A well known Mt. Baker duo of Snowboarders is missing (and possibly presumed dead) after their boat collapsed outside of Bellingham Washington. A massive search party has been put together to find rider Sean "Donkey" Mansfield and photographer Gunther Jose Frank whose boat collapsed at approximately 1:40 am on Friday, June 5th (according to Bellingham police). "Donkey" rode for Volcom, Mt. Baker Snowboard Shop and Lib Tech and is widely known in the Northwest Region for his Snowboarding Skills. Our hearts and thoughts go out to the friends and families of the two missing Snowboarders.

Twitteris the new black. Everyone is doing it and so are we. Follow us at GrindTVSnow (Click HERE).

Stay tuned to GrindTv SNOW to find out who the hottest ski and snowboard industry tweeps are to follow on Twitter. We're going to drop links to everyone's twitter from Shaun White to Todd Richards to Peter Line to Jonny Moseley to Sarah Burke... er... you get the point.

Two of the biggest ski film companies in the galaxy, Poor Boyz Productions and Rage Films, just wrapped up their last epic spring shoot of the season at Mt Bachelor, Oregon. Click here for a look at what went down and a little taste of what you'll be seeing in their new movies, 'Everyday is a Saturday' and 'Pretty Good,' later this fall.

Pat Milbery is back at Windells Camp at Mt. Hood this summer. And he's bringing with him a new concept called "Pat Milbery's Signature Feature Session". Each session designated pro's and sponsors will help create (with the help of the Windells diggers and staff) a unique feature in the snow camp which the coaches will then help the campers learn how to ride. Be sure to check back here at Grind TV Snow- we'll be out there sponsoring Session 4 in July and delivering full coverage every day.

Snowboarding's very own Shaun Palmer won the 9th Annual Monster Energy MX Crossover in Sacramento. He was up against fellow shreds Nate Holland, Tyler Emond and Chris Roach, and Skier Daron Rahlves, amongst others. The Monster Energy MX Crossover brings together professionals from all different action sports to compete against each other in a Motocross competition.

Pro skierIan Cosco will be dropping the 5th installment of his highly entertaining videoblog series called Chug Life early next week. If you haven't seen an episode of Chug Life, your life is not complete...until you click here that is.

Newschoolers.com just put on a cool contest in which you have the chance to win some serious swag by guessing 'which pro skiers own these laptops?' Head on over to NS for more details.

Ashbury Eyewear, one of hottest new eyewear companies to hit the market, just announced another team rider to their already impressive team. Justin Bennewill be joining the likes of LNP, Nick Dirks, Desiree Melancon, and Nima Jalili. Head over to Ashbury's website to find out more (and be thouroughly entertained by their awesome blog.)

So, I went to the SIA tradeshow in Vegas two weeks ago, it's pretty much the snow industry's ASR. Well anyway, I'm not that into snowboarding, I mean I like it and everything, but I'm not "The Snow Guy." And when you read "The Snow Guy," pronounce "The," like "THEE." You know, show some respect for whoever "The Snow Guy" is. For some people I know, he's a Colombian guy named Sanchez.

Back to SIA. Since I wasn't sure what I was going to do there, I gave myself a project. Probably my favorite part of snowboarding is the art on the boards, so my objective was to document the latest snowboard art. Now, these boards are for next year, so you're not going to be able to buy them anywhere. You're just going to have to wait.

Check out the photos below. Oh yeah, and the one up top, that's Bob Ross, the guy who used to paint all those happy little trees. You know, from that show, "The Joy of Painting." All photos taken by MORINformed.

























You can't do a story on snowboard art without mentioning Jamie Lynn and Lib Tech
















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Smoking is progress according to Obama and Smokin snowboards.

























Next year's Kass boards: business up top/party below, and hippie up top/hesh below.

























This guys wins kook of the day. He totally saw me taking a picture and didn't give a fuck.
If you see him throw something at him.











































More from Forum.

























Some G N' R from Nitro.

























This is what we've come to expect from Lib Tech, more cool art. This board is for chicks.

























Here's some art from Pinky for Smokin, he does a lot of the ...LOST stuff too.











































Forum has stepped their art game up.











































More from Lib Tech and their bananas.











































Cigarettes, booze and boobs. What else do you need?