Archive for February, 2009
« Previous EntriesA day in the life with Duff and Elm
Submitted by FrontLipped
What do you get when you put an up-and-coming shredder with a seasoned professional who’s been at the top of his game for years?
One answer would be this video featuring Signal team riders Jake Olson Elm and Chris Dufficy. The guys headed down to Bear’s all-mountain terrain park.
Check it out on Transworld Snowboarding.
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Marie-France Roy on PUSH.ca
Submitted by FrontLipped
Marie-France Roy, or MFR as she goes by to the masses, has emerged as one of the most technical and burly female riders in the last few seasons. She only furthered the point by putting down back-to-back banger video parts while filming with the boys for the Rome team videos.
As MFR’s star rose, [...]
YOU LOOK GOOD Rider’s Cup shakes up the scene at Mt Seymour
Submitted by FrontLipped
Photo by Richard Roth
*Release courtesy of Eventsing Entertainment
Toronto, ON – The Coors Light YOU LOOK GOOD Rider’s Cup (YLGRC09), Canada’s premier slopestyle series dropped into North Vancouver for the Mt Seymour Open. On Saturday February 21st the sun rose over the distant peaks and shone down on the newly designed and rebuilt terrain [...]
Nike 6.0 IllVill Widget
Submitted by liv2ride
Keep tabs on your favorite 6.0 team members and watch exclusive video content with the new Nike 6.0 IllVill widget.
Add Nike 6.0 Illvill to your page
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Red Bull Buttercup Finals at Mount Snow This Weekend
Submitted by liv2ride
The Finals will take place directly in front of the Carinthia deck! Our deck will be bumping with a live DJ, food, drink, and sponsor product opportunities.
Schedule:
6pm - 6:30pm: practice
6:45pm - 7:15: jam format
7:30 - 8pm: semi-finals (2 heats)
8:15pm - 8:30pm: finals
More details at MountSnow.com
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Kelly Clark Takes Overall Dew Tour Women’s Pipe Title
Submitted by liv2ride
Photo courtesy of Allisports
West Dover, Vermont local Kelly Clark wins the overall women’s pipe title for the inaugaral Winter Dew Tour. With her second place finish this weekend at Northstar-At-Tahoe , Kelly raised her total points value to 280, enough to earn her the overall title with 35 more points than runner-up and [...]
Burton Super Demo Tour at Mountain Creek
Submitted by liv2ride
The Burton Super Demo is the largest and leading product demo in the snowboard industry. Get close and personal with whats new in the Burton line. Burton is stopping by Mountain Creek for 3 days to show off their stuff- February 27th through March 1st during their nationwide tour of ten resorts.
This is your chance to test out custom gear [...]
Sunday Cinema - Snowboard Realms at the Burton Canadian Open
Submitted by FrontLipped
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You Look Good Rider’s Cup heads to Seymour
Submitted by FrontLipped
In the second stop of the season, the Coors Light YOU LOOK GOOD Rider’s Cup is rolling in to Vancouver’s Mount Seymour this weekend.
The series kicked off at Mt. Tremblant on February 7th, but the event was cut short due to poor weather conditions. Still, Diane Rudge and Kevin Konings prevailed through the [...]
Louif Paradis, Nick Dirks and Jarad Hadi in Lebanon
Submitted by FrontLipped
Some members of the Skeleton Crew set sail for Lenbanon this year to explore some new frontiers.
Check out some of the rougher times with Louif Paradis, Nick Dirks and Jarad Hadi on the Skeleton Crew blog.
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Trevor Andrew, Scotty Arnold and Chris Grenier in Newfoundland
Submitted by FrontLipped
Check out this extended edit featuring Trevor Andrew, Scotty Arnold and Chris Grenier breaking in some new spots around Newfoundland.
It’s all right here on Transworld.
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Shayne Pospisil Tops at TAC Highest Air
Submitted by liv2ride
The kid from Manasquan, NJ is on fire! Shayne Pospisil found his way to the top of another podium today. Shayne tied for top honors at the Arctic Challenge Highest Air competition with Daniel Josefsen of Norway. Both riders recorded a height of 6.8 meters (22.3 Feet). Living legend and event organizer Terje Haakonsen [...]
