- featuring their Spring / Summer 2010 collections.
Part 1 is a clever cut and paste experiment while part 2 is a full compilation of Ben's thirty second brain farts with Final Cut - from the interesting to the insane - well worth watching from start to finish. Here's how he describes them:
are now rolling in thick and fast, with winter underway - with even more released this week.
Watch it in full after the jump...
snow hunt in Morocco last winter, this is possibly the most epic and hilarious podcast yet - with
proving that if snow shredding ever goes tits up, the land of hammy Hollywood acting could easily beckon. Silly and pretty irrelevant, it's damn entertaining - even if there's no snowboarding in it.
this winter, with some tasty pow and park trick tips in their snowboard podcasts 7 and 8.
bust out some rhymes on why she's all about the fame - not the benjamins - tongue in cheek style of course.
- including how to use a probe, reading weather predictions, using a transceiver and more.
- their 2009 / 2010 winter snowboard podcasts. In episode three pro rider
shows off her new signature outerwear collection - but gets a nasty, blood thirsty surprise. Then in part four
joins Torah on a whistle stop media tour of Europe - from Amsterdam to Munich, indoor shredding and beyond.
, ex MissChief films producer, the videos have been available for the last few weeks - with US focused episodes and 'by Airmail from Europe' episodes all forming one coherent stream.
strong crowd, by stomping his signature 900 spin
with his own inimitable smooth style. But, it was
- the only
woman at the event - who stole the show with her huge world
record breaking manouvre. Personally invited by the Bird Man himself, this
was the latest in the X Games Gold medallist's arsenal tricks - honed under years of coaching with
the likes of skate legend that is Mr Hawk.
have really created a gorgeous and unique creative identity behind their women's wear marketing. From the
, and their upcoming Spring 2010, the paint splattered artistic feel came from the creative spring of one woman - Art Director for Womenswear
(who's also an artist in her own right).
have posted a trio of videos of her at work, explaining exactly how she comes up with her ideas, her inspiration and how you could follow a similar career path.
...
It's purely about the love of riding - not money - and will get you truly excited about the upcoming season: sessions with friends on perfectly groomed parks, untouched powder fields or knocking back post-shred beverages.
, the multi-talented legend has been working her fingers to the bone filming, riding, compiling footage and editing (with the same output as a team of 10) for the last six months. And finally, the fruit of her labour will be showing to the public very soon...
In what's set to be a groundbreaking and inspiring homage to the most underground of UK skate scenes, riders in the flick include
plus plenty more. And, we're promised 'an eclectic mix of skating, lots of handbags, hair pulling and maybe the odd kickflip to fakie.'
Whoop! Possibly the most exciting movie of this winter, Peepshow - the underground alternative all-female snowboard film for 2009/2010 - is now available to watch online, in two parts - for free! With Colleen Quigley, Desiree Melancon, Raewyn Reid, Leanne Pelosi, Bev Vuilleumier taking starring roles, there's also an entirely new generation of inspired DIY queens showcasing theyr stylish snowboard skills - especially on urban features and hand rails.
Love it or loathe it? Tell us what you think in the comments below and join the debate.
Check out videos of The Daily Habit and Ashley's winning entry after the jump...
Ana Pereira from Portugal and Lucie Klecková from the Czech Republic were then announced as the winner's of the annual photoshoot contest , and will both appear in the Spring Summer 2010 Nikita lookbook. Somehow, we think the boys in the office helped decide this one!
Watch the gorgeousness after the jump and be inspired to start planning your next surf trip now...
Waterfalls and Wetsuits
So the last day of the trip the waves weren’t the best so we decided to go to this waterfall in the mountains. It was raining pretty hard, so when we rocked up the fall was flowing full force. The air was really cold because we were really high up in the Australian mountains.
We threw on our wetties and had to get down in the water and check it out, being the adventurous crew we are. Water is the strongest element in nature and being there feeling all the energy around us we couldn’t help but feel alive.
This was a perfect ending to a very unique trip. Thanks for joining us on this incredible adventure. Hope this inspired you to get a few friends together pack up the car and head our on your own road trip. Who knows what you will find. -- Candice O’Donnell
Music: Artist: Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains
Song: American Names
Album: Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains
February 12, 2009 in Art , Audio and Videocasts , Men , News , Style , Surfing | Permalink
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February 5, 2009 8:50 PM
The fourth and penultimate part of the Roxy surf team's Australia road trip , sees the ladies finally get some sweet surf, then keep up the boho feel with a bonfire.
Check out the podcast starring pro surfers Kassia Meador , Jen Smith , Candice O'Donnell plus a diary entry from Leanne Curren after the jump...
Surfing Road Trip Adventures
Last episode was the day we painted the tent. After that we really needed to have a good surfing day. We woke up the next day early and checked the waves in front of the camp as the sun was coming out. The conditions were really clean and there was no cloud in the sky, which was a pretty big surprise because it’s been raining so much lately.
It was so amazing what this trip has brought us. The whole beach was empty and we went out and surfed all day by ourselves, and when we were finally surfed out we came in and had the idea of making a campfire. The boys went to pick up some wood in the forest while we cooked dinner. We grabbed the guitars, Jen’s “hard-core”-dion, and made a nice big fire to keep ourselves warm on the beach. We jammed for a little while and then Millertime told us the craziest surfing stories that he knew, it was interesting… He’s a good storyteller.
That was a really nice evening, and we decided to sleep on the beach under the moonlight… Sounds good, but the sand wasn’t that comfortable and we were all paranoid by all the bugs and the spiders just waiting for us to fall asleep to start eating us. The fire didn’t make the night either and we were pretty much frozen on the beach when we woke up.
But that was a good experience and it was pretty cool to see the stars when we were falling asleep. -- LeeAnn Curren
Music : Artist : Tokyo Police Club Song : In A Cave Album: Elephant Shell
one , two and three ? Watch them here , here and here .
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Ok: so she's a girl. She plays synths. Has a penchant for 80s pop. And is another songwriter siren hyped for 2009. But there's more to La Roux than being the latest on the Little Boots Production Line . This 20-year old Brixton, London local has the same manager as the Klaxons and creates heartfelt-tales that soundtrack her life - unlike alien all encompassing songs of LB. Signed to Kitsune records she's like Gwen Stefani meets Softcell / A-Ha / the Human League but with a female-fronted warmth. Tasty.
Watch her two latest videos for In For The Kill , out March 2, and Quicksand , out now, after the jump...
The lpromo for In For The Kill , out March 2:
La Roux's video for her debut single Quicksand , out now on Kitsune:
www.myspace.com/larouxuk
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January 29, 2009 11:42 PM
A no-show at the BEO, it looked like Roxy rider Torah Bright X Games : well worth it as she managed to score the highest women's score in the contest's history 97.66 - just behind general record breaker Shaun White 's with an X Games score of 97.67 in the 2003 superpipe.
Keep reading for a full report, pics and videos...
As it snowed hard and the light was poor, the final saw riders go big and crash hard. Gretchen Bleiler whacked the lip hard, scorpioned and then stacked so badly on the tranny on her second run that it called for a helmet check and pulling out of her third.
Kelly Clark didn't disappoint pulling enormous airs out of the u-tube - but the extra boost also meant she stacked bad a couple of times too. 17-year old Ellery Hollingsworth was a surprise finalist, but tried to prove her credentials with a not-quite-landed cab 10.
But it was Australia's perfection princess Torah Bright who topped the podium once more tonight. The 22-year-old may not have the amplitude of her rivals but Torah's signature high-tech trickery stole the show with a run of backside 360, switch backside 720, mctwist, air to fakie to cab 720 - no other lady is landing switch back 7s, and only a few guys.
The first year that women will get the same amount of prize money at the as their male colleagues, this superpipe comp proved that the standard in women's shredding is astronomical right now - and shows no signs of slowing down.
So can we always expect rider's to go huge or go home? "I think it has a little bit to do with the progression of female
snowboarding right now. We're all just trying to become better
snowboarders, and just pushing ourselves in the sport," said Torah. Nicely worded.
Women's halfpipe highlights:
Second place winner Kelly Clark's run:
First place winner Torah's runs:
Images courtesy of ESPN
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Ok so is this is ridiculously late (two words: Tax. Return), but how stoked was the UK's snowboarding community this week when Bristol's snowboard queen Jenny Jones won the biggest wintersports contest on the globe (bar the Olympics): the X Games Slopestyle . The first ever Brit to win a medal at the contest!
In her usual down to earth, chipper-and-stoked self, Jenny stomped a huge run in bad light and snowy conditions, after riders had tipped Jen to take gold all week in Buttermilk , in Aspen, Colorado. Owner of some of the biggest metaphorical balls in shredding Jenny's known for bold big air tricks - which was pretty useful when she stomped her run in the tricky conditions. Pretty incredible stuff, especially after X Games Big Air gold medalist Travis Rice stacked the day before - badly: enough to scare anyone shitless!
With steezy style, determination and perhaps a teeny-weeny bit of luck Jenny took the top spot with a huge frontside 7 - off the biggest X Games kicker reportedly ever been built - putting Spencer O'Brien into second. Wowsers.
This is humongous new for Jen and snowboarding in the UK in general: even the BBC and Telegraph reported on it - which sparked a fire in their forums about a lack of recognition in the mainstream media. Fingers crossed this will change soon!
Keep reading to see her Slopestyle run and check out a charming post-win interview with Transworld Snow ... It almost makes me want to shed a tear too!
Jenny's winning Slopestyle run:
A post comp chat with 3rd place Megan Ginter and Jen from TWsnow :
Image: ESPN
Check out the women's superpipe action from the X Games here!
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January 26, 2009 6:04 PM
In the third part of the Roxy surf team's East Coast of Australia road trip, the ladies swap the sea for their campsite as a canvas, as Leanne Curren , Kassia Meador , Jen Smith , Candice O'Donnell get crafty.
"We saw the potential for the waves the day before so we got motivated and set our alarms to get up early," recalls Candice . "We woke up at 6am ran down the forest to check the surf, before having tea, or breakfast, but onshore wind, and rain showers send us all back to our sleeping bags.
"Kassia and Lee-Anne decided to go brave the victory at sea and surf the beach brake down the street. In the meantime Jen, Lindsay and I headed to the hardware store and
bought 5 cans of spray-paint with the intentions of getting creative
back at the camp"
Read more and watch the podcast free after the jump...
"We all meet up back at the house, and we decided to
get all Cray Cray on the tent, and some random pieces of canvas, so we
spent the afternoon making stencils, and transformed an average tent
into a master piece.
"Then we decided to head to the movie store, and
have a movie night Day 11 has been one of my favorite days on the Road
trip, as this lay day gave us all the opportunity to show off our
creative skills. I was pleasantly surprised with everyone’s skills,
especially Lindsay stencils. Fingers crossed the surf is fun in the
morning." -- Candice O’Donnell
Artist: Tokyo Police Club
Getting Creative at Camp
Missed parts one and two ? Watch them here and here .
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Watch it after the jump...
Snowfix #73 - Heli Skiing with Mike Douglas in Whistler:
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Compared to snowboarding and wakeboarding (where you're strapped in) and surfing (where most falls are absorbed by the sea), fact is skateboarding is hard. But, if you're looking for that extra push to help you nail that elusive trick - from your first ollie, kick flip or back-lip - the Wheelbone could be your secret weapon.
Genius in it's simplicity, this plastic construction fits around the wheels of your skateboard to keep it stationary when you're attempting tricks, helping to maintain balance, body position and make stomping easier. Plus the Wheelbone creates more tension between the trucks allowing you to pop ev en higher, with it's increased stored energy, all weighing in less than 200g.
Also, by engaging more control ov er your skateboard you can practise tricks in confined spaces - whenever or whereever you fancy: “Wheelbone is great fun and
really helps me nail new tricks," explains Aaron Sweeney , Vans -sponsored Pro SkaterPlus, if it’s raining outside,
it lets you practice indoors without smashing any windows.”
Wheelbone 's potential at London's bay 66 skatepark:
But, it's not just for pros: check out these happy customers with skating's newest toy:
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January 23, 2009 8:18 AM
Ok, so I'm all about Roxy today, but when their putting podcasts this gorgeous can you blame me? Here's the second from their surf team (Leanne Curren , Kassia Meador , Jen Smith , Candice O'Donnell ) escapade on the East Coast of Australia, as the longboard ladies get spoilt with perfect conditions. As I type this in a ski resort, while rain lashes down melting all the snow, the idea of the simple life surfing down under sounds incredible...
“We decided to pack up our stuff and check out of the campsite to head
back on the road, with yet another very early start having heard of
swell up the coast. We made an executive decision to stop and check
into a campsite ASAP," recalls Candice
"While the short boarder girls surfed the right, the
left was just pure magic, with glassy conditions, friendly locals, and
loads of waves for everyone. Eventually LeeAnne and Lyndsay joined on
the longboard fun and Kass jumped up on her Stand Up Paddle. We were
having so many “party waves” and it was non stop smiles and laughs.
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The world's watching, your sponsorship may be on the line, the crowd are screaming your name and if you catch an edge it could mean disaster: yep, comps can be the most stressful time for a pro snowboarder - as well as the most rewarding. Especially Winter X .
In the latest Roxy podcasts you can experience exactly that, as Torah Bright shows you behind the scenes at the 2008 X Games so you can experience what it's like to compete in the biggest action sports comp in the globe.
Watch it after the jump...
Roxy Podcast 1: Don't Pick a fight with Torah Bright
Roxy Podcast 2: No Snow in Turkey
Roxy Podcast 3: Powder kickers in Turkey
Two lifts and a mosque: The Roxy Girls in Turkey Part 3
Roxy Podcast 5: Andrea Binning survives an avalanche
Roxy Podcast 6: Meet the team part one
Roxy Podcast 7: Meet the team part two
Roxy Podcast 8: Lena Stoffel and Aline Bock in Russia part one
Roxy Podcast 9: Skier Mille Windfelt and Alyona Alyokhina in Russia part two
Roxy Podcast 10: Roxy ride Russia the finale - part 3
Roxy Podcast 11: Behind the scenes at a pro photoshoot
Roxy Podcast 12: Torah Bright & Kjersti Buass talk signature snowboard outerwear
Roxy Podcast 14: Lesley McKenna & Andrea Binning powder slash in Jackson Hole
Roxy Podcast 15: the Roxy girls big up Italian rider Tania De Tomas
Roxy Podcast 16: the US team jump, jib, huck and ride the Arlberg, Austria
Roxy Podcast 17: Erin Comstock, Amber Stackhouse and Alexis Waite ride rails in Montreal
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January 20, 2009 9:48 AM
Shite indie is dead. Blokey, bland guitar bands like Razorlight , Keane and (yuck) Scouting for Girls are slipping down the album charts faster than the pound against the euro. But what to replace it? A tribe of independent, lady songwriters who are anything but meek and mild.
Little Boots (read our post on her here ) has been touted as pop's biggest saviour: but, while the Blackpool synth-geek is harping on about unicorns, Marina and the Diamonds is a more introverted reflection of London life for this greek / welsh chanteuse.
Think Fiona Apple's cheeky cockney cousin, or Joanna Newsome if she was into Primark and pints. It's pop - but full of character: Mowgli's Road Seventeen is a raw Katy Perry covering Kate Bush . Obsessions on Neon Gold Records after the jump...this is the video for Marina:
Marina & The Diamonds, "Obsessions" from Neon Gold Records on Vimeo .Obsessions / Mowgli's Road double single is out on February 14th in the UKLove this? Then check out more music on Nollie :
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January 20, 2009 in Audio and Videocasts , Music | Permalink
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January 19, 2009 9:17 PM
ASP ov er, this time last year Roxy 's surf team - Leanne Curren , Kassia Meador , Jen Smith and the UK's Candice O'Donnell - continued their Australian adventure down the east coast , sampling the best surf they could find down under. They blogged late last winter, and so, in 2009 we get to see the v ideos.
Watch the first episode after the jump and to hear Candice 's thoughts on the trip...
"Road trips are the ultimate surfing adventure. You are doing
nothing but trekking around looking for the best waves. You don't
really know what you are going to find around the corner. Candice O'Donnell
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January 13, 2009 1:45 PM
Surfers Against Sewage launched a campaign to rid British coastlines of 'mermaid tears:' plastic and polystyrene pellets, the raw materials in making plastic products, that are dumped in UK waterways in their millions. These pellets litter beaches across Devon and Cornwall, as a SAS investigation discovered, but never decompose, are a threat to wildlife (who mistake them for food) and will continue to build up until factory practice changes.
Still underway, SAS ended the year with a campaign victory as the South West of England's largest plastic manufacturer, Contico Europe, agreed to implement a zero pellet loss policy. However, there's still much more work to be done until industry heads develop an official code-of-conduct for the hundreds of remaining plastic factories across the UK.
Keep reading to see the video and for details on how to get involved with the campaign...
Here's the press release in full:
Mermaid's Tears an SAS investigation
Surfers
Against Sewage (SAS) investigators have released a film that exposes
poor industry practice from 'plastic injection moulding factories',
which is leading to a pollution epidemic of the nation's waterways and
coastline.
SAS campaigners have focused their attention
on plastic and polystyrene pellets. These are the very raw materials
that many of today's plastic products are moulded from, yet millions of
them are being deposited around the UK's coastline.
Little
more than a few millimetres in diameter, the pellets, which have been
nicknamed 'mermaids tears' by campaigners, are the second most common
litter item found on UK beaches (Marine Conservation Society's 2007
Beachwatch data). By their very nature they do not biodegrade, absorb
harmful polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in concentrations up to a
million times greater than the surrounding seawater and they can also
be a deadly threat to sea life, which mistake them for food.
Over
the past few months, SAS investigators have filmed at several plastic
injection-moulding factories in Cornwall, documenting poor housekeeping
practice, which is responsible for spilled pellets making their way
into local waters and eventually the ocean.
In
particular, we documented spilled pellets routinely left outside the
factory premises, clusters of plastic and polystyrene pellets inside
storm drain grills, pellets floating in their masses inside drains
outside factories and wind-blown pellets strewn around other industrial
premises nearby to the factories.
We also filmed on
Porthtowan beach, local to SAS campaigning headquarters in St Agnes,
which is a magnet for this type of plastic litter. Here we documented
rock pools full of plastic pellets and a tide line dominated by this
micro litter.
In October 2007, SAS campaigners delivered
a 500ml-sized bottle full to the cap with plastic pellets to British
Plastic Federation (BPF) bosses in London. Inside the bottle were
10,000 pellets collected exclusively from Porthtowan beach. SAS were
heartened by the industry's response to this and plans were made for a
code of conduct to be developed in the UK to achieve zero pellet loss
as a priority for the plastics industry. This would be a great step
forward, though it has not yet been established in the UK (though has
in the USA under the banner Operation Clean Sweep).
However,
SAS fears that many of the smaller factories that operate outside the
BPF will continue to operate with poor housekeeping unless an industry
wide solution is developed. None of the factories SAS filmed at are
members of the BPF for instance.
SAS believes there is
now an urgent need for plastic and polystyrene pellets to be contained
and reclaimed and a culture of behavioural change adopted by the
plastics industry for zero pellet loss, so they can play their part in
preventing this escape route for their product. This should also be
extended to ensure that the shipping of plastic pellets is carried out
with the same ethos, to help in prevention of plastic pellet loss via
shipping containers, another route believed to be responsible for their
escape into the water environment.
Richard Hardy, SAS Campaigns Director says,
"Our investigation has confirmed plastic factories are guilty of poor
housekeeping practices and so contribute to plastic pellets escaping
into the water environment, sadly helping them become established as
one of the worst offending beach litter items in the UK. With a
committed effort from the plastics industry to improve housekeeping we
could see a marked improvement. Surfers take great pride in protecting
and preserving the beaches they and others use for recreation and this
is a problem we want the plastic industry to prevent with immediate
effect."
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Amy Purdy has an incredible story. An average 19 year old, she contracted an almost fatal strain of Meningitis, which led to both her legs being amputated below the knee, her spleen being removed - then a kidney transplant from her father two years later.
The latest signing to Element Eden 's Advocate programme, rather than wallow in self pity, Amy's led an inspirational life in just a few years - bringing her to star in Element 's Power To The Planet campaign, with her simple slogan: "You can do what you want to with your life - you're not limited."
Seeing her life saving medical procedures as a second chance, just seven months after her double amputee operation she learnt to snowboard, competed around the US, win and then start skateboarding.
A spokesperson for the non-profit organization, Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) , she also co-founded Adaptive Action Sports , got qualified as a massage therapist, moved to San Diego and started acting and modeling too.
Now, with Element behind her in this latest chapter in her incredible story, Amy can spread her message of positivity even further. I'm interviewing her soon for a certain magazine, (with short excerpt online at Nollie) but, for now, keep up to date with Amy's news on her blog amy-purdy.blogspot.com
http://elementeden.com/
amy-purdy.blogspot.com
http://www.powertotheplanet.tv/
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I'm a big fan of New York fash mag Nylon , but wouldn't be surprised if their super glam, city slicker writers can walk better in heels than snowboard boots. And so when 'Factory Girl' aka Style Director Dani Stahl , a snowboard virgin, was sent to the Roxy factory to make her own board I was dubious.
But, when she gets taught how to ride the aforementioned stick by Torah Bright herself, the results are fricking hilarious - rather than horrific.
Watch the video after the jump...
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January 12, 2009 8:32 PM
After a few years under the radar, women's skating is getting the cinema attention it deserves. Firstly the ground breaking documentary The History Of Women's Skating is set to be released this year (pending permitting), and then Rogue Skateboards Mega Mission tour film was out in December 08. Now, the latest from ex-pro skater Alex White, Can You Kickflip? is the latest, made as part of her thesis while at Loyola Marymount University, but nothing short of professional.
Watch it in full - for free - after the jump...
"Can You Kickflip?" a documentary about female skateboarders. from alex white on Vimeo .
via SkaterGirl.co.uk
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January 10, 2009 8:50 PM
Roxy US team explore Montreal after snow pukes on the French-Canadian capital, and get some hassle-free rail and jib shots in this podcast installment.
Watch Amber Stackhouse , Erin Comstock and Alexis Waite session old favourites and new spots, under record, snowfall after the jump...
Roxy Podcast 1: Don't Pick a fight with Torah Bright
Roxy Podcast 2: No Snow in Turkey
Roxy Podcast 3: Powder kickers in Turkey
Two lifts and a mosque: The Roxy Girls in Turkey Part 3
Roxy Podcast 5: Andrea Binning survives an avalanche
Roxy Podcast 6: Meet the team part one
Roxy Podcast 7: Meet the team part two
Roxy Podcast 8: Lena Stoffel and Aline Bock in Russia part one
Roxy Podcast 9: Skier Mille Windfelt and Alyona Alyokhina in Russia part two
Roxy Podcast 10: Roxy ride Russia the finale - part 3
Roxy Podcast 11: Behind the scenes at a pro photoshoot
Roxy Podcast 12: Torah Bright & Kjersti Buass talk signature snowboard outerwear
Roxy Podcast 14: Lesley McKenna & Andrea Binning powder slash in Jackson Hole
Roxy Podcast 16: the US team jump, jib, huck and ride the Arlberg, Austria
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January 10, 2009 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Links , Pros , Snowboarding , Travel | Permalink
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January 7, 2009 5:46 PM
new US reality TV series ? Aged 16-25, 'work hard, play hard' and want to boost your public profile?Girl Powder read on for details on how to apply...
GIRL POWDER® and a Los Angeles Reality TV Producer are looking for
young women ages 16-25, who are snowboarders and/or skiers that play
hard and also work hard for a pilot. Do you want to be a pro
snowboarder or skier? Or are you already on your way to becoming top
of your sport - maybe you are competing in the 2010 Olympics? We want
to hear from you! Have you struggled to make it in the industry? Is
something holding you back from making it to the top? Or are you the
best at what you do? We are looking for all types of personalities who
would be willing to live in a house on a mountain, while training and
building a snowboarding brand for a possible show. Here is what we
want you to tell us:
Tell us all about yourself. Send us jpeg photos and a paragraph or two about you to info@girlpowder.com ! Put in the Subject line: GIRL POWDER CASTING CALL.
Tell us what makes you love what you do or hate everything else that
doesn’t have to do with boarding or skiing. Tell us why you think you
are the best at your craft and why you stand out from the rest. Please
include; name, contact info such as email and telephone, age, how long
you have snowboarded and/or skied etc etc.
If you would like to send us a short video and tell us all about yourself please mail all videos on CD only to:
GIRL POWDER
We cannot accept tapes (sorry!!).
If interested we will contact you for further information.
www.girlpowder.com www.myspace.com/girlpowder
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TTR champ Jamie Anderson may have gone (What?!?), but Salomon have injected some new blood into their snowboard team with super stylee Salt Lake City / Mammoth local rail slayer Desiree Melancon .
Talented, out spoken and anal about her tricks (pushing progression in women's snowboarding), Des impressed with her part in Runway's See What I See - and was quickly snapped up by the Salomon bosses. We're not sure if she's still riding for Holden outerwear too, but Miss Melancon also rocks Ashbury Eyewear also rides for the Flux bindings , skeleton crew and video grass .
Watch a super impressive video of her after the jump and get stoked to go snowboard...
Desiree Melancon 2008 footage from javier fernandez on Vimeo .
Here's what Salomon say:
Salomon Snowboards is proud to announce the addition of Salt Lake
City/Mammoth local Desiree Melancon to the 2009 Am Team. Finishing up
last season with two video parts and a grip of editorial coverage,
Melancon is pushing women’s snowboarding to the next level.
“Desiree has cool style, is funny as hell, and isn’t scared to get
gnarly. She’s part of a small handful of riders who are redefining
women’s snowboarding,” said Salomon Snowboards Team Manager Java
Fernandez.
Ashbury Eyewear co-founder Lance Hakker states, “I’ve known Desiree
for a few years and have always thought she had really good style. She
is picky about how she does her tricks, which is rare in snowboarding.
If she does a tail press, it’s gonna be straight and it’s not gonna
tap. And if she’s trying to do it in the city for her video part,
she’ll break her arm before she lets a tap count as a make.”
“Desiree rips. She demands more of herself and women’s
snowboarding. She is hell bent on setting a new standard—and she
will,” said Transworld Snowboarding Associate Editor Liam Gallagher.
Desiree joins team mate Jed Anderson as a new addition to Salomon’s
2009 Am Team. Be on the lookout for more news on Desiree Melancon at www.salomonsnowboards.com , www.ashburyeyewear.com, www.skeletoncrewforlife.blogspot.com , and www.videograss.com .
via: TWsnow.com
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January 5, 2009 2:28 PM
Before I'd even heard any of her tunes, I'd fallen for Little Boots : a kid of the 80s she's clearly a big fan of the never-ending story, is power pop - twee, without being sugary - and a bit barmy ala a younger Alison Goldfrapp or, dare I say, a sparklier Kate Bush.
She sounds like sophisticated house pop meets electro, and although she plays dance, is blatantly a big Klaxons , Hadouken and 80s synth fan. Not my usual cup of tea I'll admit, but I can imagine her saturating dance floors in 2009 (Annie Mac hearts her and she's already played Glastonbury and Creamfields in 2008) - as well as a few snowboard film soundtracks.
Check out her videos and download a free mix tape after the jump...
Little Boots 1st ever gig @ Pure Groove:
Little Boots - Time To Pretend - funtimes cover of MGMT
Little Boots - MEDDLE bedroom version (acoustic on piano, tenorion and stylophone)
Stuck On Repeat - acoustic in pyjamas version
Download the free remix by clicking here
Here more on: www.myspace.com/littlebootsmusic www.littlebootsmusic.com
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In this short and mellow podcast from Roxy , the North American team - Erin Comstock, Amber Stackhouse, Alexis Waite and Robin van Gyn - join Kjersti Buass and Tania De Tomas on a Europe shred trip. There they explore the massive mountains for a week of powder
jumps, roof drops, wall rides, ledges and much more. With music by Lucknow Pact .
Watch it after the jump...
Roxy Podcast 1: Don't Pick a fight with Torah Bright
Roxy Podcast 2: No Snow in Turkey
Roxy Podcast 3: Powder kickers in Turkey
Two lifts and a mosque: The Roxy Girls in Turkey Part 3
Roxy Podcast 5: Andrea Binning survives an avalanche
Roxy Podcast 6: Meet the team part one
Roxy Podcast 7: Meet the team part two
Roxy Podcast 8: Lena Stoffel and Aline Bock in Russia part one
Roxy Podcast 9: Skier Mille Windfelt and Alyona Alyokhina in Russia part two
Roxy Podcast 10: Roxy ride Russia the finale - part 3
Roxy Podcast 11: Behind the scenes at a pro photoshoot
Roxy Podcast 12: Torah Bright & Kjersti Buass talk signature snowboard outerwear
Roxy Podcast 14: Lesley McKenna & Andrea Binning powder slash in Jackson Hole
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January 5, 2009 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Snowboarding , Travel | Permalink
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December 30, 2008 9:21 AM
The latest in Roxy 's series of winter podcasts, see's Tania Detomas get a bit of an ego trip - with the rest of the team bigging up the Italian talent with her own dedicated episode.
Read on to watch it in full...
Roxy Podcast 1: Don't Pick a fight with Torah Bright
Roxy Podcast 2: No Snow in Turkey
Roxy Podcast 3: Powder kickers in Turkey
Two lifts and a mosque: The Roxy Girls in Turkey Part 3
Roxy Podcast 5: Andrea Binning survives an avalanche
Roxy Podcast 6: Meet the team part one
Roxy Podcast 7: Meet the team part two
Roxy Podcast 8: Lena Stoffel and Aline Bock in Russia part one
Roxy Podcast 9: Skier Mille Windfelt and Alyona Alyokhina in Russia part two
Roxy Podcast 10: Roxy ride Russia the finale - part 3
Roxy Podcast 11: Behind the scenes at a pro photoshoot
Roxy Podcast 12: Torah Bright & Kjersti Buass talk signature snowboard outerwear
Roxy Podcast 14: Lesley McKenna & Andrea Binning powder slash in Jackson Hole
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December 30, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Snowboarding , Travel | Permalink
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December 18, 2008 4:22 PM
Skint but desperate for a new tune to dance to at your next Christmas party? Then give thanks to generous midget MC Lady Sovereign ; she's feeling the festive spirit by giving away new song I Want You Dancing .
A weird, tongue-in-cheek mix of new rave, house, electro & grime (ala Hadouken or Mighty Boosh faves Robots In Disguise ) Miss Sov has taken a new direction sonically and stylistically - she's ditched the baggy tees for a fluoro, Shoreditch club-kid look. Currently creating the follow up to her 300 000 selling debut Public Warning , the freebie is a taster of her Ladyship's latest album - out in April 2009.
Watch the video and download the song FREE after the jump...
Download the song for free here!
www.LadySovereign.com | myspace.com/ladysovereign
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December 16, 2008 9:34 AM
Last weekend, December 12 to 14, I was in Kaprun for the Roxy Chicken Jam ; with a dusting of fresh snow on the ground it was set to be an awesome event. But, despite riders from across the globe - Torah Bright, Kjersti Buass, Leanne Pelosi, Kimmy Fasani, Liza Filzmoser, Cheryl Maas and loads more - all congregated to push themselves and progress women's snowboarding the weather had other ideas.
After a great qualifiers on Friday, gale force winds on top of the Kitzsteinhorn glacier, first led to the finals being postponed from Saturday to Sunday: then - with the winds still too strong, it was cancelled for the riders safety. Gutted.
Expect a full report from behind the scenes and pics later today, but here's the two official Roxy videos from Friday's qualifiers and Saturday's postponed finals, as an appetizer...
The Quarterfinals, Friday, December 12:
The Postponement of the Finals, December 13:
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December 16, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Pros , Snowboarding , TTR World Tour | Permalink
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In tune with nature and constantly pushing their bodies, it's not surprising that many pro surfers are also particularly keen on the yoga, especially apres a good session. There's been a few surf and fitness films already released on the market in the past (read our reviews of (Yoga For Surfers II Core Training with Serena BrookeSurf Into Yoga with Rochelle Ballard , promises to rise above, with stunning scenery courtesy of her Hawaiian home, incredible cinematography and epic surf footage - thanks to being filmed, edited and produced by John Roderick of Neu Productions , the man behind Uniquely by Oakley . Snowboarder Chanelle Sladics also stars and more.
Set for a January 2009 release date keep reading to watch the HD trailer after the jump...
"Surf Into Yoga" with Rochelle Ballard from John Roderick on Vimeo .
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December 15, 2008 7:58 AM
Rogue Skateboards was set up a few years back by photographer / skater / writer Jenna Selby not for profit, but to create an outlet for female skaters in the UK - and to get them noticed by the media, sponsors and more. As part of her plan to get her riders more exposure and to get more women skating, she also organises an annual national tour.
This year The Mega Mission tour blew up, with a grand total of 12 girl skaters - including Becky Wood, Charlotte Thomas, Emma Richardson, Fran Stroud, Georgie Winter, Helena Long and Kerri Dennis - joining the long weekend session at parks across the country. It looked like amazing fun, with some epic skating being thrown down, plus the jokes and japes that could only happen in a girls-only escapade.
A mini film of their tour is now online - keep reading to watch it...
www.rogueskateboards.co.uk
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December 15, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , News , Skateboarding , Travel | Permalink
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December 10, 2008 12:17 PM
Out now for free with Cooler magazine in Europe, and Foam in the states, Uniquely is the only all-women action film to include surfing, skating, snowboarding, skiing and wakeboarding. After singing it's praises for months we watched the film and it's incredible: John Roderick of Neu Productions and Oakley have set a new bench mark which is gonna be tough to beat. Inspiring and epic it's a must see for any one - male of female - with even a whiff of interest in action sports. Honestly.
So to give you a sneak peek of what to expect check out our gallery of screen shots after the jump...
Images: Oakley
Posted by: Gemma Freeman
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December 10, 2008 in Art , Audio and Videocasts , Links , Movies , Photography , Pros , Skateboarding , Skiing , Snowboarding | Permalink
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Jackson Hole , Wyoming, was blessed with a record breaking snow fall last season. But for Roxy riders Lesley McKenna and Andrea Binning , the snow may have been epic but made filming this week's latest podcast a challenge. Keep watching for some serious powder porn...
Roxy Podcast 1: Don't Pick a fight with Torah Bright
Roxy Podcast 2: No Snow in Turkey
Roxy Podcast 3: Powder kickers in Turkey
Two lifts and a mosque: The Roxy Girls in Turkey Part 3
Roxy Podcast 5: Andrea Binning survives an avalanche
Roxy Podcast 6: Meet the team part one
Roxy Podcast 7: Meet the team part two
Roxy Podcast 8: Lena Stoffel and Aline Bock in Russia part one
Roxy Podcast 9: Skier Mille Windfelt and Alyona Alyokhina in Russia part two
Roxy Podcast 10: Roxy ride Russia the finale - part 3
Roxy Podcast 11: Behind the scenes at a pro photoshoot
Roxy Podcast 12: Torah Bright & Kjersti Buass talk signature snowboard outerwear
Doh ! Roxy podcast we missed: a Ride in the Park
Posted by: Gemma Freeman
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December 10, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Skiing , Snowboarding , Travel | Permalink
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December 3, 2008 12:49 PM
Fresh from the ASP World tour archives, following the Day One highlights, here's the footage from Day Two and the finals of the Roxy Pro Hawaii at Sunset Beach. Sit back and watch world champion Stephanie Gilmore win her second ASP title , step-by-step, after the jump...
Final Heat action - Roxy Hawaii - Congrats Stephanie Gilmore
Quarter Final 1: Silvana Lima and Serena Brooke.
