Bills For Spills Rail Jam!

WHO: enclave, academy printwear, chill foundation, red bull, burton, Heal Clothing

WHAT: a rail jam and fundraiser for Heal clothing and The Chill Program

WHERE: 956 Chapel Street (Temple Courtyard) NEW HAVEN, CT

WHEN: Tomorrow (SATURDAY March 28) from 7-10pm

AFTER PARTY?: You bet. At the ivy Lounge with complimentary red bull cocktail (21+)

CAN I THROW DOWN?: You think you can? Go for it. Features provided by Hunter Mountain

IS THERE A PRIZE PURSE?: No, but don't be greedy. All money raised goes to excellent causes and not someones bar tab

WELL, WHAT CAN I WIN?: Prizes in the raffle! Including a snowboard, outerwear and free stuff. Also giving out beanies and tee shirts if you can grab 'em quick enough! And just dance your pants off, 2 DJ's will be there spinning beats.

See you tomorrow!!

US Open '09 Recap

This past week in Stratton, VT was Burton's US Open. A week-long snowboarding event that brings people from both coasts and foreign countries together once a year. It was a good time to see old friends, make new friends and as usual, it was a constant party. RJD2 performed Friday night after the quarter pipe finals and Santogold killed it on Saturday after the half pipe!
On Saturday, March 21 Danny Kass took home his 5th US Open Halfpipe title and Torah Bright earned her third. Sunday held the slopestyle competition, Chas Guldemond (USA) and Kjersti Oestgaard Buaas (NOR) won slope style finals and $20,000 each. Chas Guldemond and Jamie Anderson (USA) are the new Burton Global Open Series Champions, each taking home $100,000. Check out www.burton.com for more information and details!

Here are some pictures from the crazy weekend........


Santogold:

RJD2 + Crowd:

Burton & 2010 Olympics

Burton and Gore-Tex have combined forces to create the U.S. snowboarding team's uniform for the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.

Jake Burton had this to say, "I’ve never been a fan of uniforms, but if anyone is going to outfit the U.S. Olympic Snowboarding Team, we’re the company that should step up and do it right,” said Jake Burton, Founder and Chairman of Burton Snowboards. “As with everything we design and manufacture, we have already brought together our creative people with some of our country’s best snowboarders to ensure that the final product will represent the riders, the sport and the U.S.A. in an authentic way. Our partnership with GORE-TEX enables the riders to rest assured that regardless of the weather in Vancouver, they will be warm, dry and free to do their best.”

Burton Women's Learn to Ride Snowboard Camp

Hey ladies, think snowboarding is super cool and want to get into it but don't have anyone to show you the ropes? Check out Burton women's learn to ride camp. They'll help anyone from beginner to advanced with tips, tricks and give you knowledge to master the sport. Everyone starts out as a beginner and works their way up. Burton is here to help make that 1st day as fun as possible since that's what snowboarding is all about!
Check out one of the camps and go to www.burton.com for more information!

The answer for freestyle riders?

ATTN: Freestyle Riders...

Featuring a park-specific flex and cushioning system and available in wine-country purple, these kicks will drive you to be the best you can be. The results? Great snow feel and nimble on rails and butters; power balanced with precision.
Cue the 2010 Burton Grail Boot.


This boot replaces the Sabbath boot in the 2010 Burton boot line-up. Burton is saying that this is The boot for all-mountain, freestyle riding.
Burton says it has "a slimmer profile eliminates toe drag and weight, while the fully flared liner lets you press and butter in ways that would make doves cry. Worried about that “Holy Shit” landing ending your existence? Your sole is saved with the most advanced cushioning system ever developed that addresses the medial/lateral support, response, and canted cushioning benefits that park riding demands.”

Can't wait to see all of the other 2010 product!

Upcoming Events!

Hello out there in Internet world... The snowboard industry has a lot going on in the next few months so hope you have some travel funds saved up because some of these events you do not want to miss. Actually, I'm just excited there are still major events going on with all of the sponsors dropping like flies and contests being cancelled! Gotta keep the spirit up and show up to these events! Anyways.... Some to check out:

Waterville Valley, NH turns pink: for the 4th year, Waterville turns pink to support Boarding for Breast Cancer on Super bowl Sunday, Feb 1st. There's a "pink rail jam" sponsored by Oakley, raffles to win all sorts of goodies. In the last 3 years, Waterville Valley has raised $20,000 in it's support. So get out there and go pink!

