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Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Online riders registration for the Burton European Open starts Oct. 21st and is open until November 20th! Don’t miss the chance to take part and celebrate with us the 10th edition of the event from Jan. 9-16, 2009 in LAAX, Switzerland. Take the info about the registration procedure on the INFO part or go directly to www.register-for-events.com and secure your spot for the 10th anniversary of the Burton European Open!
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Volcom is proud to announce that Gigi Rüf will be rocking Volcom outerwear and riding Volcom snowboards for the 2008/2009 season and beyond.
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Random facts for today:
October 15th was the opening day for two mountains, Loveland Basin & Arapahoe Basin which means they tied for the First Open in North America.
Congrats to the two mountains in Colorado!
ELECTRIC launches new iPhone application that's FREE. You can find it on itunes or your iphone now.
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SBC's pre-season kick-off tonight and Saturday! SBC is throwing a party in Toronto and has created this years Canadian snowboard film festival.
Tonight - Burton's It's Always Snowing Somewhere and Alterna's Knockout: The Tenth Round with live music from Mix Master Mike of the Beastie Boys.
Saturday night - ROME SDS's No Correct Way and FOURM's Forum or Against'm with Kets N Krates f JR-FLO from N.Y.
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
The Kastel Battle is a jib event bringing 40 invited snowboarders and skiers to the Planta of Sion, Switzerland, to fight for the title "knight of the kastle".WWW.KASTLE-BATTLE.COM
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Mammoth Mountain , CA – The Town of Mammoth Lakes and Mammoth Mountain Ski Area welcomed the first commercial aircraft in over a decade to arrive in Mammoth Lakes , California Los Angeles International Airport 74 seat, high-speed, twin-engine turboprop Bombardier Q400 operated by Horizon Air safely touched down as scheduled at 10:05 a.m.
With a snowy Mammoth Mountain This inaugural flight was designed to give Horizon Air staff and special media guests a glimpse of what will come when nonstop daily service from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Mammoth Lakes
“We have been working very hard to get commercial air service back to Mammoth after a 13-year absence,” said Howard Pickett, Chief Marketing Officer at Mammoth Mountain California
Horizon Air will run daily service from Dec. 18, 2008, through April 12, 2009. The 65 minute flight departs Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles to Mammoth Lakes
In preparation for commercial air service from Horizon Air, Mammoth Yosemite Airport
Photo : Horizon Air touches down at Mammoth Yosemite Airport
*See horizonair.com for complete fare rules. All schedules subject to change without notice.
Mammoth Mountain Ski Area is the leading four-season mountain resort in California Mammoth Mountain is currently the third most frequented ski resort in the United States Mammoth Mountain include Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, June Mountain , Tamarack Lodge and Resort, Mammoth Snowmobile Adventures, Mammoth Mountain Bike Park Mammoth Mountain also operates Juniper Springs Resort, the Village Lodge and Sierra Star Golf Course in Mammoth Lakes , California Mammoth Mountain MammothMountain.com
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
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.
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
So I guess really it was only a matter of time before Playboy started to put Playboy models onto Snowboards right??
Well, Burton has created this new line of snowboards with the girls naked.
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Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Whistler Balckcomb has launched a HUGE contest with amazing prizes!!
You can win a trip for 4 to Whistler Blackcomb and a full gondola's worth of skis, snowboards, outerwear and tons of other cool prizes to help you make the most of the mountains.
The gondola can hold 28 people, so that's a lot of stuff you can win.
Click
here to full list of prizing.
CLICK HERE TO ENTER!!!
Burlington, VT -- This month Burton’s movie It’s Always Snowing Somewhere will premiere in eleven North American cities over the span of two weeks. Each stop will also feature athlete autograph sessions and after parties. It’s Always Snowing Somewhere features scenes from a never-ending winter with the Burton team traveling from the southern to northern hemisphere, from Alaska to Argentina.It’s Always Snowing Somewhere premiere dates and locations http://www.burton.com/movie for tour updates and details on individual stops, including after-parties, bands, bowling, autograph signings and athletes attending.
Thursday, October 02, 2008
So, what's up with nomis?