Quarter Final 2: Stephanie Gilmore and Megan Abubo advance to the Semi Finals
Quarter Final 3: Nicola Atherton and Jessi Miley-Dyer advance to the Semi Finals
Quarter Final 4 : Layne Beachly and Lee Ann Curren Advances to the Semis
Semi final 2: Nicola Atherton and Jessi Miley-Dyer advances to the FINAL.
Semi Final 1: Silvana Lima and Stephanie Gilmore advance to the FINAL
Final Heat at the Roxy Pro:
Stephanie Gilmore did it again - last minute she turned the heat - won the event and the ASP World Championship.
www.aspworldtour.com
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December 3, 2008 in ASP World Tour , Audio and Videocasts , Events , Links , Pros , Surfing , Travel | Permalink
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December 2, 2008 8:19 PM
www.negativegravity.co.uk .
Ok, so this is kinda late, but keep reading for the double-bill pilot of the 08/09 weekly podcast, straight from the 'the freesports mega-event that is Freestyle.ch' in Zurich Switzerland...
Part One:
Part Two:
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December 2, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Links , News , Pros , Skiing , Snowboarding | Permalink
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December 1, 2008 1:12 PM
For some reason, this early season Roxy Podcast - starring Erin Comstock , Kjersti Buass , Torah Bright and Alexis Waite - slipped by the Nollie radar. And so here it is, as the Roxy riders enjoy a freestyle session and 'charge through the park. Jumping rhythm lines, gapping over a mine-shaft, and getting tricky on unusual features.'
Watch it after the jump...
Roxy Podcast 1: Don't Pick a fight with Torah Bright
Roxy Podcast 2: No Snow in Turkey
Roxy Podcast 3: Powder kickers in Turkey
Two lifts and a mosque: The Roxy Girls in Turkey Part 3
Roxy Podcast 5: Andrea Binning survives an avalanche
Roxy Podcast 6: Meet the team part one
Roxy Podcast 7: Meet the team part two
Roxy Podcast 8: Lena Stoffel and Aline Bock in Russia part one
Roxy Podcast 9: Skier Mille Windfelt and Alyona Alyokhina in Russia part two
Roxy Podcast 10: Roxy ride Russia the finale - part 3
Roxy Podcast 11: Behind the scenes at a pro photoshoot
Roxy Podcast 12: Torah Bright & Kjersti Buass talk signature snowboard outerwear
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December 1, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Links , Pros , Snowboarding , Style | Permalink
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November 27, 2008 3:52 PM
In the latest of the Roxy podcasts, post their photoshoot in Kaprun, Austria , pro riders Torah Bright , Lesley McKenna , Kjersti Buass , Lisa Wiik , Alexis Waite , Margot Rozies and more talk through their Roxy outerwear for the 08 / 09 season - and how they worked with designers on improving performance and adding their personal stylistic touch. Oh, if only us mortals could get our own custom made snowboard clothes.
Watch it after the jump...
Roxy Podcast 1: Don't Pick a fight with Torah Bright
Roxy Podcast 2: No Snow in Turkey
Roxy Podcast 3: Powder kickers in Turkey
Two lifts and a mosque: The Roxy Girls in Turkey Part 3
Roxy Podcast 5: Andrea Binning survives an avalanche
Roxy Podcast 6: Meet the team part one
Roxy Podcast 7: Meet the team part two
Roxy Podcast 8: Lena Stoffel and Aline Bock in Russia part one
Roxy Podcast 9: Skier Mille Windfelt and Alyona Alyokhina in Russia part two
Roxy Podcast 10: Roxy ride Russia the finale - part 3
Roxy Podcast 11: Behind the scenes at a pro photoshoot
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November 27, 2008 in Accessories , Audio and Videocasts , Interviews , Links , Pros , Snowboarding , Style , Travel | Permalink
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So you'd think Carissa Moore would be hogging headlines as the youngest surfer to win at a Triple Crown competition , but, for the last week surf speak has been swamped by one thing: when the seemingly super-sweet and innocent Coco Ho turned calculating competitor against Layne Beachley at the Reef Hawaiian Pro. As the aussie veteran dropped into her last wave of the final set in Haleiwa last Thursday - threatening to beat Coco's bessie Carissa - the Hawaiian teen committed a big no-no, dropping in on the soon to retire 36 year old, pulling a huge aerial up the lip, interfering with Layne's final chance to score - and win her last Triple Crown event .
Rumour says she pulled the move was to keep Carissa in first, as a show of local loyalty, but the North Shore lass caused uproar - with the Association of Surfing Professionals called in, to judge the 17 year old on her cheeky trick. Their decision? Check out the full ASP report after the jump...
Read the full ASP report here:
ASP Athlete Rules and Discipline Committee Passes Coco Ho Decision
SUNSET BEACH, Hawaii (Monday, November 24, 2008) ' The
ASP Athlete Rules & Discipline Committee announced today that the
Coco Ho -in/interference incident, which occurred Thursday, November
20, 2008, at the Reef Hawaiian Pro in Haleiwa, Oahu, has been resolved.
www.aspworldtour.com
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Can wonder grom Carissa Moore do no wrong? For the ASP judges at last week's Reef Hawaiian Pro at Haleiwa, apparently not. Alongside friends Laura Enever and Coco Ho in the final, it was a ridiculously close two-horse race between the 16-year old and soon-to-be-retired Layne Beachley , 36. After some dubious tactics from bessie Coco (more on that soon!) the new Red Bull and Nike 6.0 signing took the first place - putting her in the lead of the Vans Triple Crown , making her hotly tipped to win - and shake up Current ASP World Tour Number 1 Steph Gilmore .
Check out the full report from the day and pics of the finals after the jump...
The official ASP report:
Carissa Moore Claims Reef Hawaiian Pro and Vans Triple Crown Ratings Lead
HALEIWA, Hawaii (Thursday, November 20, 2008) - The 2008 Reef Hawaiian Pro was always going to be about the new guard of women's surfing from the opening heat of competition.Vans Triple Crown of Surfing event champion in 16-year-old Carissa Moore (Honolulu). Moore won her way through every round of the competition from the preliminary trials heat that awarded one wildcard spot into the event. She now leads the 2008 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing series ratings.ASP Women's World Champion featured in the 30-minute final. Moore won, multiple world champ Layne BeachleyLaura Enever (Narrabeen, Australia) was third, and North Shore local Coco Ho , 17, was fourth.
Haleiwa's Ali'i Beach Park offered up clean and highly contestable 4-5 foot surf for the women's final day of action, with left-handers the order of the day.Stephanie Gilmore (Australia) in Quarterfinal 1.
While it will never be known if Layne would have earned the score she needed to win, it's disputable that Moore earned the victory on the merits of her surfing alone.
www.triplecrownofsurfing.com and www.aspworldtour.com
[Images: ASP Rowland (C) covered images]
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Snowbroader - much like the swish gadgets you'll find on our sister sites Shiny Shiny , Tech Digest and Idiot Toys .
If you're lucky enough to own an iPhone, and are itching for your first fix of this season's flakes make sure to download this latest application from On The Snow .
Summed up as 'Personalized Snow Reports for your iPhone' Snow Reports lets you create bespoke pages comprising results for up to 16 of your fave ski resorts - choose from more than 2000 worldwide.
Keep reading for more details and a video on exactly how works....
No details are spared either as you'll get info on the lifts open
status, surface condition, base and past 48 hour depth, with links to
weather, the latest deals, resort cameras and more all included. Kinda
'like the existing Weather application for snow reports' apparently,
courtesy of the experts at OnTheSnow.com and is available in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Norwegian and Swedish.
For more details and screen grabs check out eddit.com/snow_reports , or head to the iTunes store where you can buy the app for just $1.99 - that is if you're rich enough to have an iPhone in the first place. Unlike moi: us plebs can just check out the tutorial and salivate instead:
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November 21, 2008 5:04 PM
This is kind of old news, but Dear & Yonder is a new surf film set to destroy cliches and explode the boundaries of women in film. From acclaimed filmmakers Tiffany Campbell and Andria Lessler (the sisters behind pioneer female skate production crew Villa Villa Cola ) began the project in the summer of 2006 and aim to release the finished film for Summer 2009.
Roxy are now helping to fund the art influenced flick which aims 'to promote women's surfing in its purest form and natural light'....
This is no cliche sunset soaked, hippy surf flick. Dear and Yonder
will feature progressive riding from Roxy team riders Sally
Fitzgibbons , Sofia Mulanovich and Kassia Meador Linda Benson, Rell Sun and Lisa Anderson
The cinematography is also incredible, as shot by Thomas Campbell,
Scott Soens and Dave Homcy , who capture 'the authenticity of each
surfer's experience through imagery, music and art.' The outcome: 'a
story that defies boundaries and demonstrates the inner spirit of the
female surfer of both today and yesterday'.
A trailer is in the works as I type and as soon as it's online
expect to see it here, but for now enjoy these shots from the film,
courtesy of DearandYonder.com
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November 21, 2008 in Art , Audio and Videocasts , Links , Movies , Pros , Style , Surfing , Travel | Permalink
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Hipster fashion bible Nylon threw a pre-season bash with Burton
at their New York flagship store last week. Free drinks, DJs, live art, customised snowboards
and an inspection of this winter's collection - outerwear,
hardware, soft goods and accessories - all took place. And, looking at
their party snaps by Hobo it looks like fun times were had.
Keep reading to watch the video of the occasion...
Nylon & Burton party in New York:
Images: Nylon
November 21, 2008 in Art , Audio and Videocasts , Events , Photography , Snowboarding , Style | Permalink
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The latest podcast from Roxy goes behind the scenes as the snow team - Torah Bright, Erin Comstock, Alexis Waite, Amber Stackhouse, Kjersti Buass, Lesley McKenna, Silje Noorendal, Aline Block, Mille Windfelt and more get dolled up and strike a pose, during the photo shoot for this season's collection catalogue.
Keep reading to watch...
Roxy Podcast 1: Don't Pick a fight with Torah Bright
Roxy Podcast 2: No Snow in Turkey
Roxy Podcast 3: Powder kickers in Turkey
Two lifts and a mosque: The Roxy Girls in Turkey Part 3
Roxy Podcast 5: Andrea Binning survives an avalanche
Roxy Podcast 6: Meet the team part one
Roxy Podcast 7: Meet the team part two
Roxy Podcast 8: Lena Stoffel and Aline Bock in Russia part one
Roxy Podcast 9: Skier Mille Windfelt and Alyona Alyokhina in Russia part two
Roxy Podcast 10: Roxy ride Russia the finale - part 3
Miss the mountains? Read more snow on Nollie :
Burton snowboards release Green Mountain Project outerwear for women | Huck talk exclusively to Leanne Pelosi | Oakley premiere for Uniquely in the OC | Electric release limited edition B4BC goggle | Anne-Flore Marxer signs up for Billabong outerwear
November 21, 2008 in Accessories , Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Skiing , Snowboarding , Style , Travel | Permalink
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An episode of LA Ink aired on the TLC channel in the US last night which featured tattoo artist Kim Saigh heading to Vans HQ to meet the design and marketing teams. The Chicago tattooist was there to discuss a new range she's collaborating on with the skate clothing company for next summer.
Details are hush-hush right now, but spies in the states say that they feature 'candy, a dragon and a tree with butterflies,' with not a rose, koi carp, fairy or portrait of Kat Von D anywhere. Interested?
Keep reading to check out a teaser from the episode...
LA Ink - Kim Visits Vans Headquarters
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Eka at home and new season collection | Rip Curl and artist Ea Hertz collaborate | Hurley launch 2nd Art Chest for Breast Cancer Month | Volcom artist Daschenka Prochazka show in London | Hurley artist of the month - Brandi Milne
November 21, 2008 in Art , Audio and Videocasts , News , Skateboarding , Style | Permalink
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November 18, 2008 11:12 AM
In the final part of the Russian trilogy, Roxy's team of girl skiiers and snowboarders - Mille Windfelt , Aline Bock, Lena Stoffel and Alyona Alyokhina - continue their freestyle mission around Mount Elbrus , by flying off trees, rocks, huts and more. The girls then head back to the city for some cheesy tourism before they say cheerio. Keep reading to watch...
Roxy Podcast: Roxy Snow Girls Ride Russia Part 3
Watch all the other podcasts here:
Roxy Podcast 1: Don't Pick a fight with Torah Bright
Roxy Podcast 2: No Snow in Turkey
Roxy Podcast 3: Powder kickers in Turkey
Two lifts and a mosque: The Roxy Girls in Turkey Part 3
Roxy Podcast 5: Andrea Binning survives an avalanche
Roxy Podcast 6: Meet the team part one
Roxy Podcast 7: Meet the team part two
Roxy Podcast 8: Lena Stoffel and Aline Bock in Russia part one
Roxy Podcast 9: Skier Mille Windfelt and Alyona Alyokhina in Russia part two
Miss the mountains? Read more snow on Nollie :
Huck talk exclusively to Leanne Pelosi | Oakley premiere for Uniquely in the OC | Electric release limited edition B4BC goggle | Anne-Flore Marxer signs up for Billabong outerwear | Latest Roxy Podcast - meet the team | Nikita Chickita US and Euro 2009 dates
November 18, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Skiing , Snowboarding , Travel | Permalink
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November 9, 2008 8:37 PM
Shotgun! is the first finnish all-female snowboard film to be made ever - starring the native Hot Girls crew. No mega budget, energy drink sponsored project, but instead is pure fun filming to get you stoked for the snow.
Produced by Ruka marketing manager Noora Vihervaara, Filmer Olli Koivula and Filmer / Editor by Osku Petteri , the trailer is online at vimeo, and although features pure stack sections, sees the girls rip it up across Europe.
Keep reading to watch the teaser...
Trailer for the film SHOTGUN! from Osku Petteri on Vimeo .
Look out for the full film online in late December / early January this season, and join their facebook group for updates.
by Gemma Freeman
Heart snow? Read more snowboarding and skiing on Nollie :
Karie Opsal Maeland joins the Volcom team | Roxy Podcast 9: Russia part 2 | Huck talk exclusively to Leanne Pelosi | Oakley premiere for Uniquely in the OC | Electric release limited edition B4BC goggle | Anne-Flore Marxer signs up for Billabong outerwear
November 9, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Movies , Pros , Snowboarding , Travel | Permalink
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ASP Women's World Champion title wrapped up - much to the disappointment of Sofia Mulanovich and Layne Beachley - so it's not surprising that Stephanie Gilmore was beaming ear-to-ear when she won her second back-to-back Mancora Classic crown last week.
But how did she do it? And what's up for the remainder of the tour? The chaps at ASP filmed her finals and interrogated her on the beach then placed their efforts on YouTube for the world to enjoy.
Keep reading to see that and an interview with runner up Rebecca Woods....
Interview Rebecca Woods:
Final day action from Stephanie Gilmore, Event Champion:
Interview with Stephanie Gilmore Champion:
www.ripcurl.com
www.aspworldtour.com
by Gemma Freeman
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Layne Beachley interview and semi finals at the Rip Curl Mancora Classic | Steph Gilmore wins Rip Curl Mancora Classic in Peru | Quarterfinals of the Movistar Classic in Moncura are on | Catch up with Tyler Wright and the Layne Beachley Classic | Jessi Miley-Dyer speaks out on sexism and surfing
November 9, 2008 in ASP World Tour , Audio and Videocasts , Interviews , News , Pros , Surfing | Permalink
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World Champion surfer Stephanie Gilmore and recent Mancora Classic back-to-back top scorer ? Pretty frustrating, according to soon-to-be-retired Layne Beachley . The behind the scenes people at ASP asked the fellow Aussie legend exactly that, as well as chatting to runner up Silvana Lima on the beach at the Rip Curl sponsored Peruvian event - then posted it online at their YouTube channel.
Keep reading to watch the back stage banter part one, and quarter finals footage...
Semi Finals footage:
Interview with Runner Up Silvana Lima:
Interview Layne Beachley:
www.ripcurl.com www.aspworldtour.com
by Gemma Freeman
Love this? Then read more surfing on Nollie:
Steph Gilmore wins Rip Curl Mancora Classic in Peru | Quarterfinals of the Movistar Classic in Moncura are on | Catch up with Tyler Wright and the Layne Beachley Classic | Jessi Miley-Dyer speaks out on sexism and surfing | 7 x World Champ Layne Beachley quits surfing
November 9, 2008 in ASP World Tour , Audio and Videocasts , Interviews , News , Pros , Surfing | Permalink
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November 4, 2008 1:54 PM
In the second of the latest pair of Roxy podcasts , young norwegian skier Mille Windfelt joins Aline Bock, and Lena Stoffel , along
with Russia Roxy girl Alyona Alyokhina in Mt Elbrus, Russia. The powder's melted, so the ladies get creative jibbing and jumping around the resort...
Watch all the other podcasts here:
Roxy Podcast 1: Don't Pick a fight with Torah Bright
Roxy Podcast 2: No Snow in Turkey
Roxy Podcast 3: Powder kickers in Turkey
Two lifts and a mosque: The Roxy Girls in Turkey Part 3
Roxy Podcast 5: Andrea Binning survives an avalanche
Roxy Podcast 6: Meet the team part one
Roxy Podcast 7: Meet the team part two
Roxy Podcast 8: Lena Stoffel and Aline Bock in Russia part one
Miss the mountains? Read more snow on Nollie :
Huck talk exclusively to Leanne Pelosi | Oakley premiere for Uniquely in the OC | Electric release limited edition B4BC goggle | Anne-Flore Marxer signs up for Billabong outerwear | Latest Roxy Podcast - meet the team | Nikita Chickita US and Euro 2009 dates
November 4, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Skiing , Snowboarding , Travel | Permalink
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In the first of a pair of podcasts, after a super sketchy journey, Roxy rider's Lena Stoffel and Aline Bock head to Mt Elbrus
Watch all the other podcasts here:
Roxy Podcast 1: Don't Pick a fight with Torah Bright
Roxy Podcast 2: No Snow in Turkey
Roxy Podcast 3: Powder kickers in Turkey
Two lifts and a mosque: The Roxy Girls in Turkey Part 3
Roxy Podcast 5: Andrea Binning survives an avalanche
Roxy Podcast 6: Meet the team part one
Roxy Podcast 7: Meet the team part two
Miss the mountains? Read more snow on Nollie :
Huck talk exclusively to Leanne Pelosi | Oakley premiere for Uniquely in the OC | Electric release limited edition B4BC goggle | Anne-Flore Marxer signs up for Billabong outerwear | Latest Roxy Podcast - meet the team | Nikita Chickita US and Euro 2009 dates
November 4, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , News , Pros , Skiing , Snowboarding , Travel | Permalink
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November 3, 2008 12:31 PM
Back in September I headed across the pond to ASR in San Diego to check out new product and meet up with Bonfire , K2 , Monster Energy and 32 snowboarder Leanne Pelosi for a feature on the new Runway Film's release See What I See for Huck magazine . The feature on the movie is in the new issue - but I also filmed and edited a series of short videos from the interview, one of which is online on Vimeo
Keep reading to watch it...
Huck talks to Leanne Pelosi at the W Hotel, San Diego, Sept 4 2008 (during ASR) from Gemma Freeman on Vimeo .
For more on Leanne and other skate, surf, snow or style videos check out Huck tv .
Miss the mountains? Read more snow on Nollie :
Oakley premiere for Uniquely in the OC | Electric release limited edition B4BC goggle | Anne-Flore Marxer signs up for Billabong outerwear | Latest Roxy Podcast - meet the team | Nikita Chickita US and Euro 2009 dates | See What I See premiere in Portland
November 3, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Interviews , Movies , News , Pros | Permalink
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The US presidential election is tomorrow and whatever the outcome the results will change the world - I've got my fingers crossed for Obama. But what would you do if you were president? Sky News posed that question to action sports' biggest success story - Tony Hawk - who presented his insightful plans for the future. Keep reading to find out exactly what these were...
via Huck magazine's blog
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The History of Women's Skateboarding | All Girl Skate Camps in Malmo, Sweden | X Games winner Marisa Del Santo killing it | When Heroes shred part 2 | Sam Bruce exclusive on Cooler | Wonder Woman saves the day old school style | Helena Long on Coolermag
November 3, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Links , News , Pros , Skateboarding | Permalink
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Oakley threw a glitzy bash to premiere their epic all-girl surf, skate, ski, wake and snowboard film Uniquely in Carlsbad, California last week. All the riders were there - Gretchen Bleiler , Silvia Mittermueller , Marie France Roy , Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins , Anne-Flore Marxer , Amber Wing, Karina Petroni and more - plus filmer / Editor / Producer John Roderick of Neu Productions . Ming & Ping also played liv Widow Twanky's laundry on the set of a Kung Fu film.
Go211.com were there producing a live webcast behind the scenes - keep reading to see the first installment...
Uniquely will be distributed by Foam magazine in the United
States, Cooler magazine in Europe, Yen magazine in Australia and
Transworld Snowboarding magazine in Japan.
The film will be available soon for a free download at oakleywomen.com and at participating Oakley retailers.
Heart the mountains? Read more snow on Nollie :
Electric release limited edition B4BC goggle | Anne-Flore Marxer signs up for Billabong outerwear | Latest Roxy Podcast - meet the team | Nikita Chickita US and Euro 2009 dates | See What I See premiere in Portland | Winter issue of Cooler with Anne-Flore Marxer
November 3, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Interviews , Links , Movies , Pros | Permalink
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October 31, 2008 5:02 PM
It's been a quiet on the Women's ASP World Tour recently - with the next event next week at the Movistar Classic in Sofia Mulanovich's home break of Mancora, Peru. So, if you're needing a pro-surf fix here are some videos (courtesy of the official ASP YouTube channel ) from the previous contest: the Beachley Classic in Coolangatta, Australia, including interiews with record breaking champion Tyler Wright , 14, and runner up Silvana Lima , plus highlights.
Event Highlights:
Grand Champion of the Layne Beachley Classic - Tyler Wright:
Catch up with runner up Silvana Lima:
Images: ASP Robertson © covered Images
www.aspworldtour.com
Love this? Then read more surfing on Nollie:
Jessi Miley-Dyer speaks out on sexism and surfing | 7 x World Champ Layne Beachley quits surfing | Tyler Wright makes ASP history at the Beachley Classic | Karina Petroni opens up on Surfline | Surf and Pilates girls weeks from Errant | Four surfers explore war torn Africa in Sliding Liberia
October 31, 2008 in ASP WQS Tour , ASP World Tour , Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Surfing | Permalink
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October 27, 2008 1:14 PM
Here's the second part of two Roxy podcasts dubbed 'Meet The Team' - with Tania Detomas , Silje Norendal , Erin Comstock , Sarah Burke, Alexis Waite , Amber Stackhouse and Lisa Wiik .
Watch all the other podcasts here:
Roxy Podcast 1: Don't Pick a fight with Torah Bright | Roxy Podcast 2: No Snow in Turkey | Roxy Podcast 3: Powder kickers in Turkey | Two lifts and a mosque: The Roxy Girls in Turkey Part 3 | Roxy Podcast 5: Andrea Binning survives an avalanche | Meet the team part one
October 27, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Skiing , Snowboarding , Style | Permalink
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Roxy have the largest female teams in snowsports. Meet them in the first of a pair of podcasts (the sixth and seventh this season), where riders Torah Bright , Kjersti Buass , Margot Rozes and Lesley McKenna say hello.
Keep reading to watch...
Watch all the other podcasts here:
Roxy Podcast 1: Don't Pick a fight with Torah Bright | Roxy Podcast 2: No Snow in Turkey | Roxy Podcast 3: Powder kickers in Turkey | Two lifts and a mosque: The Roxy Girls in Turkey Part 3
Heart the mountains? Read more snow on Nollie :
Nikita Chickita US and Euro 2009 dates | See What I See premiere in Portland | Winter issue of Cooler with Anne-Flore Marxer | Nike snowboarding launches online
October 27, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Links , Pros , Skiing , Snowboarding , Style | Permalink
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Backspinning Quarters in the Candy Machine .'
Ok, so I have no clue what the title means, but the trailer for this
unfinished 90 minute documentary on the evolution of skating - through
women's eyes - is truly special, with footage and pics from the entire
archives of skate history - from the 60s up to 2004.
Filmed and Edited by Pam Rittelmeyer the film threatens to be one of the most important pieces of women's skating cinema eer made. Keep reading to watch the trailer...
Love this? Then check out more skating on Nollie:
All Girl Skate Camps in Malmo, Sweden | X Games winner Marisa Del Santo killing it | When Heroes shred part 2 | Sam Bruce exclusive on Cooler | Wonder Woman saves the day old school style | Helena Long on Coolermag | Female skaters featured in US mags
October 27, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Interviews , Movies , News , Pros , Skateboarding | Permalink
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October 22, 2008 10:55 AM
This ain't your usual cute and cheery Roxy Podcast : ski team member Annie Binning brings the rawness on this season's fifth snippet of lady snow, as she tells all about a near death avalanche experience - and how she came back from massive injuries.
With some incredible scenery of immaculate powder from Canada and Alaska , the backdrop to this Aussie ripper's life is beautiful - but this podcast reminds us there's always an element of danger lurking below.
Keep reading to watch...
More Snowboarding Videos >>
www.roxy.com/snow
Watch all the other podcasts here:
Roxy Podcast 1: Don't Pick a fight with Torah Bright | Roxy Podcast 2: No Snow in Turkey | Roxy Podcast 3: Powder kickers in Turkey | Nollie: Two lifts and a mosque: The Roxy Girls in Turkey Part 3
Heart the mountains? Read more snow on Nollie :
Nikita Chickita US and Euro 2009 dates | See What I See premiere in Portland | Winter issue of Cooler with Anne-Flore Marxer | Nike snowboarding launches online
October 22, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Skiing , Travel | Permalink
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October 15, 2008 1:16 PM
Breast Cancer Awareness month?
Ok, so we're half way through the month already, but it's never too late to show some love to your jugs. And so, for the rest of the month, Nollie will be posting daily info, products, and other randomness on how to celebrate your boobs and protect your puppies.
First up - How to do a monthly Breast Examination , with some help from Boarding For Breast Cancer .
How to do a Breast Self-Exam:
Why do it?
Get to know yourself. Nobody knows your body better than you. A routine breast self-exam could help save your life one day!
What to look for?
First, check yourself out in the mirror and ask yourself these questions:
Do my breasts look the same?
Is one larger or smaller than the other?
Are my nipples the same shape?
Are the veins more noticeable on one breast than the other?
Is there any dimpling or puckering of the skin, bruises or bulges?
Is there a lump, hard knot or thickening of the skin?
Other changes that you should watch for include:
* Swelling, warmth, redness or darkening
* Itchy, scaly sore or rash on the nipple
* Pulling in of your nipple or other parts
* Nipple discharge that starts suddenly
* New pain in one spot that does not go away
How to Check Yourself:
www.b4bc.org .
For information about Breast Cancer Awareness month log on to www.breastcancercampaign.org , www.cancerresearchuk.org/breastcancer , www.nbcam.org and www.breastcancercare.org.uk
Images: Boarding For Breast Cancer and Roxy
October 15, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Health and Beauty , Snowboarding | Permalink
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The most exciting snow and winter sports festival to come to the capital, the Freesports On 4 London Freeze , sponsored by LG, will be taking over Battersea Park, London , in just a week! From Thursday October 23 to Sunday October 26, some of the finest freestyle athletes on the globe will be gathering in our snow less city to show off their skills by flying off an immense, especially constructed kicker - in addition music from Cypress Hill, The Enemy, Annie Mac, Sway, Trouble Andrew, The Cuban Brothers, The Holloways and loads more.
Things kick off with a FIS British Champs on Thursday, and International Ski Big Air comp on Friday with $25,000 cash prize, then the LG London Big Air and FIS World Cup Snowboard Big Air on Saturday, closing with the Battle Of Battersea - a best of British snowboard & free ski comp.
It's all a bit macho soaked with stars like Danny Kass, Antti Autti, Hampus Mossesson, Scotty Lago for snowboard, Tanner Hall, Sammy Carlson, Jon Olson and Jacob Wester for ski (Jenny Jones is apparently the only female in the entire weekend, riding at Sunday's Battle) but this should still be an epic weekend.
Plus, there's a ton of live music acts at the huge Kayam tent, the Relentless Blizzard Bar and a Resort style 'High Street' where you can pick up new season kit.
The teaser:
3D Cad images of the kicker:
www.londonfreeze.com
Image: Dan Medhurst Photography
Want more snowboarding ? Read these on Nollie :
The Rome Lo-Fi - the best board ever? | Nikita Chickita US and Euro 2009 dates | See What I See premiere in Portland | Winter issue of Cooler with Anne-Flore Marxer out now | Nike snowboarding launches online | Roxy Podcast 2: No Snow | Roxy Podcast 3: Powder kickers in Turkey
October 15, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Pros , Skiing , Snowboarding | Permalink
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October 14, 2008 10:12 AM
High fashion and surfing aren't the most obvious soulmates, but for supermodel turned designer Erin Wasson and So Cal lifestyle brand RVCA the two opposing spectrums have merged in a new capsule collection, for spring 2009. Both influenced by Erin's travels, time in LA and the grunge of her Greenwich Village home it's an easy to wear selection of soft t dresses, tomboy tailoring and comfy denim which all looks uber covetable - especially in Terry Richardson's playful portraits for the line.
Keep reading to see her chat about the collection with E!, New York Magazine and Nylon - although listen out for Erin's controversial comment about how "the people with the best style are the people who are the poorest people" - i.e. the homeless in Venice Beach. Ironic or ignorant? Who knows, but we still heart her style.
ERIN WASSON X RVCA ON E! NEWS DAILY 10
FASHION WEEK SS'09+ERIN WASSON
The Fab Life: Erin Wasson - by New York Magazine
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Roxy launch eco line | I heart Holden: Style superpost | Volcom Holiday 2008 online now | Vans Dave the Chimp launch | Blue Tomato new season hoodies
October 14, 2008 in Accessories , Audio and Videocasts , Links , News , Skateboarding , Style , Surfing | Permalink
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October 13, 2008 11:49 AM
Nikita Chickita is one of the most fun, chilled and friendly slopestyle comps in snowboarding, and is back for the new season with dates confirmed for the USA on February 21 at Mammoth Mountain , California, and then in Europe on April 18 at Serfaus Austria.
An open-invite contest, top prize is a
Nikita handmade sil ver ring, one year sponsorship contract with Nikita
plus cash prizes for the winners. Lomography is also on board as a new
sponsor to hand out cameras to winners and document both events.
To whet your appetite here's the videos from the 2008 European and US stops to tempt you along:
Nikita Chickita Europe 2008 from Nikita Clothing on Vimeo .
Want more snowboarding ? Read these on Nollie :
See What I See premiere in Portland | Winter issue of Cooler with Anne-Flore Marxer out now | Nike snowboarding launches online | Nikita launch Battle of the Babes | Roxy Podcast 2: No Snow | Roxy Podcast 3: Powder kickers in Turkey
October 13, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , News , Snowboarding | Permalink
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October 11, 2008 11:13 AM
A whirlwind of phenomenal talent, Marisa Del Santo blasted into the US skate scene with an insane level of street riding talent, epic amounts of energy and generous helpings of guts. She won gold at the Women's Street Finals at X Games 13, taking home $20 000 on her 20th birthday, and has landed some of the finest female skateboard parts ev er committed to film. This is why EXPN pinned her down for a pretty frank, and funny interview online with Mike Sinclair .
Her sick part in Destruction Squirrel 4: Good Clean Fun:
Marissa at the X Games:
Image: Joey Shigeo @ EXPN.com
Love this? Then check out more skating on Nollie:
When Heroes shred part 2 | Sam Bruce exclusive on Cooler | Wonder Woman saves the day old school style | Helena Long on Coolermag | Female skaters featured in US mags
October 11, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Interviews , Links , Skateboarding | Permalink
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October 8, 2008 11:53 AM
It's easy to forget that behind the corporate marketing that saturates today's actions sports industry, those sized athletes we see as superhuman sized endorsment tools are actually human - with their own tragedies, dramas and dreams. Pro surfer, freediver and explorer Karina Petroni aims to change that with her inspiring online series of autobiographical films - Escape The World - on surfline.com , created with Blue Rigel creations.
Although often cheesy, and a tad self-indulgent, the series is moving and Karina comes across as super passionate - about surfing, the ocean and the natural world she grew up in. The first episode Never Quit is more a slide show, and completely personal account of how she spent her childhood on the Panama Canal, then moved to Florida, after the US returned the area to the control of Panama, had a happy family upbringing and then became even closer when her father after a massive near fatal brain hemorrhage.
Episode 2, The Fear , sees her free dive with sharks - overcoming a life long fear. Episode 3, Revelation , sees Karina reflect on her experience with the sharp toothed sea dwellers. The most current episode Run River sees her exploring tropical reef breaks in stunning surroundings - all deliberately displayed to entice you to start planning a trip of your own. Jealous I maybe but inspired? For sure.
Click the links to watch:
Part 1: NEVER QUIT
THE FEAR(PART 1 of 2)
REVELATION (PART 2 of 2)
RUN RIVER
Love this? Then read more surfing on Nollie:
Surf and Pilates girls weeks from Errant | Four surfers explore war torn Africa in Sliding Liberia | Cori Schumacher wins Roxy Cardiff Jam | Roxy Jam Cardiff & Linda Benson Pro | California Dreaming with Megan Abubo | Slater, Sofia and Stephanie win Surfer Poll Awards | Steph Gilmore wins Rip Curl Mademoiselle
October 8, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Surfing | Permalink
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October 6, 2008 1:43 PM
The biggest public wintersports show on the globe, the Metro Snow Show (formerly Daily Mail) will be back to fill the rafters of London's Olympia on October 22 to 24. Not just for seasoned snow lovers, the show is aimed at all - with demos from world class pro athletes, choreographed fashion shows, travel and holiday ideas, ski and snowboard lessons for beginners, early season shopping plus apres bars and more.
In addition to picking up an early season bargain, and checking out this season's equipment, the British Snow Tour and the London Ride will
roll into the show, with demos taking place on a 40 ft kicker. The
Trespass Ice Kingdom has also been added this year where you can try
out the leisurely Olympic sport of Curling, hit the ice rink, or soak
up some apres spirit with the Ice bar and DJs.
For a fashion fix go to the Brand Area where new season winter
apparel from Bonfire, Rossignol, Degree7, Westbeach, Columbia and
Salomon will be launched. Then head to the World Resort village for some
inspiration travel ideas - with resorts in France, Austria, Italy, Japan
and the USA all there to tempt you. www.MetroSnow.co.uk - and check out this video for a taster of what to expect.
Want more snowboarding ? Read these on Nollie :
Nike snowboarding launches online | Nikita launch Battle of the Babes | Roxy Po New Post | Post | Nollie | Your Weblogs | TypePad dcast 3: Powder kickers in Turkey | Roxy Podcast 2: The girls explore Turkey | Torah Bright fights in the first Roxy podcast
October 6, 2008 in Accessories , Audio and Videocasts , Equipment , Events , Skiing , Snowboarding , Style , Travel | Permalink
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October 1, 2008 12:00 AM
If you've dreamed of going to Iceland then pay attention: the Nikita Clip contest 2008 launches today - with a visit to the frozen isle up for grabs as first prize. If you're passionate about snowboarding this comp is for you as to enter just go out, ride hard, film, then compile the best bits into a short clip.
Last year's winner Kasia had the time of her life, as we reported in a previous post (Nikita Clip and Zumiez winners explore Iceland ) on her first prize spring-time adventure. Keep reading to see her winning video and for details on how to enter...
