XGames, Shaun White wins again

Artic Challenge 2010

The Oakley Arctic Challenge is pleased to announce our first ten confirmed riders for the 2010 event. These ten riders are some of the best all-around snowboards in the world hailing from Europe, Scandinavia, Canada and the US: Andreas Ygre Wiig, Torstein Horgmo, Mikkel Bang, Eero Ettala, Antti Autti, Peetu Piiroinen, Charles Reid, Sebastiant Toutant, Jake Blauvelt and Chas Guldemond.

In the coming months TAC will be announcing another 14 top pro-riders to the list of competitors on our web site Thearcticchallenge.com. Additionally, 16 final spots are open for amateur riders with a distinct desire to spend the most vital years of their lives in airports, hotels and rental cars. The riders can expect quite the experience in Norway for 2010 with the addition of a slopestyle event to the already world famous TAC quarterpipe.

As previously announced, TAC is providing double rooms for the top 24 invited riders. If opening a bottle of champagne with a friend in Oslo sounds tempting to you, then this is the year to join us for a New Years celebration.

I told you so....

Parko is killer at Bells and he is showing to the rest of WCT that he is in good shape for this new season.
He has such a casual style and makes everything look so easy. Here are some highlights of the event.

Kelly Slater gets...

17th again (after Snapper) at Bells where he lost against Owen Wright. Owen will then battle against Dane Reynolds.

swell is pumping and waves are so magical, it is pretty amazing to watch particularly when you live in Florida.

they are some pretty good pictures/footage on RipCurl and Surfline as well.

K.I.N.G of snow: final

Last weekend the best four participants out of 7 rounds have been invited to La Plagne (FRA) to try to stick the last trick – a BS 900° shown by Quiksilver Pro Freddy Austbo!

Benno Postert (AUT), Martin Kalliola (FIN), Niko Lansio (FIN) and Saku Tiilikainen (FIN) are allowed to feel like a snowboard pro for a couple of days. Quiksilver payed everything: flights, accomodations, breakfasts, dinners, lifttickets and drinks. On top our four finalists received a wildcard for Mathieu Crepel´s Invitational Chromatophobia which allowed them to ride the La Plagne Superpipe with stars like Markku Koski, Oliver Gittler, Frederik Austbo, Arthur Longo and Christian Haller, only to name a few.

Saturday was the big day for the finalists. They had two hours time, to stick their BS 900° at the reserved Kicker at La Plagne snowpark. you can go in here to vote for the one who did it best.

Battle of Waterloo....2009

Most my readers are from the States so I don't expect you to remember something they may have teach you in school and particularly a war that happen on the old continent on June 15th 1815 where French were defeated (once again) by English army.

Few hundreds year later, we decided to get our revenge on the Avoriaz Battlefield....check the video out.

After riding some of the best snowpark in the States, I forgot how small most European snowpark are....I guess Americans always have to do it Bigger and Better:),that's what she says!




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Bell's Beach, Rip Curl surf contest

Guys like Kelly and Parko do really well at this contest. Like Jbay, my favorite surfer to watch when it's big is Kelly.
His signature cutback and overall style fit well at those spot.

Bells Beach is an A-grade surf break & one of the world's most famous beaches. It is a high performance right-hand reef break that features two unique reef sections: 'Rincon' & 'The Bowl'.

The contest will be on from April 7 to April 18.

For more pictures & video, check out Surfline.

Billabong XXL nominee

Each year the most amazing big wave riders are travelling the world to to surf the biggest and gnarliest waves like in Tasmania, South Africa, etc...

All those pictures and video will be used to select the winner for the Billabong XXL who will win $50,000.