March 29th, 2008 by Matt
Matthias clucking about the weather
Crazy weather has been following the Swatch TTR World Snowboard tour for the last couple of weeks and the Roxy Chicken Jam, being held this weekend at Mammoth Mountain, California, has been no exception. The first day of the Chicken Jam (the last 6-Star event on the women’s tour) was delayed due to some unexpected snowy weather today.
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March 28th, 2008 by Richard
© - Total Fight
Riders are going off in Andorra at the 4-STar Grandvalira Total Fight. Blue bird skies and one sick park is all any one needed to tear it up and set the bar for the next few days of competition. The qualified riders listed below threw down today and made the list to compete against the invited riders in the Expression Session on Saturday. Look forward to a heated finale in one of the best snowboard contests on the Spanish scene. Read the rest of this entry »
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March 20th, 2008 by Matt
The weather in Vermont can be crazy at times, and today we got a little taste of ice falling from the sky. But, the riders weren’t deterred and took to the slopestyle course for the men’s pre-qualifier round. The pipe was also open for practice so men and women were dropping in getting a feel for the pipe and getting some runs dialed.
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March 19th, 2008 by Nugg
Men’s Halfpipe Pre-Qualification and Qualification were held today, but my eyes were on the slopestyle course as both big dogs and little ones got a chance to check out the 2008 course.
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March 16th, 2008 by Matt
Elijah Teter - Best Trick winner
Halfpipe qualifiers went off without a hitch today, but the finals night session had to be postponed due to a thick fog that just wouldn’t lift off the pipe. The organizers tried to wait things out, but the Vermont fog persisted and the competition had to be pushed to tomorrow following the Slopestyle finals.
There was a big crowd in attendance, so not to disappoint all the shred fans that made their way to Killington, a “best trick” contest was organized at the last minute. Riders had 45-minutes to drop as many times as they wanted and the winner was to be awarded $2,500 by event sponsor Rip It energy drink.
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March 8th, 2008 by Matt
Mason Aguirre © - jakemcbride.com
A world class crew of men and women pipe slayers have made their way to Park City Mountain Resort for the World Superpipe Championships taking place this weekend. Utah has been going off this season with over 500” inches of snow making conditions super fun all over the mountain. Mother nature took a break from puking snow on the Wastach Mountains and greeted the riders with sunny skies today. And needless to say, the Park City Mountain Resort crew had a prime 22-foot pipe in perfect condition for the competition this weekend.
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March 6th, 2008 by Richard
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Today, March 6th 2008, the Swatch TTR 5-Star Ästhetiker Jam Wängl Tängl kicked off in Mayrhofen, Austria as shredders began their fight for 24 spots in the finals. The sun was shining, the beats were pumping and the riders were going off in the first qualification session of the week. It all got started mid-day as riders sessioned the four hit kicker line in two heats, each containing about 25 riders. We saw some sick tricks from all the riders out there including smooth 7s, solid 9s and 10s along with some high flying double back flips and tweaked airs.
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February 25th, 2008 by Jan Snowshredski
© - Michal Vrbka / Tasty.sk
Once again I want east to check how does Slovakian do the snowboard contest. Apart from hard work on the event and delivering you the news from Drenica I had an opportunity to taste lots of different kinds of Slovakians bears.
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February 20th, 2008 by Richard
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After almost a 20 hour drive starting in Austria, making our way through five countries and a dark, all-consuming fog, the rest of the TTR crew safely made it up to Norway just in time for the warm up and training sessions at the SIX(6)STAR Oakley Arctic Challenge.
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February 18th, 2008 by Nugg
I slapped myself silly 10 times over , before I realized I was awake and was glaring at what seemed to be the most dreamy quarter pipe setup that anyone could imagine.
Looking over the Oslo township and beautiful harbour the Holmenkollen Arena has an all new inspiring view, it’s called the Oakley Arctic Challenge. 10.2 metres of pure transition perfection. The SIX(6) STAR Swatch TTR event is shaping up to be a highlight on the tour once again.
After 16 days of construction, we caught up with the man in charge Claes Högström as he nears completion of the quarter pipe where we may just see that magic 10m mark broken if not smashed out of the ball park.
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