Andreas Wiig is a world-renowned snowboarder with multiple podium wins, video parts, featured product lines, and a new business venture. This series will document Andreas’s travels, passions, lifestyle and his everyday life. Contest Details: Leave a comment on the youtube page for a chance to win an Andreas Wiig prize package that includes gear from Andreas’ sponsors: Norrona, Vans, AWSM, Electric Visual, and Rockstar Energy Drink. One winner will be selected Monday, April 1st! - via Rockstar Follow Andreas Wiig ...

Arthur Longo sending it in semis at XGames Tignes 2013. Words: Larry Nunez. Photos: Beckna. Superpipe Finals at XGames 2013 was another one for the books, as the native Frenchman Arthur Longo had the run of his life to take home the Silver medal! Arthur blasted some of the Biggest Cab Tens, Frontside 900s and Frontside 1080 Double Corks of the entire week, and scored a 92.0 on his very first run to set the bar for everyone to ...

The Vans Team has been killing it at X Games 2013 in Tignes, France this week. A combination of powerful snowstorms and sunny, bluebird days has made for an eventful contest so far. The competitors have been ripping around the massive mountain getting bottomless powder slashes in between Slopestyle and Superpipe Semifinals. Both Iouri Podladtchikov and Arthur Longo qualified for the Superpipe Finals in blizzard conditions on Wednesday night, while Eric WIllett cruised through Slopestyle semis today ending up in ...

Shout out B4BC for tipping us off to this interview with Hana Beaman, prettytough.com's March Rider of the Month. Pretty Tough delves deep with Hana getting into her childhood, fantasies, Olympic aspirations and more. Check it the full interview with Hana at prettytough.com.

Check out the video from the first annual Jeff Anderson Memorial Banked Slalom at Mammoth Mtn Ca. This was a damn good time and sure to be a yearly gathering. -via Snowboarder Magazine.

Hana Beaman and Gabi Viteri go to Silverton, Colorado ... and use horses and cars for an in-town "urban" shred session.

Words and photos: Larry Nuñez North America has its fair share of big mountain resorts. The Tetons, the Sierras, the Cascades and the Canadian Rockies all have a spot or two that can hold their own. But absolutely nothing on that side of the globe, except for maybe Alaska compares to the sheer size of the Alps. Spanning eight countries including France, Switzerland, Italy and Austria, these mountains are unlike anything in the world, and almost any resort out of ...

At just 24 years old, Arthur Longo already seems like a veteran in professional snowboarding. With several Pirate Productions film parts under his belt and a victory at the Arctic Challenge in 2009, Arthur has accomplished so much for someone his age. Now with a renewed focus on halfpipe, he's looking to make a push heading into next year's Olympics and add another item to the resume. We sat down with Arthur just after last week's Arctic ...

Words and photos: Larry Nuñez For the second time in a row Vans Team Rider Iouri “IPod” Podladtchikov won the most prestigious halfpipe contest in all of snowboarding, The Arctic Challenge in Olso, Norway. Founded by the legendary Terje Haakonsen, The Arctic Challenge (TAC) is the final stop of the 2012/2013 World Snowboard Tour and stands as a testament to Terje’s lifelong commitment of uniting competitive freestyle snowboarding around the world. After falling ill for the finals at ...

Words and photos: Larry Nuñez Every snowboarder loves the local mountain. It’s a place that’s hopefully not too far away where you can easily go to forget your troubles and escape for a day. Somewhere comfortable and familiar – somewhere that feels like home. For anyone that lives in Portland, Oregon, Mt. Hood Meadows is that kind of mountain. A short, 60-mile drive from Portland on Highway 26, Mt. Hood Meadows has been satisfying the city’s powder jones ...

brightcove.createExperiences(); Snowboard all-rounder Markus Keller stars in his own movie due to be released in Fall 2013. This web series seeks to highlight the making of process of the movie as he and his crew travel the world in search of perfect snow.

Vans Team Rider Andreas Wiig has a new web series premiering this month from Rockstar Energy Drink called "Under the Wiig". The teaser is out now, and by the looks of it this show is gonna be sick! Big ups to Andreas and Rockstar, check out the teaser and go to Rockstar's YouTube page later this month to see the first episode.

Darrell Mathes linked up with Sony for the new "Love to Give" Action Cam. Check out the video as Darrell explains his love for shredding and the possibilites with Sony's latest camera. Directed by Andrew Zuchero Greencard Pictures / Condé Nast

Darrell Mathes and the Videograss crew have been hard at work in Europe the last couple weeks getting after some serious urban shredding. Danny Larsen, Jordan Mendenhall, Joe Sexton and Darrell are terrorizing the streets of Olso and stacking footy for the new Videograss movie, "The Last Ones". In the meantime, you can check out some photos that Darrell shot from Day 3 and Day 4 over on howlsupply.com.

Check out the DAKINE snowboard team as they visit one of the most legendary contests in the industry: The Mt. Baker Legendary Banked Slalom. Watch as Wolle Nyvelt, Shayne Pospisil, Johnnie Paxson, Curtis Ciszek, Bryan Fox, Leanne Pelosi, Jason Robinson, Josh Dirksen, Shaun Mckay, and more enjoy this unique contest in Washington.

Words and photos: Larry Nuñez, except above photo by Brian Nelson. When most people think of Colorado Resorts, places like Breckenridge, Vail, and Aspen usually come to mind. Resorts that lie along the I-70 corridor, host major events and cater to thousands of skiers and snowboarders every day. But the truth is, the best places to go in Colorado aren’t resorts at all, but simply mountains. They are off the beaten path, they don’t have high-speed quads or ...

Words and photos: Larry Nuñez Straight from last weekend’s Mt. Baker Legendary Banked Slalom, Hana Beaman headed down to Silverton, Colorado with Burton’s Gabi Viteri to film another of her “P.S.” webisodes featured on xgames.com. Any chance to ride in Silverton must not be missed, so I grabbed photographer Meg Haywood-Sullivan in Denver and we rallied down to link up with the crew. Hana and Gabi spent Friday building a booter on Red Mountain Pass, one ...

The weather got hectic at the Burton European Open at Laax forcing slopestyle finals to be cancelled so we headed out to skank around in the park and powder with Jamie Nicholls, Arthur Longo, Chandler Hunt, Red Gerard, Marion Hearty, Spencer O'Brien and Johann Baisamy. Don't forget to subscribe to the Method TV Podcast if you prefer to take the show on the road. (via MethodMag.com)

brightcove.createExperiences(); To determine the official start order for Red Bull Ultra Natural, each competing snowboarder took part in a series of logging games. Athletes were timed through log carrying, log sawing, and nail hammering tasks, then took turns hurling an axe at a target to increase their standing. Not exactly your typical contest seeding process, but of course, Red Bull Ultra Natural is anything but a typical contest. The event takes place during the February 15-21 holding period, and ...

Scuol, Switzerland – February 18, 2013 - It was an action packed weekend in downtown Moscow, with a massive Big Air setup at the VV Central Exhibition Center square. For the first time in TTR history a 4Star Big Air competition was held in Moscow, Russia, and it was a huge success. “It was such an amazing experience yet again. Winning here in this amazing capital felt really good, I am happy with my season. It’s all one big adventure“, said ...