“The sickest clip of your favorite spot in Tirol” – that’s the theme of the Spot-Check Video Contest, which has been up and running since March 1, 2010 on Planet-Tirol.com. The contest invites all ambitious filmers und shredders to present their coolest location in Tirol in a short 60 seconds clip.
Time to get geeky! SnowBroader is proud to reveal it’s very own iPhone App!!
A couple of months ago, I received an email from Peter asking if he could develop an iPhone/iPod Touch app for SnowBroader purely as a learning curve process for him to improve his skills in writing apps for Apple products.
Peter is 21 years old from near London, and has been snowboarding for coming up to 5 years. He tries to spend at least a month of every year on the snow and this obsession carries through into his education. He is at University in Norwich, studying Computer Science where he is also president of the snow sports club.
“Go for it Bro!” is what I replied and here it is!!! We are really stoked about the work and dedication Peter put into developing the SnowBroader app and the finished product turns out to be quite awesome!
To download the app to your iPhone / iPod Touch, go to the iTunes store and type SnowBroader in the search engine or simply click on this link.
Once the app is installed on your device, you will be able to visualize the content from the BROblog to get your daily dose of Euroshred action at the tip of your fingers, breathe through all our sick PROblogs, follow our twitter updates, check out our latest snowboard flicks and even watch all the videos we upload! Damn this is too good!
HUGE BIG UP to PETER for delivering a great app for SnowBroader!
Go ahead guys, download it, spread it and have fun using it!!
After the recent discovery of a 41-page patent filing, news has been circulating on the web this week that “Apple appears to be working on an activity sensor similar to the Nike+ iPod sport kit geared towards skiers, snowboarders and mountain bikers that would be capable of determining their “air time,” “speed,” and the amount of “power” or energy absorbed during those sporting activities.”
Apple probably noticed all the iPod addict kids wearing headphones while riding and identified them as the next target after their successful incursion in the running world.
There are a few devices on the market already, but if the Apple product becomes reality, you can trust them for coming up with unexpected functionality, cool tweaks and improved usability.
With the popularity of the iPhone and the release of the third generation (iPhone 3GS) featuring voice control for music and phone functions, it could really be ok in terms of timing. Now what is really the value in measuring a rider’s speed, route, air time and distance?
Would riders be keen on uploading their data on a website (like runners do on the Nike+ website) to store and share their stats, participate in challenges etc…
Personally I am not sure I would be so interested in knowing that I rode 80kms in a day, at an average speed of 31km/h, and spend in average 1.8 seconds air time on my jumps, I like to ride for fun, not for some performance…. Would you use such a device and if yes why?
Ultimately are we going to see more contests judged on air time, like at the Red Bull Gap Session? A lot of questions…but at the end of the day the real question is: How do I synch up my iBoard to iTunes?
The Advita dawgs are so stoked to release their Online shop that they granted the scene with this heavy video team edit. Click below to check it out and surf their online shop if you want to support the AA crew! Read the rest of this entry »
StoneYour.tv is the new video channel from Volcom. They have a new Original Programming show going on called Volcamera.
This is how it works: they put the camera in the hands of our team riders. This gives the viewer a loosely edited story straight from the mind of our team riders doing what they do. For the first episodes, they sent a camera to Gigi Rüf. Gigi spent two days shredding the Italian Alps under the famous Matterhorn. This is Gigi’s view while filming for Absinthe’s new snowboard film.
After their acclaimed first movie “What’s Poppin”, Florent Marot and Vince Pages’ EROONE crew is back for a second opus dubbed Stick’em Up!
Thomas, the filmer, gave us a shout-out yesterday because the new EROONE website is now online! This is the place to go for all their news and podcasts.
Right now they have a first short video online which goes back to their early season trip in the USofA just before Xmas. You just want to check it out!
We are pretty stoked for them, as they have new riders joining their crew and mixing it up, and they have managed to close good sponsorships from the industry. This just shows that if you have motivation, talent and fun, you can make it happen.
The guys are currently shredding like crazy in Morgins, filming stunts and bangers like never before.
No need to tell you how awesome the conditions are in The Portes du Soleil, so you can just imagine the quality of the shots we will see next fall in all the movies!
If you still haven’t seen What’s Poppin, just click here.
A couple of cool shredsites that we really like have gotten some fresh redesigns!
Our bros from the flat lands, groomed and shaved their mustaches a little to came back with a spanking new page. Don’t worry it’s still as good as it gets! Check out the new mustachio.com. AGoodReed got a facelift as well. They are now using a magazine like theme that they have customize to their style.
These two site are fun to read coz they are always reporting news laughing!
If you want to discover more cool blogs and website we digg, check our link page!
K2 Snowboards Rider Danny Larsen is submitting the third trick and you are pleased to copy it! Frontside Boardslide to Fakie is the trick of the hour which you have to copy on every similar rail, ledge or whatever you can slide on mother earth with as much style and power as possible. Don´t forget to show your face right into the cam after you did your Frontside Boardslide to Fakie!
This round’s winner will get from K2 Snowboards nice snowboard binding called the “K2 Auto Ever”.
The good folks from snowboarder MBM mag have done the great job of organizing the European Rider of the Year 2008 awards and the winners will be announced at ISPO early February!
The first round of nominations have been made and the five most named in the categories European Rider of the Year (male/female), European Rookie of the Year (male/female), Best Trick, Best Videopart (male/female) and Best European Video 2008 have been chosen.
As you will discover, there are no big surprise, although I think some names could have made it to the top 5 like Xavier Delerue or Andreas Wiig for European rider of the Year, Kalle Ohlson, Seppe Smits or Andy Gidlung for Rookie, Arthur Longo’s huge double backflip for Best trick…
Click below to see the nominees and vote for your fav.
Atomic Rider Tadej Valentan is submitting the second trick and you are welcome to copy it! Frontside 360° Tailgrab is the trick of the hour which you should copy on every similar kicker on mother earth and with as much style and power as possible. And don´t forget to show your face right into the cam after you did your Frontside 360° Tailgrab!
This round’s winner will get from Atomic Snowboards this nice snowboard called the “Alibi”.
The Bataleon crew is keeping itself busy and using the internet with style in order to get closer to world domination. The guys have just uploaded a bunch of cool videos to push the image of their team riders: L’arrogs, Brett Butcher, and Tyler Chorlton already got their online and we are sure there are more coming up.
You need to check them all out here!
We give you the one from Bataleaon’s international Team Manager, Mister Julien L’Arrogs Haricot
Still on top of his game…
Why do events always need a specific date and a fixed location? Wouldn’t it be just cool if YOU could decide about the where and when?
This year, the Snowpark Rally ignores the laws of time and space and challenges you with various missions from mid December till the end of March. Every month of this winter, you will find a mission on www.snowparkrally.com which you have to complete with as much creativity as possible. Basically every snowboarder and freeskier can participate. Both disciplines will be judged separately.
Get your mission on www.snowparkrally.com, round up your friends, go to your favorite park and get creative with your cam. It doesn’t matter if you use a SLR or a simple digicam. More important is your idea and the execution of the given task! Afterwards you simply upload the pic onto our website. A jury of expert judges will choose the most creative ones, which can then be voted online.
Click below as Marc-André Tarte sends you on missions throughout the entire winter per video message. Read the rest of this entry »
