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Shaun White’s gold medal run, Vancouver Olympics 2010

Tuesday, 02. 23. 2010  –  Category: Snowboarding, Video

I missed all the half-pipe snowboarding at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics last week, including Shaun White’s winning run. If you’ve checked YouTube you’ll struggle to find it anywhere. However mpora came up with the goods. Albeit a camcorder pointed at a tv screen. Still, you can see Shaun White pulling [...]

Snowboarding off cliffs

Saturday, 11. 28. 2009  –  Category: Snowboarding, Video

Skiing or snowboarding off a cliff. The idea sounds frankly nuts in itself. Watching a good skier or snowboarder flying off a cliff-drop is spectacular and awe inspiring, but given the right conditions (powder) and landing (steep enough incline) isn’t as hard as it looks. You can’t hurt yourself in the air [...]

Absinthe’s Neverland movie filmed in Cervinia

Thursday, 10. 1. 2009  –  Category: Snowboarding, Video

I’m currently planning what will be my first snowboarding trip of the season - Cervinia for the 8th time I think in December.
The Indian Park blog jogged my memory that the latest offering from the Absinthe boys was filled in none other than Breuil-Cervinia, amongst other spots.
The trailer looks pretty sweet.

I’ve not watched a new [...]

Jeremy Jones Profile: Boots are Made for Walking

Sunday, 02. 22. 2009  –  Category: Snowboarding, Video

Don’t usually cover pro snowboarders here, but thought this Jeremy Jones video was pretty cool. Jeremy is a big advocate of watching your carbon footprint, and is founder/CEO of POW: Protect Our Winters, a “non-profit organization dedicated to reversing the global warming crisis by uniting the winter sports community”.

Over the years, the name “Jeremy [...]

Nike Sweetspots video

Wednesday, 01. 14. 2009  –  Category: Video

I was pinged with a link to this video widget from Nike ACG. To be honest, I had a 2 second look and binned it as it looked too big brand, slick & salesy. I only took a second look when I saw it posted on pistehors.com and realised - if you dig [...]

Johno Verity & Eric Themel avalanche video

Thursday, 10. 23. 2008  –  Category: Snowboarding, Video

Check out this dramatic footage of Johno Verity and Eric Themel, who got caught in an avalanche whilst filming in Mount Cook, New Zealand.

Dramatic stuff, and a timely reminder as the Northern Hemisphere season approaches that its not all just fun and games out on the white stuff.

AKA Snowskate Sweet Dreams video

Friday, 10. 10. 2008  –  Category: Snowboarding, Video

Fresh from youtube, uploaded today. A slice of snowboarding in England - a country with no real snow and few hills. Enjoy.
Part 1: Part 1 with Jamie Nicholls and Wayne Taylor (AKA Snowskate)

Part 2: Featuring Boo and Matt Macwhirter

Part 3: Featuring Friends of AKA (Ben Wall, Joe Tyler, Tyler Harding, Rick [...]

German skateboarder wanted for breaking speed limit

Tuesday, 09. 9. 2008  –  Category: Everything else, Video

A man is wanted in Germany for breaking the speed limit on a motorway, traveling at 100kph in an 80 zone… on a skateboard.

Video above from the Telegraph.
The film clip, which has surfaced on internet websites, shows several cars escorting the skateboarder, allowing his collaborators to record the event.
The German magazine, Stern, said the man [...]

10 great reasons to be a snowboarder

Wednesday, 01. 23. 2008  –  Category: Snowboarding, Video

Just saw this post up on Chamonix.eu.com listing - ahem - “10 great reasons not to become a snowboarder”.
Seeing as that site is run by an old mate of mine I thought I’d entertain a little post in response. Seems all good to me.
1. You will probably die.
Get busy living, or get busy dying. [...]

Snowboarding in Scotland

Tuesday, 11. 6. 2007  –  Category: Snowboarding, Video

Living in London, you always look to mainland Europe when thinking about your next snowboarding trip. I’d been meaning to post this photo taken at Glencoe in Scotland earlier this year by the guys at Highland Instinct. What a cracking sight.

Added: just watched this cracking video of some lads hitting up Scottish backcountry…

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Pembrey Dry Slope Snowboarding Video

Wednesday, 10. 31. 2007  –  Category: Snowboarding, Video

I was pinged today with this video filmed at Pembrey Dry Slope.

Good to see UK snowboarders going to the effort.

The Stash, Avoriaz freestyle / freeride Burton run

Wednesday, 10. 24. 2007  –  Category: Video

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, 01. 29. 2007  –  Category: Video

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:

Kicking Horse powder video

Tuesday, 12. 12. 2006  –  Category: Video

Check out this video of Wade (TreePilot) and pals doing tree runs on the openning day at Kicking Horse, Canada…

History of snowboarding in 2 minutes

Saturday, 12. 9. 2006  –  Category: Snowboarding, Video

An education and a cool little vid to boot.

I picked this up via Snowbroader and Highly Obsessed. Check their blogs out. Well worth a read.