Last year's winner Kasia's video - filmed at home in Poland:
To enter all you have
to do is:
Be a chick! Be 18 years of age or over Enter snowboard clips ONLY please – as long as there is some sort of snowboard action, the Nikita panel of judges will accept it Maximum of 3 clips per person Clips can be as long or short as you want as long as they don’t exceed the size limit Maximum size of clips is 5 MB Accept that all entries sent in will be put on Nikita’s YouTube contest site, Nikita’s Mpora and Vimeo channels Send in your entries to internis@nikitaclothing.com before 30th March 2009
* * * Make sure you also
include your full name, date of birth, postal address, e-mail and contact
telephone number along with any other info you feel is relevant.
* * Check out last season’s
entries along with the winning clips and Kasia’s trip to Iceland here
– www.youtube.com/nikitacontest
www.nikitaclothing.com
Good luck!
Want more snowboarding ? Read these on Nollie :
Nike snowboarding launches online | Nikita launch Battle of the Babes | Roxy Po New Post | Post | Nollie | Your Weblogs | TypePad dcast 3: Powder kickers in Turkey | Roxy Podcast 2: The girls explore Turkey | Torah Bright fights in the first Roxy podcast
October 1, 2008 in Accessories , Audio and Videocasts , Competitions & Promotions , News , Snowboarding , Style , Travel | Permalink
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September 30, 2008 9:13 PM
A few weeks back I shared a clip of Wonder Woman ripping on an old school skateboard, despite her restrictive, and rather high waisted, granny knickers.
Now's the turn for the most iconic 'tv totty on a deck' clip ever broadcast from the original Charlie's Angels ; escaping a diamond thief on an old school set-up Farah Fawcett manages to keep her big flicks intact while dodging ice cream vans, kids and traffic - with the help of stunt double and skate legend Stacey Peralta .
Silly, ridiculous, but brilliant in it's retro cheesiness, keep reading to see it .....
Love this? Then check out more skating on Nollie:
Sam Bruce exclusive on Cooler | Wonder Woman saves the day old school style | Helena Long on Coolermag | Female skaters featured in US mags | Rogue Skateboard Mega Mission tour wraps up | Skirtboarders interview on SkaterGirl
September 30, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Skateboarding , Weird Stuff | Permalink
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The women's ASP World Tour is taking a breather at the moment, with the next stop being the Layne Beachley classic on Manly Beach, Sydney on October 9. But to keep those surfing juices flowing, the brand new official ASP YouTube channel has posted some tasty highlights from the Billabong Pro in Rio de Janiero to satisfy your comp cravings.
Keep reading to see the intro film, final day highlights - with Steph Gilmore and Sofia Mulanovich , plus see Melanie Bartels in action winning the event...
ASP Women's World Tour in Rio de Janeiro intro:
Final Day Highlights - with Stephanie Gilmore and Sofia Mulanov ich
Melanie Bartels wins the Billabong Girls Pro in Rio:
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Nike Snowboarding website , complete with a limited range of boots (The Zoom Force One ) and outerwear (Ornate Pant and Breakfast Jacket) . With the likes of Danny Kass lured from Vans, Louie Vito, Justine Bennee, Austin Smith, plus Annie Boulanger and Laura Hadar on their team they've got a pretty impressive line up of shred celebs.
But do the boots match Nike's big money muscle? Watch the following video to see how they were made and decide for yourself...
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Here in London it feels like we only just got out weekend of summer (yes - as expected the weather has been sh*te). And so, I'm still not quite ready to see Christmas cards in the shops already. But new season Volcom clothes? I can't get enough: especially when it's the grunged up, tomboy, surfer style I heart bad...
They say that: "This Holiday Volcom collection focuses on a
combination of girlie silhouettes mixed with menswear fabrications.
Masculine tailoring combined with luxe lady-like fabrics and sweetness
juxtaposed with androgyny gives each piece a Volcom edge."
From jackets, jumpers, jeans to Tees, plus their own branded jeans, the line features shine, rich colour and animal patterns throughout. There is also the 'Jezabel' collection on the way plus the latest eco-aware V.Co-Logical series.
The black, polka-dot Jezabel party dress, Love Story long sleeve T in Egg plant and purple, the Clockwork Fedora hat, Is Art baby tee and their toasty gloves are all going on my Santa list.
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From Wellington, New Zealand to Sydney, Australia, and now London, England, Ladyhawke (named after a She Ra referencing arcade game) is a globe trotting music obsessed woman on a mission; to charm and conquer with her 80s classic rock soaked electro-pop. Both quirky but credible, in an ironic and nostalgic way, the 26 year old is all over the web and 'waves with her latest single Paris Is Burning . A whizz on guitar, keys and as a DJ , expect to see loads more of the cute Kiwi this year and next.
Keep watching to watch ideos and hear more...
Dusk Till Dawn: Directed by Keith Schofield
Paris Is Burning: Directed by Casper Balslev.
Back Of The Van: Directed by Kinga Burza
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September 24, 2008 12:22 PM
The third and final part in the Roxy rider's trio of podcasts from their trip to Turkey, sees Kjersti Buass, Margot Rozies , Tania Detomas and Lisa Wiik head to a resort with just two lifts, which, although sounds disappointing, ends up being the grand finale for their trip. You can catch up with Turkey podcast one and podcast two on Nollie too.
Keep reading to watch the final episode...
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September 23, 2008 12:59 PM
Kjersti, Lisa, Margot and more make their way to the mountains of Turkey for the second in this trio of podcasts . With too much snow they get creative for their photoshoot, jumping, jibbing and dropping off features. Keep reading to watch...
More Snowboarding Videos >>
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September 17, 2008 1:35 PM
In the final episode from the trip to Chile, Burton 's three female snowboarders - Natasza Zurek, Anne Flore Marxer and Victoria Jealouse hold out for light to finish their photoshoot then reminisce about the week's trip to the Southern Hemisphere.
Keep reading to watch in full...
More Snowboarding Videos >>
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September 15, 2008 3:08 PM
In all honesty, this clip isn't that cool - or clever - but something about seeing the full-on glam of Wonder Woman racing down the streets on a skateboard is quite spectacular, in a retro, ironic way. Her impeccably matched lipstick, helmet and bustier combo is pretty damn impressive too: if only us mere mortals could look that hot while riding tarmac.
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Winter must be rearing it's frosty head soon as Roxy have just released the first in their new series of Snow Podcasts. Titled Don't Pick a Fight With Torah Bright this first episode shows that Australian pipe queen Torah Bright ain't as nice as she makes out, as fists fly between her and fellow team member Kjersti Buass . With a nod to kung fu flicks (complete with dodgy dubbing, a cheesy soundtrack and monochrome shots), it's a light at heart intro to the new season.
Keep reading to watch the episode...
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September 12, 2008 8:45 AM
The penultimate in our insider's guide to winter in Chile, episode 5 of Kush Tv's Burton's Because Of Snowboarding shows sees more to the life of a pro snowboarder. Once more starring Natasza Zurek , Victoria Jealouse and Anne-Flore , the ladies are finally blessed with sunshine, and so get to explore this Southern Hemisphere resort's powder, lips and crevasses - despite some mud.
Keep reading to watch episode 5 free...
Episode One , Episode Two , plus Episode three and four here.
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September 8, 2008 11:14 PM
Ok, I fluffed up and didn't actually insert the webisode when I posted about part 3 of Kush tv and Burton 's Because Of Snowboarding series in Chile ; so here it is again - with part 4. In this latest episode we go behind the scenes as the ladies shoot the campaign photos, we discuss the reasoning behind the marketing spiel, why they are so passionate about sliding on snow and how it's changed their lives...
Keep reading to see both episodes!
Here's Part 3 of Kush and Burton's Because Of Snowboarding - that was meant to be up last week (doh!):
aMore Snowboarding Videos >>
And here's Part 4:
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September 3, 2008 8:33 PM
Named after She-Ra's place of abode - and a Commodore 64 game released by Thundervision in 1984 - Crystal Castles are multi-instrumentalist Ethan Kath and vocalist Alice Glass: expect to hear them on a lot of snowboard film soundtracks this winter.
The pair make dark dance, which, although futuristic, is soaked in 80s electro bleeps - straight out of Blade Runner . Topped with Alice 's cute but paranoid vocals, they make something super pretentious, weirdly dystopian, but sublime.
Their self-titled debut album was released earlier this year, and has been steadily gaining fans underground since. Keep reading to watch, listen and fall under their spell...
Crystal Castles - Courtship Dating:
Crystal Castles- xxZZxCuzx Me:
Crystal Castles - Untrust Us:
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September 2, 2008 6:19 AM
Experts in eco-friendly skateboards, longboards and snowboards, Arbor got a dose of mainstream fandom recently from glam electro stompers Goldfrapp . The Brit band featured a leggy lady cruising their Bamboo Bug (pictured above) across California in the promo for Caravan Girl - making the sustainable deck look like the best transportation system invented since the bicycle.
Produced by Emmett and Brendan Malloy , the video honours California’s Pacific Coast, set to the Frapp's blissed out beats. Keep reading to see how fun cruising four wheels can be by watching it for yourself...
via Huckmagazine.com
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August 29, 2008 12:16 AM
In chapter trois of Burton's Because Of Snowboarding series on Kush tv Anne Flore Marxer , Victoria Jealouse and Natasza Zurek finally get up the mountain - to be met with bad light, rain and poo photographing conditions. So, like most of us girls would, when the weather sucks they head indoors - to go shopping in the nearest town Te Muco , explore the local markets and geek out in internet cafes.
Keep reading to watch the episode...
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August 27, 2008 7:03 AM
Pom Pom is the first and only wax and accessory company purely for female snowboarders - with an epic team including Transworld Rider of The Year Marie France Roy and Robin Van Gyn . But as well as super cute trucker hats, bags, tees and wax the brand has just posted a teaser for their first shred film online.
They describe it as 'ultra-short, totally low-budget, DLT
(dirty lens technology), yet COMPLETELY RADICAL' keep reading to see the 60 seconds in full yourself. Or go to iheartpompom.com to find out what the fuss is about...
iheartpompom.com
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August 20, 2008 11:56 PM
This has probably been hidden in the depths of the inter web for ages, but Element Eden have some rather nice, (a tad Holden-esque?) video interviews with their sponsored advocates on their website, talking about inspiration, ideas and how Element have helped them continue their creative projects.
First up is in-house photographer Amanda Marsalis talking about her calling, then New York resident skater turned eco-handbag designer Beck Hickey . Ishle Yi Park discusses how she became the first female Poet Laureate of New York, plus performs some of her music, then film maker Kendra Jones talks about why she hooked up with Element and how they help her work.
Keep reading to see the videos...
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Always one of the most ground breaking women in modern surfing, Hawaii local Keala Kennelly is determined to step her game up again, according to Surfer; she's left her tv career and comps behind to fully focus on free surfing and photos.
Posted on surfermag.com these jaw dropping, big wave shots from her recent trips to Tahiti, the Talos Islands and more - with accompanying audio intros from the lady herself - show exactly why she's left the world tour behind.
Keep reading to see more pics...
FORGING AHEAD: Keala Kennelly Looks To Break New Ground In Women's Surfing check out the flash gallery page on Surfermag.com
[Images; various @ Surfermag.com ]
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August 19, 2008 10:51 PM
At the end of July, Nollie posted the Anne Flore Marxer , Victoria Jealouse and Natasza Zurek head off to explore the surf and snow Chile last summer. Finally here is the second episode, courtesy of Mpora ! to see the trio sample the freshies of the Southern Hemisphere and smile with stoke. Just try not to go green with envy too bad...
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August 12, 2008 10:49 PM
Nollie net, but Burton's It's Always Snowing Somewhere teaser is as sweet as the pristine powder those lucky bugger pros get to schralp for a living.
A two disc, double feature - Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere - unfortunately none of the Burton women's team seem to appear (why?!?), but you will be spoilt with some stunning shredding from the likes of Shaun White, Terje Haakonsen, Gigi Rüf, JP Solberg, Heikki
Sorsa, Nicolas Müller and loads more!
Keep reading to watch and start dribbling....
www.burton.com for details of a screening date near you soon.
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Mimi Knoop won Friday's Bowl Jam session, followed by Karen Jonz and Cara-Beth Burnside . Lauren Perkins then won Saturday's Street Skate finals, with Rachel Reinhard and Evelien Bouilliart in 2nd and 3rd. Karen Jones won the vert best trick with a Pop Shuv-It, followed by Mimi Knoop with a Frontside
You can read the full report online at supergirljam.com , but keep reading to see some sick shots from the day... snow and surf to come!
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August 7, 2008 5:39 PM
On tour with Radiohead this summer, Brighton's finest female Bat For Lashes is about to release her as-yet-untitled second album - after 'writing many songs, visiting the awe inspiring Joshua Tree desert, making films and, living in Brooklyn, New York,' where she's been soaking up from locals Amazing Baby, Gang Gang Dance, Moon and Moon , Lewis and Clarke , Caroline Weeks and Bon Iver.
As a teaser she's released a cover of The Cure song A Forest - taken off Perfect As Cats: A Tribute To The Cure which also features Kaki King , Army Navy and The Dandy Warhols , released on October 23rd to raise money for Invisible Children , a charity to help the children of Northern Uganda.
Keep reading to download The Forest , plus older track Trophy , for free ...
Head to Fuel Friends to hear The Cure cover for free then to download just right click and 'save as source'...
Then head to Parlophone.co.uk to download Trophy for free here ...
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Not your usual shot-after-shot surf porn, Quiksilver are releasing two surf inspired films this summer with corresponding transatlantic tours. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society are screening their movie in association with Quik in Newquay, England, at a vip party at the Sugar Lounge next Wednesday, August 6th. There'll be talks, limited edition surfboards to win, plus a showcase of the new Women's collection.
Just Add Water is the story of Clay Marzo - a Quik pro ripper who also sufferers from Asberge's disease . As well as featuring footage of his sick style, it's also a poignant and touching story of the human side of surfing.
Keep reading for the trailer and dates...
Clay Marzo: Just Add Water trailer:
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July 31, 2008 1:28 PM
Anne Flore Marxer , Victoria Jealouse and Natasza Zurek 's trip to Chile last summer for Burton's Because Of Snowboarding campaign now online as part of a webisode series on Kush TV.
Follow the lady's road trip as they check out the surf, then head to the mountains to shred powder and explore, via in depth interviews and stunning scenic shots - to see what life's really like for a filming pro. But be warned; you maybe tempted to whip out your credit card, ditch the day job and getting on the first plane to the Southern Hemisphere after watching!
Keep reading to watch episode 1: more episodes will be online on Nollie very soon.....
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July 29, 2008 4:55 PM
Quiksilver for Women launches in Europe on Friday August 8th, with a cocktail party and freebies in flagship store on London's Regent Street, plus performances from three singer songwriter's who are to become the faces of the brand - Ellie Lawson, Charlotte O'Connor and Anna Ludra Chapman .
All pretty vocals, acoustic pop, easy listening mould, none of the trio are doing anything original - but 17 year old Blackburn, Lancashire born lass Charlotte shines the brightest by far. With a precociously soulful voice, she sounds like a less annoying Nelly Furtado , with the cheeky wit and big lungs of Adele , plus the quirks of Joanna Newsome .
Keep reading to see a video of her performing live and why Quik picked her...
Myspace.com/charlottesoul - www.myspace.com/ellielawson - www.myspace.com/annaleddrachapman
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Back in February Nollie posted details about the Nikita Clip snowboard Contest being held online (read about it here ). Well, the winner was announced as Polish snowboarder Kasia Kwiecien , who joined two fellow competition winners from the US- super sales ladies Shannon Johnson and Jenn Huynh - for an epic adventure around the otherwordly isle of Iceland in early June 2008.
Keep reading to see a gorgeous ideo of their once in a lifetime trip, with guest star Ásgeir Höskuldsson , AKA Geiri , International Marketing Manager of Nikita , a sneak peek inside the Nikita design HQ, the blue lagoon, snowboarding the Icelandic glaciers and surfing it's arctic waves...
Nikita Iceland Roadtrip 2008 from Nikita Clothing on Vimeo .
Here's what the ladies thought about their trip:
Kasia Kwiecien – Nikita Snowboard Clip Contest winner, 2008
I
won the Nikita snowboard clip contest so I got the chance of going to
ICELAND!! On the 16th June, in the early morning I went to Warsaw’s
airport. I got my flight to Reykjavik through Helsinki. I was tired
but I got some extra power when I saw the crew and video camera on my
arrival.
Then we went to the Blue Lagoon in this big
sport-utility vehicle (it’s amazing that most people in Iceland have
them!!). We were chilling and got some beauty masks. Then I left my
stuff in the hotel and went to the Nikita House. We ate there, drank
menthol vodka and hit nails into the big log of wood.J Then we
explored the beauty of Reykjavik through the night. It was light all
the time!!!
In the morning (everybody was sleepy) and we went
to a cave where Geiri showed us real natureJ. After that we ate dinner
‘with’ the prime minister (*the national park they were in is also home
to the summer residence of the Prime Minister of Iceland) and got into
these crazy suits. We went snorkeling into this cold water (it was 2°
Celsius), jumping from the cliff there. We looked really weird but
that was funny. After that we spent a few hours in the car which
smelled fishy (everybody except me and Shannon ate dry fishes with
butter bleeeee), went to an outdoor swimming pool, ate dinner in a
great fishy bar near the ocean and finally got to our hotel. We then
went to a party, which took place at the nearest campsite. We met many
funny people there:]
Next day everybody was super tired!!!
We got into our snowboarding clothes and went to glacier!!! That road
was really crazy dangerous and the surrounding view was similar to that
on the moon.J We got to the top by snowmobile and had to use all of
our abilities to get down. Later on we ate bad hamburgers, went for a
walk (Runar saved us from some crazy birds) and got to the shore. We
dressed up in winter water suits (so we looked really sexy hehe), got
boards and hit some waves!!!! I coughed my first, and almost sank!!!
We took some pics and came back to the Nikita house. There we ate
probably the best pizza in Reykjavik and I got the chance of choosing
some Nikita clothes (Yeah!!!! Thanks a lot!!!). After that I got my
stuff and had to head home.
I am sure it was the best trip of my
life!!! I’d like to thank all the Nikita Crew, people who voted for me
and my friend Aram who was patient while recording me;) ISLAND BEST Í
HEIMI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shannon Johnson – Winner for her super sales at Zumiez
The
Iceland trip was amazing. I honestly want to go back and share my
experience with my friends and family. It is soooo gorgeous there!
Everything we did was so so much fun but if I have to choose what my
favorite thing was, it was snorkeling. The water may have been beyond
freezing but it was amazingly beautiful. It’s crazy how clear the
water is. Not in a million years would I have thought I would be in
Iceland snorkeling in water that is like 5 degrees!
I also
loved snowboarding. I didn’t ride for too long but the top of the
glacier was so rad! It wasn’t too clear up there and Geiri described
it best by saying it’s like you’re in a ping pong ball. Haha he is
totally right! You could only see like 20 feet in front of you. It
was pretty intense. When it cleared up about halfway down it was
really cool to see the ocean and the beach. Everyone we met was
awesome. Everyone was beyond nice to us. I have never felt so welcome
half a world away. One super funny thing was when we were caving and
Torfi (spelling?) described the end of the cave as kind of like you’re
being birthed because you come out of this tiny hole in the earth. So
Geiri is the last one out of the cave and being the crazy guy he takes
off his clothes and emerges from the hole with this fake cry. Haha it
was sooo funny. He is quite the character.
Jenn Huynh - Winner for her super sales at Zumiez
I
thought Iceland was pretty much amazing. I didn’t expect the actual
countryside to be so desolate and beautiful. Everyone at Nikita was so
nice and welcoming. Initially, I thought the language barrier would be
an issue but I was totally wrong. Geri and Bjorn taught us some
Icelandic phrases, helped us get acquainted with the Icelandic culture
and cuisine and took us on some crazy adventures. Snorkeling, caving
and surfing in Iceland was certainly unexpected. The boys showed us a
good time and I just want to thank everyone at Nikita, especially Runar
and Geiri for being so awesoooome!
To read the full report on the trip read the Nikita blog Whazz up or check out the pics taken by Bjorn Rosdahl and on the US blog Nikita.seshn.com .
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July 23, 2008 11:15 AM
After a few seasons of not so impressive snowboard movies, Standard Films are set to bounce back to super tasty form with their latest 16mm opus - Aesthetica . Priscilla Levac is the solo lady in this film - but she steps her riding up immensely, hitting the backcountry with the Standard crew and killing it, esepciallin in Wyoming , due to their phenomenal snow fall last season. Torstein Horgmo also has an unbelievable freestyle section, with Mads Jonsson, Jusso Laisto, Mark Landik and 1440 boy Chas Guldemond also pushing the progression up to 11.
Keep reading to watch the trailer and be wowed....
Aesthetica
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July 23, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Links , Men , News , Pros , Snowboarding , Travel | Permalink
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Here's the second bunch of podcasts from days 3 to 4 of The Roxy Jam - hosted by Kassia Meador - filmed last week in Biarritz (read posts on the Roxy Pro Junior and Women's Longboarding Championships ). Included are the finals from both contests, plus some awesome music from The do.
You can watch Days 1 to 3 on our previous post , but keep reading to see this new trio...
Day 4:
Day 5:
Day 6:
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video: Roxy Jam 2008 Biarritz highights Days 1 - 3 |
Uniquely by Oakley - the first surf, skate, snow and wake film |
Rad reading: Roxy round up with Torah, Carissa, Sally and more | Joy Monahan wins World Longboard Champs at the Roxy Jam Biarritz | Carissa Moore wins Roxy Pro Junior in Biarritz
July 23, 2008 in ASP WQS Tour , ASP World Tour , Art , Audio and Videocasts , Events , Interviews , Links , Music , Style , Surfing , Travel | Permalink
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July 22, 2008 6:10 PM
The Roxy Jam may have wrapped up last week in Biarritz (read our posts on the Roxy Pro Junior and Women's Longboarding Championships ) but you can relive the action - even if you weren't there - as Roxy Europe have posted a whole series of daily highlights videos on their YouTube channel.
With footage of the surfing, art shows and Operator Please in beautiful Biarritz, in the South of France, keep reading to watch days one, two and three...
Day One:
Day Two:
Day Three:
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Uniquely by Oakley - the first surf, skate, snow and wake film |
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July 22, 2008 in ASP WQS Tour , ASP World Tour , Art , Audio and Videocasts , Longboarding , Music , News , Pros , Surfing , Travel | Permalink
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OK, so I'm pretty late off the mark with this one, but Santogold is something special: a schizophrenic blend of dirty electro beats, spacey dub, new wave indie, electro, punk and grimey hip hop, the Brooklyn, New York born soundsmith - otherwise known as Santi White - is a lady on a sonic mission.
On tour across the US with Coldplay (random!), Santogold hits European shores ain August for a string festival slots. Unique both in musical and material style, (imagine a nu-rave club kid, transported back in time to join the Sugar Hill Gang , via Sun Ra's Space Is the Place ) she is also a huge influence on Analog-and-Burton-snowboarder-turned-musician Trevor Andrew aka Trouble (pictured with her above) her long term boyfriend. She was also lead singer of Philadelphia ska rock / punk band Stiffed.
Keep reading to watch videos and see what all the fuss is about....
On Later with Jools Holland performing Les Artistes :
A cool interview with Dazed Digital and look behind the scenes at her never released video for Creator :
She also co-wrote the song My Drive Thru with by Julian Casablancas, and N.E.R.D , produced by Pharrell Williams as part of the Converse Century campaign - to celebrate the footwear king turning 100:
www.myspace.com/Santogold - Santogold.com
Image: via Pamplemoose.com
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July 22, 2008 in Art , Audio and Videocasts , Links , Music , Pros , Snowboarding , Style | Permalink
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July 21, 2008 5:52 PM
big news: eyewear giants Oakley are set to release the first ever all-female multi sports film this autumn, a HD beauty, simply called Uniquely by Oakley - which will be given away with Cooler magazine issue 16 FREE, out on November 27 2008. Produced by John Roderick of neu media company , the man behind snowboard film Float , legends like snowboarders Anne-Flore Marxer , Gretchen Bleiler and Marie-France Roy star in Uniquely, alongside fellow Oakley pros such as surfers Layne Beachley and Karina Petroni , skaters LynZ Adams Hawkins and Lauren Perkins , wakeboarder Amber Wing , skier Kristi Leskinen and many more, for the most inspiring action sports movie you'll ever see.
Packed with super progressive snowboarding, skating, surfing and wakeboarding, Uniquely by Oakley travels from Bali to Alaska , nipple deep powder in Russia to sunset surf sessions at Australia's Gold Coast . Release dates are still TBC - the film's not even finished yet! - but you can watch the teaser first right here on Nollie .
Keep reading to see the teaser for free....
Click below to watch the Uniquely teaser presented by Oakley:
Uniquely by Oakley from John Roderick on Vimeo .
WOW!
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July 21, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Links , Movies , News , Photography , Pros , Skateboarding , Skiing , Snowboarding , Style , Surfing , Travel | Permalink
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July 17, 2008 1:16 PM
Shiny Media blog Kiss and Makeup performed the ultimate Water Proof Mascara test last month - with some pretty funny results.
Keep reading to see the video...
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July 15, 2008 11:51 AM
The Book of Surfing: The Killer Guide is the definitive and gorgeous collage on all things surf - waves, travel, style and culture. By Michael Fordham, Associate Editor of Stranger (an awesome, arty, Cornish-based surf title) and ex-Editor of Adrenalin (RIP) the book is a follow up to his successful September book.
Created with of art directors A-Side Studio , illustrator Nick Radford and photographer Mickey Smith it's a 300 page plus bible of pure surf perfection - from basics like how waves form, to interviews with legends, incredible surf spots and useful tips - like how to throw a Hawaiian style party.
Keep reading to watch a video interview with Mr Fordham about the project and to covet a copy...
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July 15, 2008 in Art , Audio and Videocasts , Links , News , Photography , Style , Surfing , Travel | Permalink
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Here's links to our top five recent sessions with female snowboarders online:-
1) Torah Bright gets interogated by Snowboarder on her way home from her High Cascade Signature session
2) Priscilla Levac chats about filming with the Standard film crew and how to keep healthy and ride forever on TWSnow.com
3) Jamie Anderson sits in the Method magazine interview hotseat
4) and 5) Roxy riders Alexis Waite and Erin Comstock talk about filming with Runway and summer camps also on TWSnow.com
Makes me want to grab my board and head to Milton Keynes...
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July 15, 2008 in Accessories , Audio and Videocasts , Interviews , Links , Pros , Snowboarding , Travel | Permalink
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This is genius! Randomly perusing vimeo , my new favourite video upload community, I discovered this magical mini movie by Mike Benson - and watched right to the end (how often does that eer happen on YouTube ?).
Filmed at Mountain High resort, and dubbed simply Gnar Wars , this is the best use of an Ewok I've ever seen in a snowboard film and has some super funny fighting on rail combo tricks to watch out for. Keep reading to see it in full...
Gnar Wars by Mike Benson from Mike Benson on Vimeo .
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Having problems watching this ideo? Then go direct to their page on vimeo here
July 15, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Links , Movies , News , Snowboarding , Weird Stuff | Permalink
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July 11, 2008 3:22 PM
The makers of alcohol-free surf, snow and sun friendly perfumes Les Ettes will be giving away samples at the Bright Tradeshow in Frankfurt this week - at their daily champagne party. Until July 13 join the lush smelling ladies of Les Ettes from 16:00 onwards to sample their scent and quaff champers.
They've also posted a new video flyer on their MySpace ; keep reading to watch it...
Les-Disco
www.lesettes.com
LES ETTES, LOOK GREAT, SMELL GREAT!
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July 11, 2008 in Accessories , Audio and Videocasts , Competitions & Promotions , Events , News , Snowboarding , Style , Surfing | Permalink
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July 9, 2008 12:25 AM
Cansei Der Sexy (aka CSS ) are back in our lives and about to release their second - although dubiously named - album Donkey. They played the Roxy Jam in Biarritz last summer, which is our tenous boardsports link, and I'm fast redeveloping my crush on them after hearing their new song Rat Is Dead (available for free download ia Sub Pop ).
You can pre order the album on Amazon - which is out on July 21 and keep reading to see the video for the single...
[via Huckmagazine.com/blog ]
Image: by Mariana Juliano
www.myspace.com/canseidesersexy
www.csshurts.com
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July 9, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Music , News , Style | Permalink
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July 8, 2008 11:21 PM
I adore stateside style magazine Nylon . But their latest installment of Nylon Tv was a tad on the bizzarro side. Shot during the photoshoot for their Shaun White Nylon Guys cover, a Californian Cribs pad, carpets that matched his surname, mythical horses, poop and a magical skateboard all entwine into one interesting little web friendly fairy tale.
Keep reading to watch it in full...
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July 8, 2008 in Art , Audio and Videocasts , Links , Men , News , Pros , Skateboarding , Snowboarding , Style , Travel | Permalink
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July 3, 2008 1:53 PM
The ladies at Keep A Breast are all over it this summer; Zumiez have also invited them to join their skate tour - KAB recruit Claire is currently blogging from the tour on their blogspot and MySpace page. They're also selling a tonne of their 'I love boobies bracelets' - including 39,564 at US store Spencers (as of June 26).
But more excitingly, for me anyways, they've taken up residency in the Girlz Garage at the Vans Warped Tour - their 8th on the skate punk touring circus - telling girls, and guys, how to do a monthly breast check with KAB girl Erica at the helm. Fuel TV have also showed some love with a little online interview .
Keep reading to see a video by Carol Martori of last year's madness...
www.keep-a-breast.org www.myspace.com/girlzgarage http://keep-a-breast.blogspot.com www.myspace.com/keepabreast
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July 3, 2008 in Art , Audio and Videocasts , Events , Links , Skateboarding , Travel | Permalink
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July 2, 2008 9:47 PM
The first full length film created in conjunction with Nollie , Slush is a documentary looking into the last remaining ski resorts of Scotland - and why the numbers of skiers and snowbaorders visiting the region is dwindling. By Ben Howells of Pilchard Productions , it's an intriguing insight into the effect of both budget travel and climate change on the British industry - but why snowboarding in Scotland can still be sick.
Keep reading to watch the movie in full on Nollie and make sure to watch the jibbing 'just have fun section'; a real reflection of how the UK scene is super hardcore but still stoked - despite a massive lack of the white gold...
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July 2, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Environment , Links , Movies , News , Skiing , Snowboarding , Travel | Permalink
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Billabong have just released the first webisode from their Design For Humanity event in LA on June 4 - including live performances from MGMT and catch ups with the celebs who attended. Keep reading to watch it live and for free...
Click here to watch the Design For Humanity webisode . Alas, embedding is not allowed so for now you'll have to see it on their dedicated site. Boo.
www.designforhumanity.com
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July 2, 2008 in Accessories , Art , Audio and Videocasts , Environment , Events , News , Photography , Style , Surfing , Travel | Permalink
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June 30, 2008 12:03 PM
Sometimes fate intervenes to make life come full circle; given a guitar at age 12 Matt Costa shelved music (albeit temporarily) for a riskier pastime; skating. A natural talent, he quikly then turned pro - but in 2003 his career ended abruptly after a after a bad landing off a 10 stair ledge went horribly wrong.
Matt shattered his leg and was forced in 18 month recovery period. However, the Huntington Beach, California native refocused his energy back into music - writing and recording his quirky lo-fi acoustic pop into a series of demos, which first grabbed the attention of No Doubt guitarist Tom Dumont, and then Jack Johnson .
After tour dates with surfing's most famous songwriter, JJ signed Costa up to label Brushfire Records to release Songs We Sing in 2006 and then this year's Unfamiliar Faces . Now on tour in the UK and US, keep reading to watch the video for his latest single Mr Pitiful and to see tour dates...
Mr Pitiful - Brushfire Records 2008
trailer for Check 1, 2 programme coming soon on Fuel.TV:
Those tour dates:
Date City Venue Tickets
www.mattcosta.com - www.myspace.com/mattcostamusic - www.brushfirerecords.com
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June 30, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Links , Men , News , Skateboarding , Style , Surfing | Permalink
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June 28, 2008 3:12 PM
To spread the word about the Roxy Jam in Biarritz from Jul 11 to 16, Roxy have made a rather nice little video to tempt you over even more - which I've made the very first Nollie Video of the Day.
A celebration of women in surfing, art and music, the women's world champion longboarding championship will be taking place in addition a junior ASP event, so expect to see Carissa Moore, Kassia Meador and more, plus live music concerts every night. Read previous posts on the event and bands for more details.
Keep reading to see the video...
http://roxyjam.com/
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June 28, 2008 in ASP WQS Tour , ASP World Tour , Art , Audio and Videocasts , Equipment , Links , Longboarding , News , Pros , Surfing , Travel | Permalink
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June 24, 2008 2:11 PM
Roxy , in association with Teen Vogue magazine, have been travelling across the US searching for their very first Follow Your Heart spokesmodel - with $10 000 up for grabs for the winner to follow their dream;
This spring and summer we're celebrating talented and determined ROXY girls who had the courage to pursure their passions. From surfers to executives, to enviornmental activists, they're looking for women who 'use their heads, folllow their hearts and love every minute of life' to represent the brand.
So far, finalists have been chosen from California, Oregon and Minnesota , but Roxy will continue to search out for their new spokesmodel at the following dates:
Saturday, June 28, 10 am, Somerset Collection Mall, Troy, MI
Potential spokesmodels should make sure they arrive at their venue from 10am for casting, and then be prepared to return at 3pm to find out if they are in the top three nominees. The top three will then have their hair and make up done, to take part in a catwalk show, with the top prize winner from each event then selected to go forward to the finals for the grand prize of being the national ROXY spokesmodel.
There is also a call for video entries to be uploaded to the Roxy YouTube page, in addition to the national tour, with entrants aked to 'express your passion in more than just words. We Want to see it, hear it, experience it.' Videos will then be entered into the £10 000 grand prize run, with a deadline of August 1 2008, and each week the best will be showcased online.
Keep up to date with the progress of the tour on the Roxy blog at toroxy.com/roxy/follow_your_heart and for more details check out the official site at followyourheart.roxy.com
[Images: Roxy Flickr]
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June 24, 2008 in Accessories , Audio and Videocasts , Environment , Events , News , Style , Surfing , Travel | Permalink
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June 23, 2008 11:38 PM
With wakeboarding now a mainstream sport, and wakeskating not far behind, the lake side innovators are turning their attentions and creative skills to a brand new water activity: Wakesurfing . And at 24, Bri Chmel is leading the way for the ladies - going from an amateur to World Wakesurfing Champ in one year.
Cooler magazine have managed to pin down the Washington, Oregon and Florida hopping nomad, to find a bit more about wakesurfing, and exactly what it takes to become a World Champ via and exclusive interview . Keep reading to see a video of Bri - demonstrating exactly how you ride a wake minus bindings and rope tow... impressive!
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June 23, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Links , News , Pros , Travel , Wakeboarding | Permalink
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June 19, 2008 11:29 PM
YouTube ; just when I thought I was going to have a mellow fashion filled Friday I stumble across this beyond sick video of Pro Skater Amy Caron popping a big clean over lady pro Surfers Jen Smith , Charlotte Cuton and Amee Donohoe under glorious sunshine.
Fellow professional surfer girls Claire Bevilacqua, Rosie Hodge, Nikita Robb, Sam Cornish and Stacey Guy are all there for a lesson or two as well. Question is: do you dare try this at home?
