Snowboard Mag
Win With Wille Yli-Luoma, K2 Snowboarding, and Heart Roasters All Week
Monday, March 15th to Friday, March 19th
It's Wille Win Week here at K2! In dedication to Wille Yli-Luoma, best known for his big jumps and clean style, we're giving away some sick prizes all week long (March 15-19). So here's your chance to win some great prizes from K2 and Heart Roasters. Starting with Sticker Pack Monday, Beanie Tuesday, Hoodie Wednesday, Binding Thursday, Turbo Dream Friday. Each day will be a chance to win something, so make sure you mark your calendars!
Tube-You-Lar Tuesday's from So-GNAR.com
Please enjoy this week's Tube-you-lar Tuesday from the streets of Japan and sounds of General Eletrik's "Helicopter." Our Super Squad member A-Ray was getting his snowboard game on with some pillows off of a double roof drop, while Pat Milbery happened to stumble across a fire extinguisher..... Hmmm? You know where this is headed, our crazy super squad member Monst!r was stirring suff up and was up for a dare and decided to take on a extinguisher from the 60's to the face for a battle! Sit back & enjoy the chaos that erupted one sunny afternoon during our travels to Japan. Let see who win's?
Spring Break at Alpine Meadows w/ $20k Slopestyle & MFM
Booters Gallore
Words/Photo: Scott Howard
This Spring Break Alpine Meadows brings you 'Take the Lake': a grip of parties, a $20,000 purse slopestyle comp, and offering crazy deals on lift tickets and lodging. On Friday night, March 26th Marc Frank Montoya will be DJ'ing a house party at the base lodge and emcee'ing the A.M. Open Jumpline finals the following day. The A.M. Open Jumpline finals take place Saturday, March 27 on some large kickers and rails in the Alpine park and the big money is sure to bring out some big names.
Campus Rail Jam Tour CU Boulder Recap
Photos: Darcy Bacha
Disclaimer: The Campus Rail Jam Tour “Editorial Staff” is well aware that approximately half the people reading this story will at some point think to themselves that, “Boulder is entirely comprised of trust-fund babies who spend more time planning the sticker schematics on their snowboard (or skis) than actually riding.” If this describes you, please take a deep breath and think happy thoughts before the remainder of this story discredits (respectfully) your hater assumptions. Read on!
Lisa Filzmoser Signs to Nikita Outerwear Team
Austrian shredster Lisa Filzmoser is no stranger to Nikita, having been part of the family since 2002, representing the streetwear clothing line and featuring season upon season in the blockbuster catalogues. Well she has now just been signed onto the Nikita Outerwear and Streetwear Team for the next two years!
Salomon's Backyard Bang Rail Jam Tour Tahoe Stop at Mont Bleu Casino
Lake Tahoe, Nev. – March 15, 2010 – Salomon Snowboards will host the Salomon Backyard Bang rail jam at South Lake Tahoe’s Mont Bleu Casino and Resort on Saturday, March 27, 2010. The event will feature Tahoe’s elite local snowboarding athletes competing for a $2,000 cash purse prize.
The Salomon Backyard Bang will be held in the Mont Bleu parking lot under the lights by the marquee with top competitors jibbing On Course Event’s traveling 30’ triple-rail feature. The event is invite only and limited to 30 competitors. Athletes will be competing for $2,000 – winner takes all. There will also be a beer garden, tent village and DJ.
“I wanted to create an event that combined snowboarding, art and music,” said local Salomon snowboard rep Ryan Kronenberg. “This event has the best of all three and will change the way people think about the integration of these elements.”
Video From The Campus Rail Jam At Boulder
Check out all the action from the Campus Rail Jam Tour at CU Boulder.
3rd Annual Covergirl Snow Angels Invitational at Aspen/Snowmass
OLYMPIANS FROM AROUND THE WORLD GATHER FOR THE THIRD ANNUAL COVERGIRL SNOW ANGELS INVITATIONAL, APRIL 2 – 4, 2010
Gretchen Bleiler, Kelly Clark, Elena Hight Confirmed to Compete
Aspen/Snowmass, Colo., March 15, 2010 – The third annual CoverGirl Snow Angels Invitational, hosted by Aspen/Snowmass, will once again be held in Snowmass, April 2 – 4, 2010.
