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RED BULL SUPERNATURALS – THE FUTURE OF SNOWBOARDING?
Unfortunatly the Red Bull Supernaturals doesn’t fit in to any TTR tour discipline yet, but, is it the future of competitive freestyle snowboarding? For the uninitiated the Red Bull Supernatural is a unique backcountry competition handcrafted by the snowboarding demi-god, Travis Rice, to challenge all the riders over a unique terrain .
Travis Rice spent most of his past winters travelling around the globe in the search of the best natural features to perform his breathtaking snowboarding stunts. Red Bull Supernatural has aimed to serve up a run beyond anyone’s wildest dreams with three distinct sections designed to show off each athlete’s strengths. So, how can you go along and watch this great contest? Well, that’s an issue. The riders are choppered in because it’s located within the 32,000 acre tenure of Baldface Lodge, one of Canada’s best backcountry snowcat operations. Deep in the Kootenay Mountains of British Columbia, the 45+ degree slope nicknamed “Scary Cherry” is host to over 80 man-made features which took a crew of loggers five months to construct!
The riders’ list features the additions of wild card winners Mark McMorris and Sage Kotsenburg, both 18-years old and slopestyle leaders on the TTR World Snowboard Tour. Also Canadian Mark Sollors has been confirmed to replace Wolle Nyvelt, who was forced to drop out due to an injury.
THE RED BULL SUPERNATURAL CONFIRMED RIDER LIST
David Carrier-Porcheron CAN
Devun Walsh CAN
Eero Niemela FIN
Gigi Ruf AUT
Jake Blauvelt USA
John Jackson USA
Kazu Kokubo JPN
Lucas Debari USA
Mark Carter USA
Mark Landvik USA
Nicolas Müller SUI
Erik Jackson USA
Scotty Lago USA
Terje Håkonsen NOR
Travis Rice USA
Mark Sollors CAN
Mark McMorris CAN
Sage Kotsenburg USA
The Supernatural window is now open from today, 3rd February – 8th February so the action can kick off any minute!
Check out these preview pics. Gnarly, huh?
Transworld Snowboarding caught up with Travis Rice to see what he had to say……….
What will the giant kicker be like?
We’re still not sure how much snow we’ll have, but the idea is a 250-foot wide kicker. We might break it up with a couple of different takeoffs. First off we have to enhance the landing quite a bit, so that’s the main project. Then we’re also finishing off a whole mini-park zone at the very bottom. It’s packed full of features.
What are the snow conditions like so far?
We’ve been held up getting on slope the last three days because of some bad instabilities in the snow pack. It’s some of the worst they’ve had up here in six or eight years. We’re doing the best we can. They’ve been dropping charges on the slopes, dropping cornices, doing everything they can. We’ve got a good crew up here. Basically we want to finish up and then we don’t want to touch the thing for three weeks, giving it time to get a couple snowstorms—then we come in and cook that face.
……….click here to see more of their great questions and pics
The Red Bull Supernatural Trailer
CHECK OUT THE AIR&STYLE METHOD
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.
Photo Slideshow from 6Star Billabong Air&Style Innsbruck
Last weekend’s Swatch TTR 6Star snowboard mega-event, the Billabong Air&Style Innsbruck 2009/II was one of the highlights of the 09/10 Season for sure. The double cork factor has changed snowboarding in a groundbreaking way and there is no end in sight in terms of variations. We made a little slideshow about the Rider’s draw on Friday and Saturday’s event night with focus on the riders for you to enjoy below.
