Torstein Horgmo, the 19-year-old prodigy from Norway has taken out the annual Stylewars event in Falls Creek Australia.

After three gruelling marathon days of jumping wombat holes and freestyle antics standing sideways on snow, it is over.

Torstein catapulted himself today from 6th position after day 2 to the number one spot. He was helped with serious weighting from the rider vote‚ which boosted him easily to the title of 2007 Grandmaster‚ “I’m so stoked to win, this event doesn’t even feel like a competition it’s been amazing, thanks to all the riders for the good times. Let’s party and have a good time.” Exclaimed Torstein as he walked off the stage with his bag of loot. Continue reading…

Copper Mountain, Steamboat Springs and Winter Park, CO - Three of Colorado’s premier resorts, Copper Mountain, Steamboat, and Winter Park Resort, have teamed up to offer consumers a range of season pass products, all delivering amazing value. This season, skiers and riders can choose from multiple pass products offering flexibility and variety, at these low prices through Sept. 3. Continue reading…

Sun Valley, ID - Sun Valley used its snowmaking system this week to protect the ski resort and help repel the advancing flames of the massive Castle Rock wildfire, which has already blackened over 44,000 acres in Idaho. The fire, however, continued this morning to threaten the prized ski runs on Bald Mountain as it is only 49 percent contained. Continue reading…

Billabong Slopestyle Jam and MTV Snow Jam: If You Missed It, You Blew It Continue reading…

JHMR is offsetting 100% of our electricity usage with renewable energy from a renewable source mix including wind, biomass, small hydro and geothermal. With a three year commitment in place, this has the same environmental impact as planting 5292 acres of trees (an area over twice the size of the Mountain Resort). Continue reading…

Bonfire Snowboarding’s new website featuring 2007-2008 outerwear is up and running. The new site features photos and information on Bonfire’s complete line of new products, as well as video content, rider interviews, news and online shopping. Continue reading…

Palmer is very pleased to announce that Head USA will immediately take over the US distribution of Palmer snowboards and its revolutionary new skis that were introduced last November at the Palmer Project in Colorado. Palmer CEO Jürg Kunz stated, “Our new boards and skis will perfectly complement the existing selection of fun, high quality Head products, and we will benefit from Head’s professional sales, customer and distribution services. Continue reading…

(Denver, CO) August 29, 2007 – They came from the mountains, they came from far away coasts and they stayed until the very last ember of the rooftop bon fire burned. On Friday, August 24, more than 1,400 people including pro riders, renowned snowboard photographers, snowboarding industry types and Colorado rebel rousers descended upon Vinyl nightclub in Denver to celebrate the upcoming snow season and pay homage to one of snowboarding’s pioneers, Tom Sims. The night proved as legendary as its namesake host, who was on hand with lovely wife Hillary and the newly formed SIMS snowboarding team including X-Games Gold Medalist Steve Fisher, Gaetan Chanut, Colin Langlois, Erich Dummer, James Frederick and Leslie Glenn. Continue reading…

PERISHER VALLEY, Australia (August 27, 2007) – On Saturday, August 25, The Garnier Fructis Australian Open 2007 concluded at Perisher Blue ski resort with the men’s and women’s semifinal and final halfpipe competitions taking place. US Olympians Kelly Clark and Andy Finch both rode away with top honors and $5000 in this year’s second event of the Burton Global Open Series.

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CARLSBAD, CA. – Dragon is taking you on a joyride this fall with the Repo, a new sunglass dedicated to those who aren’t afraid to go for the ride of their life. Inspired by the guys who got all night, every night, the Repo is for someone who spends their life getting into tense situations.

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