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The X Games are the best and the worst of snowboarding. The best in the sense that the level of performance is insane. The worst in that no where else do you have more corporate people that give not one fuck about the sport grabbing on to the sport. All bitterness aside, the X Games are super fun to attend and watch. Aspen is a great town and the riding is insane. NO the mountains are not crowded so take my advice, don’t sweat the corpo stuff, they give us lots of money, grab your Taco Bell hat and get to Aspen.

I narrowed it down to just the Snowboard events for you, cuz screw the other ones, right? That’s right, big air is back!

Thursday, January 24, 2008
8:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Snowboard SuperPipe Women’s Practice
8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Snowboarder X Men’s & Women’s Practice
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Snowboard Slopestyle Men’s & Women’s Practice
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Snowboard SuperPipe Women’s Elimination
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Snowboard Big Air Practice

Friday, January 25, 2008
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Snowboard Snowboarder X Men’s & Women’s Practice
8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Snowboard Slopestyle Women’s Practice
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Snowboard SuperPipe Men’s & Women’s Practice
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Snowboarder X Men’s & Women’s Qualifying*
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Snowboard Slopestyle Women’s Elimination
11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Snowboard Slopestyle Women’s Practice
12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. Snowboard Slopestyle Men’s Practice
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Snowboard Slopestyle Men’s Elimination
6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Snowboard SuperPipe Women’s Practice
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Snowboard Big Air Practice
7:45 p.m. – 8:45 p.m. Snowboard SuperPipe Women’s Final

Saturday, January 26, 2008
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Snowboard SuperPipe Men’s Practice
10:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Snowboarder X Men’s & Women’s Practice
12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Snowboard Slopestyle Women’s Final 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Snowboarder X Men’s & Women’s Final***
1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Snowboard Slopestyle Practice
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Snowboard Slopestyle Men’s Final
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Snowboard SuperPipe Men’s Practice
6:15 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. Snowboard SuperPipe Men’s Elimination
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Snowboard Big Air Practice
8:15 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Snowboard Big Air Final

Sunday, January 27, 2008
5:00 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. Snowboard SuperPipe Men’s Practice
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Snowboard SuperPipe Men’s Final

Vito will probably be there

Stepchild Rider Scotty Vine handled big business amongst a heavy group of veterans and newbies in this past Saturday’s event at Bear Mountain in Big Bear California. It seems nowadays that “parking lot” rail jams are more and more common but Hot Dawgs and Hand Rails is much more than that. The course was almost like a slopestyle course with so many obstacles. Kyle Lopicolo said it was “fucking rad” and Marc Franc said “he wishes he was out there” if those guys said that, who am I to say anything different? This event is kind of the season opener if you will. Not only do a lot pros show up to ride, many more show up to hang out, watch the action and hook up with old friends after a summer of traveling to South America/New Zealand or just working on their skateboarding or surfing. Some pros seen hanging out were; JP Walker, Seth Huot, Hana Beaman, Robbie Sell, MFM and more.

The first thing you would notice different this year than last year was how many freakin people showed up and why not? Top pros, fashion shows, chicks, video premiers, parties and such. It was definitely worth braving the drive up there. Braving the drive because a fire was raging across the lake and one of the roads up the mountain was closed. I digress, back to the event. The only real drawback was that the Security was pretty into keeping the fans in line. Drinks were available though, you just had to keep it on the deck, so no big.

If you had the right pass, like the Revolution crew, then you could get up slope side and it was pretty much anything goes on course. Snowboarder’s Pat Bridges was kind of in charge and he said he was having a very hectic day. Dave Duncan was co-mc along with Dingo and he made sure everyone within sight got free beers. I am convinced that the best possible combination of announcers would be Dave Duncan, Dingo and Todd Richards, Todd was not there but Dave and Dingo did a fine job keeping it loose but under control. Dave said he opted to get paid less so he could have an un-limited tab. Dave always does his best to make sure an event is fun.

The action started around 2:30pm with a qualifying jam. Top qualifiers joined those that were pre qualified. All in all the finals included (but not limited to) Mike Burton, Chris Bradshaw, Cory Cronk, Tyler Flanagan, Lucas Magoon, Scotty Vine, Melissa Evans, Desiree Melancolin, Chad Tarbell, Tim Eddy, Lance, Kyle Lopiccolo, Iris Lazz, Keegan Valaika, Jonas Michilot and more. A one hour jam ensued and winners were announced.

