World Event News

Europe’s version of the Winter X Games are back in Tignes for the third successive year. 150 of the world’s best freestylers will descend on the famous French resort, along with thousands of fans, to compete in eight disciplines between the 14th and 16th of March. www.snowboardclub.co.uk/.... More...

The whole show will be streamed live from 15.30 tomorrow on extreme.com. If you look closely you might see me waving my Union Jack as SCUK gets behind the good Jamie Nicholls.

TTR and WSF are pleased to announce the confirmed rider field for the World Snowboarding Championships taking place February 10th-19th in Oslo, Norway. Over 200 men and women from over 25 countries around the world, including 3-times TTR World Tour winners Peetu Piiroinen (FIN) and Jamie Anderson (.... More...

The world’s top snowboarders unite at the iconic Bergisel Stadium in Innsbruck to throw down their tricks, fight for the title and lay claim to the prestigious Ring of Glory. On the 4 February 2012, 20 charged riders and live music acts SIDO and Beatsteaks will gather before 15,000 amped ....More...

As part of the SCUK Winter Bash to Mayrhofen, Austria next week, SCUK are taking in the Billabong Air & Style down in Innsbruck on Saturday 4th February. We fully expected Jamie Nicholls to be there, but had to scratch him off our Christmas card list earlier in the week when he said he'd be .... More...

White had already sealed up the win in Run 1 after posting a score of 94.00, beating out Swiss rider Iouri Podladtchikov, who came close with a 93.00, and Japan's Ryo Aono. But White was determined to unveil his newest trick, a frontside double cork 1260. He fell attempting the trick in Run 2, then ..More...

The UK's James Stentiford finished 4th in today's Courmayeur leg of the Swatch Freeride World Tour. In the men's snowboard, Backstrom the American just gets better and better. Taking a line on the extreme riders right, Backstrom patiently worked the upper face as he transitioned into his first .... More...

With a foot of fresh snow falling over night, the expert F-Tech shaper crew pulled out the stops to make Kronplatz, Italy, proud with an immaculate kicker for the 3rd stop of the Nike Chosen Series. From the off, local brothers Daniel (Back 7 Melon to shifty) and Oliver Reichegger (Front Rodeo 5 ..More...

The UK's James Stentiford finished 7th in the Chamonix leg of the Swatch Freeride World Tour. The men's snowboard contest saw local Chamonix rider Douds Charlet take first place followed by tour newcomer Ralph Backstrom from the USA and another French rider Aurelien Routens in third. Rock .... More...

Great snow conditions and bluebird skies welcomed the many young amateur riders who gathered on the 14th of January in Avoriaz, France, for the first stop of the Burton Park Jam Tour. Arriving from Italy, France and UK, the attending shredders aged 10 to 17 found a perfectly shaped slopestyle .... More...

On Tuesday this week 13 year old snowboarder Becky Menday from Waddesdon, was competing in the Protest World Rookie Fest slope style competition in Livigno in Italy. This event is a 3 star Swatch TTR World Championship event and points from this would add to the current World ranking. The .... More...

Snowboarding legend Travis Rice is aiming to discover the best all-round snowboarding talent in the world when Red Bull Supernatural hits British Columbia, Canada next month. Rice's event format will bring together today’s best video part stars with the kings of the contest circuit for a one-day .... More...

The MMXII space shuttle is preparing for lift-off as the world’s top snowboarders get ready for orbit at the 13th annual Burton European Open presented by MINI from February 25th – March 3rd at LAAX/Switzerland. Some of the sport’s biggest names like Mark McMorris, Kazuhiro Kokubo, Jamie Anderson, .... More...

The perfect conditions in Funasdalen, Sweden for the second stop of the Nike Chosen Series for AMs saw riders travelling upwards of 1000KM from all corners of the country to compete. With a 15m table and17m to the sweet spot, the kicker and lollipop jib feature had a seeing to by 35 riders in the ....More...

From 21 to 24 February 2012, 80 riders will descend upon the resort of Livigno to compete in Slopestyle and the Burn River Jump for their piece of the $50,000 prize pot. Representing the burn units will be Arthur Longo, Werni Stock and Ulrik Badertscher who claimed 1st in Slopestyle and 3rd place .... More...

As we reported yesterday, the UK had a number of young riders competing at the Protest Rookie Rider Fest. Yesterday's qualifications saw Rowan Coultas through to today's grom finals and 5th place and Jake Terry finishing 22nd. All the boys above him are Norwegians from the Norwegian Snowboard ....More...

The TTR 3Star Protest World Rookie Fest 2012 started yesterday with 126 riders from 17 nations standing out as the biggest event of the World Rookie Tour ever. The UK's entrants included Jake Terry, Becky Menday, Ayla Thidling, Nathalie Silkstone and Rowan Coultas. Despite the wind storm damage .... More...

In his third appearance at the event, Finnish rider Juuso Laivisto claimed his second first-place finish at China’s 5Star TTR Red Bull Nanshan Open. “It’s been awesome to see how the event has grown the last years, since I won it the first time, when it was still a 4Star. I was stoked with my win, .... More...

This Saturday saw 26 riders from 12 different countries storm Beijing’s Nike Nanshan Park as the Red Bull Nanshan Open celebrated a decade as China’s largest and longest running slopestyle contest. 400,000 viewers tuned in to the live online broadcast to watch Finnish rider and current TTR .... More...

Big mountain legend and Quiksilver snowboarder James Stentiford killed it on the Freeride World Tour last year, with podium finishes and a 6th place overall. This year Stentiford is back and stronger than ever, with hopes of glory and a hunger for the title. "I know I can win one if I get a good .. More...

On the 3 February 2012, Maria Theresien Strasse in Innsbruck’s historic town centre will be the venue for the second edition of Burn’s FIRE & STEEL: an urban handrail snowboarding contest featuring some of Europe’s hottest jibbers. As part of the annual Air & Style rider draw and concert, in .. More...

In the Swiss winter wonderland of Davos, Canadians Spencer O’Brien and Mark McMorris won the 6Star Big Air competition at the O’Neill Evolution. Gripping until the last run, Mark was followed closely by Eric Willet (USA) and Seppe Smits (BEL) in third place. Swiss rider, Sina Candrian, came .... More...

Jamie Nicholls is through the finals of the O'Neill Evolution as record snowfall continues to hit Davos, Switzerland. Jamie Nicholls (GBR) on the end-section Due to the weather round 2 was cancelled, so both Jamie and Billy Morgan progressed straight through to the semi-finals. Jamie .... More...

The results for the first round of the Big Air at the TTR 6Star O'Neill Evolution Big Air are now in. Jamie Nicholls finished 2nd in Heat 1 with a score of 75.30, whilst Billy Morgan finished 1st in Heat 3 with the highest score of the day of 85.58. Sam Turnbull finished 11th, with Ben Kilner .. More...

After a decade of driving the Chinese snowboard scene, the Nanshan Open celebrates its 10th birthday in style this January 14th & 15th by gaining 5-star TTR status to become the largest slopestyle snowboard competition in Asia. The Nanshan Open earns its reputation as one of the most enjoyable .... More...

TTR & WSF announce the wildcard procedure for the 2012 World Snowboarding Championships in Oslo, Norway. After cancellations and postponements of important qualifier competitions on the TTR World Tour calendar, the questions about wildcards are increasing. The final list of wildcards will be ....More...

The snowboard contest season has started, Europe finally got some snow, and preparations are in full swing for the 13th annual Burton European Open (BEO) presented by MINI, taking place from Feb. 25th – March 3rd, 2012 at LAAX in Switzerland. To make sure all riders have plenty of time to register ....More...

The O’Neill Evolution 2012 is gearing up to welcome the world's best freestyle snowboarders back to the Jakobshorn in Davos, Switzerland from January 2-7, 2012. Due to the widespread lack of early season snow, organizers regret to announce the cancellation of the Halfpipe contest. O'Neill's ....More...

With clear domination, and outstanding performance in the superfinal, Elias Elhardt won the 5Star Relentless Big Air Stuttgart presented by quiksilver. Victor de le Rue (FRA) grabbed second place with the best combination of style and tech runs. Third place went to current TTR Big Air World Tour .. More...

After successfully kicking off last season with the first stop in Germany, Burton is proud to announce the dates for the 2012 Burton Park JamTour, starting in January 2012, providing a great contest experience for all young amateur riders. In partnership with Red Bull and with the support of .... More...

Davos, Switzerland, 11 October 2011 – The OʼNeill Evolution 2012 will once again launch a New Year in euphoric fashion from January 2nd until 7th. The 6 Star Men and Women’s TTR World Snowboard event will see some of the most progressive riders from around the planet gather at the base of .. More...

The Freeride World Tour is back for its fifth season and will consist of four main stops kicking off in Chamonix on 21-27 January, widely considered as the Mecca of Freeriding, with the final in Verbier on the intimidating Bec des Rosses. The best male and female Freeride skiers and snowboarders ..More...

This is article is a very interesting read... "‎Matthew Barr once again expertly puts into plain language TTR's efforts to encourage FIS to form a joint qualification process for the 2012 Olympic Games." Annie Fast, Transworld Snowboarding More...

The sixth edition of the BURN RIVER JUMP, organized by Burton Snowboards Italy in cooperation with Mottolino Swatch Snowpark, APT Livigno and Ski Passion Snow-Ski Area, will return to Livigno, Italy, from the 21st to 23rd of February 2012. Livigno is getting ready to welcome a new edition of the .. More...

Ulrik Badertscher (NOR) won the Oakley Shaun White Air & Style Beijing competition in the Olympic Bird’s Nest stadium tonight, followed by 2 Norwegian wingmen Torstein Horgmo and Ståle Sandbech. Ulrik received the coveted Air & Style Ring of Glory and 1,000 TTR World Ranking points. Ulrik’s .... More...

In less than one month thousands of snowboarders will get together across the world’s summits for the 6th edition of World Snowboard Day. If it’s not already done, mark Sunday, December 18th, 2011, on your calendars and come discover, for free, the thrill of snowboarding and share your passion for .... More...

After the success of last year's winning entry and the feature built in Avoriaz, this year's winning feature will be built and located in Sweden. The resort of Hammarby Backen, Stockholm will be host to the winning feature and a contest based around the design. The winner of the design will be .... More...

Verbier, SUI – 23, November, 2011 - Supported by long-time partner Swatch, the Freeride World Tour enters its fifth season solidifying its position at the very top of competitive Freeriding. Alongside Chamonix Mont-Blanc will be Austria's best kept big mountain secret, Fieberbrunn and a new .... More...

This past weekend, top international snowboarders like Ethan Deiss, Dylan Alito, Zak Hale, Stevie Bell, Alex Andrews and Jamie Nicholls took their rail skills to the streets of Tokyo for the first ever Burton Rail Days competition at the Roppongi Hills Arena. Presented by MINI, Burton Rail Days .... More...

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The UK's Aimee Fuller came first at the 4Star Horsefeathers Pleasure Jam in Schladming, Dachstein, Austria last week putting her up to 5th place in the women's overall TTR ranking and 3rd in the freestyle ranking. Aimee came second last year at the same event and was stoked to be on top of the ....More...

Burton Snowboards and LAAX have decided to postpone the Burton European Open from January 2012 to the end of February due to the current weather conditions. The BEO is now scheduled from Feb. 25th – March 3rd, 2012. Burton and LAAX are committed to providing a very high standard of Slopestyle ....More...

Whilst there's no UK event this year, we thought you might still like to hear about the Volcom Peanut Butter Rail Jam that's touring Europe next year. Opening Day of the Volcom Stone Peanut Butter and Rail Jam European Season 2012 is Saturday, January 14th, and all the resorts have their rails, .... More...

TTR has received a response from FIS on its detailed proposal regarding a joint Olympic Qualification System for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. The proposal had the goal of creating a fair and open system for competitive snowboarding respecting the riders ́ needs and the sports ́ values. .. ..More...

World Snowboard Day will be back for its 6th edition on Sunday, December 18th, 2011, once again providing the opportunity to discover, for free, snowboarding as a sport and culture across the world’s summits. In 2010, World Snowboard Day counted 160 events in 38 Countries with more than 25 000 .... More...

In just over two weeks, top street rail snowboarders like Ethan Deiss, Stevie Bell, Cameron Pierce and Dylan Alito will head to Japan for the first ever Burton Rail Days competition, taking place on November 19, 2011 in Tokyo at the Roppongi Hills Arena. Full event details here...

TTR Pro Snowboarding would like to announce a new website and initiative, dedicated to solving the one unified Olympic qualification system in snowboarding. Ride Together Stand Together - www.snowboardersunite.com FIS snowboard has held the rights of qualifying snowboard to the Olympics since .. More...

With the Southern Hemisphere leg done and dusted, the TTR World Snowboard Tour will take a brief hiatus before turning all focus to the Northern Hemisphere competition calendar. The 2011/12 season marks the 10th anniversary of the TTR World Tour and the Northern Hemisphere leg is, once again, ....More...

2012 is the TTR World Snowboard Tour's 10th Anniversary. So, to commemorate this special year we've teamed up with Burton and Stratton Mtn and are giving away a trip for two to the TTR Tour Finale at the Burton US Open finals including flights, accommodation, lift passes and food/drink onsite. .. More...

After a very successful first season working together, Burton Snowboards and car manufacturer MINI are pleased to announce an expanded partnership for 2011/2012. As the foundation of their relationship, MINI will once again be the presenting partner of the Burton Global Open Series (BGOS), one of .... More...

We've now added all the 6, 5 and 4 STAR TTR events to the SCUK Calendar for your viewing pleasure. If you've never been to one of these huge events and have always fancied it, then don't forget that the 2012 SCUK Winter Bash in February will take in the 6STAR Billabong Air & Style in Innsbruck ....More...

"Build it and they will come", an obscure mantra from the baseball movie Field of Dreams or a famous Roosevelt-quote? Either way it suddenly makes all the sense in the world in Oslo 2012, when all the best snowboarders migrates to the beautiful capitol of Norway to claim the most prestigious .... More...

The International Olympic Committee recently approved the qualification process for all International Ski Federation events, including halfpipe and slopestyle for snowboarding, that are scheduled to take place at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games to be held in Sochi, Russia. This seems like another ....More...

Winter is just around the corner, which means that Burton Snowboards and LAAX are starting to prepare for the 2012 Burton European Open (BEO), taking place from January 7-14. Presented by MINI, this year’s BEO is the 13th edition of the event and promises to be more awesome than ever since 13 is .... More...

TTR have released the following statement:The TTR is greatly disappointed by the recent decisions made by the FIS in their meetings in Korea regarding field size, quotas and the qualification process for Sochi 2014. These decisions were made on an accelerated timeline without taking into account ....More...

After the huge success of Fuck It in the previous season, Special Blend, Forum and Foursquare hit the scene with another banger movie named Vacation. To celebrate the movie's release the brands offer you the unique chance to spend a weekend with the Forum Global Team. Fans will not only get the .... More...

The first 5Star halfpipe competition of the 2011/12 TTR World Tour season is in the bag and Japanese rider, Ryo Aono, and American, Kelly Clark, took home the victories at the 2011 Burton New Zealand Open on Saturday. It was another perfect day at Cardrona Alpine Resort and the level of riding was .... More...

More than 240 athletes are preparing for snowboarding’s premier event in the Southern Hemisphere, the 2011 Burton New Zealand Open (BNZO), as they make their way to the Cardrona Alpine Resort in Wanaka. Presented by MINI and taking place from August 9-13, the event will give snowboarding’s top ....More...

The Saas-Fee Ride 11 summer Freeski competition has been re-formatted to become a Freeski Video Competition which runs until the 20th August 2011. The new event gives inscribed riders the chance to create short videos of themselves of between one and three minutes duration and upload them to ....More...

Snowboarders from around the globe are currently making the annual pilgrimage to Cardrona Alpine Resort in Wanaka, New Zealand for the 2011 installment of the Burton New Zealand Open (BNZO). The BNZO is back as a 5Star event on the TTR World Tour and will kick off with open qualifications on .... More...

With much of the Northern Hemisphere sweating it out in the summer heat, snow is dumping in New Zealand – just in time for the ninth annual Burton New Zealand Open (BNZO) presented by MINI. More...

American rider, Eric Willett, took the first 5Star Big Air title of the 2011/12 TTR World Tour season at the second annual Billabong Ante Up competition held atop Whistler Mountain in Canada. The sun was hidden behind the clouds for most of the day, but riders put on a great performance for the .... More...

After a quiet few months with just a few dozen ski areas open in the Northern Hemisphere, the Southern Hemisphere’s 2011 winter is getting underway in July. The choice of open ski centres is back up to triple figures, with 30 ski areas still open in seven northern hemisphere countries for the start .. More...

We headed out to Zoetameer, Holland on Saturday for the Skullcandy Rail Battle. It was a horrible day weather wise, I had to wear my snowboard jacket all day to keep dry and warm, in June? The set up was amazing for an outdoor street rail event, wish we could do similar in the UK. There was a big .... More...

The Playground Jam 2011 - TTR 1Star All Girls Slopestyle - Avoriaz, France. “A really relaxed vibe, nice set up, good times! Always fun to shred with le femmes”-Helen Fox GB This year the 2nd April saw blue skies and sunshine it was the early morning of the Playground Jam, ideal you might .... More...

Riders from around the globe are making the journey to Whistler, Canada for the second annual Billabong Ante Up big air competition set for this Friday, July 1st, 2011. The Ante Up will be the first 5Star stop on the 2011/12 TTR World Tour and will also act as the first event where riders can .... More...

The TTR World Tour is getting ready to kick off its 10th season of snowboarding with the 5Star Billabong Ante Up in Whistler, Canada before heading down to New Zealand and Australia for the Southern Hemisphere leg of the tour. The Southern Hemisphere calendar is full of highlights including the ....More...

Billabong Ante Up, presented by Von Zipper is proud to announce the qualified rider list for the 5* TTR World Snowboarding Tour event, taking place July 1st, 2011 at the top of Whistler Mountain in Whistler, BC. The event is the marquee kick off event of the TTR Tour, with a Big Air Snowboarding .... More...

With the recent announcement that the TTR will now cover slopestyle, halfpipe and big air as individual championships, we thought we'd crunch the TTR data to update our ranking feeds. We now provide an overall, slopestyle and halfpipe rankings for World and UK riders, both male and female. Big Air ....More...

TTR Pro Snowboarding, the non-profit sports organization behind the TTR World Snowboard Tour, made important decisions for the further development of competitive snowboarding at its ninth annual General Assembly meeting held May 27-29 in Stockholm, Sweden. The session was capped off with the Swatch ..More...

Swiss watchmaker SWATCH and the TTR World Snowboard Tour are delighted to announce the winner of the SWATCH ART RULES DESIGN CONTEST. Chi Fong Leong, a design student at Central Saint Martins in London, was on hand to receive the award at a high-profile ceremony held Saturdy night at Stockholm’s .... More...

New Zealand is once again leading the way in the evolution of competitive snow sports with the announcement that August’s 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games will feature dual sanctioning between TTR (Ticket to Ride) and FIS (Federation International de Ski) for snowboard events and FIS and AFP (....More...

Another road trip on Saturday, this time to Ice Mountain, Komen, Belgium, for the O'Neill Crazy Dayzz. Great comp with around 70-80 competitors, Jake was in a tough category under 16's and had his work cut out to impress the judges. He struggled to find the speed for the kicker, (the snow was .... More...

Ischgl, Austria and its impressive park setup played host to the 4Star Protest World Rookie Finals on Saturday April 9th, 2011. As the final stop of the World Rookie Tour, the event had attracted the crème de la crème of rookies and groms. Around sixty competitors of age 18-years old and younger .... More...

The 8th edition of the 4Star Quiksilver Spring Battle in Flachauwinkl, Austria saw the Belgian rider, Seppe Smits, take home the slopestyle victory on Friday, April 1st, 2011. Both the park setup and the riding were impressive at this springtime event with some of Europe’s best snowboarders .... More...

The young-guns all over Europe are waxing up their boards and beginning their travels to Ischgl, Austria next week for the 4Star Protest World Rookie Finals. The future stars of snowboarding have had the opportunity to compete all year at the many World Rookie Tour stops found all over the globe, ....More...

You can now cast your votes in the Burton Creative Us Of Space - presented by MINI - as the Global Voting is now open. Voting closes midday on 11th April. Male Finalists Sven Thorgren (SWE) Scotty James (AUS) Yale Cousino (USA) Female Finalists Ty Walker (USA) Cilka Sadar (SLO) Kjersti .... More...

After receiving tons of the craziest jib obstacles drawings for 3 months from October until January, Sylvain Vidal´s “Stairs” feature was finally elected this year´s winning obstacle! Not Only Sylvain has been flown with one of his mates to Avoriaz for an epic weekend, but he also discovered 2 .... More...

The Creative Use of Space Award was introduced to the Burton Global Open Series in order to promote riding that is creative rather than simply "spin-to-win". Starting with the semi-finals of the Slopestyle and Halfpipe events, the judges at the BGOS selected a number of runs they think worthy to .. More...

The final event of the SNO!zone Scottish Freestyle Series was scheduled to take place at Cairngorm Mountain this Saturday 2 April. However, due to the weather forecast it has been postponed until Sunday 3 April. The Scottish Freestyle Champs is a 3 Star British Snow Tour event giving maximum ....More...

The finals of the Quiksilver & Roxy Radar were a massive success for the British ski and snowboard scene, proving that our groms have got what it takes to compete in a European level competition. Radar finalist, Fin Bremner, took 2nd place on the podium for boys Snowboard (under 12’s), and Monty .... More...

UK Quiksilver Team Manager and 39 year old British Snowboard Legend scored third place in the final and most intimidating leg of the Nissan World Freeride Tour - the Bec des Rosses – making him ranked 6th over all with 4,700 points. After scoring impressive results from a wild card invitation ....More...