[via: Foam ]
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June 19, 2008 in ASP WQS Tour , Audio and Videocasts , Links , News , Pros , Surfing , Travel | Permalink
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Go Skateboarding Day - a worldwide celebration of riding four wheels. With events across the globe there's bound to be something near you, from beginners (like moi) or the more experienced (like our Canadian friends the Skirtboarders or the ladies at last weekend's All Girl Skate Jam ).
Here are our top five choice cuts to get you skating this weekend:
1) Skaters in Paris are holding a Go Skate Day session to raise awareness for Free Tibet . 12 limited edition artprint boards will be given away, in addition to wheels, shoes, decks, magazine subscriptions, stickers, DVDs, badges and free drinks... Check le-site-du-skateboard.com or email olivier@lesiteduskateboard.com for more info.
2) Vans UK are holding their own event at Projekts Skatepark and in Central Manchester, with demos, lessons and more from their team - or keep reading to see their flyer or go to Vans.co.uk for details.
3) Etnies, Foundation and IASC are holding a filming contest via ShredorDie.com from June 21 - July 05 to win one of three grand prizes in a trio of categories - Best Edited Footage of a GSD event; Originality of the the GSD event, and most overall people on skateboards at the event. Entry requirements are strict so head to ShredorDie.com to read up.
4) One of the biggest events will be the éS Game of SKATE ; based on the game of HORSE - where one skater tries a trick, makes it and everyone else has to copy - tournaments are being held across the US. Full rules, details on enhry and schedules of local events are all online at gameofskate.com . If you fancy holding your own event check out this video:
5) The Extreme Sports Channel will be dedicating progamming to Go Skate Day all day on June 21 across Europe., including The Global Assualt, Concrete Carnage, a profile of legend Steve Cabellero, the Relentless No Half Measures Skate Session and much more. Check out www.extreme.com for details and timings.
Enjoy!
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June 19, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Links , Men , News , Skateboarding | Permalink
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June 13, 2008 11:01 AM
Got anything planned this weekend? If not, think about heading south westerly to The National Adventure Sports Show , otherwise known as NASS , presented by Relentless energy drink, starting today at The Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset.
Packed with skateboard , BMX , FMX, Inline and more demos, plus hundreds of stalls, it's the biggest actions sports and music show in Europe. Rock Sound magazine have been placed in charge of the music stag, and so have a fittingly eclectic bill starting today at 3pm including Pendulum, Late Of the Pier , Does It Offend You Yeah , and then tomorrow with Less Than Jake, The Subways, Elliot Minor and more. London's Drum and Bass Arena have been put in charge of the dance tent also, with none other than Adam F headlining, plus Friction , Eddy Temple Morris and loads more.
The event is open now, with tickets available at the door, however with rumours that it may sell out check online at www.nassfest.com or call the ticket office on 0207 348 5200 to book... Keep reading to watch the trailer for this year's event too.
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June 13, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , BMX , Events , Links , Men , Motocross , Mountain Biking , Mountain Boarding / ATB , News , Pros , Skateboarding | Permalink
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Summer may not have even started yet, but snowboarding's movie moguls are already trying to get us stoked for winter - as the next season's film teasers start to circulate on t'interweb. But there's one flick in particular that has me intrigued; the new release by Runway Films - See What I See .
The follow up to last year's La La Land - already the most progressive all female shred film ever made - the crew's 2008 output looks even more epic. From hitting rails in the historic city of Quebec , to snowmobiling the glaciers of British Columbia and then lapping the US's best, and biggest, parks, the snow gods have definitely helped make See What I See special.
Starring Natasza Zurek, Anne Flore Marxer , Desiree Melancon , Erin Comstock, Cheryl Maas , Gretchen Bleiler , Kimmy Fasani, Raewyn R, Meghann O'Brien, Leanne Pelosi, Kjersti Buaas , Robin Van Gyn , Jamie Anderson , Izumi Amaike, Janna Meyen, Jacqui Berg, Marie France Roy , Victoria Jealouse , Coleen Quigley, Chanelle Sladics and friends keep reading to watch the teaser !
Log on to Rip.TV for more films and videos like this.
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June 13, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Links , Movies , News , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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June 10, 2008 7:37 AM
Fresh from their headline performance at Billabong's Design For Humanity event (full report coming soon!) MGMT are confirmed as going stellar both in the US and UK. Album Oracular Spectacular is currently on constant rotation of the Nollie shuffle and I heart this duo from Brooklyn, New York, muchly.
And why? They love the sea (check out their MySpace influences box) plus their combination of 80s synths, glitter ball disco, nu rave experimentalism and huge pop hooks are just the right side of art pretention - hence singles Electric Feel, Time to Pretend and The Youth are guaranteed indie disco floor fillers across the globe. Plus, with their squelchy quirkiness expect to see them on a lot of snowboard movie soundtracks next season.
With tour dates and festival gigs across Europe (including Glastonbury, Roskilde, Reading and Leeds ) you're bound to fall for them too soon; keep reading to watch and download videos to find out why...
Directed by Ray Tintori , edited by Jordan Fish, then produced by Josh Penn , you can watch the Jim Henson Labrynth style video for new single Electric Feel on YouTube in low and hi reshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtUI5MC9tVM or download the interactive versions.
You can also download the trippy 3D vid for Time to Pretend on http://court13.com/TimeToPretend_480.mov plus an interactive game on http://whoismgmt.com/efvideo/ .
Now that is a generous band!
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June 10, 2008 in Art , Audio and Videocasts , Links , News , Style | Permalink
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June 6, 2008 12:39 AM
The Happening , presented by Quiksilver and Roxy , followed up it's blissed out Bondi Beach stop , with the latest installment on their tour in Tokyo, Japan a the Laforet Museum in Harajuko recently. And now more UK dates have been added!
A celebration of surfing, art, music, photography and culture Matt Costa , Mason Jennings and Jack Johnson performed once again as audience members soaked in some culture in aid of the Sea Shepherd Foundation.
Keep reading to find out full details about the newly added UK dates - and to watch a behind the scenes video of the Asian stop...
Ok, this is what a lot of you have been waiting for - here's details of those two new UK dates:-
London Village Underground:
Cornwall The Sandsifter
Tickets are limited but available to buy now from See Tickets.
Sets at Paris on July 10 plus TBC dates in New York City and San Francisco will follow.
Watch this video from Japan for a taster and get yourself down to one of them - Nollie will be in London and Cornwall for sure...
Also available as a download from PodSurf.TV www.thehappeninglive.com ToRoxy.com www.seashepherd.org www.Seetickets.com
Love this? Then read: The Happening reaches Australia | Update on Quiksilver's site LA | MGMT to play Billabong's Design For Humanity event
June 6, 2008 in Art , Audio and Videocasts , Environment , Events , Links , News , Photography , Style , Surfing , Travel | Permalink
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June 5, 2008 11:22 PM
Skirtboarders collective have a busy summer ahead of them, as they're dominance of women's skatebaording is now well and truly going global.
Annie Guglia and Vanessa Rojas are planning a skate trip around the beautiful city of Barcelona .
Renata Ruiz is about to leave her home country of Mexico, after quitting school, and is moving to California to work on turning her passion for skating into a career. If you're in LA look out for a small lady popping huge ollies...
Éloïse Théorêt is also heading to sunny California Anne-Sophie Julien, while also filming with ULC skateboards as their newest team member.
There's also an interview with Frédérique Luyet and a video from the last stop on their epic Mexico tour. Makes me want to grab a board and go now... if only I could skate. :-(
Photos: Annie Guglia and Vanessa Rojas by Louise Hénault-Éthier; Vanessa Rojas by urbeskate.com ; Renata Ruiz by Daniela Felton
[via. Skirtboarders.com/blog ]
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June 5, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Links , Skateboarding | Permalink
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June 4, 2008 8:46 AM
Fact: Australians are the best surfers in the world. With down under heroes Mick Fanning and Stephanie Gilmore both currently reigning as ASP World Champions , the next geneartion have also been flying the national flag flag at the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships.
The sixth annual event wrapped up at the Le Penon beach in Seignosse, France on Sunday, where the Aussies took their fourth and third back to back World Junior Titles - the most prestigious under 18s tournament in the world.
Laura Enever could well be following in Miss Gilmore's footsteps after she beat New Zealander Airini Mason and American Courtney Conlogue to the gold in the women's event, with a 13.76 wave.
You can read a full event report online, plus see webcasts, a gallery of shots from the event, plus more video content and results at www.isaworldchamp.com
Love this? Then read: Foam interview Silvana Lima | Details of Billabong's Design For Humanity even announced | Surfwise: Nine kids, a camper van and a dream
June 4, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Links , News , Pros , Surfing | Permalink
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May 27, 2008 11:43 PM
Ok, so there's no ladies in the film, (why not guys?) but Mack Dawg productions - the biggest snowboard film makers in the world, ever - have just released the teaser for their 20th anniversary film Double Decade . Online for a just a day, and starring Andreas Wiig, Lauri Heiskari, jib Jeremy Jones, Devun Walsh, Jussi Oksanen and loads more snowboarding's most talented pros, it's already spreading across the net faster than you can share crabs in a ski resort...
Apologies, that was a pretty bad joke, but keep reading to find out what all the fuss is about and how MD manage to push snowboarding progression ever further every year. Purely breath taking.
double decade Trailer Mack dawg from Niller on Vimeo .
Love snow? Then read: Volcom skater Lyn Z Adams heads to Mammoth | Anne Flore Marxer blog update | Billabong Flaunt It Series videos
May 27, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Links , Movies , Pros , Snowboarding , TTR World Tour , Travel | Permalink
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Last week Nollie turned your attentions to the wonders of the indoor Surf Rider in Wales; thought that was weird? Then you haven't seen 'brush boarding'. A cross between a dry slope halfpipe and a revolving artificial wave machine, this plastic brush coated Brush Ramp© is currently on tour around the UK, with a planned stop at Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park today, and then Cornwall’s Crealy Great Adventure Park this Thursday May 29.
Also aimed at snowboarders and skaters, the Devon based inventors behind brush boarding, Extreme Sports Zone, claim it's better than pool based surf simulators - and is a great way for beginners to learn to surf before paddling out. Mmmm, somehow I still think nothing beats getting wet and salty in real waves rather than bruised and bashed around indoors.
What do you think? Keep reading to see videos of brush boarding in action...
After a brush boarding session some new fans compare brush boarding to Swansea's Flow Rider...
via Driftmagazine.co.uk and SurfGirl.blogspot.com
Love surfing? Then read: MGMT to play Billabong's Design For Humanity | Nine kids, a campervan and a surfer's dream in new film Surfwise | Indoor surfing in the UK part one
May 27, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Links , Surfing , Weird Stuff | Permalink
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May 22, 2008 3:06 PM
Billabong USA have added the rather awesome electro-pop songsmiths MGMT to the bill for their Design For Humanity event to raise money for The Surfrider Foundation.
Keep reading for full details...
Here's the press release for full info - if I was in LA I'd be there for sure:
"Billabong's Design for Humanity to hit Avalon/Spider Club
Billabong USA has announced that electro-pop superstars MGMT will perform live at the 2nd Annual Design For Humanity event taking place June 4, 2008 at Hollywood hotspot Avalon/Spider Club. Design for Humanity, Billabong’s charitable division, will benefit The Surfrider Foundation, an organization which strives to preserve our World’s oceans and beaches. 100% of ticket sale proceeds will go the The Surfrider Foundation .
Billabong’s 2nd Annual Design for Humanity event promises to be an unforgettable night of art, fashion and music, including a spectacular runway fashion show featuring one-of-a-kind celebrity designs, a photography and art exhibit and auction, a special live performance by MGMT , sounds by DJ Steve Aoki , and much more.
“This event is a labor of love for our Brand,” says Candy Harris, Women’s Brand Director at Billabong . “It's an opportunity for us to celebrate fashion, music and art all the while giving back to an organization that preserves our way of life.”
“This is an incredible melding of music, art, fashion and social responsibility,” says Surfrider Foundation CEO, Jim Moriarty. “We are honored to be named as beneficiaries for this year’s Billabong Design for Humanity event”
Design for Humanity will feature a full-scale runway show, where Billabong fashion and swimsuit pieces will be showcased on the catwalk, with one-of-a-kind collaborations from celebrities like Amber Valetta, Joy Bryant , and Charlotte Ronson . Pieces from this rare collection will be auctioned off on eBay, with all proceeds going directly to the charity.
Billabong’s collaborations with LA industry icons Lisa Kline and Jenny Han , who have created signature limited edition swimsuits for Cruise 2009, will be also be featured in the show. These pieces will be available at retailers nationwide. In addition to the celebrity and designer collections, exclusive t-shirts for Urban Outfitters designed by cultural icon Cory Kennedy will be available with proceeds from all collections benefitting The Surfrider Foundation.
Before the fashion show begins, guests can head to the Avalon’s Spider Club , for the art exhibit and auction which will feature works by well-known industry artists, like Wolfgang Bloch and Chris Jordan , as well as world-renowned surf photographers. Each piece will be auctioned off on eBay and bidding will begin the evening of the event. Three limited-edition posters will also be available for sale at the event and online.
After the fashion show, the party begins with a rock concert by music sensations and fan-favorites MGMT , and DJ sounds by Steve Aoki , one of LA and NY’s hottest and most in-demand DJ’s. MGMT has quickly climbed the charts and is one of the most unique and celebrated sounds on the indie music scene today. More information and tickets:
8:00pm Doors open
Tickets can be purchased for $30 (General Admission) and $150 (VIP) at designforhumanity.com.
www.billabong.com www.designforhumanity.com"
Love this? Then read: Nine kids, a camper van and a surfer's dream | Win Surf Girl by Roxy | Update on Quiksilver's Site LA project
May 22, 2008 in Accessories , Art , Audio and Videocasts , Events , News , Style , Surfing , Travel | Permalink
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Queen , the indoor Surf Rider opened in Swansea's LC after their £32 million re-opening in April.
Inspired by the huge artificial wave pools of Japan and beyond, it's the first of it's kind in the world, but has been greeted with mixed reactions. Locals love the standing wave machine as it provides a perfect way to learn, or practice, surfing. But a few others have experienced nasty wipeouts or worse - sixteen year under 18s champion Gwen Spurlock had an accident on the opening day, (read the BBC report ), suffering bleeding of the brain.
Keep reading to check out a video of sponsored surfer Beth Mason to decide for yourself wether indoor surfing is weird, or wonderful...
via: www.bloggsd.com
Love this? Then read: Nine kids, a camper van and an pic surf trip | How to screen print a T Shirt | Win Roxy Surf Girl
May 22, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , News , Surfing , Weird Stuff | Permalink
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May 20, 2008 7:52 PM
Ever wanted to uproot, leave it all behind and embark on your own personal surf epic? Well, that's exactly what Dorian 'Doc' Paskowitz did; leaving behind a successful medical practice, he began a new utopian life with his wife inside a 24 foot camper - that of the free spirited nomadic surfer. But this was no solitary soul searching mission; his wife and nine kids joined him for the ride.
Directed by Doug Pray and produced by Graydon Carter, Surfwise is the documentary film of The Paskowitz family's life; taught at home, his kids were no way wild - instead, Dorian was quite a strict father, teaching them respect, self control, morals and to 'surf everyday'. Made by Magnolia Pictures , the movie is being screened across the US now, and set to wing it's way to Europe soon. Keep tabs on the website or MySpace for details.
Keep reading to see the trailer...
Love surfing? Then read: Win a Surf Girl Roxy Book! | Surfer announce Hot 100 best young surfers in the world | Billabong launch second Design For Humanity Event
May 20, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Environment , Links , Movies , News , Surfing , Travel | Permalink
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One of the best core snowboard mags on the planet has undergone a change of leadership; long time legendary Method Editor-in-Chief Jason Horton is apparently taking a break from all things snow for a while, with, rumour has it, an epic year of surf travelling. Wow.
But don't fret! The stylish shred title is in safe hands - those of new Editorial Director Thomaz Autran, former editor of acclaimed Spanish mag Snow Planet. Now holed up in the magazine's HQ in Innsbruck, Austria, expect to see the mag continue to show killer content, photos and news both online, in print and in video, on Methodmag.com and Method.TV next season.
Daniel Blom has launched a brand new website - http://www.danielblom.com/. From weirdo fashion, to gnarly street rails, via a lush Roxy photoshoot, Blom is one of the most talented snow photographers on the planet.
Plus, fancy working as intern for the title next season? Method are looking for design, developer, editorial and more interns for the 2008 / 09 season - to apply just go to their website and click on Jobs for details.
It's a goo time to get involved, because with these two on board, expect Method to be even more awesome next season.
Love snow? Then read: Anne Flore Marxer's latest blog | Natives hold workshop on how to do a season | The season finale of Snowfix
May 20, 2008 in Accessories , Audio and Videocasts , Links , Movies , News , Photography , Pros , Snowboarding , Style , Travel | Permalink
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May 19, 2008 11:56 PM
All over the US surf media right now, and online music communities, Tristan Prettyman creates pretty, laid back tunes to bliss out too. The 26 year old has been surfing since fifth grade, when her father taught her near her San Diego home, then at 15 she followed his footsteps once more, to pick up his guitar.
Currently on the cover of the spring Music & Art issue of Foam magazine in the US, this chilled Cali native makes perfect summer soaked, surf music. Keep to check out her latest video for Madly , the first single of her new album Hello , out on Virgin...Trust us: she's gonna be HUGE !
www.myspace.com/tristanprettyman
www.tristanprettyman.com
Love this? Then read: Win a Surf Girl Roxy book signed by Lisa Anderson | Billabong launch second Design For Humanity event | Music Club No. 3 Kaki King | Music Club No. 2 Angus and Julia Stone | Music Club No.1 Ebony Bones
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May 16, 2008 1:18 PM
Make Magazine , you can - with this episode of their Weekend Projects podcast, with some help from Matt, screenprinting expert at Etsy.com .
Keep reading to see the vid in full...
Did that go a bit fast for you? Then make sure to download the PDF and full details from MakeZine.com.
Love this? Billabong Fashion Fix late summer collection | Update on Quiksilver Women's visionaries in residence | Bags made from Recycled skateboards?
May 16, 2008 in Accessories , Audio and Videocasts , Environment , Links , Style , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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It's been a while since I logged on to Burton pro snowboarder Anne Flore Marxer's blog - and blimey she's been busy! The last time Nollie caught up with the Swiss backcountry rider she was shredding in Sochi , Russia with fellow Oakley pro Gretchen Bleiler.
But since then she's been riding in Alaska for the first time, alongside fellow Burton big names Romain de Marchi, JP Solberg and her boyfriend David Pitschi - just look at the awesome powder!
Then she headed back to her native country on April 27 to check out her friend Jim's new shop Pulp 68 in Geneva. I want one of these old school skate decks bad.
For the last snow trip of the season AFM headed to Flaine for a family holiday with Mum, Auntie and cousins - bless!
Out of her snow gear, on May 5 she took a tour of the of hanging gardens of Marqueyssac , France.
Her most recent entry, dated May 6 entry sees her continue to tourist it up in France, in the beautiful ancient village of Sarlat en Perigord - Capital of the Black Périgord. I think that's her mum in the pics.
Wow - I wish more pros would blog like this as they live a life a lot of us dream about. Can we swap places for a month? Please?
Images: AnneFloreMarxer.com
Love this? Then read Natives workshop on how to do a season | Video of Billabong's Flaunt It Series | Season Finale of Snowfix
May 16, 2008 in Accessories , Audio and Videocasts , Links , News , Photography , Pros , Snowboarding , TTR World Tour , Travel | Permalink
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May 15, 2008 10:42 AM
One of the funnest skateboard comps in the UK, the annual Girls Skate Jam rolls into the Pioneer Skate Park in St Albans, on June 14 from 1pm to 6pm. The UK and Europe's best female skaters will be battling it out for tongue in cheek titles such as best 'Miniramp Tramp ,' 'Sponsored Slag ,' and 'Over 18s Grandma Winner ,' plus prizes from confirmed sponsors Vans , Nikita , Eastpak , Rockstar Bearings, Indy Trucks, Pro Tec, Creme, and Rogue Skateboards - all to the sound of inhouse DJs.
To get involved join the Girl Skate Jam UK08 Facebook group, add them on Myspace or email girlskatejamuk@btinternet.com .
Get a taste of what to expect by on their Girls Skate Jam 2007 Flickr group , read the report on She Rolls . Or watch the video below...
Love skating? Then read: Nike 6.0 launch Women's skate shoe line | Volcom release second Girls' Zine | Handbags made from recycled skateboards |
May 15, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Links , News , Pros , Skateboarding , Travel , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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May 14, 2008 11:25 AM
Sponsor of legend Tara Dakides, phenom grom Jamie Anderson and our own big air battler Jenny Jones , Billabong Outerwear have one of the strongest teams in snowboarding. So when they decide to put on their own girl's Slopestyle event - dubbed the Flaunt It Series - you know you can expect them to be rather tasty.
Held through out Canada and the US, the series consisted of four jam style qualifiers, which took place in Martok , Nova Scotia; Mount Norquay , Alberta; Stowe , Vermont; and Mount St. Louis in Ontario.
The competition finale then took place in Tremblant , Quebec on March 29, where, with $10 000 up for grabs in cash plus more prizes, it was not just super fun, but uber progressive too.
Keep reading to see videos and be inspired by the super stylish snowboarding from the final...
http://www.billabonggirls.com/flauntit/
Love snow videos? Then watch Girl Powder ski and snowboarder promo on Rip.TV | the season finale of Snowfix | Victoria Jealouse stars on Fuel TV's Firsthand |
May 14, 2008 in Accessories , Audio and Videocasts , Events , Links , News , Snowboarding , TTR World Tour , Travel | Permalink
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May 13, 2008 4:34 PM
Lake Tahoe , Cali-four-ni-a, (my winter home!) Girl Powder is a clothing company aimed at ladies who kill it - on skis or snowboard - with a range that includes hoodies, bandanas, thermals and tall tees, plus a super talented team. So now, to spread the word beyond the Nor Cal scene the brains behind the brand have made a super fun promo, currently sitting on Rip.TV . Although it's making me miss snowboarding already!
Click below and scroll down to see the video...
Gnar, Chicken and Tea at Tamworth | Check out Our Camp's summer week in Les 2 Alpes | Watch the last episode of the season of Snowfix
May 13, 2008 in Accessories , Audio and Videocasts , Events , Links , News , Pros , Skiing , Snowboarding , Style , Travel | Permalink
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You can't get a bigger compliment than having Dave Grohl sing your praises to the world, as acoustic guitar genius and singer / songwriter ingénue Kaki King knows full well. Not your average New York solo hipster, her phenomenal talent impressed the Foo Fighters mainman so much he took her on tour around the world - from London to Sydney - on his band's budget.
Neither jazz, pop or new folk - her music started as a showcase for her guitar skills via pure instrumentals, but now she's expanded her sound to encompass beautiful soaring indie pop songs.
(Keep reading to see videos and listen)
Permanently on loop on my iTunes, I've been looking forward to seeing Kaki live since a certain Brandon Boyd draw my attention to this virtuoso in a 2006 interview. And finally she's here on Saturday May 17, at the University of London Union (ULU), showcasing her third album Dreaming Of Revenge . Available to buy on US import on Velour Recordings , an official UK release is coming very soon - with this album set to make her go stellar.
For more info, details on tickets and to listen to a slice of her incredible backcatalgue you can check Kaki King's MySpace - or watch these three videos below. The Jools Holland clip blew me away!
Pull Me Out Alive video www.chopwood.com
Playing With Pink Noise live performance on Later With Jools Holland
Look out for an interview and report from the gig right here next week...
Love music? Then check out our feature with Ebony Bones and Angus and Julia Stone , currently on a UK tour, plus Jack Johnson play live at the Happening in Bondi Beach Australia...
May 13, 2008 in Art , Audio and Videocasts , Events , Links , Style , Weird Stuff | Permalink
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May 7, 2008 9:44 PM
It's been three months since Quiksilver launched their women's range with Site LA - a collective of super talented entrepeunerial women each picked to represent a different facet of the brand. But what exactly have they achieved inside their especially built house?
Well here's a quick round up of recent events:
Pilar Diaz performed an intimate acoustic gig at a siteSTAGE concert inside site LA with some help from Gibson guitars and also making music for the film Say Aah :
27 year old fashion blogger and entrepeneur Beth Jones has been working on launching her own business The Vintage Society and has fallen for French magazine Jalouse - check out her intro video here:
Car Designer Khrystyne Zurian has been researching BioDiesel and Conserv Fuel...
And bicycling activist and safety advocate Dorothy Le has been celebrating the 14th Annual Bike to Work Day - check her intro video out here:
Love fashion? Then read: Reef launch lush ladies line | Nathalie Wood launches Something spring / summer | Bags made from recycled skateboads?
May 7, 2008 in Accessories , Art , Audio and Videocasts , Events , Links , News , Pros , Style , Travel | Permalink
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fashion, art and boardsports culture together for good causes, Billabong's first ever Design For Humanity Event was a huge success, gaining masses of mainstream attention and cash for the Surfrider Foundation and Surf Aid . And so, now details of the 2nd event have been announced.
Once again held in LA, on June 4 DJ Steve Aoki will be entertaining fashionistas, surfers and more at the Avalon / Spider Club in. There will also be a fashion show of Billabong's latest line, plus a photo gallery sponsored by Surfing magazine - followed by a live band performance. So far details of who are hush hush, but with Shiny Toy Guns wowing crowds last year I know they'll be huge.
Tickets are limited selling at $30 each of $35 on the door - and with space limited are set to sell out, but you can sign up for presale ticket alerts at designforhumanity.com . If you're in the area make sure to get your charitable self down there.
Love fashion? Then read: Reef launch lush ladies line | Handbags made from recycled Skateboards? | Fashion Fix: Something Else by Nathalie Wood
May 7, 2008 in ASP WQS Tour , Accessories , Art , Audio and Videocasts , Environment , Events , Photography , Pros , Style , Surfing | Permalink
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May 6, 2008 10:19 PM
Carissa Moore is on Nollie, but now she's gone and proved what an explosive talent she really is - by competing and beating some of the boys at the 6.0 Lowers Pro World Qualifying Series (WQS) at Trestles in California last week.
An event wildcard the uber amazing 15 year old actually went up against the event winner - Shane Beschen (of San Celemente, California) - in one of his heats, which was hyped due to her entrance as the first girl to ever surf the event, but also as one of the youngest surfers present.
You can read the full report of the event on the official Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro website , but I also found this video filmed by another grom at the event titled 'Do you surf better than Carissa Moore?' . So cute and funny, keep reading to see the entire video.
See the video on Surf Line's video player .
Love surfing videos? Then read: Quik and Roxy present the Happening in Bondi Beach | Surf Girl goes independent | Watch Roxy's Shimmer in full
May 6, 2008 in ASP WQS Tour , ASP World Tour , Audio and Videocasts , Events , Pros , Style , Surfing , Travel | Permalink
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A local from my former home resort - Northstar at Tahoe , Truckee, California - Bev Vuilleumier has won the Slopetyle event at the second ever If Ullr Was A Girl Contest .
A full time student at Sierra College in nearby Incline Village, Bev won the comp on April 20 at the Telus World Ski and Snowboard Festival, in the Whistler, Canada, BC taking a cheque for $25 000 home plus a bling Viking Helmet - despite being completely surprised.
There was also a Big Mountain contest with new Roxy recurit Robin Van Gyn and Ariana Stufano winning the snowboard and skiing comps respectively.
An culture event also took place with Ullr Unleashed , which focused on music, at and performance; Bev impressed again with some impressive rapping. Keep reading to check out the video of her performance. Love it!
Love snow videos? Then read: Gnar Chicken and Tea returns to Tamworth | Gretchen Bleiler's Snow Angels Invitational | Jenny Jones powder hunting in Jackson Hole
May 6, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Links , News , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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April 30, 2008 3:19 PM
From their Mum's sun drenched, surf lined home of Newport, Australia, to the creative chaos that is their bi-annual home of London, England, (recording in Fran Healey of Travis's bedroom) brother-sister raconteurs Angus and Julia Stone create beautiful and quirky, acoustic-pop-folk that will fill your heart with joy. Ok, so I'm gushing, but honestly, their tender, heartfelt ballads are a rare gem of pure beauty, bursting with unique vintage charm and blissed out daydreams - the perfect soundtrack to a summer by the beach.
You can witness their gorgeousness live as they're currently on tour throughout the UK, to support the release of their debut album A Book Like This out now, dates are:
MAY 1st BRIGHTON, Hanbury Club (ticketweb.co.uk /01273 606312)seetickets.com /0870 264 3333)seetickets.com /0870 264 3333)seetickets.com /0871 2200260)gigantic.com /08713 100 000)livenation.co.uk /0870 6603 52) livenation.co.uk /08700 600 100) SOLD OUT!
To celebrate Nollie has 5 copies of their debut double disc EP (sold out on Amazon!) Heart Full of Wine / Chocolate and Cigarettes to give away; keep reading to find out how to win and to watch the Stone siblings for yourself...
Here's the video for their most recent single Just A Boy - their third from A Book Like This:
This is Wasted - their second single:
To win their debut EP email Gemma.Freeman@gmail.com with your name, email, address, plus the answer to the following question:
Which of these surfers are NOT from Australia?
The first five correct answers will win!
For more on Angus and Julia Stone check out:
http://www.youtube.com/AngusAndJuliaStone http://angusandjuliastone.co.uk/ http://myspace.com/angusandjuliastone Ebony Bones and The Happening - with Matt Costa and Jack Johnson in Bondi Beach, Australia.
April 30, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Links , Movies , News , Surfing , Travel , Weird Stuff | Permalink
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You use your camera to shoot video. You use your phone to shoot video. You may even be capturing the world in high definition. Now’s the time to get your footage working for you by entering our competition and scoring a great prize.
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Snowfix the funniest ski and snowboard podcast has just released their finale for this season... sob! But, presenters / producers Tim, Charlie and Jools are going out with a bang, as Jools emailed me:
It is officially the last one this season so we filled it up with good things such as the return of Melvin by Johno Verity and some sick footage from the Supersessions and general Snowfix silliness. We will be around in the summer, just not as frequently as we were this winter so look out for us!
Keep reading to see the episode in full...
Snowfix.TV .
You can also check out episodes 66 and 65 on Nollie also!
Love the snow? Then try these videos: Gretchen Bleiler's Snow Angels Invitational | Snowboarder Victoria Jealous on Fuel TV's FirstHand | The Animal Brits Snowboard Slopestyle competition
April 25, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Links , News , Skiing , Snowboarding , TTR World Tour , Travel , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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April 23, 2008 12:51 PM
Ok, so I know it happened a month a go, i.e. March 14, but The Happening - a celebration of art, music, surf and skate - in Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia still looked awesome. So I was stoked to find this video courtesy of PodSurf.TV , Roxy and Quiksilver , on YouTube capturing the event. Starring possibly super cool and multi talented Roxy professional surfer Kassia Meador as she chats up aka interviews some of the artists (Andrew Kidman , Alex Knost and Alex Kopps), photographers (Ryan Heywood ) and musicians (including Jack Johnson and Matt Costa ) throughout the event. And all the proceeds went to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.
Click below to watch the video...
You can also download the HD version from Podsurf.TV .
The next Happening has just taken place in Tokyo, Japan (on April 11), with the UK event rolling into Cornwall on July 4. I'll have more info on where this is taking place soon... So stoked looking forward to it!
Love music, art and surfing? Then read these: Monday Music Club: Ebony Bones | Deanna Templeton show in CA | SurfGirl goes independent!
April 23, 2008 in Art , Audio and Videocasts , Events , Links , Men , Movies , News , Pros , Style , Surfing , Travel | Permalink
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Ok, so the report and pics have already given me serious snow envy, but then I found this pair of videos on YouTube from Gretchen Bleiler's Inaugural CoverGirl Snow Angels Invitational presented by Oakley - one the most progressive female friendly snowboard contests ever.
Click below to watch both snowboard videos in full...
Courtesy of Aspen Snowmass .
Log back on soon for a sneak peek of Gretchen's signature outerwear snow collection for Oakley...
Like this? Then watch more snowboard videos here: Burton's Because of Snowboarding | Jenny Jones powder slashing in Jackson Hole | Interview with Aspen's female park shaper
April 23, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Links , News , Pros , Snowboarding , TTR World Tour , Travel , Tricks and Technique , Webcams | Permalink
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April 21, 2008 11:11 AM
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April 17, 2008 3:54 PM
Snowfix kids on this week's episode as they showcase the latest seasonaire's trend in France: one piece licking... Plus, you can also watch Johno Verity's Jib Vid entry online in full, and skier Simon Dumont breaks the world record for height out of a quarterpipe. Wowsers.
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April 15, 2008 1:40 PM
The only awards ceremony to honour pure big wave surfers, the Billabong XXL awards , sponsorded by Surfing Magazine, Hawaiian Airlines and Monster Energy, took place last Friday, April 11, in the Grove Theater, near Newport Beach, California.
With gongs given out for Ride of the Year, Biggest Wave, Monster Tube and Monster Paddle , you'd be mistaken for thinking this was a testosterone dominated affair. However the ladies were represented too: three of the bravest names in women's surfing were nominated for the Billabong XXL Women's Overall Performance Award .
But Jamilah Star (Santa Cruz, California) and Jenny Useldinger (Oahu, Hawaii), didn't quite have what it takes for 2008; the title and $5000 was taken home by Maya Gabeira . The Rio de Janeiro, Brazil born, 21 year old may have rose out of no where, when she won the 2007 award, but has been travelling the globe looking for her latest challenge ever since - including her homebase of Oahu, Maverick’s in Cali, Dungeons in South Africa and Mainland Mexico. Congrats!
Log on to www.billabongxxl.com to read the latest and catch the live recorded webcast. Or watch the whole thing on ESPN2 (if you have US cable) on Friday 29th May at 9:30pm.
[Images: Globoesporte.com (big wave) and Foammagazine.com (portrait) ]
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Nikita Chickita 2008 ended the season in style last weekend in Serfaus, Austria.
With a progressive standard of riding (much higher than previous years), nineteen women, and three juniors, travelled from Italy, Croatia, the UK, Poland, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Austria, the USA and Canada to enter - with the Eastern European girls really impressing the judges.
Snow and grey clouds, tested the contestants by reducing visibility, but by the end of the day finalists were rewarded with sun - and to be judged by Nikita rider Julia Baumgartner and Vinzenz Lüps , plus founder Heida Birgisdottir , who was there to watch and give out prizes.
In third place was Swiss miss Maude Richon , who's best run consisted of nose grab, backside 360 melon, some technical trickery on the butterbox to nosepress on the picnic table, finishing with a rock revert on the wall.
Second went Bohdana Šebestová , from the Czech Republic, who nabbed 500 euros with a backside 360 to tailgrab, backside 180, a gap to 50-50 on the kinked box (the only girl to do this) then a rock revert on the wall ride.
But it was fellow Eastern Europe rider Ana Rumiha , a Croatian Nikita team rider, who, after taking fourth last year, impressed the most to take gold and 1000 Euros. With a classy backside 180, frontside 30 indy, tree bonk and frontside 180, and frontside 360 on the wall, she also picked up sponsorship from Nikita for a year - including full outerwear and travel budget. Jealous!
For full coverage of the event check out the blogs on nikitaclothing.com/nikitachickita/ then watch the event video online at www.2high.at .
