MARK YOUR TERRITORY!

OPEN TO EVERYONE! "Mark Your Territory" in Plymouth NH. Film 2 minutes worth of video on the 12 chosen features in the town of Plymouth (Now until February 23rd). The videos will premier on Friday March 6th at Smoke and Mirrors, Plymouth. Winners will be voted on by all in attendance and TONS of PRIZES will be awarded. Afterwards stick around for a huge party with beverages. Rails will be set up all day for general usage during the premier. Mark Your Territory today. Visit steezminimag.com for more details.

DOLOMITE EDITION IS DYNAMITE!

The long anticipated Dolomite Edition is finally on the shelves! Check it out on the Steez site for FREE of course. We've pushed the envelope yet again and you might notice some sick improvements from past issues. Get it now!

MAD SNOW AT CROTCHED

The Main Event kicked off last Saturday at Crotched Mountain and it was awesome! About 14 inches of snow came dumping overnight and throughout the day. Some of the best riders around New England came out to throw it down. An epic day!

UP THE ANTE SLIDESHOW

MAIN EVENT OPENER @ CROTCHED

So you know that the season is officially underway when the Main Event Series finally kicks off. This Saturday the 20th at Crotched Mountain, the Main Event will begin round 1 of it's six part New England tour. Although Crotched was hit hard with the ice storms and lost power for 5 days, they're back up and running and ready for the Main Event. Look for a bigger and better comp this year with even nastier riders from all over the Northeast competing for their chance to be in the U.S. Open. Steez will be co-sponsoring the Main Event this year so make sure to smile for the cameras. See you slopeside.

GREAT TIMES AT THE WHALE

Damn it was cold, but that didn't stop the jibbers from coming out to the Whale for Up The Ante. Most of NH was out of power, 2 inches of ice covered everything, and the high for the day was 14. Undoubtedly a brutal winter day in New England. You gotta love it though. Skiers and riders threw it down on some pretty sick early season features and it was well worth it in the end. Cash, skis, long boards, entire outerwear setups and so much more went to the top competitors and everyone walked away super pumped that they braved out the elements. Props to everyone at Whaleback for making it happen once again.

UP THE ANTE at WHALEBACK

This Saturday December 13th the Whale will be hosting its first park event of the season with a head to head jib event in Jib Port (lower mountain).We will be setting up lift towers, tractor tires, boxes, rails and much more. Every competitor will receive a goody bag as well as lunch. $10 from every competitor will go towards the cash prizes.

Cost to compete: $35(includes lunch and goody bag)

Cost to just ride: $15(you will have to ride around the event. We will have something open to jib throughout the entire day)

Sign up: 11 -12noon

Practice: 11:30am - 12:30pm

Start: 1pm

Open to skiers and riders. Men and Women.

Classes: Open and Advanced (cash prizes for advanced only)

Prizes: Top 3 in each class. (Guaranteed to walk away with tons of gear)

Meathead Films will be premiering their new movie "Head To The Hills" after the comp around 4pm to 4:30pm (free for all competitors) $5 for everyone else.

Steez will be there!

STACK THOSE BENJAMINS!

So some got rich at Rails to Riches at Killington Vermont. Forest Bailey, Tanya Schmidt, and John (LJ) Strenio took home the bulk of the $15,000 cash prize loot. Straight up cash was laid ot to the top winners and many went home with far more money and opportunities than they came with. Stay tuned for more to come on all these up and comers. (photo: nemisisphoto.com)

RAILS TO RICHES

Just like the name states you could make some serious cash in an instant (which is pretty hard to do these days). Killington has teamed up with Mountain Dew again this year to offer another $15,000 cash purse for the annual Rails to Riches comp and Steez will be there. Men's and womens categories will be judged throughout the days qualifiers and finals will be held under the lights this Saturday December 6th. Get that money while you can.

ALREADY KILLING IT AT MT. SNOW

Opening weekend kicked ass all over New England, but if you wanted park, then "Carinthia" was your word. Mt. Snow's multi-million dollar plan to turn the entire Carinthia side of the mountain into a ridiculous boarders paradise was in full swing last weekend. Hundreds of boarders braved the cold and wind for some of the best early season park riding you'll ever find. Check out the myspace for more pics soon.

UP THE ANTE AT WHALEBACK

Wanna win some cash?? Take the gamble and head up to Whaleback on December 13th for the first ever head to head park event "UP THE ANTE". Tons of great prizes, including cash and they're guaranteeing plenty of good snow. Whaleback is pushing this hard and looking to have one of the most successful park events in their history. Come to watch or come to play. Sure to be sick as hell!

LIVE FREE & RIDE ON CAMPUS @ UNH

Live Free & Ride was created by the students at UNH as a way of finally hosting a rail jam on campus (Scott Hall Lawn). Admission is free and there's over 1500 dollars in cash prizes and free gear. There will be tons of great prizes and a lot of braging rights. Invite only under the lights and many spectators expected. SHould be a kick ass time.

PREMATURE JIBULATION AT WATERVILLE

it doesn't matter if the mountains open yet, Roome is to the rescue with their 5th anual premature jibulation series.

Created for your everyday local riders who are dying to get on snow, Premature Jibulation events go down all across North America and Europe through November and December. In many parts of the world, this is the first chance riders have to shred each year. Featuring a jam-session format that is as much about having fun as it is about winning, each event will be littered with rails, boxes, barrels and any other junk we can find that looks fun to ride.

There is no entry fee and the events are open to all riders who want to come out and shred. (Though there is no entry fee charged by Rome, each host mountain might require an early season lift ticket purchase.)

GET OUT OF BED AND SHRED!

The third annual GET OUT OF BED AND SHRED winter sports show at UNH is set for November 13th. Show goes from 5-8p.m so it shouldn't be hard to make it over to the MUB. Tons of great companies and mountains will be present with all sorts of free schwag. Steez will be there so come down and get all the vinyl you can handle. Hit it up!

TRIPLE FEATURE MOVIE NIGHT @ UNH

Head up to the MUB at UNH this Saturday night for three separate movie premiers. All Students with a valid ID get in for just 10 bucks. There's tons of free giveaways and a chance to win tix to Mammoth Mountain California. Afterwards, head down to Ballards to finish off the night. Admission only 4 bucks. See you there.

WHALEBACK JAM

Yo, hit the Whale on the first and Jam all afternoon for only 15 bucks. You really can't beat that and they have 2 big features to keep you happy for hours on end.

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!

The crew at Mt. Snow's Carinthia PArk have already been hard at work blowing snow. Mt. Snow has a small jib park open and as the weather gets colder, they plan on pushing for even more. MT. Snow plans on opening for good sometime in mid-November. Happy Jibbing!

TONS OF FUN!

In case you didn't make it out to Wachusett last Saturday, it was a ton of fun. Hundreds showed up and threw it down. Over a grand in cash prizes and plenty of pre-season bragging rights. A good early season vibe and hopefully much more to come. props to everyone who came out.

OKEMO AND BACK EAST

BAck East Premier and Okemo Rail Jam. Hit it up even after the Wachusett Rail Jam. Nice weather so get out there either way and get that cash.

FUN IN THE SUN JAM AT WACHUSETT

How about a $1,000 cash purse? Sounds pretty good to me. Make sure you hit up Wachusett Mountain this weekend (Saturday 11) for the Fun in the Sun Rail Jam. it's only 15 bucks to enter and theirs tons of shwag and cash prizes. Come throw down.