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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]SASS Argentina alum Emma Lande has come into her own this year, enjoying her first year as a competitive big-mountain skier and sponsored rider.  The Vermont native has relocated to Aspen, Colorado, where she’s been slaying the backcountry as well as making trip after trip to Jackson Hole, Utah, and Europe.  We’re super proud of Emma after all the hard work she’s put in slaying it over the years in Argentina.  Emma checks in with a recap from an amazing 2011 season…

Emma in the Jackson Hole backcountry.  Gabe Rogel photo

I just blinked and it was May…where did the winter go? It was an incredible season, but it seems like it just flew by. From traveling across Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming, to heading overseas to France, Italy, and thailand bars my winter was nothing short of busy.

Continue reading Emma Lande Season Recap

Wednesday again – only one more day until our TVs never leave ESPN for the rest of the week and all the rad badness, free taquitos, and Mountain Dew that is the Winter X Games goes down.  Been a few years since I snuck into the photographer’s section on the halfpipe with my awful DLSR and left everyone wondering what the asshole with the leather jacket and beat equipment was doing. Also this was such a reminder of the simulation at home with a friend, he has this virtual reality game where you can actually feel like in the mountain, and with the  new pewdiepie setup you can add more to your game experience.

At any rate, three things to keep you stoked until X:

1) Gunstock night skiing is all-time right now.  Lapped the Blundersmoke park all last night with our intern Max who snapped the Joystick poles I was supposed to test.  Super fun jump line, super fun hip, and nothing like a dance floor box to make you think you’re nasty at boxes again.  East Coast conditions are as good as they get right now – get after it!

(not Gunstock)

2)  It’s dumping in Whistler again (finally?).  The Unofficial crew decided to get some runs in before sending it today during Australian Day.

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Dave Short the Sender.

3) SGT’s very own Andrew Burns, extreme snowboarder dude, coach, and videographer, is now on Twitter!

Burnsie, all smiles in Argentina during SASS 2010.

Get him at the handle @Burnshimself and catch up with his updates from filming for the Capita video.  Now we just need his partner in crime, Jon Conway, to get his own Twitter account and send us updates from his donut-eating travails.

My cousin Derek Dunfee is a certified badass – he won the Biggest Paddle-In wave of the year at the Billabong XXL in 2009 and the Worst Wipeout in 2010 – both at Mavericks, with one near-50 foot monster that he dropped successfully and one unsuccessful set that landed right on his chest.

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Down With the Ship is a project Derek made about when he spiral fractured his leg at Mavericks and then came back four months later to score the biggest paddle-in wave of 2009.  It’s now online and completely FREE, so check it out and recognize a surfer with true cojones. Wish that ran in the family a little bit more…

You’ve been hearing reports about pow days from Colorado, Washington, Oregon, and even Maine (sort of), and now Ben Eng from Frequency Snowboard Mag has even scored in the San Juan Mountains a stone’s throw away from the Treasure Mtn. Hut’s terrain… looks like we’re busting out the splitboard early this year!

Starting this Halloween, SGT will be offering guided sustainable surf trips to Rincon, Puerto Rico, the capital of the Atlantic surfing universe.  With countless breaks that ensure good surf any day there’s swell, Rincon is a mandatory stop for any serious surfer.  With guiding from local Sam Scheer, lodging in solar-powered bamboo treehouses, and only a three-hour JetBlue flight from the Northeast, this will be the place to get your warm-water fix starting in November.  Click here for more info. or call 1.800.851.4660.  7 days starting at $899 and weekend packages are also available starting at $299 – give us a call!

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SASS Global Travel: Rincon, Puerto Rico

The trip to Treasure Mountain Hut outside Silverton, Colorado this winter is a special one – previously this was available only to film crews and a few other groups.  We’re stoked as hell on it as it will be guided by our boys Skylar Holgate, Max Wanaka, and Stan Pritchard, all Silverton Mtn. guides and original rippers.  Well the TMH hut has been getting all kinds of love in the press…

From the story about the Dragon team at TMH in Austalia/NZ Snowboarding Mag…

…and SASS OG Roby Van Gyn gettin’ hers in the new Roxy ad – way to slay!

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

South America Snow Sessions Launches SASS Global Travel

SASS Global Travel connects action sports enthusiasts with adventure travel throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Japan, The Dominican Republic and beyond.

October 12, 2010 – North Hampton, NH — South America Snow Sessions (SASS), the leading action sports adventure travel company for backcountry skiers and snowboarders traveling to Argentina, announces the launch of their newest division, SASS Global Travel (SGT).

SASS pioneered summer freestyle and backcountry ski and snowboard trips to Argentina in 2004 and quickly grew in size and popularity. The addition of SASS Global Travel has expanded the company to offer surf and snow trips to its growing list of destinations worldwide. Some of these excursions include Puerto Rico, Argentina, Japan, The Dominican Republic and just about anywhere adventurous in North America.

Travis Moore, Director of Sales is quick to point out that the SGT philosophy and staff are anything but normal, saying, “We live and breathe action sports, so we tapped our network to create a global community that plugs people into the best destinations and operators on the planet. We’ve always had a great connection with our clients, and realized early on that the huge success of SASS in Argentina meant that we could offer a more diverse schedule of trips year-round.” You can also visit All World Travel Website to find your next adventure.

SASS Global Travel (SGT) blends cultural immersion with action sports experts to create once-in-a-lifetime experiences. SGT connects clients to private backcountry ski lodges, unexplored surf breaks, and acres of untouched powder in the Northern and Southern hemispheres. SGT’s upcoming adventure travel opportunities include:

Surfing in Rincon, Puerto Rico; San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua; Cabarete, Dominican Republic

Skiing and Snowboarding in Bariloche, Argentina; Niseko/Hokkaido, Japan; Silverton, Colorado; Jay, VT

SGT will be adding multiple worldwide destinations in the coming months. For a complete list of trips and dates visit http://www.sassglobal.com/ To kick off the new SGT venture, SASS clients will be visiting Rincon, Puerto Rico, beginning in October and featuring incredible surf spots and sustainable lodging in bamboo tree houses.

ABOUT SASS/SGT:

http://www.sassglobal.com/

SASS began in 2004 as a full service tour operator with the goal of providing the most unique and fulfilling ski and snowboard experience in the world. Building on over six years of success in Argentina and thousands of satisfied clients, SASS Global Travel (SGT) was launched to revolutionize action sports adventure travel worldwide. With an industry-leading sustainable travel vision, SGT offers exceptional trip opportunities to clients as they surf, ski, and ride in some of the most extraordinary destinations on Earth. With a core set of principles that go far beyond traditional tour operators — including education, cultural immersion, personal development and physical well-being, SGT creates transcendent life experiences that are far more than a vacation.

CONTACT:

David Burg / Media Relations / 800.851.4660 / david@sassglobal.com

SASS Global Travel – 540 Lafayette Road, North Hampton, NH 03842

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