Confirmed riders for this season’s event include: Gretchen Bleiler, Kelly Clark, Elena Hight, Sarah Conrad, Ellery Hollingsworth, Mercedes Nicoll, Linn Haug, Maddy Schaffrick, Haruna Matsumoto, Soko Yamaoka, Sophie Rodriguez and Ursina Holler. A complete list of riders will be announced in the coming weeks.
Elena Hight Featured On "The Daily Habit"
Volcom Week Continues: Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins and Elena Hight Featured On “The Daily Habit” Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Airing Tuesday, March 16 at 9:00 pm Eastern Time (6:00 pm Pacific Time) and telecast three additional times, Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins and Elena Hight will appear on “The Daily Habit.”
Win Pat Moore's Jacket
Pat may just be the nicest guy in snowboarding, and now he wants to give you the jacket right off his back. Well, not really … this Foursquare jacket is brand new, but it has the same functional features Pat uses to stay warm and dry while throwing down hammers. All you need to do is tell us the most functional feature of your jacket, and you can win an entirely new one autographed by Pat himself. Send your entries to foursquare@theprogram.com now till the 29th of March and we’ll pick the best answer shortly after.
Treble Cone Announces New Initiatives for 2010 Winter Season
LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (March 15, 2010) – An international standard big air and an extension of its ski improvement programme are just two of the new initiatives announced today by Treble Cone Ski Area as it gears up for the 2010 winter season.
A site in the Main Basin has been identified for a permanent big air kicker, built to FIS (Federation International de Ski) specifications. The purpose built feature will compliment the natural freeride terrain Treble Cone is renowned for and provide a spectacular venue for international standard Big Air competition overlooking the famous Treble Cone view. Its location within sight of the main six-seater express chairlift allows all mountain-goers to enjoy the spectacle.
SixEleven 2010 Ride Shakedown Seattle Recap
Check out a short video recap of the Seattle stop of the 2010 Ride Shakedown from SixEleven Productions.
Echo TV Season 3 Episode 7
Words: Echo Mountain
Welcome to the 3rd season of Echo Mountain TV, your source for all things Echo Mountain. In this week’s episode catch a park update with some of the Echo Team and friends, get a recap of the Night Rider Series, check out the Sims Camp and get the lowdown on Liptricks Not Lipstick.
SoGnar in Japan: Clips of Nanuba
Words: SoGnar
An afternoon with the SO-GNAR Crew in Japan with a new track "Tour Stories" from The Souls of Mischief
We have been touring quite a lot this season. From the streets of the midwest during the Mighty Midwest Tour to a bunch of different zones around The United States and up next was on the schedule was Japan.
Oakley Zone Madness at The Canyons
Saturday, March 20
Upper Respect
The Canyons
Oakley Zone Madness – A jam format zone session
3 zones: Oakley Urban Zone, Jump Zone, Natural Zone
Awards - Top Rider and Skier for each zone and Best Overall Rider and Skier win an Oakley package
Entry fee - $10, plus a discounted lift ticket
Helmets required
Registration: 8:00am-9:00am – Smokie’s Bar & Grill
ERIC WILLETT WINS THE WINTER X-GAMES EUROPE SLOPESTYLE!
Tignes, France – March 12 2010 - O’Neill team rider Eric Willett has won Gold at the inaugural Winter X Games Europe Slopestyle, taking victory ahead of a host of international talent.
The 22-year-old American from Breckenridge, Colorado won gold with 91 points ahead of American Sage Kotsenburg and Slovenian Marko Grilc.
Kaitlyn Farrington Wins European X-Games Halfpipe
Sequim, WA – March 12, 2010 – 20-year-old Gnu rider and Sun Valley, Idaho- native Kaitlyn Farrington won her first X-Games Halfpipe gold medal at the inaugural Winter X Games Europe in Tignes, France.
Farrington surprised everyone by upsetting reigning Olympic Halfpipe Gold Medalist Torah Bright by a full two points. Using her Gnu C2 Power Banana, Kaitlyn linked together an impressive run featuring a backside 540, stalefish air, backside 900, frontside 720, and cab 720.