It was all hard to follow cuz the action was fast and furious but standout maneuvers included: Chad Tarbell’s insane tricks off the big drop, including a backside 270 – tail-out, Tim Eddy and Kyle’s work on the bottom transitions, Scotty Vine working the whole course (I asked Scott what he did to win he said “I don’t remember”), Scott Stevens was a name that came up a lot with one footers, front 7’s, front flip and more. Lucas Magoon looked like he was cruising, Mike Burton looked solid. Chris Bradshaw looked good till he bruised his femur. The women jammed with the men but were scored separately. When the rapidly melting snow settled it came down to the following. Joey Sexton winning best trick, Melissa Evans getting 2nd and Iris Lazz getting 1st in the girls. Scott Stevens (3rd), Nick Dirks (2nd) and Scotty Vine (1st) took all the men’s prize money.

Hot Dawgs and Hand Rails probably is one of the finest non-natural snow events out there and you know the real snow is coming soon!

Here is the course. The first set of stunts included a down rail, box thing and down-flat-down. The second set had a flat-down box with little rails on the side, a grass gap jump and a big ol’ flat box to big drop. The last set included two quarterpipes, one with a skate style spine the other with a barrel type thing on top

Some of the finest high desert shredders shown here. Cory Cronk and Kyle Lopiccolo. Kyle said he spent the summer in Mammoth skating the Brothers Park and taking care of business

Jonas Michilot is a real rail jammer

Tyler Flanagan pleasing the ladies

Robbie Sell and a dormant chairlift. Robbie was stoked to have his picture taken for Snowboard Revolution

Mike Burton

Keegan Valaika

Dave Duncan only let me take his picture if it had his beer, clipboard and the vert spine in it

The Omatic cotton candy machine was helping to raise $ for Boarding for Breast Cancer

The only man who has enough clout to close a Mack Dawg movie with a 2 trick part. JP was a judge, so was Set Huot. You think they know anything about metal rail maneuvering?

You may think you can do trick like MFM but you can not and you never will!

Scotty Stevens definitely earned third (or better) Scotty said “The park crew did a really good job for early season snowboarding, it was super fun. I usually get really nervous at these events but when you can take a few turns between obstacles it is better”

Snowboard Revolution represent. Dingo kept saying “check Snowboard-Revolution for the story” what an honor indeed for the shout outs by Dingo

Joey Sexton receiving best trick honors

Iris Lazz was nice, she is hot, and can snowboard well; that pretty much puts her in the category of being worthy of marriage. Girls winner

Chris Bradshaw bruised his femur. He said he just “Got back from New Zealand with Lonnie Kauk and Peter Line and that it was the best trip”, I bet

Second place girl’s finisher – Melissa Evans

This dude Lance definitely got the best dressed award. This Method off the box and landing back on the box was pretty sick too

Tim Eddy with a proper frontside rock

Joey Sexton ollies up and over the vert spine

Kyle Lopiccolo with a solid front blunt

Tim Eddy wanted to keep riding when it was over and why not when are they gonna see snow again?

Jonas Michilot back lips it. See you on the hill – The Revolution Crew will be out there

Chances are if you are reading this you are thinking about Snowboarding in May, which means you are really into it. You think about snowboarding all year, not just in the winter like all the tag along types. You know the ones that only ride on Presidents day or such bullshit. You are like us here at the Revolution, you can not get enough, you are a lifer. You may or may not be stuck in some shit hole town far from the snow. Fear not, many of the shreds you see pictures of here were in a similar situation. Through dedication and work they ended up in Mammoth in May. It was rad and someday you gotta go. Put down the fuckin X Box, make it happen. Or maybe you are rich and can do what you want or maybe you are just really board. Anyway, here is snowboarding in May.

