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Burton Tokyo Rail Days Results
12 months ago
“With Burton Rail Days, we wanted to bring a legitimate exhibition of urban riding to the center of Tokyo,” said Greg Dacyshyn, Chief Creative Officer at Burton Snowboards. “Roppongi Hills Arena is an iconic destination in Tokyo, and seeing this urban center transformed into a full winter festival with music, kids snowboard lessons and a world-class rail competition was incredible. It was a next-level event and everyone from the riders to the crowd had an amazing time.”
In the end, it was Jamie Nicholls from Great Britain who won the entire event with two super strong runs: one that included a frontside boardslide 270 out on the down rail and another run that included a frontside boardslide change-up boardslide on the down rail. Dylan Alito came in second place with a frontside boardslide on the ledge and a second run that included a hardway frontside 270 frontside boardslide on the ledge. Ethan Deiss claimed third place with a frontside 180 switch nosepress and a second run that included a frontside 270 frontside boardslide to fakie – both on the down rail. And Shoma earned fourth place with a transfer 50-50 on the kink rail in one run and a transfer boardslide on the kink rail in his other high-scoring run.
Jamie Nicholls had this to say about his win, “When they announced that I won, I honestly couldn’t believe it, especially because there were so many amazing riders there and everyone smashed it,” said Jamie. “The crowd was amazing – let’s just say that I love Japan, Tokyo and everyone there.”
2011 Burton Rail Days: Final Results
1. Jamie Nicholls (GBR) NIKE 6.0 – $15,000
2. Dylan Alito (USA) VOLCOM – $8,000
3. Ethan Deiss (USA) BURTON – $4,000
4. Shoma Takao (JPN) FORUM – $2,000
686 and Scion roll out the ultimate snowboard ride
02 months ago
686 recently teamed up with Scion to blow the doors off a xB and convert it to the ultimate snowboard ride, and we’ve got photos and video of this incredible project.
“The 686 Scion Numeric is a dream come true,” says Michael Akira West, president and creative director at 686. “What better way to celebrate our twentieth anniversary by doing something that’s never been done before? Every part of this build has a story and a separate product that it was inspired from. I’m psyched we were able to show it to the world, our way.”
The snow specific tires reflect NB686® snowboarding boots and are branded as New Balance® tires. The top of the car is designed like a Bern® protective carbon fiber helmet, complete with their patented brim technology. The windshield is designed from Dragon’s APX® frameless goggle and offers full peripheral view inside the car. The Sparco® modified seats are inspired from actual Union® team snowboard bindings and are constructed in a high-back cup shaped form. The sound system is engineered and designed by the Skullcandy® team, which used their premiere Aviator headphones as inspiration. GoPro® came in with their POV expertise in visual racing mirrors and interior mapping. Vestal® watches and their ZR-3 Chronograph inspired the custom built time gauges. The devil is in the details and Freewaters® sandals clearly did this in the first ever heated floor mats. BOA® Technology added their “dialed” in fit to the cars heating and cooling system. Recco® Avalanche Rescue systems supplied their sophisticated radar technology on the road and mountain terrain. Blind® skateboards legendary artist, Marc Mckee provided his custom touch to the interior panels. To finalize the winter shred story, 686’s technical textile background pushed manufacturing boundaries by successfully wrapping the world’s first and only fully functional waterproof and breathable snowboarding outerwear vehicle, complete with stitched panels, laser welded seams, waterproof zipper and mesh venting.
Keep reading to see the full photo gallery and video of the project.
Shred and Destroy with ThirtyTwo
03 months ago
Check out this collab by ThirtyTwo and Thrasher skate mag, taking the classic “Skate and Destroy” Thrasher design to the snow with “Shred and Destroy.”
Full gallery after the break.
Looking Now At What’s Coming- SIA 2011
3The SBG Editors just finished off SIA 2011 and are looking forward to seeing everything that was on display actually out on store shelves. All of the lines that we saw were impressive. Color waves are catchy, quality and technology in hardgoods is noteworthy, underlayers are softer and warmer than ever, and eye-wear should keep the future in clear focus. We will be bringing you more information about companies, lines and products, but for now, we have several pictures to initially show off what we just finished looking at. (more…)
11th Annual TransWorld Riders’ Poll Awards
31 year ago
Friday night went off huge with the 11th Annual Transworld Riders’ Poll Awards at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver.
After all sorts of shenanigans on Thursday night, the Riders’ Polls went off without a hitch. We arrived a little on the early side, found a booth in the VIP section upstairs (thanks TW Snow!), and settled in with a few drinks. (more…)
Fear and Loathing in Denver
12 years ago
SIA is always an intense, all-consuming series of events, but with the move to Denver, the 2010 show became a whole new beast. More floor space meant more brands, and so we found ourselves busier than ever tracking down what’s coming next, and from which company.
After meeting with the hundred or so companies we normally see at SIA, not to mention the after parties, we’re usually pretty wasted. But SIA.10 took it to a whole new level with two days of on-snow demos immediately following the tradeshow.
Over the next few weeks we’ll be rolling out previews from each company we met with, including photos, and mentions of any products that really caught our attention, as well as on-snow previews for select boards, boots, and bindings. For now you can check out this gallery of images, an overview of the entire trip.
Copper Pipe and Woodward Photos
4On December 3rd I made a quick trip down to Copper to grab some photos of the teams training in pipe and hit up Woodward at Copper. It was super cold out, and I blew through batteries on my Canon shooting in the pipe, so the Woodward photos are on the pocket camera and are a bit blurry. I’ll definitely be back to Woodward to shoot some real photos in a few weeks. (more…)
Steamboat Opening Day Photos
311/25/09 – I made a couple of laps with a few members from Steamboat’s Ski & Snowboard School and snapped some photos from the opening day park. (more…)