New website launched! They launched a holiday themed site full of new styles and colourways. Check out the new vibe at
www.nomisdesign.com/holiday
Also, this past spring the guys over a nomis took a skate approach by clearing out their warehouse and turning it into a skate park. Ronson Lambert, Morgan Smith and Bryan Wherry all took part. You can check it out at
www.nomisconnected.tv
The Golden Ticket contest in Canada, buy a Simon OG plaid hoody for a chance to win some crazy prizes like trips, skateboards, outerwear and sticker packs. Ask your store for details and go get them before they are all gone!
Thursday, October 02, 2008
At 12.00am Oct 1st 2008 StepChild Snowboards will launch 'Downloaded' live on our integrated media site. Downloaded is our video offering for 2008, a follow on from last years Child Support DVD which is still available from your local retailers while stocks last. Downloaded runs a little longer than 20 minutes and is a mini movie showing what the StepChild team does between filming and travelling. With footage from Japan, Bear Mtn, Whistler and Europe, be sure to check out the Media Page at www.stepchildsnowboards.com 12am PST to view 'Downloaded' in HD.
Downloaded can also be Downloaded - Imagine that! As well as embedded on your own site or forwarded to friends, all within our media player, care of our chums at mobilerider.
Click link below to get taken directly to video player and Downloaded:
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Online competitor registration is now open for the first-ever Burton Canadian Open, taking place from December 1-7, 2008 at the Calgary Olympic Development Association’s (CODA) Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. CODA has been providing world-class sport facilities for Olympic development for 20 years and Canada Olympic Park is home to the exact duplicate of the halfpipe that will be built for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
The third stop on the 2008/2009 Burton Global Open Series and a SWATCH TTR 5Star event, the Canadian Open will include slopestyle and halfpipe competitions, offering riders the chance to earn a piece of the $50,000 USD prize purse and gain valuable points towards Burton Global Open Series championship titles and the Swatch Ticket To Ride World Tour championship titles.
Here’s how to register to compete:
Head to www.opensnowboarding.com , go to the Canadian Open homepage and click on Registration in order to register online for the Registration Waitlist. Registration will be open until October 20, 2008. If we receive more registrations per format than the number of pre-qualification spots available, riders will be selected from the Registration Waitlist based on their BGOS standings/results and their TTR standings/results, with priority given to the riders with the best standings/results. On or before October 27th, you will be notified VIA EMAIL (and only email) if your registration has been successful and that your entry for the Canadian Open Halfpipe and/or Slopestyle Pre-Qualifiers is confirmed. At that time, your credit card will be charged a non-refundable $75CAD per discipline as applicable. If your name is not selected, you will automatically be added to the waitlist (which shall be selected at random). Top pros will receive special invites to compete. For complete details/rules on the registration process, visit the Canadian Open home page on opensnowboarding.com.
With events scheduled year-round and in six countries, the Burton Global Open Series boasts the most lucrative cumulative prize purse in snowboarding – over $900,000 – with equal prize money to men and women. All six Burton Global Open Series events offer riders the chance to earn points towards a male and female championship title, each worth $100,000, currently the largest single payout in competitive snowboarding. Following this summer’s New Zealand and Australian Opens, Luke Mitrani (USA) and Jamie Anderson (USA) are in the lead for the $100,000 Burton Global Open Series Championship title.
The Burton Global Open Series is also part of the SWATCH Ticket To Ride (TTR) World Snowboard Tour, the largest group of independent freestyle snowboard events in the world. TTR ranks riders based on their results at participating competitions and crowns the TTR World Champions at the US Open. The current leaders for the TTR titles are Chas Guldemond (USA) and 2007/08 TTR world champion Jamie Anderson.
For more information on the Burton Global Open Series head to www.opensnowboarding.com www.ttrworldtour
If you can’t make it to Canada, watch the semi-finals and finals live on Go211.com, where webcasts and highlights of the competitions will also be available for on-demand viewing once the event is over.