Stoked! It snowed and the weather was so snowy that the second annual Vans Fiesta de la Pipa at the Mammoth was delayed from Friday May 4 until Sunday May 6. Bullshit you say? Maybe so but not for moi cuz I had to trabajo (work) at my normal job on Friday. That means I got to witness the pipe action in freakin May. Who cares I have seen a million contests, right? Wrong! This was not like other pipe contests - it’s a 3-hour jam, judged by the riders themselves, in a freshly-built, 18-foot Zaugg-cut pipe lined with boxes, rails, unique jibs and piñatas. So this was more like some of the best pipe riders around riding pipe for a few hours, not a best of 3 run slog. Fun to watch – check out the action, take a run, grab a beer, smoke a blunt in the woods (I don’t condone drug use but if you do, who am I to judge) go back, watch some pipe runs, bang your girlfriend in the hotel room, watch some more…you get the idea…a cruising, yet exciting good time. For those who do not know a piñata (pronounced pin-yata) is a paper machete thing that is full of candy and kids try to hit it with a stick will blindfolded. Only the Piñatas became jibs.

The action was not like the big airs you usually see in the pipe. It was a subtle beauty. Like Peter Line doing 540 to lip slides on the box, Pat Moore inverting off the tombstone, Chad Otterstrom doing complex tricks on the obstacles, to Tyler Flannagen just doing laps. It was a good time. Thanks Mammoth! Oh yes the freeriding was kick ass and the park is still good

More Todd Richards quotes

“Thanks to Mammoth, Vans, Red Bull, and Quiksilver but mostly Quicksilver. Thanks mostly to Quiksilver”

“Hey Cody high five yourself”

“Just tell them you are Shaun White, you have red hair” – to Pat Moore

“How about Smith and Wesson? I would like to see more relevant sponsors come in and sponsor events”

“Hey Todd I bet Paul Mitchell has bought you an Audi” – Sullivan

“Paul Mitchell is right for Snowboarding”

Kimmy Fasani was telling me that Kelly Clark looked like the winner. However in the end Jamie Anderson was announced the winner. Jamie was a sleeper. Not going big or anything but towards the end of the jam I was thinking that she was hitting a lot of the obstacles, prolly why Jamie won. Anyway here is Kelly Clark doing an invert

Michael Goldy taking out the lower pinata

Solid! - Shayne Popsil

Louie Vito has some style – that fucker!

Two-peat, not the Superbowl way but Chad winning in 2006 and 2007. Got a lot of photos of Chad spinning big airs but this nose bonk was chosen cause how often do you see nose bonks in a pipe? Right?

Cody Rosenthal was definitely in the top ten, maybe top 5 or top 8, somewhere in there

Mason Aguirre may be a top Burton head be he aint above shredding with his pals for three hours. He was not in it for the money but fun. Molly was hurt, I think is what I heard. Front 7 for Mason here

Chaz Guldemond was ripping today. Last night I thought he should have won the rail jam. Turns out many others thought that too but Chaz was not listed on the ballot. Chaz was on the ballot and scored second today. Hopefully that helps ease the pain of being overlooked last night

Pat Bridges on the box. Pat Bridges is the fucking man, he runs Snowboarder Mag and he is a lifer, a total dirtbag and totally dedicated to snowboarding. He was flipping off the box, smoking during his runs, yelling that Peter Line sucked and so on. Todd Richards would say “yes it is the boxes fault, you did not make it” You should subscribe to Snowboarder if for no other reason than Pat Bridges. I will buy you $14 worth of beers in a bar if you do

Pat Moore hand planting off the elevator tombstone thing not many people utilized this obstacle in a creative way. Todd Richards, Peter Line and Pat come to mind. I know a few others killed it too. From the lift in the morning (it was and hard as a rock) Kelly Clark was a little leery of the tombstone but as things softened up it became more user friendly

Little Luke Mitrani is not so little anymore. He could likely kick your ass, although that is unlikely to happen cuz Luke is nice kid

El podium (l-r) Chad Otterstrom, Jamie Anderson, Chaz Guldemond, Peter Line and Pat Moore

Oh yea, Saturday Night in the Village at Mammoth with one of the sickest rail jams. You gotta love it. It was May and instead of giving up on winter Mammoth threw a gigante snowboard fiesta. Some of the sickest riders who can not get enough of winter showed up. Along with hip hop groups from Portland to L.A. featuring MyG with special guest Abstract Rude and Aceyalone, as well as performances by North Coast Underground, Hungry Mob and Sandpeople. I don’t know who those bands are because I prefer Metal! However, as a reporter I felt it necessary to mention that there were hip hop bands with drunk and sober people having fun. Riders, lurkers, money grabbing whores, cool chicks, assholes and bros – a good vibe all around, ha.

