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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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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?” [...]

In the Westbeach Chinese Downhill you either win or you loose, there’s no inbetween, there’s no attitude, there’s nothing to hold on to. It’s you, your board and the mountain & you get down that mountain as fast as you can. On the way down you have no friends. Then when you reach the bottom [...]

Friday 255h March – A toughly contested slopestyle championship drew the curtain on a week of world class riding that showcased just how high the level of British riding has become; with Billy Morgan taking his second gold of the competition and Laura Berry defending her crown. The girls set the scene and defending champ [...]

The BRITS Snow and Music Festival, 20th – 27th March 2011, LAAX, Switzerland Wednesday 23rd March – A second day of stunning sunshine in Laax set the backdrop of the eagerly anticipated Protest Slopestyle event with Winter X Gamers James Woods and Katie Summerhayes taking home the gold. The course was as big and as [...]

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. [...]