Archive for the 'Freestyle' Category

Snow park guide

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

Quick post to plug a new website covering the best of Europe’s snow parks, Snow Park Guide.com
Carina from SPG…
We have recently launched our new Snowparkguide.com Web site with tons of
interesting stuff about European’s most important and renowned terrain parks.
Besides there are many new features like the user profile function and the pic
of the week contest […]

The Stash, Avoriaz freestyle / freeride Burton run

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

A new, organic freestyle / freeride run is being installed at Avoriaz for the new season, scheduled for Jan 08. The Stash at Avoriaz will feature a shedload of natural hits, rails and gaps and can be reached via the Prolays 6-pack chairlift.
There’s a pdf map of the course up on the Rude Chalets […]

Winter X Games snowboarding

Monday, January 29th, 2007

The Winter X games went off over the last few days at Aspen/Buttermilk in Colorado. Here’s some video I’ve scavanged from around the web:

Mens Superpipe practice

Mens Slopestyle

More videos at Transworld Snowboarding.

Flat-ground snowboard tricks

Monday, November 27th, 2006

29 of them to be precise, from nolie to 720.

Nifty - though quick - run through.

Quote of the day

Monday, October 30th, 2006

It’s not your aptitude, but your attitude, that will determine your altitude!
Source: Off the Grid trailer.

Snowboard tricks: butters, ollie, rails & spins

Sunday, October 15th, 2006

The Extreme Sports Channel has some good videos showing you how to perform and perfect snowboarding tricks. Starting with simple butters, moving through ollies to spins and hitting rails, well worth a watch if you want to step up to the next level and impress your mates.
Can’t link directly to the snowboard videos cos […]

Getting fit for snowboarding: 47 days to go

Monday, October 9th, 2006

Went to the gym this evening and had a quick run through on the snowboard fitness program set up the other day.
Also through in a cross country bike profile as a warm up, but as of tomorrow morning will be cycling to work, so should get the CV exercise in that way, focussing more on […]

Morzine freestyle video

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

Am off to Morzine for 10 days over new year. Been looking around on YouTube and found this video.

Now, I’m more of a freeride kind of guy, so won’t be ripping it up like this dude. Cos, of course, I could if I wanted to. Honest guv.

Or maybe not!