Heresy Snowboarding

Sometimes, we get so lost in our little world of snowboarding, we lose sight of what else is going on.

Readers of this site would know I’m a really passionate environmentalist; I care, a lot.

One of my problems is I am always talking about the bad stuff. Hope sells, despair doesn’t.

News of Switzerland and Italy changing their borders due to melting glaciers. Scientists are shocked over the rate of Siberian permafrost melt.

This is why we must act, or else we risk destroying everything we take for granted – like the surf and waves, the amazing forests, the amazing animals, the MAGIC you felt the first time snow fell on your cold face and bare skin, as you marvelled at the snow flake, that seemed to be made just for you.

Thanks for checking back, we really appreciate it.From the very excellent 2 year study International Polar Year we have this report on Arctic sea ice melt.
Why does this matter? More heat = less ice = more heat….you get the drift. Our planet is warming up. MY SNOW SEASONS ARE UNDER THREAT, and this does not [...]

Hmmm, nope, no global warming to see here.
Oh, wait.
NASA shows us how warm it is.

The image below is frightening for the fact it shows the temps over Siberia and the North Pole to be warming way more than anywhere else. That means more ice and permafrost melt = more warming.

From the NYT and WSJ:
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Our world is melting, and fast. What does this mean for us.

Glacier NP Montana is melting away

Heresy Snowboarding’s Austrian fundraiser for the Victorian bushfires raised AUD$1600/EU800.