The Old Farmers’ Almanac released their long range Winter Weather Forecast for 2016-2017, and things are looking good for a strong winter in North America. Their regional forecasts, which are calculated 18 months in advance and claim to have an 80% accuracy rate, purport the Northeast and Pacific Northwest to have the most favorable winters for snow enthusiasts. Dive into their regional winter weather predictions for a glimmer of where you could score the deepest days this year, and stay tuned for NOAA’s official Long Range Winter Prediction dropping later this month. The Farmer’s Almanac (different from the Old Farmer’s...

This past week adidas Snowboarding launched their debut line of snowboard boots, and outerwear. They invited a few of us media folk up to their campus in Portland, Oregon to check the product, try it out, mingle with the team, and more or less just have a great time. So we did just that. adidas coming into snowboarding is a pretty big move for them, and for snowboarding as a whole, and by the looks of things they’re doing it right. It’s not everyday that a major player emerges, and a lot of talk as been going around as to...