The world’s best riders put on a great show today as they tested their skills against freeriding’s most legendary face, the Bec des Rosses in Verbier, Switzerland. Today’s event determined who would ride away with the title of 2011 Freeride World Champion. In front of 7000 cheering spectators, men ....More...

Jamie Nicholls placed 18th in the finals of the Winter X Games Europe slopestyle with many competitors struggling with the course. Jamie said "it was a great week and good experience, didn't do as well as I wanted, which was annoying as practice was so good!" Full results. Videos on SCUK TV.

This Saturday 19th March at the Chapelle Snowpark in Avoriaz, France the winning entry from the first European 'Analog Design Unlikely Features' contest will be unveiled... There will an open Am contest on the new feature with registration from 9.30am, all day BBQ, giveaways and demo from .... More...

Female snowboarders will be making the pilgrimage to the very northern parts of Finland, far beyond the Arctic Circle, to the Levi resort in Lapland, for the much anticipated 4Star Battery Catfight competition. Featuring a new name and location, as well as, three competition formats, this event is .... More...

The press releases coming out of the Winter X-Games in Europe are frankly appalling in as much as we haven't actually seen any in recent weeks at all and certainly none since the Games started. What we can glean from the equally poor website is that yesterday's men's slopestyle elimination was ....More...

The Poney Session has been rocking the picturesque mountain village of St Lary in the French Pyrénnées mountain range for 8 years now. This year upgrading to a 4Star TTR status has meant a bigger prize purse on offer, with $20 000 USD on the line, as well as, more end of season Swatch TTR Tour .... More...

Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the traditional Bavarian village, was the setting of the first European 4Star RIDE Shakedown. Crowds of over 5000 people came to support the top-level snowboarders for a competition on the impressive slopestyle set-up at the Olympic Ski Jump Stadium on the 11th and 12th of .... More...

Finalists have been chosen for the Radar final which is taking place this Friday, 3pm, at the XGames. Here are the lucky finalists: - Marie Chevalley, Switzerland, Ski Woman - Amanda Gustavsson, Sweden, Ski Woman - Thalie Larochaix, France, Snow Woman - Hanne Eilertsen, Norway, Snow ....More...

Winter X Games Europe will welcome 150 athletes competing in eight events -- Men's and Women's Ski and Snowboard SuperPipe and Slopestyle -- over three days. The confirmed athlete list is constantly being updated and is subject to change. Gold medal winners from 2010 Winter X Games Europe receive ....More...

Peetu Piiroinen (FIN) and Jamie Anderson (USA) were officially crowned the 2010/11 Swatch TTR World Tour Champions at the 29th annual 6Star Burton US Open today. After their amazing performances throughout this 10-month long season, they were each rewarded with the TTR Champion trophies and $50,.... More...

The 6Star Burton US Open was the last major stop of the 2010/11 Swatch TTR World Tour season and also played host to the TTR World Tour Champion awards ceremony at Stratton Mountain in Vermont, USA. Kazuhiro Kokubo (JPN) and Kelly Clark (USA) won the halfpipe finals and were each awarded a large .... More...

Enni Rukajärvi (FIN) and Eric Willett (USA) won today’s slopestyle competition at the Burton US Open presented by MINI. Both riders will take home $20,000 cash as well as valuable points towards the Burton Global Open Series championship titles and the TTR top-10 rankings, which will be determined .... More...

Doppelmayr, the world’s leading ski lift manufacturer, has announced that the organisers of the Sochi 2014 winter Olympics have placed another major order with the company. Already working on 20 lift projects in the area, including a giant ‘3S’ style gondola set to be the world’s biggest, ....More...

Men’s and women’s halfpipe semi-finals finished up today at the 29th annual Burton US Open Snowboarding Championships presented by MINI. The women kicked things off under snowy skies, and 21 ladies competed for the six spots in the finals. The ladies pulled together solid runs led by Vermont .... More...

The 5Star Sprint US Snowboarding Grand Prix took place lastweekend in Mammoth Lakes, California, where riders competed in halfpipe for a share in the $90,000 USD prize purse and a maximum of 850 TTR World Tour Ranking points. At the end of the day, it was halfpipe queen, Kelly Clark (USA), who .... More...

The 4th stop of the Freeride World Tour 2011 took place this past weekend at the Russian ski resort of Rosa Khutor (host of the 2014 Winter Olympics). Competitors had 2 full days to shred the Russian backcountry in great powder conditions. With Austrian, Flo Orley taking first place. Tour leader, .... More...

The Burton US Open Snowboarding Championships, held at Stratton Mountain, Vermont every March, has been home to the best competitive riding for 29 consecutive years - longer than any other snowboard event in the world. And this year’s Open, taking place March 7-13, is shaping up to be all that and .... More...

The UK's Jamie Nicholls moves up to 28th in the TTR World rankings with three podiums at the Burn River Jump in Livigno, Italy. Third in the 5Star TTR Riverjump Slopestyle, 4th in the Riverjump big air and Burn Jib Master. Jamie said "Yesterday the wind was pretty bad which resulted in having to .. More...

Jamie finished 3rd in today's qualification for tonight's Big Air final for the 5Star Burn River Jump. 1 11 Ciancaleoni Giorgio ITA - 19 BURTON R 2 12 Grigis Marco ITA Colfosco 16 BURN R 3 14 Nicholls Jamie GBR Bradford 17 NIKE6.0 G 4 15 Gruber Simon ITA Bozen 23 FORUM G 5 16 Tiller Sondre .... More...

Ulrik Badertscher WinnerBurn River Jump 2011 Slopestyle© riv11 / raggieleonora.comA bright sunny day welcomed the 55 international snowboarders competing in the 5Star Burn Slopestyle finals to the world renowned Swatch Mottolino Snowpark in Livigno, Italy. The slopestyle course featured a Burn .... More...

Peetu Piiroinen, BEO 2011 © LaemmerhirtOnly two weeks remain until the 6Star Burton US Open, which will feature the crowning of the men's and women's 2010/11 Swatch TTR World Tour Champion titles. Finnish rider, Peetu Piiroinen, has once again clinched the men's title for an incredible third time .... More...

Mark Landwehr, designer of the Swatch TTR TrophySwatch and the TTR World Snowboard Tour announce the launch of the second edition of the Art Rules Design Contest and offer anyone with a creative mind a chance to make a mark within design and snowboard communities around the globe. Any and all .... More...

Burton is proud to announce its new event series kicking off this March. Building up on the Burton AM Tour which was a huge success throughout Europe, the Burton Park Jam Tour follows the same principles: providing a great infrastructure for young amateur riders to gain first contest experiences. .. .. More...

The clouds broke up in Oslo, Norway at Oslo Vinterpark for the men's and women's slopetyle finals at the 6Star Oakley Arctic Challenge. The women took to the course in the morning for a heated session, where Jamie Anderson (USA), once again, pulled ahead of the other competitors to take the win. .... More...

Top 6 women 1. Jamie Anderson (USA) 2. Spencer O`Brien (CAN) 3. Jenny Jones (UK) 4. Cheryl Maas (NED) 5. Thea Stenshagen (NOR) 6. Kjersti Buaas (NOR) Jenny said "3rd place at arctic challenge, by the skin of my teeth, stoked though and Terje the man himself came and told me he liked my .... More...

Following the first several events of the season, the women’s Freeride World Tour is heating up nicely with Janette Hargin (SWE), a former Olympic ski racer, leading the skiers’ ranking, and several wild card snowboarders, including freestyle icon Anne-Flore Marxer (FRA/SUI), all having a shot at ....More...

Terje Haakonsen and Kjersti Buaasat TAC 2011 signing the petition. © tac11 (photo Raggi Eleonora)This coming April 2011, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will decide whether they will introduce the slopestyle discipline into the Olympic Games program or not. Snowboarders from around .... More...

‘Burn Energy is proud to continue its strong partnership with Livigno, Italy, by securing title sponsor for the second year of the BURN RIVER JUMP’ Livigno steals the limelight in Italy next week as the Burn River Jump returns to the slopes, and streets, from the 22nd to the 25th of February .... More...

33 intrepid skiers and snowboarders have successfully completed the 150km Snow-Camp Everest Challenge in Portes du Soleil, France, raising money for Snow-Camp, one of the UK’s most innovative youth charities. The Challenge (27th – 30th January 2011) covered over 15 resorts from its base in Morzine, .. More...

On the 5th of March Verbier will be hosting the first addition of the Park 9. The event which will take place in the Verbier snow Park will feature freestyle skiing and snowboarding taking on a golf theme. The fun park will be transformed to look like a golf course with 9 features in the fun park .... More...

ESPN and CANAL + Events Return to Tignes in March for Second Winter X Games Europe. A host of Winter X Games and Olympic medalists headline the first wave of invited athletes for Winter X Games Europe 2011, to be held for a second consecutive year at Tignes Ski & Snowboard resort in France March ..More...

The legendary Air & Style big air contest, known as one of snowboarding's biggest international spectacles, this year featured a rail jam as a new contest category: The Nike 6.0 Stairset Battle Final. The TTR 3-Star event was the Grand Finale of the Nike 6.0 Stairset Battle Tour 2010/11, a .... More...

The 6Star Nike 6.0 Air & Style went off tonight in Munich, Germany where Peetu Piiroinen (FIN) threw down a Cab 1260 on the straight jump and a frontblunt 270 out on the rail section in the super finals to take home the win. With his victory tonight, Peetu took home an abundance of prizes .... More...

Today, a piece of snowboard history went into the books as the 20th anniversary of the NESCAFÉ CHAMPS Leysin, the oldest snowboard event in Europe, once again featured a nail biting final. Under sunny skies that made for warm spring-like conditions, the Swiss crowds gathered to relax and watch the .... More...

The Swatch TTR World Tour is running full steam ahead with the 6Star Oakley Arctic Challenge right around the corner. The legendary event, taking place in Oslo, Norway, will feature a progressive slopestyle course for both men and women, starting off with qualifications on February 17th and .... More...

Difficult Conditions Challenge Riders at The North Face Masters of Crystal Mountain by Swatch and Primaloft, USA Rookie US snowboarder Tim Carlson overcame challenging snow conditions and a strong field of Freeride World Tour competitors as well as top local US riders to bring home the winning ....More...

The 6Star Nike 6.0 Air & Style Munich, Germany is set to go off this Saturday, February 12th, 2011 at the Olympic Stadium, with 16 invited professional snowboarders ready to battle it out in the dramatic head-to-head format, which has become a signature of the Air & Style events. The unique format .. More...

To celebrate the Nike 6.0 Air & Style Munich the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour and Nike 6.0 are giving away 2 tickets to the event at the Olympic Stadium (in Munich). Enter here... More...

On Friday 4th February, in the heart of Innsbruck’s historic old town, Burn brought the ‘Burn Rail Session’ to Austria – an innovative jam format event featuring 15 of Europe’s most talented rail riders. Attracting a huge crowd of spectators and media, Marie-Theresien Strasse was buzzing with .... More...

A big week is in store for the 5Star NESCAFÉ CHAMPS Leysin as the event prepares to celebrate its 20th anniversary. As Europe’s longest running snowboarding event it has brought many young talents into the limelight and continues to do so with its progressive slopestyle course that incorporates a .... More...

The 5Star Burton Canadian Open wrapped up yesterday at the Winsport Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta with men's and women's slopestyle finals. American riders, Sam Hulbert and Jamie Anderson walked away victorious in the slopestyle format and at Friday’s halfpipe competition it was Kohei .... More...

Mark McMorris © Billabong A&SThe 11,000 screaming spectators at the Bergisel Stadium saw a veritable spectacle when the 6Star Billabong Air & Style took over the ski-jump stadium with a gigantic straight jump and 16 of the world's best snowboarders. The exciting head-to-head format saw rider .... More...

Since registration closed a fortnight ago, judges have reviewed all the entries and finalists have been selected! 10 British kids have made it through to Round 2 of the Quiksilver and Roxy Radar with the judges selecting the following finalists: Jake Terry Victoria MacGregor Tomski Robinson ....More...

The 16th World Ski & Snowboard Festival takes place in Whistler from April 15 – 24. One of the biggest events in the ski world, especially at the end of winter when many other resorts have closed, the ten day festival is a 10 day and night showcase of the latest progressions in the skiing and ....More...

The Bergisel stadium in Innsbruck, Austria will, once again, host a festive gathering of snowboarders for the legendary 6Star Billabong Air & Style Innsbruck. The event will feature a massive straight jump for the 16 invited riders from around the world who will be competing for a share of the .... More...

The third annual 5Star Burton Canadian Open presented by MINI is geared up and ready to rock the Winsport Canada’s Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta all this week. The competition officially kicks off with qualifiers on Tuesday, February 1st with halfpipe finals taking place Friday, February .. More...

Saturday the 15th of January saw the 3rd leg of the SNO!zone Scottish Freestyle Series visit the West of Scotland Snowsports Centre. For this Scottish Artificial Championships event, organisers Snowsport Scotland made the most of the epic kicker and quarter pipe set up at Bearsden. .... More...

The scale of development ahead of the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, is becoming increasingly apparent with the world’s leading lift manufacturer, Doppelmayr revealing that they are in the process of completing 20 new lifts connected with the Games in time for 2014. The biggest project is .... More...

The Best Riders on the Best Mountains in the Ultimate Freeride Competition. Men’s Snowboard 1. Matt Annetts (USA) 2. Mitch Toelderer (AUT) 3. Flo Orley (AUT) Men’s Ski 1. Henrik Windstedt (SWE) 2. Torgrim Vole (NOR) 3. Seb Michaud (FRA) Full results attached or on www..... More...

The athletes of the Freeride World tour are heading to Engadin St. Moritz, Switzerland for a brand new stage of the newly-expanded Freeride World Tour 2011. Engadin St. Moritz, in the southeast corner of Switzerland is famous as an exclusive playground for celebrities. However, it also offers ....More...

Last week (19th-23rd January) saw the TTR 3Star Rip Curl Sista Sessions 2011 hit Mayrhofen, Austria in force, with an entourage of female shredders, media, judges, filmers and photographers. Over five crispy cold January days the resort saw pro ladies going on photoshoots, beginners chicks have .... More...

Peetu Piiroinen, BEO 2011 © M. LaemmerhirtStarting this week, everyone is invited to vote for the first ever MINI Creative Use of Space Award: a new $25,000 cash prize for one male and female snowboarder who receives the most votes for creative riding during the Burton Global Open Series (BGOS).. More...

Nissan rider Xavier De le Rue has a banging start to the Nissan Freeride World Tour in Chamonix. Last Sunday saw the first stop of the Nissan Freeride World Tour in Chamonix. Though we say Chamonix, there was a last minute change of plan as the snow on the French face of Mont Blanc was not up .... More...

Halfpipe superstars Kelly Clark (USA) and Peetu Piiroinen (FIN) won today’s Burton European Open halfpipe competition, adding another world-class title to their long list of career wins and giving the BEO’s largest halfpipe crowd ever a great show. Both Kelly and Peetu had tough competition in the .... More...

Beautiful blue skies greeted the Burton European Open today for the men’s and women’s slopestyle finals competition where seasoned slopestyle pro Jamie Anderson (USA) and up-and-coming Finnish rider Roope Tonteri took home first place, valuable points towards both the BGOS and TTR titles and $15,.... More...

Peetu Piiroinen © Marcel LaemmerhirtDespite challenging weather conditions, men’s halfpipe and women’s slopestyle semi-final competitions finished up at the BEO today with the men kicking things off in the halfpipe followed by the women in the slopestyle course. Ten men advanced to the BEO .... More...

Two-time Burton Global Open Series overall winner Peetu Piiroinen qualified in first place in today’s men’s slopestyle semi-finals at the Burton European Open, earning a spot in the upcoming slopestyle finals taking place this Friday, January 14. Only 10 riders out of 42 could make it into .... More...

The Rip Curl Sista Sessions, a 3Star TTR slopestyle and rail Jam competition for girls only, will take place in the snowboard mecca of Mayrhofen, Austria on the 19th-23rd January 2011. With two riding formats, a 3000 Euro prize purse and 400 TTR ranking points to hand out the event is attracting a .... More...

On 22 January 2011, the best freeriders in the world will know if their rigorous training and mental preparation leading up to the first event of the Freeride World Tour (FWT) season has paid off when they drop in and give it their all at the Nissan Freeride de Chamonix Mont-Blanc 2011 by Swatch. .. More...

The sun was out again up on Crap Sogn Gion in LAAX today to welcome the riders for the 4th day at the 12th Burton European Open, the Men’s and Women’s Halfpipe Qualification. 16 year old Jan Scherrer (SUI) won the Men’s Qualifications, Australian Holly Crawford, BEO 2007 Halfpipe winner, landed on ....More...

After last years wild card invite and surprise third place finish at the Nissan Freeride de Chamonix, Stentiford has been invited to attend the full tour this season. An invitation he can’t refuse: "To get on the podium is pretty exhilarating for a UK snowboarder and that sort of spurred me on a .. More...

The 3rd day of the Burton European Open continued with Men’s Halfpipe Pre-Qualifications and Women’s Slopestyle Qualifications. Some fresh snow in the morning and a little fog didn’t hinder the riders in today’s competitions. 99 men from 18 nations dropped into the Halfpipe today to determine .... More...

The Burton European Open (BEO), Europe’s biggest and most well respected snowboard event, will webcast the men’s and women’s semi-finals and finals for slopestyle and halfpipe from January 12-15. Over 400 top riders and amateurs from around the globe are on their way to LAAX, Switzerland to compete .. More...

David Habluetzel © LaemmerhirtThe 12th Burton European Open continued today with the Junior Halfpipe event. 57 of the youngest shredders in the BEO made their way up to Crap Sogn Gion at LAAX this morning to drop into the perfectly shaped Halfpipe. Ty Walker (USA) claimed her 2nd victory this .... More...

The 12th Burton European Open (BEO) started its week-long programme with the Junior Slopestyle in LAAX, Switzerland today. 61 groms between 10 and 14 years from 15 nations were welcomed by sunshine up on Crap Sogn Gion. 13 year old Ty Walker (USA) walked away with her 3rd BEO Junior Slopestyle .... More...

Christian Haller © O'Neill/Frode SandbechThe 6Star O'Neill Evolution wrapped up in Davos, Switzerland with Sebastien Toutant (CAN) and Jamie Anderson (USA) winning the slopestyle titles today and Christian Haller (SUI) and Kelly Clark (USA) taking top honors in halfpipe yesterday. Each of the .... More...

The first 6* TTR Event of the season the O’Neill Evolution is underway in Davos and UK team rider Dan Wakeham has qualified for the finals. Watch Dan represent and throw down his double crippler that he’s added to his bag of tricks in tomorrow’s halfpipe finals, live on Freecaster. Dan said, “I .. More...

The Burton European Open is getting ready to kick off this coming weekend on Saturday, January 8th, 2011 in Laax, Switzerland and will play host to over 300 riders from around the globe. The eight-day event will feature some of the world’s most talented men and women snowboard athletes competing .... More...

This coming Saturday 8th January is the first event in the Junior Burton European Open 2011. The event will kick off with the Slopestyle competition on the Saturday with the Halfpipe on the Sunday. In the girls events only ten lucky contestants have been selected based upon their Swatch TTR .... More...

As the new year rolls in with a bang, so does the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour with two 6Star events set for the month of January. First up is the 6Star O’Neill Evolution set to rock the high mountain town of Davos, Switzerland from January 2nd to the 9th, 2011. Male and female riders from .... More...

Only three more weeks before the 12th annual Burton European Open (BEO) is kicking off. Top riders and amateurs from around the world are getting ready to participate in Europe’s biggest snowboarding event from January 8 – 15, 2011 in LAAX, Switzerland. The BEO is the second stop of the 2010/11 .... More...

TTR Pro Snowboarding and the World Snowboard Federation together announce the official qualification criteria for the 2012 World Snowboarding Championships set to take place February 11-19, 2012 in Oslo, Norway at the Tryvann Vinterpark resort arena. The World Snowboarding Championships will be ....More...

After six great years the JibVid is taking a year off due to a lack of Title sponsor. Event organisers GMC Events are very disappointed about being unable to hold the 7th edition of this event in 2011 however after 3 very successful years with Oakley, Mayrhofen and our other partners we are ....More...

Canadian rider, Sebastien Toutant, was the winner of the Oakley Shaun White Air & Style Beijing snowboard competition tonight in China, a 6Star Swatch TTR event. He walked away with a large share of the $100,000 USD prize purse, the coveted Air & Style Ring of Glory and 1,000 TTR World Ranking .... More...

The Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour keeps evolving and the 2010/11 Northern Hemisphere season has some exciting changes going on with many new events, the introduction of a new judging system and will feature the Burton US Open as the final 6Star event for both men and women. Due to rider feedback,.. More...

This weekend, The People's Republic of China will welcome the first major snowboard event ever to take place in the country, the Oakley and Shaun White present Air & Style Beijing. This is also the first 6Star event of the men's 2010/2011 Swatch TTR World Tour and is set to take place at the .... More...

After a 3-year break new title sponsor Nike brings Air & Style back into the Olympic Stadium Munich. With a new title sponsor the snowboard world elite returns into the Olympic Stadium at the Nike 6.0 Air & Style Munich on February 12th 2011. After a 3-year break the Mother of all snowboard .... More...

Top riders are nailing down plans to gather in LAAX for the 12th annual Burton European Open (BEO), the second event of this season’s Burton Global Open Series (BGOS) and a 6 Star TTR event. Thanks to its progressive riding, exceptional prize purse, fun atmosphere and late-night entertainment, the ....More...

The second-annual international winter action sports competition; Winter X Games Europe Tignes, is the European version of ESPN's Winter X Games and features athletes from across the globe competing for medals and prize money. The UK's Jenny Jones will be going to her 4th Gold X-Games gold. More...

The 6STAR TTR O’Neill Evolution is readying to launch the year 2011 with quite a show. From January 2nd until the 8th expect to be mesmerised as some of the best snowboarding talent in the world pushes the limits and take to the skies from the halfpipe and slopestyle in Davos, Switzerland. More...

