Awesome Snow

(Language NSFW) With our HQ in Chicago, we know a thing or two about the great Blizzpocalypse of 2011, and one thing we did not do was dare to step outside in the middle of the storm like these fools.

The Art of Flight is an epic love letter to snowboarding, featuring pro athletes in remote locations; outstanding camera work makes us feel like we’re right there with them. (Thanks Zach!)

We know the snow has been awful this season. Heck, we’ve got to dig out from 2+ feet outside our doors right now. But no matter how much snow has fallen, we have no idea how it made this happen.

An 8-foot-tall monster made out of snow is cool enough, but one that breathes fire would be the envy of any neighborhood. This family in Bel Air, Maryland wins our prize for best lawn ornament.

Go to work, go to school, stop complaining and praise the Lord: this is only one highlight from the entertaining (albeit expired) weather report Megan McGlover of Atlanta put together. (Thanks Tim!)

Panasonic recently used some of its cool high-tech vacuum insulation to pack a snowman in a box and put it on a 5,314 mile plane trip to Bahrain, so kids there could experience snow for the first time.

Peak Adventures are selling their trusty Vancat, a hauler made from an unlikely combination of a Dodge Ram body and a 391hp Ford V8 engine. Its Hans Hall aluminum tracks are still in top shape.

Switchback Entertainment’s charming tilt-shift video documents a bird’s eye view of teeny, tiny Whistler Village and surrounding Whistler Blackcomb mountains, making it a real life snow globe.

We’ve always wondered if the tables were turned, would the animals be wearing us as coats? We still don’t know the answer to that one but thanks to this video we know who would be riding our sleds.

Shaped like the xistera used in jai alai, Hammacher Schlemmer’s set of two snowball slingers provide an unexpected tactical advantage on the winter battlefield; they can hurl snowballs up to 150′.

Roger Ebert thinks this short film from Jamie Stuart, documenting the Blizzard of 2010 in New York, deserves to win the Academy Award for best live-action short subject. What do you think?

If you ever wonder what it feels like to fly, this video makes it easier; Mount Superior in Utah is the spectacular setting for an inspired run down the mountain on skis – with parachutes attached.

When Belmar, New Jersey got slammed with over 2 feet of snow this weekend, Michael Black had the forethought to let his time-lapse camera capture the snowfall. Here’s 32 inches in 38 seconds.

We’re intrigued by the small bit we’ve seen in this vid for the new V.I.O. point of view HD camera; the shockproof little machine shoots in 1080p at 50 fps, has 4 recording methods and a modular mount.

Planning a winter vacation on a tropical beach somewhere? Drop these ice cubes in your glass in tribute to the suckers back at home. Set comes with 6 eyes made out of coal and 3 carrot noses.