We're doing this issue of the Groove from Mt. Hood, Oregon. Heart of the summer world snowboard community in the Northern Hemisphere. We'll have lots of goodies from Hood a little later, but we thought we'd just send you this to remind you to check out some of the new stuff that's up on the site. See ya.

EVER WONDER

Have you ever wondered who puts this whole mess that we call Snowboarding Online together? Sometimes we wonder ourselves and just as a little reminder we go to the INFO area of SOL. This lovely little cyber spot explains the theory behind the SOL icons, offers profiles on most of our contributors, and lets you send us email telling us how much you like what we do. Take a second to go there sometime and find out about the inner-workings of this magnanimous site.

CAMP OF CHAMPIONS
SOL associate editor Shanti Sosienski took a trip to Whistler recently for a week and was impressed with the talent, the beauty of the area, and how much food a hundred-pound Japanese girl can carry while snowboarding. Read all about it.

SWITCH-NORTHWAVE STEP-IN
In the never-ending quest to dominate the step-in market, Switch Auto Lock Step-in System has procured another alliance with a major boot supplier in the snowboarding world. Announced just a few days ago, check out what Northwave will have to offer in the next season.

GETTING AROUND
Have you seen the newest in step-ins, the Berger Binding? We caught a glimpse of it at Vegetate at Mt. Hood earlier this spring, now you too can get check out the newest in step-in technology.

WHO AM I?
Get in on the action now and play the latest installment of WHO AM I? and get your name posted on the site. Our congratulations go out to last weeks winner Tim Zimmerman of Dubois, PA. He was the first to identify that it was indeed Jeff Brushie who spins (as in turntables and snowboarding), lives west of the Mississipi, is stoked with his new sponsor, and would rather drive a diesel 4x4 van.

SPRAY HERE
We want to know what you really think! And the SOL | Message Boards is the perfect place for you to share your bits of knowledge, wisdom, slander, and libel. The best part about it is that we have nothing to do with it. Itis all you baby, so go for it. It's especially great for letting the world know what a completely brain-dead idiot you are. So don't be frightened. Kick it down. The worst that can happen is the entire snowboard world will laugh their asses off at you.

WIN STICKERS BY CHATTING
We've invented a little game called ON THE SPOT. Twice a week someone from SOL will make a surprise visit to the SOL room between 5 and 8 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. The SOL representative will ask a trivia question and the first person to email the answer and their address to [email protected] will win stickers. Yeah, we're big spenders.

It's an easy game, but you can only win by being in the American Online SOL TalkBox every night from 5-8 pm. See you there.

Sunday

Come join host Tarny 34 from 5-7 for a little summer chatting about everything else there is to do in the summer when snowboarding is virtually impossible.

Monday

Icis101 from New York state hosts the Talkbox on Monday night from 5-7 Pacific Standard Time. This is often pro night, especially in the fall, so keep and eye out for announcements about special guests.

Tuesday

Come chat with XxsungrlxX from 5-7 PST in the TalkBox every Tuesday night.

Wednesday (Chic Chat)

Eeyore8423 from Maryland will be your friendly TalkBox co-host on Thursdays from 5-7 Pacific Standard Time along with Fresh And Tasty, the worldis first all womenis snowboard mag.

Thursday

Got Punk is the host every Thursday night from 5-7. Come hang with him and he'll catch you up on what is happening in snowboarding and what will be coming up in SOL.

Friday

Rip it up with Rippey43, a proud New Yorker who likes to ride in Vermont with his homesicles.

Saturday

Come chat with Snohigh420 on Saturday night from 7-9 Pacific Standard Time.

The End.

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The Groove 18 was brought to you by the wonderful people at Salomon Snowboards who provided accomodations for the the cast and crew of SOL | Snowboarding Online while at Mt. Hood.