Grenade Games Five - Whistler 4-20-09
Submitted by liv2ride
In case you didn’t hear, Grenade Games are moving to Whistler this year… Smells like a hell of a party to me - HR
GrenadeGloves.com
WhistlerBlackcomb.com
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Alex Paradis photo gallery
Submitted by FrontLipped
Jordan Mendenhall, Wallride
Other than the obvious perks of being directly related to one of the most technical jibbers in Canadian snowboarding, Alex Paradis - brother of Louif Paradis - has had the opportunity to hone his eye for photography with some of the best snowboarders in the country.
Check out his album on Transworld [...]
TransWorld Snowboarding launches Girls’ Site
Submitted by www.snowboard-women.com
I need a late pass on this one!
TransWorld Snowboarding last week launched a special TWSnowGirls.com site for women snowboarders as a division of the popular TransWorld Snowboarding site.
TWSnowGirls includes womens’ snowboarding news, articles recapping girls’ snowboarding events, girl rider profiles/interviews, and women-specific snowboarding products and reviews.
You can visit the site through the link [...]
So What Do They Make?
Submitted by liv2ride
Ever wonder what the top action sport atheletes make? Forbes magazine just released their top 10 list of highest earning action sports atheletes. Skate legend Tony Hawk tops the list with snowboarding’s golden boy, Shaun White following close behind. The rest of the list was dominated by the men but female snowboarders Torah [...]
Stowe “Light Up the Night” Rail Jam
Submitted by liv2ride
Details at Stowe.com
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Nike MAVRK Mids
Submitted by liv2ride
Kick it old school in the new Nike MAVRK Mid in Black & White. The MAVRK Mids blend classic style and new school tech. With a full suede and leather upper and an ultra-grippy vulcanized outsole, these shoes will serve you equally well whether you’re kicking it at the bar after a hard day [...]
“No Correct Way” Out on iTunes
Submitted by liv2ride
The Rome SDS and Kids on Shred Productions are pleased to announce the release of their second full-length team video—No Correct Way—directly to your computer exclusively through iTunes on February 16th, 2009 for $5.99.
The Rome SDS once again provides a visual assault to the brain of snowboarding—any type, anytime, anywhere—and they bring it [...]
Sunday Cinema - 6 Months 2 Live episode two
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Happy Valentine’s Day from Westbeach!
Submitted by FrontLipped
This might be the greatest contest ever…
And check out the video promo here.
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Stepchild/32 teaser
Submitted by FrontLipped
Following a new video formula, Stepchild snowboards released their first team video two years ago titled Child Support. Following the success of Stepchild media’s most recent web release, Downloaded, the team is joining forces with ThirtyTwo to produce another team video.
Check out the early teaser on Transworld. This one looks like a banger [...]
Snowboard Jamboree 09 - Quebec City Feb 18 - 22•
Submitted by liv2ride
QUÉBEC CITY, FEBRUARY 12, 2009—Snowboard Jamboree is so much more than just another stage on the LG FIS Snowboard World Cup circuit. From February 18 to 22, 2009, come discover a flurry of amateur competitions and a real avalanche of cultural and sporting events to warm up the dark days of winter!
SNOW ARTO [...]
Steezin.TV Snowscrapers Highlights
Submitted by liv2ride
If you haven’t caught up with Steezin.TV yet, you don’t know what you’re missing. These guys are great! Recently, Cam, Bob and Rog made the trek down to the Big Apple to see what all this excitement about Red Bull Snowscrapers was all about. Check it out…
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Kevin Konings, Diane Rudge prevail through poor conditions
Submitted by FrontLipped
Courtesy of Eventsing Entertainment
Tremblant, Que. — The long-awaited 2009 addition of the Coors Light You Look Rider’s Cup kicked off this past weekend at Mont Tremblant with the Salomon Backyard Bang. The days leading up to the event were seasonally cold, but the forecast for Saturday was promising to be considerably warmer than [...]