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April 14, 2008 9:34 AM
Set up to celebrate the 'woman of mountain culture', the 2008 If ULLr was A Girl contest changed format this year; entrants still had to build up a profile and sell themselves online, but then selected wild card winners would then go on to show their sills in reality via a big finale contest at the Telus World Ski and Snowboard Festival this week, April 11 to 20 in Whistler BC.
With a mix of established North American Pros and amazing Amateurs, the event should be pretty exciting - for example one of two wildcard amateur snowboard winners is talented hot shot Caley (pronounced as in California) Vanular . At just 17, this Whistler native has already been on the shred scene for ten years - check out this Ripper Of the Week interview with her courtesy of our friends over a Rip.TV to find out exactly why we'll be watching her...
Here are the final selections...Pro Skiers to include:
Amateur Skiers:
Kristie Geiles (aka: Misty Kristie), Jenny Strong (aka: J Strong), Erin Kerr
Pro Snowboarders to include:
Bev Vuilleumier (aka: Bevvy), Celia Miller, Spencer O'Brien, Jordie Karlinski, Dom Vallee, Robin Van Gyn
Amateur Snowboarders:
Michelle Zeller (aka ROXY Honey), Caley Vanular
For updates and schedules of log on to whistler.mtv.ca/ and www.ifullrwasagirl.com
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April 10, 2008 1:48 PM
Gorgeous and inspiring, Roxy's Shimmer is an incredible surf movie following their team as they surf some of the earth's most beautiful waves and beaches. Previously available only on DVD you can now watch the whole film - starring Roxy pro surfers Carissa Moore, Kassia Meador, Megan Abubo, Lisa Anderson and Sofia Mulanovich right here by clicking below...
Enjoy:
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April 10, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Longboarding , Movies , News , Photography , Pros , Surfing , Travel , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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Fuel TV's latest episode in their First Hand series. See exactly what a day in the life of this Whistler, Canada local is like, how she prepares to descend gnarly steeps and then rips more then the boys on her sled... I want her life!
Available to download on iTunes you can also watch it courtesy of Fuel.TV here:
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Billabong Girl's Surf Days are the perfect oppurtunity to hone your skills with lessons from Billabong pros, pick up tips, watch videos and make new mates - all for free!
On Saturday July 12 and 13 , Woolacombe , Devon will host the event which is ope to both beginner's and experts, aged 10 to 30. Each morning participants will meet for a yoga warm up session, then head out for the first of the day's two session - with Billabong Pro surfers Lea Brassy and Alana Brennan coaching and improving technique.
Before the second session you'll learn how to pick your equipment, choose a wave, safety and more, as well as here about Lea and Alana's trip to Tahiti last year. There will also be workshops from the Surf-Rider Foundation , about enviornment awareness, and more on nutrition, health and fitness. There will also be hip hop and hawaiian dance classes to end the sessions.
Full dates for the tour are:-Barcelona, SPAIN – June 19 and 20Miengo (Cantabria), SPAIN - Playa de Mogro – July 1 and 2Hossegor/Seignosse, FRANCE - Plage des Bourdaines – July 5 and 6Woolacombe (Devon), UK – July 12 and 13Cascais, PORTUGAL – Guincho Beach - July 30 to August 2
For more info check out www.billabonggirlsdays.com or to see what happened last year go to www.billabonggirlsdays.com/2007
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April 7, 2008 7:08 PM
Animal Snowboard Slopestyle Championships were spoilt with blue skies and sun on Friday April 4, as they witnessed some of the most impressive freestyle skills in the UK scene.
With a record number of 106 snowboarders taking part, and as for the rest of the week, the younger generation pushed things forward as 14 year old wunderkid Jamie Nicholls proved exactly why he has the international pro scene excited, with 16 year old Roxy newbie Aimee Fuller also showing up riders almost ten years her senior.Nate Kern pulled out the stops for his technical and smooth Slopestyle run, which included a frontside boardslide, 270 off on the top box, a backside disaster on the wall ride and a 50-50 frontside noseslife on the up down kinked rail. On the kickers he also stomped an epic run of back to back frontside and backside 900 spins, plus a cab 720 - which nabbed him the gold medal. Silver went to Jamie Nicholls , who ousted many snowboarders twice his age, with some super tech rail runs of switch backside to frontside boardslide to backside boardslide and 270 out on the top box, frontside 540 on the wall ride and switch boardslide on the kinked rail, plus a backside 720, 540 and a cab 540 on the jumps. Another one to watch Jack Shackleton took third wth a frontside tailslide 270, blunt tail stall on the wall ride, noseslide and big frontside 360 , 540 and cab 540 on the jumps.
Despite big names like Vicci Miller and Jenny Jones out with injuries the women's final was also impressive: Big Air champion Claire Frost continued to be on form adding another gold to her 2008 BRITS collect as she linked a noseslide 270 out on the top box, 360 tailslide on the wall ride, 50-50 noseslide on the kinked rail, then a frontside and backside 180 over the medium kickers, finishing with a massive backside 540 spin on the third largest kicker. Always solid, Lucy Passmore took second with a switch boardslide, 50-50 noseslife, backside 180, frontside 180 and big cab 360. Despite riding with a busted collarbone Laura Berry ignored Doctor's advice to land a 270 onto the top box, a big blunt stall on the wall ride, a frontside 180 and 360 on the kickers, and a bronze medal.
Check out the video courtesy of Soulsports above for the day's full action.
Want to catch up on all the BRITS results? Then read:BRITS Quiksilver Freeski Big Air | BRITS Day 2 Halfpipe | BRITS Day 2 Animal Freeski Slopestyle | BRITS Day 2 Quiksilver Big Air | BRITS Day One Round Up
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BRITS day four was postponed to what is technically, day five, Friday April 4th - including the final skiing comp of the week, the Quiksilver British Freeski Big Air Championships.
With a high number of entries qualification was reduced to a two run elimination round, where the best run counted. Four lady skiiers then reached the semi finals, who were then knocked down to a final two for a nail biting final - argh! Once again, after her impressive Slopestyle and Pipe performances Teri Spencer took gold with a massive stylish 360 reverse mute grab off the largest kicker. Katie Summerhayes then took second place with a 720 spin off the medium kicker.
The lads comp took the same format as the women - with a rather special final as the top four really pushed themselves on the big jumps to score very close results. However it was Devon local Joe Murrell (who I rode a lot with in Tahoe and is awesome!) who took the top spot with a perfect switch bio 900. Young ripper James Woods came second with a switch 1080 mute grab, with bronze then going to 2008 Freeski Slopestyle Champ James Webb with a switch 900 mute grab. Phew!
Check out the video above for a round up of the event; for pics and info on how you can enter next year check out wwww.brits08.com .
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Brits Day 2 Halfpipe
April 7, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Links , Movies , News , Pros , Skiing , Snowboarding , TTR World Tour , Travel , Webcams | Permalink
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Normally I'd be stoked for a ton of fresh snow: but not when you want to keep a freshly cut halfpipe pristine for the SNO!Zone British Halfpipe Championships in Laax, Switzerland last Wednesday, April 3, at the BRITS '08 .
With the British Halfpipe Squad - including Olympians Dan Wakeham, Lesley McKenna and Kate Foster - were all in attendance there was some incredible moves thrown - although with the powder filled base even some of the biggest names falied to stick their tricks.
In the guys, fresh from winning the Europa Cup Halfpipe Championships Dom Harington took first place with a solid run of big frontside 720, to Haakon flip 720, massive frontside air, to McTwist and alley-oop 540 to finish. Fellow team member Ben Kilner nabbed his second silver of the event with a fronstide 720, Haakon flip 720, frontside 540, to a huge stylee melon grabbed straight air. Sam Cullum came third with a smooth run of melons, 720s and big frontiside airs.
As for the ladies, Lesley McKenna looked set to surely come top with a technical run, but the snow in the finals slowed her speed putting her second place behind Kate Foster who's practised run of backside melon, alley-oop, backside air, frontside 360 to cab 360 won her gold. Laura Hill came third with smooth frontside and cab 360 spins.
Check out the video above for a full round up of the comp.
For more BRITS coverage check out BRITS Day 2 Animal Freeski Slopestyle | BRITS Day 2 Quiksilver Big Air | BRITS Day One Round Up |
April 7, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Movies , News , Pros , Snowboarding , Style , TTR World Tour , Tricks and Technique , Webcams | Permalink
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Ok, so the fact that she's got a signature watch for Vestal , plus she's sponsored by Von Zipper , Element and Plan B Skateboards , is a tenuos link for Nollie, but I've developed a soft spot for US alt-celeb, tattoo artist and LA Ink star Kat Von D .
One of Los Angeles most successful skin artists, with waiting lists many months long, the 25 years old has her own shop - High Voltage - and has blown up in the US with her mix of goth, skate punk and rockabilly personal style. So when we read about this DIY video on YouTube , where she shows you exactly how to customise a T ala KVD we thought it deserved a peek...
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Images: KatVonD.net .
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April 6, 2008 10:59 PM
While moi was "oohing!" and "aahing" over at the British Snowboard Big Air Champs there was a far more curious two planked monster revealing itself over the other side of Laax's Crap Sogn Gion summit with the Animal British Freeski Championships on Tuesday April 1.
No longer snowboarding's try-hard little brother, Freesking at the Brits has come into a level all of it's own with some immense spins and rail trickery from this year's champs.
Bad weather also delayed the start of the contest, with judges deciding to scrap a final and replace it with a two run knock out comp. After taking the gold in Halfpipe the day before, reigning Animal British Slopestyle Champion Emma Lonsdale was simply killing it, stomping a winning run of lipslide unnatural on the box, followed by a switch 180, 360 and 180 over the kickers.
Silver went to Teri Spencer with some stylish rail riding and strong 360 spins over the jumps. Also with solid 3s Becky Hammond came into third.
For the day's round up check out the video above, plus for the full day's results and photos - including Men's - check out www.brits08.com .
For more BRITS results read: BRITS Day One Round Up | Quiksilver Snowboard Big Air
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Quiksilver British Snowboard Big Air Championships , on Tuesday April 1 in Laax , Switzerland.
Thanks to support from Snowsport GB , freestyle is finally getting the recognition, funding and training (courtesy of awesome new coach Sonia Shaw - Animal rider and Our Camp founder) it deserves in the UK; the Squad dominated last week, with the level of riding pushed far beyond the expected progression from just one year ago.
With both Jenny Jones , Vicci Miller and last year's champ Posy Dixon out with injuries, the gauntlet was open for a new set of rider's to take the crown. Also, previous finalists Jo Chastney and Laura Hill struggled with the slushy cruddy snow, and failed to make the finals - instead a whole fresh crop of names topped the podium.
Roxy hot shot Aimee Fuller is no longer an unknown: this 17 year old was born in Britain but spent the last five years living in Washington DC. Confident, mature and loving it, Aimee entered her first competition in December - no less than the Roxy Chicken Jam Europe in Kaprun - alongside some of the world's biggest female riders, to get through to finals. Now, at her first Brits and part of the Junior Development team, she qualifes for the overall semi-finals to throw a huge attempt at a frontside 720 spin. A trick that could easily have nabbed her first place, she stacked, giving herself concussion, knocking herself out of the finals. Watch out for this girl...
In fact, newcomer's filled the podium this year in a super tight final: Cheshire's Lynsey Ashdown landed a clean frontside 540 to take third, while Bucks dryslope rider and GB team member Samantha Rogers stomped a massive truckdriver grabbed frontflip for the day's biggest crowd pleaser. But it was Scotland's Claire Frost , a former British Squad member herself, who took the crown with two perfectly executed backside 540s.
To see highlights of the entire day's action - from both the men and women's comps check out the video, courtesy of Soulsports, above.
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April 3, 2008 8:03 PM
The final event in the women's TTR World Snowboard Tour 2008 , and one of the funnest comps ever, the Roxy Chicken Jam came to a close on Monday after high winds and snow forced the Slopestyle event to be rescheduled from Saturday and then Sunday, after Friday's Superpipe contest. Watch all the action in the video above - and Jamie Anderson winning the 2008 TTR title!
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Under grey skies that threatened to puke snow at any moment, the first day of the BRITS 2008 kicked off in Laax , Switzerland on Monday March with a pair of impressive finals: the Trespass British Snowboardcross Championships and the SNO!zone British Halfpipe Freeski Championships.
With the Brits moved to the end of the season this year - to avoid the annual clash with the US Open - the Snowsports GB teams were able to attend as the FIS season had finished. So, after missing last year's event, Zoe Gillings dominated the comp from the start - busting out of the starting gates straight into first with her custom made board, to make one of the fastest Women's Snowboard cross times the Brits has ever seen. New team member Ivy Taylor was close behind her however, with super fast skills, followed by halfpipe Olympians Lesley McKenna and Kate Foster .
Despite being a relatively new addition to the annual BRITS champs, the Women's SNO!zone Halfpipe Freeski Championships still impressed. Two Yorkshire lasses topped the podium as Emma Lonsdale took the gold with some massive stylish grabs and an alley-oop 540, and Becky Hammond came second with some big alley-oops and grabs. Scotland's Claire Hughes came third, also pulling out some alley oops. The day finished with all 45 competitors hiking back to the top of the pipe, and taking a tandem downhill style run through the pipe.
To see highlights of both competitions watch the videos above courtesy of Soulsports .
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April 2, 2008 9:49 AM
Jamie Anderson has won the Women's TTR World Tour Championship after killing it at the Slopestyle event at the Roxy Chicken Jam in Mammoth California on Monday.
With a total of 981.62 points for the season, after a catalogue of wins across the world, the South Lake Tahoe lady took home a cheque for $25 000 for Monday's win, plus another $100 000 for taking the TTR championship.
For a full report on the Chicken Jam finale check out toroxy.com .
To read exactly how Jamie became the best women snowboarder in the world read the latest news and her rider profile on the official TTR website.
Images: Kat Borchat
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April 1, 2008 10:01 PM
Royalty, boardshots, wakeboards and top music acts; combining all this and more Wakestock could be the UK's funnest festival - with the live line up now including Mark Ronson, The Futureheads, Calvin Harris and Pendulum alongside Supergrass, Funeral for a Friend, Duffy and The Streets .
With two stops announced for it's ninth sell-out year - June 27 to 29 at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire and July 4 to 6 Abersoch, Cardigan Bay, North Wales - this year's event could be the best one ever, and, personally, I'm pretty exited.
To tease you check out this video from Blenheim Palace:
For more news, details, ticket prices and booking info check out http://www.wakestock.co.uk
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March 31, 2008 8:39 AM
The Slopestyle maybe postponed till today but Day One and Two of the Roxy Chicken Jam were super impressive: check out this pair of wrap up videos to see for yourself...
Day One Wrap Up
Day Two Wrap Up
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March 27, 2008 11:28 AM
An all girl skate crew based in Montreal, Canada, Skirtboarders joined forces in the summer of 2002 over a love of skateboarding, photography and good times, to create one of the best all-girl skate films. After a haitus to work on other projects (including a snow team, art projects and more) in February the ladies went on a month long tour of Mexico - where they received a crazy positive response, from both local riders and media, and had a super fun time...
An online gallery has just been posted on their website , as well as some awesome videos - including the one's above and below (watch out for the little girl vs. security guard tussle!):
[via http://www.skirtboarders.com/blog/ ]chicarider.com ; and México D.F. mini-ramp demo - by Pink Spot
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Snowfix is a weekly podcast produced directly from the French Alps, via the Extreme Channel , by a team of seasonaires - Tim, Charlie and Jools - with news, coverage, behind the scenes and pure randomness about snowboarding and skiing. This week's episode, number 63 , titled 'Who's The Boss?' includes some steep powder skiing in Alaska courtesy of Nike ACG, the Bosses de Bosses mogul comp in Chamonix and a review of the perfect Seasonnaire laptops... New episodes are released every Wednesday so I'll be posting them weekly from now on!
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March 27, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , News , Photography , Pros , Skiing , Slam Section , Snowboarding , Travel | Permalink
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March 26, 2008 8:17 AM
21 year old Colorado pipe ripper Clair Bidez has joined Nikita's streetwear and outerwear snowboard team after an impressive 2008 season which saw her top many podiums - including the Grand Prix at Tamarack and Jeep King of the Mountain , plus strong results at the Winter X Games, Vans Cup and Abominable Snow Jam.
She joined new team mates Jordie Karlinski, Maribeth Swetkoff, Vera Janssen and Kaitlyn Farrington earlier in the season to shred Lake Tahoe and take part in the annual Nikita photo shoot; you can see all the videos from their trip here .
So rather than repeat them, look out for Claire on the Flow 2007 team video below - loving the Death From Above soundtrack!
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March 25, 2008 11:54 AM
As if having the entire snowboard world watching wasn't nail biting enough, Ullr God of Snow made things even tougher for Slopestyle competitiors at the US Open at Stratton, Vermont on Friday afternoon...
Spencer O'Brien and Cheryl Maas , coming short with their spins to stack on the knuckle, causing a few injuries and a lot of fear - despite Snow Park Technologies building a super fun course. Even Norwegian Roxy rider Kjersti Buass , used to icy terrain at home, was dubious about entering, but, her last minute decision to take part paid off in the best-of-three-run finals: she won first at Slopestyle, and $20 000, frontside 720 with mute grab on the first kicker of her first run (the only 7 landed by a lady on the day), clean frontside 360 and boned backside 180, .
Tahoe phenom Jamie Anderson wasn't feeling the course - used to Californian sunshine and soft snow - but still managed to stay solid and coming second with some gap to boardslides on the rails, a frontside 540 and cab 5, and backside 180 with lien grab. Britain's own Jenny Jones also stomped some clean runs with frontside 360s, backside threes and big airs to come third, despite being in agony having broken her coccyx during training - when most people would've taken a rain check.
As for the men's there were no surprises in first, as Shaun White topped the podium having arrived in Vermont at 10pm the night before, then last minute decides to join the semi finals winning on his first run. Then comes top in finals on his first run, with machine like execution, courtesy of a 270 on to boardslide on the top box, nosepress to backside 180, cab 900, backside 900, switch backside 900 and frontside 1080 for his first run. $20 000 for a few runs? Just your average day at the office for Mr White...
The rest of the men's was more unusual: with Tim Humphries winning second - his first US Open podium win, followed by Canada's Charles Reid with a huge 1080 on the last, largest kicker, having started out in pre-qualifiers, then won qualifiers, sneaked into second behind Shaun in semi-finals. How stoked must he be?!?
For videos of the US Open Slopestyle finals and more go to www.go211.com/burton/usopen or full reports and photos go to opensnowboarding.com
March 25, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Links , News , Pros , Snowboarding , TTR World Tour , Travel , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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March 20, 2008 6:01 PM
With increasingly erratic weather patterns across the world, no one can deny global warming exists. But how will this affect the sideways sports we love? Slush , by Ben Howells of Pilchard Productions, is a new documentary that aims to explore exactly this question - by focusing on the resort of Cairngorm and the Scottish snow industry. The trailer is online now on www.slushfilm.blogspot.com with the full film available online on May 25 - and Nollie.TV are proud to be supporting the flick!
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March 18, 2008 11:37 AM
From powder in Whistler, BC, to the less than salubrious resort of Krasnaya Polyana in Russia, Anne Flore Marxer is now exploring the home of the 2014 Olympic Games - filming and riding sketchy chair lifts with fellow Oakley snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler . Read all about it in her latest blog post (lifted from AnneFloreMarxer.com) and then watch Gretchen claim she's "paralyzed with fear" in her podcast...
"Russia , I’ve always wanted to go there!! And here I am, landing in Sochi designated host of the 2014 Olympic games. The small airport stands by the black sea and I m quite surprised to see palm trees through the plane window.. We made our way through the taxi drivers scrum, chose one of them by the size of his car and drove up towards Krasnaya Polyana .. It s a 45 minutes drive.. this place looks like a remote and small European resort.. but 40 years ago.Grete Eliassen, Gretchen Bleiler, Angeline who has missed her flight, Marie-France Roy who had some visa issues and will arrive a couple of days later and I.
The lift is sketchy !! You sit on that red metal 2 seater chairlift while the chairlift guy holds it by handcraft for 1 second.. your board on your knees as well as your backpack, gloves, ipod etc.. you are hanging about 40 or 60m off the ground and the lift makes weird noises.. or stops and runs the wrong direction for 10 seconds.. the way out is even sketchier! Same thing, the guy grabs the chair and you have 1 second to jump off and run with your gear in your hands…
Everywhere nearby the chairlift you can find some tough Russian body guards .. they looked scary.. but Gretchen got them to be our friends by getting them into our photo albums! So everyday.. they looked just mean and tough.. but when we showed up, they gave us their biggest smiles.. with hardly any teeth appearing or maybe a couple golden ones..
avalanches went down on the whole mountain! Wett heavy huge avalanches all over the place.. but the top stayed good.. cause it was just cold enough to keep it together.. That night we decided to drink it blue witch is an easy thing to do in Russia.. Anna showed Gretchen and I a couple breakdance moves, I painted on Shin’s face while Marie-France was holding him and thanks to Grete who puked that night cause it worked and got sunny the next day!
It had snowed and blown quite a bit on the very top.. and that was our chance to make it happen.. we hiked 2 bowls behind the top chairlift and found a couple lines, slashes and cliffs… the snow was super fun in the shady spots.. I was stoked to finally get to ride! And to slash pow YEAH!! The last run down was soo fun!! And then we had to traverse for about an hour and hike another hour to get back to the slopes.. it was close to dark, all lifts were closed and there were both of Grete’s fans!! Waiting for her to appear out of the woods. What a good day!! It s funny how one good day makes it up for ten bad ones.
That was our last night in the mountains and we all went to the Russian Sauna to get naked and beaten with branches by a Russian type of Tarzan !! The best thing ever!Oakley, Shin, Anna and Marie for making this trip a trip to remember!
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March 18, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Links , Live Blog , News , Photography , Pros , Snowboarding , Travel , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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Bonfire and K2 rider Leanne Pelosi put together a crew to snowboard her hometown of Whistler, BC, Canada last month for the latest movie under her company Runway Productions . Anne-Flore Marxer, Leanne Pelosi, Janna Meyen, Natasza Zureck and photographer Christy Chaloux were there, but it wasn't all powder bowls and park lines the girls shot: this snippet shows them getting creative...
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March 18, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Links , News , Photography , Pros , Snowboarding , Travel , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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March 14, 2008 11:55 AM
Burton US Open from March 17 to 22. The last event in both the Burton Global Open Series, and the Men's 2008 Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour , this is the climax of the snowboard season - as both the Women's and Mens BGOS Champion will be crowned, as well as the Men's TTR Champion. The women still have one event left to decide the winner of their TTR Tour Trophy: the 6 star Roxy Chicken Jam in Mammoth March 27 - 29.
With both Slopestyle and Halfpipe events for male and female riders, and a prize purse of $250 000, the US Open gives riders 25% bonus points for each comp to guarantee a definitive Tour Champion - that means a whopping 1250 points for the first prize winners at each event. Confused? Then read the TTR event preview for a full explanation.
Currently sitting at number one in the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour , Kevin Pearce is the hopeful to take first place at both 'pipe and slopestyle, closely followed by Finnish riders Risto Mattila and Peetu Piiroinen . 06/07 Champ Shaun White is also set to turn up to defend his title, but, having taken a backseat to the TTR this year, it's unlikely he has the points to win the championship.
Currently sitting at the top of the women's ranking and the 06/07 champion, Torah Bright should also impress next week - but she will have to face Burton's charger Kelly Clark in halfpipe, plus Britain's own Jenny Jones - who's currently number one in the BGOS rankings.
If I make it, I'll try to get you loads of videos, interviews and news straight from the slope...
If I don't, keep logged onto www.go211.com for live coverage and www.ttrworldtour.com and us open-snowboarding.com for daily updates.
Image: Torah - Roxy, Kelly and Kevin - TTR
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March 14, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Links , Men , News , Pros , Snowboarding , TTR World Tour , Travel | Permalink
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March 12, 2008 12:20 PM
Roxy - your big sister's arrived. With a move away from athlete sponsorship, ala Vans artist and musician hook ups, to cultivating more creative individuals, Quiksilver's brand new Women's line was launched this week - with the opening of SiteLA - an in house project where six women will work, share ideas and communicate together to represent the new brand.
Watch this video to see their house be renovated in full:
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More Snowboarding Videos >> Jackson Hole, Wyoming : steep, deep powder, mellow cliff drops and absolutely massive, the resort is one of the USA's best - who needs a park when the natural terrain is this perfect!Jenny Jones in his hotel, who was in town to film for Cooler magazine that week. I've just been emailed the video (above) by Jose Clyde (ChunkyKnit and now YetiFive ), which also stars Lisa Filzmoser and Leslie McKenna , so you can see why I fell in love with the place...
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March 10, 2008 10:51 AM
Under bluebird skies and the Sierra montain's famed sunshine, The Vans Cup at Tahoe wrapped up on Sunday, March 2 2008 in epic style with the Superpipe contest - as I witnessed more monster airs, masterful spins and hand-over-mouth-moments than I've ever seen at a snowboard event. And, especially for the women, showcased a new generation of pipe queens who promise to change the face of women's riding.
Roxy riders Lisa Wiik and Kjersti Buass , Burton's latest International team rider Elena Hight and Rail Jam winner Molly Aguirre ) plus newcomers (Lizz Beerman, Meg Pugh, Mackenzie Matters, Allyson Carroll, Leslie Glenn and Autumn Rose ) it was an interesting finals.
Under cooler spring temperatures the pipe was riding fast, as Molly, fresh from her Rail Jam win, charged throwing some big backside airs, a solid first run which showed first place potential - until her legs lost it and she hit the flat, damaging her foot and sitting out the final run. She managed fourth.
Kjersti Buass's lofty style, which took her to third place: classy inverted 540s and 720s, plus Haakon flips and going huge out of the pipe walls. With back to back 540s, plus long held grabs, consistency paid off for young gun Lizzy Beerman who took second. But it was seventeen year old Elena Hight who took the crown with massive straight airs, backside and frontside 540s spins, linked with a 720 and the only 900 spin of the day - which won her a $14 000 first place cash prize. Hannah Teter and Kelly Clark watch out - your latest team mate is right behind you...
After an already phenomenal women's final, the guys runs were like a superman stuntman trials. Local lad Andy Finch already had the crowd's full support, but had hearts in mouths (or mine anyways) by boosting well over 12 feet out of the pipe; after the previous rider stacked on the lip due to the wind picking up, Andy flew out the frontside wall, lost balance, went upside down and I was sure I'd see his brains on the deck. But he compressed his legs, came round, and manage to land - sliding down the transition on his back. His amplitude and death defying antics got him the day's largest air award and fourth place - even if the locals thought he deserved higher.
Iouri Podladtchikov (or iPod as he's been dubbed) best run of three nabbed him 88.3 points out of a possible 100, after a massive 1080, to take third place and $7000. Linking a frontside and backside 1080, then frontside and backside 900s in his first run young Louie Vito took a best run score of 90.3, second place and $14 000. But with his lazy style and easy looking huge airs 2007 winner Danny Kass remained unbeaten: with back to back 1080s, 900s, long tweaked out grabs and some cheeky cutbacks and slashes against the pipe wall he took first with a score of 93.5 for his best run, plus no less than £20 000. Not a bad day's pay for just three runs.
Crazily impressive and packed with progression, set to a rock soundtrack and with a mellow atmosphere, The Vans Cup lived up to it's super fun rep. With the Californian weather adding a sun kissed final touch, and combined with an equally high octane party on Saturday as Burton rider Trevor Andrew played with his band Trouble played, it could almost be the perfect snowboard comp. Then snow and fresh powder arriving the day after? We couldn't ask for more.
Here's the results in full:
Men's Superpipe Finals
Women's Superpipe Finals
Missed the live webcast? Then log on to http://www.snowboarder411.com/Content/Video/VideoResults.aspx?category=13012 to catch up with both the full length Women and Men's Superpipe finals.
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After a phenomenal Friday night Rail Jam in Northstar village, the stakes were high for the second day of the Vans Cup 2008 - the Men and Women's Slopestyle on Saturday March 1.
Snowpark Technologies had once again done an awesome job building a park especially for the event - creating gigantic rollers, booters, hips and rail set ups on the site of the usual ski slalom course. Reserved purely for competition riders, and freshly groomed, the course was fast, smooth and allowed for some incredible riding, with an up-flat-down box, adjacent to a flat box to start, a 40, 50 and 60 foot jump, plus hip / wall ride / Quarterpipe combinations to finish.
Cheryl Maas stepped up the game, throwing huge spins off the final money winning kicker - including an epic backside 720 spin which took her ten points ahead, to clinch first place and the Best Trick Award . Norway's Kjersti Buass also impressed, with the Roxy rider proving she's not just a pipe rider and throwing massive frontside 540s off the medium sized jump and rail combos to start - nabbing second place. California's skater, surfer and snowboarder hero Chanelle Sladics then took third - also stepping her game up with big 540s and 360s off the large course.
If the Women's comp was impressive, the Men's was jaw dropping. With a line up consisting of the world's best jumpers 2007 winner, Chas Guldemond was desperate to take his second title of the weekend - going massive off every hit, but he only took sixth place. Instead it was the Aussie who came third, as Robbie Walker threaded together tow 900s and a big frontside 1080 off the biggest jump.
Young gun Mason Aguirre took inspiration from his sister's win at the rail jam the night before, to pull a cab 900, backside 720 and a frontside 1080 with a Truck Driver (two handed) grab - which won him 'Best Trick.' But it was Vans team superstar, Andreas Wiig , dressed in his 2009 signature outerwear lin for Vans who, back to defend his title, didn't disappoint. Nicknamed 'Mandreas' for his perfectly executed tricks, today he stomped with inimitably smooth style, spinning a switch backside 900, a massive frontside 1080 (almost landing on the flat after the landing) and his signature 'Wiig flip': a backside rodeo 900. Vans should be stoked: he retained his crown, won a Gibson Les Paul plus $20 000. Not bad for a few laps of the park...
Full results are as follows:
Women's Slopestyle
Men's Slopestyle
Images: Vans Snow, except Andreas Wiig courtesy of TWSnow.com
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March 10, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Links , News , TTR World Tour , Travel , Tricks and Technique , Webcams | Permalink
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March 9, 2008 7:33 PM
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Missed the Vans Cup Rail Jam live webcast? Then watch the Snowboarder411.com replay above...
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March 9, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Links , News , Pros , Snowboarding , TTR World Tour , Travel , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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Ok, so I promised this report a week ago, but with a busted shoulder, and travelling from Tahoe to Reno , Reno to San Francisco , 'Frisco to London , England, then London to my temporary abode in Chichester (until I get fixed and can snowboard again), I'm over the jet lag and finally able to sit down and reflect on the Vans Cup , also sponsored by Boost Mobile, Rockstar and Snowboarder Magazine, one of my highlights so far this season in Northstar-at-Tahoe , Truckee, California.
Built by Northstar's Snowpark Technologies park crew, the five feature set up was bigger than previous years: with a down-flat-down rail parrallel to down-flat-down ledge on rider's left, a telephone box in the centre, plus a down rail parallel to a down ledge on rider's right, plus stairs replaced by slanting wooden planks. 2007's set was built including stairs, while 2006 and previous year's had seen the jam take place on one of the permanent rails actually built into town.
But, with the rails less scary, riders were able to show off some progressive tricks - with an open qualifying jam allowing new names to enter the frenzied few hours of competition, with the girls especially killing it. The girls were up first for the night, with a mix of established and new names throwing down stylish and ballsy tricks in an elimination session in order to reach the cash giving final.
Last year's champ - Roxy's Erin Comstock - showed off some perfect backside lipslides on the down rail, cab 180 to 5-0s on the down box, and was the first lady to launch off the phone booth, with a nice tail bonk, but, despite personifying style, she failed to podium. Vans Cup veterans Alexis Waite , and Leanne Pelosi also failed to stand out, while last year's Slopestyle winner Hana Beaman is out after an injured knee at the X Games . Instead a new generation of ladies had the crowds in awe.
20 year old local lady Iris Lazzareschi threw a nice 50-50 to front board on the down-flat-down ledge, while third place winner Cheryl Maas , flown in especially from Europe, showed off a clean boardslide on the down-flat-down rail nabbing $1K.
Desiree Melancon stood out by far, with big backside 180 on, backside 180 off the down ledge and some gnarly falls on the down-flat-down rail. She took second and a cheque for $1500.
After some equally scary bails, Minnesota-born but now a Mammoth Lakes local, Molly Aguirre landed some smooth switch 50-50 to front boards to 50-50s on the kink ledge - gaining her a massive cheer from the crowd, first place, $3000 and a special edition X Games Gibson Les Paul guitar.
The men's was equally as jaw dropping. With a big wad of cash to give out some big names had rolled into town to do their best - but with Tahoe locals famed for being jib monkeys they were in for a fight.
As the standard kept getting pushed higher, 270 spins on and off, half cabs, lipslides and frontboards became standard tricks: Aaron Bittner threw a perfect 180 on and 180 off on the down flat down rail; Scotty Arnold did some nice backside 270s on to the down rail, local lad Danny Toumarine did a nice phone booth tap into front flip, while pretty boy Vans rider Darrel Mathes (and our fave rider rider of the day) threw some perfectly clean backside lipslides and more; but none of them podiumed.
Instead Kade Madsen nabbed third place (and $3000), with Brendan Reis in second after a 180 on to 360 off on the down rail (plus $7000), but local boy Chas Guldemond - famed for being a jumper - swapped style for size to take first and a whopping $10 000, by gapping the down-flat-down rail to land some frontside and backside boardslides and spinning over the phone box. Yep, some rail kids were bitter, but no one risked death, and pleased the crowd, as much as Chas.
The level of riding was crazy good - and one of the most impressive I've ever seen, with the women's comp stepping up just as much, if not more than, the mens.
I can't imagine how next year's trick list will look... and will so be back to watch - fingers crossed injury free.
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March 9, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Links , Pros , Snowboarding , TTR World Tour , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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March 6, 2008 4:23 PM
Terrain Park Managers . So we were stoked to see this interview with Aspen Snowmass' Terrain Park Manager Isabelle Falardeau - responsible for the X Games park - by US magazine Snowboarder. Watch it and get inspired... maybe we could be riding your park in the future?
Keep reading to see the video!!!
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March 6, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Links , Movies , News , Pros , Skiing , Snowboarding , TTR World Tour , Travel , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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March 5, 2008 5:15 PM
After several lay days in Snapper Rocks, Coolangatta, Australia, Saturday's final of the 2008 Roxy Pro Gold Coast , presented by LG, threw up one metre surf and some sensational riding - as well as some surprises - as Peru's Sofia Mulanovich took the title, having been on fire through out the ASP Women's World Tour opening event.
Mulanovich, who was the 2004 ASP Women's World Champion , and fourth place finalist in 2007's tour, took the day's second highest score with 17.34 out of a possible 20 for her final heat against fellow finalist Samantha Cornish of Australia.
Now sitting at number one in the ASP Women's World Tour Ratings, Sofia beat four homeland heros to take the title on the final day, as she faced Aussies Claire Bevilacqua, Rebecca Woods, Amee Donohoe and Cornish in Round 3, the Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals respectively.
Watch out for 15 year old Carissa Moore this season; the Hawaiian upset the locals in Round 3 after defeating current World Champ Stephanie Gilmore (Aus) - which took her into the Quarter Finals against Hawaiian Melanie Bartels, where she took the day's top score of 17.57 out of 20 .
For full results, photos and videos log on to www.aspworldtour.com/roxypro .
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March 5, 2008 in ASP WQS Tour , ASP World Tour , Audio and Videocasts , Events , Links , News , Surfing | Permalink
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Then European Snowboard mag Method wants to hear from you for their fifth issue of the season - a very special free edition...
