Internet Roundup: Tariff Talk, Behind the Scenes At The Uninvited, and More

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21-05-2025

Welcome back to another internet roundup. I'm fresh off a trip to Europe, where I was able to drop by the London Snowboard Asylum shop, and chat with some locals. The season over there is winding down, just like ours, but thanks to four indoor snow domes throughout the United Kingdom, a full selection of boards, boots, and bindings is still on display. It makes you scratch your head and wonder why the only place to shred indoors in the U.S. is in New Jersey.The snow is melting, but the writers are still writing. Here's some of the best stories you might have missed around the internet.
There's a lot of uncertainty in the world right now surrounding tariffs, but we do know one thing for certain: outdoor gear is going to cost more money.At least a lot of it is, anyway. Don't just take my word for it. Black Diamond Equipment Co. has already come forward and said that products will increase between 10-25% in price thanks to the global tariffs. Burton sources two-thirds of its products from far-east Asia, and is now scrambling to explore other methods of manufacturing. J Skis will cut 70% of its marketing budget to try and keep costs low, and perhaps the biggest bummer of them all, Goon Gear – the family-owned board company run by Lucas Magoon and his wife Tonya – recently announced that it will not produce boards for the 2025-26 season.Slush, The Magazine's Norm Schoff has been talking tariffs since before the U.S. presidential election even commenced in November. He followed that reporting up with a opinion piece that dropped last week that talked to people like Brad Alband, the founder of Autumn Headwear, and Jeff Richards, the brand manager for Nitro Snowboards.The roller coaster of implementation has made it impossible for brands to plan ahead. Schoff does a fantastic job breaking down the challenges that brands are facing, and the differences that are attached to different brands whose boards are made in different countries. 'Price increases are coming,' Schoff writes. 'By how much depends on the politics of an administration that has already proven itself unable to stick to specific policy. There is no long-term planning, only speculation and potential contingency plans.'
If you haven't heard about The Uninvited by now, where have you been?The third year of the street snowboarding contest by women, for women went down at Woodward Park City in April. Young gun Jess Perlmutter won it, and took home $15,000 in prize money. It was her third contest win of the season, and it was a beautiful site to see. Torment Magazine's Sadie Maeda broke down the entire contest. She shed some light on the women behind the scenes that might not get the shine they deserve, like the marketing team's Nirvana Ortanez and Abby Furrer, and announcers Kelsey Boyer and Darrah Reid. Then she brought us straight to the scene of it all. The way she writes about confetti cannons and cowbells help tell the story just as much as her description of Taylor Elliot's handplant, and Jill Perkins champagne popping lesson to Perlmutter.
Speaking of The Uninvited, head over to Snowboard Mag's website to read Mark Clavin's 1-on-1 interview with the 29-year-old. She's ridden at every Uninvited event that's taken place thus far. Clavin caught her while shooting with the Herschel crew in Riksgränsen.
A small ski area at the border of New Hampshire and Vermont needs help. The Beast of the East is giving it some.Killington Resort has donated $10,000 to Whaleback Mountain in hopes of repairing its chairlift. The ski area's only double lift had suffered a gearbox bearing failure back in February, and shortly after, learned it would cost $250,000 to fix it. Killington's donation helped Whaleback get across the finish line.Donations have come in from people in 34 different states and provinces, demonstrating that an international contingent chipped in. POWDER Magazine's Ian Greenwood has more on that story.