Last week we asked you if the red bull supernatural event will be the future of competitive snowboarding or perhaps even create a new discipline in its image. Well, we had some interesting opinions from you all but the consensus was that you’d have to see it before making a call. A wise decision which we at TTR also share. So in light of that here is the first footage to drop … thoughts?

One of a kind snowboard competition

TTR’s Gold partner Blue Tomato have released a new Snowboard Team Movie: Chapter XI. This epic new movie shows the Blue Tomato team rider’s ripping through pow and proving their skills on park jumps and some gnarly rails!

Blue Tomato combines team spirit, professionalism and passion for snowboarding in this sick team movie!

Chapter XI features the following riders:

Marc Swoboda, Urška Pribošič, Dominik Wagner, Flo Galler, Kareem el Rafie, Mathias Weißenbacher, Viktor Szigeti, Ville Uotila, Roli Scharmer, Georgi Mihaylov, Phips Gruber, Diz Pichler, Vanessa Waldenhofer, Tobi Grünwald, Max Gründwald, Adam Granqvist, Tuomas Pohjonen, Clemens Schattschneider, Franki Wörndl.

To watch the individual rider parts check the official Chapter XI page: blue-tomato.com/chapterxi

TTR would like to say a big congratulations to the Andy Nudds for winning the first leg of the Nike Chosen Series tour at the Hemel Snow Centre. He was run close by the likes of Marc McClement and Jesse Smith but in the end he clinched the win by landing two enormous frontside 1080s – the first time the trick has been done indoors.

There was plenty of style shown by all riders such as local Will Radula-Scott and Lewis Sonvico showing some impressive spins, but another local, Sam Cullum, who took the “Mans Stylish Rider” award. Sam’s bag of tricks included big 7′s and textbook back rodeos. The “Best Female Rider’ award was snapped up by Becky Menday. But once the snow dust had settled it was clear to people that Nuddsy had done enough to take the title. As the winner of the first leg he will be heading to Austria in April to compete against the other winners from all over Europe in the Chosen Series final. The UK could not ask for a a better representative. Do you think Nuddsy has what it takes to become the European Champion?

Again TTR would like to congratulate the winners shown below:

NIKE CHOSEN SERIES UK RESULTS

Winner and ‘Chosen One’: Andy Nudds

Most Creative Rider: Angus Leith

Most Stylish Rider: Sam Cullum

Best Female: Becky Menday

Check out this video below showing highlights of the event.

Have a gander at nikechosenseries.com for more info on the tour – the next stop of which is in Hochkonig in Austria on December 28th.

Longtime label partner of TTR, Switchstance Recordings just hit us with some exciting news which we wanted to share with you.

Switchstance has officially released a FREE Etnies presents Switchstance Recordings compilation featuring Ancient Astronauts, Protassov, Kabanjak, Deela, Aeronautix, Raashan Ahmad, Azeem and DJ Brace.

The compilation is presented by Etnies and with the purpose to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Etnies and the 10th anniversary of Switchstance Recordings.

Check the compilation here and make sure to visit Etnies for their official announcement!

If you like it please share it with your homies or as Switchstance puts it – “The compilation is free for every good soul on this planet so please spread it to your followers.”

Check out Seb’s smooth style in the flick below:

But that’s not all… as this quick post was in the works, another video hit the net… Pat Burgener sticks switch backside triple cork 1440

The event in Spindleruv Mlyn assigned 2 all-inclusive tickets for the 4Star Protest World Rookie Finals in Ischgl, Austria, from 4 to 11 April 2011 and many snowboard goodies from the sponsors. After 2 days of training and quali with warm weather, the final day of the event saw a great forecast and allowed to run the event as planned. Teemu Lambert from Finland dominated the event in the male category with 720 to 720 and 540 to 540 in the pipe, fs720 inverted on the jump. Martin Mikyska and Michal Bisa follow Teemu on the podium.

Now the World Rookie Tour is moving to Romania for the first edition of the Transilvania Rookie Fest in Arena Platos. It will be a 2Star slopestyle, from 25th to 27th of March 2011 and the last chance to get qualified for the Protest World Rookie Finals 2011. All information about the upcoming Rookie Fest in Romania can be found here.

