Kelly Clark (USA) and Taku Hiraoka (JPN) have clinched the halfpipe test event for the up-coming 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. In the finals of the best twelve women and men of the fourth FIS Snowboard Halfpipe World Cup staged in the “Extreme Park” of Rosa Khutor today, the 2002 Olympic Gold medalist nailed it on the women's side with 88.25 points. The U.S. Snowboarding veteran, who extended her World Cup lead to 3,200 ...

Hana and Leanne head to China for the Red Bull Nanshan Open and go crazy. Shopping, Karaoke, Alpine slides and The Great Wall of China. Oh, there's some snowboarding too. Check it out!

Contribute $5 to Protect Our Winters – and be entered to win three days of riding with Jeremy Jones at the Ultima Thule lodge, deep in Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, " the last true wilderness on earth". The winner will have the opportunity for two to ride with Jeremy in the same remote locations he rode in Further, during the Summer Solstice in June, the longest days of the year. Winner's package includes: • A 2013 Jones Solution split board ...

Vans is proud to introduce the Hi-Standard series to Europe. Events will take place in major European snowboard resorts and feature an original big air format where riders are judged on individual style, creativity and self-expression - the Vans way. Rotations over 720 are not permitted. The Vans Hi-Standard Series is going back to the grassroots of Vans, celebrating 20 years of Vans snowboard boots in an authentic way. The concept is simple as it’s all about style rather than ...

Mt. Baker standing proud. Words and photos: Larry Nuñez There is lots of marketing jargon thrown around in snowboarding. “The greatest" this and “best ever” that. But one event actually lives up to its name year after year: The Mt. Baker Legendary Banked Slalom. One look at the list of past winners confirms the cultural significance of this contest and validates its “Legendary” status. Names like Tom Sims, Shaun Palmer, Craig Kelley, Terje Haakonsen and the 1998 Next Generation champion ...

Shortly after snowboard slopestyle was announced as an Olympic discipline in July 2011, two people on seemingly opposite sides of the sport bumped into each other at Mt. Hood, Ore. U.S. Snowboarding head coach Mike Jankowski and Hana Beaman, a three-time X Games Snowboard Slopestyle silver medalist, knew each other from the pro circuit, albeit less so lately. It had been four years since Beaman, now an elite backcountry film rider, won her last X Games medal, and it ...

This is a special year for Videograss! We have combined last year's riders and put our focus into what we believe to be one of the best crews ever assembled. This crew and our sponsors stand as the last of few that still know what is best for snowboarding. The Last Ones represents anyone who puts their hearts and souls into an annual project and strives to keep this key part of our culture alive. DONT GIVE IN! MAKE ...

Another edit from last week's X Games, only this one focuses on the Monster Energy squad. With Brandon Hobush, Dylan Thompson, Jamie Anderson, Peetu Piiroinen, Alek Ostreng, Gjermund Braaten, Halldor Helgason, Iouri Podlatchikov, Christian Haller and the fourteen-year-old phenom Ayumu Hirano in the mix, you know this isn't just another team edit. (via snowboardermag.com).

brightcove.createExperiences(); Slideways reveals the origins of the SnowSurfer and how it became such an integral part of what legendary snowboarder Wolle Nyvelt is trying to do in the scene.

Innsbruck, February 2, 2013 - In one of the most thrilling events of this season, exciting down to the very last run of the day; Eric Willett (USA) won the Billabong Air&Style 2013. Beating favorites like X Games Big Air Champion Mark McMorris in the superfinal, Eric can bring home the Ring of Glory, and a special edition Air&Style Nixon watch on top of his first prize. “More important to me was the fun we had here today and ...

2013 SIA Snow Show, Denver, CO - (January 31, 2013) ­ Vans proudly announces the addition of uniquely talented, all-terrain snowboarder Pat Moore to the global Vans Snow Team. Pat joined the Vans team and friends for a chest-deep powder trip to Silverton to celebrate Vans’ 20 years in snow earlier this week. Pat Moore: “Being here in Silverton for Vans' 20th anniversary in snow is such a humbling experience. Vans' passion and commitment to sick product and the snowboard lifestyle has ...

January 26th, 2013 marked the first stop of the Canadian Vans Hi-Standard Series at Mount Seymour in Vancouver BC. Despite heavy snowfall, low visibility and worked landings, Seymour locals delivered tricks with style and left the event with money filled pockets.The smell of sizzling hot dogs and grilled cheese courtesy of Pacific Boarder kept everyone charging all day. The stand out rider of the day was Keenan Filmer who took MVP for the most stylish tricks, the worst bail ...

Vans Team Rider Iouri "IPod" Podladtchikov made headlines on Friday after qualifying in first place at the Winter X Games 2013 in Aspen, Colorado, narrowly edging out ESPN media darling Shaun White. IPod recently took the win at the FIS World Championships in Quebec, Canada and is poised to finally claim gold and stand atop the X Games podium. Check out our latest "What's the Word" with Iouri straight from Aspen on the eve of another historic showdown between ...

Vans Am Nick "Pooch" Poohachoff releases his full online part from last season. Nick steps it up, not only getting creative with the urban shredding but manhandling some monster booters in the Tahoe parks. Check it out and you'll see why Pooch is one of the illest up-and-coming riders around.

Wolfgang "Wolle" Nyvelt is one of the most fluid and naturally talented riders on the planet; He's featured in 12 Absinthe movies, won rider of the year, and is arguably the best binding-less rider in the world, but the biggest accolade he's received is the respect and admiration shown to him by legends including Travis Rice, Romain Demarchi, Gig Ruff and more. Watch the full Absinthe Flipside series! Subscribe to Absinthe Films for free! Subscribe to Network A!

ASPEN, Colo. -- If Shaun White is to win his sixth straight Snowboard SuperPipe gold medal Sundaynight at X Games Aspen, he'll have to do it from an unfamiliar position. White qualified second Thursday night, one-third of a point behind Swiss rider Iouri Podladtchikov, whose second-run 87.33 trumped White's conservative first run down the Buttermilk pipe. That means Podladtchikov will drop in to the SuperPipe last in the final, a coveted position almost exclusively occupied by White in ...

Vans Team Riders Eric Willett and Iouri Podladtchikov have arrived in Aspen, Colorado for Winter X Games 2013 ready to ride. Practice has already started as the riders feel out the terrain and prepare for the biggest contest of the year. We'll be here rolling with the crew and giving you the inside look into all the action and behind the scenes. First off is a brand new "What's The Word" with the contest killa Eric Willett, who ...

Arielle Gold (USA) and Iouri Podladtchikov (SUI) have clinched halfpipe Gold at the 10th FIS Snowboard World Championships staged in Stoneham, Quebec, Canada. While the reigning Junior World Champion and runner-up of the first ever Olympic Youth Games did honour to her last name by earning the highest score of 79.00 points in the first run of the six girls finals, Iouri Podladtchikov secured his first FIS World Championships title in the second run of the twelve men final ...

Words and photo: Peter Line In the conservative Salt Lake City, heads turn when a loud Harley comes rumbling down the street. When there is a hot girl driving that Harley, heads stay turned until she’s out of sight. This is what I witnessed, as a leather-clad Hana Beaman cruised through the streets of downtown Salt Lake. It was much like a supermodel strutting down the busy hallway of a Catholic boys school. Men were drooling and gawking after ...

Hana Beaman considers throwing her hat in the Olympic ring and meets up with Erin Comstock, Gabi Viteri and Danyale Patterson for a playground session. (-via XGames)