Archive for March, 2010
THE BOARDSPORT SOURCE INDUSTRY SNOWFORUM IN APRIL
BoardsportSource, Europe’s business magazine for surf/snow/skate is holding the sixth Snowforum from the 28-30th of April in Annecy, France.
After the success of last year in Garmish, this years annual snowboard conference is the platform that brings the industry together to discus the board market and its unique issues. The opening dinner on Wednesday evening will be followed by two days of seminars and workgroups. This years ISPO opening dinner speaker is Chris Stiepock , Vice President and General Manager Global X events and development.
This years seminar topics include: European and North American 2009/10 snowboard figures, European and North American 2009/10 freeski figures. In the mind of digital natives, Practical sustainability – lets get started, Wearable technologies – pimp your ride, The Balkan market, Online video – Fast Forward The Workgroups will continue to incubate and develop ideas that can be used to drive the industry forward. The concept for the successful First Try onsnow demo was hatched at last years forum. On Thursday night at the Snowball evening funds will be raised for environmental causes and the European Snowboard Industry Awards presented. Saturday the 1st of May is an optional riding day.
Join us and help shape your industry at Europe’s only snowboarding’s conference, obtain knowledge that will enable you to make better business decisions while networking with snowboarding’s key players. Look forward to seeing you in Annecy Clive Ripley and Remi Forsans To download full program details and to see last years video highlights go to : www.boardsportsource.com/snowforum 2010
YOUR KNOW THE ANSWERS? WIN SOME TTR GOODIES
All fans of the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour should now head to TTR’s media partner websites. Answer the questions correctly and win yourself some nice TTR goodies like beanies, watches and helmets.
If you have followed the season on the TTR Tour, you will know the answers…we are sure of that. If not read our news, profiles and watch our videos on www.ttrworldtour.com.
VISIT THE BARASH & BLOTTO PHOTO SHOW AT US OPEN
If you are close to Stratton/Vermont this week, you have the chance to not only check out the best riders on the TTR Tour battling it out for some of the last 6Star points available, but you should also make sure to check out the photo show with the best images of Cole Barash and Blotto Photto (Dean Blotto Gray) this Saturday March 20, 2010 from
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm at the Barn.
Brought to you by Frends, Okay Okay, Burton, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Kodak, ID-PRINTS.COM
For more information on the photographers, please visit:
www.colebarash.com
www.blottophotto.com
To find out what the Frends cre has been up to lately, head to www.wearefrends.com
HITSCH ABOUT HIS OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE
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- Christian Haller at the BEO 2010 (c) Moran
At the 5Star Burn River Jump, we met up with current World No. 10 on the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour, Christian Haller. This young rider from Switzerland just had competed in the Olympics and now puts his focus back to the rest of the TTR season aiming for one of those popular spots in the TTR Top 5.
TAC SLOPESTYLE JUDGING FORMAT
The 6Star Oakley Arctic Challenge is rocking Oslo this weekend, with a long list of top level snowboarders. TAC is known for pushing the boundaries of snowboarding and initiating development in the sport. 3 years ago TAC introduced the “variation score” into the quarterpipe and this year one of the ideas in development is its slopestyle judging format that is TV and spectator friendly.
Each of the 5 obstacles has been assigned one judge who will solely judge that obstacle. In addition two judges are allocated to give a score for the general flow. The scores are displayed directly after each run on the big screen with the total score. The spectators can easily follow and know exactly what tricks scored higher. Each section will count for 15% of the total, and the flow counts for 25%.
Ingemar Backman (SWE) who was judging the hip today commented: “It takes a while to get used to. It’s good that there are 100 points per obstacle. On a normal slopestyle it is the riders who are stronger on the kickers who win, in this format it is important to be able to ride everything. You really cant play it safe on anything”
For more information on the format, check out the TAC website.
Don’t miss any of the action! Watch LIVE webcast on www.ttrworldtour.com Sunday 1 pm CET)
Saturday 6.3.10
11.00: Doors open at arena
12.20: Warm-up, heat 1
13.00: Heat 1 start
14.00: Warm-up heat 2
14.30: Heat 2 start
22.00 Party!
Sunday 6.3.10
10.00 Doors open at arena
Enviromental activities in arena
12.00: Warm-up
13.00: Finals
14.15: Prize ceremony