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From twsnow.com.In this weekly video From Bear Mountain, we have Darrel Mathes lapping the park with cameos from the homies Lance Hakker, Nick Dirks, Justin Keniston, Justin Bennee, Deadlung, Chris Bradshaw, Harrison Gordon, and Dave Doomey. Ryan Paul finishes this episode off with his free spirited take on the park and every log that crosses his path.
It's time for another webisode of Hana Beaman's "P.S..." on snowboardermag.com. This time Hana head down to Southern Colorado to ride some deep powder at Telluride and Silverton with guide Skylar Holgate. Hana and her English friends navigate the treacherous Red Mountain Pass to get to Silverton and along the way build a backcountry booter and find all kinds of cool stuff to jib on: old mining ruins, an A-Frame building and a couple tree stumps! All in a days
Vans and Signal Snowboards have teamed up with signer-songwriter Matt Costa to give away a custom Matt Costa "Drive" Signal Snowboard and a pair of Vans snowboard boots.All you have to do to enter to win is sign up for the Matt Costa Mailing List here to be eligble."Drive" is the new single from Matt's latest album.Matt Costa is from Huntington Beach, California. He has four independent releases: a self-titled five-song EP in 2003, a six song EP titled The
From ESPN.comIf you ever want to hear an expressive crowd of SuperPipe fans, watch an event at Tignes, France. With every hit of Friday night's final event of the Winter X Games Europe, something between a roar and a sigh went up from the crowd of more than 22,000 people. Even during the first of the rider's three runs, which was effectively nullified by that weird twilight hour that renders the pipe walls invisible, the crowd would not be subdued.Defending
The trophy is back in the valley!The event designed by snowboarders for snowboarders was abruptly bought forward this week. True to the moto - It's on when it's on! A decision was made to bring the main event forward to the only sunny day forecast. And what a day it was! It was a cracking turnout from both riders and spectators alike. Everyone was there to witness the battle of who was going to claim the Wangl Tangl Trophy for
In church, a passed basket collects money to keep the building lights on. In alcoholics anonymous, a can is passed collecting money to keep the coffee fresh. A musician passes a hat keeping his passion alive. A homeless man holds a cup hoping for handouts to survive.Each container is filled due to the compassion and generosity of others. Today, more than ever there is a need for people to become aware of the issues at hand and pro-actively fight for
Matthias Vogt. Photo: Alex Papis.Welcome to the week of the Wangl Tangl 2011. The World of Skate, Snowboard, Music and Art and probably powder descends on Mayrhofen in Tirol!The Vans Penken Park is ready and open. The IOU Mega-Miniramp is in Mayrhofen and ready to for skating. Stages and sound systems, musicians and artists, riders and enthusiasts have already started arriving in town. Preparations for the upcoming event week are all but complete. destination - Mayrhofen in Tirol.
Eric Willett 1st place. Photo: Shem Roose.Vans Team Riders Iouri "iPod" Podladtchikov and Eric Willett wrapped up the TTR World Tour contest series right over the weekend, with iPod grabbing a second place finish in the Men's Superpipe and Eric taking the win in Slopestyle.Despite battling nasty weather conditions all weekend, both riders put down solid runs to earn their spots on the podium. With his second place in Superpipe, iPod also scored his second consecutive 2nd place in the
In Stratton, Vermont, Vans Snowboarding Team rider Eric Willett showed his skills during the US Open Slopestyle contest held this past weekend. Solid runs made up of a frontside 270 boardslide, a Cab underflip 900, switch backside double cork 1080 mute grab, only to name a few, brought him high scores and the win. Congrats Eric!
Thomas "beckna" Eberharter hit us up from Europe with some shots from the set up at the 2011 Wangl Tangl in Mayrhofen, Tirol."Been up at the hill this afternoon to check the developement of the park and things are looking pretty good," he said. "It's crazy warm here these days: like 17 degrees (Celsius) down the valley and 14 up the hill in the afternoon but the crew is doing an awesome job."The www.aesthetiker.com crew also has updates throughout the