Dew Hut jam 2010 Australian invitational pro snowboard teams event held at Mt Buller. This year the comp had the largest prize purse for the 2010 Aust. season and was supported by TTR world tour. Gatorade laid down some cash for the Rookie award that went to Chris De Campo from team Burton, This should help Chris's funding to stay on the snow for the endless winter! Props to all the riders, the sponsors and teams, Mt Dew, Gatorade, 3CS Outawear, Grenade, Mt Buller and the park crew up there, Russel Holt, Tango Communications team and all the folk that came along to enjoy the show.

Also massive props to "Sparechange" Shaun Belmore from Wet Sock Productions and "Made you look" Reason Films for supplying use with some all time great footage so we could tell this story about being an Aussie pro snowboarder and what it takes to live the dream from down here in Aust.

Dew Hut jam 2010 Australian invitational pro snowboard teams event held at Mt Buller. This year the comp had the largest prize purse for the 2010 Aust. season and was supported by TTR world tour. Props to all the riders, the sponsors and teams, Mt Dew, Gatorade, 3CS Outawear, Grenade, Mt Buller and the park crew up there, Russel Holt, Tango Communications team and all the folk that came along to enjoy the show.

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The rookie sessions are now in progress in week 2 at the Snowboarding Performance Camp in Wanaka, New Zealand. This episode covers the rookies charging the airbag and trying new tricks.

Need more snowboarding? Head over to http://www.RedBull.com for more action.

Starting possibly as early as Monday, August 23, 2010, the Steamboat Ski Area will begin the second phase of logging operations to remove approximately 30 acres of dead lodgepole pine trees from areas along the Thunderhead liftline, Burgess Creek liftline and the north facing slopes above Bashor.

"As we've seen, addressing the effects of the mountain pine beetle epidemic will span the next several years,” said Doug Allen, vice president of mountain operations for the Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation. "For your safety and the safety of the crews operating in the areas, it is imperative that the public understands the dangers associated with this operation and abide by all closures/detours and keep clear of affected areas.”

This portion of the logging project is anticipated to possibly begin as early as Monday, August 23, 2010 and continue through late fall/early winter. The ski area closed daily operation last Sunday, August 22nd and will then operate weekends through September 19th.

Due to the extensive logging activity during this phase of the project, sections of the Zig Zag and Valley View mountain bike trails will be restricted from public use. Corresponding detours will be encountered and on some sections, bikes, vehicles and other traffic will share the road. Currently, no closures/detours are planned for the Thunderhead hiking trail.

This program continues to focus solely on lodgepole pines and will not affect spruce, fir and aspen. Steamboat is fortunate that the forest cover on the mountain is comprised primarily of Engelmann Spruce, Subalpine Fir, Lodgepole and Aspen as well as a few Douglas fir.

Source: www.steamboat.com

LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand -- A high-calibre field of skiers and snowboarders turned out for the Racers Edge-Volkl Big Air on Saturday, to take on the 40ft big air jump in the Saddle Basin of Treble Cone.

Hundreds of spectators were treated to a multitude of fancy tricks, flips and big air as competitors gave it their all during the two hour jam session. The judges were impressed with the Rodeo 5s, 1080s and corked spins performed by the talented skiers and snowboarders.

The men's ski competition was dominated by Wanaka locals with Hamish McDougall topping the podium, brother Fraser McDougall in second and Finn Bilous third.

In the men's snowboard section Jim Dabbadrie (France) claimed the men's title with Linus Kron (Sweden) and Hadley Boyle (Wanaka) second and third respectively.

Daniela Darilova from Slovakia gained first place in the women's snowboard competition.

Stand-out performances by three Wanaka grommets Manu Bernard (9), Hank Bilous (12) and Finn Bilous (10) were commended by the panel of judges, with ten year old Finn achieving third and Hank fourth overall in the men's ski competition.

Spectators and quad chairlift passengers also had a fun day with plenty of giveaways for the crowd, music by Wanaka Beats, entertaining MCs and a free sausage sizzle.

The second Racers Edge-Volkl Big Air is set for Saturday 4th September. This will be run as a separate competition as well as a linked series event with a grand prize from Icebreaker up for grabs.

The prize pool included goodies from Racers Edge, Volkl, Icebreaker, Mother, Sessions and Smith.

For further information visit www.treblecone.com.

An annual carbon neutral film tour that brings your favorite snowboard films and the riders starring in them, to dope theaters in cities throughout the US and Canada. From Boston to Berkeley the Absinthe crew, riders, sponsors and partners spread stoke for the upcoming season + environmental and social awareness, donating $2 from every ticket sold to local and national non-profits.

A big thank you goes out to this years sponsors: Rome, Billabong, YES., Dakine, Transworld Snowboarding, Snowboard Canada

Scheduele:

8/27 - Park City (Egyptian Theater)
8/27 - Quebec City (Ozone Bar)
8/28 - Salt Lake City (Tower Theater)



Great mix of big mountain and street/ park jibbing.

Featured Riders:

Dan Brisse, Jake Blauvelt, Gigi Rüf, Lucas Debari, Fredi Kalbermatten, Sylvain Bourbousson, Romain deMarchi, DCP, JP Solberg, Tadashi Fuse, Annie Boulanger, Marie-France Roy, Bjorn Leines, Jules Reymond, Cale Zima, Taka Nakai, Terje Haakonsen, Bode Merrill, Blair Habenicht, Wolfgang Nyvelt, Nicolas Müller

Some of the world's best snowboard athletes gather to ride at Snow park in New Zealand at a performance camp where the name of the game is progression. With athletes such as Pat Moore Greg Bretz, Jacob Koia, Jamie Nicholls, and Scotty James riding, there is bound to be some big tricks going down.

Head on over to http://www.RedBull.com to see more videos of the Red Bull team tearing up Snow Park New Zealand.

Japan teaser for The Peace Process. Order through championvisions.com (JPN) this fall. Created for Champion Visions' promotional purposes, but peep it online here

2nd teaser for The Peace Process
iheartsnowproductions.com

Featuring:

Yale Cousino
Luke Haddock
Ben Ross
Riley Nickerson
Mike Ravelson
John Murphy
Shaun Murphy
Dylan Dragotta
Ralph Kucharek
Ian Keay
Zack Wilmot
Steve Lauder
Jesse Curran
Laura Rogoski
Brendon Rego
Alex Hereford
Bradley Hessen
Keenan Cawley
Phil Tardiff
Brandon Griffin
& friends