Canada, Costa Rica,Portland and Seattle. Pretty good Month.

Well, it's been a really solid month riding a few different mediums in a few different continents. After leaving my brothers in the powder of Central British Colombia, it was off to San Jose, Costa Rica to get back on the water. Ten days of riding Jim Kilsdonk's Glassy fresh water course, putting the Strada through some early 2010 sets got the season started off right. I was able to put a few different skiers of different levels on our new shape, and everyone was as fired up about Rossi's new shape as I am.

From there it was off to Portland for the Portland Boat Show. Thanks to everyone who stopped by the AWS booth to talk skiing, watch some football and check out our '010 madness. It was a killer weekend unveiling RadaR's latest and greatest to the local rippers.

Then it was off to Seattle to get some of my last days of snowboarding in for the winter. We hit a few days of objectionable conditions, but had an epic day at Crystal with Sully, Whooz (of the the great Huzinator fame...See ronixwake.com and hit up the softgoods for details) and myself. We had fresh turns from first chair til out. I got in 19 days this year so far, but its water from here on out for me.

The rest of the week was spent at the factory doing up some 2011 graphics with Higgy in our art department.

An afternoon of January Lake Sammamish wake surfing and an unreal Sunday of football closed my trip.

Orlando next week, then Australia for some clinics and the Moomba

Masters.

T$

Utah Updates

It has been a week in which the valley (Salt Lake City) is submersed in inversion. When high pressure holds over Utah, all the smog rolling in from California combines with the smog generated from Salt Lake City and creates a mess of grossness. Fortunately, being up in Alta, we are above the inversion and experiencing mostly sunny days. It gets a little depressing in Alta when it does not snow. The conditions at Alta Ski Resort are actually fairly good. The groomers are fast, most of the off-piste snow is smooth (very little moguls), and the skier traffic is not to crowded. The back country skiing right now is quite bad. Most of the South East-North West slopes have been hammered by the sun. What didn't get sun damaged was effected by a wind storm we had up here early last week. Basically, there is not a lot of great powder to be found.

My friend and RS1 rider John VanGieson came to visit for a few days (first picture). Had a great time touring around Alta, trying to find the best snow. I'd say we fared much better than most, so it was a success. Too bad he left yesterday as this coming week is supposed to go off with snow. Starting Monday we are expected to get snow for the entire week. I will post some pictures later in the week if it gets deep. Until then, take care and enjoy every minute of life!

Chris Rossi

Team Pages are now up-and-running on the website

Check out the 2010 bio's of our team. We're mighty proud of these guys. You won't find a more complete team anywhere in the industry. We'll let you know as we add videos and more interactive information on them in the future.
http://radarskis.com/team.html

sully

Utah

Well it's officially winter here in Utah. We have not had the kind of snow that past years have brought us, but it's still real good. Last week brought us a storm that produced 30+ inches of light and fluffy powder. Alta went off with many over head face shots. On days like these, I love cruising the resort with my friends. Everyone is riding such a natural high it's like we are all drunk with energy. In usual fashion, the storm rolled on through and left us with bluebird skies and great backcountry touring conditions. I snapped these two photos while out skiing. The first is of a couloir in Big Cottonwood Canyon. Finding the entrance was a little sketchy, but once in the chute, it was one of those runs you feel totally satisfied with after. Pizza and beers were the call after that day. The second picture was from two days ago. This is the Emma ridge that looks down into Alta. The snow was like velvet and we had a fun descent. Guess what? It's snowing as I write this, so it's time for me to cut this short and go make some turns.

Rossi