Junior competitions wrap up at BEO



Emma Bernard � LammerhirtPatrick Burgener and Emma Bernand Win Junior Halfpipe.The Burton European Open Snowboarding Championships continued today (Saturday 10th) under sunny skies in Laax, Switzerland with the junior halfpipe competition, where riders 14-years-old or younger competed in the ....

Piiroinen lifts off into Swatch TTR Top 5



Towering airtime, technical tricks and fearless snowboarding were the order of the night at the 6Star O?Neill Evolution Quarterpipe stomp fest. After two nights of thrilling excitement, Chas Guldemond (USA) has narrowly managed to defend his Tour lead spot with a 81.98 point lead in front of Janne ..

QUIKSILVER CHROMATOPHOBIA



QUIKSILVER CHROMATOPHOBIA - Snowboard contest ? Super Pipe La Plagne (France) ? 3rd April 2009 Quiksilver is creating a brand new winter meeting that will bring together the world's very best freestyle snowboarders in France, on Friday 3 April 2009. The last Super Pipe competition to be ....

Run On helmets after German skiers crash



A recent collision between two experienced skiers travelling quickly on crossing pistes led to the death of one from head injuries and the likely prosecution of the other, a senior German politician, on manslaughter charges.The accident happened on New years day when a Slovak mother of four, ....

Huge snowfalls in US West



After a lacklustre pre-Christmas start to the season, resorts in western North America have been reporting increasingly spectacular snowfall over the past few weeks, particularly in the northern US states and in British Columbia, Canada. The snow has caused practical operational problems in ....

Gillings 3rd in Bad Gastein 2nd SBX



Jacobellis and Hayler take home Gold in Bad Gastein?s 2nd Snowboard Cross. The fourth Snowboard Cross of the 2009 LG Snowboard FIS World Cup wrapped up today with two more than just enthralling final heats with Lindsey Jacobellis (USA) and Damon Hayler (AUS) celebrating victory on the Bucheben ....

Norwegians dominate BEO slopestyle qualifications



Perfectly sunny skies shone down again on the third day of the Burton European Open where men?s and women?s slopestyle qualifiers went down. Forty men, who came through from pre-qualification and 53 women had two runs to prove to the judges that they were worthy of competing against some of the ....