The set up was a triple line built on 3 stories of scaffolding – “the likes of which riders Yale Couisno, Travis Kennedy and Mike Casanova have never seen before”. All new stadium seating provide improved visibility as spectators watched action on features including a down box with ledges, a 35-foot single 2-inch-round down rail and a 37-foot down-flat-down single rail. After negotiating that line of features they proceeded to an 8-foot tall, 24-foot wide wall ride.

So the action was pretty sick. The three trick line meant everyone had to be on top of their game. There did not seem to be too much flow to the course but it was a good time for all, especially the crowd. The tricks were not as tech as other jams due the combination of rails. Finesse, power and consistency took the win. Chaz was looking like a winner but Jonas Michilot was declared the victor in the end. Scot Vine and Yale Cuisno looked good. Oh, and by the way, the riding at Mammoth was insane on Saturday. Cold temps, and new snow meant conditions were great. If you were not there, you missed it.

Todd Richards (co-announcer) quotes

“I am starting a healthy hot dog chain called Ji-Hot Dog”

“Would you say it is more about the fashion than the riding?”

“You have not said anything about sustainability of the earth”

“K-Fed is here”

Chaz Guldemond get the balls out award cuz he was throwing it out there. He kinda looked like the winner but the riders themselves were the judges and who do you think knows more, me or the riders

Scott Vine

Yale Couisno

Hip Hop Hessian Chris Bradshaw

Travis Kennedy with a 540 on the sketchy QP

Scott Vine was shredding hard – Andrecht on the QP

Chris Rotax and Yale Couisno judging…themselves

Snowboard Revolution was in the house

Tyler Flannigan and Zach Leach waiting for the results. Tyler has a little blood on his nose, he was going at it

Jonas Michilot was pretty much kicking out the most tech lines so really, he deserved the win and the $10,000 or 380,000 pesos

check out all of Andrews photos too here

http://www.snowboard-revolution.com/news/Mammoth-WCI-rail-jam-cinco-de-mayo-2007.html

We all know that much of the snowboard industry and media is in Southern California even though most of the photos come from all over the world. This is due to the snow industry’s tie with skating and surfing. I often see pros and industry magnates in my journeys to and from So Cal. It seems ridiculous but this is where the industry is. Even pro snowboarders make So Cal home. It is not un-common to see Tara Dakides surfing in Carlsbad, or Shaun White at the Y skating or Todd Richards at the Pannikan. One time I sat next to Keir Dillon and his wife on a plane to Carlsbad and asked about living in Carlsbad. He said that he rides over 200 days a year all over the world and it does not matter where he lives. In fact he said he lived in Whistler for a while that he was on the road so much that he “rides Whistler now more that I live in Carlsbad than when I actually lived in Whistler.” By the way, Keir flies first class. Burton does not pay for it but he has so many miles on United that they just put him in 1st automatically. We were on a small plane without first class.

So here is my journey from So Cal to Idaho and back, a pattern (although not always to Idaho) repeated by many who are lucky enough to make some $ traveling to work in the snow industry.

Friday, in the office, at the copy machine

The 405 North at 4:45 pm Friday night – sweet

Horizon flies non-stop to Boise from LAX. In a few hours you go from mega city to mega un-populated state

San Fernando Valley, 101 freeway, Westwood, Beverly Hills and so on from the plane

Sat 7:30 am – Icy ass drive up the Payette river canyon. Not much snow on the road but icy as a hockey rink. Two cars went off the road

The 3rd round of the Grand Prix took place at Tamarack Idaho, a new resort, having opened in November of 2004. It is located about 100 miles N.W. of Boise in a very low key but rapidly growing area centered on McCall Idaho. You might say it is un-discovered. The resort is very modern and nice and caters to those that can afford real estate there and limit tickets to 2,000 a day. It is like exclusive with out that attitude. According to Jessica Flynn at Tamarack, they were throwing this contest to draw more attention to the resort as they do not want to cater only to the wealthy. They are one of the most snowboard friendly resorts in the state with 3 parks and a superpipe. They want everyone up there.

