It's the announcement the whole world has been waiting to hear: Barack Obama's choice for Vice President. Preliminary rumors suggested the announcement might come as early as Wednesday morning. But, this very evening, Obama has named his running mate, and he shared the news exclusively with IdiomLife.com. Suck on that New York Times.

Riley Breckenridge is the beating heart behind the ever progressing music of Thrice. Together with his, bass playing, brother Eddie, front-man Dustin Kensrue, and guitarist Teppei Teranishi they have taken Thrice to yet another level with the release of their new concept album, The Alchemy Index. During their recent stop at the Ogden Theatre, Idiom Life's Brandon Russell and Mike Simmon got the opportunity to talk with Riley about the new album, the tour, eerie coincidences, and who the "spoon" is.

Over the past few years my friends and I have had the tremendous opportunity of being able to travel to many countries around the world. I made this video short to honor the people that have welcomed us with open arms and open hearts. And as a reminder for me to never forget the things I have experienced and the love I haver felt.

With the super size that the snowboard market has become one would imagine that compiling a list of the best websites in the industry would be extremely hard due to the high amount of high quality sites. But it was quite the contrary. Oh it was still hard to compile the list, but because of the lack of well designed sites out there. However, the sites on the list definitely deserve it.

A.F.I. is one of my all time favorite bands. The first time I heard the intro song, Miseria Cantare, for their album Sing the Sorrow I knew I wanted to edit a piece to it. I pulled out my old tapes and went to work. This "archival" footage helps heed our call to all who will hear and join the movement. The emotion this footage pulls sets the perfect mood to kick off the new site.

I sat down with Mike Basich at a small diner in Colfax, CA to talk about snowboarding, life, traveling, 241 outerwear, and his philosophy of what a snowboard shop should be. Mike Basich is a professional snowboarder and the founder of 241 outerwear. He is an accomplished snowboarder and photographer and is still in the game because of his passion for the sport and his continual quest of keeping it fresh.

Mikey LeBlanc has got to be one of the hardest working riders in the industry. Between his career as a professional snowboarder, owner and operator of Holden outerwear, as well as his major involvement in the Kids Know production, Love Hate, Mikey takes the time to talk with Idiom Life about snowboarding, life, Holden, and the one thing he would do again if he could go back in time.