Tall Treez – ROOTS Part 1 from Martin Rubio on Vimeo.
Team Rider: Pooch and a Little Tahoe Love!
February 1st, 2012RIP Sarah Burke
January 20th, 2012
A Sarah Burke tribute video. from Downtofilm. on Vimeo.
“Burke will be remembered as much for the hardware she collected as the legacy she left for women in superpipe skiing, a sister sport to the more popular snowboarding brand that has turned Shaun White, Hannah Teter and others into stars. Aware of the big role the Olympics played in pushing the Whites of the world from the fringes into the mainstream, Burke lobbied to add superpipe skiing to the Winter Games program, noting that no new infrastructure would be needed.
Her arguments won over Olympic officials and the discipline will debut at the Sochi Games in 2014, where Burke likely would have been a favorite for the gold medal.
’Sarah, in many ways, defines the sport,’ Peter Judge, the CEO of Canada’s freestyle team, said before her death. ‘She’s been involved since the very, very early days as one of the first people to bring skis into the pipe. She’s also been very dedicated in trying to define her sport but not define herself by winning. For her, it’s been about making herself the best she can be rather than comparing herself to other people.’ -USA Today
Juuso Laivisto wins the 10th 5Star TTR Red Bull Nanshan Open
January 16th, 2012
Beijing, CHINA – January 15th, 2012 – In his third appearance at the event, Finnish rider Juuso Laivisto claimed his second first-place finish at China’s 5Star TTR Red Bull Nanshan Open. “It’s been awesome to see how the event has grown the last years, since I won it the first time, when it was still a 4Star. I was stoked with my win, it was definitely heavy competition today. The others were just a little unfortunate I think.” Juuso said. 2nd in this last 5Star Slopestyle competition before the World Snowboarding Championships in February, was Sam Hulbert (USA), before Roope Tonteri (FIN) rounding up the podium.
With judges including Michi Albin, Ingemar Bachman and Scotty Wittlake in charge of narrowing yesterday’s 12 top-ranked riders down to four for the afternoon’s Super Finals, the level of riding was significantly elevated from the qualification round as riders gave their all for promises of fame, glory and of course the TTR points and prize money. After two runs each, USA’s Sam Hulbert would enter the Super Finals ranked first, followed by Juuso Laivisto, Roope Tonteri (FIN) and Teddy Koo (KOR).
Juuso Laivisto claimed first place on his second run, going huge with back-to-back bs900 mute, followed by a 50-50 to method on the polejam, bs lipslide on the downrail finishing off in style with a tweaked out fs360 nosebonk on the Red Bull cube. Roope Tonteri (FIN) unfortunately was unable to stomp what could have been a first place run, landing a cab900 indy but reverting out on his impressive bs1260 mute attempt – still finishing his run off in style with a switch boardslide 270out on the polejam and a lipslide 270out on the downrail, enough for third place. Sam Hulbert took second with a bs720 to fs1080 on the kickers and was the only rider to hit the jib section’s oversized-pipe with a 50-50 to bs360 out.
The TTR Worldtour Slopestyle Ranking sees Roope Tonteri still holding on to his leading position, followed now by newcomers in the top 3 Sam Hulbert an Maxence Parrot (CAN).
The Overall ranking list sees no changes in the lead, but with his 3rd place in Nanshan, Roope managed to climb to the top 3 here as well.
The TTR World Tour will continue on the 5Star level with the Burton Canadian Open from January 30th – till February 4th. Afterwards, all moves to Europe for the Final Big Air competition of the season, the 6Star Billabong Air & Style in Innsbruck, where the Big Air Tour Champion will be crowned. The RedBull Nanshan Open was the last 5Star opportunity for men to gain Slopestyle points to qualify for the World Snowboarding Championships in Oslo, 10-19 February.
Till January 23rd riders can still gather some points on the 1-3Star level, for the complete event schedule please go to www.ttrworldtour.com/events
About TTR Pro Snowboarding:
TTR Pro Snowboarding is a new breed of sports governing body made up of a professional network of events, athletes, nations and industry partners. TTR has been built upon the sport’s core values and unique culture with the goal of making snowboarding the most recognized progressive sport in the world. The overall objective is to uphold the progression of snowboarding by providing fair and open competition environments, including innovative judging and ranking systems, that allow for athletes to develop from rookies into world-class athletes. A non-profit organization, the TTR owns and operates the TTR World Snowboard Tour, the TTR World Ranking System and the World Snowboarding Championships. At the end of each TTR World Tour competitive season, TTR awards World Tour Champion titles in each of the following categories: Overall, Halfpipe, Slopestyle and Big
Tre Squad Invades Park City – Hi5s For Everyone
January 12th, 2012
Tre Squad Invades Park City from Tre Squad on Vimeo.
Featuring POW team riders: Max Warbington and Gus Warbington
Team Rider: Geoff Brown’s Video Part
January 4th, 2012
Geoff Brown video part 2011 from Family Tree on Vimeo.
A Day with Nick Poohachoff
January 4th, 2012The SoGnar Mighty Midwest Snowboard Camp Tour
December 22nd, 2011Taking on the nation one shredder at a time; follow the Mighty Midwest Snowboard Tour as they help inspire groms and teach us all that it’s really about just having fun on your snowboard.