It was a perfect day up on the Dachstein glacier in Austria for the 4Star Horsefeathers Pleasure Jam, where riders were greeted with bluebird skies, warm weather and light winds. The day kicked off with men’s and women’s slopestyle semi-final rounds in the morning and finished off with finals in .... More...

As the TTR ramp up the pressure on the IOC to run the freestyle snowboarding events at the Olympics rather than FIS, check out this great little flick about judging freestyle snowboard competitions. MPORA Action Sports >>

30 men and 16 women will qualify for the 2011 Oakley Arctic Challenge (TAC) – also being the trial World Snowboarding Championships. The best slopestyle riders in the world will qualify from the TTR ranking, qualifying events and wildcards. Peetu Piiroinen, FS Air at the Artic Challenge 2009© .... More...

Saturday morning always comes around too quickly if you've been working all week. Expecting the worst from the weather after leaving it raining in Glasgow it was nice to see the sun poking through to start then splitting the sky, but to top it off there was snow on the hills just past Stirling. And .. More...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently announced in a press conference held at the IOC’s meeting in Acapulco, Mexico that it has postponed their decision on whether slopestyle will be included in the 2014 Olympic Winter Games until the spring of 2011. Officials of the IOC said, “The ....More...

The 4Star Nissan Stomp-It went down this weekend in Modena, Italy where Gerome Mathieu (FRA) took home his first 4Star TTR title. Set in an urban environment outside the convention halls of the Skipass tradeshow, the event had a great turnout despite the challenging weather conditions. Mathieu .... More...

As winter begins to throw its white blanket across the mountains in the Northern Hemisphere, one of the first European snowboard events on the Swatch TTR Tour is bringing the snow into the city of Modena in Italy on the 30th-31st October 2010. The 4Star Nissan Stomp-It takes place at the biggest .... More...

Now that snow is covering the mountain peaks and temperatures are dropping, Burton Snowboards and host resort LAAX are gearing up for the 12th annual Burton European Open (BEO), taking place from January 8 – 15, 2011. Peetu Piiroinen in Laax at the BEO, 2010 Over the years, the BEO has .... More...

Enni Rukajarvi (FIN)Enni Rukajarvi and Petja Piiroinen (19), both of Finland took out the women’s and men’s Junior World Champion titles on Monday’s snowboard big air at Cardrona at the final day of the 2010 FIS Snowboard & Freestyle Junior World Championships. The girls really showed their .... More...

Winter Games NZ chairman, Sir Eion Edgar, today announced 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games is confirmed for 13-28 August 2011 following signoff from all key central and local government partners. Expanding on the successful inaugural event in 2009, 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games, will .... More...

Some of New Zealand’s and the World’s best names in big mountain skiing and snowboarding are expected to descend on Mt Ruapehu in New Zealand next month for the Export 33 Xtreme skiing event, and the Mother Snowboard Challenge at Whakapapa. New Zealand’s biggest prize pool of almost NZD80,000 in .. More...

Kelly Clarke © Pablo AzocarThe eighth annual Burton New Zealand Open Halfpipe finals took place under blue bird skies today at Cardrona Alpine Resort with Iouri Podladtchikov (SUI) taking first place in the men’s event and Kelly Clark (USA) winning the women’s competition. Podladtchikov and .... More...

Jamie Nicholls finished an impressive 10th place in the Burton New Zealand Open Slopestyle on Friday at Cardona, with a score of 69.8 in his second run. Jamie high over Cardona during qualifications © Pablo Azocar Also check out Jamie on the Red Bull Performance highlight video. More...

The Burton New Zealand Open Slopestyle finals took place today at Cardrona Alpine Resort with Burton rider Christian Haller (SUI) taking first place in the men’s event and Jamie Anderson (USA) winning the women’s competition. Haller and Anderson both walked away NZ$6,000 richer for their ....More...

A charity that supports people living with multiple sclerosis is looking for skiers and snowboarders to sign up for its upcoming Monster Ski event in France next February. Monster Ski is an endurance challenge to ski 90,000 vertical feet over the three days and is organized exclusively for the .... More...

Winter is in full swing down in the Southern Hemisphere and riders from around the globe are making the journey to Lake Wanaka, New Zealand for the 2010 Burton New Zealand Open. A 5Star event on the Swatch TTR World Tour, the New Zealand Open is set to take place August 10-14, 2010 at Cardrona .... More...

The Saas Fee Ride will be staged once again in the famous Swisss resort next weekend. On Saturday, 17th of July 2010 the tenth staging of the summer snow sports contest will take place on Saas Fee’s glacier ski area which recently reopened for summer 2010. Saas Fee’s terrain park at 3300 ....More...

After the success of the inaugural event last winter, Tignes has announced that the new European version of the winter X Games, which has been a mainstay in the US for more than a dozen years, most of them at Aspen Snowmass in Colorado, will be back in the French resort for its second staging this ....More...

The Billabong Ante Up competition, the first 5Star event of the 2010/11 Swatch TTR World Tour season, went off this weekend with an excellent showing from a diverse field of riders. The summertime event was held in the Camp of Champions park on the Blackcomb glacier and featured a massive 75-foot .... More...

If you fancy the challenge of skiing or snowboarding a total of 150km over 3 days, including a night session and a night mountain hike - then the Everest Challenge is for you! The Everest Challenge is a unique 3 day charity snowsports event designed to give a skiing or snowboarding experience you .... More...

Believe it or not, the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour is getting ready to kick of the 2010/2011 season with the 5Star Billabong Ante Up big air event going down at Camp of Champions on June 26th, 2010 in Whistler, B.C. Canada. The inaugural 5Star event has a premiere lineup of riders trekking .... More...

The annual TTR General Assembly 2010 took place from May 21st to 22nd, with a great turnout of snowboard sport representatives from around the globe who came together in Barcelona, Spain, to discuss the future of competitive snowboarding. For the second consecutive year, the annual meeting was ....More...

The annual TTR General Assembly 2010 took place from May 21st to 22nd, with a great turnout of snowboard sport representatives from around the globe who came together in Barcelona, Spain, to discuss the future of competitive snowboarding. For the second consecutive year, the annual meeting was .... More...

TTR Pro Snowboarding today announces the creation of the World Snowboarding Championships. A new world-class snowboarding event, the World Snowboarding Championships will be held every four years and will feature men’s and women’s halfpipe and slopestyle disciplines. The first event is planned ....More...

As the saying goes ‘all roads lead to Rome’. Well on Saturday 10th of April, sixteen Nikita Chickitas took the road to Serfaus where the 4th Nikita Chickita Europe contest took place. Us here at Nikita would like to think that there are many different ways of doing something and Nikita Chickita is .... More...

Claire Frost, Enni Rukajärvi and Saana Pehkonen© Harri TarvainenAfter an action packed few days at the Ruka Battery Park in Northern Finland, snowboarding’s upcoming star Enni Rukajärvi took the victory at the 3Star Oakley Girlsessions. The event had attracted a crowd that was curious to see .... More...

We’re counting down to 10th April when the next edition of Nikita Chickita Europe hits the slopes at Serfaus, Austria. The quiet resort will be awash with friendly female snowboarders looking to ride on the groomed slopestyle course, in order to win the top prize of 1000 Euros, a one-year Nikita .... More...

Though it starts more reserved as he negotiates the exposed upper portion of his gnarly line down the Bes des Rosses, once he points if off the 10m cliff the De Le Rue afterburners are firmly on. He posted the fastest run of the day, took an original line and sent it off a huge cliff that’s not ....More...

Swatch and the TTR World Snowboard Tour launch the Swatch TTR Trophy “Art Rules” Design Contest and offer YOU a chance to make yourself a name in the design and snowboarding world around the globe. The Swatch TTR Tour is symbolised by its trophy, which is handed out at the end of the competitive .... More...

This winter the 19-year old rookie from Finland, Enni Rukajärvi took the snowboarding world by storm by appearing almost out of thin air and dominating the top slopestyle events. Fresh from finishing high school, she begun competing a few years prior at her home mountain and it became clear that .... More...

The 6Star Roxy Chicken Jam slopestyle and halfpipe finals both went down today under sunny skies at Mammoth Mountain in California and Enni Rukajärvi (FIN) has been officially declared the women’s Swatch TTR World Snowboard Champion for the 2009/2010 season. Sina Candrian (SUI) was able to post a .... More...

Peetu PiiroinenCrowned Swatch TTR World Champion 2010 Kazuhiro Kokubo (JPN) and Kelly Clark (USA) won today’s US Open halfpipe finals, where thousands of fans enjoyed some of the most progressive riding in halfpipe history. Today’s win marked a historic moment for Kelly Clark, who is now the ....More...

After the unusually hot Vermont sun set at Stratton, the Black & Night Jam was on. 25 men and 10 women had 90 minutes to get in as many runs as possible in the US Open’s fourth ever rail jam. The setup called for creativity, with multiple riders dropping at once into what looked like a ....More...

SIna Candrian takes TTR lead with her first Burton US Open Slopestyle title. It was a beautiful sunny day in Stratton, Vermont for the slopestyle finals at the 6Star Burton US Open and riders were lighting up the perfectly shaped course. Sina Candrian (SUI) was the standout of the day claiming .... More...

Here's a great clip from Oakley, with a pretty funny little interview with Jenny Jones fresh from here Winter X Games Europe victory, chatting about her win and lucky pants. More Snowboarding >>

From March 18th through 21st, 2010, the LG Snowboard FIS World Cup finals will take place in La Molina. The last competitions in snowboard cross (March 18th and 19th), halfpipe (March 20th) and parallel giant slalom (March 21st) will be staged. For the first time ever, the snowboarders will wrap up ..More...

The first of the Highlanders kicked off at the weekend at Nevis Range. It was a typically Scottish day with low cloud hanging around. However, it still did not stop the 27 entrants from getting their shred on. The Nevis Range staff had been working hard all week to get the park back together .... More...

For the third year in a row the Oakley Jib-Vid crew are in Mayrhofen awaiting the arrival of the 18 teams who will compete for the coveted top prize of 5,000 euros for their 2-minute film. In just a couple of hours the teams' arrival will be greeted by beautiful blue skies in the picturesque .... More...

Final Superpipe Snowboard - Men The TEAM Quiksilver snowboarder, Mathieu Crepel, took a silver medal in the final of Superpipe to Winter X Games Europe. For his second run, Mathieu gave his all and perfectly connected a frontside double Cork 1080°, a haakon flip 720°, a frontside 1260° tail grab, ....More...

Japan's skiing officials have been read the riot act after one of their snowboarders wore his Vancouver Olympic uniform in "hip hop" style last month. Dreadlocked snowboarder Kazuhiro Kokubo narrowly escaped being kicked out of the Games after arriving with his trousers pulled low on his hips, .... More...

We're just going to put this out there, doubters be damned. If Shaun White had shown up to Winter X Europe -- and we're betting our wheel of brie that he's gritting his teeth, wishing he had, just to prove to himself and the rest of the world that he could have had it -- he may not have won. .... More...

Riders from around the globe are currently making the trek to Stratton, Vermont for the men’s last 6Star event of the 2009/2010 Swatch TTR World Tour season. The 6Star Burton US Open is set to take hold of Stratton Mountain Resort all next week with slopestyle finals scheduled for Friday, March .... More...

England's Jones has been winning snowboard contests for years, but it wasn't until a fourth-place finish at Winter X Games in 2008 that the shred world began to recognize. She started winning Winter X in 2009 and hasn't stopped. The level of competition has increased, but so has Jones' game. And .... More...

On a course where the possible number of rotations is exceeded only by the number of baguettes in spectators' hands, the field of eight riders in Thursday's Men's Slopestyle finals had to work hard for their money. How does one prepare for a run with eight features? "You don't `" said Sage .... More...

Kaitlyn Farrington, Stoked!Had you asked any finalist in Thursday's Women's SuperPipe field what it was going to take to beat Torah Bright at the beginning of this evening's competition, you may have heard some similar sentiments: "It's impossible, unfortunately. Maybe I will try my 1080, but I .... More...

L-R: Léa Klaue, Domitilla Mattei and Laura Berry© Alba PardoIn spite of the storm 11 girls took part in the last qualifying round of the NIKITA CHICKITA SWISS TOUR. The event took place in the snowpark of Crans-Montana (VS) on Saturday March 6th. Because of the bad weather the event took .... More...

The UK's Jenny Jones has just qualified in 1st place to go through to the six women slopestyle final on Friday at 11.30am. Jenny Jones, today's top female Snowboard Slopestyle elims competitor, qualified with a whopping score of 96.33. Her run included three straight airs, two 3s and a backside .... More...

The first ever European X Games is happening in Tignes as we speak. The best skiers and snowboarders in the world will be battling it out for X Games gold from the 10th – 12th March. MPORA are the official online partners for the event meaning we get the official highlights 24hrs before anyone ....More...

TSA thanks to everyone who voted for Rowan Coultas. Due to the overwhelming response, Rowan will now be going to compete at the Euro X Games. 12 year old snowboarder Rowan was selected as one of the finalist in the Quiksilver Radar programme. After qualifying in Switzerland his entry video went ..More...

Shaun White, Peetu Piiroinen, Scotty Lago, Hannah Teter and Kelly Clark all to compete. The 28th annual US Open Snowboarding Championships will once again host thousands of fans and many of the world’s top snowboarders for a weekend of slopestyle, rail jam and halfpipe competitions. Taking ....More...

One of the most impressive snowboard athletes in the world today, Peetu Piiroinen (FIN), reconfirmed his reputation with a first place finish at the coveted 6Star Oakley Arctic Challenge. Thousand of fans at Tryvann Vinterpark in Oslo, Norway witnessed a piece of snowboarding history as 21-year old .. More...

ESPN are today proud to announce that the first Winter X Games event to be held outside of the United States will be broadcast live from Europe in March. All competition finals from ESPN Winter X Games Europe Tignes will be shown live and exclusive from 10th - 12th March 2010 on ESPN and ESPN HD. ..More...

Nikita Chickita USA 2010 went down on Saturday February 20th at Brighton, Utah. What lay ahead was a super fun day and everyone who made it had a great time. A total of 46 girls showed up to be part of this year’s event and some amazing riding led to the following shredsters making the finals: .. .. More...

After we reported on the winners of the 5 Star TTR Burn River Jump last week, we didn't really say anything about the amazing performance of the UK's Jamie Nicholls at the event in Italy. During the slopestyle event, Jamie qualified in 1st position in his heat with a cab 9, a backside double .... More...

The 6Star Oakley Arctic Challenge (TAC) is set to take place in Oslo, Norway March 5th-7th 2010 with an impressive rider list that will be sure to create some intense competition. The legendary event has, throughout its existence, created stars and constantly pushed snowboarding to develop and .... More...

Next week sees Winter X Games, the legendary U.S. winter action sports event, come to Europe for the first time. Competing for Britain will be top snowboarder Jenny Jones, hoping to win another gold medal following her win at the recent U.S. event. Can she do it again? Find out by watching all the .... More...

Team GB snowboarder Adam Mcleish finished 24th in the parallel giant slalom in torrid weather conditions on Cypress Mountain this morning. Mcleish produced two clean and consistent qualification runs, recording times of 40.30 seconds and 40.79 seconds, but just missed out on the top 16 finish .... More...

The all girl slopestyle competition 'O.C Playground Jam' returns for another year, this time inviting female skiers to enjoy the fun on 3rd April in Avoriaz. More...

Following the Slopestyle format on Thursday the 5Star Burn River Jump took on its second format, the Straight Jump, this evening in the centre of Livigno, Italy. In front of a spectacular city backdrop and thousands of screaming spectators, the riders faced a nail-biting knock out final. Yale .... More...

Eric Willett © FizzaAmerican Eric Willett took home the Brux Slopestyle title and 850 Swatch TTR ranking points this Thursday at the 5Star Burn River Jump in Livigno, Italy. With high level snowboarding seen from the 67 riders gathered from all over the world, it was the talented rookies .... More...

Chris Soerman © Raggi Eleonora The Burn River Jump has been part of the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour since 2007 and has with its creative set up and top level riding developed in its fourth year into a 5Star event. The international riders will flood the Mottolino Snowpark in Livigno, .... More...

The online publication Ski Rebel Magazine (www.skirebel.com) has published a story on how the current 2010 Games came to happen in Whistler, based on an interview in the late 1990s by Ski Rebel’s Frederick Wallace with the man who ‘discovered’ Whistler 50 years ago. In 1960, when Franz ....More...

TTR Pro Snowboard, the owner and operator of the TTR World Snowboard Tour would like to congratulate the 2010 Vancouver Olympics halfpipe winners, Shaun White (USA) for his second consecutive gold medal, Peetu Piiroinen (FIN) for taking home the silver medal, and Scotty Lago (USA) for his bronze. ....More...

The world's best freeskiers and freeride snowboarders are battling it out again for the Freeride World Tour Championship title at four of the world's most prestigious ski resorts, and this month they’re due to make history at the third stage in Squaw Valley USA, by tackling the permanently closed ....More...

Torah Bright won Australia's first gold of the Vancouver Games in women's halfpipe Thursday, ending long-standing US domination of the sport. Bright's winning score was 45.00 points, with 2006 champion Hannah Teter of America scoring 42.4 and her team-mate and 2002 gold medallist Kelly Clark on .... More...

Team GB’s 35-year-old three time Olympian Lesley McKenna was unable to fulfil her ambitions on the Cypress Mountain halfpipe today as she suffered falls on the first hit of both qualification runs meaning she finished the competition in 30th, last position after recording scores of 5.1 and 2.8. .... More...

Team GB's Olympic snowboard veteran of 3 Winter Olympic Games, Lesley McKenna, gets her chance today in the women's halfpipe event. Torah Bright, NZ - who is rumoured to have a double cork in her bag of tricks - starts first in qualifiers with Lesley starting 18th. Kendal Brown, NZ finishes the .... More...

Snowboarding superstar and defending champion Shaun White won the Olympic men's halfpipe gold Wednesday, dazzling the judges with his tricks - including the gravity-defying Double McTwist 1260, which has been dubbed the "Tomahawk" after a steak White was eating the day he first managed the trick. .. More...

Team GB halfpipe snowboarder Ben Kilner finished in 18th place on Cypress Mountain on Wednesday. Kilner qualified in good form for the semi-finals with a score of 32.1, but he suffered falls on both runs in the semi-finals (scores 3.1 and 17.0). At 21 years of age Kilner believes he has two or .... More...

There's only a few days left to submit your team entries to the Oakley Jib-Vid 2010; if you want to be in with a chance of winning the lion's share of the 10,000 euro prize purse, submit your details via the entry form now! All you need is a team of 3, your own filming and editing equipment and .... More...

Here's some great clips sent to us by MPORA to whet your appetite for today's half pipe. First up, an Onboard edit from the BEO with some great interviews, followed up by some of the Team GB hopeful, Ben Kilner. ONBOARD Edit More Snowboarding >> Ben Kilner - Part 1 More Snowboarding >> ....More...

Ben Kilner at the BEO this year© LaemmerhirtOn Cypress Mountain 21-year-old Team GB halfpipe snowboarder Ben Kilner will be aiming to repeat the excellent form that saw him claim a bronze medal in last month’s World Cup event in Calgary, which was also the scene of the Team GB Preparation Camp, .... More...

Team GB's Zoe Gillings put in a huge performance to finish 8th in the Olympic Women's Snowboard Cross event last night at Cypress Mountain. Qualifying in 8th place, Zoe crashed out spectacularly on her second qualification run and only her skill avoided serious injury as she tucked in to a .... More...

Zoe Gillings will be hoping to produce her best form for Team GB on Cypress Mountain today as she competes in the women’s snowboard-cross competition. Gillings has enjoyed a strong build up to the Olympic Winter Games with training at the British Olympic Association’s Preparation Camp in Calgary as ..More...

It's not just the boys who are into their doubles at the moment. Check out the video of Torah Bright practising the double crippler in NZ last year. You wouldn't bet against her for a medal on Thursday's women's halfpipe.

America's Seth Wescott upset the form book to win the men's Olympic snowboard cross gold medal on Monday, successfully defending his title from Torino four years ago. Mike Robertson of Canada settled for silver after Westcott pipped him at the finish line, with Tony Ramoin of France taking .... More...

Japanese snowboarder Kazuhiro Kokubo has been excluded from the opening cermony of the Vancouver Winter Olympics for unapologetically flouting the team dress code. More...

With the Opening Ceremony taking place in the early hours of tomorrow morning (01:30 Sat 13th Feb), it's time to get your calendar's open and book these important appointments (sat in front of the TV) scheduled in. Monday 15th February 18:30 Men's Snowboard Cross -- Qualification 22:00 .. More...

There's something deliciously futuristic about the fact that Microsoft and Google are patrolling our roads, documenting their every nook and cranny with large multidirectional cameras strapped to SUVs. But what about the unpaved wilderness? Well, Google's after that too now, with its new Street .... More...

BBC Sport will be providing comprehensive coverage of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games which will run from the 12 February to 28 February, including the Opening and Closing ceremonies. As Britain's Winter Olympic and Winter Paralympic broadcaster, coverage will be available on TV (....More...

Six Olympians from four countries swept the podium today during the halfpipe competition at the second annual Burton Canadian Open. It was picturesque day in Calgary for the internationally diverse field of riders who were competing for a piece of the $25,000 prize purse, in addition to valuable ....More...

Enni Rukajarvi © J PattersonThe second annual Burton Canadian Open (CANO) has come to a close and Brett Esser (USA) and Enni Rukajärvi (FIN) have come out on top, winning the men’s and women’s slopestyle competition today at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. After seeing optimal conditions .... More...

The 5Star Burton Canadian Open Snowboard Championships are getting ready to make some pre-Olympic commotion on the Swatch TTR Tour at the “WinSport” Canada Olympic Park (COP) in Calgary, AB, Canada on February 1st-7th, 2010. A strong field of Canadian riders will get their chance to prove .... More...

