We know that Burton doesn’t like to think of its B brands as anything but A, however, when they announce that John Jackson is now riding for Burton it becomes kind of obvious which brand is numero uno.
“It’s rad to be a part of such an insane company and team who’ve paved the way in snowboarding since the beginning,” said John Jackson. “I can’t wait for the snow to fly to test out some new gear and let ‘er rip. It’s an honor.”
Welcome to the big leagues, Mr. Jackson. We’re surprised it took them so long.
Follow the jump for all the official details. [click to continue…]
Last night (September 29, 2011) Forum Snowboards premiered their new film Vacation for anyone who wanted to show up at the Huntington Beach, California pier. By 8:30 PM close to 400 people had arrived to get autographs from the Forum team, grab a free energy drink, or just kick back and watch the film.
Without going into too much detail we’ll just say this: Vacation is a good ride. Funny bits, strong riding, and a banging big mountain closer from Pat Moore.
All we can say about this Break The Bankvideo teaser from filmmaker Justin Dersham is that this is the only time we’ve ever watched a mountainboarding edit and thought for a moment, “Hey, this doesn’t look so bad.” But then they started riding them on the street and. . . we realized how wrong we were.
Seattle’s King Kat Theater will play host to the Northwest shred mob as Capita and Think Thank share the screens with Defenders Of Awesome and Ransack Rebellion a 7 PM on Friday, September 30, 2011. According to Capita’s Sean Tedore this will be big.
The whole CAPiTA team will be on hand signing autographs and hanging out before the premiere. This WILL be the biggest and best tour stop of the year. . . After the Premiere, CAPiTA will also be putting on an after party at the Spitfire Bar. It’s walking distance from the King Kat and Located at 2219 4th Ave. in Seattle. . . There will be Drink specials, Food, Karaoke, and a live DJ. Party is FREE to all.
We’re going to officially add Snowboarder Magazine’s Pat Bridges to the list of snowboarders who can act better than they ride. This new Nike Snowboarding parody of the old Bo Knows campaigns (“Danny Don’t Know”) proves it once and for all. We’re still laughing just thinking about how nice it must be for Mr. Bridges to get checks from both Source Interlink and Nike at the same time.
Proving that stadium rock action sporting is still not dead in Europe Zurich’s Freestyle.CH packed in 32,000 people on September 22-23, 2011 for a multisport hucking contest (featured here is snowboard semi-finals action).
Halidor Helgason won with snowboard big air with a Frontside Double Cork 1080° with Seppe Smits and Ståle Sanbech in second and third. Pierre-Luc Gagnon won the mega ramp skate event with a backside ollie three. Follow the jump for the skateboarding semi-finals video. [click to continue…]
Yale Cousino rocked a nice wig all day, but it didn’t get him into the money. Click here for more photos.
Over the past eight years Bear Mountain’s Hot Dawgs & Hand Rails event has become both the official summer snowboarding ender, and SoCal’s winter kick-off (opening day could be a month away).
On Saturday, September 24, 2011 thousands of shred fans arrived at Bear Mountain to see some rail riding, hang out, and pick up free stuff from dozens of the action industry’s most famous brands. We’ve never seen Bear Mountain’s parking lot so full. In fact, we had to park halfway up the mountain on a rutted, grassy slope surrounded by some of Southern California’s finest shred tailgaters.
After what seemed like hours (3?) of rail jamming on all fronts of the delicious setup, judges JP Walker, Joe Sexton, Lauri Heiskari, and Seth Huot handed the $10,000 first prize check to Minnesota rail slayer Ryan Paul (maybe his frontflip wall ride to 50-50 had something to do with it).
HDHR Results
1. Ryan Paul $10,000
2. Brandon Hobush $3,000
3. Jesse Paul $1,000
The Northwest is going to share their shred with NorCal as Lib Tech, Zumiez, and Snowboy Productions bring The Sixth Annual Downtown Throwndown to San Francisco at Fulton and Larkin on October 29, 2011. Don’t think this won’t be big.
“I’m humbled at how big this event has grown, and definitely excited about its future” says Snowboy Productions President Krush Kulesza. “With Seattle and our new SF stop, plus our AM qualifier series (The Feeders!) in Portland, Spokane and Sacramento, we’ve got the whole west coast covered from the Bay to the Border.”
Here’s a slice of what we can all see at 8:30 PM PDT Wednesday night, September 28, 2011 at the Huntington Beach, California Pier as Burton’s other brand’s roll out the premiere of Vacation. Follow the jump for all the details. [click to continue…]
Southern California snowboarding kicks back into gear for the 8th year in a row as Bear Mountain presents Hot Dawgs & Hand Rails this Saturday, September 24, 2011.
40 top pros competing for fifteen grand. There will be dozens of brands set up in booth city, enter to win great stuff in contests, check out the scene at the Beach Bar, and buy your winter 2011-12 season pass at a Screamin’ Deal, this will be the very last day to get the best price of the year.
Follow the jump to see what it’s going to look like. We’re sure it’s going to be good time no matter what. [click to continue…]
