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I try to give props as much as possible to other blogs that are influencing me at the moment…and one of them is definitely YoBeat.

If you just hit the link, you’re probably like, what does this weird culture-y blog have to do with amateur theology to keep the pros on their toes? Not much, I guess, except that I am a part of snowboard culture, that’s where God put me, and that is one of the main places that I am living out my missional theology.

YoBeat gives insider, scenester-level glimpses into the shredding world, the kind you don’t usually get out of Transworld or Snowboarder. And it’s free, which makes it even better.

There’s a recent interview on there with my new favorite female snowboarder (step aside Laura) Desiree Melancon. I mean, just look at the Runway Films teaser below…tailpress over the kink - that’s a GIRL??? Insane.

And that interview is a case in point. Desiree is not your average so-hot-right-now girl snowboarder with pink pants and a powder-turn Burton ad. She’s on Holden, rides Dinosaurs Will Die. Alternative shred on an alternative blog.

There are video reviews galore, even on non-Mac Dawg films. This is how I’ll choose the lineup for the 2nd Annual Snowpants Video Festivale next month. This year’s theme: Who is Mac Dawg, anyway?

And there’s also an interesting little re-post about Christian pro shreds - read it to find out what alternative snowboard culture thinks of Jesus. It’s sarcastic and stupid, but a helpful insight into how my boardin’ compadres minimize the issue of faith by making fun of it. The reference to Catholicism proves that a new way of doing church is the only thing that may undo such an ingrained and flippant disillusionment - church based on relationship and not rules.

So check out YoBeat the night before your next resort session - it’ll get the stoke stoking.