Snowboarding glides back to the 90s Boarding company collaborates with music artists to create new designs for season By NANCY PLECHATY ncouver shops are stocked with the latest snowboarding garb and gear for the 2015-16 season. Whether it is style or function, riders will find a few new items this year to suit their fancy. One big trend, according to Lauren Fedchuck, is the return of the 90s. “We've got this Run DMC board,” said Fedchuck a sales associate at Pa- cific Boarder, pointing to a new limited edition board created by Endeavor, a local snowboarding company. They have collaborated with music artists this season to create their designs. “Also trending is all white every- thing but I think it’s gonna take a while in snowboarding for it to take off,” add- ed Fedchuck, since most traditional and serious riders prefer darks like black, while others dig the trendy bright 90s colours and patterns. Freddy G — who uses just his last initial — manager and buyer at The Boardroom, showed off a Giro helmet made with a new patent called Multi- directional Impact Protection System (MIPS) that just came out on the mar- ket this year. It has a film located inside the helmet’s layer adding a new level of protection, acting much like fluid in the brain. “Instead of just a crash protec- tion, it gives you roll protection,” G said. However if style isn’t what you’re af- ter and you like the classics, Skull Skates still offers the basics. Jeff Cole, a Skull Skates associate, said “We try and make a product that’s gonna be classic no matter what, that doesn’t ex- pire in a season.” They teamed up with Endeavor in 2018 to re-issue a board that earned them a spot on the local market over 25 years ago. They will continue to sell that board while supplies last, with a white skeleton on a traditional black board, preferring their simple design rather than try and keep up with trends. Photo on top, snowboarding equipment such as goggles with transition lenses and snow baords with 90s designs are amongst the latest “gear and garb” for the coming winter season. Below, Freddy G points out some of the boards available in The Boardroom store. NANCY PLECHATY photos Be aware of what you eat American Heart group recommends using a food journal to track what and when you eat during Xmas By SEAN LEE healthy eating plan with all the deli- cious holiday food around. An article posted Nov. 4 by the American Heart Association suggests that paying attention to your diet could make a big difference in avoiding over- eating. The article suggests keeping a food journal that logs all the food devoured and the reasons for eating. This is to help an individual always reflect and review eating habits, and to make ad- justments easier. Dietitians of Canada, which is the national professional association for I: may become difficult to stick to a tivities and just burn those extra calo- ries from the holiday eating,” he said. However, not everyone plans on changing his or her eating habits for the holidays. Demi Theodoropoulos, also a first- year commerce and business studies student, said she will fully enjoy her- self over the holiday season. “T will just keep my eating habits the same. If I want to eat more, because of all the holiday treats, I probably will,” she said. “Come the new year, I will bal- ance it back. I just want to enjoy my- self.” Ryan Cawsey, the department coor- dinator of kinesiology at Langara, said consistency and balance is the Key. “My recommendations would be to change your eating habits as little as possible [...] People in their daily lives tend to do a pretty good job of eating a balanced diet, and that can be disrupt- ed during holiday times,” he said. 66 Illdo extra ac- tivities and just burn those extra calories from the holiday eating PETAR ZAHARIJEVIC COMMERCE & BUSINESS STUDIES STUDENT dietitians, recom- mends physical ac- tivities to counter the calorie intake, suggesting “at least 150 minutes of moderate to vig- orous activity per week.” Petar Zahari- jevic, a first-year commerce and business studies student at Langara College, said he’s currently on a healthy eating plan, but will still enjoy holiday foods with a few “cheat days” and more ex- ercise. “Tl do extra ac- Students are urged to eat healthy foods during the holidays. SEAN LEE photo JULIA WICKHAM photo A popular way people use to reduce emissions is riding a bike or taking public transit. One rider rests by the Sea Wall in Stanley Park in April 2015. Eliminate meat, reduce gas, environmentalist urges Eating meat is actually more detrimental than driving your car to work, says environmental club president By JULIA WICKHAM one person and solving climate problems should not be up to the general public, says a member of the Langara Environmental Club. Instead, it should be up to the few people who take up 99 per cent of the world’s wealth. “The average human is not affecting climate change,” according to Adam Kelliher, president of the club, adding that the earth only has a number of years left before it becomes too late to reverse climate change. “We do not have the decision-mak- ing power, the networking or the finan- cial means to change anything,” he said. “How does someone like you or me advocate to one of the rich to change something?” Kelliher, who made the comments yesterday in advance of the United Na- CG: change is bigger than any tions Climate Conference in Paris from Nov. 30 to Dec. 11, suggested that one of the most important things someone can do for the environment is to elimi- nate meat from their diets. “We talk about greenhouses gasses but eating meat is actually more detri- mental than driving your car to work,” he said. “People try to bike, and walk and take public transit but if they stop eating meat they will decrease their emissions in the most radical way.” Last semester, the Langara cafeteria introduced Meatless Monday at the be- hest of the Langara Environmental Club. Alexander Tait, general studies stu- dent at Langara, said he would never consider taking meat out of his diet, and isn’t sure how he would help re- duce the effects of climate change. “T don’t really pay attention to that kind of stuff, but I don’t know, maybe I'd try carpooling,” he said.