Despite this week’s cancellation of the Air & Style Moscow, another Swatch TTR event will bring snowboarding at its best to Russia: the 4Star BGV Fest from February 5th to 7th 2010 in the Metallurt-Magnitogorsk Ski Resort (Bannoe Lake). This legendary contest is bringing the 2009/10 BGV Tour to a .... More...

Poland’s Paulina Ligocka (25 years old) and Finland’s Peetu Piiroinen (21 years old) won the 11th Burton European Open halfpipe event today. Each will take home US$ 15.000 in prize-money and also important points towards the BGOS and TTR rankings. Ursina Haller (SUI) and Ilkka-Eemeli Laari (FIN) .... More...

Finnish riders Peetu Piiroinen (21 years old) and Enni Rukajärvi (19 years old) were the big winners of an exciting slopestyle finals up on Crap Sogn Gion today. Peetu claimed his 3rd BEO title today; while Enni secured her first win at the BEO. Both earned US$ 15.000 prize-money, 8.000 BGOS points .. More...

The men’s halfpipe qualifications and semi-finals were happening today up on Crap Sogn Gion at the 11th Burton European Open. After yesterday’s cloudy skies, bluebird welcomed the riders this morning as well as a perfectly prepared superpipe. The young guns were the surprise of the week so far, and .. More...

Christian HallerNorwegians and Finnish riders take top spots in Men’s Slopestyle Semi-Finals. The Burton European continued today with the Men’s Slopestyle semi-finals. It was the first day top seeded riders like Peetu Piiroinen or Iouri Podladtchikov were in action to meet the 18 men who made .... More...

Slovenian Luka Jeromel & US rider Ty Walker dominate the men’s and women’s slopestyle qualifications. Sunshine and blue skies welcomed the riders today on the fourth day of the 2010 Burton European Open. 40 men who came through from the Pre-Qualifications and 50 women had two runs to prove their .. More...

Entries for the ultimate riding and filming event, Oakley Jib-Vid 2010, are now open, so get your team of 3, fill in the entry form, clear your calendar from 17th-19th March; and you will be in with a chance to compete for the 10,000 euro prize purse against the best at the awesome Vans Penken .... More...

19-year-olf Finn wins the world’s biggest girls-only snowboard event at Saalbach Hinterglemm, Austria. In a high-class competition, Enni Rukajärvi took victory at the 7th Roxy Chicken Jam 2010 at Saalbach Hinterglemm. At the world’s biggest snowboard event for girls only, the 19-year-old Finn ....More...

Cloudy yet wind-free conditions in the Quiksilver Nanshan Mellow Park created a moody backdrop as yesterday’s 12 qualified riders stepped up to do battle on day two of the 4Star 8th Red Bull Nanshan Open, Asia’s largest stop on the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour this season. European Rules With .. More...

Today, Monday, the Burton European Open continued with the halfpipe pre-qualifications for the men. The superpipe on Crap Sogn Gion was in great shape and the weather was ideal for riding today. It was up to the 100 men to determine which 40 riders will advance to the halfpipe qualifiers, which .... More...

The legendary Winter X Games will kick off in Europe! From March 10th to 12th 2010, the best freestyle winter athletes will compete in Tignes (France). Oakley Europe is proud to announce itself as the official eyewear partner. For the first European edition, the Winter X Games have scheduled 7 ....More...

,The Burton European Open kicked off with junior competitions this past weekend in Laax, Switzerland and will run through till Saturday, January 16th. The legendary European event is a major milestone on the Swatch TTR World Tour with two 6Star results available for both the men and the women. With .. More...

Marko Grilc has won the O’Neill Evolution slopestyle final in emphatic style with a run containing a double backflip, a double cork 1080 and a 5/0 backflip off the up-box at the end. “I am so stoked,” said the Slovenian snowboarder. “It’s been a tough day. I slammed like crazy. I am in full ....More...

Chloe Kim © LaemmerhirtToday the juniors wrapped up their competitions with the halfpipe finals up on Crap Sogn Gion. Bluebird skies greeted the groms (up to 14 years old) this morning and the well known superpipe here in LAAX was in perfect condition for the youngest competitors of the BEO. The US .. More...

The 11th Burton European Open Snowboarding Championships started it’s week-long “Circus” show today with the junior slopestyle competition here in LAAX, Switzerland. 54 little rippers up to 14 years old from fourteen nations were competing today up on Crap Sogn Gion. 13-year-old Swiss rider David .... More...

Iouri Podladtchikov © O'Neill Iouri Podladtchikov has taken victory in a spectacular halfpipe final at the O’Neill Evolution in Davos, with the UK's Dan Wakeham making the final. “I feel better now than I did at the end of my run,” said Iouri on receiving his prize money. Despite .... More...

All you shred Sistas’ out there get waxing your boards and get ready for the Skullcandy Sista Sessions Slopestyle competition, which is taking place at the VANS Penken Park in Mayrhofen, Austria on Saturday the 13th February 2010. This all female event is set to be action packed with photo shoots, .... More...

The O’Neill Evolution 2010 is gathering momentum under the snowy skies of Davos, Switzerland. Ushering in the New Year, the 6 Star Swatch TTR World Tour event starts tomorrow afternoon with the women’s halfpipe – promising a spectacular showing with a bigger halfpipe than ever seen before at .. More...

Well, where do I begin? What an exciting year 11 year old UK snowboarder Jake Terry has had. Starting secondary school this year, having The Snow Centre at Hemel Hempstead opening a few miles from his home, giving him access to regular riding (most days) and honing his snowboarding skills. .... More...

The largest Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour event on Asian soil this season, the 4Star 8th Red Bull Nanshan Open is taking place on the 9-10th January, 2010. This event does not only offer a US$25,000 prize purse and up to 500 Swatch TTR ranking points, but a chance for 6 locally qualified riders .... More...

Becky Menday, only ten years old, has been chosen to compete in the Burton European Open 2010 slope style competition in Laxx in Switzerland. Becky is one of only ten girls from across Europe chosen to attend this prestigious event in the snowboard competition scene. The selection process was a .... More...

We have just received the news that the organization of the 6Star Oakley Arctic Challenge decided to postpone the event from end of December to March. Warmer temperatures than normal in both November and December has made it impossible to produce enough snow.

Steffi Hamann, RCJ 2009 © Lorenz HolderTension is mounting for the seventh edition of the biggest snowboard event for girls only: at the Roxy Chicken Jam 2010 from the 08th to the 10th of January 2010, snowboard stars like Cheryl Maas (NED), Kjersti Buaas Oestgaard (NOR), Janna Meyen-Weatherby (USA).. More...

Welcome to NIKITA CHICKITA SWISS TOUR : a girls only freestyle tour in Switzerland. This winter the Swiss world of freestyle favours the girls. The women snowboarders and skiers will have the opportunity to show what they are able to do during the first edition of the NIKITA CHICKITA SWISS TOUR. .. More...

The nice people at TTR have now made a specific GB feed, so with a bit of SCUK magic we can see who's on top of the UK pile in the TTR rankings. Enjoy!

After a night of action on the big air jump at the 6Star TTR Billabong Air & Style 2009/II in Innsbruck, Austria, Marko Grilc took the top spot on the podium and is now the new leader on Swatch TTR World Tour. Grilc was not on the original invite list, but after two injures during practice for the ....More...

The 11th annual Burton European Open (BEO) is just around the corner, with only five weeks to go before the competition kicks off on January 9, 2010 in in LAAX, Switzerland. Don't miss your chance to watch this exciting and thrilling show from riders around the globe. The BEO is the second stop of .... More...

After a night full of action on the big air jump at the 6Star Billabong Air & Style 2009/II at the Bergisel Stadium in Innsbruck, Austria, Marko Grilc (SLO) took the top spot on the podium and is now the new leader on Swatch TTR World Tour. Grilc was not on the original invite list, but after two .... More...

Travis Rice © Air & StyleThe Billabong Air & Style 2009/II is only days away with some of the world's most talented snowboarders set to attend the legendary Swatch TTR 6Star event on Saturday, December 5, 2009. Taking place in Innsbruck, Austria, the 17th annual Air & Style event will feature some .. More...

Burton Snowboards today announced that they are canceling the 2010 Asian Open Snowboarding Championships due to scheduling conflicts. After careful consideration, all parties agreed that the timing of the event would not be conducive to the athletes’ already busy schedules, especially in an ....More...

After the official kick off of the Northern Hemisphere snowboard season last weekend in Modena, Italy, this week riders are gathering on the Dachstein Glacier in Austria for the 4Star Horsefeathers Pleasure Jam and with 500 TTR ranking points to win, we will see some thrilling changes in the Swatch .. More...

In the best conditions that Modena has ever seen, Amplid rider and new Finnish superstar on the rise Matti Kinnunen took home the title of the TTR 4Star Nissan Stomp It in front of screaming Italian fans and European top riders. With a Double Backside Rodeo 900 he impressed the judges and landed in ..More...

2008 Final ©Cyril MeullerIf the Southern Hemisphere season is any indicator of what lies ahead this winter, Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour events will have an additional role as a pre Olympic battleground. This was showcased at the 5Star Burton New Zealand Open with never-before-seen snowboarding .... More...

The Freeride World Tour has announced the dates for its third season. The world's best skiers and snowboarders will once again be battling it out in four ski resorts spread across the world. The tour will all start on the Russian slopes of Sochi in January, followed closely by the next stage in ..More...

Cardrona Alpine Resort has broken its accumulated snowfall record by over a metre, with 317cm of snowfall this season. The previous biggest year on record was 2004 (213cm). The record amount of snow has provided excellent on and off piste conditions and will ensure that the resort’s popular .... More...

After six events at Innsbruck, St. Moritz and Kaprun, the world’s biggest snowboard competition for girls only moves on to pastures new this season. The 7th Roxy Chicken Jam Europe will take place from the 8th to the 10th of January 2010 at the Nightpark Saalbach Hinterglemm! More...

Sebastien Toutant from Quebec, Canada, has taken the world number one ranking in the prestigious Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour, thanks to winning the title of 2009 Grandmaster at 4Star Stylewars, Falls Creek. Seb Toutant BS10 Double Cork © A. Roberts Toutant, 16, has made history as the .... More...

Perfect snow conditions await the athletes who have travelled around the globe for the resurrection of one of the worlds most explosive snow events, the World Heli Challenge! More...

High winds created even higher drama today for the LG Snowboard FIS World Cup Halfpipe final, part of 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games. Liu Jiayu of China and American legend Shaun White of the USA eventually blew the field apart taking gold with heart-stopping displays at Cardrona’s Olympic .... More...

Snowboard superstars hit Cardona’s Olympic halfpipe today as 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games continued in extremely variable weather. At stake was a place in tomorrow’s LG Snowboard FIS World Cup Halfpipe final, the first event of the season. The world’s best riders did not disappoint an ....More...

Top riders to hit the Cardrona super pipe again. The new season of the LG Snowboard FIS World Cup kicks off like the last two years – with a halfpipe competition “down under”. For the third consecutive time, the world’s top freestylers open the winter in the 22-foot-halfpipe in Cardrona. A total ..More...

Perfect conditions greeted forty international riders as snowboard action at 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games switched to Cardrona for boarder-cross. The sun shone on David Speiser from Germany and Japan’s Natsuko Doi who took the men’s and women’s titles on a tight, purpose built course. .... More...

More than 400 riders from across the world will gather in Laax (SUI) in January for the second event of the Burton Global Open Series 09/10. More...

It’s less than 24 hours until the LG Snowboard FIS World Cup Halfpipe at Cardrona Alpine Resort as part of the inaugural 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games. With a field that reads like the who’s who of snowboarding, it promises to be the most significant winter sports event of the Southern ....More...

In the wake of the 5Star Burton New Zealand Open where minds were blown and snowboarding history was made in the halfpipe last week, riders will make the jump over to Australia for the 4Star Stylewars competition at Falls Creek. In its seventh year running, the Stylewars event will kick off on .... More...

The inaugural 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games opened this afternoon in front of over 1,000 spectators and the world’s media. A skydiver landing on the beach heralded the start of the opening, followed by 40 local school children arriving by jet boats across Lake Wakatipu, each carrying a flag of .. More...

Halfpipe Olympic gold medallist, multiple X Games champion, and possibly the best known snowboarder in the world, Shaun White, is confirmed to start at 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games, competing in the LG Snowboard FIS World Cup Halfpipe on Wednesday 26 August at Cardrona Alpine Resort. White ..More...

Forty nations, 800 athletes, 220 media, 400 volunteers, 34 events, 15 sports and 10 days of the best winter sports action ever seen outside of the Olympics – it’s the greatest show on snow and it’s 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games! No other event has had the same calibre of athletes including ....More...

The snowboard-cross and ski-cross races at Cardrona will be solid gold highlights of 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games. The two events feature some of the strongest fields appearing at the Games with likely medal winners too close to call. One of the most exciting winter sports to watch, each ....More...

Snowboarding events at 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games get underway on Sunday 23rd August with gravity defying tricks and awesome jumps at the slopestyle competition. More than fifty top riders from around the world will drop into a specially built course at The Remarkables, Queenstown. As a ....More...

Kelly Clark and Shaun White Win Halfpipe Titles. New Zealand’s largest snowboarding event, the Burton New Zealand Open Snowboarding Championships, came to a close today (Saturday) after four intense days of competition. Part of the Burton Global Open Series and the Swatch Ticket To Ride World ....More...

Shaun White winning the New Zealand Open 2009 Halfpipe Finals with back to back double corks. This is one of the best halfpipe run ever performed on a snowboard. Frontside lien air, to backside 900 melon, followed by a frontside 1080 stalefish, into a Cab double cork 1080 stalefish, to frontside ....More...

Pristine blue skies and tough snow conditions marked the completion of the first Slopestyle competition of the 09/10 Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour at yesterday’s 5Star Burton New Zealand Open. US rider and former 07/08 Swatch TTR World Champion Jamie Anderson along with Canadian shredder .... More...

Another day of bluebird skies graced Cardrona Alpine Resort, which remained impervious to the clouds, sitting above the inversion layer once again for men’s and women’s slopestyle semifinal and final competitions today. Part of the Burton Global Open Series and the Swatch Ticket To Ride World .... More...

While the rest of Central Otago was under a heavy cloud cover, Cardrona Alpine Resort enjoyed bluebird skies on the third day of the seventh annual Burton New Zealand Open. Cardrona’s 22’ halfpipe was the hub of today’s action, as over 100 riders had to perform to secure their spot in the halfpipe .... More...

Heavy snowfall and limited visibility delayed the start of the second day of the seventh annual Burton New Zealand Open, but the riders and course crew overcame the challenging conditions with a full day of competition. It was no small task as over 70 men and 35 women from 16 countries were slated .... More...

Live event webcasts on GO211.com. Webcasts will feature the men's and women’s halfpipe and slopestyle semi-finals and finals taking place on August 13 – 15 at Cardrona Alpine Resort in New Zealand. GO211.com will be providing cool interactive technologies (live scoring, live standings, competition ....More...

The seventh annual Burton New Zealand Open is officially underway at Cardrona Alpine Resort, after a day of men’s and women’s slopestyle practice and rider registration. The impressive field of global talent is stacked with riders like Torstein Horgmo (NOR), Chas Guldemond (USA), Antti Autti (FIN), ..More...

With entries still flooding in, 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games today announced the strongest snowboarding halfpipe field ever seen in New Zealand. The LG Snowboard FIS World Cup Halfpipe will read like a who’s who of snowboarding as the world’s top riders vie for valuable FIS points in their ....More...

The 2009/2010 Swatch TTR World Tour is officially underway with the first major event of the Southern Hemisphere leg will take place next week. The 5Star Burton New Zealand Open kicks off at Cardrona Alpine Resort on Tuesday, August 11th 2009 where riders will be greeted with a 22-foot pipe and a .... More...

Over 200 athletes from 17 countries will converge on Cardrona Alpine Resort next week vying for a piece of the NZ$50,000 prize purse for the seventh annual Burton New Zealand Open. The competition has attracted major names of the snowboarding fraternity including Olympic hopefuls Kelly Clark (.... More...

Here's something you might be keen to get involved with. Snow-Camp, one of Britain’s most innovative youth charities, will be holding its first charity Ski-a-thon in the Austrian Alps on January 29th and 30th 2010. More...

100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games has reached all four corners of the world, even the steppes of Mongolia! The Mongolian National Ski Federation has submitted a team of three alpine skiers for the slalom, giant slalom and super G disciplines that will take place at Coronet Peak in Queenstown. ....More...

ESPN, CANAL + Events and Tignes Ski & Snowboard Resort will launch the first Winter X Games Europe March 10-12, 2010. The event will be the first Winter X Games held outside the United States. The event will bring together ESPN's world class X Games franchise with France’s leading pay TV .... More...

A quality field of top international athletes has already been confirmed for the inaugural 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games, including a host of Olympians, world champions and national champions, with entries still flooding in. More than 800 competitors from over 20 different countries will ....More...

National multiple sclerosis charity the MS Trust is looking for skiers and snowboarders to sign up for its unique ‘Monster Ski’ challenge taking place in Whistler, host resort for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter games! Monster Ski offers skiers & riders the opportunity to ski some of the .... More...

This year's Saas-Fee Ride 09 event has unfortunately been postponed until next summer due to unusual weather patterns over the past few days. Extremely high temperatures and the forecasted heavy rain for most of Friday and Saturday morning has made it impossible to shape the kicker for the Big Air ..More...

Top riders from around the world are lining up to compete at the Burton New Zealand Open (NZO), taking place from August 11-15, 2009 at Cardrona Alpine Resort in New Zealand. The first stop on the 2009/2010 Burton Global Open Series and a Swatch TTR 5Star event, the New Zealand Open will include ....More...

Snow Sports NZ and Winter Games NZ announced today that they will combine resources to host the first stop of the 2009/10 LG FIS Snowboard World Cup Halfpipe tour by scheduling the competition as one of the signature events of Winter Games NZ 2009. As one of the final qualifiers leading up to .... More...

Over 80 representatives from different realms of the snowboard industry gathered together on May 29th and 30th, 2009 in Innsbruck, Austria for the TTR General Assembly 2009. Over the two days, members of the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour, the World Snowboard Federation and representatives from .... More...

Quiksilver is proud to announce sponsorship of the legendary World Heli Challenge that will be staged out of Wanaka, New Zealand between August 28 and September 12, 2009. The three-day event stars an ‘invite only’ selection of 50 of the world’s top snowboarders and skiers who will compete across .. More...

Some of the world’s best snowboarders will once again return to the land of flat whites and the All Blacks for the sixth annual Burton New Zealand Open Snowboarding Championships, taking place from August 11-15 at Cardrona Alpine Resort. At this year’s New Zealand Open, spectators can expect to see ..More...

The 08/09 season of the Swatch TTR Tour will go down in history as the most progressive, thrill inducing snowboard championship yet. In what was a fiercely fought showdown, Peetu Piiroinen (FIN) climbed up to overtake the No.1 World Ranking from Chas Guldemond (USA) and Kelly Clark (USA) who .... More...

In a real coup for the resort, Tignes has been unofficially announced as the winner in the bid to host the first ever Europe Winter X Games in 2010. American TV channel ESPN has been organising the American X Games events in both summer and winter for many years and the events have become the ....More...

Nikita Chickita Europe 2009 was a blast! Thirty five girls from all nationalities including Swiss, Italian, Austrian, German, Slovakian, Polish, Slovenian, Croatian, Dutch, Swede and Finnish travelled to make this year’s contest the best EVER!! Thanks to everyone who made it such a super sick event. More...

The Burton Global Open Series has announced dates for its 2009/2010 international snowboard competition series, which will kick off in New Zealand this summer. Below are dates and locations for all 2009/2010 Burton Global Open Series events. Instead of having two events down under in 2009, ....More...

It’s nearly here! Saturday 18th will see the third Nikita Chickita contest taking place in Serfaus, Austria. On the brand new Nikita website www.nikitaclothing.com, a daily blog with photos is keeping things fresh and updated with how the slopestyle course is shaping up in the run up to the .... More...

Here's the results and a selection of the many shots Steve McKenna sent us this weekend from TTR 2*STAR Highlander event at Cairngorm. Males Over 16 1st Angus Leith 2nd Dave Pearce 3rd Danny McCormick 12 - 15yrs old 1st Matt McCormick 2nd Jamie Trinder 3rd Adam Gairns 8 - .... More...

On 28 March, the Burton AM Tour finished its fourth season in Val Senales/Italy. Once again, one of Europe’s largest amateur freestyle snowboarding contest series, pushed snowboarding to a new level. Almost 600 riders made use of the perfect park conditions and the organisation of the tour stops. .... More...

The 4Star Protest World Rookie Fest Finals will see the future stars of the Swatch TTR Tour descend upon Ischgl, Austria from April 15th – 19th 2009. All throughout the season, new talents have been rising up the ranks at international 1, 2, and 3Star events that were held under the wings of the .... More...

Olivier Glitter, member of the French national snowboard team wins the first edition of the Quiksilver Chromatophobia super pipe snowboard contest in La Plagne, French Alps, ahead of Christian Haller (Switzerland) and the young Norwegian Nation champion Fredrik Austbo. An innovative scoring ....More...

It was an awe-inspiring finale today at the Tour defining 6Star Roxy Chicken Jam Slopestyle as Kelly Clark (USA) locked in the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour Champion Title. Kelly was up against a stacked field of Slopestyle riders but was able to bump herself up to World No.1 with a 21st place .... More...

It was a perfect bluebird day at Mammoth Mountain, California, USA, with Kelly Clark (USA) pulling ahead of the rest of the pack to claim first place at the 6Star Roxy Chicken Jam Halfpipe competition. Her win confirmed her status as one of the world’s premiere women snowboarders and moved her into .. More...

It was neither a bird, nor a plane, nor was it a rocket… it was the Burton AM Tour on its way to the next contest. One weekend in Russia and the next already in France! The convoy of “Join, Create and Progress” drove back to good old Europe for the penultimate stop of this year's Tour in Avoriaz. .... More...

