In addition to the 2010 Winter X Games beginning on the 28th in Aspen, Boulder Colorado is the hot spot to be on January 27th, 2010!

You might want to be at the Volcom Store at 5pm for a chance in the contest to win this Volcom Snowboard:

If you are the first fan at the 2nd Annual BLIZZARD BIZARRE Tour to successfully snap a picture with Gigi Ruf on their phone and Twitter the photo to Volcom (@Volcom), will win the custom Volcom Snowboard!  You must make sure that you are following Volcom on Twitter and you include @Volcom in your tweet.

The event is free and people of all ages are invited to have their shot at this quick-finger contest.

The address is:

Volcom Store

1223 Pearl Street

Boulder, Colorado 80302

GOOD LUCK!

The Winter X Games, the premier action sports event in the world, will be held January 28 through January 31, 2010 in Aspen, Colorado, USA.  More than 200 of the best action extreme sports athletes, including past Olympians, will compete in Skiing, Snowboarding and Snowmobiling.

In the snowboard venue names like Chas Guldemond, Scotty Lago, and Travis Rice will represent the USA in the Snowboard Big Air category.  In the Slopestyle category you’ll see Danny Davis, Chas Guldemond, Scotty Lago, and Travis Rice.  And in Snowboard Superpipe category Mason Aguirre, Danny Davis, Danny Kass, Scotty Lago, Luke Mitrani, Kevin Pearce, Elijah Teter, Louie Vito, and Shaun White will be shredding the near-vertical halfpipe walls — showing off their stuff as they represent the USA with wild styles and tricks!

The 2010 Winter X Games 14 will be covered live on ESPN’s family of networks, including ABC, as well as across ESPN’s many digital media assets.  Last Seasons Winter X Games were ESPN’s highest-rated and most-viewed Winter X Games in history! The eight telecasts averaged 942,000 homes, up nine percent from 2008.

World snowboard competitions will never be the same after this years event competitions.  The best of the best snowboard professionals will be lining up and shredding the slopes in their quest for the gold.  Last year it was Shaun White — who will it be this year?

We are excited to announce that its only moments away and 2010 will be upon us; and with it comes great savings of up to 40% on the New Years Snowboard Sale!  Enjoy free gifts with snowboard purchases, which include sunglasses, headphones, goggles and MP3 players!

That’s right!  There’s no better way to start the new year off than with great savings on the latest snowboard gear, including hot brand names like Burton, Morrow, Rossignol, and K2.

Here at the Affordable Sports Equipment Store we strive to offer the best deals on all sporting goods gear, and with the winter snowboarding season upon us there’s no better time to consider a new board; especially considering the great savings during the new years sale.  All through January you can enjoy great savings, but don’t wait too long or before you know it they will have passed you by.
Please enjoy your new year and we look forward to providing you with quality, brand name snowboard gear at the most affordable prices!

With Christmas just around the corner you’re probably getting into the shopping mode and considering your options for gift giving this holiday season.  Perhaps your son, daughter, siblings, or grandchildren are active in the sport of snowboarding and need  snowboard gear.  Fortunately the Affordable Sports Equipment Store has many snowboarding apparel options available for your holiday gifting needs.

The snowboard was originally designed in 1965 by Sherman Poppen of Muskegon, Michigan.  Designing the devise for his children, Poppen’s snowboard was a skateboard without wheels, steered by a hand-held rope, and with no bindings.  However, with years of improvement and the help of pioneers such as Dimitrijie Milovich, Jake Burton, and Tom Sims, snowboarding is now a sport that continues to provide excitement and fun to everyone.  Inspired by surfing and skateboarding, the sport of snowboarding was developed in the United States in the 1960′s and 1970′s and became a Winter Olympic Sport in 1998.

But like any other sport, snowboarding has risks and dangers, and having the proper snowboarding gear and safety equipment is essential.  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) estimates that in 1997, 37,600 snowboarding injuries were treated in the United States.  Approximately 17,500 of those incidents were head injuries.  A study by the CPSC estimates that each year eleven snowboarding related deaths, and 7,700 head injuries, including 2,600 head injuries to children could have been prevented if helmets had been worn.  This is why the decision to invest in snowboarding gear is in the best interest of all who acquire a passion for the sport.

Our wishes at the affordable sports equipment store are for everyone to have a happy and safe snowboarding and holiday season in 2009!