EAST ROOKIE FEST 2011 – RANKINGS

GROM GIRLS
1 14 R VOJACKOVA KATERINA CZE
ROOKIE GIRL
1 30 R YANOVA KATERINA CZE

GROM BOYS
1 31 R PORKERT ONDREJ CZE
2 32 G CISAR TOMAS CZE
3 26 G PAJER MIKI CZE

ROOKIE BOYS
1 35 R LAMBERT TEEMU FIN
2 7 R MIKYSKA MARTIN CZE
3 15 R BISA MICHAL CZE

To watch the video highlights from the East Rookie Fest 2011 check this link: http://vimeo.com/21343396

World Rookie Tour 2011 Calendar
Protest World Rookie Fest – Livigno, Italy – 3Star – january 15-19, 2011
Protest Rookie Camp – Livigno, Italy – international training camp – january 19-22, 2011
Protest Pyrenees Rookie Fest, Vallnord, Andorra – 3Star – 17.20 febbruary 2011 §
East Rookie Fest – Splinderuv Mlyn, Czech Republic – 2Star – march 18.20, 2011
Transilvania Rookie Fest, Arena Platos, Romania – 2Star – march 25.27, 2011
Protest World Rookie Finals – Ischgl, Austria – 4Star – 6.10 april 2011
Rookie Camp – Val Senales, Italy – international training camp – 25 june . 9 july 2011 www.rookiecamp.eu
Summer Rookie Fest – Val Senales, Italy – 2Star – 1.2 july 2011
Australian Rookie Fest – Thredbo, Australia – 3Star – july 2011 (date to be announced)
South America Rookie Fest – Valle Nevado, Chile – 2Star – august 2011 (date to be announced)

A total of 24 amateur athletes from North America competed for their chance at the RIDE Shakedown semi-finals against world-renown professionals. In the end, only three riders were given the privilege to move on to the next round. It came down to the day’s movers and shakers Pat Lynch from Big Bear City (CA), Caden Michnal from Kalispell (MT), and Mitch Richmond from Mammoth Lakes (CA).

Rail Jam title goes to Jeremy Cloutier
The lineup for this year’s Rail Jam competition was impressive. Topping the list of pro invites was last year’s Rail Jam winner and local Austin Hironaka, looking to defend his title. Also present were Ryan Paul hailing from Cottage Grove Minnesota, and Quebec native Jeremy Cloutier. The setup design was tricky; requiring all 32 riders to really focus on speed and technique.

The result was an exciting show where the only two Canadians partaking in the final took top honors. Jeremy Cloutier, who placed 3rd at the 2009 RIDE Shakedown, proved his reputation as a rail king by putting in two solid runs that gave him enough of a lead to skip out on his third and claim first place. His best of the two? A frontside 180 gap, switch backside 360-out on the kink rail. As for RIDE Shakedown DE 2011 winner Matts Kulisek, he earned another podium finish and $2,000. Not to be forgotten is Johnny Lazz. The rider from Carnelian Bay finished in third, earning $ 1,000.

64 riders from six countries came to participate in the Sajas Park Games on 05th March 2011 which was the fourth stop of the Quiksilver Wir Schanzen. A mix of sun, perfect setup, relaxed atmosphere and not to forget the action of the snowboarders contributed to make it a gorgeous day at the Silvretta Montafon.

The early bird gets the worm – there was already a morning-hurly-burly at accreditation. Thanks to the many working hours of the shaper crew at the NovaPark a perfectly shaped setup was waiting for the riders: A phat kickerline, rails, boxes and other jib-obstacles did not leave anything to be desired so that the guys and girls could really show what they are made of. The riders offered a great show to the visitors and judges and demonstrated their best tricks. The relaxed atmosphere with cool music and yummy hot dogs made everybody enjoy a dreamlike day at the NovaPark.

The riding Level was High

First the kids broke the ground and it was a hard fight for the victory. In the snowboard kids category the winner Merlin Nigsch (AUT) had a big smile on his face. Then the stage was given to the girls who strikingly demonstrated their skills and Kristine Bezbailis (LAT) could triumph in the snowboard girls category.

The Sajas Goodie for Tricks Session took place between the qualification and the finals and everybody could win shirts, bandanas or caps. After that the men were called into action. Many visitors got to see a high riding level and the job of the judges did really not have an easy job. Patrick Morscher (AUT) could stand up to his competitors and creamed off the ranking points. Beside prizes he also got international TTR points and a wildcard for the AM Contest Ride Shakedown in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

There is not much time to breath: The last qualifier stop of the Quiksilver Wir Schanzen – the Jungle Fever – is waiting for you on 19th March 2011 in the Thuringian Forest. The cooperation of the Orange Jungle skate and snowboard shop and the “Thüringer Szene” will welcome the Wir Schanzen community with open arms.

In a Transworld interview Mark had the following to say – “I’ve been doing a variation of the double cork back ten for quite awhile and nobody had tried it, so I just wanted to see what would happen if I just started it like a back ten but go a little further, hold my grab—I don’t know. The first one I just didn’t start as flippy, I kinda did a backside fourteen double and just fell. It kinda made sense so I just eased my way into it on the next two. I did it with no injury, so that’s cool.

Also check out Mark’s winning run at Billabong Air & Style Innsbruck 2011