Adjusting Your Bindings

Hey there all my blog followers! I thought you all might enjoy a short tutorial on adjusting your bindings on your snowboard. I hope you all enjoy my new screencast and feel free to make any comments!

Avoid Being Sued Using Web 2.0 Applications

I just finished reading a book that I checked out at a local library written by Mark Pearson which was published by Allen & Unwin 2012 called, “Blogging and Tweeting without Getting Sued: A global guide to the law for anyone writing online”. If you are anything like me, I’m sure you’ve wondered what is safe to post and how do I stay away from being sued for things posted on any of these Web 2.0 applications. I’m mainly going to focus on blogging, tweeting, and posting on Facebook because that is mainly what was discussed in this book and I believe they’re very important things to know. Did you know that you can be sued depending on the laws in each state? Did you know that you can be part of a lawsuit for reposting pictures or comments especially if you add things to them? I’m sure you all have seen friends of yours saying harmful things about public figures, businesses, distributors, and so on. These actions believe it or not can get you in a lot of trouble so be careful what you say or post. There are several things to watch out for in utilizing these Web 2.0 applications the main topics I’d like to discuss further are defamation, sharing, intellectual property.

Defamation is a communication of a statement that is false that is portrayed to be fact that is damaging to reputation. The form of defamation on web publications in the form of print is legally referred to as libel. As soon as you say something foul about another person or business you have defamed that person or business with your comment. Depending on how damaging your comment was depends on rather criminal or civil charges be placed on you. In most libel cases the courts award a large sum to persuade these actions from happening again. So I believe a good rule of thumb here is, NEVER, post or write comments that aren’t facts and that you wouldn’t say face to face.

Sharing is another topic I’d like to discuss further because it is used significantly in the social world of Facebook and Twitter. I didn’t think reposting something someone else wrote could get me in trouble, but the fact of the matter is, it can! Although the original author is responsible for their harsh comments you can be as well, especially if you add more incendiary material to the publication. So think twice before reposting a comment on Facebook or re-tweeting something on Twitter because you are republishing that material under your name and will share the legal liability of the original author.

Copying the works of others on the Internet and social media is probably the most prominently noticed action in my opinion. Intellectual properties laws are placed to protect are rights to the works we produce or publish. I’ve noticed pictures on Facebook being used by several different people. Believe it or not this is a possible copyright issue depending on if the person or business has it copyright protected. First I’d like to tell you that the copyright symbol doesn’t have to be included in someone’s work in order for it to be copyrighted. The best way to not get in trouble in this matter is to get permission from the creator before posting it on your blog or Facebook. Always give credit to the original author of the content you would like to share. Be careful when placing photos on your blog or Facebook page; make sure you use a site that is public domain with free images.

I hope you enjoyed reading this useful information about the widely used Web 2.0 applications. If you are a business or a person who is looking to pursue blogging or social media I highly suggest getting this book.  There is so much information in this book and I barely scratched the surface in this book report. Check the laws in your state on online publications because they vary from State to State. After reading this book you do some research for yourself and go to all the different laws and analyze them further to protect yourself and business from any form of future lawsuit. I also suggest getting legal advice from an actually lawyer who specializes in these matters to discuss the future ventures of your business.  

Snowboard Gear

This blog is for all the people out there who are following my blog and are thinking about getting into the recreational sport of snowboarding. One suggestion I have first for all of you that are interested in starting this sport are to rent all the gear and snowboard at least five times. Once you’ve realized how much you love snowboarding and want to continue this sport I suggest you go out and buy the gear needed to making this sport a lot of fun. I have included a short slideshow of the bear necessities needed to enjoy this recreational sport of snowboarding. When I first started boarding I bought all my gear on Ebay for really cheap because most the snowboarders out there want this year’s gear so they sell off all their old gear.  I bought all me gear five years ago for around $450.00 that included everything; snowboard, bindings, boats, jacket, pants, gloves and goggles. I hope you enjoyed this blog and maybe I’ll see you on the slopes sometime!

Snowboarding Safety

Snowboarding is fun but, it can also be dangerous, it involves moving down steep hills at very high speeds past other skiers and boarders, as well as natural and man made obstacles. When you are new to the mountain I suggest that you do a draw run and observe all the different obstacles as well as the different jumps and rails before actually hitting them. Regardless of how good of a snowboarder you are, falls are going to happen and collisions are relatively common. It’s always smart to wear protective gear like wrist guards and helmets for your safety. Concussions are one of the worst recorded injuries that ski resorts have to deal with. That’s one of the main reasons for the Release of Liability Agreement on the back of every lift ticket you've ever had. It makes you aware of all the hazards and risks of snowboarding, skiing including: the use of ski lifts, collision with natural or man-made objects or other persons, falls just to name a few. That way when you get injured you can’t file a lawsuit against them. So the best thing to do for yourself is be SAFE and wear protective gear. 

Burton US Open Snowboarding Championship

I had to write about the Burton US Open Halfpipe Finals that went off on the 2nd of March in Vail, CO. I only wish I could have been there to see all the different pro boarders competing in this event. This event brought in over 100 of the top riders from all over the world, including Shaun White, Ayumu Hirano, Scotty Lago, Iouri Podladtchikov, Mark McMorris, Jamie Anderson, Louie Vito, Kelly Clark, Hannah Teeter, Kaitlyn Farrington, and many more. You got to check out these boarders shredding this halfpipe in Vail it's AWESOME!! Even though he only placed second in the mens halfpipe, check out this 14 year old from Japan, Ayumu Hirano, this kid is SICK!! He gets some crazy air on this halfpipe and he has a very unique style. Remeber this name because he's only getting better, I'm betting in a few years he's going to blow up!

Another Adventure

Just got back from yet another snowboarding trip to Brian Head Resort. The conditions up there for the weekend were AWESOME!! I had so much fun shredding the mountain with a couple of friends. I seriously need to invest in a good camera so I can really show my blog followers the fun I'm having. So since I'm unable to post pictures or videos of myself at this time I thought I would introduce all my blog followers to a website link that has some videos of some snowboarders shredding. http://www.thrillon.com/snowboard I'd like to here some replies on what you  all think of this site I stumbled upon a couple of days ago.

Brian Head Trip

Hey there to everyone following my blog! I got back from my trip to Brian Head late last night completely exhausted! My friends and I arrived at Brian Head Resort at 3:30 pm on Friday afternoon. We got there later than expected and were unable to snowboard that day because the lifts close at 4:30 pm. On Saturday we hit the slopes first thing in the morning at 9:30 am when they opened the lifts. It was awesome because they were running a special buy one day for $49.00 and get the next day free. Which is an awesome rate for an all day pass on a weekend. You would expect to pay $60.00 for a all day pass at the resort here in Las Vegas. The mountain wasn't crowded at all so there weren't any lines. The longest wait was the ride up there on the lifts. The highest point of the mountains at Brian Head Resort top out at 11,307 feet. I had an awesome time shredding the mountain hitting rails and jumps all day Saturday even though It started snowing at about 12:00 pm that didn't stop even when we left Sunday at 3:30pm. It was an awesome adventure even with all the snow and the fact that they only had one lift open on Sunday because of high winds. Check out this web cam of the slopes at Brian Head Resort today. You can see all the fresh powder the mountain got from the storm on Friday and Saturday.