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WINTER DEW TOUR AT MT SNOW, FEB 4-7 by: Shredstix.com February 02, 2010 The Winter Dew Tour, the world s premier season-long winter action sports tour, concludes its sophomore season with the last of three stops, the Toyota Championship, beginning Thursday, Feb. 4 at Mount Snow Resort. The Winter Dew Tour returns to Mount Snow to host four days of slopestyle and superpipe competitions with the world s best snowboard and freeski athletes vying for the ev… Read More |
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JEREMY JONES RIDES CAPITOL HILL by: Shredstix.com February 01, 2010 Jeremy Jones, eight-time Big Mountain Snowboarder of the Year visited one of the most world-renowned hills in the world, this time without a snowboard. On Wednesday, January 27, Jeremy Jones along with a coalition of winter sport filmmakers and industry representatives shared a new perspective on climate change with lawmakers on Capitol Hill: the economic, social and intangible values o… Read More |
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BOBBY BROWN IS THE MAN: SLOPESTYLE WINNER January 31, 2010 Welcome to superstardom, Bobby Brown: nobody, not Tanner Hall, Dumont, Thovex, nobody had ever won two skiing golds at the same X Games, until Bobby Brown did it by waxing the competition on the slopestyle course a day after smoking everybody in the big air comp. Hatveit challenged him legitimately at slopestyle, and others are certaily better than Brown on the rails, but the simple fact rema… Read More |
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WINTER X 14 - ROLLAND WINS SKI SUPERPIPE by: Shredstix.com January 31, 2010 The snow began to fall on the final night of Winter X Games 14, giving the perfect back drop to Kevin Rolland's gold medal performance in his second run. The Skiing SuperPipe gold medal run included a double flip with a mute grab, an alley-oop 360, a double flair left … Read More |
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SHAUN WHITE WINS WINTER X GOLD by: Shredstix.com January 30, 2010
Each year Shaun White competes in the Winter X Games, multiple records tend to be set.
This year was no different, as White s first run performance led off with a record-setting 23-feet of air off the pipe, followed by a 180 double cork, a 540 stalefish, a double McTwist and an alley-oop rodeo. That run scored him a 95.33 clinching his record third gold in… Read More |
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WINTER X 14 UNIMPEDED BY OLYMPICS by: Shredstix.com January 27, 2010 (As seen in USA Today) Winter X Games 14 starts today in Aspen, CO, running through Sunday. For participants, the event is the competitive pinnacle of their respective sports, which include freeskiing, snowboarding and snowmobiling in multiple disciplines.
First launched in 1997 at Snow Summit Resort in southern California, the event has enjoyed continued growth, particularly … Read More |
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by: Shredstix.com January 27, 2010 Mark Carter is the man. A down home country boy known for stepping it up big in the mountains. A regular companion of super shred Travis Rice, Carter can often be found sending it, be it at his home resort of Jackson Hole or exotic locales like New Zealand and Alaska. Between his busy schedule Mark found time to head to Snowbird last week to compete in The North Face Masters, finishing first am… Read More |
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by: Shredstix.com January 27, 2010 Bear Mountain just got slammed with the biggest series of storms since the 1969 El Nino which dumped somewhere in the range of 5 to 6 feet of snow. It's crazy deep powder in Big Bear. Read More |
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THE NORTH FACE MASTERS RESULTS by: Shredstix.com January 26, 2010
Snowbird, UT - After two days of being grounded due to weather and unsafe snow conditions, The North Face Masters was finally given the green light yesterday on Snowbird's famed Silver Fox venue. With nearly seven feet of snow in seven days, competitors have had to put themselves on hold, although they were treated to several epic days of riding the greatest snow on earth. As … Read More |
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MONSTER WORLD RALLY TEAM LIVERY REVEALED! January 26, 2010
The Monster World Rally Team released pictures of Ken Block's 2010 Ford Fiesta livery to make its debut at the Sno*Drift Rally, January 29-30th!
