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Subaru Rally Team USA and Ken Block Tackle Rally New Zealand
03 years ago
(Sept 1, 2008) Subaru Rally Team USA driver Ken Block and co-driver Alex Gelsomino have finished their debut event in the hotly contested Production World Rally Championship (PWRC) at the Repco Rally New Zealand this weekend. The duo drove their Subaru Impreza WRX STI to a 13th overall finish among the 24 PWRC entrants. New Zealand was anything but easy for Block who struggled to get accustomed to the Group N specification Subaru which differs greatly from his Open Class Subaru used in the Rally America National Championship.
Slopestyle Stays On Course At The 2008 Australian Open
03 years ago
PERISHER BLUE, AUSTRALIA (September 3, 2008) – Heavy snow resulting in poor visibility tested competitors today during men’s and women’s slopestyle qualifications at Perisher Blue Resort. Riders from all over the world took on the inclement weather during day three of the Burton Australian Open to earn a place in Friday’s slopestyle finals, alongside some of the world’s best snowboarders including Mikkel Bang, Chas Guldemond, Torstein Horgmo, Mason Aguirre, Kimmy Fasani and Jamie Anderson.
Stylewars 2008: Guldemond New Ttr Tour Leader
03 years ago
Falls Creek Resort, Australia – 25th August, 2008: The 4Star Oakley Stylewars did not only push snowboarding to another level but also had a major impact on the 08/09 Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour Rankings with tour veterans, young guns, and south-hemi up and comers all throwing down enormous maneuvers, staking their claims for the title early on. Chas Guldemond (USA), who recently lost the Tour Lead in New Zealand, took back the World No. 1 spot, followed closely by the two Kiwi rivals James Hamilton (NZE) in World No. 2 and Stef Zeestraten (NZE) in World No. 3.
Stylewars 2008 Day 2
03 years ago
French Canadians Matts Kulisek and Charles Reid continue their dominance at Stylewars during day two of competition at Falls Creek Australia.
Strong winds, scattered clouds and a riders vote meant that today the Stylewars course was restricted to the bottom feature of the park – the gap jump. The jump had been re-shaped last night to give some more pop and allow the riders a little more hang time. The level of style and tricks definitely stepped up today at Stylewars with the help of the course fine-tuning from head park builders Rueben Cameron from Australia and Doug Mercer of Mammoth, California. (more…)
Stylewars 2008 Day 1
03 years ago
A perfect day with sunny blue skies today at Stylewars meant the first day of competition at Australia’s most notorious snowboarding event went down like a bowl full of delicious poutine. The 45 invited riders from around the globe were annihilating the course with a level of snowboarding never before seen in Australia.
Ripping all day and finishing in number 1 and 2 spots respectively was the French Canadian connection (ie: Canadian Club) of Charles Reid and Matts Kulisek who were both sending and stomping their runs all day. Matts was unleashing huge frontside 7 to backside 7 combinations amoung some super smooth 900s. While Charles Reid was dropping insane frontside 1080’s and massive 90-foot corked frontside 360’s that had everyone scratching their heads. (more…)
Burton’s Australian Premiere Of “It’s Always Snowing Somewhere”
03 years ago
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (August 26, 2008) — Burton Australia is set to premiere It’s Always Snowing Somewhere, a double feature, double DVD snowboarding movie that showcases the Burton team’s most ridiculous season yet. Winter never ends as the team travels from the southern hemisphere to the northern hemisphere laying waste to parks, pipes, big mountain lines and jibs; from Alaska to Argentina.
Friday September 5 will see the movie screen at The Banjo Patterson Inn (Kosciusko Road, Jindabyne) during the official closing party of the Burton Australian Open. (more…)
Standard Films Aesthetica World Premiere
03 years ago
Join Standard Films and Fuel TV for the Snowboard Film WORLD PREMIERE at the Olympic Village Lodge (OVL) in Squaw Valley USA ~ After-party featuring FORTRESS
[Squaw Valley USA] August 22, 2008 – Standard Films presents the World Premiere of AESTHETICA, their newest snowboard movie Wednesday, September 3 at the Olympic Village Lodge in Squaw Valley. All are invited to celebrate winter with the founding members of Standard Films and the cast and crew from AESTHETICA. Features on tap for the evening are AESTHETICA a Full length feature Snowboard Film, a 21 & up bar, free raffle prizes, and an after-party with the metal band Fortress. Fuel TV will be at Squaw to document the excitement of the AESTHETICA World Premiere for the Blue Carpet Television Special that will air globally all winter long on the Fuel Television Network. The entire community is invited to be part of this premiere, party and production Wednesday, September 3, 2008. (more…)
The Burton Global Open Series Brings First Asian Open Snowboarding Championships to Alts Bandai, Japan
03 years ago
Burlington, Vermont (August 21, 2008) – The Burton Global Open Series (BGOS) today announced that the prestigious Nippon Open Snowboarding Championships will now become the first Asian Open Snowboarding Championships, set for February 24-March 1, 2009 at Alts Bandai Snow Resort in Fukushima prefecture, Japan.
“Since 1994, the Nippon Open has had a tremendous influence on the competitive snowboard scene in Japan, bringing a world-class competition to Japanese professional and amateur riders, while attracting top international snowboarders to the region,†says Liam Griffin, Events Director at Burton Snowboards. “With competitive snowboarding gaining momentum in China and Korea, we felt it was time to expand the Nippon Open into the Asian Open Snowboarding Championships, attracting more riders from growing snowboarding communities throughout Asia.†(more…)