Snowboarding is about to get a lot more interesting. The Frends crew got a big writeup in the New York Times this weekend and Kevin Pearce and Mason Aguirre finally said what everyone had figured: the Frends ain’t friends with Shaun White. Pearce goes all in, “I feel the last couple years, Shaun has kind of dominated snowboarding. I think that people are getting sick of it, and they’re getting sick of seeing him.” Is it really beef or well executed pre Olympic hype? We’ll have to wait and see. Read the entire story here.

The Oakley Arctic Challenge is going down this week in Oslo, Norway. Widely considered by pro riders to be the best snowboarding event in the world, the 2009 Arctic Challenge is set to feature major players like Danny Davis, Kevin Pearce and the event’s founder and owner Terje Haaksonsen. Rad Collector will be in Oslo so stay tuned for more on the 10th anniversary of this killer contest.