"We’ve been making magazines all winter, so we figured that for our all-new 5th Online issue, it was about time we let YOU do some of the work!," says their latest newsletter. "This is the chance for all you aspiring pros, photographers, filmers and writers to show your skills in this special edition of Method..."
To get involved go to www.methodmag.com/fifthissue
March 5, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Links , News , Offers and Promotions , Photography , Pros , Snowboarding , Style , TTR World Tour , Travel | Permalink
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February 27, 2008 8:37 AM
Gorgeous, talented and with possibly the best job ever, it's a bit difficult to not go green with jealousy over Anne Flore Marxer's lifestyle. But, although she may get paid a pretty penny by Burton to ride pillow lines and parks for a living, it's not all risk free. From her latest blog entry, on a Whistler film trip with Leanne Pelosi's Runway Films she tells us about riding perfect powder, sledding but also about trying not to sh*t herself...
You can catch up with her updates on www.annefloremarxer.com but we've managed to get the latest entry in full for you to read on Nollie ....
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Day 5 www.runwayfilms.com
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February 27, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Links , Live Blog , Movies , News , Pros , Snowboarding , TTR World Tour , Travel | Permalink
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The right foot forward (aka Regular) team took home the title for the first ever Etnies and Fuel TV Goofy vs. Regular competition on Snow, on Saturday February 23 at Big Bear Mountain resort in Southern California, USA.
Kurt Hoy , Editor of Transworld Snowboard mag headed a starting team of five Regular riders (JP Walker, Austin Smith, Markku Koski, Robbie Walker and Joe Sexton.) who were set on a head to head battle with the Goofy starting five (Simon Chamberlain, Louis Vito, Kurt Wastell, Ryan Thompson and Chris Bradshaw) - led by Fuel TV's John Stouffer .
JP Walker's signature jib for the resort - a combination of large wooden, and small plastic covered wall ride.
Under bluebird skies and with Bear attracting more than 7000 people, open qualifiers ran between 8am to 10am, before riders then joined the pre qualified Regular and Goofy teams. Each stance then showed their best arsenal of tricks in a knock out session - the most impressive riders gaining to round three; the finals. However with the heavens opening up for the finals conditions were slippy, sticky and not condusive to the usual super pro standard many expected.
Many of the invited female riders failed to show - including Jamie Anderson, Anna-Flore Marxer, Leanne Pelosi and Nataza Zurek - with an obvious absence throughout the open qualifiers, but new DC signing Kimmy Fasani made the goofy team proud, riding solid through out the day, taking home $750, with Beverly Vuilleumier coming tops for the Regular team though, earning $1000 for being on the winning team, after stomping frontside threes, 50-50 to fs 180 on the gap tubing, plus some nice jibs on JP Walker's signature wall ride. From the guys Finnish ripper Jusso Lavisto won an $8000 chunk of the $50 000 prize purse, taking first prize and Most Valued Person award, after pulling stylish backside 7s, frontside 7s and 50-50 to 360 out on the down rail.
Tara Dakides turned up to sign autographs for fans and represent her company O-Matic Snowboards , while Boarding For Breast Cancer and Keep a Breast also turned up to promote the cause and spread the word.
For a full report, Fuel TV show times, photos and more from the event log onto http://gvr.etniessnow.com and twsnow.com .
Images: Chris Wellhausen / Transworld Snowboarding
February 27, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Links , News , Photography , Pros , Snowboarding , TTR World Tour , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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February 25, 2008 9:55 PM
Quiksilver and Roxy Pro Gold Coast , presented by LG, will take a lay day today due to small surf over at the main site at Snapper Rocks and nearby Duranbah Beach in Coolangatta, Australia.
All over the three foot, clean and lively surf at Duranbah Beach , Gilmore was on fire on
The first event of the 2008 Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Tour , Gilmore faced Hawaiian Carissa More , last year's Roxy Pro runner up, and good friend, American Karina Petronie , who both impressed with their smooth, comfortable style - enough to shake up the reigning champ who's been busy accepting awards out of the water since winning the '07 title back in December.
“It’s been a bit crazy with all the awards and activities and stuff, but it felt good to get back in the water,” Gilmore said. “I guess I was a bit rusty at the beginning, but I started gaining more and more confidence throughout the heat and felt pretty good by the end.”
Fellow Australian Amee Donohoe was also ripping, with judges rewarding her with 15.67 points out of a possible 20, beating fellow Aussies Serena Brooke and Rebecca Woods in Round 1. Known as one of the world's most progressive female surfers, Melanie Bartels , (Hawaii) also proved her talent with a 8.50 out of 10 right hander, beating legend Layne Beachley and Nicola Atherton - both of Australia.
Round 2 got underway in the afternoon to eliminate surfers from the line up - with Laurina McGrath and Karina Petroni knocked out of the competition. Jessi Miley Dyer won't be competing in Round 3 either - she's suffering after an injury at the Roxy pro Women's Surfing Festival on Philip Island, a ASP World Qualifying Series event.
After today's lay day, Round three is set to start tomorrow - Tuesday - with Aussies Samantha Cornish and Nicola Atherton up for the opening heat of Round 3. The match ups currently look like this:-
Roxy Pro Gold Coast pres. by LG Round 3 Match-Ups
For news, photos and videos on the Roxy Pro and a LIVE webcast log on to www.aspworldtour.com/roxypro .
Images: Robertson/ASP Covered Images
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February 25, 2008 in ASP WQS Tour , ASP World Tour , Audio and Videocasts , Events , Hot Spots , Links , News , Nollie News , Pros , Surfing , Travel | Permalink
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February 22, 2008 7:35 AM
Roxy model Lisa Sheldon is about to make you crazy jealous with this video of a day in her life...
Shot in gorgeous Tahiti , while Lisa was shooting for the 2008 Roxy catalague (get your copy here), start dreaming as she swims with sting rays, paddle surfs and pretty much lives out the dream in the blue skies, warm waves and perfection of the idyllic island... Are you jealous yet?
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February 22, 2008 in Accessories , Audio and Videocasts , Environment , Equipment , Gadgets , Longboarding , Movies , News , Style , Surfing , Travel , Webcams | Permalink
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February 21, 2008 7:55 AM
Etnies , Fuel TV and Transworld Snowboard present the first ever Goofy vs Regular comp on Snow, at Bear Mountain . And Nollie will be there blogging live from the event!
With a prize purse of $50 000 , and invitees including Anne-Flore Marxer, Natasa Zurek, Leanne Pelosi, Silvia Mittermueller, Gretchen Bleiler, Elena Height and Jamie Anderson , riders will fight to the end (of the day) to see which stance reigns supreme - right foot or left foot forward - with the starting teams of five now decided.
The Regular Footers - led by Transworld SNOWboarding editor Kurt Hoy, will start off with Austin Smith, Joe Sexton, JP Walker, Markku Koski and JP Walker, while the Goofy Footers , led by Fuel TV's John Stouffer will begin with Kurt Wastell, Louie Vito, Ryan Thompson, Simon Chamberlain and Chris Bradshaw.
At 8am, Open Qualifiers will take place to give away four spots on each team in the GvR Qualifier; to decide the final Goofy and Regular teams qualifiers will take place ay 9am - with a total of 32 riders battling from each stance (28 pre seeded and four wild cards),
Slopestyle jams will then take place between the entire Goofy and Regular teams, until each is cut to a final eight - two of these spots, for each team, will go to the top women in the world.
For details on how to enter log on to gvr.etniessnow.com .
Log back all this weekend as I'll be in Big Bear, taking pics, filming and blogging live from the event - which promises to be one of the most fun this season!
February 21, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Links , Live Blog , News , Pros , Snowboarding , Tricks and Technique , Webcams | Permalink
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February 20, 2008 10:05 AM
Grab a hanky, and prepare to shed a tear, because episode 25 of the Roxy podcasts is the last in the series! But don't get too distressed: there's more fine footage where these came from...
In this grand finale to the season's weekly snow fix, the Roxy girls - including Erin Comstock, Amber Stackhouse, Torah Bright, Kjersti Buass and more - answer some deep and difficult questions about live, love, snow and other such pressing matters such as: "Would you rather go to space or go to jail?" Mmmm... tricky.
Having problems with the vid? Then try clicking here .
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February 20, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Links , Movies , News , Nollie News , Pros , Snowboarding , Travel , Tricks and Technique , Webcams | Permalink
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February 18, 2008 7:25 AM
Almost. Nollie is currently based out of Northstar at Tahoe, snowboarding as much as possible then working at night. So when we saw an unusally high number of girls riding together under the Vista chairlift at our local resort, having their photos taken during a quarterpipe session off the Pinball run, we knew something was up... It turns out, as we found out via their MySpace , it was the US Nikita team, getting shots and group bonding.
Check out more of what they got up to on these clips from their first three days:
Day 1:
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February 18, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Hot Spots , Movies , News , Pros , Snowboarding , Style , Travel , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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February 15, 2008 7:15 PM
Iceland is one of the craziest, but coolest places on Earth, so I was pretty excited to hear about Nikita's latest competition. The girl's only streetwear brand are giving one lucky lady the chance to visit the Arctic island, hang out with the crew behind the brand, (including foundr Heida), shred a glacier and pick up loads of Nikita freebies.
All you have to do is to make a mini snowboard movie - maximum 30 seconds long and 6 MB per clip - which will be uploaded to Nikita's YouTube Contest site, MySpace and website section 'Whazz Up.'
Fancy having a go? Then click HERE for further details on how to enter....
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February 15, 2008 in Art , Audio and Videocasts , Events , Links , Movies , News , Pros , Snowboarding , Travel , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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Situated in the Indonesian area of Sumatra, Katiet has been welcoming travellers in search of the perfect wave to it's semi luxury resort for decades. However, for those who live there, life is no holiday with a lack of sanitation, disease and malnutrition, plus reocurring earthquakes and tsnumais.
The Quiksilver Foundation and SurfAid International decided to give back to the area, opening a Community Health Training Center in the village in November 2007 - while followed by filmers for Fuel TV.
Now, you can watch the documentary - Beyond Katiet - in full on the US cable channel on February 28th, and throughout February. For details, and on international distribution check out www.fuel.tv
February 15, 2008 in ASP WQS Tour , ASP World Tour , Audio and Videocasts , Environment , Links , Movies , Surfing , Travel | Permalink
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February 13, 2008 8:10 AM
We could get quite jealous about Mary Osborne's life: winner of MTV's Surf Girls - the longboard version, the surfer, model, author (she co-wrote Sister Surfer: A Woman's Guide To Surfing ), TV host, and liberal arts graduate, is one of Etnies star surfers. So to celebrate this valuable team member, and as part of their monthly contests, for February the clothing co are giving you the chance to win Mary's kit.
Just log on to contests.etniesgirl.com/mary-osborne-contest/ to try and win. We can't promise you'll be surfing the Maldives, like Mary in the video above, but you can put pretend...
Read more surf stories with Roxy latest , Roxy Pro Gold Coast and the last episode in RipCurl's Search TV: Into The Wild .
February 13, 2008 in ASP World Tour , Audio and Videocasts , News , Offers and Promotions , Pros , Style , Surfing | Permalink
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Sometimes, when there's no fresh pow, and you're bored of the park, only a hard-to-find challenge is all that can quench your snowboard thirst. On the streets of Utah, Basa Stevulova and Tania Detomas experienced exactly that when they go hunting for rails... and in a session that ends up being tougher than planned.
February 13, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Hot Spots , Movies , Pros , Snowboarding , Travel , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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February 8, 2008 5:16 PM
Grab your tissues because we have to say goodbye to those gorgeous RipCurl surf girls as today's webisode is the fifth and final in the Search TV: Into The Wild series. In this grande finale watch the ladies getting to know the Indonesian locals they've met on their trip, as Jessi Miley-Dyer compares the idyllic Indo waves to her home city break in Paddington, New South Wales, Australia.
We've been told there's more oesterogen action coming from RipCurl very soon - so we'll keep you posted!
Watch episodes one , two , three and four here.
February 8, 2008 in ASP World Tour , Audio and Videocasts , Movies , Pros , Surfing | Permalink
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January 31, 2008 5:06 PM
A little treat for a Thursday afternoon, here's Anne-Flore Marxer's part from Ro Sham Bo. 2 minutes 35 seconds of pure snow stoke. Enjoy.
Like that? Try this: An interview with Anne-Flore
January 31, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Movies , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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January 30, 2008 11:34 AM
This video is great! Not only can you learn exactly how a Elan snowboard is made - from the initial wood core to its factory shrink wrap, but you get the hilarious Anssi to show you around. There's a lot more to snowboard production than you might think...
Like that? Try this: Elan Chicas Team Movie
January 30, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Snowboarding | Permalink
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January 29, 2008 10:45 AM
Another week, another Roxy Podcast. This time Lesley McKenna takes us through how to do a backside air in the pipe, with her very comprehensive instructions (unusual for a snowboard how-to) that should leave even pipe newbies with a clear idea of how to do this trick. Actually doing it though, well, that's another matter entirely!
Like that? Here's all the Roxy podcasts to date: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21
January 29, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Snowboarding , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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In this week's Into the Wild film, Bethany Hamilton talks about surfing after her shark attack, that, and how on earth she surfs with just one arm. It's obviously working out pretty sweet though, as just a few days ago Bethany got to the semi finals of the 6 star WQS event in Aus - which is a step closer to her dream of being in the WQS and she was ripping with the best of them.
Like that? Try this: Rip Curl Into the Wild part one and two .
January 29, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Surfing | Permalink
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January 28, 2008 3:21 PM
Jamie Anderson took gold for the second year in a row in the slopestyle at the X Games, throwing down a flawless winning run which you can watch in the video above. Second and third went to Claudia Fliri and Spencer O'Brien respectively, with the unstoppable Jenny Jones in fourth. In the halfpipe, Gretchen Bleiler took first ahead of Torah Bright and Kelly Clark, keep reading to watch their runs...
In the snowboardercross, Lindsay Jacobellis (infamous for her 'showboating' method in the Olympics) got first, and UK rider Zoe Gillings continued her great results of late by making it into the final.
January 28, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Snowboarding | Permalink
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January 25, 2008 8:20 AM
Way back in August we mentioned Burton's great new 'Because of snowboarding' section , and now there's a video of all their kick-ass female riders telling us what snowboarding means to them. There's also plenty of shots of the girls in action, from Kelly Clark going huge in the pipe to Victoria Jealouse riding some killer powder.
January 25, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Snowboarding | Permalink
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January 24, 2008 8:16 AM
Man the life of a pro surfer is so hard. Hanging out on the beach all day, surfing the waves on giant inflatables, playing dodgeball on the beach. OK - so this isn't the average day in the life of a pro surfer - but it's how the O'Neill team challenge went down in Hawaii. Just so we didn't miss out on how much gosh darn fun they had, Holly Beck filmed the whole event.
Like that? Try this: Girls take over Pupukea on Hawaii's North Shore
January 24, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Surfing | Permalink
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The winter X Games are fully underway, with most of the action taking place over the next four days - and an invited rider list that reads like a who's who of snowboarding. Last year was a double win for the Anderson sisters, with Joanie taking gold in the Snowboarder X and Jamie winning the slopestyle. Here they are with their mum talking about winning last year and their snowboarding careers.
Keep an eye on ESPN over the next few days to keep up with this year's games .
January 24, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Snowboarding | Permalink
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January 22, 2008 12:46 PM
If you're having a bit of a so-so Tuesday, I defy you not to smile just a little bit at this Lada taking on a quarter pipe.
Like that? Try this: Mountain bike double backflip
January 22, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts | Permalink
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We're sad that there's only four more Roxy podcasts left to go (sob) but at least this one is a corker. The Roxy girls are in Park City, Utah, and set about tearing up the pipe and a rather large looking step up for a Roxy photoshoot.
Like that? Here's all the Roxy podcasts to date: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20
January 22, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Skiing , Snowboarding | Permalink
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January 21, 2008 10:35 AM
Time now for the second part of the all-girl shred fest that is SnoWhite. The second part features more two-plank action and a few more painful-looking slams. If you haven't seen it yet, watch part one (which is all about the snowboarding and skateboarding) here first.
For more info, you can find the SnoWhite website at www.Snowhiteprod.com .
January 21, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Skiing , Snowboarding | Permalink
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January 18, 2008 9:40 AM
This week we've got the second part of the Ripcurl into the wild all-female surf trip, and the girls on the trip discuss what it's like to live on a tiny boat together, how they feed off each other's surfing, and what it's like to be in the middle of nowhere with oh-so-perfect waves. There's also the usual beautiful shots of Stephanie Gilmore and Jessi Miley-Dyer et al getting barrelled and riding said perfect waves. It's enough to make you insanely jealous on a rainy Friday!
Watch part one right here .
January 18, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Surfing | Permalink
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January 17, 2008 10:31 AM
The award is a bit of a mouthful but congrats go to boarder cross rider Zoe Gillings who has won the Olympic Athlete of the Year award in the ski and snowboard section. It's very nice to see this award go to a snowboarder rather than a skier, and a female one at that. For a introduction to the British Snowboard Team, check out the video above.
January 17, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , News , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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January 15, 2008 12:04 PM
This week in the Roxy Podcast we get another glimpse into the rather enviable life of Margot Rozies. In this episode she spends all day riding powder Laax. It's a hard life for some, eh?
Like that? Try a day in the life of Margot Rozies, part one
January 15, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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January 14, 2008 3:21 PM
As any non-pro snowboarder who's ever watched the instructional video Methodology will probably know - they make every trick they explain - be it a ollie or a switch back 900 - sound as if it is a piece of piss. So here's our mock trick tip in true Methodology style.
Disclaimer: Probably best not to attempt this after falling leaf - try a few turns and straight airs first!
Watch the real Methodology on Method.tv
January 14, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Snowboarding | Permalink
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January 10, 2008 6:06 PM
This is the start of a series from Rip Curl where they took their girls (Jessi Miley-Dyer, Stephanie Gilmore, Bethany Hamilton, Pauline Ado and Alana Blanchard) to Indo for a Search trip. In the first part, Jessi Miley-Dyer chats about why she loves going on trips to perfect un crowded waves (well, duh).
Like that? Try this: Happy Gilmore - the new world champ on film
January 10, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Surfing , Travel | Permalink
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January 9, 2008 4:30 PM
We live kinda far away to take a trip to Grouse mountain for the MGT 2 Buck Chuck contest , but that's ok, because Leah from Rip.tv was there and they did a great job getting some shots on film despite the foggy conditions. There's also some funny interviews in there with Marie France-Roy and Leanne Pelosi, plus some of the riders who took part.
January 9, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Snowboarding | Permalink
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January 8, 2008 6:40 PM
Ever wondered what it's like to be a Roxy girl? Here's your chance to find out! The latest podcast from Roxy follows Margot Rozies around on a 'normal day' in Laax.
Like that? Try this: A bad day for the Roxy girls | A good day for the Roxy girls
January 8, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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Let me tell you, this board is amazing. Everyone who steps on it wants one - even my mum was taken by it and had to be coaxed off so I could have another go. I even have a long list of people who regularly try to nab it off me - it's that good. If you're into snowboarding or surfing you should try one of these out...
Visit www.originalskateboards.com for more information and to buy.
January 8, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Nollie Rates , Skateboarding , Snowboarding , Surfing | Permalink
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January 7, 2008 1:41 PM
Get a copy of La La Land here .
Like that? Try this: Runway Films to make second all-girl snowboard movie
January 7, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Slam Section , Snowboarding | Permalink
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January 4, 2008 12:46 PM
There's a loooooong break until the ASP Women's World Tour kicks off again at the end of February, but until then Rip Curl have set up a dedicated mini-site for this year's champion, Stephanie Gilmore. Check out the Happy Gilmore site for loads of vids of Steph, photos, downloads, and a profile of the hottest girl in surfing.
Visit Happy Gilmore here .
Like that? Try this: Congratulations to Stephanie Gilmore - new ASP World Champion! | NAB Beachley Classic: Stephanie Gilmore defends title and goes back to the No.1 spot
January 4, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Surfing | Permalink
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January 3, 2008 5:54 PM
If you've yet to surf in Wales, why not give it a go. Here's the low down on Porthcawl and Rest Bay in Wales...
Like that? Try this: Spot Check: Newquay
January 3, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Surfing , Travel | Permalink
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The all girl skiing and snowboarding contest, If Ullr was a Girl , is back for another season. It was slightly controversial last year, as there was a few murmurs about the fairness of skiers and snowboarders being pitted against one another. But still, it lives on! This year, they've scraped the voting component, which makes it less of a popularity contest and more about the skills you upload on to the website.
To enter, get over to the site and input your vids, pics and 'I should be the Ullr girl because...' scripts and you could be on your way to winning a $25,000 prize.
The video above is one of the first to be uploaded by an entrant (beware the screaming at the end!).
Like that? Try this: Grete Eliassen wins If Ullr was a girl 2007
January 3, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Snowboarding | Permalink
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This week the Roxy snowboard team are still in Hemsedal, Norway to get photos for the Roxy advertising campaign. Tania Detomas steps up to the big kicker and Kjersti Buaas tries her hand at photography after dislocating her shoulder.
Like that? Try some more Roxy podcasts: #1: Lesley Mckenna and Margot Rozies hit Canada | #2: Kicking Horse part 2 with Lesley and Margot | #3: What will you do after snowboarding? | #4: The Roxy junior team ripping at the European Open 2007 | #5: Kjersti Buaas creates her own fun park! | #6: Introducing Silje Norendal
January 3, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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January 2, 2008 2:42 PM
At the tail end of last season snowboarders Marie France Roy and Anne-Flore Marxer and skiers Kristi Leskinen and Andrea Binning spent two weeks cat-skiing and heli-skiing the backcountry in British Columbia. As you would expect, they rode a ton of untouched terrain and Red Bull filmed their every move. You can watch the teaser above or check out iTunes for the 5 podcasts made from the trip.
Red Bull also have a dedicated mini site for the Bombshells , where you can find all the info on the trip, read journals written by the girls, and check out loads of powder pics that'll leave you yearning for a face shot of the white stuff.
January 2, 2008 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Skiing , Snowboarding , Travel | Permalink
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December 31, 2007 12:52 PM
runwayfilms.com for more!
Like that? Watch the La La Land teaser .
December 31, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Movies , Snowboarding | Permalink
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December 26, 2007 10:33 AM
If you haven't yet had a jaunt to Newquay, then here's everything you need to know. As it's Christmas, there's none of that difficult reading malarkey involved, all the info is in a no-effort-to-watch vid...
December 26, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Surfing , Travel | Permalink
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December 24, 2007 5:18 PM
Like that? Try some more Roxy podcasts: #1: Lesley Mckenna and Margot Rozies hit Canada | #2: Kicking Horse part 2 with Lesley and Margot | #3: What will you do after snowboarding? | #4: The Roxy junior team ripping at the European Open 2007 | #5: Kjersti Buaas creates her own fun park! | #6: Introducing Silje Norendal
December 24, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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December 21, 2007 12:27 PM
We've made a fair few videos at Nollie, so to save you searching through the archives to find them, here's a fair old selection for you to peruse over the festive season. We especially recommend checking out the Our Camp video and the wakeboard how tos!
Enjoy!
December 21, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts | Permalink
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December 20, 2007 4:38 PM
White Lines were at the Roxy Chicken Jam last weekend and have made two films for your viewing pleasure. Here's what went on at the qualifiers...
Like that? Try this: Cheryl Maas takes back the Roxy Chicken Jam
December 20, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Snowboarding | Permalink
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December 17, 2007 8:41 PM
What with the order of the Roxy podcasts, this week's podcast is from the US Roxy Chicken Jam, while this season's Euro Roxy Chicken Jam has just taken place. Confusing or what.
In this episode you can find out how the slopestyle event went in sunny Salt Lake City and who was crowned the TTR World Tour Champion (as if you didn't already know!).
Watch part one here .
December 17, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Snowboarding | Permalink
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December 10, 2007 6:17 PM
Roxy podcast number 15 follows Roxy riders Lesley McKenna, Torah Bright, Kjersti Buaas and Lisa Wilk at the Roxy Chicken Jam, held in sunshiny Salt Lake City last March. Watch to see how they fared in the all-girl comp.
Like that? Try some more Roxy podcasts: #1: Lesley Mckenna and Margot Rozies hit Canada | #2: Kicking Horse part 2 with Lesley and Margot | #3: What will you do after snowboarding? | #4: The Roxy junior team ripping at the European Open 2007 | #5: Kjersti Buaas creates her own fun park! | #6: Introducing Silje Norendal
December 10, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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December 7, 2007 11:38 AM
Like that? Try this: Next generation Roxy: Carrisa Moore, Sally Fitzgibbons, Lee Ann Curren, Kelia Moniz and more... | Roxy Pro Sunset: Local wildcard Coco Ho beats Stephanie Gilmore
December 7, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Surfing | Permalink
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December 6, 2007 11:22 PM
Once you’ve made a couple of short videos you may want to step things up. And you can’t make better videos without better footage, here's how...
If you aren’t already, you should try to film as much as possible on a tripod, unless you need to move the camera around a lot. Shots always look better nice and still on a tripod instead of wobbling all over the place. Always check that your tripod is level (even on flat ground, most have spirit levels to help you check this) and your camera is securely fastened. Make sure the tripod’s pan and tilt levers are done up tight for static shots or you may still end up with a wobbly shot...
You may want to look into getting some extra lenses to give you more
filming options. A popular choice for action sports is a fisheye lens,
this gives you a wider angle of view which is great in small spaces or
if you want to get closer to the action. However fisheyes are useless
for long shots. If you want to do a lot of long shots (for example
filming surfing from the beach) you may want a telephoto lens. This
will give you more magnification, enabling you to get closer to the
action. A tripod is essential when using a telephoto lens.
Try to vary your shots, as mentioned before, interviews, scenery, etc
will break up a film so remember to include them while filming. When
doing interviews film somewhere quiet to avoid background noise. Try
to get an external microphone as on-board camcorder mics are generally
quite poor.
The better the camera, the more control you have over the
image. Most cameras will at least give you control over the exposure -
how light or dark the image is. Although the camera will expose
automatically sometimes it will get it wrong, usually in bright areas
where a lot of sunlight is reflected, such as snow or water. This is
where a little manual adjustment is useful. Or you may want an image to
be lighter or darker than usual to create a specific feel. Some cameras
also let you control the shutter speed. The faster the shutter speed,
the better for action – try to film at at least 1/300th sec, however
the higher the shutter the speed the more light you need so this may
not be possible.
If the colours look wrong, you probably need to adjust the white
balance. The white balance controls what the colours look like in
natural or artificial light, if the camera is getting the white balance
wrong you should be able to change it for artificial or natural light
in the camera’s menus.
December 6, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Photography , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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For more of the Athertons, check out their website and subscribe to their podcasts .
Like that? Try this: Girl of the week: Mountain biker Rachel Atherton
December 6, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Mountain Biking , Pros | Permalink
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December 5, 2007 10:22 AM
In number 14 of the Roxy podcasts, Basa Stevulova takes us through how to do a rock to fakie on a wall ride.
Like that? Try the other Roxy podcasts: #1: Lesley Mckenna and Margot Rozies hit Canada | #2: Kicking Horse part 2 with Lesley and Margot | #3: What will you do after snowboarding? | #4: The Roxy junior team ripping at the European Open 2007 | #5: Kjersti Buaas creates her own fun park! | #6: Introducing Silje Norendal
December 5, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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December 4, 2007 10:41 PM
It's nice to know that even Roxy girls have to squeeze in a tiny gap in a car once all their boards are in there! Check out this video of the Roxy surfers on day one on the North Shore, Hawaii, where just about every female surfer worth her salt is right now thanks to the Triple Crown of Surfing taking place.
Via Roxy .
Like that? Try this: Behinds the scenes of the Roxy Jam Biarritz | Behind the scenes of the Roxy Jam Biarritz part two
December 4, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Surfing , Travel | Permalink
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November 30, 2007 8:56 AM
Via Roxy .
Like that? Try this: Roxy Shimmer all-female DVD review
November 30, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Surfing | Permalink
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November 29, 2007 5:00 PM
White Lines Snowboarding have gone on a trip to the Chill Factore (yes, inexplicably spelt with an e) so we don't have to. Watch their video for a little sneaky peek inside and out with no travel oop north required. Apparently they're having a few problems with the snow at the moment, but it looks like they'll be a decent enough slope to slide down once they've sorted it all out.
Like that? Try this: Chill Factore opens in 10 days time | The Chill Factore, Manchester, due to open November 2007
November 29, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Snowboarding , Travel | Permalink
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November 27, 2007 10:34 AM
Along with a whole host of lovely ladies, plus coaches Sonia Shaw, Laura Hill, Posy Dixon and Jo Chastney, we went along to Tamworth snowdome for the UK Our Camp night, this is what it looked like...
Want more? You can our written report on the night here , check out the winter Our Camp schedule here , and read a whole week's worth of camp diaries here , here , here , here , here , and here !
November 27, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Pros , Snowboarding , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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The latest feel-good podcast from Roxy is full of powder days, beautiful sunshine and tricks that go right...yes, it's a GOOD day for the Roxy girls.
Like that? Try this: Roxy Podcast #12: A BAD day for the Roxy girls
November 27, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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November 19, 2007 8:24 PM
This week the Roxy girls have the worst day ever - one to watch while you're nursing the aftermath of a bad slam.
Like that? Try these: #1: Lesley Mckenna and Margot Rozies hit Canada | #2: Kicking Horse part 2 with Lesley and Margot | #3: What will you do after snowboarding? | #4: The Roxy junior team ripping at the European Open 2007 | #5: Kjersti Buaas creates her own fun park! | #6: Introducing Silje Norendal | #7: More questions for the Roxy team | #8: How to do air to fakies in the pipe by Kjersti Buaas |
November 19, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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November 16, 2007 10:00 AM
In this classic clip, one of the original girl skateboarders, Patti McGee, demonstrates her bag of tricks (which include walking the board, hanging heels, doing handstands on it and generally looking very elegant) and then attempts to teach the rest of the guests on the show and the host to skate. It's a great watch, and crazy to see the ending segment, where Patti 'performs' on her skateboard to a rock and roll tune!
Like that? Try this: Website of the week: thesideproject.com girls skateboarding network | Sector Nine All Girls Skate Team Video
November 16, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Skateboarding | Permalink
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November 15, 2007 2:16 PM
This is the wave that gave Megan Abubo the first perfect score of her career and went towards her winning the Reef Hawaiian Pro !
Keep reading to watch it and more female action from the event after the cut...
Like that? Try this: We was there: Ripcurl Boardmasters 2007 Women's Davidoff Cool Water Wave WQS Final video | Roxy Shimmer Teaser
November 15, 2007 in ASP WQS Tour , Audio and Videocasts , Events , Pros , Surfing | Permalink
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November 14, 2007 9:25 AM
Big props to Lucie over at Powderroom.net who discovered this all-girl snowboard film out of Japan. I love that there's all-girl crews springing up all over the world and making their own films, and this one looks pretty well done. I tried to have a look at their website , but er, it was all in Japanese.
Also on Powderroom right now, they've got an interview with Abby Lockhart and a hot new look. Take a look !
More all girl films out this season: Float | La La Land | Labor of Love | Bitches With Stitches
November 14, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Movies , Snowboarding | Permalink
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November 13, 2007 11:48 AM
In the 11th Roxy podcast we get to find out how Roxy girl Lisa Wilk does in the final of the Burton European Open in Laax. Also in this episode the skies clear and we get a glimpse of a blue bird powder day in Laax, bring on winter!
Like that? Try these: #1: Lesley Mckenna and Margot Rozies hit Canada | #2: Kicking Horse part 2 with Lesley and Margot | #3: What will you do after snowboarding? | #4: The Roxy junior team ripping at the European Open 2007 | #5: Kjersti Buaas creates her own fun park! | #6: Introducing Silje Norendal | #7: More questions for the Roxy team | #8: How to do air to fakies in the pipe by Kjersti Buaas |
November 13, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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I defy you not to be impressed by the talent on display in this video report from the Etnies Dawn of the Shred womens street final. These girls are incredible! The contest was eventually won by Marisa Del Santo, and also featured in this video are the likes of Vanessa Torres, Elissa Steamer, Evelien Bouilliart and Lauren Perkins.
Like that? Try this: Spot Check Skate: The Front Skate Park, Weymouth | Win! Five signed copies of Slam by Nick Hornby
November 13, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Pros , Skateboarding | Permalink
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November 12, 2007 12:31 PM
Like that? Try this: The Roxy Podcasts | Slide Show #1: Lisa Filzmoser hot tub gap
November 12, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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November 9, 2007 3:17 PM
Lockdown Projects 2006 Orange Brits Music Video
November 9, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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Watch part one here .
November 9, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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November 7, 2007 11:26 AM
In our latest vid, some of the film makers and riders involved with Hungerpain's latest film, Otium, give us an insight into the highs and lows they encountered this season while making the film.
Like that? Try this: Hungerpain Otium review and première report
November 7, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Movies , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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November 6, 2007 6:00 PM
Wow, I can't believe we're on number ten already! This week the podcast follows the Roxy Team at the Burton European Open as they take part in the halfpipe competition.
Like that? Try the first nine Roxy podcasts: #1: Lesley Mckenna and Margot Rozies hit Canada | #2: Kicking Horse part 2 with Lesley and Margot | #3: What will you do after snowboarding? | #4: The Roxy junior team ripping at the European Open 2007 | #5: Kjersti Buaas creates her own fun park! | #6: Introducing Silje Norendal | #7: More questions for the Roxy team | #8: How to do air to fakies in the pipe by Kjersti Buaas | #9: Behind the scenes of Labor of Love
November 6, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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Here's our first taster of the Metro Ski and Snowboard Show for you if you didn't manage to make it down there yourself. For the rail jam, Landrover plonked a big ol' 4x4 on a slope and found a load of pros to ride over it. Laura Hill is doin' it for the girls but seeing as she was a little camera shy we've got some commentary from the likes of Seb Kern for you. Enjoy.
Like that? Try this: More videos
November 6, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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November 1, 2007 5:53 PM
It was with no small sense of anxiety that I boarded the bus to London to attend the première of Hungerpain’s latest film, Otium. Attending the event alone and with a lot of interviews to attempt to capture, I was worried about whether I would come away with anything usable. However, my camera was soon working harder than the staff at the busy foyer bar, and it’s funny how small the snowboard scene is so soon after my arrival I had bumped into several old friends, and made a few new ones too!
When the time came to sit down and watch the film, the crowd was anxious, having waited longer than expected due to some of the featured riders turning up late from working at the Ski Show in Olympia. However it was worth the wait...
Having dropped the ‘documentary’ style format taken last year with The
Playground, the film took a more traditional rider section approach.
Although, as is often the norn with UK films, the riding standard did
not quite reach that of the big international films, the film was
anything but typical - Pete Ellis had put in a lot of hours in the edit
room to create a genuinely different film, with a lot of interesting
effects and creative techniques to keep the action varied and the crowd
interested right until the end.
The film has a good balance of fun, without feeling forced, and banger
riding footage. However, I’ll be buggered if I can actually remember
much of it, getting so caught up in the buzzing atmosphere of the
evening resulted in me struggling to remember the finer details of the
film. Nonetheless, there were definitely some high points which stuck
with me. The aforementioned editing, coupled with clever animation and
effects, was top notch. The invisible boards section, first seen in
Girl Skateboard’s Yeah Right, was superbly done and added more to the
film than just a gimmick. Toward the end of the film were some
beautifully filmed evening kicker sessions, reminiscent of the Mammoth
Mountain evening footage in DC Mtn. Lab.
