Rome Snowboarding’s three part film starts dropping this Thursday 21st August with the Almaty, Kazakhstan edit and they have released a short teaser for it. Featuring LNP, Ozzy Henning and Ian Boll, it looks like some nice spots and some crazy, drunk locals. Check it out above! You can peep …
Heliski Crash In NZ
Sad news from Wanaka over the weekend where one of the Harris Mountain Heliski helicopters went down. According to reports, conditions were perfect when the pilot, instructor and five passengers were out on Mt. Alta. All on board were New Zealanders – one man died, the other six passengers have …
Dragon’s #weareframeless Perisher Edit
Dragon have released a Perisher filmed clip featuring Cohen Davies, Josh Vagne, Shaun Belmore, Nic Harvey and Charles Beckinsale. Called #weareframeless, I believe the name is a reference to the frameless goggles. It was filmed by Mitch Ayers and Tom Hannam with Ayers doing the editing. They definitely got some nice days shooting up there.
John Jackson’s Air Time Episode 3
I feel a little weird tagging this video as a snow article but it is still John Jackson and on this mission, he is joined by former Forum team mate, Daniel Ek. The guys are headed down to Mexico for a bit of surfing – the episode doesn’t take us …
Burton’s 2014 High Fives Competition
Photo: Mikkel Bang by Adam Moran from the 2013 comp. Burton have announced details for their 2014 High Fives comp to be held at Cardrona in September. The teams and off-snow details are slim but in the pipe and slope will have some big names onboard including Stale Sandbech, Ayumu Hirano, …
Windells 2014 Sessions 7
Windells hosted a tonne of riders for one of the last sessions of the summer. Jeff Deforge, Tim Humphreys, Nick Visconti, WIll Dennis, Kyle Kennedy and more grabbed some GoPros and got after it. Check the recap video above.
Rome Snowboards ‘Find’ Teaser
Rome Snowboards are releasing a rad three part film called Find. Featuring LNP, Will Lavigne, Stale Sandbech, Ozzy Henning and more, the parts are split by destination; Kazakhstan, Alaska’s Aleutian Islands and Norway. From the teaser, it looks like it’s been amazingly shot and edited. Release dates for the parts are below. 23/08/14 …
Andrew Wood In Whistler
We got an email over the weekend that was awesome for several reasons. Most of you wont have seen but if you want to contribute to the site, you need to answer a set of questions – we got answers for one Andrew Wood (not our usual Andrew Wood, this …
Windells 2014 Session 6
Mt. Hood saw Technine join the Windells campers this week for a bit of a shred, a donut eating challenge and a skate. There was the obligatory free product given away between the likes of Lucas Magoon, Tim Humphreys, Andrew Brewer and more doing there thing. Check the clip above!
Shred Bots The Movie Teaser
Here’s a teaser for Shredbots The Movie – the least serious teaser I’ve seen since ManBoys dropped theirs earlier this year. The film features some heavy hitters including Torstein Horgmo, Andreas Wiig, Craig McMorris, Anto Chamberland, Stale Sandbech and more. It was filmed and edited by Leo Cittadella. Check it out above.
Air Time With John Jackson Episode 2
Here’s the second episode of John Jackson’s new series, Air Time. This episode follows Jackson and his buddy Noobs on a 20 mile hike to get some summer snow on Mt. Ritter. The guys ascend 4,500 feet in the pursuit and only give themselves a day to do it – …
Nothing To Prove Teaser From Celtek
Here’s the tease for the new Celtek film, Nothing to Prove. This one was shot through Minnesota and Utah with Bjorn Leines, Aaron Biittner, Chris Grenier, Lucas Magoon, Bode Merrill, Kazu Kokobu, Cale Zima, Deadlung, Dan Brisse and more featuring. The DoP is Leland MacNamara with editing by STS Studios. Should be a …
Heavy Mental Teaser From Absinthe
This is pretty epic – the teaser for the new film from Absinthe called, Heavy Mental. It features a few big names that we haven’t seen in a while including Romain De Marchi, Austin Sweetin, Mathieu Crepel, Nils Arvidsson and more. This looks insanely good – check it out above.
Night Fury Behind the Scenes Ep 3.
Here’s the third look behind the scenes of creating the Night Fury film. It’s another look at just how hard these guys had to work to create the film – hiking for hours at night, building jump and some painful looking injuries. Check out what it took to make this …
Windells Session 5 With Neff
Windells hosted Neff and Lobster Snowboards for session 5. Tim Humphreys, Nic Sauve, Eiki Helgason and a tonne more came along for a bit of fun. Check a clip from the session above.
