New York, NY – December 4, 2008: Join 16 of the world’s best snowboarders in New York City on the banks of the East River February 5th from 3 – 9 pm, as they compete to own a piece of a $100,000 prize purse at the 5Star Swatch TTR event. Red Bull Snowscrapers marks the debut of the largest snowboarding contest held in an urban setting in North America complete with top music acts (soon to be announced) and a spectator village located in East River Park (corner of Houston and FDR).

For the first-time ever, Red Bull will create an amazing 90-foot state-of-the-art structure for top riders to own the iconic Manhattan skyline. The athlete’s will drop in from a nine-story building before flying off the specially constructed kicker toward an immense 80-foot long hip. The innovative hip built by world-renowned designers Frank Wells and Mike Bettera of Snow Park Technology allows riders multiple angles of trajectory— frontside or backside, landing on either the right or left side of the massive 45-degree spine. Additionally, the groundbreaking ramp design will allow spectators to get up close and personal giving fans an opportunity to experience the action first hand as the riders spin roughly four stories into the sky.   Continue Reading »

WINTERGREEN, Va., Dec. 9, 2008 – Celebrating the winter holidays on the slopes at Wintergreen Resort is the season’s best bargain. The family destination resort in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains is offering savings up to 30 percent with the Holiday Celebration Package, available not only during Christmas and New Year’s, but also on the Martin Luther King Jr. and Presidents’ Day weekends.   Continue Reading »

Innsbruck, Austria - December 8th, 2008: The world’s most talented snowboarders will converge inside the Tokyo Dome December 12th-14th, for the legendary Nissan X-Trail Jam. In its ninth year running, this Swatch TTR 6Star event will feature 12 invited pros who will be taking on a selected number of Japanese wildcards in a two-day Big Air and Quarterpipe battle. With a stacked rider list, crazy fans and a unique jam format, the 2008 X-Trail Jam is going to be one for the books.

With this being the first major Swatch TTR 6Star event of the season, riders will be putting it all on the line, looking for a slice of both the 1000 TTR ranking points and the hefty $165 000 USD prize purse. Be on the look out for Chas Guldemond (USA) as he seeks to defend his TTR No.1 position and keep challengers at bay. ” I know there’s a lot of people going for me, Peetu Piiroinen, Kevin Pearce, all the heavy hitters, they’re going to be gunning for it”, he said. Torstein Horgmo (NOR) will be aiming for a top result to catapult him into World No.2, ready to mount a Viking invasion on the recent US dominance of the Tour.   Continue Reading »

Allisports.com will House Dew Tour Properties, Maloof Money Cup, AMA Motocross Championships, King of Wake Series, and the Free Flow Tour

NEW YORK – December 8, 2008 – Alli, the Alliance of Action Sports™, along with co-owners NBC Sports and MTV, a division of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), today launched allisports.com (http://www.allisports.com), a new digital hub for the full roster of Alli properties and a leading source of action sports content and news.   Continue Reading »

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Hey shredders we just launched our first episode of 8 mile tv on our site 8milelife.com
it’s free to watch and would love if you guys wanted to throw it up in your news section!
this is the direct link to the player aswell
http://8mile.mobilerider.com/flash/player/
hope you have a good season!
Mikey

Irvine, Calif. (December 5, 2008)—The Program, which includes snowboard brands Forum, Special Blend and Foursquare, today announced the relocation of its corporate headquarters to Burlington, Vermont where parent company Burton Snowboards is based. The transition will be complete by early February and will allow The Program to invest more in developing great products and marketing while reducing overhead costs, which is critical during challenging economic periods.

“In tough times like these, we need to be very strategic and efficient so we can continue to invest in our core strengths like product development and marketing, and this move allows us to do just that,” says The Program General Manager Sam Paschel. “In Burlington, The Program will benefit from over 30 years of Burton’s product development, sales and operations expertise while enjoying easy access to Burton’s shared services. And it will be great to have the company close to the mountains where we can easily test product on snow.”   Continue Reading »

Salomon Snowboards is proud to announce the addition of 17 year old Jed Anderson to the 2009 Am Team. Coming off of a head-turning 4 days of shooting half part in TWS film “These Days”, Jed has already begun shooting for his first full video part in this season’s coming release from Transworld Snowboarding.

TWS film director Joe Carlino says, “Seriously, Jed is one of the top 3 best snowboarders I’ve ever shot. We just got back from our first trip filming for the new video. It’s November 28th and Jed walked away with about 15 shots.” Not bad for a 17 yr old kid that’s never shot a major video part. Evan Lefebvre of Snowboarder Magazine says, “Jed’s that lucky little kid that you knew growing up who could do everything better than you all the time—but not in an asshole ‘O’doyle rules’ sort of way.”   Continue Reading »

Please join us for the Vans x Estevan Oriol ICONoclast Photo Exhibit Opening
Thursday, December 11 / 7-10 pm   Continue Reading »

Incline Village, NV- Please note that Diamond Peak WILL NOT be open on December 11th. Diamond Peak will open as conditions permit. Diamond Peak has made over 2.6 million gallons of snow as of date and will open when it has coverage from top to bottom.

Diamond Peak season passholders can enjoy a free BBQ on Opening Day! Coupons are mailed out along with the season passes and please bring your BBQ coupon on Opening Day. (Note: Even if your coupon says “Only Valid Dec. 11, 2008”- it will still be valid on Opening Day) Here are the Passholder BBQ lunch options:   Continue Reading »