Burton would like to thank CODA, Red Bull, Go211.com, Coors Light, Alberta Snowboard Association and Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour for their support of the Canadian Open.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
The season kicked off this past weekend with the freestyle.ch in-city event in Zurich, Switzerland. For the snowboarding part of the action sports show, the biggest names in the game gathered on the lakeside of "Downtown Zurich“, including Burton shreds Mikkel Bang, Chris Sörman, Marko Grilc, Peetu Piiroinen, Wang Lei and last year's winner Stephan Maurer.
The Burton Euro Squad was busy all weekend throwing it down on the 37 meter tall ramp, the signing session marathons and the late night parties. And everybody scored at some point!
We will stick to talking about the official competition on snow here: Peetu Piiroinen opened his season like he ended the past one – on the podium! He only got beaten by Stephan Gimpl and Hampus Mosseson, and landed himself in the third spot with high scores for his Backside Rodeo 7 Tailgrab and Cab 1080.
Great atmosphere also at the LAAX booth on Saturday during the Burton Euro Team Signing Session – all dressed up nicely in the “10 years BEO” Birthday shirts. On duty for the Signing Session were Mikkel Bang, Marko Grilc, Chris Sörman, Stephan Maurer, Sina Candrian and Peetu Piiroinen.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Freecaster will be bringing all this action live and in high quality straight from the Oakley booth on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and be sure to watch out for the interviews and highlights before and after from our team on site. Timing Friday 26 September 19:00 - 22:00 CET Saturday 27 September 14:00 - 22:00 CET Sunday 28 September 14:00 - 18:00 CET
Monday, September 22, 2008
Everyone knew the first crossing of the PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola’s Sky Cabins was going to be a momentous occasion. We just didn’t know exactly when it would happen. The Sky Cabins were on the mountain, the carriages were installed and the only thing left to do was wait for the okay from the mechanical and electrical teams.
On Thursday, September 18 a press event was held to announce the official opening date of December 12 as well as to show off the Blackcomb terminal building and all of the Sky Cabins. There were even a few cabins out on the line! To our surprise, Thursday was also the day we found out it was very likely the first twelve cabins would be making their way across the 4.4km/2.73 mile span to Whistler Mountain the very next day on Friday, September 19.
Finally, the day we had all been waiting for (besides the official opening) was here! We were told it would happen after 8am so we made sure to be on the mountain early. Time passed with no action until finally around 10:30am we could make out a faint red blob against Blackcomb’s flank.
My cell phone rang and I was told by Construction Manager Rick Temple that we should watch for the first Sky Cabin and its passenger, Mathias Zundrell. Passenger….WHAT!?
Apparently, it is normal procedure for a Doppelmayr engineer to ride the carriage of the first gondola across, never mind if that puts him 436m/1,427ft above the valley floor with just a harness and a hardhat!
Mathias looked very nonchalant from his perch on Sky Cabin No. 5 and he waved as he glided by high above us. At each lift tower the PEAK 2 PEAK stopped so he could check the gondola’s mechanisms. The remaining Sky Cabins followed and now Whistler’s terminal is housing twelve Sky Cabins so the remaining 16 can be put on the line over at the Blackcomb terminal.
Construction on the terminal buildings is still ongoing but we are getting close to the end of this two year construction project!
Friday, September 19, 2008
As early as 8 a.m. on Friday, September 19, twelve PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola Sky Cabins will make the very first, epic journey across the 4.4km/2.73 mile span between Blackcomb and Whistler Mountains. With the official opening day of December 12, 2008 announced this milestone is all the more exciting.
“To finally have Sky Cabins move from one mountain to the other really crystallizes what we have accomplished here through two summers of construction,” says Rick Temple, PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola Construction Manager. “It is going to be an awesome sight for the entire PEAK 2 PEAK team, our employees and for the whole community of Whistler.”
Whistler Blackcomb’s PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola will officially open to the public December 12, 2008. This engineering marvel is set to become a new Canadian tourism icon, and will forever revolutionize the way visitors experience this all-season resort.
Friday, September 19, 2008
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Cheers.