Gretchen Bleiler said she was “having a great time free riding here” Here she lofts a little random air. There is tons of stuff to air off here at Tamarack. The snow was kick ass all weekend

Twenty two foot tranny’s friends. 2006 X Games pipe winner Steve Fischer said “The big tranny’s were fun but the pipe was not too vert”

Tricia Byrnes – veteran competitor, college grad, fashion aware woman and 3rd place finisher – 360

Mathew Ladley is only 15 years old and rips. His third place run consisted of a Backside Air (shown), front 9, back 5, front 7 and Cab 9. Not bad

The Burton team (like 25 percent of snowboarding) was off in Japan for The Nippon open which is cool because many of the up and comers were here in Idaho. At first I was bummed that a lot of top riders were gone but then it was a great chance to see the new crew shine. No hype, no Outside magazine, no Shaun White Papparazzi’s, just action. Practice was looking sick but then it started snowing and the pipe got slower as the finals started which may have thrown people off. It did not matter though; the contest was so fun and Tamarack did a great job. EVERYONE was so stoked on riding powder too.

The contest riding was good despite the snow. The overall winner of the three contest Grand Prix series got a decked out Chevy Avalanche. Kelly Clark had locked it up in the first two contests and got the truck even though she was a no show. For the men it came down to Louie Vito, Tommy Czeschin, and Steve Fisher. Vito got 2nd and Czeschin got 1st so that put Tommy ahead. Steve Fisher needed second to win the truck but blew his runs. It came down to Scotty Lago, the last run of the day; somehow if he got 2nd then Vito would have gotten the truck over Tommy. Lago blew his run too so Tommy walked away the overall winner.

Sunday was Boardercross day but I decide to ride the foot of new pow instead. It really was a great event with hot action, free alcohol, good food, great vibe, good crowd and so on. Locals were saying it was probably the biggest group of people ever gathered in the county. Tamarack is loads of funs and trading pow turns with the pros was even better. Check it out someday – later. Oh, yea, Monday morning – back at work.

Michael Goldschmidt rocking Head boards

Ben Watts, Indy poke fakes

Steve Fisher was throwing Hammers in practice and I thought he would win. In the finals though he sketched his first hit on both runs. That’s ok he won the X Games, another Grand Prix and got a new sponsor so not a bad season for Stevie

These two kids gave high fives to everyone that walked past. Gretchen was stoked to oblige the fans

Kaitlyn is an up and coming woman ripper

Greg Bretz and Mathew Ladley showing off the pants falling off fashion style so popular today

Scotty Lago was getting Nasty but fell in both his runs, otherwise he maybe would have won

An enthusiastic Idaho crowd was wound up and screaming for the athletes

Kinger owes me money. In his first run he sketched a 5 and over rotated to a 7. I told him since there snow in the flat and it was slow he was over compensating for it on the icy wall, he said “I will try to remember that” he nailed his second run. Here is Robs own trick, the Sato air

The best trick in snowboarding, the layback, by Ben Watts. You ever watch Terje do a layback then go slash some your self at your home park and you will see why it is the best trick.

Gretchen with her Crippler, she dominated all day

Louie Vito did back to back 10’s which should have put him in first but his amplitude was not as great as Tommy’s so Louie got second – fuck it

Tommy Czeschin and his wife right when Scotty Lago bailed which secured the overall title for Tommy

Mathew Ladley says of getting third place “It’s cool; it’s the first time I ever gave autographs”

Podium, l-r, Mathew Ladley, Tommy Czeschin and Louie Vito

Tommy Czeschin won with the following maneuvers: cab 7 nose, f-side air (shown), b-side air, front 9 stale, back 5, front 7

Women
1 Gretchen Bleiler
2 Lindsay Jacobellis
3 Tricia Byrnes
4 Brook Shaw
5 Leslie Glenn

Men
1 Tommy Czeschin
2 Louie Vito
3 Mathew Ladley
4 Jake Black
5 Luke Wynen
6 Michael Goldschmidt
7 Gregory Bretz
8 Ben Watts
9 Jeremy Thompson
10 Rob Kingwell

SBX Women
1 Maelle Ricker
2 Callan Chithlook-Sisoff
3 Christelle Dyon

SBX Men
1 Nick Baumgartner
2 Markus Scharir
3 Alex Deibold

Costs
Gas - $30
Parking - $30
Airfare - $163
Rental car - $50
One night motel (second night, stayed with friends) - $60
Lift tickets - $0 perk of the job (standing on the side of a pipe all day freezing then writing a story next to fat chick on the plane)
Total - $333