The recent Burton US Open has not only crowned Peetu Piroinen (FIN) the 08/09 men’s Swatch TTR Tour Champion but has also blown the door wide open for several possible contenders to claim victory at the upcoming 6Star Roxy Chicken Jam. The Swatch TTR premier women riders will gather at Mammoth ....More...

Squally snow storms sadly meant the Gäng Jäm proper couldn't be run, but the jam session that went down saw some epic riding. I'll start with a quote from Danny Larsen if I may: "This has turned out to be pretty much the best contest." And he's not far wrong, even though the finals were replaced ..More...

The last day of the US Open proved to be the busiest with junior jam finals, men’s and women’s slopestyle finals and three major titles being awarded. Chas Guldemond (USA) and Kjersti Oestgaard Buaas (NOR) won slopestyle finals and $20,000 each. Chas Guldemond and Jamie Anderson (USA) are the new .... More...

Kjersti Buaas © Aaron BlattIt was a tough day of Slopestyle riding due to incredibly inconsistent snow conditions but US rider Chas Guldemond and Kjersti Oestgaard-Buaas of Norway managed to push through the weather and a tough field of competitors to become the men’s and women’s Slopestyle .... More...

It was an epic day of stellar Halfpipe riding in Stratton, Vermont, as Finnish rider Peetu Piiroinen became the 08/09 Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour Champion at the 6Star Burton US Open. Both the men’s and women’s fields were stacked with some of the best pipe riders in the world, with Australian .... More...

Epic weather and an impeccable halfpipe greeted 15,000 fans and many of the world’s top snowboarders at the US Open Snowboarding Championships held at Stratton Mountain Resort. No strangers to the top spot on the US Open halfpipe podium, Danny Kass took home his record-setting fifth US Open .... More...

Last Sunday 15th March was a momentous event for British snowboarding. For the last 3 years The Battle of Waterloo has taken place between the UK and France in the Arare snowpark, Avoriaz. This year, however, for the first time in the event's short history the GB team won. The event starts in .... More...

From 26th – 28th March, 2009, the El Tarter park in Grandvalira, Andorra, will see some of the world’s big name riders come together to go after a slice of the $25,000 USD prize purse and 500 ranking points. The upcoming Slopestyle contest is recognized as the jewel of the Swatch TTR Southern .. More...

Quiksilver is creating a brand new winter meeting that will bring together the world's very best freestyle snowboarders in France, on Friday 3 April 2009. The last Super Pipe competition to be held in France before the Winter Olympics in 2010, the Quiksilver Chromatophobia aims to establish .... More...

A make or break showdown is imminent for the women on the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour. From March 27th – 29th, 2009, the 6Star Roxy Chicken Jam will grip hold of Mammoth Mountain, California, where girls will hunt for the final two batches of 1000 TTR ranking points in hope of securing glory. ..More...

Just one week from now teams will be arriving in Mayrhofen for the start of the Oakley Jib-Vid 2009. The Jib-Vid crew are heading out this weekend to make sure everything is set for what promises to be the biggest and best Jib-Vid yet. Last week; the final list of 18 teams was announced; however ..More...

Rider: unknown © C. MargotFrench domination with Xavier de Le Rue (snowboard) and Caroline Meynet (ski) The French snowboarder, Xavier de Le Rue, took his first victory of the season reinforcing his top spot of the Freeride World Ranking. Among the first to head down the slope, the Freeride .... More...

The time has come to crown the men’s Swatch TTR Tour Champion at the prestigious 6Star Burton US Open. After a highly charged season, Shaun White (USA) and Peetu Piiroinen (FIN) have emerged as the two Title contenders, but only one can walk away victorious. Saturday’s Halfpipe finals, which ....More...

There are countless reasons why the US Open is one of the most exciting competitions in snowboarding. Here are just a few: 0 is the amount of dollars it costs to watch the best snowboarding in the world at the US Open, taking place at Stratton Mountain Resort, Vermont on March 16-22, 2009. 1 ..More...

Shaun Shite White, USO08 © Rick LevinsonA nail biting grand finale of mega proportions is looming on the horizon for the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour. After a week full of action at the Tour defining 6Star Burton US Open from March 17th – 22nd, 2009, the TTR Tour Champion will be crowned .... More...

Chris Soerman © Raggie LeonoraAn excited audience got stoked to watch the pro’s who have put together a great show at the Swatch Mottolino Snowpark and then at Spoel river, Livigno downtown, where River Jump 2009’s Gran Finale took place. The winner of the River Jump 2009 is Chris Soerman (SWE), .... More...

Podium © Liam GallagherThe Swatch TTR 5Star Intelligent Design went down today at Park City Mountain Resort in sunny Park City, Utah with U.S. rider Shaun White dominating the unique contest, posting another much needed TTR result and inching himself closer to a potential second world title by .... More...

Nikita Chickita USA went off with a bang on 21st February and has kick-started this year’s Nikita Chickita events in style! There’s still more action to be had in the form of the third Nikita Chickita Europe, taking place in Serfaus, Austria again PLUS a brand new Nikita Chickita contest happening .. More...

The final leg of the Swatch TTR World Tour has arrived with only three weeks remaining in the men’s 2009 season. This weekend, Park City Mountain Resort will host the 5Star Intelligent Design on March 7th, 2009 – The final chance for male riders to score points ahead of the tour defining 6Star .... More...

A message on their website reads:Due to circumstances beyond the organisers control they have been left with no other choice but to cancel with immediate effect Snowside Festival due to certain unforeseen factors including the current economic climate, the pound-euro exchange rate resulting in ....More...

From 14th to 20th March the Ästhetiker Wängl Tängl is set to descend on the European mecca of snowboarding, Mayrhofen. Back for the 7th year, this event is an unprecedented combination of snowboarding, skateboarding, art and music and Vans is proud to return as headline sponsor. The event is ....More...

Chas GuldemondThe Nissan X-Trail Asian Open 5Star Halfpipe contest today saw riders make desperate attempts to claw their way up the ranking. Again 850 points and $15 000 USD were on offer, inspiring everyone to go for broke. American rider, Chas Guldemond surprised everyone and took his second .. More...

Chas Guldemond © YoshitoThe 5Star Nissan X-Trail Asian Open in Alts Bandai, Japan, saw riders going head to head today in one of the last remaining Slopestyle contests of the season. Under blue skies, Chas Guldemond (USA) and Chanelle Sladics (USA) took out the respective titles, each earning .... More...

Check out live event webcasts on GO211.com, featuring the men's and women’s slopestyle and halfpipe semi-finals and finals taking place on February 26 - 28 at ALTS Bandai Resort in Fukushima, Japan. GO211.com will be providing cool interactive technologies (live scoring, live standings, competition ..More...

The US Open Snowboarding Championships, the pinnacle of all snowboarding events that has showcased the world’s most progressive riding longer than any other snowboarding competition in the world, will take place at Stratton Mountain Resort, Vermont from March 16-22, 2009. Past Olympic medalists .. More...

This girls only event on Wednesday 18th March includes freestyle lessons, BBQ, pro demo, jam-session style contest, prize draw and an after party! More...

Arthur Longo © Tommy SolstadIn the middle of the beautiful and magical forest of Oslo, trolls were holding on to their hats as they were joined by snowboarding’s elite riders and cheering spectators for the epic Quarterpipe contest, the 6Star Oakley Arctic Challenge. This week long shred .... More...

With only a short time left to the Swatch TTR Tour Champion crowning at the 6Star Burton US Open and Roxy Chicken Jam, the race is on. The upcoming 5Star Nissan X-trail Asian Open which starts today in Alts Bandai, Japan, presents riders with a great chance to climb the world ranking. Countless ....More...

There’s only 2 weeks left to enter your team for Oakley Jib-Vid 2009 and be in with the chance of taking away the lions’ share of the 10,000 euro prize purse! All you need is 3 people, filming and editing equipment; a concept and the determination to film and edit your idea in just 28 hours. If you ..More...

Today, the 6Star Oakley Arctic Challenge kicked off with the ‘Highest Air’ format, a separate contest allocated only to straight Airs and does not account for Swatch TTR points. Daniel Josefsen (NOR) and Shayne Pospisil (USA) became the riders of the day in Linderudkollen, Oslo, both jumping 6.8m .... More...

The Oakley Arctic Challenge is set to storm Linderudkollen, Oslo from 19 – 21 February 2009. Always a highlight of the TTR calendar, the Oakley Arctic Challenge owned by legendary snowboarder Terje Haakonsen never fails to deliver some of the finest snowboarding of the year. Luckily for you lot,..More...

With a nice tan from the last stop of the Burton AM Tour, the crew packed their bags and moved down South. Adelboden, sunny and warm, inspired the first spring feelings in the Team. Now Andorra…! We were expecting pleasant “t-shirt weather” and some nice baking under a hot sun… But along came .... More...

CALGARY, Alberta (February 8, 2009) – No doubt about it, eh, the first annual Burton Canadian Open (CANO) has come to a close and Mikkel Bang (NOR) and Silvia Mittermueller (GER) have come out on top, winning the men’s and women’s slopestyle competition today at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, .... More...

Oslo, Norway, February 11th 2009: Ladies and Gentlemen, are you ready? The Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour is rocketing along to an epic finale for 2008/2009 and with just two 6Star competitions remaining, it is do or die time for the riders. Coming up in Oslo, Norway, February 16th to 21st is .... More...

Xavier de le Rue has won the 2009 Swatch O’Neill Big Mountain Pro after being voted best snowboarder as well as the overall winner of the competition with his signature dynamic and fluid riding. “I thought coming into this competition that Cody Townsend was going to win the overall competition,”..More...

Nissan Russian Adventure 2009 © J. HadikWith the Nissan Russian Adventure in the bag, Nissan Sports Adventure moves on to Chamonix in France this month for the Nissan Outdoor Games. Nissan Outdoor Games, 15-22 February The top athletes representing the extreme sports of skiing, snowboarding, .... More...

The first stage of the Freeride World Tour 2009, the Nissan Russian Adventure, took place in Krasnaya Polyana ski resort near Sochi in Russia, the site for the 2014 Olympic Games. Everything was perfect to make this event a success, large amounts of fresh snow, blue skies with no clouds in sight .. More...

Riding under bright sunny skies in early spring-like conditions at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta, Norwegian rider Mikkel Bang and Silvia Mittermueller out of Germany took home the Slopestyle Titles, $7500 USD and 850 TTR Ranking points today at the inaugural Swatch TTR 5Star Burton .... More...

Arthur Longo, Crans-Montana 200 © Ian RithnerThe Swatch TTR 5Star Crans-Montana Champs Open presented by Rip Curl finally had a break from the tough weather conditions that had postponed the final. The event proved to be a real success, with high level riding and a tight battle for the top .... More...

The Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta welcomed a sick field of talented snowboarders today with local Canadian shredders Jed Anderson and Palmer Taylor claiming the men’s and women’s Halfpipe title at the inaugural Swatch TTR 5Star Burton Canadian Open. Each rider took home $7,500 USD and 850 .. More...

This year’s second stop of the Burton AM Tour 2008/09 brought some rumble in the jungle back to good old Switzerland. Last Saturday 31 January, the Gran Masta Park (GMP) in Adelboden-Lenk was the host of another sick Swatch TTR2 Star Event of the Burton AM Tour. Forty-nine riders from Great .... More...

Given 28 hours with two of your friends in one of Europe’s top resorts, could you create a two-minute short film that showcases amazing riding, arty shots and an interesting storyline? That’s the challenge 15 teams will face as they take to the slopes of Mayrhofen next March for the fifth edition .... More...

Under the bright lights of the New York City skyline in front of a supportive crowd battling a frigid cold, U.S. rider Shayne Pospisil pushed through a hard-hitting field of world-class snowboarders to claim the inaugural Swatch TTR 5Star Red Bull Snowscrapers title. Pospisil’s stellar riding on .... More...

Conditions still excellent across Europe as season nears halfway point. Heavy falls total a metre in a week reported in Austria and Utah. All resorts in Spain have at least a two metre base. More resorts report business better than last season, as well as the snow. Cold weather in US brings ..More...

Thanks to the exceptional snow condition, the Champs Open course looks to be a cracker for both the riders and spectators. The course consists of two huge Big Air jumps, a massive Swatch Spine, the Superpipe and a 12 metre box. Stephan Maurer at Crans-Montana 2008 © Borgazzi The Crans-.... More...

With so many riders flocking to the many resorts and competitions buried deep in the diverse mountain ranges around the world, from the Swiss Alps to the Canadian Rockies, it’s always good to have a little change of scenery. Enter Red Bull Snowscrapers; a brand new and innovative 5Star competition .... More...

Sebastien Toutant at X-Trail Jam 2008 © TTRSince its foundation in 2002, the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour has laid out a clear path for riders to rise up the ranks and establish themselves. Contests, style and amplitude continue to grow in size and spectacle and it is now a reality for any .... More...

Colin Frey © Matthias IndermuhleThe 6Star Billabong Air & Style saw the Bergisel Stadium in Innsbruck, Austria, jam-packed with screaming fans as Colin Frei (SUI) flew sky high and launched himself to victory. Peetu Piiroinen’s (FIN) consistent amplitude placed him in second place which shot him .. More...

QUIKSILVER CHROMATOPHOBIA - Snowboard contest – Super Pipe La Plagne (France) – 3rd April 2009 Quiksilver is creating a brand new winter meeting that will bring together the world's very best freestyle snowboarders in France, on Friday 3 April 2009. The last Super Pipe competition to be .... More...

Terje record at Oakley Artic Challenge 2007Stoked crowds, electric atmosphere and snowboarding superstars – Swatch TTR Quarterpipe events deliver it all. The 6Star Billabong Air & Style, in Innsbruck, Austria is one of the most prestigious TTR contests, drawing the world’s premier transition .... More...

On January 31st, 2009 the 13.000 spectators will feel the magic atmosphere of the Billabong Air & Style Innsbruck-Tirol 09 again. The compact setup with direct closeness for the fans to the quarter pipe and to the snowboard heroes is unique. To bring up this fantastic atmosphere and the optimal ....More...

British Snowboard Team member Jenny Jones has won the Gold Medal in the Slopestyle event at the 13th Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado, USA. Lying in second place, 28-year-old Jones clinched a last-gasp victory with a daring manoeuvre, a frontside 720 (double forward rotation) jump covering .... More...

There’s nothing better than a healthy dose of competition to stir things up in resort, so get along to the Natives Workers Challenge Ski Club of Great Britain Slalom and settle those scores once and for all. Now in its ninth year, the Natives Workers Challenge Ski Club Slalom is a surefire grand ..More...

When you break snowboarding down to its core, there’s no doubt it’s an individual sport. You don’t pass your board to anyone else or share the same uniform or jersey, you don’t make line changes or substitutions and in the final rounds of a competition you either throw down, or get out of the way. .... More...

Another spectacular battle ensued today in the Halfpipe at the 6Star Burton European Open. Again, 1000 Swatch TTR ranking points were on offer as well a big part of the total prize purse of $125,000 USD, motivating riders to up the ante. As in 2008, Kevin Pearce (USA) narrowly snatched victory .... More...

It was a true clash of the titans today at the Swatch TTR 6Star Burton European Open in Laax where the top TTR snowboarders fought it out on the Slopestyle course in hope of rising up the world rankings. 1000 TTR ranking points and part of the total prize purse of $125 000 USD were up for grabs and .. More...

The guests of honor at the Burton European Open’s 10th birthday party competed today in halfpipe semi-finals in Laax, Switzerland up on Crap Sogn Gion. 2008 BEO halfpipe champions Kevin Pearce (USA) and Kelly Clark (USA) qualified first in today’s semi-finals, demonstrating their determination to .... More...

At the Burton Euopean Open 2008, there was one of those frozen-in-time moments where every single spectator, fan, pro rider, journalist, photographer and even the cafeteria guys up in the Laax restaurant, thought the exact same thing. It was incredible to say the least. The reverberations were felt .. More...

Live event webcasts on www.GO211.com. Webcasts will feature the men's and women’s slopestyle and halfpipe semi-finals and finals taking place on January 13 – 16 at Laax, Switzerland. GO211.com will be providing cool interactive technologies (live scoring, live standings, competition rankings and ....More...

The men’s and women’s halfpipe qualifications finished up under the fourth consecutive day of bluebird skies at the Burton European Open in Laax, Switzerland. Today’s qualifications was a good mix of old school riders like Lesley McKenna (GBR) and Xaver Hoffmann (GER) teaching new school riders how .. More...

Holidays in Whistler, British Columbia, are not available during the 2010 Olympic fortnight in February next year in the new editions of ski brochures published recently by the three biggest operators, Crystal, Inghams and Thomson. The operators reported that sales were currently suspended ....More...

The 7th Annual Red Bull Nanshan Open concluded over the weekend, pushing Swatch TTR snowboarding and crowd levels to new heights in China. The team at Mellow Parks once again delivered a superior Slopestyle course which gave the snowboarders a chance to showcase their style and flair to the .... More...

Perfectly sunny skies shone down again on the third day of the Burton European Open where men’s and women’s slopestyle qualifiers went down. Forty men, who came through from pre-qualification and 53 women had two runs to prove to the judges that they were worthy of competing against some of the .... More...

After a lacklustre pre-Christmas start to the season, resorts in western North America have been reporting increasingly spectacular snowfall over the past few weeks, particularly in the northern US states and in British Columbia, Canada. The snow has caused practical operational problems in ....More...

Towering airtime, technical tricks and fearless snowboarding were the order of the night at the 6Star O’Neill Evolution Quarterpipe stomp fest. After two nights of thrilling excitement, Chas Guldemond (USA) has narrowly managed to defend his Tour lead spot with a 81.98 point lead in front of Janne .. More...

Emma Bernard © LammerhirtPatrick Burgener and Emma Bernand Win Junior Halfpipe. The Burton European Open Snowboarding Championships continued today (Saturday 10th) under sunny skies in Laax, Switzerland with the junior halfpipe competition, where riders 14-years-old or younger competed in the .... More...

Patrick Burgener © LaemmerhirtThe Burton European Open Snowboarding Championships kicked off its week-long birthday bash today in Laax, Switzerland with the junior slopestyle competition, where riders 14-years-old or younger competed in the legendary BEO slopestyle course on Crap Sogn Gion. .... More...

MPORA TV is proud to announce a partnership with the O’Neill Evolution 2009 and the live webcast of this prestigious 5 Star TTR snowboarding event. The O’Neill Evolution in Davos, Switzerland kicks off the European leg of the TTR World Snowboard Tour on January the 9th and 10th. This year’s ....More...

Once again in 2009, the world’s best snowboarders and Jake Burton, travel home to where it all began; Vermont and Stratton Mountain, for the 27th US Open Snowboarding Championships, 16-22 March 2009. More...

The 6Star Burton European Open in Laax, Switzerland, is destined to play a pivotal role in the tightly contested Swatch TTR Title battles. From 9th – 16th January, previous TTR World Champions and uprising stars will be giving everything they have in hope of locking down some of the double 1000 .... More...

The 6Star O’Neill Evolution in Davos, January 5th – 10th 2009 will kick the Swatch TTR Snowboard Tour back into overdrive as some of the world’s best snowboarders rock into the Swiss town to fight it out for TTR glory. The first TTR 6Star competition on European soil in 2009 has a plethora of ....More...

The Burton AM Tour, one of Europe’s largest amateur freestyle snowboarding contest series, is experiencing its most progressing riding to date. Riders have flocked to the three events of the indoor leg of the tour like never before and pushed riding to a new level. From the first stop in Bispingen (.. More...

The 10th annual Burton European Open (BEO) is gearing up to be one of the season’s most exciting snowboard events as many of the world’s best riders get ready to compete in LAAX, Switzerland from Jan. 9-16, 2009. The third Burton Global Open Series event of this season and a 6Star Swatch TTR event, .. More...

Winds gusting up to 140 km/hour and flat light combined caused the Swatch TTR 6Star Roxy Chicken Jam to be called off. Event organizers cancelled the competition after assessing the difficult weather conditions. “The weather didn’t let us ride the contest, but next year I’ll be back for sure .... More...

With the previous day’s Quarterpipe session locked away, thousands of stoked out Japanese snowboard fans packed the Tokyo Dome for the legendary Big Air competition of the phenomenal 6Star Swatch TTR Nissan X-Trail Jam. In an outstanding final Norwegian rider Torstein Horgmo managed to pull out the .. More...

The world’s largest winter sports event outside of the Olympics, Winter Games NZ, today unveiled its confirmed programme of competition that will present over 800 elite athletes competing in 20 different disciplines of ice and snow sports in one of the Southern Alps’ most spectacular regions. More...

The first 6Star event for the women on the Swatch TTR World Tour is about to go down in Kaprun, Austria, December 12th – 13th. This all-girl event will as always be an awesome kick off to a ripping season. More...

Join 16 of the world’s best snowboarders in New York City on the banks of the East River February 5th from 3 – 9 pm EST, as they compete to own a piece of a $100,000 prize purse at the 5Star Swatch TTR event. Red Bull Snowscrapers marks the debut of the largest snowboarding contest held in an urban .. More...

This season’s Dutch competition of the Burton AM Tour 2008/09 took place last weekend, the 6th of December, at the SnowWorld Landgraaf. The contest was characterised by a high number of participants from seven different countries and an excellent riding level. Last Saturday, the 6th of December .... More...

The Double Cork was first introduced into competition when David Benedek (GER) wowed the crowd with an unbelievable new trick at the 2006 6Star Air & Style Munich. The breathtaking big air maneuver has become the new benchmark in competitive snowboarding and with the Nissan X-Trail Jam being the .. More...

The Swatch TTR World Tour is set to detonate over the coming weeks with both the 6Star Nissan X-Trail Jam and 6Star Roxy Chicken Jam firing up and getting the season underway in the Northern Hemisphere. The Roxy Chicken Jam is taking place from December 12th to 13th, 2008 in Kaprun, Austria and as .... More...

