PORTLAND, ORE. (Apr. 8, 2008)– The usually sunny April skies were obscured with snow flurries at this years Vegetate Competition at Mt. Hood Meadows. Josh Dirksen made the drive up from Bend to slash pow on the Sick Stick while Matt Ladley and Ally Carroll spun and grabbed their way to first place in the halfpipe competition. Continue reading…

DVS teamrider Jamie Anderson stepped up to claim victory at The Roxy Chicken Jam in Mammoth Mountain, California—a win that was enough to earn her the title of Women’s Swatch TTR Tour Champion and 50,000 dollars in cash. Continue reading…

North Vancouver, Canada – April 2nd, 2008: Grouse Mountain welcomed big crowds and the best professional and amateur Canadian riders this past weekend for the Swatch TTR 3-Star Quiksilver Showdown Over the City. Up for the taking were prizes totaling $20 000 CDN along with 550 TTR ranking points. Canadian shredder Kevin Griffin claimed the Men’s Title, with fellow rippers Matt Belzile and Charles Reid taking second and third respectively. Terri Dreger also grabbed hold of women’s first place followed by Robin Van Gyn in second, and Stephanie Just in third. Continue reading…

Mammoth, USA – March 29th, 2008: The sky turned blue and the pipe softened up for high-profile competitive contingent at the 2008 Swatch TTR Roxy Chicken Jam Halfpipe competition at Mammoth Mountain California, USA. The Chicken Jam is the last 6-Star event on the Women’s Tour and things are really heating up with Kelly Clark (USA) winning the Halfpipe on Saturday, moving her into TTR World No. 2. Torah Bright (AUS) took second place, maintaining her lead at TTR World No. 1 as Kjersti Oestgaard Buaas (NOR) took third to take over TTR World No. 4. Continue reading…

DVS teamrider Jamie Anderson has been on fire this season. The 17-year-old Salomon rider claimed 1st at the European Open, Gold at Winter X, 2nd at Vail Session Rail Jam, and just recently chalked up another 2nd place crown at the US Open Slopestlye event. Continue reading…

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. March 26, 2008—The final stop of The North Face Masters competitive big mountain snowboarding tour arrives at the famed Alyeska Resort in Alaska’s Chugach Mountains April 2-6, 2008. The two-stop tour is the first competitive snowboarding series specifically tailored to fill a competition gap in the sport of big mountain snowboarding. After a sold-out first stop at Snowbird, Utah, where nearly 100 male and female riders proved big mountain snowboarding is thriving, tour organizers, athletes, sponsors, and media look forward to the next progression of big mountain riding in Alaska. Complete, same-day coverage of The North Face Masters Alyeska competition will be broadcast on thenorthface.com/masters. Continue reading…

WHISTLER, BC, March 26, 2008 - On Wednesday April 9th, Telluride’s MOUNTAINFILM Festival returns to Whistler. The festival will include exhilarating and provocative works from around the world — some shorts as well as longer pieces which were featured during the Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride, Colorado — including adventure sports from all over the globe, glimpses of other cultures, and portraits of remarkable people. Continue reading…

Seattle, WA (March 25, 2008) – Deemed the most legendary freeriding and freeskiing event on the planet, New Zealand’s World Heli Challenge is set to return this August 9th through the 24th, 2008 after a six-year hiatus. Representing the best of the best, the World Heli Challenge invites seven top-notch snowboard brands and seven world-class ski brands from around the globe, featuring two elite athletes each, to come head to head amidst the many peaks that create New Zealand’s Mt. Cook National Park. Continue reading…

THOMPSON PASS, AK. – MTNOPS in cooperation with Smith Optics, Alaskan Brewing, Redbull Energy Drink, Dakine, Alaska Backcountry Adventures, CFR, Dagger Skates and Freecaster.TV bring you an event unlike any other. There will be no winners and the only losers will be those that do not attend. This is a tailgate party, snowboard style, deep in the Chugach Range of Alaska. Continue reading…

Stratton, VT, USA – March 18th, 2008: The Swatch TTR 6-Star Burton US Open Snowboarding Championships will take place this week hosting highly competitive Slopestyle and Halfpipe formats in the defining men’s contest on the TTR World Snowboard Tour. Professional snowboarders have been traveling all over the world, competing in the biggest and best snowboarding contests earning valuable TTR ranking points, and it all boils down to the final men’s 6-Star event, the Burton US Open, where the Men’s Swatch TTR champ will be declared. Continue reading…