Jan 9,2007

East Coast Team Challenge

Big Boulder, PA

www.redbullillume.com

Jan 11-14, 2007

The Session
Vail, CO

www.sessionvail.com

Jan 12-14, 2007

Chevrolet Revolution Tour
Spirit Mountain, MN

www.ussnowboarding.org

Jan 13, 2007

Peanut Butter and Railjam
Waterville Valley, NH
www.volcom.com

Jan 13, 2007

Forum Youngblood Snake Sessions
Buck Hill, MN – host; Joni Malmi
www.forum-snowboards.com

Jan 13-15, 2007

Burton Demo Tour
Bear Mountain, CA
www.burton.com

Jan 14-20, 2007

World Snowboard Champs
Arosa, SUI

www.ussnowboarding.org

Jan 19, 2007

Peanut Butter and Railjam
Mt. High, CA
www.volcom.com

Jan 19-21, 2007

Burton Demo Tour
Park City, UT
www.burton.com

Jan 20, 2007

Forum Youngblood Snake Sessions
Nakiska, AB – host: Ikka Backstrom
www.forum-snowboards.com

Jan 20, 2007

Trans Am
Bear Mountain, CA

www.highcascade.com

Jan 20-27, 2007

Burton European Open
Laax, Switzerland

www.burtoneuropeanopen.com

January 22-25

SIA Trade Show
Las Vegas, NV

www.snowsports.org

Jan 25-28, 2007

Winter X Games 11
Aspen, CO

expn.com

Jan 26-28, 2007

Peanut Butter and Railjam
Mountain Creek, NJ
www.volcom.com

Jan 26, 2007

Chevrolet Revolution Tour
Copper Mountain, CO

www.ussnowboarding.org

Jan 27, 2007

Forum Youngblood Snake Sessions
Mt Seymour, BC – host; Devun Walsh
www.forum-snowboards.com

Jan 28, 2007

Forum Youngblood Snake Sessions
Summit At Snowqualmie, WA, MN – host; Peter Line
www.forum-snowboards.com

Feb 2-4, 2007

Burton Demo Tour
Copper Mountain, CO
www.burton.com

Feb 3, 2007

Peanut Butter and Railjam
Blue Mountain, Ont
www.volcom.com

Feb 3, 2007

Trans AM
Waterville Valley, NH
www.highcascade.com

Feb 2-3, 2007

World Cup
Bardenochia, IT

www.ussnowboarding.org

Feb 3, 2007

Trans Am
Waterville Valley, NH

www.highcascade.com

Feb 2-4, 2007

Chevrolet US Snowboarding Grand Prix
Mountain Creek, NJ

www.ussnowboarding.org

Feb 4, 2007

Mount Baker Banked Slalom
Mount Baker, WA

www.mtbakerskiarea.com

Feb 9-10, 2007

Chevrolet Revolution Tour
Mt Bachelor, OR

www.ussnowboarding.org

Feb 9-11, 2007

Burton Demo Tour
Mt Hood Meadows, OR
www.burton.com

Feb 10, 2007

Peanut Butter and Railjam
Summit at Snowqualmie, WA
www.volcom.com

Feb 11, 2007

Forum Youngblood Snake Sessions
Ski Roundtop, PA – host; TBA
www.forum-snowboards.com

Feb 16-18, 2007

World Cup
Furano, JPN

www.ussnowboarding.org

Feb 17, 2007

Trans Am
Winter Park, CO

www.highcascade.com

Feb 17, 2007

Forum Youngblood Snake Sessions
Waterville Valley, NH – host; Pat Moore
www.forum-snowboards.com

Feb 20-25, 2007

Nippon Open
Alts, Bandai, Japan

www.burton.com

Feb 23-25, 2007

Chevrolet US Snowboarding Grand Prix
Tamarack, ID

www.ussnowboarding.org

Feb 23-25, 2007

Burton Demo Tour
Mountain Creek, NJ
www.burton.com

Feb 24, 2007

Peanut Butter and Railjam
Powder Rudge, MN
www.volcom.com

Feb 24, 2007

Forum Youngblood Snake Sessions
Appalachian MT, NC – host; Travis Kennedy
www.forum-snowboards.com

Feb 24, 2007

Forum Youngblood Snake Sessions
Mt Avila, QC – host; Jake Blauvelt, Nic Sauve
www.forum-snowboards.com

