicated to continuing the success and legacy of the ski resort […]
Dave Zook is a sponsored Alta Snowboard Team Rider. Dave was kind enough to share his experiences at the first Masters of Snowboarding event held at Alpine Meadows, California on February 14th, 2013. Dave finished 26th in a field of 54 competitors. Author:Dave Zook Photos: Dee To me the Masters is about having fun and pushing my abilities amidst a […]