
Think Thank goes straight to the dome with “Right Brain Left Brain” Meticulously messy, precisely unpredictable and controlled chaos. Snowboarding is everything and can do anything. Such a lofty pursuit takes both halves of one’s brain.
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Posted by: medo in Contests, TTR

The second annual Burton Canadian Open (CANO) has come to a close and Brett Esser (USA) and Enni Rukajärvi (FIN) have come out on top, winning the men’s and women’s slopestyle competition today at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. After seeing optimal conditions during the week with bluebird skies, the weather took a turn for the worse with low visibility and frigid temps making for challenging riding during finals.
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Tags: Brett Esser, Burton Canadian Open, Burton Canadian Open (CANO), Burton Global Open Series Champion, CANO, Enni Rukajärvi, Jon Versteeg, Jordie Karlinski, Lisa Wiik, Marko Grilc, Markus Malin, Robby Balharry, Sarka Pancochova, Sina Candrian, Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour, TTR
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Six Olympians from four countries swept the podium today during the halfpipe competition at the second annual Burton Canadian Open. It was picturesque day in Calgary for the internationally diverse field of riders who were competing for a piece of the $25,000 prize purse, in addition to valuable points towards the Burton Global Open Series and the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour titles.
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Tags: Ben Watts, Burton Canadian Open, Burton Global Open Series, CANO, Cilka Sadar, Dustin Craven, Iouri “I-Pod” Podladtchikov, Justin Lamoureux, Kiwi Kendall Brown, Mercedes Nicoll, Sarah Conrad, Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour titles
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Another gorgeous day greeted riders and spectators today at Canada Olympic Park for the men’s and women’s slopestyle semifinal competition. Bluebird skies illuminated the 600m long slopestyle course which was made up of a step-up saddle to down box, followed by a down-flat-down kink rail, a log jib, down rail, wall ride and three kickers, two of which were split down the middle by a channel.
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Tags: Antti Autti, Brett Esser, Burton Canadian Open, Burton Global Open Series Champion, Canada Olympic Park, CANO, Charles Reid, Christian Haller, Cilka Sadar, Enni Rukajärvi, Jordie Karlinski, Lisa Wiik, Mark Sollors, Roope Tonteri, Seppe Smits, Stale Sandbech, US Open Snowboarding Championships
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One of the wildest rail teasers! The Bang Show presents “Back To The BoneYard”. Hammers, Minor Threat and Bails, doesn’t get any better than this. Tailpress-back 360 on a kink rail?!? Click below and see what is that all about…
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Tags: Alex Cutler, Andrew Brewer, Back To The BoneYard, Billy Mackey, Charlie Deptula, Chris Sypert, Greg Sudac, Jackson Fowler, Josh Bishop, Maxwell Scott, Mike Goodwin, Nick Brewer, The Bang Show
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Sandbox have just finished the first teaser for their new film, Now You Know. This is just the first teaser with some footage from December, look out for the full teaser coming in a couple months.
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Tags: All Day Everyday, Andrew Geeves. Logan Haubrich. Rube Goldberg. Nash Laje, Beau Bishop, Brendan Keenan, Clayton Larsen, Cory Gallon, Dwayne Wiebe, Flavor Country, Jake Koia, Jake Kuzyk, Kael Hill, Kevin Sansalone, Mikey Pederson, Nick Brown, Now You Know, Rusty Ockenden, Ryan Hall, Ryan Tiene, sandbox, Scot Brown, shine on, Spencer Lajeunesse, Steve Cartwright, Time Well Wasted
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Posted by: medo in Contests, TTR

Thursday, the third day of the Burton Canadian Open, saw optimal conditions for the men’s and women’s slopestyle qualifications at Canada Olympic Park with bluebird skies and brisk temps. First to drop were the women in their qualification round, 22 women took to the course which featured rails, boxes, a wall ride, three kickers and a log jib.
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Tags: Antti Autti, Breanna Stangeland, Brooke Voigt, Burton Canadian Open, Burton Global Open Series Champion, Canada Olympic Park, Charles Reid, Cilka Sadar, Dustin Craven, Joachim Krogstie, Jon Versteeg, Lisa Wiik, Mark Sollors, Marko Grilc, Seppe Smits, Shelly Gotlieb, Sina Candrian, Stale Sandbech, Swatch Ticket To Ride World Snowboard Tour (TTR), TTR World Champion, US Open Snowboarding Championships
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The level of the Skullcandy Sista Sessions Video Clip contest was incredibly high and after some careful deliberation the winner is…(drum rolls)… Urška Pribošič from Slovenia. In her clip she showcased a banging frontside 720 and solid park riding skills. With her new pair of Skullcandy headphones and 100€ in her pocket, Urška will be joining us at the Skullcandy Sista Sessions on the 13th of February 2010 at the Mayrhofen Vans Penken Park, Austria, for the Swatch TTR 3Star Slopestyle competition, to compete for the $2500USD prize purse and valuable TTR points.
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Tags: 3Star Oakley Girlsessions, 3Star Shred Down Austrian Masters, alicia bonnaud, Basa Stevulova, Billabong, Christa Leonard, Conny Bleicher, Enni Rukajärvi, Julia Baumgartner, Les Ettes, Mayrhofen Vans Penken Park, Skullcandy, Skullcandy Sista Sessions Video Clip Contest, Swatch TTR 3Star Slopestyle competition, Sweet Dream–Newbie Zone, Tania Detomas, Tina Ramholt, TTR, Urška Pribošič, vans
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Posted by: medo in Movies

8mile, originally the basement suite of Mikey Rencz, Johnny Lyall, and Eero Niemela in Creekside, Whistler B.C., was home to many of the worlds top pro snowboarders. A movie you need to see it!
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Tags: 8 Mile Life, 8mile, Andrew Geeves, Benji Ritchie, Charles White, Chris Brown, Chris Dufficy, Creepy Cyle, Dustin Craven, Eero Niemela, Ikka Backstrom, Jody Wachniak, Johhny Lyall, Kale Stephens, Mikey Rencz, Shin Campos, The Godfather
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Freeride Battle, the only ski and snowboard freeride event in Slovenia, is moving up for its fifth edition on March 4th to 8th 2010. We gained the status of a Freeride World Qualifier Event (FWQ)! Freeride Battle Kanin 2010 is one of 16 events on three continents, counting for the 2010 FWQ ranking.
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Tags: 5th Freeride Battle Kanin 2010, Bovec, Freeride Battle, Freeride Battle Kanin 2010, Freeride World Qualifier Event, FWQ, Sella Nevea, Slovenia
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DAY 1 - Monday was day one of the Oxbow Back to Powder and Snowbroader is in Areche-beaufort, to cover the event. Areche is a lovely mountain village, dug deep in the beaufortain valley between the mont blanc and the tarentaise. In short, beautiful, preserved…..and packed with Pow!! From the 2 lifts at the bottom you get access to some insane terrain, steep and deep! No wonder Oxbow is here for the second time.
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Tags: alicia bonnaud, Areche-beaufort, Back to Powder, Chris Weber, david benedek, Ho5, HO5 crew, Lolo Favre, oxbow, Oxbow Back to Powder
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Posted by: medo in Contests, TTR

The last 5Star event on the Swatch TTR Tour before the Olympics is up this week in Canada: the Burton Canadian Open. With a possible new female Tour leader and lots of changes in the TTR Top 5 on the women’s and the men’s world ranking list, Calgary will surely see some tough competition in the Slopestyle and Halfpipe formats.
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Tags: 5Star TTR event, BCO, BGOS, Burton Canadian Open, Burton Global Open Series, CANO, Olympics, Swatch TTR
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