Burton AM Tour 08/09 in Castleford Bispingen is the past and the Burton AM Tour is on the road with a new mission ... Bring the pleasure of Join, Create and Progress to the British soil! The place where all these intentions should come true was the SNO!zone Castleford in the North of England .... More...

In an interview with the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet last week, this season’s snowboarding superstar Travis Rice (USA) declared his intentions to take out two of the upcoming 6Star events on the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour, the Nissan X-trail Jam in Tokyo 2009 and the Oakley Arctic Challenge .... More...

Everything is in place for a fantastic Am tour at SNO!zone Castleford, Saturday 22nd November. The Scrap Metal rails have made the trip up north and the setup is going to be epic. So who can enter? If you where born between 1989 to 2001 this is the comp for you. Check out www.burtonamtour.....More...

Snowboarding moves in mysterious ways! This is what crosses one’s mind if snowboard contests and the North of Germany are mentioned in the same breath. Last Saturday almost 70 riders responded the call of the Burton AM Tour and united in the Snow Dome Bispingen in order to kick off the new season .... More...

The 10th Annual Burton European Open confirms top snowboarders and music acts. Shaun White, Peetu Piiroinen, Jamie Anderson and Cheryl Maas Plan to compete and UK band, The Streets will perform. More...

Following a six-year run as one of the top snowboard competitions in the world, the Vail Valley Foundation along with their partner Vail Resorts, announced this week that the 6Star Honda Session at Vail has been cancelled for 2008/09. For the 08/09 season, the Session had been accredited as a .... More...

Burton Snowboards and Calgary Olympic Development Association’s (CODA) Canada Olympic Park today announced that they have decided to move the upcoming Canadian Open Snowboarding Championships to February 2-8, 2009. Due to the recent cancellation of the Session at Vail, an optimal window has opened ....More...

The Swatch TTR Tour and WSF have renewed their successful alliance in order to continue establishing a progressive environment for competitive snowboarding around the world. Under this agreement, the two organizations have decided to extend their cooperation and work closer together to produce a ....More...

Nicolas Meuller, BEO 2002 © Curtes Riders from all over the world will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Burton European Open (BEO) from January 9-16 in LAAX, Switzerland. Here’s a look back at ten years of one of the best snowboard competitions in the world. Since the first event in .... More...

After a successful Southern Hemisphere season, the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour is getting ready to kick off into the Northern Hemisphere winter. We are looking ahead to a season packed of motivated and talented snowboarders eager to go for the Swatch TTR Tour Champion titles. The Tour will ..More...

The Burton AM Tour, one of Europe’s largest amateur freestyle snowboarding contest series, has launched into its fourth season. This winter, the tour will shake twelve resorts in twelve different countries. The Swatch TTR 2-star events give young riders born 1989 or later the chance to show their .... More...

The world's best snowboarders, freeskiers, FMX riders and skateboarders are descending on Zurich this weekend to battle it out for the 110,000 Dollar prize money. This year the organisers have really upped the ante, the Big Air kicker will stretch 8 meters to a whopping 36 meters while the ....More...

Whilst we don't always post up every international snowboard event we hear about, we quite liked the idea of this one. More...

Due to the unfortunate cancellation of the Braehead leg (due to mechanical problems), The Lowlander Series will now commence on Saturday 27 September at Midlothian Snowsports Centre, Hillend. The centre has just taken receipt of its brand new freestyle features and so competition will kick off ....More...

The days are growing shorter, and soon they will turn white. In January, they will be filled with confetti, streamers and candles as The Burton European Open (BEO) Snowboarding Championships, the fourth event of the Burton Global Open Series 08/09, will celebrate its birthday in LAAX, Switzerland .... More...

Economic slowdown in Germany hits Europe’s most important event in Action Sports. Billabong Air & Style Innsbruck-Tirol 09 will take place as scheduled. The Air & Style Munich 08, originally scheduled for the 29th November, 2008 in the Olympic Stadium Munich, will not be taking place. The ....More...

This season brings about the return of Scotland’s most successful series of ski and board freestyle competitions, the Highlander and the launch of an all new series, the Lowlander. The Lowlander will be hosted by the premier artificial and indoor slopes throughout Scotland from September. These ....More...

Mason Aguirre © DHPIn conditions that were less than ideal for world class pipe riding, the competitors in the Swatch TTR 5Star Burton Australian Open Halfpipe certainly managed to bring it all together for an impressive finale. Mason Aguirre (USA) pushed it all the way through the session, .... More...

Today saw the second day of the Burton Australian Open go down at Perisher Blue Resort, where men’s and women’s halfpipe qualifications took place. Athletes from all over the world were vying for a coveted spot in Thursday’s semi-finals and a chance to grab a piece of the $50,000 AUD prize purse. .. More...

The Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour is marking the end of its southern-hemisphere stretch with world class action at the 5Star Burton Australian Snowboarding Championships. From September 1st to 5th, 2008, Perisher Blue resort in Australia will host some of the biggest names around, including .... More...

American snowboarder Chas Guldemond out-jumped a 30-strong international field to win the 2008 3Star Boost Mobile Sno Sho presented by Samsung at Perisher Blue last night. The rising American star upstaged his opponents in the fourth annual game show style event staged under lights with a stunning .... More...

Here's a great video from the recent TTR Oakley Stylewars.

The 4Star Oakley Stylewars did not only push snowboarding to another level but also had a major impact on the 08/09 Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour Rankings with tour veterans, young guns, and south-hemi up and comers all throwing down enormous maneuvers, staking their claims for the title early .... More...

Burton Australian Open Snowboarding Championships Brings World’s Top Riders to Perisher Blue . Some of the biggest names in international snowboarding are making their way down under to the Burton Australian Open Snowboarding Championships, which will take place from September 1-5, 2008 at ....More...

Bad weather in NZ. © Becky CullumWe'll start with the Brit report [Photos by Becky Cullum]:The first day 56 riders took their run but the comp had to be cancelled due to bad weather leaving four riders still to go. At this position Sam Cullum was laying 2nd. The next day all first runs were .... More...

Anderson and Kokubo Win Halfpipe Titles. New Zealand’s largest snowboarding event, the Burton New Zealand Open Snowboarding Championships, came to a close on Saturday after four intense days of competition. Part of the Burton Global Open Series and the Swatch Ticket To Ride World Snowboard Tour, .. More...

Running with full momentum off her Slopestyle title win yesterday, 07/08 Swatch TTR World Tour Champion Jamie Anderson (USA) surprised everyone today with an epic first run in the Halfpipe finals to take home her first Halfpipe Title at the 08 Burton New Zealand Open. With her second win, Anderson .... More...

Snowboarding is back and it feels oh so good. Kicking off the 08/09 Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour Season, The 5Star Burton New Zealand Open Slopestyle Finals for both men and women took place Friday afternoon (NZST) at Snowpark, New Zealand, with riders pushing the bar right from the get-go. .. More...

©Pablo AzocarDay one of the sixth annual Burton NZ Open at Snow Park NZ today saw a varied field of young, and not so young, athletes all vying for a spot in Saturday’s semi-finals alongside some of the world’s best snowboarders. Ranging in age from 10-year-old Seamus O’Connor to 62-year-old .... More...

Over 200 competitors from 17 countries: have arrived in New Zealand for the Burton Open which kicks off Tuesday, July 29th at Snow Park NZ. The Burton New Zealand Open is the first event of the 2008/09 Burton Global Open Series (BGOS) which features competitions in Australia, Japan, Europe, ....More...

It’s always snowing somewhere, and while some riders are taking advantage of the skate and surf in the northern hemisphere, dedicated snowboarders will soon be trekking down south for the first stop of the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour’s 08/09 season, the 5Star Burton New Zealand Open kicking off .. More...

From May 19th to 22nd, the TTR Board Members met in New York City, USA to determine what measures are necessary to best help progress the sport of snowboarding. The most notable changes for the 08/09 Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour are as follows: The last 6STR events of the 08/09 Swatch TTR World .. More...

The Burton Global Open Series announced dates for its 2008/2009 international snowboard competition series, which will kick off in New Zealand this summer. Below are final dates and locations for all 2008/2009 Burton Global Open Series competitions. Burton New Zealand Open July 29 – August 2, ....More...

Jamaica hopes to enter the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in 2010 with their first competitor since the famous appearance of the country’s bobsleigh team at the Calgary Games 18 years ago which inspired the Cool Runnings movie. This time Jamaica’s hopes are likely to rest upon the shoulders of a ....More...

The Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour to head Downunder with over $100,000 in prize money up for grabs! The Swatch TTR Event applications are over and we are looking forward to a new season of amazing snowboarding performances – with an incredible prize money of over $2,500,000 USD up for grabs at .. More...

Laura Berry (SCUK: Lozza) travelled to Val Senales in Italy with Sam Turnbull last weekend for the final leg of the Burton AM Tour. She finished a lazy 2nd on the day, but was crowned Tour Winner and walked away with a Suzuki 250 Quad Bike. We have a garden the size of a postage stamp so hopefully .... More...

The world’s top snowboarders will once again return to the giant superpipe and slopestyle courses at Snow Park NZ in Lake Wanaka for five days of world-class snowboarding action during the Burton New Zealand Open Snowboarding Championships from July 29th to August 2nd. More...

The last event of the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour couldn't have gone more smoothly. The sun was cooking, the music was blasting and riders were going full out at the 4-Star Snickers Classic & Popcorn Wallride in Saas-Fee, Switzerland. In his second European appearance this season, Shaun White .... More...

Whistler’s thirteenth TELUS World Ski and Snowboard Festival launched with an auspicious start this weekend with two hugely successful competitions, the Orage Masters, and the Big Air. The Big Air saw $44,000 in cash prizes awarded to the top skiers and snowboarders, who truly lit up the night ....More...

What a season it’s been. The action began all the way back in July of 2007 and the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour has finally reached it’s final stop of the 07/08 season with the 4-Star Snickers Classic and Popcorn Wallride. Riders have been shreddin’ hard all season long but it’s not over yet ....More...

Following the success of the Westbeach Annual Chinese Downhill at Whistler earlier this year, the Brits at Laax played host to a repeat of the disorganised carnage on Sunday 30th March (not to be confused with the Red Bull Home Run that was an official part of the Brits and happened on Friday 2nd .... More...

The ladies were greeted with bright blue skies for the Slopestyle competition of the Swatch TTR 6-Star Roxy Chicken Jam, the final women’s event of the Tour. Focus, however, was placed on the Tour Title in the tightest battle of the season that hosted the best female riders in the business. .... More...

The sky turned blue and the pipe softened up for high-profile competitive contingent at the 2008 Swatch TTR Roxy Chicken Jam Halfpipe competition at Mammoth Mountain California, USA. The Chicken Jam is the last 6-Star event on the Women’s Tour and things are really heating up with Kelly Clark (USA).. More...

Not long to go until the Nikita Chickita, Europe 2008! We’re all excited about the impending contest, so here’s a few more updates. As sponsors of this year’s event, Cooler and Onboard will be supplying copies of their latest magazines for goodie bags and winners can also expect a Cooler t-....More...

With the Burton US Open spectacle ending last weekend, it is now time for the women to shine at the decisive 6-Star Roxy Chicken Jam. The best and most progressive female snowboarders in the world are gathering at Mammoth Mountain, California, USA on March 28-30th 2008 for the final competition of .... More...

It was a perfect bluebird day for the Halfpipe finals at the Swatch TTR 6-Star Burton US Open, and the temperatures stayed cold making for a nice fast pipe. It was a heated competition with so many transition specialists in attendance, and with his third place finish, Kevin Pearce (USA) has become .... More...

After a full-out season of close calls and flawless victories, US snowboarder Kevin Pearce charged through the opposition, defeating his challengers and rising to the occasion to become the new 07/08 Men’s Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour Champion. Kevin Pearce, a Vermont native, was crowned at .... More...

The sun finally broke out for the Swatch TTR 6-Star Burton US Open Slopestyle finals, but the winds kicked up a notch giving riders another challenge alongside a determined field of talented professional snowboarders. Kevin Pearce (USA), who barely held on to his Tour lead, didn’t make the .... More...

At the final stop of the Freeride World Tour in Verbier, all competing riders of the Freeride World Tour gathered together to look through video footage and voted for two riders, one male and one female, who they thought made the most impressive run over the five FWT contests. Two snowboarders .... More...

The Swatch TTR 6-Star Burton US Open Snowboarding Championships will take place this week hosting highly competitive Slopestyle and Halfpipe formats in the defining men’s contest on the TTR World Snowboard Tour. Professional snowboarders have been traveling all over the world, competing in the .... More...

NMotivated local park crews and an ever growing number of followers help this season’s Burton AM Tour to live up to its good reputation. Europe’s biggest snowboarding amateur contest series has already stopped in eleven resorts in eleven different countries, with another six stops in four more .... More...

Cyril NeriThe 13th edition of the Xtreme Verbier was the fifth and final contest of the Freeride World Tour and was held on the west face of Mont Gelé, in the heart of Verbier ski resort. Amongst the world’s best 37 snowboarders and free skiers, were the Nissan Sports Adventure team riders .... More...

The Chevrolet Grand Prix, a 5-Star competition on the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour, finally got under way today after a foggy weather delay last night. Slopestyle finals kicked off in the morning and Halfpipe finals took place in the afternoon making for an action packed day. Janne Korpi (FIN) ....More...

Entries for the Oakley Jib-Vid 2008 are now closed and the expectation for the event of the season is reaching boiling point. It is our great pleasure to announce the wildcard teams that have qualified, details of which can be found at the official website. The calibre of all the teams that ....More...

The 26th Annual US Open Shall Amount to the Most Righteous Snowboarding Battle of the Ages Secure thine abacus. The sum of the numerals below amount to the most supreme event of the snowboarding season. One snowboarding competition has been run by snowboarders, for snowboarders for 26 ....More...

Team UK, consisting of James Bryant (photographer – assistant editor Document Snowboard) and Vans riders Stuart Horsham and Mark Ruparelia, has scooped 1st place in the Vans Photo Invitation Award that took place at the Wangle Tangle event in Mayrhofen. Winning a cash prize of 2,500 euros, plus 500 .. More...

World Snowboard Tour promises to shake things up in the TTR World Rankings as many world-class riders head to Killington Vermont, USA for the Chevrolet Grand Prix. The two-day competition, taking place March 15th and 16th 2008, offers up two opportunities for riders to bank 850 TTR ranking points .... More...

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The Nissan Freeride de Tignes 2008, France and the fourth leg of the Freeride World Tour which saw the action move from the Swatch Big Mountain Pro around the Alps, to the north face of Pramecou in the resort of Tignes, deep in the heart of the Espace Killy. The UK's James Stentiford With .... More...

The World Super Pipe Championships, a 5-Star Event on the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour, took place on Saturday at Park City Mountain Resort in Park City, Utah USA. The 22-foot Superpipe remained in pristine condition despite slightly overcast conditions. The level of riding was incredibly high .... More...

The snow gods may not have been smiling down upon the Vans Penken Park in Mayrhofen Austria, but that didn’t stop some of the best European riders from throwing down at the Swatch TTR 5-star Ästhetiker Jam Wängl Tängl. Andreas Gidlund from Sweden stood high atop the podium, taking home 850 TTR .... More...

The Red Bull Gap Session is taking place on Saturday in Bavaria. You can check out preparations and previews on Freecaster.tv Red Bull Gap Session 08 - Trailer Red Bull Gap Session 1 Red Bull Gap Session 2

Verbier, Switzerland will host the grand finale of the Freeride World Tour with the Nissan O'Neill Xtreme. 16 snowboarders and 16 skiers from the elite of Freeride will tackle the mythical North Face of the Bec des Rosses, a dauntingly steep and frighteningly jagged 500m rock-face and battle it out ..More...

The replay and highlights from the Swatch O'Neill Big Mountain Pro are still available to watch on Freecaster.tv but now the team are gearing up for the next Live Webcast from the Freeride World Tour 08. The Tour continues with the 4th in the series from Tignes. There will be 44 riders in total, ..More...

The rising sun broke through once again as bluebird skies graced the last day of the SuperPipe finals at the Nissan X-Trail Nippon Open. Keir Dillon took home $15,000 and first place for the men’s and Torah Bright (pictured) repeated her 2007 win in the women’s competition. The Japanese .... More...

At The Oakley Arctic Challenge at the weekend there was no record broken, but there was some super action in the belly of the beast. Dave and Preston guided us through a thrilling finals where Kevin Pearce took home the win and the first place in the Swatch TTR World Tour. If you missed the action, ..More...

Japan has an air of mystery around the islands that collectively make up the country. It could be the spirits in the trees that house the much sought after powder snowboarders are always searching for. However, the mystery of the 2008 Nissan X-Trail Nippon Open so far has been the weather. .... More...

Footage of the 1st Annual Westbeach Chinese Downhill is now available at westbeach.com/chinesedownhill and on YouTube.com for your viewing pleasure. “The only rules are, there are no rules,” said Westbeach GM Jon Cartwright of the 1st Annual Westbeach Chinese Downhill on February 15, 2008. ....More...

The daily Live webcasts of the Swatch O'Neill Big Mountain Pro have kept us up to date with the riders' journey through the Alps in search of the ultimate thrill. From today there will be a time change for the Live Webcast. They will now be from 18:00 to 20:00 (CET). If you want to see the ....More...

Skate Inspired Terrain Awaits Riders at Five(5)Star Ästhetiker JAM Wängl Tängl Mayrhofen is gearing up for the Swatch TTR FIVE(5)STAR Ästhetiker Wängl Tängl taking place March 1st to 8th, 2008. The Jam format event is packed with skate-inspired action featuring a Slopestyle competition on one of .... More...

The Swatch TTR FIVE(5)STAR Nissan X-Trail Nippon Open is set to rock Japan from February 26th to March 2nd 2008 at the Alts Bandai resort in Fukushima. Some of the world’s best snowboarders including Shaun White, Antti Autti, Jamie Anderson and Torah Bright will be making the long trip to compete .... More...

Yesterday Terje Hakonsen introduced a new concept in snowboarding, the "Evening Classics". Each rider had a chance to take home some Norwegian Bling in three different Disciplines: Flat Spin, Upside Down and Straight Air. Per run a rider could get up to 1000 NOK per trick, what was left of the 23,....More...

5 weeks to go and limited team spots still available. Five weeks left to go and this year’s Oakley Jib-Vid is set to be a blinder, by far the best competition on the winter sports calendar! If you haven’t already entered then head to the website, www.jib-vid.com, and check out the 2008 event ..More...

The Nikita Chickita Europe is back for the second year running, opening up yet another opportunity for girls only to take part in the chance to win a year’s contract with Nikita as a fully fledged team member. 5-6 April at Serfaus Park, Austria. More...

From Monday 25 February to Saturday 1 March, 24 of the world's best snowboarders and skiers will have free reign of the European Alps. They will be taking part in the Swatch O'Neill Big Mountain Pro, 8 days of all terrain action, in search of the most thrilling obstacles that nature has to offer. ....More...

The Nissan Outdoor Games by Columbia 2008 brings together the best riders and producers of extreme sports films for a week of exceptional filming. Zooming in on a fantastic week and the first results…Packed with amazing shots, the first edition of the Nissan Outdoor Games by Columbia lived up .... More...

The North Face®, the world’s premier supplier of authentic, innovative and technically advanced outdoor apparel, equipment and footwear, today announced its presentation of the Freeride de Tignes, the fourth stop on the inaugural Freeride World Tour. Open to qualified snowboarders and skiers, the ....More...

On Thursday 21 and Saturday 23 February, Freecaster.tv will be streaming a Live webcast of probably the most impressive snowboarding contest of the season. The Oakley Arctic challenge marks the fifth of only six SIX(6) Swatch TTR competitions and the drawing of the end of an action packed and awe ....More...

The Nissan Montafon 2008, Austria and the second leg of the Freeride World Qualifying Tour saw the action move from Mammoth to the Vorarlberg in Western Austria, home to some of the best mountains in the country. Nissan Sports Adventure (NSA) snowboarder Eric Themel (AUT) was at the helm of ....More...

Hear ye, hear ye! The US Open Snowboarding Championships, the world’s most prestigious snowboarding contest, will take place at Stratton Mountain Resort, Vermont from March 17-23, 2008. Shaun White, Jamie Anderson, Kevin Pearce, Torah Bright, Scotty Lago, Gretchen Bleiler, Jussi Oksanen, Danny Kass,..More...

ChamonixMont-Blanc, 14th-17th of February, 2008 The first winter edition of the Nissan Outdoor Games by Columbia is now ready to begin. The worlds’ best mountain sports athletes gather in Chamonix from today for a new kind of film and photo competition. Here’s a run-down on the teams and on the ....More...

The Slopestyle portion of the sixth annual Honda Session, a Swatch TTR FIVE(5)STAR Event, occurred Saturday night in Vail, Colorado USA. The Session took place under bright lights with the events signature pyrotechnics blasting a huge flame into the air as snowboarders hit the last jump. Andreas ....More...

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We had some words and more importantly, some photos sent from Aspen by Mike Weyerhaeuser. Jenny just missed the podium finishing 4th in the Slopestyle Final, and Zoe made it through to the finals, coming in 6th overall, having been knocked to the ground early in the run in a collision with .... More...

While President Vladimir Putin was skiing on the opposite mountain, the elite of the sport of freeride skiing and snowboarding were putting on a great show at the second stage of the Freeride World Tour, Nissan Russian Adventure, in Krasnaya Polyana / Sochi, the Russian host resort of the Winter ....More...

The Swatch O’Neill Big Mountain Pro will be hitting the slopes once again this year from 24th February to 2nd March and the impressive competitor line-up has already set tongues wagging. More...

Freecaster.tv continue their dedicated coverage of Swatch TTR events. Watch the replay and highlights from a really exciting weekend at Innsbruck. Tune in on Thursday and Friday for further Live coverage from the Crans-Montana Champs Open. Replay 1st Kevin Pearce (USA) 2nd Scotty Lago (..More...