Friday, September 19, 2008
SNOWBOARDERS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CHILD SEX SLAVERY
Wouldn’t it be rad if you could help make someone else’s life better by doing something you love? While you’re out shreddin, making turns and having a good time with your friends, someone’s life is making a turn for the better. We have come up with something pretty epic and it’s called the ZION POP Program (People of the Planet). The POP Program is people driven and is all about Social Justice. We have made it our mission to help out our fellow humans who have been dealt a bad hand. This is the part of ZION Snowboards that we call “serious fun.” There are some hardcore issues happening in our world and we thought it would be rad to involve core snowboarders in making a difference. With the POP program we will be donating 10% of the sale of our participating products to charities that help make people’s lives better. Cool thing is - you can do this while you’re doing your switch backside 10’s or Tindy’s!
ZION is stoked to announce that our first partnership for the POP Program will be the Ratanak Foundation! ZION will be donating 10% of the sale of POP Products sold in our Flagship Online Shop to the Ratanak Foundation's New Song Project. The New Song Project is dedicated to
fighting child sex trafficking in Cambodia. We had a chance to meet up with Brian - the Founder of the Ratanak Foundation and we literally had our jaws on the floor after hearing about what was going on in the brothels of Cambodia with children as young as 5 years old. These children are being violated 10-20 times a day for a cost of 2 dollars per customer. Young virgins however, can go for up to five hundred dollars because customers that have AIDS believe they will be cured if they have sex with a virgin. You can imagine the devastation that this brings. The New Song Project is all about rescuing these children and rehabilitating them so that they can learn what if means to be a normal human being. The children that are rescued are brought to a top secret, high security location where they are in rehab for about 2 years. They are taught to be children again - most of them do not know what being a child is - they never got the chance. This stuff is not a cake walk - this is secret mission James Bond and Chuck Norris kind of stuff because the children need to be extracted from the brothels and pimps and then secretly brought to a safe location. As you can imagine the pimps do not want to lose their "product" so this is a very dangerous job for the rescuers whose lives are at risk every time they do a rescue operation.
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Friday, September 12, 2008
Forum Snowboards launched their new 08/09 site
as well as
Union Binding Company .
Cheers.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Cardrona New Zealand hosted the start of the 2009 LG Snowboard FIS World Cup and Japan showed the world that when it comes to halfpipe, they have the skills. Kohhei Kudoh schooled the field beating out Ryoh Aono. As for the womans, Nakashima took gold.
Kudoh is 18 and has already had two second World Cup finishes. 2010 in Vanouver is going to be interesting for this young fellow.
Canadian Crispin Lipscomb came in third.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Whistler Blackcomb news - Peak 2 Peak update
The completion of the PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola ropework and the arrival of 28 Sky Cabins set the stage for what will be the biggest construction milestone of the lift installation – the first Sky Cabin to cross the record-breaking 3 kilometre/1.88 mile, unsupported span between Whistler and Blackcomb mountains.
“With the haul rope spliced and all 28 Sky Cabins transported to the Blackcomb terminal, our next objective will be to get the cabins on the line and to send 12 across the span to Whistler,” says Rick Temple, PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola Construction Manager. “We are aiming to send them over by mid to late September, and are on track for the upcoming December grand opening.”
Another significant milestone was the splicing of the haul rope to create a continuous loop, which took place August 29 and 30. The splice was 68 metres/220 feet long, and took a crew of 14 people over 15 hours to complete. Norm Duke, a FATZER AG certified splicer from Wyoming, lead the team of seven Whistler Blackcomb employees and six Doppelmayr/Garaventa employees to complete the job. Duke has spliced many of Whistler Blackcomb’s FATZER AG ropes and spliced the Symphony Express rope in 2006. The splice was achieved by untwining strands from each end of the steel cable and then re-braiding them together to ensure a perfect bind that maintains the haul rope’s diameter of 46mm.
Doppelmayr’s unique 3S gondola technology has each cabin traveling along two 56mm track ropes which bear the weight of the Sky Cabins, with the haul rope pulling in the middle of the two tracks. The haul rope was the only splice needed for the PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola since the track ropes are stationary and do not loop from Blackcomb to Whistler.
The terminal buildings are nearing completion with cladding installation in the final stages and station set-up taking place. Construction progress of the PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola is captured daily via webcams, and weekly via photography and construction blogs on the PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola microsite at www.whistlerblackcomb.com . The PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola will open in December.
