Articles by SASS-Global
2012 SGT Argentina is only days away from dropping cliffs and crushing powder in Bariloche. The staff and coaches are starting to head down south and the clients arrive on the 25th of July. Here is a glance at what is to come for 2012 with a quick look back at serious slashing, skiing and...
Oscar Jacob has spent a good deal of time dealing with the frantic whims on the SGT senior staff. As soon as he falls off of his motorcycle, after the hour long ride in to head quarters he is subject to a plethora of projects and ideas from the minds of four mad men. Oscar does get to go on...
SGT family member Grant Bowen send us over a little edit on splitboard making. This edit is done so well, watch the attention to detail that Matt puts into his Niche Snowboard. For those lucky few coming down to SGT Argentina this year remember that you can make a splitboard with our man Tony...
Ben Girardi is the Head Photographer for SGT Argentina. Girardi has put in his time with the SGT family down in Bariloche. No one can really say when Ben started coming down to camp, but it has been at least 7-years. Ben has shot photos for more ski and snowboard teams then you can backside 7...
The Garrett Russel Experience is something that is very difficult to capture with words. Garrett Russell is much like the Matrix, no one can be told what he is. Mr Russell is a global trotting powder hound that can handle every condition that exists on this planet. G-Funk is some kind of...
Nicki Slechta enters her fourth year with SGT and her tenth year as best hair in snowboarding. Nicki’s attitude toward life is to live it all day every day. She is able to take the challenges of life and turn them into positives. She is never down on herself or others and is truly a joy to be...
Sneaky Pete Connolly is an SGT Argentina Ski Guide as well as the Visual Communications Director for SASS Global Travel and spends his winters guiding at Silverton Mountain in Colorado. He began at SGT in 2010 and has had his hand in every aspect of the company at one point or another. This is...
Michelle Parker enters her 5th year as an SGT coach in Argentina. Not much can be said about Michelle that has not been said about an avalanche — she rips down mountains with the force of mother nature and leaves everything in her path destroyed. Michelle Parker, she really is a big deal...
Skylar Holgate rides as much as, if not more than, anyone in the world. His north american season takes him from Silverton, CO to Alaska and feeds right into his South American winter where he teams up with SGT in Bariloche as Head of guiding and snow safety and one fe the best life coaches...
Tyson M. Crockett is the Dean of Communication for SGT. His quick wit and mid-western work ethic originated in Minnesota in the early 1980?s. He spent the next 20-plus years snowboarding, learning and traveling. 2012 will be Tyson?s first year in Argentina as a full-time staff member. Crockett...
Chris Coulter has been dominating in every aspect of everything since he was forged out of an untold element, deep from within a secret mountain of fire and magic. If you are every ridden with or seen Chris ride you know that he takes the gnarliest lines and does the sickest tricks in the middle...
Our staff at SGT Argentina is the best in world, and people need to know more about what makes them great. In our first installment of “Who is SGT” we pull down the face mask to talk about toques, living in a trailer, and corndogs. Enjoy.
Andrew Burns is a professional snowboarder who grew up...