One more reason to get yourself to Mt. Hood. Sweet and exclusive product. Celtek, owned and operated by Bjorn and Erik Leines, is joining hands with High Cascade Snowboard Camp and has made limited edition mittens and facemasks.

Get all the nice details in the full press release below:

San Clemente, CA (July 11, 2011) - A Volcano of Mittens & Facemasks have just arrived at High Cascade Snowboard Camp in Mt.Hood, OR. There is extreme carnage on the hill as people try to protect themselves from the hot summer sun and cool snowy slopes. Lava flow is everywhere including the palm of the strategically designed Celtek x HCSC mitten. The creative geniuses' at HCSC worked with Celtek to produce these one-of-a-kind masterpieces that will be worn by Celtek team riders, campers and HCSC staff all summer long. The Volcano Mitten & Facemask will be sold exclusively at the HCSC Camp Store.

Celtek team riders will be at camp during the summer enjoying the massive amounts of snow and perfectly shaped jumps and jibs. Chris Grenier just finished up his signature session with team riders and friends shredding alongside him. Justin Bennee, Stevie Bell, Aaron Biittner, Dan Brisse, Cale Zima, Ted Borland, Brandon Hobush, Griffin Seibert, Sam Taxwood, Jess Kimura, Marc Swoboda & more will all be making the trek to Hood at some point this summer. Celtek will also be hosting activities up at High Cascade all summer long such as foosball tournaments, a graffiti art contest, an on-hill high Ollie competition & much much more.

Celtek co-founders Bjorn and Erik Leines have a long-standing relationship with HCSC, which ultimately culminated in this collaboration. "Mt. Hood has been getting pounding with snow all year leaving it with all time high snowpack levels" states Erik. " The Volcano known as Mt. Hood will be blowing up with High Cascade Camper's and Pro's all summer." Bjorn plans to head up to HCSC at the end of July.

Visit the Celtek Facebook page and become our friend for updates on all that is going on this summer and your chance to win some free Celtek gear. Also check out Celtek.com for all the latest dirt on your favorite team riders.

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The SIA tradeshow in Denver was full of surprises. A slew of snowboard brands took over the Convention Center from January 28-31 (ok, there were some ski brands and accessory companies kicking around too). The vibe was seemingly more mellow than Vegas, and as always, "snowboard land" was the place to be throughout the show. Unless you're into helmets with beaver tails attached to them, or reindeer sweaters from Norway. Here are some product highlights from our wanderings through the halls, or as the Mervyn crew called it: The Maze of Doom.



Burton Fortress

2010 Olympic halfpipe rider Kelly Clark is going to be ripping Burton's new Fortress in Vancouver. This is a cambered board--yes, camber lives--and Burton has a slew of both rockered and traditional camber profiles in their new line. The Fortress has a directional twin shape, and features "The Channel" for compatibility with Burton's EST binding line, and the company says this is the lightest, highest performance women's board they've ever built. Let's see if it propels Kelly Clark to the top of the podium at the '10 Games.



Forum Holy Moly

As it was explained to me at SIA, Forum is a freestyle brand--straight up. That's where their R&D is directed, which allows them to fine tune new freestyle technologies while the rest of the market focuses energies on everything from freeride to kids' sticks. With the new Holy Moly, Forum introduced Combo Platter technology. And, no, you can't get the Combo Platter at your local Chinese food restaurant or breakfast joint. Forum lifts the edges up off the snow beneath your feet, which they say gives the board a less catchy feel, thus featuring the benefits of both camber and rocker. Holy Moly.



Rome 390 Boss

When they're not blowing up dumpsters in Vermont, the crew at Rome stays busy designing and refining products like the 390 Boss binding. On display, the 390's colorways looked sharp as hell, but looks aren't everything, right?! Rome introduced its new VROD technology in this model, which plants a "V" shaped bottom into the binding that runs perpendicular to the board, adding control and flex feel while reducing weight. Rome also introduced interchangeable "cants" in their bindings, so each rider can fine tune their bio-mechanical stance. Sounds high-tech, doesn't it...



Celtek Tweakers

I'm not sure what was cooler: sitting down with Bjorn Leines or checking out Celtek's highly-creative and functional line. Celtek was started by brothers Bjorn and Erik Leines in 2003; since then they've brought on a variety of innovative and art-inspired gloves and accessories to market. These aren't the most tech gloves but I dig the "handy" guide to remembering what grabs you can do with each hand. On the flip side of the Celtek tag reads "Regular" and "Goofy." This is definitely a street glove or for sweet spring days.



Ride Strapper Keeper AC

Harkening back to the days of high-top sneakers and Trapper Keeper's emblazoned with horse-and-rainbow images, Ride's new Strapper AC boot is both old and new school. Ride says their new Phy-Top tech requires 40 percent less parts and 50 percent less glue--resulting in a 15 percent weight reduction. These freestyle boots looked pretty swank in black, wrapped in fat retro laces and strapped with two Velcro closures up high.

Check back throughout the week. We'll be posting five new products a day- all of it. (The good, the bad, the ugly)