The best bit is it’s available as a free cover mount with the November
issue of Whitelines, available now, so go get your snow-starved mits on
a copy to build those stoke levels for the fast-approaching winter!
Come back tomorrow for a behind the scenes chat with some of the people behind the film.
November 1, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Movies , Snowboarding | Permalink
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October 31, 2007 9:56 AM
A new video for you today, looking at the ways you can keep fit and improve your riding using a trampoline. Great for snowboarding and wakeboarding in particular, as well as general air awareness.
Click on the icon to view the video full screen!
Like that? Try this: Learning to wakeboard - standing up on a cable tow | Learn to Wakeboard video tips: Jump starts on a cable tow
October 31, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , BMX , Skateboarding , Snowboarding , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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October 29, 2007 5:16 PM
It's Monday, and that means another Roxy podcast to devour, hurrah! The latest episode goes behind the scenes of the new Roxy movie, Labor of Love, which is out in two short days. Keep your eye on Roxy.com/laboroflove and check out the trailer here .
Like that? Try the first eight Roxy podcasts: #1: Lesley Mckenna and Margot Rozies hit Canada | #2: Kicking Horse part 2 with Lesley and Margot | #3: What will you do after snowboarding? | #4: The Roxy junior team ripping at the European Open 2007 | #5: Kjersti Buaas creates her own fun park! | #6: Introducing Silje Norendal | #7: More questions for the Roxy team | #8: How to do air to fakies in the pipe by Kjersti Buaas
October 29, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Movies , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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October 26, 2007 9:47 AM
In this week's Roxy Podcast, Kjersti Buaas gives you a little instruction on air to fakies in the half pipe. Even if you know you've no chance of ever getting air in a pipe, let alone doing tricks, this is a entertaining one to watch!
Like that? Try the first seven Roxy podcasts: #1: Lesley Mckenna and Margot Rozies hit Canada | #2: Kicking Horse part 2 with Lesley and Margot | #3: What will you do after snowboarding? | #4: The Roxy junior team ripping at the European Open 2007 | #5: Kjersti Buaas creates her own fun park! | #6: Introducing Silje Norendal | #7: More questions for the Roxy team
October 26, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Snowboarding , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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October 25, 2007 9:12 AM
More awesome surfing from the girls at the Roxy Jam long board world champs, and more behind the scenes action for those us of who had other things to do than sun ourselves on the Basque coast while the Roxy Jam was running (damn). If you missed part one, watch it here first .
Like that? Try this: Roxy Jam Biarritz ASP Womens' Longboard World Championships live blogs. Days one , two and three , and the eventual winner, Jennifer Smith .
October 25, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Longboarding , Pros , Surfing | Permalink
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October 24, 2007 8:45 AM
This is a great video from Roxy going behind the scenes of the Roxy Jam Biarritz which took place this July. Ed Leigh (who else?) presents with a little help from longboard queen Kassia Meador. Come back tomorrow for part two!
Like that? Try this: Roxy Jam Biarritz ASP Womens' Longboard World Championships live blogs. Days one , two and three , and the eventual winner, Jennifer Smith .
October 24, 2007 in Art , Audio and Videocasts , Longboarding , Pros , Surfing | Permalink
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October 23, 2007 11:47 AM
I was in Fernie for the season last year, and although for the most part it was pretty quiet, this weekend pow day was the exception. Practically everywhere else on the mountain was tracked out, and Currie bowl, full of freshies, was only just opening. Obviously untouched powder in the middle of the day attracts quite a crowd - there's probably over 150 people trying to get their bit of the 25cms of fresh all at once. I'm in there somewhere, but the best part of this video is the commentary by the filmer, worth watching just to hear him say 'carnage, retarded carnage....get some, get some'.
Like that? Try this: Ski and Snowboard resort review: Fernie Alpine Resort, British Columbia Canada
October 23, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Snowboarding | Permalink
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October 22, 2007 11:06 AM
We showed you the teaser a while back , but now there's a full length version of all-girl snowboard flick Bitches with Stitches available to watch. I haven't heard of any of the girls in the film, but some of them are pretty good, and although the filming is a little iffy at times, it's free, and it's a bunch of girls ripping. So enjoy!
Like that? Try this: Interview: Erin Valverde on Float - an all female snowboard film | Roxy Labor of Love all-girl snowboard and ski movie trailer
October 22, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Movies , Snowboarding | Permalink
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October 18, 2007 10:13 AM
We're got a review of Original Skateboards coming up soon (quick preview: they're awesome!) but until then here's the Sector Nine girls team hooning around South Bay...
Like that? Try this: The all-female, all British skateboard brand: Rogue Skateboards | Street Surfer The Wave Board video
October 18, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Skateboarding | Permalink
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October 16, 2007 8:28 AM
What's your favourite song and would you rather never snowboard again or never dance again? The Roxy team face some difficult questions in this week's Roxy Podcast.
Like that? Try the first six Roxy podcasts: #1: Lesley Mckenna and Margot Rozies hit Canada | #2: Kicking Horse part 2 with Lesley and Margot | #3: What will you do after snowboarding? | #4: The Roxy junior team ripping at the European Open 2007 | #5: Kjersti Buaas creates her own fun park! | #6: Introducing Silje Norendal
October 16, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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October 9, 2007 5:35 PM
No wonder new Roxy girl Silje Norendal is so good even though she's only 13 - she started riding when she was 4-years-old! The latest Roxy podcast introduces Silje Norendal who, if she keeps up her current form, is bound to be joining the other Roxy girls on podiums before we know it.
Like that? Try the first five Roxy podcasts: #1: Lesley Mckenna and Margot Rozies hit Canada | #2: Kicking Horse part 2 with Lesley and Margot | #3: What will you do after snowboarding? | #4: The Roxy junior team ripping at the European Open 2007 | #5: Kjersti Buaas creates her own fun park!
October 9, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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October 5, 2007 2:22 PM
At the Surf Shop Expo we met Mr Ollypop himself, surf instructor Olly Daglish, who very kindly (despite a dodgy knee) demonstrated the Ollypop towel himself. Head over to the Ollypop site where you can get their new girly version or free Ollypop stickers if you join their mailing list .
Like that? Try this: The original Ollypop post | Ollypop Kippers Knickers Hoody
October 5, 2007 in Accessories , Audio and Videocasts , Surfing | Permalink
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October 2, 2007 9:31 AM
The next episode of the Roxy Podcast series is now available, and you can watch Kjersti and a load of other Roxy girls create their own funpark...
Like that? Try the first four Roxy podcasts: #1: Lesley Mckenna and Margot Rozies hit Canada | #2: Kicking Horse part 2 with Lesley and Margot | #3: What will you do after snowboarding? | #4: The Roxy junior team ripping at the European Open 2007
October 2, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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October 1, 2007 10:11 AM
If you're after a little snowflex action, Warmwell is one of the best places in the country, and by far the best in the South West. Thursday nights are snowboarding/freestyle night, and everyone's very friendly, here's what you'll find should you make the trip...
Dorset Snowsports Centre official website .
Like that? Try this: Summer snow #4: Dryslopes | Spot Check BMX: Bridport The Trick Factory Skate Park | Spot Check Wake: WMSki cable lake, Cotswold Water Park
October 1, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Snowboarding , Travel | Permalink
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September 28, 2007 2:22 PM
the biggest crabs in the world (seriously, they were bigger than me). Watch the video for more information.
Like that? Try this: Spot Check BMX: Bridport The Trick Factory Skate Park | Spot Check Wake: WMSki cable lake, Cotswold Water Park
September 28, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , BMX , Skateboarding , Travel | Permalink
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September 27, 2007 6:47 PM
I think this video of the main wakeboarding woman Dallas Friday must be pre her accident, but it's pretty interesting even now. You can also check out a video of her lakeside crib . As for the accident (in case you didn't know, Friday shattered her femur and went into a coma last year) she seems to be recovering pretty good, judging by the her interview on Lat34 .
Like that? Try this: O'Neil Outlaw Womens Wakeboarding Impact Comp Vest | O'Brien Dallas Friday Skyla Wake Board
September 27, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Wakeboarding | Permalink
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September 26, 2007 4:01 PM
It's time to carry on being a fly on the wall at an Our Camp - you've had SIX whole days of diaries , now you can watch the footage and see how much the girls on this camp progressed first hand. I've never been to Deux Alpes before, but it looks lovely in summer - there's baby sized things in the park and slushy snow, my idea of heaven!
Keep reading to watch part two...
Trick tips video from Our Camp - learn ollies, straight airs, how to 50/50 a box and 180s | Our Camp freestyle snowboard camps for girls (and sometimes boys) winter 2008 schedule
September 26, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Snowboarding , Travel | Permalink
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September 25, 2007 2:58 PM
Although I've never heard of any of the girls in this movie (yet!) they certainly aren't scared of rails. One for all you tough handrail-slaying snowboard chicks out there!
Like that? Try this: Float Film Teaser One | Float Films Teaser Tw o
September 25, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Movies , Snowboarding | Permalink
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In podcast number four, Lisa Wilk and Stine Brun Kjeldaas watch the younger Roxy generation at the European Open in Laax. It's dumping in this video, which will no doubt help you get in the mood for winter!
Like that? Try the first three Roxy podcasts: #1: Lesley Mckenna and Margot Rozies hit Canada | #2: Kicking Horse part 2 with Lesley and Margot | #3: What will you do after snowboarding?
September 25, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Snowboarding , Travel | Permalink
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September 24, 2007 5:29 PM
It turns out those childhood dreams to live a life under the sea with a swishy tail weren't unfounded - meet Hannah Fraser, the professional mermaid....
This video was edited by surfer Holly Beck , is there no end to her talents?
Like that? Try this: Holly Beck and Mary Osborne surfing cokes in the Maldives
September 24, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Surfing | Permalink
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September 21, 2007 2:42 PM
Thanks to Donna Von Hoesslin's fantastic Betty Blog I found these two great videos of the super talented Holly Beck and Mary Osborne surfing in the Maldives. Both have been edited (I think) by the obviously multi-talented Holly Beck (who also does a spot of longboarding in the video). Enjoy!
Keep reading for the Mary Osborne video...
Like that? Try this: Girls who rock: Mary Osborne | Betty Belts Mary Osborne Necklace | Website of the week: Holly Beck's Surfing Blog
September 21, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Longboarding , Pros , Surfing | Permalink
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September 20, 2007 10:21 AM
I'm already a Mambo fan, but their range for Spring/Summer 2008 is looking hawt. I want some already...
Like that? Try this: Nikita Summer 2008 Preview | Dakine Summer 2008 Preview
September 20, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Style | Permalink
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September 19, 2007 2:49 PM
Hana Beaman won a Harley-Davidson bike for the 'Inspired Ride' at the Burton Abominable Snowjam earlier in the year, and she's only just got around to picking it up. Here she is picking it up and chatting about her ending part in Runway's La La Land. Keep reading to watch the video (otherwise it autostarts)...
Like that? Try this: La La Land from Runway Films finished and available to buy next month! | Hana Beaman and Gretchen Bleiler win at the Burton Abominable Snow Jam
September 19, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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The British Snow Tour is super on the ball this year, and there's even a video of the Chatham event out not two days later...
Like that? Read the full event rundown including pics .
September 19, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Snowboarding | Permalink
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September 18, 2007 12:24 PM
Episode three of the Roxy Podcast series is now out, and this one sees the Roxy team being quizzed about what they'll do after snowboarding and who their dream snowboard partner would be...
Like that? Watch podcasts one and two .
September 18, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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At the Surf Shop Expo Adrian from Indoboard showed us a few of their new products . The IndoFlo Cushion is great for beginners and developing core strength, and there's also new sport specific boards for wakeboarding, snowboarding, skateboarding and of course, surfing. The video starts with a little demo from one of Indoboard's riders...
Like that? Try this: Indo and balance board tricks to improve your snowboarding and wakeboarding | Walkabout How to Cross Step DVD featuring Kassia Meador
September 18, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Equipment , Other sports , Skateboarding , Snowboarding , Surfing , Wakeboarding | Permalink
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September 17, 2007 4:07 PM
The lovely ladies from Our Camp have put their trick tips video online, so you can learn or improve on a whole host of beginner freestyle trickery from your computer screen. Demonstrated by Jo Chastney and narrated by Helly Hansen's Emma Lea-Rogers...
Like that? Check out the Our Camp Winter 2008 schedule | The Summer 2007 Our Camp diaries: Read day one by Alena , day two by Helen, day three by Simone , day four by Katie , day five by Emma and day six by Our Camp coach and organiser Gilly .
September 17, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Snowboarding , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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Gibbon Slacklines are a great new product out of Germany that we were lucky enough to see at the Surf Shop Expo. You can attach the slackline to almost any two fixed points (trees, buildings, mountains), and jump, balance on and walk the line. Here's our video from the show (sorry about the sound) but if you check out the official site , they've got loads of videos and images that show just how versatile and fun Slacklines can be, and how you can use them to help improve your core strength and balance for other sports.
Gibbon Slacklines will be available in the UK shortly, and we're expecting some kind of slackline revolution!
Like that? Try this: Street Surfer The Wave Board | Carveboards
September 17, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Equipment , Other sports | Permalink
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September 14, 2007 10:51 AM
Possibly helped along by the fact that our shores have been showing not so much as a ripple in the last few months, the sport of stand up paddle surfing is growing fast. Here's Starboard talking us through their range and the sport in general...
Head down to the UK Stand Up Paddle Surfing Champs to try out a Starboard board.
Like that? Try this: Get your stoke on: Paddle boards | Jennifer Aniston goes SUP boarding
September 14, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Other sports , Surfing | Permalink
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It comes to something when the best nollie tutorial on the net is a computer game. But if you ignore all the stuff about the controller, and focus on the feet, it might actually help you in real life...
Ehow also have some written tips on perfecting your nose ollie .
Like that? Try this: Learn how to skateboard (and do a nollie!) with the Skateboarding Explained Instructional DVD | How to cross step on your longboard by Adam Colton
September 14, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Skateboarding , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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If you think Nikita's got a gorgeous line up this summer, wait 'til you see next years stock. Here's a little taster of what's going to be on offer...
Like that? Try this: Dakine Summer 2008 Preview | Nikita Reversible Zip Hoody, as modelled by Lisa Filzmoser
September 14, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Snowboarding , Style , Surfing | Permalink
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September 13, 2007 4:20 PM
Street Surfer Wave boards have only got two wheels, but you can ride them uphill and on the flat by twisting and wiggling your hips and feet (watch the video and you'll see what I mean), and carve them down hills. Kinda crazy, but they worked really well and looked super fun. Here's one of street surfer's female riders showing us how its done and telling us why we should all have a go...
The Street Surfer Wave Board is available online for £99 .
Like that? Try this: Carveboards | Original Skateboards Longboards allow you to carve concrete
September 13, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Skateboarding , Surfing | Permalink
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September 12, 2007 4:44 PM
We've mentioned both the Fffrozen scents and Stoked by Bethany Hamilton before, but there's nothing like getting to smell them in the flesh. As well as their scent Beach, Fffrozen are now selling the Bethany Hamilton range from America . While Beach smells more floral with notes of warm citrus fruits, Stoked is a real surfy, beachy scent and its blend of exotic flowers, tropical fruits and creamy coconut will transport you to the surf. Here's the girl from Fffrozen (I'm sorry, I've forgotten her name) talking us through the range...
You can buy both products here .
Like that? Try this: Roxy Perfume - the official launch | Nollie Perfume
September 12, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Health and Beauty , Pros , Surfing | Permalink
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September 11, 2007 12:51 PM
Mmmm powder! Check out the second weekly podcast from Roxy where Lesley and Margot go skidooing...
Like that? Try this: Lesley and Margot hit Canada part one | Roxy and Chunkyknit productions release Torah Bright Podcasts | Podcast roundup: Roxy Jam, Laura Berry trick tips and Vans Pool Party
September 11, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Snowboarding , Travel | Permalink
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Once you've mastered the cable tow sitting down , you can try it standing up, here's a few tips for getting it right first time and impressing everyone with your jump starts...
Learning to wakeboard - standing up on a cable tow | Spot Check Wake: WMSki cable lake, Cotswold Water Park | Indo and balance board tricks to improve your snowboarding and wakeboarding
September 11, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Tricks and Technique , Wakeboarding | Permalink
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September 10, 2007 12:17 PM
We headed to Exeter for the Surf Shop Expo last week, and filmed a whole lot of stuff for your enjoyment. First up is Carveboards, the latest boards to try recreate snowboarding and surfing on concrete...
Visit Carveboardsports.co.uk for more info .
Like that? Try this: Original Skateboards Longboards allow you to carve concrete | Are these the most beautiful skateboard decks ever created?
September 10, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Skateboarding , Snowboarding , Surfing | Permalink
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September 7, 2007 4:59 PM
In case you didn't manage to click through to the Roxy podcast of Lesley McKenna and Margot Rozies enjoying some Kicking Horse powder , then you can watch it right here, no clicking required...
Look out for the next one, due Monday, at Roxy.com/podcast .
Like that? Try this: Roxy and Chunkyknit productions release Torah Bright Podcasts | Podcast roundup: Roxy Jam, Laura Berry trick tips and Vans Pool Party
September 7, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Snowboarding , Travel | Permalink
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It's all go with the crazy hybrid extreme sports this week, yesterday we had a little van boarding , and today, I bring you...horse surfing. Horse surfing, or boarding, I should say, is where you wakeboard behind a galloping horse. Kinda expensive, because, well, you need a horse. I dunno how fast horses can go, but I'm betting a boat could go faster, and boats are surely less high maintenance.
Like that? Try this: Glacier surfing | Urban surfing video
September 7, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Other sports , Surfing , Wakeboarding | Permalink
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September 6, 2007 9:41 AM
Big props to Jools from Snowfix who totally rocks at wakeboarding behind a van. Check it out here...
Like that? Try this: Spot Check Wake: WMSki cable lake, Cotswold Water Park | Glacier surfing
September 6, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Wakeboarding | Permalink
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September 5, 2007 7:39 AM
Unless you're one of those lucky people who pick everything up first time, starting up on a wakeboard at a cable tow takes a bit of practice. Here's a few tips to get you standing quicker and spending less time falling in at the start...
Like that? Try this: Spot Check Wake: WMSki cable lake, Cotswold Water Park | Indo and balance board tricks to improve your snowboarding and wakeboarding
September 5, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Tricks and Technique , Wakeboarding | Permalink
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September 4, 2007 10:46 AM
Yay, from now until February 2008, Monday mornings will be a little sweeter thanks to the Roxy Snow Team Podcasts. Yesterday saw the release of the first of 25 weekly video podcasts which follow the members of the Roxy Snow Team
through their winter. Ever wondered what Torah Bright wants to do when she quits
snowboarding? Or what happens when Tania Detomas hits a street rail for
the first time? How does Kjersti Buaas do those amazing Air to Fakies?
And what really happens on a Roxy photo shoot? Well, now you have the
answers...
Each podcast shows a different part of Roxy life and follow riders such
as Kjersti Buaas, Torah Bright, Tania Detomas, Erin Comstock and Lisa
Wiik in Europe, Canada, Japan and The United States.
In the first podcast of the new Winter season, Lesley McKenna and
Margot Rozies spend 10 days riding the best conditions of their lives
in Kicking Horse, BC.
Watch it in iTunes if you have it, or head to the Roxy site to watch online .
Like that? Try this: Roxy and Chunkyknit productions release Torah Bright Podcasts | Podcast roundup: Roxy Jam, Laura Berry trick tips and Vans Pool Party
September 4, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Snowboarding , Travel | Permalink
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September 3, 2007 4:20 PM
Thinking about going to the Brits in Laax this year? Here's the 2008 promo video they've put together to convince you that you should...
Prices start from £179, and all the info you need is at www.brits08.com .
Like that? Try this: Brits 2007: Posy Dixon wins Slopestyle | Brits 2007: Lesley McKenna wins Halfpipe | Brits 2007: Jo Chastney wins Boardercross and Big Air | Lockdown Projects 2006 Orange Brits Music Video
September 3, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Skiing , Snowboarding , TTR World Tour | Permalink
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Next up in our occasional Spot Check series is the WKSki cable lake, located in the Cotswolds Water Park. We headed down there to try out the learn to wakeboard course (more vids on how to learn to wakeboard coming soon) and generally check out the facilities. There was loads of girls down there which is always a great sign, and although my arms won't thank me for it, we'll definitely be going back.
Visit www.WMSki.com for more info and to book.
Like that? Try this: O'Neil Outlaw Womens Wakeboarding Impact Comp Vest | Top 50 girls who rock: Wakeskater Stef Tor | The Chick Flick all female wakeboard and wakeskate video | Low down: Hyperlite Divine Ladies Wakeboard | Indo and balance board tricks to improve your snowboarding and wakeboarding
September 3, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Travel , Wakeboarding | Permalink
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August 31, 2007 9:50 AM
Surfboat racing is something I knew existed, but it sort of lingered on the edge of my conciousness and I never looked into it properly. Now I have, thanks to a tip off from Beach Bum at Life's a beach , who alerted me to the video above of the Torquay Doves, an Aussie Surfboat team. After watching that, and seeing the pictures of the UK womens teams in action on the official UK Surf Rowers League website , I know that I am way too much of a wimp to take part. If you're a braver soul than I am, visit the URSRL website for more information, and get ready to wear your Speedos up your bum.
Or, if watching the action seems more your kind of boat, the final of the UKSRL Summer Series is taking place tomorrow at Portreath.
Keep reading for a video of the sort of thing that happens when things don't go quite right...
This video is of the Swanbourne womens team in Western Australia....
Like that? Try this: Glacier surfing
August 31, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Other sports , Surfing | Permalink
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August 24, 2007 2:31 PM
If you were inspired by the Nike Dance Clash finalists , then you can get a slice of the dance action yourself, and get a mini workout to boot, with the Nike Rockstar Workout video featuring Sofia Boutella . If you find yourself getting into it, then look up your nearest class for a longer version. The Nike Rockstar workout is currently available at Danceworks, Gymbox, the Third Space and selected Holmes Place gyms.
Like that? Try this: More videos
August 24, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts | Permalink
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August 22, 2007 3:07 PM
The Billabong Girls Pro is still on hold today, so round two has still yet to be surfed, but the team challenge is taking place right now in three foot waves. While we're waiting for it to kick off again, here's a video of what surfers got up to in Brazil on their day off from the WQS event, held last week. Silvana Lima, Rebbecca Woods, and Karina Petroni star, all very glad to be in Brazil after visiting England for the Boardmasters !
Like that? Try this: Billabong Girls Pro Ithica Brazil WCT day two postponed | Billabong Girls Pro Ithica Brazil WCT Live Blog day one | Nicola Atherton wins the Billabong Girls Pro Itacare WQS in Brazil, gains world tour wild card | More surfing
August 22, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , News , Pros , Surfing | Permalink
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August 17, 2007 6:32 PM
Golden girl of snowboarding Torah Bright rode the Roxy Envi Magetraction board last season (and Roxy head to toe), winning the world TTR tour and X Games gold on it. Here she is declaring her love for it in one of the new Roxy Podcasts . She compares the wiggly magnetraction edge to a serrated knife cutting through bread, and says it'll cut through everything - ice, chop, the lot. I'll take Torah's word for it, but I've heard good reports across the board about this board, definitely one to try!
Like that? Try this: Burton NZ Open: Torah Bright wins Halfpipe | Girlie Camp pre season park and pipe snowboard camp with Torah Bright | Torah Bright wins TTR title at Roxy Chicken Jam
August 17, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Equipment , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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August 16, 2007 6:15 PM
Yes. This is exactly what it looks like. Two surfers, Garrett McNamara and Kealii Mamala, hang around a glacier until a giant chunk falls off, fire up their jet ski and attempt to surf the ensuing wave. It's also as dangerous as it sounds, ordinarily waiting around underneath a glacier is a pretty dumb thing to do, and the surfers spent a lot of their time in Alaska wondering if they'd ever go home again. The falling glaciers produced waves up to 25 feet, and although the surfers were used to towing into Hawaiian waves, they weren't used to glacial tidal waves! Crazy stuff.
Via FSO4 .
Like that? Try this: Body boarder gets munched by wave | Glen Coe does a double back flip...on a mountain bike | The radio controlled surfer that surfs better than you do | Female wakeboard slams. Ouch
August 16, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , News , Surfing | Permalink
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August 15, 2007 9:53 PM
The UK girls skate tour starts in three days, here's a video from last years one day jam to get you amped for it...
Like that? Try this: Movie Magic: Gallaz AKA Girl Skater starring Vanessa Torres, Amy Caron, Jaime Reyes and Monica Shaw | The all-female, all British skateboard brand: Rogue Skateboards
August 15, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Skateboarding | Permalink
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August 14, 2007 3:45 PM
Here's a mini version of our Boardmasters weekend for you, one of our best videos yet if I may say so myself, mainly featuring the women's final, which despite travelling down to Newquay to see, I missed half of because I was being interviewed by the Extreme sports channel, an interview I sincerely hope will never see the light of day mainly because I think I said the word 'awesome' about ten times in as many minutes. Damn I'm cool.
Here's everything else to do with the 2007 Boardmasters: The Rip Curl Boardmasters 2007 womens 5* WQS liveblog day two | The Rip Curl Boardmasters 2007 womens 5* WQS liveblog | Video highlights from rounds one and two of the Womens 5* WQS at the Ripcurl Boardmasters | Rip Curl Boardmasters womens round of 12 starting soonish (maybe) | Jacqueline Silva wins at Davidoff Cool Water Wave WQS at the Newquay Rip Curl Boardmasters | Rip Curl Girls Tour Newquay video | Rip Curl Boardmasters: Eden Project Eco Boards
August 14, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Pros , Surfing , Travel | Permalink
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August 13, 2007 2:04 PM
Ripcurl have made a sweet little video of their girls tour in Newquay, and if you like the look of it, you can still book into one of the remaining dates in the tour, taking place at Sennen, Croyde, Llangennith and Bournemouth on the 18th and 19th of August. Visit www.ripcurl.com/girlstour to find out more.
Like that? Try this: Animal Surf Academy Girls Only Workshops - full details | Roxy Shimmer Tour heads to Newquay, Portrush, Porthcall and Bournemouth | SurfGirl Summer Coaching Events
August 13, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Surfing | Permalink
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August 10, 2007 10:08 AM
Once you've learnt to do clever things on your bike/surfboard/snowboard, the next logical step is to want to film it and show off your skills to the world. The Oregon Scientific ATC-2000 (£99.99 from Halfords ) is a standalone waterproof helmet cam that you can take in the sea, on the slopes and basically anywhere you're going. We put it to the test...
Keep reading to take a look at the mountain biking footage we got from the camera...
We couldn't get the format to work in any of our video editing software (Sony Vegas or Adobe Premiere) so I'm afraid this is just the raw unedited footage from the camera - still, it gives you a good idea of the sort of quality this captures at the highest quality setting. The camera comes with 32MB inbuilt memory, but we added an extra 1MB SD card to capture up to half an hour of footage.
The Oregon Scientific Action Cam is available at Halfords priced at £99.99 .
Like that? Try this: Go Pro 3 million pixel waterproof surfing camera | Olympus mju 725 SW Shockproof and Waterproof Digital Camera
August 10, 2007 in Accessories , Audio and Videocasts , Mountain Biking , Nollie Rates , Photography | Permalink
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August 8, 2007 3:02 PM
Oooh we do like a bit of Snowfix here at Nollie, and there's half a new one out now (part two is to follow, we hear)...
Like that? Try this: Video highlights from rounds one and two of the Womens 5* WQS at the Ripcurl Boardmasters | Indo and balance board tricks to improve your snowboarding and wakeboarding
August 8, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Skiing , Snowboarding | Permalink
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August 7, 2007 11:53 AM
It's pretty short and sweet, but here's the video highlights from round one and two of the 5* WQS womens' event held on Fistral beach, Newquay, yesterday. There's also a few short interviews with Jessi Miley-Dyer and Alana Blanchard as they exit the sparkling blue waters of the beach. You'll wish you were there by the end of it!
Like that? Try this: The Rip Curl Boardmasters 2007 womens 5* WQS liveblog day two | The Rip Curl Boardmasters 2007 womens 5* WQS liveblog
August 7, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Pros , Surfing | Permalink
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August 6, 2007 10:05 AM
The Flying Squirrels is a group of mountain boarders from Norfolk with a growing ladies contingent. Watch them enjoying a fun trail in the woods in this video...
Like that? Try this: Boardology Mountain Boarding Girlie Camp Video | Advanced mountain boarding video trick tips: How to ollie, do grabs and 180s | Girls go big at world’s first Mountainboarding Girlie Camp
August 6, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Mountain Boarding / ATB | Permalink
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August 3, 2007 8:50 PM
The Rip Curl Boardmasters start next week at Fistral Beach, and there's a new high quality webcam launched just in time so you can check out all the people having fun at the beach while you're at work! This year is really exciting as the womens' event has been upgraded so they'll be loads of top female surfers in attendance. They'll also be webcasts of the surfing action live if you can't make it. But if you don't even have enough time to do that, we'll be bringing you all the important news as it happens. To whet your appetite, here's some video highlights of last years event.
Like that? Try this: Day one: Roxy Jam Biarritz ASP Womens' Longboard World Championships live blog | Day two: Roxy Jam Biarritz ASP Womens' Longboard World Championships live blog | Day three: Roxy Jam Biarritz ASP Womens' Longboard World Championships live blog
August 3, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Skateboarding , Surfing | Permalink
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The Turbulence Angels have what's probably the best womens kitesurfing resource on the web. As well as diaries and updates from the angels -
Johara Sykes Davies ,
Zoe Burgess and Sheryl Confue - there's details of Turbulence girls events and trips (like the one to Egypt in the video above) and, best of all, loads of action-packed videos of the girls riding . For wind-girls just starting out, Turbulence also has well shot video tutorials that contain everything you need to know to get airborne.
Like that? Try this: Girls Kite Night in Poole Harbour with Emma York | Woman of the week: 12-year-old world champion kiteboarder Gisela Pulido
August 3, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Kiteboarding , Pros , Website of the week | Permalink
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July 26, 2007 6:03 PM
This isn't exactly pleasant viewing, think constant wakeboard wipeouts, but it is encouraging in the sense that even the best female wakeboarders in the world fall just as inelegantly as you do.
Like that? Read This: The parts of The Chick Flick where they don't fall over! | Louise Moore Wake Camp Wakeboarding Coaching in Florida
July 26, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Slam Section , Wakeboarding | Permalink
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More things to do indoors when it's raining, this time it involves using a balance board to improve your snowboarding and wakeboarding. If you don't have a balance board, get an old skateboard and make one , it'll only cost you 20p tops.
Like that? Read this: Get your stoke on in the floods: Urban Skimboarding | Five things to do when it's raining and there's no surf
July 26, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Health and Beauty , Skateboarding , Snowboarding , Tricks and Technique , Wakeboarding | Permalink
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July 25, 2007 9:47 AM
This is the trailer that's getting everyone stoked right now, I must have watched it at least four times since it came out yesterday! Look out for girly shred star Cheryl Maas and check out trailer one here . And if that's not enough snowy goodness for you, watch last years Yeahh movie, Public Yeahh on Method.tv , in full, for free!
Like that? Read this: Pirate Movie Production Walk the Plank Teaser starring Anne-Flore Marxer | Float Film teaser two | Absinthe Optimistic? Trailer | Mack Dawg Productions Picture This Trailer
July 25, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Movies , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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July 24, 2007 12:28 PM
World Surf Radio podcast, you can listen to talented UK surf photographer and coach Lucia Daniella Girggi talk about her career in surfing, the increasing amount of women in the water and how her pictures have been laminated onto surfboards. Click on the image on the left to listen, and you can hear Lucia at around 14 minutes in. To find out more about Lucia, visit her website at www.luciadaniellagriggi.co.uk .
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Like that? Read this: Podcast roundup: Roxy Jam, Laura Berry trick tips and Vans Pool Party | Website of the week: Buy pictures of you surfing from WPsurf.com
July 24, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Photography , Surfing | Permalink
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Anne-Flore Marxer seems to be the only girl in the Pirate Movie Production crew, and although we see a shot of her in the teaser, I'm not sure there's any of her riding. It's a wicked watch none the less though, with pow aplenty to get you dreaming of the winter...
Like that? Read this: Snowbroader.eu interview Anne Flore Marxer | Les Ettes Perfume for female board riders | Runway Films teaser online
July 24, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Movies , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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July 23, 2007 10:17 AM
It's Monday, or Moanday, if you prefer, and it's raining. Joy of joys. Here's a lovely Patagonia vid featuring the elegant longboarder Belinda Baggs to cheer you up a little! Apparently they call this product testing...
Like that? Read this: Mary Osborne longboarding in Guatemala | Let Rochelle Ballard, Layne Beachley and Keala Kennelly cheer up your Monday
July 23, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Longboarding , Pros , Surfing | Permalink
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July 20, 2007 5:38 PM
If the Float Film teaser wasn't enough for you, and you can't be bothered to go out in the rain this weekend , here's some more free female action sport vids for your viewing pleasure. You pretty much need itunes for most of these, but that only takes a minute to get.
The Roxy Jam . Now condensed into nine vids of world class ladies logging. Watch it through itunes or on Roxy.com .SNO!Zone website .
Vans Pro-tec Pool Party Womens' Competition . Watch all the highlights from the girls section, and get some trick tips too. Yep, this is on itunes too.
July 20, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Snowboarding , Surfing | Permalink
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Not long to go now until home time, this should help pass some time and simultaneously start the count down to winter! Just imagine, if all the rain we're having now was frozen...it'd be heaven. Enjoy!
Like that? Read this: Float Films Teaser Number One | Runway Films Teaser | Roxy Podcasts
July 20, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Movies , News , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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July 18, 2007 1:47 PM
If you haven't got your ticket for Wakestock yet, well, you're too late, as all the tickets are sold out. But you'll probably want to beg, borrow or steal a ticket when you see this promo video and see that as well as world class wakeboarding, there's music aplenty (from Just Jack, Shapeshifters, Dirty Pretty Things, and more).
Visit Wakestock.co.uk if you want to upset yourself with what you're missing out on.
Like that? Read this: Low down: Hyperlite Divine Ladies Wakeboard | Chichester Ladies Wakeboard Clinic with Matt Crowhurst
July 18, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Travel , Wakeboarding | Permalink
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July 17, 2007 7:09 PM
I've had an ear ache since my surf on Sunday, which is a constant reminder that the sea isn't as clean as it could be. This is a clever and slightly shocking video from the European Surf Rider Foundation to help highlight the issue of sea pollution. Translation of the slogan at the end is along the lines of, 'if you don't want this to happen, help us keep the sea clean.' Visit the Surf Rider Foundation to find what you can do to help.
Like that? Read this: Roxy "I Heart Clean Air" Organic Cotton shopping and beach Tote Bag | Simple 100% Sustainable Shoes CA-Bana Lifeguard Edition | Betty Belts Surf Aid Wave Necklace
July 17, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Environment , Surfing | Permalink
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July 10, 2007 2:58 PM
- Mountain biker Glen Coe lands a double back flip (watch it above). Insane. [Extreme 365 ]
- Fashion designer Luella Bartley is creating a 30-strong summer 2008 collection for O'Neill. [Catwalk Queen ]
- New website Surfing Genie has launched to help matchmake surfer and break. The site features a database of well known surfing spots which can be searched according to variables such as location, ability and wind direction. [Surfing Genie ]
- Are hover boards the future of skateboarding? [Extreme Pie ]
Like that? Try this: The Ron Jon Florida Surf Park - 240 perfect waves an hour | The bike that's also a snowboard | How to make surfing mainstream: Stick a dog on your board
July 10, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Mountain Biking , News , Skateboarding , Style , Surfing , Travel | Permalink
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AKA Girl Skater came out in 2002, but it's as rad as ever in 2008. Skateboarders Vanessa Torres, Amy Caron, Jaime Reyes and Monica Shaw star in this all girl skate fest, and it's sure to inspire you to go rip up the concrete. Here's a six minute long preview...
