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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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I’m writing this post in July in the middle of some sweltering heat and it feels plain wrong! But, having said that, when your life revolves around snowboards and snowboarding it’s good to see the newest of the new snowboarding gear regardless. We just saw this week that

Are you feeling a little under qualified at the park? Sick of being the butt of all jokes after a day of shredding? Well thankfully there is a secret weapon. You’re online right now, so that’s a start. If you want to learn & learn fast from people who really know how to teach you [...]

It’s been a quite a few years since I last stayed in Mayrhofen, Austria. For some reason & I’ve never figured out why, I never really wanted to even visit there, but eventually work drew me to the resort when I was required to shoot some pictures for a magazine. I’ve had a few amazing [...]

This picture was shot at Mayrhofen, Austria. The rider is a good friend of mine, Matt Burt, who reps for Ride Snowboards in the UK. This is one of my favourite shots for a few reasons – it’s just a guy getting buried in snow, it was a proper winters day, we didn’t need to [...]