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
11 year old snowboarder, Kyle Mack is added to the Infamous team?
British Columbia - September 8, 2008 - Infamous Management is proud to announce the signing of young snowboard phenom, Kyle Mack to a multi-year contract.
Kyle has been a force on the Burton Smalls since his introduction to the team in 2005. As a part of the Smalls crew he has shot, filmed and competed with some of the sports' most influential riders, photographers and videographers. Recently Kyle was featured in two back to back issues of Snowboarder Magazine, a feat for snowboarders twice his age. With his career on the upswing Kyle's parents sought honest representation for their son, and found it in Infamous Management.
"I'm looking forward to being part of the Infamous crew! It's going to be great working with Roberta and getting to meet the other team riders. My sponsors believe that this is a great step in my career, and I just keep thinking that I'm only 11, what is a career? I'm just having a great time shredding. But seriously, I do believe that being part of this crew is going to be an awesome experience all around, both personally and professionally." -Kyle Mack
At just eleven years old Kyle has begun to make his mark in the snowboard industry because of his raw talent and good style. Infamous has taken note of Kyle's athletic ability and achievements, and wants to provide him with direction as he makes the first and most vital decisions in his snowboard career. Infamous will ensure that he becomes a well-rounded and highly marketable athlete, and that his snowboarding will continue to stand out among his peers.
"In an era where there are more followers than leaders Kyle stands out, not just with his talent and style, but also with his knowledge and passion for snowboarding. Kyle knows what a real pro snowboarder is and doesn't let the mainstream market dictate that to him. He respects the riders that are doing real tricks and pushing the sport. In the near future Kyle will be the one setting the standard, I have no doubt about that. He has talent, maturity, and passion, plus the support of a loving family behind him. With the added support of Infamous and our athletes he will succeed." -Roberta Rodger
Kyle's ultimate goal is to become one of the best snowboarders in the world, which is why he wants to develop experiences in heli-boarding, the backcountry and at rail events. Not to mention he would like to have continuing success in halfpipe and slopestyle competitions.
About Infamous
Infamous Management Inc. represents only the best athletes in the action sports industry. Our riders are professional, talented and highly marketable. IMI believes there is a balance between the rider and the company and that by working together they can profit equally from each other. At IMI we want to work with the companies as much as the riders to maximize marketing potential of both the athlete and the company. Roberta Rodger 's vast knowledge and experience in the action sports industry helps IMI's athletes reach their full potential in the market. "I believe that, with us, an athlete can grow, have a successful and lucrative career, and still maintain our ethical guidelines which are: loyalty, respect, trust, integrity and of course true love and dedication to improving their sport and their talents. The Infamous crew is JP Walker, Seth Huot, Chris Haslam, Simon Chamberlain, Stevie Bell, Leilani Gryde, Spencer O'Brien, Stian Solberg, Meghann O'Brien and Joe Sexton. For updates and profiles on our athletes check out both our website: http://www.infamousmanagementinc.com and myspace page http://www.myspace.com/infamousmgmt
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Overcome the elements with UV activated X-Ray stealth
Westbeach is proud to introduce the industry’s first UV-responsive jacket. The YVR’s discreet white design features a default suitcase print; as UV exposure ncreases, so does the visible contraband in the suitcase. Just like the variety of planes that pass through Vancouver’s International Airport, the YVR is available in a wide array of sizes, from S -XXL. Westbeach does not condone the use of contraband substances… unless it’s maple syrup.
Westbeach exclusive custom UV reactive print
Westbeach Peak to Creek Thermostat Jacket
Westbeach Introduces Temperature-Regulating Jacket
Named after the legendary Peak to Creek run which stretches 7 km from mountaintop to valley floor, the Peak to Creek is our highest performance jacket, boasting built-in climate control. The shell is comprised of C-Change, a revolutionary fabric from Schoeller, which reacts to body heat, becoming more breathable when you sweat, or sealing in warmth when it’s cool. Tested and triumphant at Whistler, this jacket will deliver optimal comfort anywhere you ride, important when you start in knee deep pow, come down through a fog band and end up in rain—four times in one day.
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