Nissan Freeride Team Hit the Podium at the First Contest of the Freeride World Tour After a difficult week with snow, wind, and poor visibility the first contest of the Freeride World Tour, the Nissan Mammoth Challenge, was finally held in California on Friday 25 January. With cloudy skies and .... More...

The Bergisel Stadium in Innsbruck, Austria was packed with screaming fans as riders reached incredible heights and laid down some of the sickest tricks ever seen on a Quarterpipe at the Billabong Air & Style. Kevin Pearce (USA) took the Swatch TTR FIVE(5)STAR Title, his second Air & Style win of .... More...

When the Billabong Air & Style Quarter Pipe starts on February 2nd 2008 at 5:00 pm in Innsbruck, 12.000 Fans will rock the Bergisel Stadium and make this event unforgettable. There has been some changes on the Billabong Air & Style Quarter Pipe competitors list. Due to an injury Marco Smolla (....More...

The ninth annual Burton European Open wrapped up today with one of the most exciting halfpipe competitions in recent memory as Kevin Pearce (USA) upset Shaun White’s (USA) near certain victory. Kelly Clark (USA) easily soared into first place, taking women’s halfpipe riding to an entirely new level .. More...

It was a gorgeous day in Laax Switzerland as the leading Men and Women fought for the Tour lead in the Slopestyle finals at the Swatch TTR SIX(6)STAR Burton European Open. Jamie Anderson (USA) took home the BEO Slopestyle Title as did Shaun White (USA), who posted his first TTR result of the season,.. More...

The battle for the Swatch TTR top spot is hotting up at Laax. To watch the Slopestyle Finals for men and women check out www.freecaster.tv/live/beo/ on Thursday, January 17 at 11:30 – 13:30 CET. The Halfpipe Finals will be shown on Friday, January 18 at 11:30 – 14:00 CET.

Markus Malin2002 Olympic gold medalist and three-time US Open halfpipe champion Kelly Clark took charge at today’s women’s semi-finals halfpipe event, easily qualifying first for finals with huge airs and even bigger style. In the men’s halfpipe semi-final, the Finnish riders stole the show with .... More...

First Contest of the Freeride World Tour: Nissan Mammoth Challenge From 22 to 26 January 2008 56 male and female skiers and snowboarders are soon to take part in the Freeride World Tour on the gruelling McGee Mountain in Mammoth Mountain, California, Wednesday 23 January. Freeride World ....More...

Jenny JonesMany of the world’s best slopestyle riders, including Shaun White (USA), Jenny Jones (GBR), Jamie Anderson (USA) and Antti Autti (FIN) competed in today’s BEO slopestyle semi-finals, doing their best to earn a spot in the final competition of this 6-Star TTR event. The women were .... More...

This coming February, 24 of the best snowboarders in the world will return to this special venue to write the next chapter of the sport’s history. More...

Tyler EmondLinn Haug (NOR) placed first in today’s women’s halfpipe qualifiers and Nick Larson (USA) took the top spot in the men’s halfpipe pre-qualifiers. 43 women competed in today’s qualifiers for only four spots in the halfpipe semifinals, where they will compete against top champions .... More...

Fifteen-year-old Canadian rider Sébastien Toutant, who also won the BEO junior slopestyle event this weekend, had the highest score in today’s men’s slopestyle qualifications. 2007 Air & Style Rookie Session winner Tim Humphreys qualified in second place. And 16-year-old Zak Stone, who won the BEO .... More...

Things are getting intense on the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour. The Burton European Open, hitting Laax Switzerland from January 11th to 18th 2008, is the fourth SIX(6)STAR stop on the Tour, but is the first event this season to host both men and women riders. The race for Tour leader is getting .... More...

After thrilling qualification runs, Freecaster is changing its live webcast schedule and will bring you the highest air contest today at 17:00 CET. Immediately after the highest air, we will show the Superpipe semi and final runs. On Saturday 05 January the live webcast will start at 18:00 CET. .. ..More...

Dan Wakeham, British World Cup Halfpipe Team member, kicked off his 2008 competition season in fine form on Tuesday 2nd January after qualifying in 3rd place to reach the Superpipe semi finals at the SIX(6)STAR TTR, O'Neill Evolution Event in Davos, Switzerland. Dan will be joined by the .... More...

The Burton Global Open Series announced today that live event webcasts will be available on Go211.com. Webcasts will feature the halfpipe and slopestyle semifinals and finals at the Burton European Open Snowboarding Championships taking place on January 11-18, 2008 at Laax, Switzerland. Go211.....More...

In less than a month the world’s best riders will gather in Laax, Switzerland from January 11-18, 2008 for the 9th Burton European Open, Europe’s biggest Snowboard event. The BEO is part of both the Burton Global Open Series and the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour (6 Star TTR-Event), and riders ....More...

O'Neill Evolution is kicking off today in Davos. Freecaster.tv will be broadcasting Live from the Superpipe Finals on Friday, Jan 4th at 20:00 CET and the Quarterpipe Finals on Saturday 5th at 20:00 CET. More...

After some unfortunate weather causing the postponement of competition on Saturday, the skies opened up and the sun shone brightly on the DC Central Park, midway on the Kitzsteinhorn Glacier, which was reshaped for the Swatch TTR SIX(6)STAR Roxy Chicken Jam. The girls were pumped and loving the set .. More...

Jenny Jones looking to become TTR No.1. The world’s best female riders, including the 06/07 TTR Women’s Top 5, are ready to tear up the Roxy Glacier Park located 2900m above sea level. The Kitzsteinhorn Glacier in Kaprun, Austria hosts the first all-girl SIX(6)STAR event of the 07/08 Swatch TTR .... More...

IrishSnowboarder.com Ireland's snowboarding community website & IrishSkier.com is proud to announce the 1st Irish snowboarding and skiing championships on snow this coming winter season. This historic event will take place between the 8th and 15th March 2008 high in the Italian Alps. The hosts .... More...

The young guns were unable to hold off Travis Rice (USA) in the land of the rising sun as he blew away all contenders with jaw-dropping manoeuvres that sent the entire Tokyo Dome of 35 000 spectators into a cheering frenzy. His combined results from the Quarterpipe and the Big Air landed him the .... More...

Recently announced, www.ttrworldtour.com and www.method.tv will be broadcasting exclusive footage on the 2007 Nissan X-Trail Jam taking place this weekend at the Tokyo Dome, Japan. The videos and reports will be released first thing Sunday and Monday morning, European time. Results will be ....More...

I took Jake to Madrid for the weekend to compete in the Spanish leg of the Burton AM Tour, getting there was a bit of a mission on a Friday afternoon, with a flight that was late, a taxi that got stuck in the Madrid rush hour night traffic we finally got there. The place is massive, the shopping .... More...

NISSAN X-TRAIL BRINGS SUSPENSE TO JAPAN AS YOUNG GUNS BEGIN TO TAKE OVERThe Nissan X-Trail Jam inches closer as nine riders who competed in Saturday’s Nokia Air & Style in Munich fly to Japan to continue the race for tour champion at the second SIX(6)STAR event of the 07/08 season. A total of ten ....More...

Kevin Pearce (USA) nailed a cab 1260 to win his first Nokia Air & Style at the Olympic Stadium in Munich Germany on Saturday night. Check out video clips of the good stuff. More...

The Nanshan Open, the first snowboard contest in China, has announced the return of Red Bull as the official sponsor for the second year in a row. The annual professional snowboard competition is to be held at Nanshan Ski Resort January 5th and 6th, 2008 for the sixth consecutive year.As the title .. More...

This weekend on Saturday December 1st, the annual Nokia Air&Style will take place in Munich. The Live Webcast will start at 17:00 CET. So tune in this Saturday to watch the best snowboarders compete in the first major TTR event of the season. Quicktime 7 is required to view the Live Webcast.

Breaking News! The legendary Terje Haakonsen is proposing a TTR World Championship in Oslo, Norway in 2009.Haakonsen, who needs no introduction, showed up at Oslo Town Hall to present his case. Armed with a few tons of snow, and with the help of some up and coming riders including Ulrik Badertscher,..More...

Saturday 1st December sees the Nokai Air & Style roll in to the Munic Olympic Stadium in Germany. The 43m high drop in and 25m gap are just the start of the stats that make this event so awesome. More...

Burton Snowboards and CODA’s Canada Olympic Park today announced that they have decided to cancel the upcoming Canadian Open Snowboarding Championships due to recent above-freezing temperatures. After careful consideration, all parties agreed that current snow conditions prevent the construction of ..More...

The Burton European Open (BEO) announces key riders and confirmed music acts for this year’s 9th annual snowboard competition, taking place in LAAX, Switzerland from January 11-18, 2008. Snowboard superstar and 2006 Olympic gold medallist Shaun White has confirmed that he will compete in both the ....More...

Get ready for pure freestyle heaven in Mayrhofen this Winter. To kick off a new partnership with Vans, a duo of designers (Icelandic, Bjarni Thor Valdimarsson and Austrian Stefan Plattner) have revamped the snow park to include features such as demanding obstacles, new lines and have turned the ....More...

The top athletes representing the extreme sports of skiing, snowboarding, mountaineering, speed-riding and BASE-jumping will be in Chamonix in February 2008, to dispute the Nissan Outdoor Games by Columbia film and photo competition. After three very successful summer editions, the event which has .... More...

Well, it wasn't just McNab's crew that stormed the Burton AM Tour in L2A. Here's a story from iLoveLegion on Glasgow regular Neil Stead who finished in 10th place. More...

The McNab junior squad have this week been training in Les Deux Alpes for the upcoming season. The young groms started the week by taking part in the Burton AM comp with 4 of the guys making into the finals in both the Junior and kids categories. Neil Stead and Ollie Jackson both finished in the ....More...

For the first time ever, The Burton European Open will award Suzuki cars to both the male and female BEO Overall Champions on Friday, January 18 following the halfpipe finals. This season’s BEO will take place from January 11-18, 2008 in LAAX, Switzerland, where the crew at LAAX will once again .... More...

Burton Snowboards, market leader in snowboarding, is proud to announce an European-wide cooperation with Suzuki, independent manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles and outboard motors. Suzuki has supported snowboarding continuously over the last years which now culminated in the partnership with ....More...

Three-Year Strategic Deal Includes 250,000USD End Of Season Prize Purse .In one of the most significant partnerships in winter sports to date, Swatch, the world-renown Swiss watch brand, confirms its three-year participation as title partner of the leading global snowboard initiative, the Ticket To ..More...

Celebrate the start of the season with Freestyle Concepts and For Boarders By Boarders in Les Diablerets, Switzerland on 3rd November. More...

Online competitor registration is now open for the first ever Burton Canadian Open, taking place from December 3-9, 2007 at CODA’s Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. The third stop on the 2007/2008 Burton Global Open Series and a four-star Ticket To Ride event, the Canadian Open will include ....More...

The famous Air & Style snowboard contest will return to Innsbruck this winter for the first time since 1999. The competition was first staged in Innsbruck in 1994 and was attracting about 50,000 fans by the time it was last staged there, but there was a crowd crush that year as fans tried to leave ....More...

The 2008 Burton European Open has a "BEO Airlines" theme - check out the calendar for more details. Chocks away! More...

The 2007/2008 Nokia sponsored Snowboard FIS World Cup will kick off this season in New Zealand for the first time. On August 31st and September 1st, the first Halfpipe contest will be held in Cardrona.Riders from about 20 nations will fight for the first FIS World Cup points in the Johnny Superpipe...More...

Southern Hemisphere snowboarding took a huge step forward at the Halfpipe contest of TTR FIVE(5)STAR event Burton New Zealand Open, held at Snow Park NZ, Wanaka, over the weekend. Defending Women’s TTR World Snowboard Tour Champion Torah Bright (AUS), posted her first title win of the season, ....More...

Jenny Jones has taken first place in the women's Slopestyle event at the Burton New Zealand Open. She stormed through the Semi-finals above Hana Beaman and Torah Bright to qualify first for the finals. Unfortunately, high winds called a halt to proceedings meaning the Semi-final positions stood as ....More...

The Burton Global Open Series announced dates for its 2007/2008 international snowboard competition series, including a new event in Canada, which will kick off the snowboard competition season in North America. Below are final dates and locations for all 2007/2008 Burton Global Open Series ....More...

Perisher Blue will set the stage for what is positioned to be the biggest event on the Australian freeride calendar – the Garnier Fructis Australian Open 2007 Snowboarding Championships from the 21st to the 25th of August.The Open is part of the world-class Burton Global Open Series Snowboard ‘....More...

Burton’s fourth annual Abominable Snow Jam snowboarding competition wrapped up yesterday with Torstein Horgmo claiming the event’s top prize, the Volvo Overall Rider Award. Torstein will be driving home a new 2008 Volvo C30 for having the best overall performance at the event, which included first ....More...

The Burton Global Open Series has announced a stellar line-up of the world’s leading professional snowboarders for the 2007 Burton New Zealand Open Championships. Olympic gold medalists and X Games champions are among the athletes who will compete at Snow Park NZ in New Zealand’s biggest ....More...

The latest dates for the upcoming Nokia World Cup events in Halfpipe and Big Air are now on the calendar. More...

Burton’s fourth annual Abominable Snow Jam snowboarding competition will take place from July 10-12, 2007 at High Cascade Snowboard Camp and Timberline Resort on Mt. Hood, Oregon. Featuring a quarterpipe, halfpipe and slopestyle competition, the Abominable Snow Jam brings top international riders ....More...

It may be eight months away, but we have confirmation of the dates for the Winter X Games 12. Just check the calendar for more details. More...

Local hero Steve Gruber (AUT) pulled off an inspiring Slopestyle win at TTR FIVE(5)STAR event Aesthetiker Jam Waengl Taengl, Mayrhofen, Austria, 22nd-25th March, 07. ‘What can I say - I’m the happiest guy on earth at the moment. The park was in an insane shape and it was pretty much one of the ....More...

After a successful Nikita Chickita Snowdown in Big Bear, USA back in February, Nikita are ready to rock in Europe, with online registration in full swing. Girls have already signed up for the event from Finland, Switzerland, Germany, Latvia, Czech Republic and Italy. More...

Bathed in golden light and title glory, an elated Torah Bright (AUS) was proclaimed the second Women’s TTR World Snowboard Tour Champion 06/07 at TTR SIX(6)STAR Roxy Chicken Jam, 22nd-25th March, 2007, in Park City/Utah, USA. Perfect spring conditions prevailed at Park City as the Slopestyle .... More...

Under sunny skies, at Park City’s infamous Superpipe, Manuela Laura Pesko (SUI) successfully delivered back-to-back 720s to win the first contest title of TTR SIX(6)STAR Roxy Chicken Jam, 22nd-25th March, 2007, at Park City/Utah, USA.With just one more day to go ahead of Saturday’s Slopestyle ....More...

Stay tuned to this web page Sun 25 March 2007 11:00CET for all the LIVE action from the O’Neill Xtreme Verbier by Powerade.The Xtreme Verbier remains the ultimate freeride event in the world after 11 years. Set in the Swiss Alps, the best riders come together to select and ride their most extreme ....More...

You can watch & relive the full replay of Shaun White (USA) with his incredible win of the US Open and becoming Men's TTR World Snowboard Tour Champion 06/07. Check out Travis Rice (USA) nail the first spot in the slopestyle final. All the action in full replay from the Burton US Open, Stratton ....More...

Based on his first place position in the Halfpipe Result in the TTR SIX(6)STAR 25th Burton US Open Snowboard Championships, Shaun White (USA) is the new Men’s TTR World Snowboard Tour 06/07 Champion.Shaun White (USA) was crowned on Saturday at 17.30 U.S. EST at base camp in front of a mass of .... More...

Travis Rice and Jamie Anderson won today’s slopestyle competition at the 25th Annual US Open Snowboarding Championships held at Stratton Mountain Resort. Travis and Jamie each took home $20,000, Motorola cell phones and $5,000 each for winning the Snickers Best Trick Awards. “I’ve been competing ....More...

Jenny Jones has just finished on the podium at the US Open in the Slopestyle event. From the US Open website...."British rider Jenny Jones rounded out the podium with a solid mix of spins including a Cab 540 and corked frontside 3, and some extra large straight airs. Results 1st - Jamie Anderson (.... More...

Stay tuned to this web page from 16 Fri – 19 Mon March 2007 for all the LIVE action from the Burton US Open, Stratton Mountain, Vermont.The US Open is the longest standing and one of the most exciting snowboard events in the world – this year celebrating it’s 25th year of uniting the best riders ....More...

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Franck April (Canada, 20) and Marie Hucal (USA, 15) became today the 2007 World Junior Champions of Slopestyle at the Billabong World Junior Pro Leysin, a 4-star TTR event.However, the event was not completed due to strong winds on the snowpark of the Mont de Chaux. Organizers eventually called the ..More...

Welcome to our first sunny day in Leysin! Weather forecast finally proved to be right with temperatures around 0°C and a light wind that kept the park in good conditions all through the day. There was a lot of action today at the Billabong World Junior Pro Leysin as 25 out of 44 guys were still to ..More...

The Swatch O'Neill Big Mountain Pro 2007 moved into the Italian Alps on Monday evening, in search of fresh snow and clear weather conditions. Contest organizers were keen to find the best possible conditions in the area in order to stage the first official day of competition following the ....More...

Welcome to the second day of the Billabong World Junior Pro from Leysin. This morning, the fog was all over the 3.200 people village of Leysin climbing all the way up to slopestyle park on the Chaux de Mont. Not exactly the best conditions that everyone was expecting for a world championship event. ..More...

American Ticket To Ride World Snowboard Tour top event TTR 5 STAR World Superpipe Championships, finalises its preparations to welcome the world’s most progressive Halfpipe superstars to the infamous 22-foot wall Eagle Superpipe at Park City Mountain Resort, Utah, on 10th March, 2007. More...

The Billabong World Junior Pro 2007 has kicked off in Leysin, Switzerland.Bonjour de Leysin and welcome to the Billabong World Junior Pro 2007! The Billabong World Junior Pro Leysin is the official contest to determine the World Junior Champion in slopestyle snowboarding within the TTR Series (....More...

After more than half of the stops of the pan-European amateur contest series Burton AM Tour it has already been drawing more riders and a bigger audience than last year’s successful kick-off. Despite poor snow conditions, which also affected the Burton AM Tour and resulted in three cancelled stops (..More...

Severe snow storms causing technical complications forced organizers of the TTR FOUR(4)STAR event, Xbox Big Day Out, to cancel the slopestyle night session Finals in Val D’Isere, France, 01st March, 2007. More...

As we showed you on Friday, competing against the world's best snowboarders, Terje Haakonsen (NOR) pulled off an Backside 360 9.8 metres off the quarterpipe to claiming a groundbreaking new World Record - beating Heikki Sorsa's previously unbeaten 9.3m air from The Arctic Challenge 2001. More...

When you thought you had seen it all.View this video of Terje at the Arctic Challenge on www.method.tv right now! Video is still smoking hot, never shown to the world. Thanks Maurino for capturing this moment! More...

Twenty five years ago, snowboarders were still using ropes to steer their boards, riders were banned from almost all resorts and Shaun White wasn’t even born yet. But in 1982, the spirit of snowboarding was alive and well when a core group of riders including Jake Burton Carpenter gathered to ....More...

Here are the final halfpipe and park style results for the Global Open Series presented by Motorola, 2007 Nissan X-Trail Nippon Open. Olympic gold medalist Shaun White and Australian Torah Bright dominated Sunday’s halfpipe competition while Kevin Pearce and Hana Beaman took the top spots in ....More...

All the way from Oslo Norway we will show you the entire event live. You can tune in on the 2nd & 3rd of March at 16:30 CET to watch the best snowboarders on the planet come together to show their skills on the mother event of TTR. Follow TTR FIVE(5)STAR The Oakley Arctic Challenge live on your ....More...

Event moulds both quarterpipe and potential new TTR Top 10 changes.As the snow falls thick and fast in the sub-zero temperatures of Oslo, organizers work around the clock to create the piece-de-resistance of Quarterpipes to welcome global riders for the upcoming TTR FIVE(5)STAR top snowboard event, ..More...

Victories for Americans Shaun White, Kevin PPearce, Hana Beaman and stand-out Aussie, Torah Bright.The largest snowboard contest from the land of the rising sun, TTR FIVE(5)STAR Nissan X-Trail Nippon Open, finished with an exciting line-up of results as both Superpipe and Slopestyle formats ....More...

Chris Moran & James McPhail (ex Whitelines) are out at the Nippon Open updating a blog of the event... click the headline for the latest. More...

Organisers of the Swatch O’Neill Big Mountain Pro 2007 contest have finalised the competitor line-up for what will be the inaugural edition of this innovative mobile freeride snowboarding and skiing competition. Kicking off in the Swiss resort of Laax on 1st March and wrapping up in Innsbruck, ....More...

Entries are rolling in for this year's Protest Jib-Vid contest and with only 2 weeks left before the contest entries close on the 1st March. So for your chance to win some of the 6000 euro prize money or one of the many other prizes get your team together and before you know it your film could be .... More...

Sam Cullum recently entered the 5* TTR Rip Curl slope style/big air event in Crans-Montana and came 16th out of 80+ riders, beating the current leader of the TTR. Jack Shackleton came 58th. We think that's worth a mention. Go Sam!Here's the top 20 places:1 Markus Keller NITRO, REDBULL, VOLCOM SUI (....More...

With four weeks to go before the start of the Swatch O’Neill Big Mountain Pro 2007, contest organizers have finalized the competitor line-up for what will be the inaugural edition of this innovative mobile freeride snowboarding and skiing competition.Kicking off in the Swiss resort of Laax on 1st ....More...

Blue skies and sun welcomed all HP finalists today up on Crap Sogn Gion for the BEO final event day! What a perfect day after inclement weather over the last week. Canadian Crispin Libpscomb took home the title and $ 10.000 prize-money. In the women’s event it was Australian Holly Crawford who was ....More...