Feb 25-25, 2007

World Cup
Sungwoo, Korea

www.ussnowboarding.org

Feb 26- March 3, 2007

The Arctic Challenge
Oslo, Norway

www.the-arctic-challenge.com

Mar 2-4, 2007

Chevrolet Revolution Tour
Okemo, VT

www.ussnowboarding.org

Mar 2-3, 2007

World Cup
Calgary, ALB

www.ussnowboarding.org

Mar 2-7, 2007

Vans Tahoe Cup
Northstar, CA

www.vans.com

Mar 4, 2007

Peanut Butter and Railjam
Mont Avila, QC
www.volcom.com

Mar 4, 2007

Trans AM
Northstar, CA
www.highcascade.com

Mar 4, 2007

Forum Youngblood Snake Sessions
Boyne Highlands, MI – host; Stevie Bell, Peter Line
www.forum-snowboards.com

Mar 9-11, 2007

State Farm US Snowboard Cup
Lake Placid, NY

www.ussnowboarding.org

Mar 9-11, 2007

Burton Demo Tour
Waterville Valley, NH
www.burton.com

Mar 10-11, 2007

World Superpipe Chamionships
Park City, UT

www.worldsuperpipe.com

Mar 10, 2007

Forum Youngblood Snake Sessions
Bear Mt, CA – host; JP Walker, Lauri Heiskari
www.forum-snowboards.com

March 11, 2007

Trans Am
Mountain Creek, NJ

www.highcascade.com

Mar 13-18, 2007

US Open of Snowboarding
Stratton, VT

www.burton.com

Mar 17, 2007

Forum Youngblood Snake Sessions
Sierra At Tahoe, CA – host; Travis Kennedy, Jake Blauvelt, Niko Cioffi

www.forum-snowboards.com

March 22, 2007

Last Call with Eastern Border
Loon Mountain, NH

www.loonmtn.com

Mar 22-25, 2007

Roxy Chicken Jam
Park City, UT

www.pcride.com

Mar 24, 2007

Peanut Butter and Railjam
Lake Louise, AB
www.volcom.com

Mar 24, 2007

Forum Youngblood Snake Sessions
MT St Lawrence, QC – host; Devun Walsh
www.forum-snowboards.com

