Snowboarding News - March 2008

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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, sponsors, the media, and snowboarders are looking forward to ... Read Full Story the Alyeska competition.

The second and final stop of the tour is also expected to draw world-class mountain snowboarders including Snowbird winners Cliff Dimon and Susan Mol.

For more information on this news, please visit www.transworldsnowboarding.com.

 

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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 Big Air and 3rd in St.Petersburg. He is riding the Amplid “verdict” for ... Read Full Story street rails and the “falconoid” for park and big air.

For more riding, you can see his latest promo video at blog.amplid.com/2008/03/21/amplid-welcomes-matti-kinnunnen-fin-to-the-arc/.

For more information, please visit www.amplid.com.

 

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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 second season of "The Block" premieres Sunday, April 20th at 5:30 pm, ET/PT, onl ... Read Full Story y on G4. Following the season premiere, new half-hour episodes will air in their regular timeslot on Sunday nights at 11:00 pm ET/PT.

The first season of “The Block” gave viewers a chance to check out the action in Lake Tahoe. The second season begins with check-in at The Block’s branch in Big Bear, California, a town that thrives on an active snowboarding culture. An all-new cast also arrives at the all-new location - The Block’s hard-partying employees who are dedicated to boarding, having fun, and even occasionally doing a little work. It’s up to the hotel’s owners (pro snowboarding icon Marc Frank Montoya and hotel entrepreneur Liko Smith) to balance the company and the craziness to make sure The Block’s guests live in true rock star style.

"We couldn’t wait to get back to ’The Block’ and its authentic look at life as a snowboarder,” said Neal Tiles, president, G4. "From globetrotting pros to hardcore amateurs, the series lets viewers experience a lifestyle most people never get to witness.”

The new season kicks off with staff training in early winter and careens through the peak snowboarding season. In between, each episode of “The Block” lets viewers follow the action in Big Bear and watch as the hotel’s staff interacts with each other and parties with the crazy characters who make the hotel their winter home.

“The Block” hotels are designed to cater the specific needs and interests of snowboarders, with special suites that feature amenities such as sit-down arcade stands, unique 1980s design or even padded walls and stripper poles. All rooms come equipped with PS2 game consoles, boot/glove dryers, cordless phones and iPod-compatible mini boom boxes, and guests receive free energy drinks, free beer (21 years and over), snacks, DVDs, and PlayStation video games at check-in.

Source:
www.webwire.com

 

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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 wa ... Read Full Story s last seen on the said ski resort at around eleven, Thursday morning. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police informed the National Police Agency regarding the missing Japanese snowboarder. The NPA notified the ministry last Monday.

Meanwhile, authorities have dispatched helicopter and dog teams to assist in the ongoing search and rescue operation.

For more details on this news, please visit search.japantimes.co.jp.

 

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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 ... Read Full Story as the official state sports.

The kid’s initiative is now recognized as House Joint Resolution 1008. Once approved, this will make skiing and snowboarding as the official winter sports of Colorado.

The renowned winter sports will join the list of other symbols of the state such as the White and Lavender Columbine, the Colorado Blue Spruce, and the Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep.

For more details on this news, please visit www.summitdaily.com.

 

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