Red Bull Snowscrapers, NYC: Thursday, February 5th 2009: 16 amazing riders will descend upon the East River Park in New York City to compete for 850 TTR ranking points and a beefy $100 000 prize purse in what is sure to be a throw down of epic proportions. Bundle up, it is supposed to snow that night! Gates open at 3pm.

Red Bull Buttercup; Mount Snow: Feb 28th head North to Mount Snow for the newest contest series on the east coast. " Red Bull has built a super fun, custom butterpad that will be traveling to each resort in the series. Set at the base of your local mountain, under the lights after the lifts are closed, Red Bull Buttercup is all about how much style you can spread onto the butterpad. Jib, bonk, tap and slide your way across the multi-featured pad however you like, just make sure you lay it on with a lot of smooth buttering." Winning finals could make you $1,000 richer. Get that paper.

And the biggest snowboarding event on the east coast is Burton's US Open. Taking place March 16-22nd at Stratton Mountain, VT. Always a good time, outstanding riders and parties that seem to last for daysssssssssss.

New Product! More Sale!

Come one, come all! Enclave has received some new product in! AND please don't be sad that the store wide 30% off sale has ended because we are now offering 20% to 50% off certain items! Which basically means all fall/winter product is on sale. Jackets, first layer, sneakers, goggles, gloves, outerwear, tee shirts, hoodies... you know the deal! Come in and check it out. We need to make room for this spring product, so now is the time to come down and buy that Burton jacket you've been eyeing but didn't want to splurge on. Well, now it's at a great price! You really can't beat it.
As for the new product, we received some men's Element and Billabong. Which includes denim in two different washes, polos, zip ups and tee shirts. For you ladies, we also received some women's element in. Some blouses and hoodies and a new Nike style! Spring product is trickling in so be sure to stop by and see what we keep putting out!

New Diamond & Mighty Healthy Product!

New Product has arrived from Diamond and Mighty Healthy. Come down and peep the whole table full of new gear. Six different styles off tee's and one Mighty Healthy crew neck sweatshirt, plus belts and hats. They all come in assorted colors from size SMALL to XXLARGE. We even have one rando that's XXXL. (Size Large is shown in all the pictures).
enclave is still 30% off except for the new Mighty Healthy and Diamond tees. But since they start at $29.99 for a Tee, it's still a good deal! 2009 Snowboards, bindings and boots are still 30% off. WOW. That's way better then any on-line deal. 23 Broadway is where it's at.



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World Snowboard Day

Everybody start gearin' up. EuroSIMA and the World Snowboard Federation present the third edition of the World Snowboard Day on Sunday, December 21st 2008. At participating mountains you could enjoy a whole variety of snowboarding activities for FREE. Includes environmental awareness, product testing, demos, contests to win sweet stuff, concerts, parties and whatever else that specific mountain has lined up for you and your knuckle dragging friends.
Here are some participating mountains in the United States .... Check out www.burton.com or www.world-snowboard-day.com for some more information and a list of other mountains from all over the world!

-Kirkwood is offering $55 tickets and deals on demos 12/21
-Tamarack is offering 2 for 1 lift tickets with an on-line coupon 12/21
-Gore
-Camelback
-Mountain Creek
-Winter Park
-Seven Springs

Boarding for Breast Cancer

Boarding for Breast Cancer (B4BC) is a non-profit, youth-focused education, awareness, and fundraising foundation. They are advocates of breast-cancer awareness, the importance of early detection, and the value of an active lifestyle. Many snowboard companies including Burton, Volcom, Vans, Roxy, Sessions, Electric, Nixon, Skull Candy and more have developed products that donate part of the profits to B4BC. Not only is it for an awesome cause but the products are pretty fresh too. So from now on, when you are out shopping be sure to keep an eye out for the B4BC logo!

Check out www.b4bc.org for lots more information and how to get involved and donate or shop!

Boy Beats up Coyote with snowboard

Oh geez, listen to this one! So, these boys in Colorado like to snowboard on the golf course behind their house. While they were out one evening, doing all the fun tricks little grommets do, a coyote came up to this one boy, Tony. The boy kept the BURTON snowboard in between himself and the coyote, then the coyote kept circling him. When he went to attack, the boy attacked back with his snowboard! Check out the video for his story! Burton's upside yo' head. yo.
The little grom says peace out at the end. so funny. But of course, it's awesome he is safe and sound!

The CNN coyote link: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/12/07/haythorne.coyote.attack.kmgh?iref=videosearch

HOLIDAY SALE! 30% off.

