Heavenly Mountain Resort, Calif./Nev. – Feb. 19, 2008 - Heavenly Mountain Resort will host this season’s first JackPot Rail Jam event on Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. on World Cup at the California Base. This event will guarantee the top ten star participants a spot in the JackPot Rail Jam Series Finals to be held on April 12, 2008.   Continue Reading »

Burlington, VT (February 20, 2008) — Burton Snowboards and The Remarkables Resort in the South Island of New Zealand today announced the development of The Stash®, a completely different kind of run that adds a new dimension to snowboarding. Scheduled to open for the 2008 Southern Hemisphere winter season, The Stash at The Remarkables is only the third run of its kind worldwide and the first in the Southern Hemisphere.   Continue Reading »

MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN, Calif. – With the opening of the Unbound Super-Duper Pipe this week, Mammoth Mountain becomes the only place in the world riders can currently find all three sizes of half pipes: Super-Duper, Super and Mini.   Continue Reading »

February 19, 2007 (Lake Forest, CA) – Today etnies announced the starting five for the Goofy and Regular teams in the etnies GvR Snow Finals on February 23, 2008 at Bear Mountain. The unique team-based format of GvR Snow pits Transworld Snowboarding’s Regular Footed riders against FUEL TV’s Goofy Footed riders, with each team appointing a team captain.   Continue Reading »

Park City Mountain Resort is hosting the world’s best snowboarders, including Shaun White and Torah Bright in the sixth annual World Superpipe Championships on Saturday, March 8, 2008. This year, the invited skiers and snowboarders will all compete on the same day for a piece of the $90,000 prize purse in Park City Mountain Resort’s Eagle Superpipe, North America’s largest superpipe and the site for the 2002 Winter Games.   Continue Reading »

From Monday 25 February to Saturday 1 March, 24 of the world’s best snowboarders and skiers will have free reign of the European Alps. They will be taking part in the Swatch O’Neill Big Mountain Pro, 8 days of all terrain action, in search of the most thrilling obstacles that nature has to offer. Freecaster.tv will be streaming Live coverage for 2 hours every day from 16:00 to 18:00 (CET).   Continue Reading »

The Toyota Big air is one of the added spectacles to the Sapporo International Ice Carving Festival. The city center of Sapporo is filled with massive piles of snow that are carved into the most intricate ice sculptures creating an artificial winter wonderland. The Toyota Big air is located a short ways out side of the city center in an old Olympic stadium. Like the ice sculptors the Toyota big air jump is an equally impressive man made work of art. This year the scaffolding stadium jump of the Toyota Big Air was given its first major face lift in years. The jump was increased in size to try to grow to accommodate the level of today’s riding.   Continue Reading »

Wrightwood, CA – February 19, 2008: This Saturday, February 23rd, the $25,000 Triple Air Show returns to Mountain High. With $20,000 for the men and $5,000 for the women, the Cholula Triple Air Show and Monster Boarder Babes presented by Powder and Sun is one of the richest one-day snowboarding events in California. The top 16 men and top 6 women will enjoy the pay out with the top man taking home $10,000 and the top woman taking home $2,000. Past participants include Shaun White, Blaise Rosenthall, Matt Hammer, Gabe Taylor, and more.   Continue Reading »

Burlington, VT (February 19, 2008) — Japan’s largest snowboarding event, The Nissan X-Trail Nippon Open 2008 Snowboarding Championship, will take place from February 26-March 2 at Alts Bandai resort in Fukushima. Part of the Burton Global Open Series and the Swatch Ticket To Ride World Snowboard Tour, the 15th Annual Nippon Open will showcase the world’s top snowboarders competing in SuperPipe, ParkStyle, RailJam and KidsJam contests for over $125,000 USD in prize money.   Continue Reading »

The 9th stop of the 2007/08 Peanut Butter and Rail Jam tour went down at the Summit at Snoqualmie on Saturday, February 16th, 2008.   Continue Reading »