To watch all the great video content including individual runs from pretty much every rider in the contest go to: http://freecaster.tv/ttrworldtour
For all the infos and results about A&S go here: 6Star Air&Style TTR Event Bio Read the rest of this entry »
Shaun White’s double corks at the 2009 Burton New Zealand Open
Shaun White’s double corks wrote history this Saturday, August 15th, in the Snowpark NZ halfpipe during the 5Star Burton New Zealand Open Snowboarding Championships. Despite sick, stylish and high runs, some of them also including a double cork (e.g. Vito’s) no one could get past Shaun in the pipe finals. The Mitranis, Kazu, Mason, Antti and even current Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour Champion Peetu Piiroinen all watched Shaun laying down the pipe run of the year (if not the century) which might make history again later this season, if no one can step it up. Only 2 years after David Benedek brought double corks to competition at the Air&Style and Travis Rice mastered them in the backcountry they entered the pipe stage – Halfpipe Snowboarding has reached a new level!Don’t miss to watch the TTR Special on Shaun’s double corks and check back early next week to get the TTR lowdown from the NZ Open with the latest ranking developments and behind the scenes content.[youtube width="640" height="380"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQIVezTJqZo[/youtube]Link to the video section: http://www.ttrworldtour.com/multimedia/video.html
THE TTR MID-SEASON TV SHOW – A NEW APPROACH TO SHOWCASE COMPETITIVE SNOWBOARDING
[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/clip:3483193[/vimeo]Check out all the snowboarding action from the early season in the Southern Hemisphere and catch up with all the current Swatch TTR title contenders as they discuss their plans for the season. The show also examines a different side of snowboarding with footage from Nicolas Mueller filming in Alaska with Absinthe Films, and by looking into Quarterpipe riding with with world’s best transition riders discussing the science, consequences and rush of the evolving contest format. Read the rest of this entry »
First 6Star TTR Event of 08/09 Season. The Countdown Begins….
The count down is on… The first 6 Star men’s title for the 0809 season is up for grabs. The Nissan X-Trail Jam in Tokyo Dome is set to push the level of competition once again. With the likes of Travis Rice against a star studded line up including Terje Hakonsen , Peetu Piiroinen, Andreas Wiig, Risto Mattila, Nicolas Müller, Torstein Horgmo, Chas Guldemond and Sebastien Toutant It is set to be a battle with 6 of Japans best riders over a 2 day Quarter Pipe & Big Air event.
TTR caught up with Travis Rice at the “THATS IT THATS ALL” premiere in Munich a few weeks back and this is what Travis had to say
“I so looking forward to coming to the Nissan X-Trail in just a couple of weeks. As we’ve all seen over the years, it’s going to be a battle of nations, a battle of wits, battle of skills. Nissan X-trail Jam in Tokyo Dome its coming up all so quickly and I’m looking forward to it” Travis Rice
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We got this out of the shy French Canadian Sebastien just after hearing about his invite.
“I think this contest will have good crowd, good riders, a perfect jump and a lot of fun” Sebastien Toutant .
Well not exactly fighting words, but I’m sure the 45,000 strong crazed Japanese fans will fire the young fellow up.Check out the event Teaser Video Below:
Daily X-Trail Jam Coverage
Begins THURSDAY DEC. 11TH
Only on www.TTRWORLDTOUR.com
TTR TV favorites 07/08
I just came up with the idea to do a “favorite video blog” browsing through the dozens of clips that were created this past season. Lots of memorable shoots and edits, but we selected a couple of jewels you might have missed in 07/08. Click and check what were some of the moments captured on the world tour…
Epic Snow, Legendary Riders, Sick Riding at Q.N.S.
Benedek Pow’ Slash – © Tim Zimmerman
A down day for the FOUR(4)STAR Quiksilver Natural Selection competition meant a good day for riders to get out in the deep pow and get some shots with the multitude of photographers and cinematographers on site for the event.
The TTR crew was lucky enough to get a sneak peak at tomorrow’s contest venue, Casper Bowl, as Travis Rice and all the riders competing packed out a couple of hits in preparation for the last day of competition. The guys packed down a run-in for a huge hip jump and a couple of other booters on the course.
Day one of the Quiksilver Natural Selection
Travis Rice – © Tim Zimmerman
Travis Rice in First after Day One of the Inaugural Quiksilver Natural Selection Competition in Dick’s Ditch at Jackson Hole, Wyoming
The Quiksilver Natural Selection, a Swatch TTR FOUR(4)STAR event, kicked off on Saturday in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Riders were greeted with tons of fresh powder for the first day of competition held in an area of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort known as Dick’s Ditch. The course is a 2500-foot long natural halfpipe with 18 natural hits for riders to choose from. The Natural Selection is such a unique competition with deep, fresh powder landings making things super fun but also challenging for riders.
DUMPING In Jackson!
Hiking Casper Bowl – © Scott Sullivan
It has been DUMPING at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort for the past week and the snow still has not let up. This is both good and bad for the Quiksilver Natural Selection, a Swatch TTR World Tour Four (4) Star Event, as the organizers have been waiting for optimal pow’ conditions, but the weather has been making visibility a bit tough to run the contest. So, it’s a good thing that the event organizers built in a seven-day holding period to make sure conditions are right.