After 17 stops the Volcom Stone 2011 North American PBRJ Tour finished up at Mammoth Mountain on Sunday April 16, 2011 with sunny skies and $25,000 in prize money. Damn, these kids are getting good.
[Link: Volcom]
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Former pro skateboarder Chad Shetler won his third consecutive Ultimate Boarder Championship on Saturday, April 9, 2011 by finishing fourth in the skateboarding event. Snowboarders Trevor Jacob and Shayne Pospisil finished second and third. Shelter was able to win the event without placing top three in any of the event.
“ I am incredibly stoked to have come out on top, especially since this was the toughest year of competition yet in terms of the high caliber of athletes and the rough elements,” said Shetler. . . “Overall it was a pretty amazing week, and getting to miss work to go snowboarding, surfing and skateboarding, is definitely something you can’t beat,” added Shetler who has a full time job in the marketing department at LOST, an action sports company based in Orange County.
Other finishers of note included Tosh Townend in 5th, Aaron Astorga in 11th, Chas Guldemond in 12th, and Kalani David in 16th. Follow the jump for full results. [click to continue…]
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Santa Barbara snowboarder André Barbieri, 30, is thankful to be alive, even if his March 11, 2011 crash at Mammoth Mountain resulted in the loss of his left leg, according to a story in The Santa Barbara Independent.
Barbieri suffered a compound fracture to his femur that severed his femoral artery, tore the nerves and veins in his leg, and he nearly died after losing a lot of blood. “It was just a leg, so I’m very lucky,” said Barbieri, who was not wearing a helmet during his accident.
As might not be surprising, Barbieri has no health insurance. So now the Brazilian is depending on “members of the Santa Barbara community” to help fund his rehab. If you have have health insurance then by all means click here to help Barbieri out. If not, then please take this message as a warning and spend your money on your own health insurance policy. Then when you get wrecked your friends won’t have to raise money for you.
[Link: Andrebarbieri.com via The Independent]
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On what was probably the worst day to go surfing this spring competitors in the Ultimate Boarder Championships weather the storm at Cardiff, California’s Seaside Reef to complete stage two of the boardsports triathlon.
Surfer Nathan Zoller won the solo surf event, but his 27th place in snow relegated him to 9th place over all. With a 10th place finish snowboarder Shayne Pospisil cemented his lead in the overall competition. Go snow!
Todd Richards, who did not surf, is currently in last position in the overall. Stage three continues on Saturday with skateboarding in the Seaside Reef parking lot. Event starts at 10 AM. Bring chairs. Follow the jump for full results. [click to continue…]
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Tonight at Aspen, Colorado’s Sky Hotel former Olympic Alpine Snowboarder and liver transplant survivor Chris Klug will host the annual Hooters Swimsuit in the Snow party. Apparently, elite Hooters girls will be parading around in their swimsuits and raising money for the Chris Klug Foundation. “Last year we received $10,000 from Hooters,” Chris said.
Party begins at 8 PM. The Sky Hotel is located at 709 East Durant Avenue in Aspen.
Follow the jump to watch the first episode of the Hooter’s Snow Angels TV show. . . [click to continue…]
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Tonight, April 7, 2011 Laguna Beach, California’s 210 AR4T Space will host the opening of a new group photography show featuring the works of Cole Barash, Kevin Zacher, Cheyenne Ellis, Stepanka Peterka, and Lauren Ross titled Silence.
The opening reception begins tonight at 6 PM. 210 AR4T Space is located at 210 North Pacific Coast Highway, in Laguna Beach. [click to continue…]
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We’ve always loved spring at Mammoth. After the Easter break is over most of Southern California packs away their snowboards and turns to other pursuits leaving an entire mountain of corn and slush empty for the taking. And this year it’s going to be even better as the resort has already committed to remaining open until July 4, 2011.
May in Mammoth is looking pretty, pretty, good. [click to continue…]
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Stage 1 of the 4th Annual Ultimate Boarder snow, surf, skate triathlon wrapped up under blue skies at Mammoth Mountain on Saturday, April 2, 2011 with Chas Guldemond edging Mammoth loc and defending snowboard champ Trevor Jacob for the title. Shayne Pospisill finished third.
On his final run, Guldemond connected a 900 and switch double cork 1080 to beat out Jacob by 1.6 points. “At all my events I have entered this year, it keeps coming down to my last run,” said Guldemond smiling over his big win. “Overall it was a great day with spring conditions, and it was really fun to watch surfers and skaters all ride together,” he added.
Former pro snowboader Todd Richards had a rough time in the competition according to his Twitter feed and was not too happy with his 30th place finish. “What a time to have 3 bad slope style runs ! F word,” he Tweeted following the competition.
The Ultimate Boarder continues this week with surf (April 6 or April 7, 2011) and skateboarding April 9 at Seaside Reef Parking lot in Cardiff, California. Follow the jump for full results and more info. [click to continue…]
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Snowboarder Danny Ferrari, 42, spent 30 minutes buried after he and a friend triggered an avalanche at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area on Friday, April 1, 2011.
“As it’s all going down, I’m just trying to get back on my board to try and stabilize myself so I don’t get washed into a tree or something and it was just out of my control. [I] tried to fight it the whole time and keep my face covered, and I though it was lights out. I mean, what can I say? I hit like six trees, must have traveled 500 yards, and I was able to get my right up just enough to get enough [space in front of my face] so I could breathe. And then I saw some light,” Ferrari told 9NEWS.
While it must have seemed like a long slide, responders reported that the snowboarder probably slid about 400 feet. Ferrari and his friends are very Lucky.
[Link: 9 News]
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Winter is over. Done. Goodbye. We’ve gone from crushing, dumping storms, to 80 degrees inside of a week. Here’s more proof. Southern California’s Mountain High Resort is having a their annual Miss Mountain High Pageant (click for photos from last year) at 1 PM on Saturday, April 2, 2011 as part of the Spring-a-Ma-Jig.
The Miss Mountain High Pageant is free to enter and all participants receive a FREE bikini from Fresh Peaches. Winner takes home a 2011/12 Season Pass, an Ellis snowboard, 2 tickets to the “Big 4” concert, and is named next year’s Miss Mountain High.
Done the way only the 909 can. [click to continue…]
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