An open 'Girs-Only' event in Austria in April, with the chance to win a two-year contract with Team Nikita. The full details are on our calendar, check it out. More...

Congratulations to British wonderkid Jamie Nicholls who took 5th place in today's boys' halfpipe event at the Burton European Open. More...

Josh Knox sent us a few pictures of the riding from the Burton European Open in Laax, Switzerland where is brother Sparrow is competing. The event has suffered from the bad weather. More...

Dangerously high winds and low visibility forced event organizers and competitors to cancel today’s Burton European Open slopestyle finals for the safety of the riders. Slopestyle course conditions at 3000 meters on the Vorab glacier deteriorated to a point that it was far too risky for riders to .... More...

The TTR 6STAR Burton European Open Halfpipe Finals will be available for webcast viewing live through www.lat34.com/beo on Saturday, January 27th 2007 direct from Laax, Switzerland. More...

Only 10 more days before the Burton European Open 2007 kicks off. Top riders from around the globe get ready to gather in freestyle Eldorado Laax, Switzerland from January 20-27, 2007.The Burton European Open is part of the Burton Global Open Series presented by Motorola which unites 5 events .... More...

Nicolas Mueller made it a night to remember for Swiss snowboarding at Saturday night’s O’Neill Evolution Quarterpipe finals in Davos. With the home crowd support behind him all day long, the 24-year-old had the thousands of spectators cheering his every move during the climax of this prestigious 6-....More...

The O’Neill Evolution Superpipe finals played out in front of a crowd of thousands in the Swiss resort of Davos on Friday evening, with Finland’s Antti Autti claiming his first ever TTR win thanks to a faultless aerial display in near perfect conditions. Autti’s maiden voyage to TTR success began ....More...

Bring on the year of the world record! That’s right boys and girls at the 2007 Xbox® Big Day Out we are going to set the first official world record for the highest ‘Air.’ More...

Shaun White, Hannah Teter, Kelly Clark, Mason Aguirre, Natasza Zurek, Danny Davis & Elena Hight to Attend the February EventToday the Burton Global Open Series presented by Motorola announced top riders planning to attend the Nissan X-Trail Nippon Open 2007 Snowboarding Championships, taking place ....More...

The O’Neill Quarterpipe qualification heats for both the men and women went down a storm today. If ever spectators were looking for signs of evolution at this prestigious 6-star Ticket To Ride competition, Switzerland’s biggest ever Quarterpipe provided them with all the evidence they needed.....More...

Three days of heavy snow gave way to glorious sunshine today for the first day of competition at the 6-star O’Neill Evolution. Having spent the morning clearing powder snow out of the Superpipe, the shapers provided qualification riders with the kind of pipe that has made the Swiss resort of Davos .... More...

Nissan ArctiX is an invitational big mountain freeride contest for skiers and snowboarders. The event will take place in Tamok, Lapland from 31st of March to 9th of April. Located 400km north of the Arctic Circle, Tamok is an undiscovered freeriding Mecca featuring spectacular natural wonders such .... More...

Jaime Anderson (USA) wins Roxy Chicken JamKaprun, Austria. A rock-steady slopestyle victory went to 16-year-old Jamie Anderson (USA) this weekend as the Women’s TTR World Snowboard Tour first all-girl 6 Star event of the season, the Roxy Chicken Jam Europe, proves women’s snowboarding hits a new ....More...

With only a matter of weeks to go before the start of the inaugural edition of the O'NEILL EVOLUTION, O'Neill and the Swiss resort of Davos are gearing up to host what will be one of only six 6-star freestyle snowboarding events on the 2006/07 Ticket To Ride (TTR) World Snowboard Tour. With the New ..More...

The details are in the calendar of the Billabong World Junior Pro in Leysin, Switzerland this March. More...

The UK's Laura Berry will be amongst the competitors lining up for the weekend's Roxy Chicken Jam, despite her KO'ing herself and fracturing her cheek at the SCUK Christmas Bash at the weekend. It's also Laura's 18th Birthday today. So happy birthday and good luck Laura from everybody at SCUK.Blue ....More...

10th –26th February 2007.Over the years Rip Curl has become one of the world’s leading names in Surf & Snow through its desire to push the performance limits further and further. To reinforce this status, Rip Curl is preparing an exclusive event that has never been seen before… When sporting .... More...

The Land of the Rising Sun experienced a star-studded, hotly-contested two-day snowboard showdown as the 6 Star Nissan X-Trail Jam resulted in title victory for Shaun White (USA) based on overall Quarterpipe and Big Air performance, and his first 1000 TTR points of the season, in front of a ....More...

TOKYO DOME PREPARES TO HOST THE ELITE 6(SIX) STAR NISSAN X-TRAIL JAM THIS WEEKENDThe TTR tour drama continues with back-to-back 6(SIX) Star snowboard action as the Tokyo Dome, Japan gets ready to welcome Nicolas Mueller (SUI), Travis Rice (USA), Risto Mattila (FIN), Antti Autti (FIN), Shaun White (....More...

On December 2nd 2006 25,000 enthusiastic fans turned the Olympic Stadium in Munich into a seething cauldron for a freestyle performance of a level never seen before in stadium contests. More...

We've teamed up with Freecaster to bring you simply the world's biggest snowboard event, right to your computers live this Saturday, 2nd December! The Nokia Air+Style. More...

The final program of the Burton European Open 2007 (BEO) is fixed: for the third time the international Snowboard scene is gathering for Europe’s biggest Snowboard event in the Swiss Freestyle mekka Laax. The days from January 20 – 27, 2007 are offering a week full of action and entertainment. A ....More...

All the up-coming dates and disciplines of the Nokia Snowboard FIS World Cup have been added to the SCUK calendar. More...

The first 6(six) Star event of the 2006/2007 TTR World Snowboard Tour kicks off next month in Munch at the Olympic Stadium with the Nokia Air+Style takijng place on 2nd December. With one defending event champion, a current Olympic Halfpipe champion and the current reining TTR World Champion .... More...

The O’Neill Pro Freestyle is poised to celebrate its robotic return to Avoriaz, France from 28th January – 3rd February 2007 - now upgraded to a 5-star event on the TTR World Snowboard Tour. More...

The Burton European Open is Europe’s biggest event open to all riders. From January 20-27, 2007 in Laax, Switzerland, more than 500 riders will compete. More...

SnowFlex are happy to announce that registration for the International Ski and Snowboard Jam on Saturday, 7th October at Loisinord ski slope in Noeux-les-Mines, France is now open. More...

A gigantic ramp will be built at the Olympic arena Stockholm Stadium in Stockholm, Sweden for November 10 and 11. With 40 000 USD in the prize purse, free entrance and world class artists both in music, skiing and snowboarding, Stadium Winter Jam will without doubt be the riders’ event of the year..... More...

Male and Female Global Open Champions to each win $100,000The 2006/2007 Burton Global Open Series presented by Motorola will award the largest single title payout in snowboarding history - $100,000 cash to both the female and male Global Open Champions. The series champion will be crowned at the US ..More...

Americans, Scotty Lago and Ellery Hollingsworth lead the TTR World Snowboard Tour Championship race as it leaves the Southern Hemisphere and heads up to Europe in November. More...

The worst winter snowfall in recent history in Australia has forced the cancellation of the TTR 4(four) Star event, Stylewars, scheduled to run over the 5th to 12th of September at Falls Creek, Australia. The first Southern Hemisphere event to join the TTR World Snowboard Tour last season, .... More...

Burton and Motorola have announced the first ever “Big Air in Beijing” , a snowboard exhibition produced for the upcoming Beijing Pop Festival scheduled for September 9-10 in Beijing’s Chaoyang Park. The two-day music and lifestyle festival event expects to draw over 30,000 attendees and will ....More...

The Burton European Open, the second event in this year’s Burton Global Open Series Presented by Motorola, will take place in Laax, Switzerland from January 20-27, 2007. The highlight of the European snowboard competition scene, the Burton European Open is the only event on the continent open to .... More...

Burton Snowboards have announced a new competition series, The Burton Global Open Series presented by Motorola. The international series of snowboarding competitions will play out in five countries throughout the course of a year and award a record-breaking prize purse totaling over $700,000 US .... More...

Okay, so we've been plugging the new SnowFlex slope in Noeux les Mines, France for a few months now, but it does look awesome. Teams from UK, France, Holland, Belgium, Spain and Portugal. More...

The 2006 Billabong Pro Junior will be held from 25th - 27th August at Snowpark, Wanaka, New Zealand. It will mark the second Southern Hemisphere event on the 2006/2007 TTR World Snowboard Tour. Billabong, who had planned two TTR rated Pro Juniors in the Southern hemisphere this season, struck poor .... More...

Following the controversial location of the Icer Air event in downtown San Francisco last summer, the organisers have decided to stage the event in a stadium this year, with the event date put back to November.Last year it was touch and go whether the event would be staged due to its downtown ....More...

Danny Davis (USA) and Ellery Hollingworth (USA) take World Tour lead at 4 star TTR event - The Burton NZ Open.The Southern Hemisphere’s biggest snowboard event concluded this weekend with two new emerging Tour leaders shining above the international field that converged at Snow Park NZ for the ....More...

The 2006 Burton Australian Open has been cancelled due to insufficient snowfall. Event organizers met this weekend to discuss their options and, after careful consideration, decided that they could not provide riders with a quality event in the current snow conditions.The Australian Open, going ....More...

US Olympians Mason Aguirre and Kelly Clark today proved they were true snowboarding champions after they won the Burton NZ Open halfpipe competition – their second win each at this year’s Open.New Zealand’s biggest snowboarding event concluded today at Snow Park NZ with eight women and 16 men ....More...

Check out the Motorola blog from Matt Bar at the Burton NZO. Funny song lyrics, knitting and some really bad cars. Snowboarding too. More...

Matt Barr, ex editor of Whitelines is currently down in New Zealand writing the Motorola blog as the action kicks off. Catch him and fashion expert Quinten casting their eye over the southern hemisphere's biggest comp.Click to see the latest from the NZ Open

The Burton New Zealand Open will be held from 3rd to the 5th August at Snowpark NZ in Wanaka, New Zealand. It will mark the first of five Southern Hemisphere events on the 2006/2007 TTR World Snowboard Tour. A hungry crew of international and local riders are set to challenge early season TTR World ..More...

The 2006/2007 Ticket To Ride (TTR) World Snowboard Tour The 2006/2007 Tour is without question the largest culmination of independent Freestyle events acting under one common Tour Flag. Officially recognized as the ‘Ticket To Ride World Snowboard Tour,’ or simply ‘The TTR,’ this culmination of ....More...

Molly Aguirre, Nicolas Mueller, Takaharu Nakai, Jussi Oksanen and Jamie Anderson also podium.Burton’s third annual Abominable Snow Jam snowboarding competition wrapped up today with 16-year-old Elena Hight claiming the event’s top prize, the Volvo Overall Rider Award. Elena will be driving home a ....More...

Some of the world’s top snowboarders have been confirmed for this year’s Burton NZ Open at Snow Park NZ, Wanaka, all competing for a NZ$50,000 cash prize pool. Leading the field is last year’s winner of the Quarter Pipe Invitational, Mason Aguirre (USA) who just missed out on a medal at the Winter ..More...

The Competition will feature 22' Halfpipe, over $150,000 in Prizes and Top International Riders.Burton's third annual Abominable Snow Jam snowboarding competition is just over a week away, and top snowboarders, campers and yetis alike are getting ready for the summer's biggest snowboard contest on ....More...

The Third Annual Burton Abominable Snow Jam Lines Up Top Snowboarders, Insane Prizes and More YetisSeveral eye witnesses at Timberline Resort and High Cascade Snowboard Camp have confirmed seeing a family of three yetis roaming around Mt. Hood, Oregon. It is believed that the yetis have returned to .. More...

The world's top snowboarders will transform Lake Wanaka into a high energy, action-packed snowboarding meccca when the Burton NZ Open returns to Snow Park NZ on 3-5 August 2006.Over the last four years, the Burton NZ Open has come to represent the pinnacle of snowboarding in New Zealand and is one ....More...

The slopes of the Eastern Cape around South Africa's Tiffindell Ski Resort were covered with 10cm - 15cm (four-six inches) of snow over just a few hours at the weekend.Tiffindell, traditionally the first southern hemisphere resort to open for snow skiing each year, is situated at the highest point ....More...

Mt Dobson in New Zealand is aiming for its earliest opening in 27 years of operation with a planned season launch date of this Saturday, May 27th.The southern hemisphere's season normally kicks off first in Tiffindell resort, South Africa, and that resort has had a lot of early snow, but has not ....More...

Over the last few weeks, we've been rightly banging on about the great success of the British ladies on the inaugural Womens' Ticket To Ride World Tour. But what about the GB men?Well, they have been competing in this hugely competitive tour, which has seen over 1100 male competitors, so we thought ..More...

Great Britain’s Vicci Miller laid down an explosive series of heats during last weeks 2006 Candy Jam putting distance between her and second place and fellow Brit, Jenny Jones. The women’s competition set in the Swedish resort of Åre marked the final event on the 2005/2006 Women’s TTR World ....More...

Jenny Jones has officially taken 2nd place on the inaugural Women's TTR World Tour, having taken 2nd at the Roxy Jam in St Moritz last week, with some solid bs 5s and cab 5s taking her to the podium.As her sponsor's Billabong put it "she's our favourite UK charger and her results show that Jenny is .. More...

We've just had a text from Laura's mum Lesley, who said that both Laura and Jenny Jones had reached the Super Final of eight riders at the Roxy Chicken Jam in St. Moritz with Jenny in 4th and Laura in 7th place. Vicci Miller finished in 9th position, just missing out on the super final.We then had ....More...

Danny Davis just won the 2006 Nippon Open with one of the most progressive halfpipe runs ever seen. His first run included an opening frontside 1080 Japan, completely over-tweaked, followed by a cab 1080, frontside 900, backside 900 and an ally-oop rodeo. The next two runs were just as mad, with .... More...

Whilst much of our attention is focused on the forthcoming four GB athletes heading for the Olympics, it's also worth noting that there's a number of British riders out there who are rocking the alternative world at the very much more "snowboard" TTR.Jenny Jones is currently sitting in 4th place ....More...

Anybody who rides at Tamworth SnowDome will know or at least have seen Steve Owen.Steve won the Wanaka-Fest Street Jam competition on 18th September and we've just got some footage (5mb AVI, so please right click and Save As...) of his winning run taken by Rich Cook.However, 11 days after this ....More...

We had this email from Craig Smith, the GB Team Coach.Today at Mt. Hood, the GB team did the USSA Evolution tour half pipe competition first stop at Mt. Hood. They have two days on snow before the competition. The pipe was one of the best pipes they have ever been in they all said. It was the first ..More...

James Thorne has won the Volcom Stone Peanut Butter and Rail Jam Championship Final this weekend in Mammoth Mountain. He qualified for the final by coming second at the first stop of the tour in Mammoth on 4/12/2004. He competed against the top five qualifiers from each of the 11 rounds across the ....More...

We had this email from Dan Wakeham.My competition season has now finished.After two Europa cup wins and a 7th place I finished as the overall winner, leading by 100 points. I am the first Brit out of both ski and snowboard to ever win the European Champion's title.The European Cup series is the .... More...

7th European Youth Olympic FestivalIn a less than perfect half pipe that was almost cancelled due to an abundance of snow, strong winds and minus 20°C temperatures. The event finally got under way in Leysin on Friday, the field of 43 was reduced to 34 after drop outs (obviously got a look of .... More...

Our junior snowboard team have left Whistler and are now in Monthey, Switzerland to compete in the 7th European Youth Olympic Festival. The halfpipe competition in which they'll complete is to be held in Leysin with practice starting on Thursday 27th and heats and finals on Friday 28th. If anybody .... More...

The FIS 2005 Snowboard World Championships presented by Nokia kicked off today in Whistler, British Columbia and the Canadian fans had plenty to cheer about as both the men’s and women’s teams had impressive showings in the Snowboard Cross qualifying events. The crowd was also treated to a .... More...

The sweet taste of victory was firmly on Palmer rider Andy Finch's lips this week. The 2004 Arctic Challenge winner added the Nissan X-trail Jam Quarterpipe title to his long and distinguished list of snowboarding accolades. The 5th edition of the Nissan X-trail event, staged inside the massive .... More...

In an atmosphere best described as tense due to the incredible standard of riding on display English super star Jenny Jones won the women’s division of the 2004 Billabong Slopestyle Jam at Mount Hotham, Victoria late yesterday. Internationals dominated the tournament with American Chris Coulter .... More...

British snowsports athletes either made their luck or were left ruing their misfortune over an eventful weekend in the European mountains with a clutch of career best results proving the emergence of a generation of young talent. While Lesley McKenna may not have managed the hoped for fairytale ....More...

Paul Irwin sent us the following:I just thought I'd drop you a line as there's a few of us out here at the Topolino contest in Folgarida, Italy. Basically in the kids section we've got Scott Tarran (14, Aviemore), Dan Irwin (12, Newcastle) and Lee Tarran (11, Aviemore). In the Youth section Chris .... More...

FIS JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS12-14 FEBRUARY 2004, BIG AIR - OBERWIESENTHAL, GERMANYThe top Junior Snowboarders from around the world have gathered in Oberwiesenthal Germany and Kilnovec in the Czech Republic to compete at the 2004 Junior World Championships.The British team stamped their mark in ....More...

Both Laura Berry and Tyler Chorlton managed to get an impressive 7th place each in their respective Big Air competitions at this years Junior World Championships in the Czech Republic.Apparently the pipe wasn't up to much because of the weather and we don't know of any results there. We should have ..More...

The Junior Jam day was bad weather, snowing and windy. The lifts did not open until late and the comp was delayed till late morning. Results 13 years and under 1st Luke Mitrani 2nd Olivier Gittler 3rd Sasha Gatticke UK competitors 14th Andy Rivers 16th Lee Tarran 18th Dan Irwin 20th Rebecca Cullum ..More...

Lesley McKenna (29, Aviemore) still retains her World Number One ranking in the FIS women's half pipe standings after finishing second tonight in the world cup event in Kreichberg, Austria. Despite finishing only 0.2 of a point behind Sophie Rodriguez of France, her reign may be cut short tomorrow, ..More...

In Arosa, the UK's snowboarders faced a demanding schedule with back to back contests on successive days. Zoe Gillings equally pleased to have held on to her third place standing overall, particularly as she drew level on equal points with the Swedish girl Maria Danielson who is credited with ....More...

Lesley McKenna will spend Christmas on the slopes in Europe safe in the knowledge that she has completed another first for a British snowsports athlete this season, when she took the overall lead in the half pipe discipline of the Nokia Snowboard FIS World Cup tour with a hard won third place late ....More...

Lelsey McKenna came third at Stoneham, Canada taking her to the top of the FIS list of the world's best female half-pipe riders. Check out the BBC article whilst we await something official from SIGB. More...

The launch of the Von Zipper Trials is designed to find the next junior snowboarding champion. The search in February 2004 is a great opportunity for pro and amateur riders aged between 12 and 19 to show their talent and win the chance to compete in the Billabong Pro Junior.Von Zipper has been ....More...

Hard on the heels of Lesley McKenna's inspirational victory in the first World Cup half pipe event of the season last Friday in Sweden, Zoe Gillings (18, Isle of Man) again underlined her promise on the new Olympic snowboard discipline of Boardercross with an impressive fourth place in her first ....More...

Lesley McKenna (29, Aviemore) made the best possible start to her 2004 Halfpipe season with a victory in the opening World Cup event in Tandadalen, Sweden.Qualifying in 4th place, Lesley pulled off the same routine which brought her victory last season in Sapporo, while the warm daytime ....More...

Just to let you know that Laura Berry came 2nd in the World Youth Halfpipe Championships in Italy today. This is a remarkable achievement as she's ridden very little halfpipe in her year long career. More as we get it.More...Ben Kilner came 4th and James Carr came 17th.

7th of April to the 13th of April 2003. Visit their new website.Danny Kass awarded second TAC WildcardThe nineteen year old Danny Kass, or just "Big Dan" amongst friends, is one of the most progressive and exciting riders out there. The Arctic Challenge is proud to announce that he will be one of ....More...

Lesley McKenna (28, Aviemore) followed up on yesterday's (1/3/03) World Cup half-pipe win with a 6th place in the second women's half-pipe event to be held in Sapporo, Japan this weekend.McKenna qualified comfortably for the finals and opted to go even bigger than she had the previous day. Too big ..More...

Lesley McKenna (28, Aviemore) translated recent training form into World Cup victory in last night's FIS World Cup Snowboard Half-pipe competition in Sapporo, Japan (1/3/03).McKenna has taken training back to basics this season, honing her riding skills and practicing new tricks, among them a 900&....More...

After Jenny Jones tears her ACL and puts herself out of action for six months, Vicci Miller has done the only decent thing possible and taken up the mantle for the UK ladies abroad. Vicci won SG Magazine's first Queen of the Mountain competition. Well played to Vicci and get well soon to Jenny.

Young Norwegian Marius Otterstad wins in the pipe and secures himself a Ticket to Ride In his first contest after being in the Norwegian army for 6 months cleaning rifles and getting shouted at by some military guys, Marius Otterstad does the impossible and wins the Ticket to Ride stop in Leysin, .... More...

The UK's Jenny Jones' bid for world snowboard domination goes from strength to strength.Back in December she took first in the slopestyle at the first stop of the Vans Triple Crown in Breckenridge and an $8000 purse. Last week she took the slopestyle and jib competition to win the overall womens .... More...

Women’s Slopestyle Final Results 01.Jennifer Jones Bristol, ENG 69.3 82.1 82.1 02.Jaime MacLeod Bradford, NH 55.3 76.3 76.3 03.Anne Molin Kongsgaard Mammoth, CA 68.8 53.5 68.8 04.Juanita Platz summertown, TN 53.5 65.8 65.8 05.Pilar Peterson Golden, BC 60.5 44.5 60.5 06.Dresden Howell ....More...