Snowboarding News March 2008

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MONDAY, 31 MARCH 2008
	Matti Kinnunen Joins Amplid Research Cartel
	Matti Kinnunen from Finland is joining the Amplid Research Cartel. Twenty-year old Matti is one of Finland's hot and upcoming riders, doing both the TTR tour as well as the Nokia Worldcup Events. Apart from several video appearances, he will have a very impressive movie part in SCRAPBOOK with his posse riders such as Anti Autti, Risto Mattila, and Markku Koski. Matti ended up 2nd in the Graz Read Full Story
	The North Face Masters Comes to Alyeska Resort
	The final leg of the North Face Masters Competitive Big Mountain Snowboarding Tour will be held on April 2 to 6 at the world-renowned Alyeska Resort, located at Alaska’s Chugach Mountains. The two-stop tour kicked off with a bang in Snowbird, Utah. The first stop garnered about 100 male and female snowboarders who showcased their mountain snowboarding skills to the crowd. Tour organizers Read Full Story
FRIDAY, 28 MARCH 2008
	G4 Goes Back to The Block for New Series
	LOS ANGELES - G4 is back at “The Block", giving viewers a free lift ticket toward a second season of the reality series filmed at the world’s only hotels run by and for snowboarders. The cameras are back on the mountain for all-new half-hour episodes that deliver a candid look at the insanity of “The Block", where the action behind the front desk is only topped by what happens on the slopes. The s Read Full Story
THURSDAY, 27 MARCH 2008
	Japanese Snowboarder Still Missing
	According to the Foreign Ministry of Japan, a Japanese woman was missing last March 20. She was last seen snowboarding at Mount Blackcomb, Whistler, British Columbia. The snowboarder was identified as Ai Ito. She is currently studying in Canada. According to reports, Ito was last seen on the said ski resort at around eleven, Thursday morning. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police informed th Read Full Story
WEDNESDAY, 26 MARCH 2008
	Skiing, Snowboarding as Colorado's State Sports
	Colorado has been renowned worldwide as the premier destination for winter sports such as skiing and snowboarding. Thus, it only seems logical that William Kane, a nine-year old Lakewood resident would propose to State Representative Gwyn Green to officially name skiing and snowboarding as the official state sports. The kid’s initiative is now recognized as House Joint Resolution 1008. O Read Full Story