If you’ve spent the summer at Windells at Hood before, you’ll know what part-time digger full-time ripper J-Norm is capable of on a snowboard. If you haven’t seen him ride, sit back, click full screen and watch the jib master destroy Windells. Oh and in-case you were wondering, Justin rides the Dopamine.

Cartel team rider Justin Norman aka J-Norm dropped amplid HQ a little email today to let us know that his new website is live. J-Norm.com features heaps of well (more…)

Taking care of summer RnD for the ARC

video courtesy of 4bi9

Watch ARC-riders Tom Wallisch and Steve Stepp rockin’ Hood last week …

Taking home a brand new pair of 0910 Townships is Evan Furbeyre! Congrats to Evan for killin’ it with smooth 360 switch ups and big 270 disasters on the dub kink!

(Blurry Photo courtesy of my iPhone)

What brings an eclectic group of young adults to the Oregon wilderness for the summer? Is it a love for hiking, hermitism, or crystal meth? Hardly. The members of Da Hood House are here for several reasons; to shred the brown summer slopes of Mt Hood, to exterminate the gypsies in nearby Government Camp, and to prove once and for all that freeskiing is taking over the fucking world. (more…)