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.
If you did not make it to Livigno today to see Eric Willett showing a sick run including a Switch Backside 1260, Frontside Double Cork 1080 and a Backside Double Rodeo then you have the chance right here to watch him in practice. Burn, the main sponsor of the event, was lucky enough to have chosen him to try out the head cam. Enjoy! There are more videos available on the Burn Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/BurnRiverJump
More photos are also available right here:
Kevin Pearce - photographed by Cole Barash in Japan
Almost two months after Kevin Pearce’s tragic accident NBC did a moving piece on him. It includes some photos showing him smiling at the camera and discusses the long way to recovery in front of him. Due to copyright restrictions and whatnot readers from outside the US cannot view the clip on the NBC Olympics website. However, someone filmed the whole thing off the TV screen and posted it on youtube.
The clip includes short interviews with Kevin’s parents and his brothers, and even though the sound is weak at times it is definitely worth watching. Keep sending your good vibes to KP, his family and friends on the Well Wishes to our Frend Kevin Pearce Facebook page.
Thanks to our media partner Onboard for posting this article – we just copied it in here to give people outside of the US the opportunity to watch it: http://onboard.mpora.com/news/kevin-pearces-family-appears-tv.html
Flow Snowboarding– is proud to announce the inclusion of team riders Scotty Lago (USA), Sarka Pancochova (CZ) and James Hamilton (NZ) to the list of 2010 Winter Olympic competitors. Vancouver will be the destination for thousands of athletes as the Games kick off this week, and all three of these Flow riders will be representing both their countries and Flow Snowboarding. For nearly 15 years, Flow has stood for progression and excellence in the world of snowboarding, and now it is with great pride that Flow will be present in Vancouver to support their riders in their quest for Olympic gold.
To help fans stay up to date with their favorite Flow riders, the creative department at Flow has been busy building comprehensive rider sites for Scotty, Sarka and resident road-dog Tim Humphreys. These sites are designed to give fans an insight into the working, personal and professional lives of some of the world’s top snowboarders. Ever wonder what Sarka’s favorite local mountain is? What kind of Harley Scotty rides? Why in the world Humpy likes to build computers so much? Or even if you just want to kill a few hours reading blogs and watching footage of some of your favorite Flow riders, now you can at:
Scotty.flow.com
Sarka.flow.com
Tim.flow.com
Flow.com
We promise you that you’ll be seeing much more of Scotty, Sarka, Humpy and James in the near future, so read up and get a head start to be in the know about these four elite shredders. Check in for weekly updates, photos, videos contest results and more.
For more information on TTR’s Industry Partner, also visit their profile on www.ttrworldtour.com/partners
To see Sarka in action, check out the video below
One of TTR’s media partners, Whiteout.tv, and TTR’s partners Swatch, have put together this project that follows Christian “Hitsch” Haller to TTR events all around the globe in his Olympic season and offers the chance for viewers to get to know more. With interviews from friends, family and other top pros, you’ll get a unique look in to the life of one of Switzerland’s most interesting snowboarders and current World no. 2 on the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour.
For more information on this young rider also visit his profile on ttrworldtour.com
Click on the link below to watch the two episodes of Hitsch:
06/07 Swatch TTR World Tour Champion, Torah Bright, is said to be practicing Double Corks. Read the article that was published today in the New York Times to see what’s up with that: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/sports/olympics/25bright.html
Excited to see what Torah will do. Go girl!
If you want to find out more about Torah, watch her TTR Rider Check Out below or take a peak at her profile on www.ttrworldtour.com.
We received this interview from our media partners at Lime girls magazine and Freeride.cz/girls. Sarka Pancochova is currently in the Swatch TTR World No.1 ranking, and it will be exiting to see if she will keep her lead till the end of the season! If your language is Czech you can follow this season unfolding on Freeride.cz/Girls.
Interview with Šárka Pančochová
“Sharki” is so short you may stumble over her by mistake in a line for a lift and you won’t even notice it. This girl gets up first in the morning, leaves the hill last and can party hard all night long, riding different tricks than other girls and always speaks her mind. Being a little girl doesn’t mean having little energy.
Šárka comes from a small town in the Czech Republic which lies 200 metres above the sea level. She lives out of a boardbag and is travelling the world while her parents live in the UK.
Being a little girl doesn’t mean having little energy when you do the things you want to. “I’m loving it! I love snowboarding” responded Šárka in the darkness of the car when we were coming back on the highway from the Burton European Open.
We are sitting in your apartment in the Rockresort at the beginning of the Burton European Open but you are not riding today. Why? The main reason is because I’m tired. The second reason is that we filmed with Karkys for a new documentary about me and Martin Černík.
Why are you tired?
I’m tired because I rode three big events in the last five days - O’Neill Evolution, FIS World Cup in Kreischberg and Roxy Chicken Jam.
How is riding FIS World Cup? Is it fun?
Pretty much so, I know most of the riders. But the BEO is much more entertaining!
How was listening to the national anthem after winning the World Cup in Kreischberg?
It was really a big surprise! I didn’t expect it at all.
Was it emotional?
For sure! I listened to the Czech anthem for the first time in my life because I had accomplished something. I was actually singing.
What differences do you see between TTR and FIS?
INCOMPARABLE! FIS doesn’t respect the riders, listens to trainers only, the rider is on the last place. Even the weather is horrible during the event!
Do you think the level of girls’ riding has changed?
The level of girls’ riding has gone a long way in the previous year. Both here in Europe and in the USA. In the semi finals of Roxy Chicken Jam there was nearly nobody who would not do a seven.
What were you plans for BEO?
Doing my run well!
Did it?
Yeah, I was stoked from my runs but judges didn’t really like it but sometimes it is like this. I’m happy anyways!
Would you like to be a queen of the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour at the end of the season 09/10?
Yes, that would be great. I’m after it! But we are only in the middle of the winter.
Text: BeeBee
Photo: BeeBee
Very good coverage of the Mammoth Grand Prix by our friends over at GrindTV.com. It’s also touching on Kevin Pearce’s injury and all the support from the FRENDS crew.
All of TTR staff’s hearts are with you as well KP!
If you haven’t joined the facebook group ‘Well wishes for Kevin Pearce’ yet – here is the link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Well-Wishes-to-our-Frend-Kevin-Pearce/232366118918
To watch some action from the qualification day you can visit our frends over at snowboardermag.com: http://fresh.snowboardermag.com/video/olympic-halfpipe-qualifier-2-mammoth-mtn-video/
Mammoth GrandPrix Snowboardermag Video
And it is a merry Christmas again to all of you – our media partner Method has just finished their video edit of this year’s Air & Style. The video is also available on ITunes. If you haven’t seen it yet, go to the following link to www.method.tv and check it out.
Travis Rice was one of the major contenders that came out swinging the shred blade looking to take the top spot. See how things unfolded from the begining to the end and everything in between.
Seppe Smits at Stubai
Here’s a sweet video from one of our media partners snowbroader.eu from the 6Star Billabong Air & style training session from the Stubai Zoo Park, featuring the current Swatch TTR World No.1 Marko Grilc, who went on to win the event and some of the other hot shots like Elias Elhardt, Mark Swoboda and this years Air & Style Rookie Challeng winner Seppe Smits.
http://www.vimeo.com/8207201