If you want to see more, you can watch the whole movie online at TotalVid.com, or buy a copy from Xtreme Video .
Related: Learn how to skateboard (and do a nollie!) with the Skateboarding Explained Instructional DVD | How to cross step on your longboard by Adam Colton
July 10, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Movies , Pros , Skateboarding | Permalink
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July 9, 2007 11:35 AM
Watch longboarder Mary Osborne catch some great Central American waves in this video diary of her trip to Guatemala. If you like the music, it's by Sus Cortez .
Via Etnies Girl .
Related: Read Mary's book, Sister Surfer: A Women's Guide to Surfing with Bliss and Courage | Girls Rip: An all female longboarding video
July 9, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Surfing , Travel | Permalink
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June 29, 2007 8:50 PM
New for this week is spot check, where we'll do ickle videos of all the fun places we can find to play. First up, ideal for rainy days (that'll be everyday at the moment, then) an indoor skatepark , whoo! This one is in Bridport, the people are nice (mainly bmxers, just so you know), and it's cheap. The only downside is that it's due to be knocked down for housing development within the next two years, so get there while you can.
Related: Get your stoke on in the floods: Urban Skimboarding | Blank Media 2007 BMX Bike
June 29, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , BMX | Permalink
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June 26, 2007 11:46 AM
So it's raining, a lot. You live miles away from the beach (not that it matters, as it's practically pancake flat) and all the nearby skateparks are flooded. Not to worry, try urban skimboarding...
More ways to get your stoke on: Stand up paddle boards | The Aquaskipper | Freeboarding | The Kitewing .
June 26, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Skateboarding , Surfing | Permalink
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ourcamp.co.uk and get yourself in the running for a cut price week of snowboarding and skateboarding!
Even if you don't win, check out Our Camp's new trick tips video and you're sure to learn a thing or two.
Related: Our Camp all girl summer snowboarding and skateboarding camp in Les 2 Alpes | Find out more about riding Les Deux Alpes in the summer
June 26, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Pros , Skateboarding , Snowboarding , Travel , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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June 25, 2007 5:21 PM
In case you've been wondering exactly what it was like on the Boardology mountain boarding camp , Maniac Films recorded the whole event for your viewing pleasure. One thing's for sure though, these girls rip...
Just getting started at mountain boarding? Here's everything you need to know (almost): Mountain Boarding for Beginners - our introductory video | Tips for success part one | Tips for success part two | MBS Vixen Female Specific Mountain Board | Earth to Air Mountain Board Bag | and how not to do it .
June 25, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Mountain Boarding / ATB | Permalink
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June 20, 2007 8:16 PM
In case you haven't seen it before, snowskating is kinda like skateboarding on snow. This video gives you a little taster. A word of warning, if you're going to take one up the mountain, attach it to yourself somehow. A runaway snowskate does not a good day make.
Related: Mountain Boarding for Beginners - our introductory video | Advanced mountain boarding: How to ollie, do grabs and 180s
June 20, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Skateboarding , Snowboarding | Permalink
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It's enough to make us want to emigrate to Chile (or anywhere else that currently has snow, for that matter), here's Absinthe's latest teaser...
Related: Mack Dawg Picture This Trailer | Float Film Teaser numero one
June 20, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Movies , News , Snowboarding | Permalink
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June 18, 2007 11:16 AM
Cheer yourself up on a dreary Monday morning with this inspiring three minute clip of Rochelle Ballard, Layne Beachley and Keala Kennelly doing what they do best, and doing it beautifully.
Related: Carve Resin8 Urban Surfing Competition Video | Get kitted out like Lisa Andersen with Dakine Pro Traction, Al Merrick's Flyer from Channel Island Surfboards and Roxy Palm Beach Bikini
June 18, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Surfing | Permalink
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June 15, 2007 5:13 PM
Carve have been running a video competition to win a Resin8 board, and we love this 'urban surfing' entry. It's super slick and something to cheer you up when your miles away from the waves...
Related: Female wakeboarders Denise Dehaan, Will Christien and Justine Charriere on O'Neill TV | Get stoked for small waves with the State of Play Longboarding Movie Trailer
June 15, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Surfing | Permalink
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June 14, 2007 12:45 PM
Continuing on with our mountain boarding series of videos (featuring the same smelly looking boys as the first two , I'm afraid), here's our easy-to-do-it-yourself guide to starting to get some air with ollies, doing your first grab and getting those 180 rotations down pat.
Just getting started at mountain boarding? Here's everything you need to know (almost): Mountain Boarding for Beginners - our introductory video | Tips for success part one | Tips for success part two | MBS Vixen Female Specific Mountain Board | Earth to Air Mountain Board Bag | and how not to do it .
June 14, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Mountain Boarding / ATB , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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June 8, 2007 12:14 PM
Quiksilver already has its own TV channel website (www.boardriderstv.com ), but now O'Neill have decided its a cheap good means of advertising and have launched O'Neill TV . The selection of videos is actually surprisingly good, and I've spent far too much of my morning watching highlights from the O'Neill Mission and profiles of their female wakeboarders . There's enough on there to keep you occupied for many, many hours and the videos played high quality, full screen with none of those annoying pauses.
More online movie content: Neil Pryde Rigging and Tuning Podcasts for Windsurfers | Roxy and Chunkyknit productions release Torah Bright Podcasts
June 8, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Movies , News , Pros , Surfing , Wakeboarding | Permalink
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June 7, 2007 9:33 AM
I know from experience that rigging up a windsurfer is not a simple task (nor is windsurfing itself, but that's another story). They're aimed at more experienced wind surfers rather than beginners like me, but Neil Pryde's rigging and tuning podcasts (all 18 of them) can assist you with rigging up and tuning your specialist windsurfing equipment, whether you're getting into racing or have just bought some new Neil Pryde equipment .
For more tips in written format, click here .
Windsurfer Lucy Robson Crosses English Channel | Animal Tarifa Kitesurfing and Windsurfing Academy
June 7, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Tricks and Technique , Windsurfing | Permalink
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June 6, 2007 1:19 PM
Another little mountain boarding tip from the hills of Gloucestershire (watch the first one here )...
Just getting started at mountain boarding? Here's everything you need to know (almost): Mountain Boarding for Beginners - our introductory video | MBS Vixen Female Specific Mountain Board | Earth to Air Mountain Board Bag | and how not to do it .
June 6, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Mountain Boarding / ATB , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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June 5, 2007 10:51 PM
Longboarding ladies should look out for new Brit flick State of Play. It doesn't look like there's any female talent in the line up, but going by the trailer, there's some great log action that'll get you stoked to play on summer waves on your nine-footer...
Girls Rip: An all female longboarding video | Roxy Surf Jam Birratz Longboard World Championship
June 5, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Longboarding , Pros , Surfing | Permalink
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June 4, 2007 11:46 AM
Nollie went cavorting around the hills of England in search of mountain boarding tips to dish out to you, but all we could find was grubby looking boys. Sorry. At least they had some advice on offer...
Just getting started at mountain boarding? Here's everything you need to know (almost): Mountain Boarding for Beginners - our introductory video | MBS Vixen Female Specific Mountain Board | Earth to Air Mountain Board Bag | and how not to do it .
June 4, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Mountain Boarding / ATB , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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May 28, 2007 1:59 PM
The Roxy Surf Jam in Biarritz marks the 50th anniversary of surfing in the area, and as well as the womens' World Longboarding Championships, they'll be concerts, art exhibitions and the unveiling of Roxy's brand new fragrance. Boardriders.tv have made a preview that'll make you want book your summer holiday from the 11th to the 16th of July to coincide with the event.
Roxy Shimmer Tour heads to Newquay, Portrush, Porthcall and Bournemouth | Nollie Events Guide
May 28, 2007 in Art , Audio and Videocasts , Events , Longboarding , News , Pros , Surfing | Permalink
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May 24, 2007 2:24 PM
We haven't had a slam section in a while, because, well, it's kinda cruel and I get scared enough without watching people maim themselves. This one couldn't be missed though, this wave is apparently somewhere in the UK, and this bodyboarder is braver than I am...
Via Slide .
More painful footage .
May 24, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Slam Section , Surfing | Permalink
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May 23, 2007 10:11 AM
ChunkyKnit Productions have been on a break from making snowboard films this year, but they have been beavering away creating 25 free to download podcasts with Roxy. The podcasts follow the Roxy snow team around the world during their winter season, from Europe, to Canada, Japan and the US.
The first three podcasts follow Torah Bright over her best season to date which ended in her being crowned TTR World Champion. Episodes one and two are now available to download in itunes or your podcast reader of choice (or by visiting roxy.com/podcast ), and you can look forward to weekly podcasts in the future including Lesley McKenna at Kicking Horse, and a day in the life of Margot Rozies.
We've had a quick look already and can't wait to see the rest of the podcasts!
Last Winter all girls snowboard film review | Torah Bright wins TTR world tour
May 23, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Movies , Pros , Snowboarding , Travel | Permalink
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May 17, 2007 6:01 PM
If you wanna know what it's really like to be a surfer girl, check out
Holly Beck's blogs (yes, she's a girl after our own heart - she has
three!). And yes, you will be jealous - you will wish that you too
could spend your life travelling around the world surfing.
Find Holly on her blog , her camper van blog and her myspace blog . We're not stalking her, honest!
Read about more inspiring pro gals | Roxy Shimmer Surf DVD Review - we liked it, and we think you will too!
May 17, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Surfing , Travel , Website of the week | Permalink
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May 8, 2007 12:40 PM
The Roxy girls certainly do shimmer, and get barrelled, and hang ten. All this combined with beautiful music, and mixed with sparkling shots of the ocean that'll make you wish you were beach bound, means Roxy Shimmer is a must-have surf dvd for any wahine. Say what you will about the surf giants Quiksilver, but Roxy certainly have a team that is worth watching. Surfing it-girls Megan Abudo, Chelsea Georgeson and Sofia Mulanovich show off their strong and powerful surfing styles on amazing waves, while Lisa Andersen reminds us why she's a girl-surfer legend, and the footage from the Roxy Pro Fiji is simply awe-inspiring...
In the longboard section, Kassia Meador cross-steps elegantly,
while Crystal Dzigas does possibly the most stylish bail I've seen yet. The up and
coming footage includes Carissa Moore , the girl who recently put Layne
Beachley out of the running in the Roxy Pro Gold Coast.
The film is set on some of the world's best waves, from Hawaii to Indonesia, and cinematographer for Shimmer, Sonny Miller, sums up the film perfectly when he says, 'we’re travelling around the world just trying to capture magic – and that’s basically what Shimmer is.' Pure all-girl surf magic.
Available from Orca Surf for £21.95 .
Sol Sirens - an all female surf documentary | Girls Rip - an all female longboarding movie
May 8, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Longboarding , Movies , Pros , Surfing , Travel | Permalink
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May 4, 2007 5:19 PM
Video Jug has released a new series of how to surf videos, and although they aren't without their faults, they're great for total beginners who just want to get started. This one is particularly good if you're having trouble popping up.
The rest of the videos in the series include how to read waves , how to catch a wave in one day , the correct stance , and how to paddle .
Get fit for surfing with Surf Fit | Learn how to behave in the water | Avoid classic beginners mistakes
May 4, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Surfing , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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April 17, 2007 6:36 AM
You will need:
1. One strong male. Pre-requisites: damn good surfer. Desirable: ex gymnast, looks good in lycra.
Now, watch and learn...
...and if you really want to learn how to do that, carry on reading!
For more information, visit Val and Fred's website .
Radio Waves DVD | The Chick Flick
April 17, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Surfing , Weird Stuff | Permalink
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April 16, 2007 5:48 AM
Reasons why long boarding is great:
1. You can do it in little waves (less scary).
Buy your copy here .
Schuyler McFerran |Mary Osborne
April 16, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Movies , Surfing | Permalink
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April 13, 2007 5:54 AM
Spinning feels strange. Spinning can hurt if it goes wrong. Which is why if you're trying to work your way up to a 180, 360 or even 540 on a snowboard, Spin Deck might be a good idea. It's like a balance board, but the difference is that you can also practice your spins without risking a broken leg. It'll also apparently help with your surfing, allowing you to practice cutbacks, snaps and spins without the risk of bailing. Who knows if it would improve your riding, but if you've £79.99 spare it can't hurt to try .
How to Make Your Own Indo-Style Balance Board for 20p | Make your own Balance Board
April 13, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Equipment , Skateboarding , Snowboarding , Surfing , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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April 4, 2007 5:56 AM
If you've ever ridden a dry slope, Dendix in particular, you'll understand why everything they're doing in the new artificial slope only movie Slappy Hour deserves your respect. Here's a taster for you...
Visit the Slappy Hour for more information .
Protest Jib Vid 2007 winning flim | Radio Waves DVD - mini radio controlled surfer dude
April 4, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Skiing , Snowboarding | Permalink
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April 2, 2007 4:10 AM
Check out this years winner of the Protest Jib Vid comp, Johnno Verity and his bbc-stylie parody on 'how to make a snowboard film'. You'll learn a lot...
You can check out all the finalists including Game of Dog featuring Laura Berry on the Protest Jib Vid website .
Bike Car | The Brits final round up - Posy Dixon wins slopestyle
April 2, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Movies , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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March 28, 2007 4:00 AM
This is what I like to call pant-shittingly-scary, but others like to call fun. It involves jumping off a mountain dressed as a giant bat and hoping for the best. Ok, so there is slightly more to it than that, like, a parachute*, but it's still not something most sane people would attempt. See the video if you don't believe me.
*Unless, like crazy Chuck Berry you want to make it life-threateningly scary, then you can do away with the parachute and just attempt to land on your skis instead.
For more information on killing yourself wingsuits, try the Flybirdman website .
Fire Walking | Woopy Jump
March 28, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Equipment , Weird Stuff | Permalink
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Snowbroader.eu interviews Anne Flore Marxer about her season and check out her new pro model board - the Anne Flore Marxer GTwin - and will you look at her gloves. I want them!
Lesley McKenna wins in the pipe at the Brits | Capita Le Tigre
March 28, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Equipment , Nollie News , Pros , Snowboarding , Style | Permalink
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March 20, 2007 2:17 AM
Posy Dixon took first in the Animal Brits Slopestyle contest, with a run that included a 50-50 to nose slide on the kinked box, a boardslide to fakie on the picnic benches, a frontside 50-50 on the down rail, and a backside 360 indy. Lucy Passmore and Laura Hill took second and third respectively. Unfortunately there's no footage of the women, so here's the men ripping up the impressive slopestyle course.
US Open results | Lesley McKenna wins in the pipe at the Brits
March 20, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , News , Nollie News , Snowboarding | Permalink
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March 16, 2007 4:59 AM
Lesley Mckenna took first place in the Brits Sno!Zone half pipe competition, with Laura Hill in second and Maria Cork in third. Watch the action from whiteriders.tv below.
Brits update Jo Chastney wins Big Air and Boardercross | Nollie At The Last Winter Premiere
March 16, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , Snowboarding | Permalink
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Even if the waves are too small to rip, this little buddy with the motor can still get some waves. He's pretty cool. But not quite so cool that I'd buy a DVD length feature of remote control surfing . Sell us the little guy, then you're talking.
Bra Boys Surf Ours | Prosepra weSurf Home Surfing Exercise Machine
March 16, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Surfing , Weird Stuff | Permalink
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March 14, 2007 7:05 AM
Be scared of the chair lift no longer...
...and if you do fall, move out of the way. There's nothing worse than falling, being hit on the head by the next chair, and then the people on the next chair having no choice but to ride into you.
Nollie Snowboarding Tips: Getting on a drag lift | Mountain Boarding for beginners
March 14, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Snowboarding , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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March 9, 2007 10:34 PM
Sadly I'm in Canada enjoying a 300cm base and almost daily powder (I know, you hate me), so I can't bring you reports from the Brits . But that's ok, because Whiteriders.tv are filming everything and you can watch the action the very next day. Check it out from tomorrow, and until then you can amuse yourself by watching footage of some of the bravest UK riders on last year's huge drop. It's all very dramatic, and is narrated by the voice of extreme sports, Mr Ed Leigh.
MySnowTv.com | DC New Zealand Snowboarding Tour
March 9, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Events , News , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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March 5, 2007 6:36 AM
Shred the web - one video at a time. Or that's the idea, at least. In reality Vail owned mysnowtv.com is currently a combination of varying quality home videos, movie trailers and occasional gems like this one - a guy killing it while kneeling on what looks like a snowboard , and with mini poles (Update: It is a snowboard, with the KB Pro Series binding ). Unfortunately when you try to embed the video, all you get is a giant advert for Vail. Boo.
Via Techscape.tv .
DC New Zealand Snowboarding Tour | Bike Car
March 5, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Skiing , Snowboarding | Permalink
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March 1, 2007 3:52 AM
...especially on your noggin.
And that's all the wisdom the folks of Warmwell Dry Slope have to offer you. If you're wondering why it was only males offering advice, it's because all the girls ran away at the sight of a camera. Hopefully we'll find some willing females soon...
Nollie Snowboarding Tips #9 | Nollie Snowboarding Tips # 8
March 1, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Snowboarding , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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February 28, 2007 5:56 AM
Helpful if you're trying to link turns...or trying to ride switch...
Nollie Snowboarding Tips # 8 | Nollie Snowboarding Tips #7
February 28, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Snowboarding , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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February 26, 2007 5:04 AM
Yes it makes perfect sense, we just didn't realise it was such a hard question...
Nollie Snowboarding Tips #7 | Nollie Snowboarding Tips: #6
February 26, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Snowboarding | Permalink
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February 20, 2007 3:28 AM
If you've ever wondered what it might be like to forsake your summer to snowboard in New Zealand, wonder no longer. DC shoes have created a documentary of their pros (including Eddie Wall, Travis Rice, Simon Chamberlain and Priscilla Levac) riding in NZ. And although your experience might not be quite the same as theirs (I know my skills aren't quite up to par - there's some super sick riding in this mini shred flick) I'll hazard a guess that you'll come away with the same conclusion as me. 'I want to go there'. Watch the film via Method TV here .
Bike Car | Etnies Girl 12 Pack Online
February 20, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Snowboarding | Permalink
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February 14, 2007 1:28 AM
Bike Car isn't your usual snowboard movie. There's no snowmobiles, no nasty ozone-gobbling 4x4's, and no helicopters. Instead, there's pedal power, and there's the bike car . Watch Travis Parker, Louie Fountain and Scotty Wittlake pedal themselves and their snowboarding equipment around the north west USA in search of snow. It's available to buy online now in Europe and North America .
Float Film to make free all girls snowboard movie | Lockdown Projects 2006 Orange Brits Music Video
February 14, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Snowboarding | Permalink
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February 12, 2007 4:48 AM
Etnies Girl 12 Pack , featuring the ultra-talented cast of Etnies girls snowboarding, surfing, bmxing, skateboarding and ruling the moto-x track, is now available to watch for free on the Etnies Girl website. Part one and part two are already online, and look out for parts three and four shortly. Whatever your sport, it'll inspire you to get out there and keep going, if they can do it...
Float Films Website Live |Runway Films teaser online
February 12, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Motocross , Movies , Skateboarding , Skiing , Snowboarding , Surfing | Permalink
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February 9, 2007 5:27 AM
Most commonly heard from French snowboard instructors, here's a chance to hear that pearl of snowboarding wisdom, 'bend ze knees', in a west country accent. (In case you don't speak farmer, he's saying 'keep your knees bent').
Nollie Snowboarding Tips: #6 | Nollie Snowboarding Tips: #5
February 9, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Snowboarding , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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February 7, 2007 9:20 PM
If you fall on your head remember this..
Nollie Snowboarding Tips: #5 | Nollie Snowboarding Tips #4
February 7, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Snowboarding , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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February 6, 2007 3:09 AM
Oh yes, Mr old git, we sure can...but thanks for the tip, anyhow.
Nollie Snowboarding Tips #4 | Nollie Snowboarding Tips: #3
February 6, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Snowboarding , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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February 2, 2007 6:24 PM
Dead true this one...
Nollie Snowboarding Tips: #3 | Getting on a drag lift
February 2, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Skiing , Snowboarding , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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February 1, 2007 4:31 AM
It's an obvious one, but still helpful for beginners and dry slope newbies...
More Snowboarding | More Videos
February 1, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Snowboarding , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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January 31, 2007 5:28 AM
Yoga helps to build core muscles, reduce stress and restore inner focus - all beneficial to freesports, but it's not always easy to fit a session in daily. My Yoga Online provides streaming online yoga sessions for around £5 a month. I've been using it for several months now, and it's proved excellent value for money - there is always a class to fit your timeslot - from a few minutes to over an hour, and many different areas of yoga are covered, from beginner to advanced, short workplace flows and relaxation audio to take away with you.
Calmia Yoga Matt | Winter Surf Fitness
January 31, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Health and Beauty , Tricks and Technique , Yoga | Permalink
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January 30, 2007 4:28 AM
Nollie Snowboarding Tips #1 | Swatch Snowpass Watch follow up
January 30, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Snowboarding , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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We thought a really good idea would be to ask other
snowboarders about their tips on snowboarding. After all ten heads are bound to
be better than one. Sadly, not everyone has the most constructive of tips, most
of us do already know what a binding is (although today on the mountain I did hear
a girl, who was on a snowboard I add, refer to a pair of green, white and
yellow Technine bindings as ‘those brazillion strappy things’). The first ten
are from the combined minds of those at Warmwell’s board night, but look out
for some (hopefully more constructive) tips from the slopes of Canada
soon.
Mountain Boarding for Beginners | How to make your own balance board for 20p
January 30, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Snowboarding , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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January 25, 2007 3:27 AM
Now that we're in Canada we were able to give the Swatch Snowpass watch a proper trial...
Swatch Snowpass Watch | Nollie tests: The Swatch Snowpass Watch
January 25, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Equipment , Skiing , Snowboarding | Permalink
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January 3, 2007 1:50 AM
It's not only competitions that aren't going ahead , next season neither Chunkyknit productions nor Mischief films are releasing a film. Thankfully, we won't be totally deprived of female shredding action, as Leanne Pelosi et al have set up Runway Films, and Float Film is creating a free girls snowboard film. Here's Float Films at the New Years Winter Park with riding from Maribeth Swetkoff, Silvia Mittenmuller and more.
The Chick Flick All-girl Wakeboarding and Wakeskating movie | Yoga for Surfers II
January 3, 2007 in Audio and Videocasts , Movies , News , Snowboarding | Permalink
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December 28, 2006 1:10 PM
If you're suffering from post-Christmas gloom, this should cheer you up. Created by Lockdown Projects at last years Brits, there's plenty of recognisable faces in there...
December 28, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts , Snowboarding | Permalink
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December 22, 2006 7:37 PM
There's now a longer preview of the all-girls wakeboard and wakeskate movie available with more of the girls' pumpin' riding. If you didn't want a copy before, you will now.
Girls who rock: Stef Tor | The Chick Flick Trailer
December 22, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts , Movies , Wakeboarding | Permalink
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Mmmm, bike maintenance, fascinating stuff. Weldtight has created some thoroughly useful podcasts on the subject, helping you to get better acquainted with your bike and its needs and desires. Here's the one on cleaning and lubing your bicycle. Lest you think we are being lazy posting someone else's handiwork, if we can bear to go outside in the cold and splash water around, then we'll bring you our very own bike maintenance video shorty.
Via MBUK .
Dirt Park NZ | Blank Media 2007 BMX
December 22, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts , BMX , Equipment , Mountain Biking | Permalink
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December 11, 2006 5:46 PM
We told you about the new Swatch Snowpass watches a while ago , and although we aren't close enough to a ski resort to test out the ski pass function, we did scale the nearest hill to test out the altimeter function, just for you...
More Videos: Interview with Lesley McKenna and Manuela Pesko | Mountain Boarding for beginners
December 11, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts , Equipment , Skiing , Snowboarding | Permalink
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December 8, 2006 7:15 PM
As this video demonstrates, you can do some rather athletic tricks with the powerisers, and all you need is a bit of space. And no fear, obviously.
Adult Powerisers are available from Streetgadgets.com and prices start from £225 .
December 8, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts , Equipment | Permalink
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December 7, 2006 5:46 PM
Self explanatory really this one, mountain boarding, for people who haven't done it before. Enjoy.
Make your own budget balance board | Daily Mail Ski and Snowboard Show
December 7, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts , Mountain Boarding / ATB , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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November 27, 2006 9:11 PM
Bethany Hamilton has a film of her life in the making right now, and she's also releasing a documentary, Heart of a Soul Surfer, which is less about her surfing, and more about her faith. Until then you can check out Ripcurl's Podcast where Bethany and her Ripcurl team buddies Jessi Miley-Dyer and Stephanie Gilmore talk about the shark attack, interspersed with shots of Bethany charging waves in Indo.
November 27, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts , Movies , News , Pros , Surfing , Travel | Permalink
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November 22, 2006 12:10 PM
Forget Jesus, you too can walk on water - or rather, jump. You won't need anything but a bit of water, an 'aquaskipper' and some bouncy legs. Using the rather curious looking aquaskipper, you bounce up and down on its platform, and in return you are skipped across the water. Let's just hope you don't get tired of jumping far from shore, swimming the skipper back home looks like hard work...
If you've watched the video, I expect you're thinking the same as me - after you've bounced round the lake once, what next? Unfortunately, it looks like that's it, so if you've £400 to spend on five minutes of fun, you can visit the store here .
November 22, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts | Permalink
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November 13, 2006 10:23 AM
Not only is Kirsty Jones a world class kitesurfer who has recently kite surfed 140 miles unaided from Lanzarote to Morocco , she's also an impressive surfer and she manages to smile in every shot. As someone who could win a gurning contest with the faces I pull catching a wave, this is certainly no mean feat. Check out the video of her world record breaking crossing below...
November 13, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts , Girl of the Week , Kiteboarding , Pros , Surfing | Permalink
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Not only is Kirsty Jones a world class kitesurfer who has recently kite surfed 140 miles unaided from Lanzarote to Morocco , she's also an impressive surfer and she manages to smile in every shot. As someone who could win a gurning contest with the faces I pull catching a wave, this is certainly no mean feat. Check out the video of her world record breaking crossing below...
November 13, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts , Girl of the Week , Kiteboarding , Pros , Surfing | Permalink
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November 9, 2006 1:03 PM
Wondering if it's worth going to the the ski shows? We sent a roving reporter to check it out...
November 9, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts , Snowboarding | Permalink
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Wondering if it's worth going to the the ski shows? We sent a roving reporter to check it out...
November 9, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts , Snowboarding | Permalink
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November 8, 2006 9:32 PM
Whatever boys can do, girls can do better...check out this footage from the Etnies Girl PUSH Jam at the Etnies Lake Forest park in California a few weeks back. If you've ever wondered what would happen if you put several of the world's best female skaters in one place, this is the answer. The seemingly unstoppable Marisa Del Santo took first, and the $3,500 prize.
November 8, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts , Skateboarding | Permalink
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Whatever boys can do, girls can do better...check out this footage from the Etnies Girl PUSH Jam at the Etnies Lake Forest park in California a few weeks back. If you've ever wondered what would happen if you put several of the world's best female skaters in one place, this is the answer. The seemingly unstoppable Marisa Del Santo took first, and the $3,500 prize.
November 8, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts , Skateboarding | Permalink
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November 7, 2006 9:34 PM
banshee river boarding involves tying a bungee cord attached to a board to a tree, allowing yourself to flow along the river with the current then pinging yourself along the river at speeds of up to 30 miles per hour. Although it sounds like drunken idea that would never work, the design has won an ISPO award for innovation, and you can see (sort of) how it works in the clip below. Don't think this will be a cheap and easy alternative to your usual sport though, packages start at the $500 mark and you still need to find a river with a sturdy tree nearby.
November 7, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts , Equipment , Surfing , Wakeboarding | Permalink
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banshee river boarding involves tying a bungee cord attached to a board to a tree, allowing yourself to flow along the river with the current then pinging yourself along the river at speeds of up to 30 miles per hour. Although it sounds like drunken idea that would never work, the design has won an ISPO award for innovation, and you can see (sort of) how it works in the clip below. Don't think this will be a cheap and easy alternative to your usual sport though, packages start at the $500 mark and you still need to find a river with a sturdy tree nearby.
November 7, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts , Equipment , Surfing , Wakeboarding | Permalink
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November 6, 2006 10:52 PM
I'm as rubbish at the game as I am at the real thing, but this is worth a watch just to ponder how long it'll be before we can't tell the difference between computer games and real life. Rodney Mullen, or rather his computer generated self, stars. In the game itself, Lyn-Z Adams-Hawkins is your only choice of female pro rider.
November 6, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts , Skateboarding , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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I'm as rubbish at the game as I am at the real thing, but this is worth a watch just to ponder how long it'll be before we can't tell the difference between computer games and real life. Rodney Mullen, or rather his computer generated self, stars. In the game itself, Lyn-Z Adams-Hawkins is your only choice of female pro rider.
November 6, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts , Skateboarding , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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Ever since I learnt there was somewhere where you could surf and snowboard (and skateboard, but I'm rubbish at that) in one everlasting day, Iceland has been on my ever-growing travel wish-list. I can guarantee it'll be on yours too once you've seen this...
Links: Iceland Park Project | Nikita .
Nikita Down 4 Good Jacket .
November 6, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts , Skateboarding , Snowboarding , Surfing , Travel | Permalink
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Ever since I learnt there was somewhere where you could surf and snowboard (and skateboard, but I'm rubbish at that) in one everlasting day, Iceland has been on my ever-growing travel wish-list. I can guarantee it'll be on yours too once you've seen this...
Links: Iceland Park Project | Nikita .
Nikita Down 4 Good Jacket .
November 6, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts , Skateboarding , Snowboarding , Surfing , Travel | Permalink
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November 3, 2006 1:11 PM
Here at Nollie, we love Chunkyknit films, and their latest, Last Winter , is the perfect way to get ready for this season now that the snow has started arriving . One of Chunkyknit's founders Lesley McKenna and rider Manuela Pesko were nice enough to give us an interview...
November 3, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts , Movies , Snowboarding | Permalink
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Here at Nollie, we love Chunkyknit films, and their latest, Last Winter , is the perfect way to get ready for this season now that the snow has started arriving . One of Chunkyknit's founders Lesley McKenna and rider Manuela Pesko were nice enough to give us an interview...
November 3, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts , Movies , Snowboarding | Permalink
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November 2, 2006 8:57 AM
We promised you this how-to video way back when , and here it is. Daily balancing will work your core muscles to help improve your riding. Saying that, Nollie accepts no liability for broken bones, furniture or the general havoc caused when you bail off the thing. I recommend bean bags as safety cushions.
November 2, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts , Equipment , Skateboarding , Snowboarding , Surfing , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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We promised you this how-to video way back when , and here it is. Daily balancing will work your core muscles to help improve your riding. Saying that, Nollie accepts no liability for broken bones, furniture or the general havoc caused when you bail off the thing. I recommend bean bags as safety cushions.
November 2, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts , Equipment , Skateboarding , Snowboarding , Surfing , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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September 28, 2006 4:09 PM
Parkour, or freerunning, is an art that involves moving from A to B in an unrestricted movement, using running, jumps, climbing, vaulting, and flips to overcome obstacles in the way.
Extreme Pie have teamed up with Urban Freeflow to give away a three hour Parkour training session to celebrate the release of Parkour movie D13 . To enter, send an email with your name and address to info@extremepie.com , with D13 Comp in the subject line.
If you want to learn the basics, visit Urban Free Flow and you can aspire to the moves of Liv Rowlands in her demo below.
September 28, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts , Movies , News , Offers and Promotions , Parkour | Permalink
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Parkour, or freerunning, is an art that involves moving from A to B in an unrestricted movement, using running, jumps, climbing, vaulting, and flips to overcome obstacles in the way.
Extreme Pie have teamed up with Urban Freeflow to give away a three hour Parkour training session to celebrate the release of Parkour movie D13 . To enter, send an email with your name and address to info@extremepie.com , with D13 Comp in the subject line.
If you want to learn the basics, visit Urban Free Flow and you can aspire to the moves of Liv Rowlands in her demo below.
September 28, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts , Movies , News , Offers and Promotions , Parkour | Permalink
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September 26, 2006 7:18 PM
Carissa Moore shows us how it should be done . Watch the video in slow motion to see the technique. Here are her tips:
1] Push down with your hands on the top of the board to go under the wave, sort of like doing a push up.
2] When you start going under, put your knee into the bottom of your board to point the board up the back of the wave as it is going over. (If you don't you will come up backwards!)
September 26, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Surfing , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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Carissa Moore shows us how it should be done . Watch the video in slow motion to see the technique. Here are her tips:
1] Push down with your hands on the top of the board to go under the wave, sort of like doing a push up.
2] When you start going under, put your knee into the bottom of your board to point the board up the back of the wave as it is going over. (If you don't you will come up backwards!)
September 26, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts , Pros , Surfing , Tricks and Technique | Permalink
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Seeing as this is the first ever slam section, I've decided to ease you in gently. This is more a ickle tumble than a slam, filmed by probably the worst and most annoying camera woman in history. Prepare to be underwhelmed.
September 26, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts , Slam Section , Snowboarding | Permalink
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Seeing as this is the first ever slam section, I've decided to ease you in gently. This is more a ickle tumble than a slam, filmed by probably the worst and most annoying camera woman in history. Prepare to be underwhelmed.
September 26, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts , Slam Section , Snowboarding | Permalink
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September 25, 2006 5:58 PM
Roll on the Olympics I say. Why? Because in honour of the games, we're set to bag ourselves an extra indoor snowslope (in Cardiff if the mega casino goes ahead ) and an indoor wave pool that's actually worth going to.
If it goes ahead, the Surf Dome will spit out four perfect waves every minute, all day long. No flat days, no freezing your bits off, and no wetsuits. Just take a look at this pretty little wave and imagine its big sister...
The pool floor can be adjusted to create anything from learner whitewater to 8ft barrels, and they also reckon they can recreate the waves from 43 of the world's best breaks. If you can't wait, Ron Jons Surf Park is already in construction in Orlando.
September 25, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts , News , Snowboarding , Surfing | Permalink
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Roll on the Olympics I say. Why? Because in honour of the games, we're set to bag ourselves an extra indoor snowslope (in Cardiff if the mega casino goes ahead ) and an indoor wave pool that's actually worth going to.
If it goes ahead, the Surf Dome will spit out four perfect waves every minute, all day long. No flat days, no freezing your bits off, and no wetsuits. Just take a look at this pretty little wave and imagine its big sister...
The pool floor can be adjusted to create anything from learner whitewater to 8ft barrels, and they also reckon they can recreate the waves from 43 of the world's best breaks. If you can't wait, Ron Jons Surf Park is already in construction in Orlando.
September 25, 2006 in Audio and Videocasts , News , Snowboarding , Surfing | Permalink
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