by The Editors on April 11, 2011
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…]
by The Editors on April 8, 2011
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…]
by The Editors on April 3, 2011
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…]
by The Editors on March 6, 2011
The only real surprise in the US Grand Prix Mammoth Slopestyle event was that Chaz “Chuck G” Guldemond sat on his first run and had to take another. Other than than, it was the usual huck fest.
We were secondarily surprised at how embarrassingly shallow the women’s slopestyle pool really is. The women’s finals were made up of Jamie Anderson and seven girls who could barely 50-50 and straight air their way down the course. In their defense it was a big course and some of the more talented girls had some trouble with their landings, but no-grab straight airs should not get anyone on a podium at a “national” competition. Oh, if you wondered, Jamie Anderson won again.
We didn’t even watch the Mammoth Halfpipe comp on Saturday, March 5, 2011, but apparently Steamboat Springs’ Matt Ladley delivered a “back 5, front 9, back 9, front 10, cab 10,” to claim victory over Greg Bretz and Louie Vito. “I feel great. It’s hard to explain. It’s surreal. I got a victory lap up there and I was thinking, ‘I already won, this is crazy,'” Ladley said. “I knew I put down a solid first run but I saw a lot of those guys landing their doubles, but it turns out it held up pretty well.”
On the women’s side Kelly Clark continued her complete and utter domination of women’s halfpipe riding. “It’s great to come out and get another win here. More than the placing, I’m happy with my riding. That’s the most important thing for me and the good placing follows that,” Clark said. [click to continue…]
by The Editors on January 24, 2011
With more of the stunning network-owned, caffeinated-sugar-water, sports entertainment programming you’ve come to expect from Boardistan.com here is our complete in-depth coverage of the weekend’s events from freezing ass Killington, Vermont.
Louie Vito and Kelly Clark won pipe, and Jamie Anderson and Torstein Horgmo won slopestyle.
Watch the slope video from above and then follow the jump for all the results and the halfpipe finals video.
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by The Editors on December 19, 2010
It was a dark and stormy day in Breckenridge, Colorado December 18, 2010 for the Nike 6.0 Winter Dew Tour halfpipe. But Louie Vito danced right through the drifting powder to a win with a front double 10, Cab double 10, crippler, Michaelchuck front 10, and a Cab 7.
“It’s a good way to start the season off with my first Dew Tour win and second win of the season. But now I have to keep it moving,” Vito said. “Everyone’s going to be going strong at the next contest, so it’s another day, another contest and good times.”
Spain’s Queralt Castellet won the women’s event. Follow the jump for the rest of the story and more of the results.
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by The Editors on March 21, 2010
From the placings in the Ultimate Boarder events it appeared to be a six way tie between Chad Shetler, Mike Morrissey, Kristian Philips, Bryce Young, and Aaron Astorga but after some tie-breaking and taking “highest placing” into account the win was split between last year’s winner Chad Shetler and Mike Morrisey. They both scored a first, a thirteenth, and a twenty-second in the three events and ended up splitting the $30,000 prize purse.
“It’s an honor to share the stage with Mike and compete alongside these other highly talented athletes,” said Chad Shetler. “I was humbled to win the event last year and it means a lot being able to repeat my performance.”
Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins, the only girl in the contest, finished in 23rd place a head of 25 guys. Not back. Click here for a snow photo gallery or follow the jump for more info and complete results. . .
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by The Editors on March 19, 2010
by The Editors on July 30, 2012
The world’s largest surf festival kicked off this weekend in Huntington Beach, California as juniors shredded the waves in Nike US Open of Surfing.
Felipe Toledo (BRA), 17, (pictured above) defending Nike US Open of Surfing Pro Junior Champion, made a seamless return to competition today and put on two standout performances to advance to the Quarterfinals. Toledo was responsible for the day’s highest scores compliments of his aerial repertoire, netting a 9.40 single-wave score en route to the highest heat total of 17.90 out of 20.
For the official word, follow the jump, click here to watch it all live online or follow the rest of Southern California to Huntington Beach and see the entire circus of flesh in person. The choice is yours. [click to continue…]
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.
