LOS ANGELES, CA - FUEL TV, the only network dedicated to the lifestyle of action sports, launches the second season of “Firsthand” on Sunday, March 30, beginning at 8:00pm ET/PT. FUEL TV’s original series Firsthand brings you up close and personal with the daily lives of today’s top action sports athletes.   Continue Reading »

Park City, USA – Park City in Utah, USA is preparing for the second last Five Star event of the Tour. The Swatch TTR FIVE(5)STAR World Superpipe Championships taking place March 8th 2008 is soon to welcome the best Halfpipe riders currently in the game as they compete for 850 TTR ranking points and a share of the $90 000 USD prize purse.   Continue Reading »

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (March 1) - U.S. Snowboarding riders Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton Mountain, VT) and Nick Baumgartner (Iron River, MI) barreled their way to the top of the podiums Saturday winning the Visa U.S. Snowboarding Cup at Whiteface Mountain, outside Lake Placid. Both Baumgartner and Jacobellis also were crowned the Visa U.S. SBX champions after their wins.   Continue Reading »

Truckee, CA (March 2, 2008) – Danny Kass and Elena Hight ruled the giant Superpipe at Northstar-at-Tahoe for the second straight year as the fourth edition of the Vans Cup at Tahoe wrapped up under sunny blue skies on Sunday afternoon. The guys top three looked a lot like last year with only Louie Vito sliding into second place behind Kass and repeat third place finisher Iouri Podlatchokov. Kass, who also won the inaugural Cup Superpipe in 2005, takes home $20,000 for his efforts on Sunday. For the ladies, it was Hight claiming the $11,000 first place prize ahead of Lizzy Beerman and Kjersti Buaas Oestgaard.   Continue Reading »

The rising sun broke through once again as bluebird skies graced the last day of the SuperPipe finals at the Nissan X-Trail Nippon Open. Keir Dillon took home $15,000 and first place for the men’s and Torah Bright repeated her 2007 win in the women’s competition.   Continue Reading »

(Teton Village, WY. March 1, 2008) – The countdown has officially started, larger and faster, “The Big One” is back, December 2008. Until then we will share our excitement through words, images, and video capturing the enormity of this project on tramformation.com. Launch content includes the incredible construction project to date documented by award winning film maker Peter Pilafian and will showcase the project continuing, the amazing people behind the machine and the incredible resort that houses the story. Coming to the site will also be unique competitions, incredible exclusives and more.   Continue Reading »