GET LOCAL!

I’ve said from the start that this is not a “reviews” site and that isn’t going to change. But the fact of the matter is that reviews are kind of fun for us to do, and you seem to enjoy reading them so we’re going to keep doing them.

But we are going to change it up a little bit this year by focusing on local/independent brands with a little project we are calling “Get Local!”.

Why?

Face it if you want to know about Bean snowboards in Boston, or Marhar in Michigan, or No Way! in Tahoe, it is much harder to find that information than for a Burton Custom. Our goal is to help support local scenes by spreading the word about companies you might not know about, and helping you find info/reviews about their boards.  I think it’s a win-win-win situation.

What to expect?

In the Get Local! series, we’ll be previewing local/independent companies with a brief interview, and then we will follow-up by reviewing one of their snowboards. The reviews will follow our normal format, but instead of a couple of hot laps at a demo event, we really want to put a full day or two on these decks and get a good all around feel for them.

Who’s involved?

We have been emailing companies across the USA and Canada to invite them to be a part of this, and although we’re trying to reach out to everyone, I’m sure we missed a few. If you’re reading this, and want to suggest a company that’s local to you (or maybe you work for an indy snowboard company), sound off in the comments below or send an email to david@agnarchy.com.