Vanisle Backcountry Fest – 2013!

Jerrett Taylor is one of the founders of the Vanisle Backcountry Festival, a weekend-long festival at Mt Cain, where he’s been working on bringing the backcountry community together and raising awareness about safety through the Vancouver Island Avalanche Bulletin, among other things. He was kind enough to answer some of my many questions, and opening [...]

Happy Thugging New Year!

Hi friends, just thought we’d take a moment to take a look back at 2012, and prepare to greet 2013 with cotton cloaked arms wide open. We added some new things to the Thuggies family, enhancing the opportunity for all of you, everywhere, to be comfortable and yet steezy in new ways. We introduced the [...]

Getting Wilde

We’d like to introduce you to our latest Sponsored Thug and all around Renaissance man of skiing, Bauston Wilde. He’s an exceptionally talented 20 year old skier (though he dabbles in several other adrenaline sports as one is oft wont to do) hailing from Whistler, BC. At the tender age of 20, Bauston has already [...]

The Funzie: Christmas Eve PJs 2.0

Christmas Eve is a very special and important evening in one’s Christmas holiday journey. It’s the culmination of an entire year’s worth of excitement about cookies, sleigh rides, winter break, sleeping in, Christmas music, parties, and of course, what treasures lie underneath the Christmas tree, waiting to be unwrapped come Christmas morning. For many of [...]
Just a guy, a board and his Thuggie

Come hither thee, oh winter, white

As I sit, outside I see, blue of ocean, green of tree, In the foreground the mountains loom, While dark they are, they bring no gloom. Because you see, winter beckons. The snow will fall, quite soon, I reckon. The trees they will sleep under blankets, white, Autumn’s leaves will fade from sight. But hark, [...]