Air Time With John Jackson
John Jackson has put out the first episode in a series that seems to be about what he gets up to out of season and when he’s not traveling. There’s a bit of ditch surfing, some rallying of a buggy and a lot of talking about what good times are …
Diaries Downunder 2014 Episode 2
Nick Hyne, Nick Brown, Jake Koia, Christy Prior and Sean Thompson get after it in New Zealand for the latest episode of Diaries Downunder. This one covers the season open along with the opening of a brand new chair at the Remarkables opening up a whole lot of new terrain. Then the guys get …
Snowboard Injuries On The Rise
The Sydney Morning Herald has an exclusive on a study about a rise in snowboarding injuries at Victorian resorts. The majority are accounted for by males, aged 15 – 24 years… Anyone remotely surprised as yet? 86% of injuries are down to fractures, dislocations and soft tissue damage. Only 7% …
Burton Australian Junior Series for 2014
Burton is bringing back the Australian Junior Series for 2014 on August 8th, 9th and 10th at Perisher. There’s $20,000 in cash and prizes to win across three disciplines; Boarder X, Slopestyle and Halfpipe. Age groups are Mini Groms (Born 2003-2008), Groms (1999-2002) and Rookie (1995-1998)… Meaning I’m only a full 14 years …
Australian Invented Cross Board Released
At the risk of sounding like someone against any sort of innovation, I’m starting this by mentioning just how skeptical I am… Looking at pictures of this thing, I can feel my left eyebrow racing up my forehead and merging into my hair. However, a couple of Adelaide residents (skepticism rising further) …
Windells Session 4 With Nike
Nike Snowboarding were the guests at Windells camp for session four. The campers got to hang with Halldor Helgason, Louie Vito, Reid Smith, Nick Visconti and heaps more. The day looked amazing – game of SNOW, bit of a skate and a tonne of fun in the park. Check the …
Burton Cattlemans Rail Jam 2014 Results
Burton held their annual, awesome, Cattlemans Rail Jam on Saturday night. What looks like a huge crowd packed around the bottom of the rail to see some of Australia’s best, and one or two foreigners, have at it. Jye Kearney did his thing and walked to the Kooroora afterparty $4,000 richer and …
Danny Kass Takes The Reigns At Grenade
Danny Kass has written an open letter to let us all know that they have fired Grenade’s somewhat controversial CEO, Joseph Condorelli, as of June 17th and Kass will be stepping back into the leadership role. Kass started the label in 2001 which had some pretty incredible growth for a while. In 2010, …
Jamie Anderson On ESPN Body Issue
Jamie Anderson scored the cover of ESPNs annual celebration of peak athletes physical condition. The 2014 Body issue also features surfer Coco Ho and snowboarder Amy Purdy, and (more loosely associated) a pretty funny shot of Travis Pastrana and his wife. Anderson did have a great quote on her approach to her …
Windells Snowboarding Session 3
Photos: Erik Hoffman Windells is back for another year and it’s looking as good as ever. Below is the session three recap video and there’s a few photos from the session above. LibTech were there with a tonne of free product and put on a pretty epic rail jam.
Burton Board Sells For $31K
Hat tip to Transworld on this one… A rare vintage 1977 Burton Experimental Prototype sold on Ebay for US$31,313.13 last week. The board was one of less than 100 made and this was gifted to its owner in payment for the guys using his hotel to make the early boards. …
Behind The Scenes Ep 2 For Night Fury
The guys behind the Night Fury film have released a second look behind the scenes of making the flick. Having to shoot at night in the back country increases the workload a lot – in this test shoot they’re dealing with ten lights running from a generator. With stands, cables, tarps …
Manboys – Fish Tacos
I was pretty excited about this web series… It clearly had the best teaser I’ve seen in ages. The first episode of the Manboys series is out now and is called Fish Tacos. It features Mark Sollors, Rusty Ockenden, Jody Wachniak, Robjn Taylor, Matt Belzile, and Chris Rasman. The blurb …
9th Annual Burton Cattleman’s Rail Jam
Photo: Cam Staveley via Burton Aus Facebook The annual Burton Cattleman’s Rail Jam is set to go down again on July 12th. This is always one of the best events of the season – no longer invite only, for the last few years the format lets riders compete for a …
‘The Bad Seeds’ Teaser From Nitro
Nitro’s crew have been getting together footage for their latest vid, The Bad Seeds. Filmed across Salt Lake City, Montreal, Sweden, Russia and the Himalayas it features Austin Smith, Benny Urban, Bryan Fox, Eero Ettala and a heap more. The blurb with it says “The Bad Seeds stands for a …
Night Fury Film
We posted the ‘making of‘ and teaser to this over the last few weeks and here the full clip. Shot entirely in the backcountry at night in Japan, Night Fury features Nick Brown, Connor Harding and Jacob Koia getting some amazing shots. There’s a story line to this but it’s not …
Mates In Alaska Photos
Vaughan Brookfield has some sick photos up on TWSnow from last years Redbull produced series ‘Mates In Alaska’. Check ’em all out here. Jake Koia and Roland Morley-Brown charging as usual. If you haven’t seen the show, get busy watchin’! Winter is here! More photos here, watch the series here …
ETT Head To Bear On Bikes
This episode doesn’t really involve doing anything with boards (other than customising some) but is about three guys I’ve never heard of that have something to do with motorbikes. However, they do ride the bikes up to Bear Mountain and get a little riding in. If you’re not really busy, …
‘There Goes’ The Movie
John Waddell and his crew of Jye Kearney, Jake McCarthy, Harry Crean and a guest appearance by Richie Carroll have finally released the full ‘There Goes’ film to the internet. The 20 minute film takes you through the kind of unique, out of the way and somewhat ghetto spots you expect from …
RK1 Spring Break Mayhem With Ståle Sandbech
This is an epic edit from the RK1 guys featuring Ståle Sandbech riding after the season end in Norway and having a blast. I think this clip alone doubles the entire worlds stock of flips footage – but in a good cause, especially coming off the roof into that little kicker. …