Mar 31, 2007

Peanut Butter and Railjam
Mount Seymour, BC
www.volcom.com

April 1-7, 2007

USASA Nationals
Northstar, CA

www.usasa.org

April 4, 2007

Trans Am
Northstar-at-Tahoe, CA

www.highcascade.com

Apr 7, 2007

Peanut Butter and Railjam
Brighton, UT
www.volcom.com

April 13-22, 2007

Telus World Ski and Snowboard Festival
Whistler, Canada

whistlerblackcomb.com

Apr 14, 2007

Peanut Butter and Railjam
Copper Mountain, CO
www.volcom.com

April 20, 2007

Grenade Games
June Mountain, CA

junemountain.com

May 4-5, 2007

West Coast Invitational
Mammoth Mountain, CA

www.mammothmountain.com

May 19, 2007

Volcom PB & RJ Champioships
Mammoth Mountain, CA

www.mammothmountain.com

Jan 6, 2007

Peanut Butter and Railjam
Sierra at Tahoe, CA
www.volcom.com

Jan 6, 2007

Trans Am
Tyrol Basin, WI

www.highcascade.com

Jan 6, 2007

Nokia Snowboard World Cup
Klagenfurt, Austria

www.ussnowboarding.com

Jan 9,2007

East Coast Team Challenge

Big Boulder, PA

www.redbullillume.com

Jan 11-14, 2007

The Session
Vail, CO

www.sessionvail.com

Jan 13, 2007

Peanut Butter and Railjam
Waterville Valley, NH
www.volcom.com

Jan 19, 2007

Peanut Butter and Railjam
Mt. High, CA
www.volcom.com

Jan 20, 2007

Trans Am
Bear Mountain, CA

www.highcascade.com

Jan 20-27, 2007

Burton European Open
Laax, Switzerland

www.burtoneuropeanopen.com

January 22-25

SIA Trade Show
Las Vegas, NV

www.snowsports.org

Jan 25-28, 2007

Winter X Games 11
Aspen, CO

expn.com

Jan 26, 2007

Peanut Butter and Railjam
Mountain Creek, NJ
www.volcom.com

Feb 3, 2007

Peanut Butter and Railjam
Blue Mountain, Ont
www.volcom.com

Feb 3, 2007

Trans Am
Waterville Valley, NH

www.highcascade.com

Feb 2-4, 2007

Chevrolet US Snowboarding Grand Prix
Mountain Creek, NJ

www.ussnowboarding.org

Feb 4, 2007

Mount Baker Banked Slalom
Mount Baker, WA

www.mtbakerskiarea.com

Feb 10, 2007

Peanut Butter and Railjam
Summit at Snowqualmie, WA
www.volcom.com

Feb 17, 2007

Trans Am
Winter Park, CO

www.highcascade.com

Feb 20-25, 2007

Nippon Open
Alts, Bandai, Japan

www.burton.com

Feb 23-25, 2007

Chevrolet US Snowboarding Grand Prix
Tamarack, ID

www.ussnowboarding.org

Feb 24, 2007

Peanut Butter and Railjam
Powder Rudge, MN
www.volcom.com

Feb 26- March 3, 2007

The Arctic Challenge
Oslo, Norway

www.the-arctic-challenge.com

Mar 2-7, 2007

Vans Tahoe Cup
Northstar, CA

www.vans.com

Mar 3, 2007

Peanut Butter and Railjam
Mont Avila, QC
www.volcom.com

Mar 9-11, 2007

State Farm US Snowboard Cup
Lake Placid, NY

www.ussnowboarding.org

Mar 10-11, 2007

World Superpipe Chamionships
Park City, UT

www.worldsuperpipe.com

March 11, 2007

Trans Am
Mountain Creek, NJ

www.highcascade.com

Mar 13-18, 2007

US Open of Snowboarding
Stratton, VT

www.burton.com

March 22, 2007

Last Call with Eastern Border
Loon Mountain, NH

www.loonmtn.com

Mar 22-25, 2007

Roxy Chicken Jam
Park City, UT

www.pcride.com

Mar 24, 2007

Peanut Butter and Railjam
Lake Louise, AB
www.volcom.com

Mar 31, 2007

Peanut Butter and Railjam
Mount Seymour, BC
www.volcom.com

April 1-7, 2007

USASA Nationals
Northstar, CA

www.usasa.org

April 4, 2007

Trans Am
Northstar-at-Tahoe, CA

www.highcascade.com

Apr 7, 2007

Peanut Butter and Railjam
Brighton, UT
www.volcom.com

April 13-22, 2007

Telus World Ski and Snowboard Festival
Whistler, Canada

whistlerblackcomb.com

Apr 14, 2007

Peanut Butter and Railjam
Copper Mountain, CO
www.volcom.com

April 20, 2007

Grenade Games
June Mountain, CA

junemountain.com

May 4-5, 2007

West Coast Invitational
Mammoth Mountain, CA

www.mammothmountain.com

May 19, 2007

Volcom PB & RJ Champioships
Mammoth Mountain, CA

www.mammothmountain.com

Giacomo Kratter puts the pedal to the metal…

…The very next wall he broke his tibia, this stuff is no joke

 

Gregory Bretz spins through a front 7

Luke Mitrani is more than just cute, big haired spoke kid for Mountain Dew, the kid rips!

 

Chad Otterstrom, Transworld’s rider of the year, took some time away from filming stuff to get these insane first wall spins

 

Luke Wynen shows off his new colors…Stihl chainsaws. I saw Luke in Starbucks sat night hanging out with Kelly Clark, Tommy Czeschin and others. Luke said he was stoked to be sponsored but Stihl, they have and indy spirit like snowboarding and more corporate money means more money for snowboarders

 

 

Gretchen Blieler was there but only managed 7^th place. We all still love her anyway

Cecile Alzina came from France and was looking pretty strong

 

Holly Crawford, from Australia was also looking like a contender. Holly managed to find 5^th place

 

Feels like we’ve been here before. Elena Hight got second last year and repeated that performance this year

 

Of course we can not skip Kelly Clark, she won the whole show. With Hannah gone and Gretchen getting 7^th it was obvious Kelly would win. She did not even have bust out a big run, she kind of cruised. Yea, huge airs like this are cruising

 

 

 

Michael Goldschmidt

 

 

Scotty Lago with a sick ass lien air

 

Vito and his kit

 

 

Czeschin visualizes his run

 

Scotty Lago moments before his run