Last month, Breckenridge resident Eric Willett took home a silver medal from Snowboard Slopestyle at Winter X Games 14 in Aspen. Today in the men’s final in Tignes, Eric Willett upgraded and will bring gold back to his hometown in Colorado.
Travis Rice and Mike Parillo have launched an online art gallery called Asymbolgallery.com which offers iconic snow, surf and skate imagery, including limited edition paintings and photosthat will be available for people to order worldwide.
After a night of action on the big air jump at the 6Star TTR Billabong Air & Style 2009/II in Innsbruck, Austria, Marko Grilc took the top spot on the podium and is now the new leader on Swatch TTR World Tour. Grilc was not on the original invite list, but after two injures during practice for the main event, he was given a spot in the legendary snowboard competition.
UPDATE: Marko Grilc wins the Air & Style. Marko chipped in for the injured Seb Toutant and made the most out of it! He now stands on top of TTR rankings! Congrats.
The starting field of the Billabong Air & Style is complete and the action is ON!
16 pros from seven countries build a Riders-Line up at its best. Worldchampion Peetu Piiroinen and the winner of the straight jump contest in 2006, Travis Rice, will fight on the highest level.
After a couple of years of quarterpipe action, the Air & Style is back on the big air program and will feature the head-to-head knockout format:
Mikkel Bang vs. Elias Elhardt
Pat Moore vs. Iouri Podladtchikov
Chas Guldemond vs. Werner Stock
Antti Autti vs. ?????
Peetu Piiroinen vs. Gigi Ruf
Risto Mattila vs. Eero Ettala
Travis Rice vs. Andreas Wiig
Torstein Horgmo vs. Tim Humphreys
WATCH IT NOW! And ask yourself why chicks don’t get to ride The A&S too…support Anne-Flore Marxer, Sarka Pancochova, Cheryl Maas, Tanja Detomas, Lisa Filzmoser, Jenny Jones, Jamie Anderson, Kimmy Fasani, Hana Beaman, Leanne Pelosi, Bev Vuilleumier, Marie-France Roy by signing this petition.
Teton Gravity Research in partnership with snowboard athlete Jeremy Jones is proud to announce the trailer release of Deeper, a new big mountain snowboard film featuring Jones with a handpicked group of elite riders including Jonaven Moore, Travis Rice and Xavier De Le Rue, who set out to conquer the best lines without the limited assistance of snowmobiles, helicopters or lifts.
“I wanted to get back to solitude, adventure, and new descents,” Jeremy Jones said. “By hiking past boundaries set in place by helis and snowmobiles we were able to get into bigger mountains, away from people and back to first descents.
Blue Tomato was celebrating on 12.9.09 the 3rd anniversary of the shop in Graz. For this unique occurrence they took us to Absinthe’s Neverland and much more…
Travis is the man! He just won four honors at the 2009 Transworld SNOWboarding Rider’s Poll Awards including Men’s Rider of the Year, Reader’s Choice for Men’s Rider of the Year, Men’s Video Part of the Year and Standout of the Year.
Last winter Travis came up with the Quiksilver Natural Selection in Jackson, a unique contest that brought freestyle to the natural terrain. Of course he won it! Last week he won the X Games gold in the big air event…but the most important of course is the massive success of his film, “That’s It, That’s All“. If you haven’t had the chance to - win your copy of the DVD - see the movie, rush to see at least the teaser. You’ll understand that there is something special. Read the rest of this entry »