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Air & Style Announces Riders List

3. December 2008

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Air & Style Announces Riders List

The elite of quarter pipe riders compete at the Billabong Air & Style Innsbruck-Tirol 09 on January 31st, 2009 at the Bergisel Stadium / battle of generations for the victory and the world record of the highest air.

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Upcoming TTR 6 Star Events

2. December 2008

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Upcoming TTR 6 Star Events

The Swatch TTR World Tour is set to detonate over the coming weeks with both the 6Star Nissan X-Trail Jam and 6Star Roxy Chicken Jam firing up and getting the season underway in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Skiers and Snowboarders Appeal to the Governments of the World

29. November 2008

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Skiers and Snowboarders Appeal to the Governments of the World

Climate change is the most significant threat facing the Earth. The global average temperature has already risen by 0.8°C since pre-industrial times. Extreme weather conditions happen more often. Scientists predict that crossing the critical 2°C threshold will result in the melting of the Greenland icecaps, whilst natural disasters and extreme weather conditions will intensify to [...]

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Amplid “Balls To The Wall” Photo Contest

28. November 2008

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Amplid “Balls To The Wall” Photo Contest

Amplid skis&snowboards brings you rad “Balls To The Wall” Photo Contest.  Just send’em a photo from  your best wallride and win an Amplid snowboard or a pair of Amplid skis.

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Addicted To Snow Calendar 2009

27. November 2008

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Addicted To Snow Calendar 2009

Like in 2008 the makers of Addicted to Snow bring you in 2009 another high glossy calendar including 12 of the finest pics in snowboarding. This calendar should definitely not be lacking in any ordinary snowboarding household!

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Burton AM Tour in Castleford

25. November 2008

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Burton AM Tour in Castleford

Bispingen is the past and the Burton AM Tour is on the road with a new mission … Bring the pleasure of Join, Create and Progress to the British soil! The place where all these intentions should come true was the SNO!zone Castleford in the North of England near Leeds.

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Janne Korpi again on top in Stockholm

23. November 2008

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Janne Korpi again on top in Stockholm

After Peetu Piiroinen was able to claim victory in London, another Finn took home the Gold medal in the second Big Air of the 2009 LG Snowboard FIS World Cup: it was Janne Korpi, who was unbeatable – despite the fact that he had just sneaked into the final of the best twelve [...]

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Quiksilver Nanshan Mellow Park

22. November 2008

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Quiksilver Nanshan Mellow Park

Quiksilver, the world’s leading boardsports fashion apparel brand and long-time supporter and promoter of snowboarding in China, announced it will sponsor the world-famous Nanshan Park in Beijing, China. Teaming up with the country’s top park construction firm Mellow Constructions China, Quiksilver proudly unveils China’s finest freestyle playground, the Quiksilver Nanshan Mellow Park, scheduled to open [...]

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Rice looking to take out Haakonsen

22. November 2008

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Rice looking to take out Haakonsen

In an interview with the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet last week, this season’s snowboarding superstar Travis Rice (USA)declared his intentions to take out two of the upcoming 6Star events on the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour, the Nissan X-trail Jam in Tokyo and the Oakley Arctic Challenge in Oslo.

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2008 Horsefeathers City Jib

21. November 2008

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2008 Horsefeathers City Jib

The Horsefeathers City Jib snowboarding competition is marking its third year already. On Saturday, November 29th, 2008 up to thirty riders from all over Europe, including the Czech elite and two-year consecutive winner, Gniazdo from Poland, will battle it out in this unique fighting arena for 6 000 € in prize money.

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