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iPod Double McTwist 1260s his way to X-Games glory
Sat 13 March 10Switzerland's Iouri Podladtchikov emptied his bag of tricks in the halfpipe finals at the Winter-X games in Tignes, with a record breaking score to take top honours
Photo: isseau/Shazamm/ESPN Images
Jenny Jones wins winter X-Games Europe Slopestyle
Fri 12 March 10Go GB, Bristol's Jenny Jones takes gold medal in the womens slopestyle final at the Winter X-Games in Tignes
World Snow Update - 12th March 2010
Fri 12 March 10A foot of fresh in the French Pyrenees, 50cm in 24 Hours on Germanys ski slopes, Another metre of snow in 36 hours for Scotland, 'Dream like conditions' in Austria where resorts report 30cm (a foot) of new snow. 'Finest powder snow' in Switzerland, Three feet of new snow in California
Winter X Games Europe - Thursday results
Thu 11 March 10Eric Willett takes the gold medal in the slopestyle and Kaitlyn Farrington upsets Olympic champion Torah Bright to take the womens halfpipe at the x-games in Tignes, France
Olympic stars heading to the US Open
Tue 09 March 10Taking place at Stratton Mountain Resort from March 15-21, the Open is the first US event since the 2010 Olympics where snowboard medalists Shaun White, Peetu Piiroinen, Scotty Lago, Hannah Teter and Kelly Clark will compete.
Resort changes
More snowmaking at Falls Creek in Oz for 2010
Mon 15 February 10AU $2.5million is being spent over the summer to improve snow cover with the purchase of 28 automatic snow cannons. The resort has also announced that the Wombats Ramble will be open for night boarding on wednesday & saturdays
Photo: Falls Creek tourism
New chairlift & expanded terrain at Cardrona
Fri 29 January 10Cardrona's lift-serviced vertical will increase by 250 metres and the ski area will grow to a total size of 345 hectares
A-Basin Announces New Lift for 2010-2011 Season
Wed 30 December 09This summer A-Basin Ski Area will begin construction on a new detachable quad chairlift. The new lift will replace the Exhibition fixed grip triple chair located in the base area
New Stash opens at Flachauwinkl
Mon 26 January 09Bit late with this one but on January 9, Burton pro riders & media dropped in on the new Stash at Flachauwinkl to celebrate the run's grand opening. Dmitry Fesenko, Marko Grilc (SLO), Chris Sörman (SWE), Stephan Mauer and Sani Alibabic were all there to break in the new Stash
Peak to Peak opens at Whistler
Mon 15 December 08Whistler and Blackcomb mountains were officially united today with the grand opening of the PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola. Skiing, riding and sightseeing on the mountains has forever changed at Whistler Blackcomb and guests came from far and wide to be part of the momentous occasion
Events
TTR
Olympic stars heading to the US Open
Tue 09 March 10Taking place at Stratton Mountain Resort from March 15-21, the Open is the first US event since the 2010 Olympics where snowboard medalists Shaun White, Peetu Piiroinen, Scotty Lago, Hannah Teter and Kelly Clark will compete.
British Snow Tour
Animal Slopestyle closes the British Snow Tour
Mon 05 October 09The Animal Slopestyle Championships at Castleford SNO!zone wrapped up the 2009 British Snow Tour in style on Saturday 3rd October. The creative slopestyle course, which included a selection of rails, boxes, kickers and elevated pipe jibs set the stage as over 160 of the UKs top freestylers battled it out in one of the closest and highest levels of competitions seen on UK snow!
FIS
Wanaka to host 2010 FIS Junior World Championships
Sun 14 February 10Snow Sports New Zealand announced today that all three Wanaka-area ski fields will share the spotlight for this Augusts 2010 FIS Snowboard & Freestyle Junior World Championships
Other headlines
- Frenchman Baisamy wins the TTR Nescafé in Leysin -8Mar10
- Peetu Piiroinen wins Arctic Challenge & TTR Tour -7Mar10
- Hofer takes the Freeride Battle Kanin 2010 -7Mar10
- World Snow update - 3rd March 2010 -3Mar10
- European X-games on UK television -3Mar10
- World Snow Update 27th Feb 2010 -27Feb10
- Top to bottom riding at Nevis! -27Feb10
- Yale Cousino wins the Straight Jump in Livigno -27Feb10
- Eric Willett wins Riverjump slopestyle in Livigno -26Feb10
- Oakley Jib-Vid 2010 Teams Announced -24Feb10
- CairnGorm in Kilts, world record attempt ... -24Feb10
- World snow update 17th Feb -17Feb10
- More snowmaking at Falls Creek in Oz for 2010 -15Feb10
- Freeride World Tour 2010 Fieberbrunn -14Feb10
- Wanaka to host 2010 FIS Junior World Championships -14Feb10
- Travelling to the Olympics, a brief guide -11Feb10
- Olympic snowboard preparations -11Feb10
- Chris Sörman wins the 4Star BGV fest in Russia -11Feb10
- World snow update - 10th feb -10Feb10
- Slopestyle results from 2010 Canadian Open -8Feb10
Event headlines
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Nendaz Freeride 2010 12-17 March
This will be the 4th time the event has been held and an official Freeride World Qualifier event in the Swiss resort of Nendaz -
The Big Snow Festival 14-21 March
Featuring some of the world's best DJs including Calvin Harris, Pendulum in Arinsal, Andorra -
Burton US Open 2010 16-21 March
Where else but Stratton, home of East coast snowboarding. -
2010 Freeride World Tour Nissan Xtreme Verbier 20 March
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The Brits 2010 21-28 March
The BRITS is a unique, week-long winter festival that everyone should experience. Combining eight British Snowboard and Freeski Championship events and a musical juggernaut set to shake the pretty little Swiss resort to its very foundation -
Roxy Chicken Jam USA 2010 24-28 March
6*TTR Womens Slopestyle and Halfpipe competition from Mammoth Mtn., CA -
Grandvalira Total Fight Masters of Freestyle 25-27 March
4*TTR Slopestyle competition -
Quiksilver Showdown Over the City 26-27 March
a 4*TTR Big Air contest in Grouse Mountain, B.C. -
Absolut Park Spring Battle 2010 1-3 April
a 4*TTR Slopestyle competition, held once more in Flachauwinkl in Austria -
RideShakedown, St-Sauveur 2010 2-3 April
A laidback, live-it-up event with minimal restrictions on the riders. At the RIDE Shakedown, riders, both male and female, are required to master two different disciplines: the Big Air and the rail jam featuring a rail with various surface textures to be revealed only on the first day of competition -
Snowbombing 2010 5-10 April
the 11th annual event, as always coming loud and proud from Mayrhofen in Austria -
World Rookie Finals 2010 7-11 April
A 4*TTR Slopestyle contest in Ischgl, Austria -
Snowboarding Finnish Open 2010 15-18 April
a 4*TTR slopestyle competition held in Tahko -
FIS Snowboard Junior Championships 2010 19-31 August
The event, scheduled for 19-31 August, marks the first time a FIS World Championship will be staged in New Zealand, and also marks the first time that snowboarding and freestyle skiing will share the same stage in a World Championship.