Earlier this year, Ken Block, co-founder of DC Shoes, came on board the Monster World Rally Team to campaign a Ford Fiesta in in the US Championship and a Ford Focus in the World Rally Championship. Until today, many … Read More |
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KEN BLOCK VIDEO TO DROP WEDNESDAY January 25, 2010 Ken Block posted this photo today hinting at the fact that he's been up to some work in the studio. It's the week before the first event of the 2010 US championship, which will coincide with the unveiling of Block's new US Monster Ford Rally Team. The car will be seen for the first time, the graphics will be seen for the first time, and for everyone who can't get to Michigan to watch it… Read More |
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by: Bintern.bnqt.com January 25, 2010
A busy week in action sports: X Dance, Grand Prix, Supercross and 3d surf bombs from Tahiti are just a few of the highlights!
Weekly 7 - January 25, 2010
10th Annual X-Dance in SLC X-Dance, the annual action sports film festival kicked off it s 10th year on Thurs… Read More |
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US SNOWBOARD GRAND PRIX PARK CITY RESULTS - DAY 2 by: Bintern.bnqt.com January 24, 2010
The second Grand Prix Halfpipe event (and the final one of the five stop tour) drew to a close Saturday night in Park City in the midst of a heavy snow storm, drunken, snowball throwing shred fans, annoying celebrities, and even more annoying celeb-wannabes and fans, and media hustlers from all walks of life. Despite gnarly traffic and ridiculous parking situations, both all… Read More |
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US SNOWBOARD GRAND PRIX PARK CITY RESULTS - DAY 1 by: Shredstix.com January 23, 2010 The first night of the Grand Prix/Olympic Qualifiers hit Park City last night, and coincided directly with a massive snowstorm and the Sundance Film Festival. Madness enough alone, you can probably imagine the traffic caused by riled up snowboarders, 40,000 festival guests, and horrible roads.
Nonetheless, the storm was kind enough to let up halfway through the contes… Read More |
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EL NINO - BEAUTY AND THE BEAST January 23, 2010 You don't have to work for the National Weather Service to understand that all signs are pointing to the return of El Nino this year in Southern California. In the last week alone San Diego has received close to six inches of rain in some parts. Winds have reached up to 40+ mph at the coast. Flood, mudslide and even tornado warnings have all been issued over the past six days. Oh, and let's no… Read More |
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by: Shredstix.com January 23, 2010 Shaun White continues to make things interesting. His double McTwist 12 was unveiled at the 4th Grand Prix in Park City and is without a doubt a highly impressive maneuver. Pretty much guaranteed Gold Medal material.
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NIKE 6.0 WELCOMES KOLOHE ANDINO TO THE CREW by: SurfSalad.com January 22, 2010 Big news coming out of Beaverton, OR, today as Nike 6.0 inked a footwear and apparel deal with 15 year-old surf wunderkind Kolohe Andino.
According to Jason Kenworthy, Nike 6.0 Surf Team Mentor, "Kolohe has been on the scene for awhile, but this year his style exploded and he is progressing the sport in fast-forward mode. Brother's natural talent is beyond radical an… Read More |
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OLYMPIC DREAMS ON THE LINE IN PARK CITY by: Shredstix.com January 21, 2010 (As seen in USA Today) - This Friday and Saturday, Park City, Utah hosts the final stop of the Sprint US Snowboarding Grand Prix and is ground zero for halfpipe contenders looking to represent the USA in Vancouver.
Two of America's top snowboarding stars, Shaun White and Kelly Clark, are already on the team, having each won two qualifying events. Among remaining chall… Read More |
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by: Shredstix.com January 20, 2010 Hannah Teter needs no introduction - a 2006 Gold Medalist at the Torino Olympics, she has enjoyed countless podiums, a slew of sponsors and a darling personality. Be it riding pipe, donating to charity or hanging with friends, she's always seems to be doing it right, right at right time, right?Well we had a few minutes to catch up with this maple syrup-addicted fem-phenome, prior to her… Read More |
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FUEL TV TO WEBCAST FINAL US SNOWBOARDING GRAND PRI… by: Shredstix.com January 20, 2010 We're glad we can watch it online, because between this and the Sundance Film Festival, Park City is probably the last place you're gonna wanna try to find parking! LOS ANGELES, CA - FUEL TV, the only network dedicated to the lifestyle of action sports, will host the live HD webcast for the 2010 Sprint U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix finals on January 23, 2010. The webcast will run… Read More |
