Winners – Ski: Julien Lopez FRA & Snowboard: Xavier de Le Rue FRA
Continue reading...Saturday, January 30, 2010
Donner Ski Ranch: home to the Tahoe Legends event, held every March. Influential riders from around the globe converge on the mountain to ride like it’s 1989. The snowboarders may be getting older, but their styles are timeless. Watch this week’s Powder and Rails to see the legendary event. Spoiler: We track down and film [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 28, 2010
The 5Star Burton Canadian Open Snowboard Championships are getting ready to make some pre-Olympic commotion on the Swatch TTR Tour at the “WinSport” Canada Olympic Park (COP) in Calgary, AB, Canada on February 1st-7th, 2010. A strong field of Canadian riders will get their chance to prove themselves against the international all-stars of snowboarding in [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 27, 2010
TTR Pro Snowboarding, the operator of the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour, is pleased to announce the launch of the first-ever competitive freestyle snowboarding results database. Just in time for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, the TTR has launched a website where journalists and other interested parties can research individual rider competition results from [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 25, 2010
Due to heavy snowfall and wind, the Nissan Russian Adventure by Swatch is postponed and will be held in Chamonix after the Nissan Freeride de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc. As security is key for the Freeride World Tour competitions, organiser Nicolas Hale-Woods and the team of mountain guides decided that the heavy snowfall and high winds over the [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Chris Roach is a no bullshit kind of guy. That’s why it seems only half as shocking as it might when he admits feeling like he’s been paid more to party than to snowboard. That said, Roach’s talents should not be underestimated. With an incomparable style, Chris is as talented on both a skateboard and [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, January 17, 2010
Poland’s Paulina Ligocka (25 years old) and Finland’s Peetu Piiroinen (21 years old) won the 11th Burton European Open halfpipe event today. Each will take home US$ 15.000 in prize-money and also important points towards the BGOS and TTR rankings. Ursina Haller (SUI) and Ilkka-Eemeli Laari (FIN) earned second place and Akiko Miwa (JPN) and [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 15, 2010
Finnish riders Peetu Piiroinen (21 years old) and Enni Rukajärvi (19 years old) were the big winners of an exciting slopestyle finals up on Crap Sogn Gion today. Peetu claimed his 3rd BEO title today; while Enni secured her first win at the BEO. Both earned US$ 15.000 prize-money, 8.000 BGOS points as well as [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, January 10, 2010
In a high-class competition, Enni Rukajärvi took victory at the 7th Roxy Chicken Jam 2010 at Saalbach Hinterglemm. At the world’s biggest snowboard event for girls only, the 19-year-old Finn won over double Roxy Chicken Jam champ Cheryl Maas (NED) and Norwegian Kjersti Buaas Oestgaard who took second and third. The leader of the Swatch [...]
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