Yes, you read the headline right. 30% off everything in the store (minus Ugg classic short and classic tall). This is an awesome opportunity to get your holiday shopping done with some great deals. You won't find other 2009 snowboards, boots or bindings on sale anywhere around.
Burton, Nixon, Anon Goggles and sunglasses, Oakley, Special Blend, Quiksilver, Married to the mob, Women's Quik, Element, Lucky Denim, Matix, Mishka....

Hats, goggles, watches, beanies, oh my! Come down and check it out. Awesome savings at an awesome time!

Mount Snow:: Carinthia

We were lucky enough to have a day off to head up to Mount Snow to shred some. We were also lucky enough to have a beautiful sunny day that kept it above freezing temps. I wanted to check out the re-designed Carinthia mountain face that is entirely dedicated to freestyle terrain parks. Once the snow really starts falling they will have 125 different features scattered about 12 full terrain parks. It's every jibber and jumpers dream. But meanwhile, the place was still covered in features! It was awesome. Jumps, rails, boxes, rails and barrels. They had enough for beginners to test their courage out and for the "experts" to take off on the big kickers. Every trail we went on had some feature to play around on and since it was the middle of the week it was pretty mellow with people. That gave me room to embarass myself as I tried the bigger features!
Making Carinthia an entire freestyle park was a smart move. In my opinion, freestyle skiers and snowboarders are one of the largest groups and growing. It's exciting to have this giant park on the east coast and now along with The Stash at Killington, you won't have to go out West to find the sickest parks.

Trail map:

New December Product

I know everyone is on a little bit of a tighter budget lately because it is the holiday season but enclave has some great product to give or receive. We received some new footwear for men and women! For the ladies, we put out some fresh new Nikes that have a red/black plaid print all over. They're very "festive" if you will. We also got a new colorway in the Viking-hi Gravis shoe (Spicy orange), a new es and Chocolate colab shoe, along with new styles from emerica and es.




Also for the ladies we have a new Burton Guardian Down jacket. It is SO warm! With a satin and micro fleece lining, pit zips, removable hood and faux fur all for $269.99. This jacket will last you well into next winter, and then the winter after that and that...
We keep everything reasonably priced and I doubt you'll be able to find better deals then what we have. Come down and do some holiday shopping. Oh and of course, we received a new shipment of Uggs. So we have every colorway in (again). I know you are excited.

Burton's Boston Premiere

Burton's 'it's Always Snowing Somewhere' premiered this last Saturday at Jillians in Boston. It was packed. You could bowl with the pros, get their autographs, play free pool, win in the raffle or fight with some other fan to get some of the free tee's and stickers they were throwing into the crowd. They had the Corona rep going around handing out free coronas if yours was looking a little low, two VIP rooms both equipped with pool tables, music, DJ's and bars. It was wild. All 3 levels of Jillians were packed, there was a 2 hour line just to get in! The night started off with the Burton movie (which by the way is AWESOME), autographs from the pros and bowling for the under 21 crowd. As soon as it was done, the party began with DJs and free pool and bowling. I don't think Jillians knew how hard the Burton crowd partied but thanks to the staff for putting up with us anyways. All in all it was a great turnout. Here are some pictures...
Autograph Signing:

The actual movie premiere:

The Crazy Line!!:

Having fun with stickers (we put them everywhere):

Ben & Katie from enclave with pro riders Heikki Sorsa and Mikey Rencz and randoms:

People fighting over a free Burton Corona board then ro-sham-bo-ing for it:



Crowd in one of the VIP rooms:

Ch-Ch-Check the Fresh!

Ohmygosh! Internet world, it is time to meet in person. Come on down to enclave and see everything we just got in! It basically felt like we were re-opening the shop (we weren't, but go with it) when we set up all the new gear. We have so much! Snowboards from Forum and Burton, long boards from Sector 9, boots, bindings, the freshest outerwear from Special Blend, Analog and Burton, luggage for men and women from Burton, first layers, new hoodies and tees, new backpacks, new women's and men's Nikes, Gravis shoes, beanies, gloves... It's unreal how much we got in, but its all out on display for your enjoyment. Need a new kit? Let us help you out with one and I guarantee you'll be stoked for winter. And if that doesn't get you stoked, talk to me for about 10 minutes and I'll change that feeling.
AND (yes, there is more), tonight is COLLEGE NIGHT! Which means, bring your current student ID with you to enclave and receive 20% off everything in the store. Sorry ladies, it does not include Uggs but don't be sad, there's so much else to choose from I doubt you'll even think twice!
Here are some pictures to spark that interest and get your bum down to enclave. Hope to see you tonight!

Ladies Kicks & outerwear:

View from Women's to the Men's/Front of Store: