Olympian Ben Kilner and Kate Foster take Gold in the British Halfpipe Championships

Olympian Ben Kilner and Kate Foster take Gold in the British Halfpipe Championships

Thursday 24th March – Laax’s tropical weather combined with MC James Thorne’s whimsical banter had the crowd vibed on the banks beside the halfpipe. The hot weather did mean the pipe slushed-up as the day went on but that didn’t’ stop world class halfpipe runs being thrown down with huge methods, Mctwists and Haakon flips. [...]

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Putting the Olympic site to good use?

Putting the Olympic site to good use?

As part of the Olympic Park Legacy Company’s (OPLC) soft-marketing test of possible future uses for the press and broadcast centres, Acer Snowmec has lodged an expression of interest to deliver “snow in the city” at the media centre on the Olympic Park in East London. The proposed scheme, tipped as Europe’s biggest indoor snow [...]

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Billabong Air & Style – Feb 12th

Billabong Air & Style – Feb 12th

The Bergisel stadium in Austria will welcome an invited field of the world’s best snowboarders including Marco Grilc, Seb Touts, Antti Autti and Peetu Piiroinen for the legendary 6Star Billabong Air & Style Innsbruck. The event will feature a massive straight jump for the 16 invited riders who will be competing for a share of [...]

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Five Womens 2011 Snowboards you shouldn’t miss

Five Womens 2011 Snowboards you shouldn’t miss

2011 looks like it’s going to be a really great year for womens snowboards. Check out the Ride Promise, pictured above, for starters – these roll out of the stores for £289.95 which is pretty darn good for a board that rides so well. Here’s our Top Five Womens Snowboards for 2011 (in no particular [...]

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THE BRITS ANNOUNCE HEADLINE AND DJ LINE UP 18TH – 25TH MARCH, LAAX, SWTIZERLAND

Brace yourselves for a live AV set from DJ Yoda, a SCRATCH night to remember as Mr Thing and Yungun join Scratch resident Matt Smooth and DJ Lyley, dance floor devastation with DJ Cheeba and a night of technical trickery at the Whitelines Rail Jam. With an on-mountain Reggae BBQ, The Sledgercross and a Punk [...]

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Echelon Snowboards to launch snowboard and accessories line for the 2012-13 winter season

Echelon Snowboards has enlisted the assistance of premiere creative and manufacturing consultants Prjct LLC to design, develop, and grow its snow-related offerings. After months of close collaboration, Echelon and Prjct LLC believe this first winter line captures the two critical elements for a successful movement into a new winter sector: unique appeal on the retail [...]

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Industry Veterans Launch Action Sports Design Studio

When eclectic professionals with more than 30 years working in Youth lifestyle and Action Sports markets come together, you get…. PRJCT Action Sports Design Studio. After almost a year of planning, veteran product designer Jason Kanes and industry attorney & entrepreneur Marco Gonzalez have partnered to launch PRJCT LLC, a novel action sports design studio [...]

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OʼNEILL EVOLUTION TO WELCOME IN 2012 NEW YEAR IN STYLE

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 the Jacobshorn in [...]

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O’NEILL RIDERS TAKE LONDON FREEZE BY STORM!

O’Neill team rider Janne Korpi (Fin) fought off stiff competition at the Snowboard World Cup at London Freeze this weekend in the season’s first FIS big air contest. The Finnish rider took his fifth big air victory to date in front of 17,000 spectators with a solid run that included a frontside 1080 double cork [...]

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The Rebellion Crowns New British Indoor Champions

The British Indoor Championships hit SNO!zone Castleford this weekend, Saturday 24th September, with over 120 competitors demonstrating that the UK can rival European riders in the jib department. The new format which offered a dedicated box line and rail line, with skiers and snowboarders running simultaneously, was a massive success: “It’s been the best Snow [...]

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The BRITS Snow & Music Festival

The BRITS Snow & Music Festival returns to the award winning resort of Laax, Switzerland on March 18th – 25th 2012 to bring you the ultimate winter break at a recession-beating price. Combining seven nights of live music and DJ acts with seven days of top snowboard and ski action for as little as £295, [...]

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The BRITS Snow & Music Festival returns to the award winning resort of Laax, Switzerland on March 18th – 25th 2012 to bring you the ultimate winter break at a recession-beating price. Combining seven nights of live music and DJ acts with seven days of top snowboard and ski action for as little as £295, [...]

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Snowboard Rental – Walk before you run

Many people, when first starting out snowboarding, go out and purchase expensive snowboarding equipment only to discover that snowboarding is not for them afterall – it’s not always the case, but it does happen. Until you decide that snowboarding is the sport you wish to pursue, it may actually be best that you don’t buy [...]

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How Do You Convince a Seasoned Skier to Try Snowboarding?

The following guest post is by Rory Alexander, a seasoned snowboarder and member of the Eternal Snow team. EternalSnow.com offers everything from a women’s snowboard, to all around snowboard boots, to top snowboarding gear, and much more. Alright skiers it is time to try something new, snowboarding.  “But i have skied for years. Why snowboard?” [...]

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