The Freeride recently posted a video of Xavier De La Rue`s winning run at the Nissan event that took place from February 27 – March 5 at Squaw Valley
The French freerider won over the judges with an amaculate run that started with a frontside 360, followed by a double cliff gap and a massive cliff gap to finish up.
Tremendous height he gains from his last jump!
The next event will be at Verbier in Switzerland on March 20th.
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Get involved and make a stance.Fairtrade are asking the world to stand up and swap their usual stuff for Fairtrade stuff as part of Fairtrade Fortnight, February 22 – March 7.
To join in The Big Swap you just have to swap your usual bananas for Fairtrade bananas, your usual cotton socks for Fairtrade cotton socks, or your usual cuppa for a Fairtrade cuppa and register your swap on the website.
Fairtrade are aiming to get one million and one swaps made over the two weeks. They say: “Whenever you pop to the shops, you can use your wallet to make a stand.”
Tags: Fairtrade Fortnight, February 22 - March 7, Poor countries, swap
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This year, Southampton University Kitesurf Club are hosting the first ever Student Nationals! On the 20th and 21st of March, Calshot spit will see the cream of university kitesurfers battle it out in freestyle heats to see who’s got what it takes to be Student Kitesurf Champ!
In true SKA fashion, this weekend will be one big messy party with a bit of kitesurfing chucked in… beach beats will be provided by the one and only Red Bull who are bringing their beach tee pee and superstar DJ to keep everyone entertained during the day! Commentating will be done by Lewis Crathern, or in other words, the Pier Jumper and judging will be carried out by the likes of Ali Barrett and James Boulding…
Come Saturday night, our very own Students Union are supplying us with our own bar to party in. Our media partners, ExPix will be setting up a projector and screen so everyone can see all the embarrassing photos from the day! Theme to be announced soon!
Sunday will see the finalists take to the water to win some epic prizes! Up for grabs are a holiday kindly donated by Hooked-on, a 2010 wetsuit and sector 9 longboard supplied by King of Watersports and many other goodies from the likes of Flexifoil, Kamikaze Boarding and Prolimit!
If you think you’re up to it and want to represent your Uni, drop us an email at president@sukitesurfing.co.uk and we’ll fix you up with a place!
Southampton University Student’s Union SUSU have very kindly granted us the money to pay for everything safety in this event; from accommodation for the safety boat crew to oil for the engines! |
 Flexifoil
Each entrant pays £30 to enter. Out of that fee, £10 goes to the charity Julia’s House, and in return Flexi have donated a rashie to every competitor which will be decorated with all the logos of the sponsors above! Thanks Flexifoil! |
Solent Sailboards Solent Sailboards have been key to this event going ahead. Without them, there would be no event pretty much…so a massive thanks to Jon Popkiss and his team for getting this whole thing off the ground. |
Hooked-on Holidays Hooked-on have donated a whole free holiday as one of the prizes for the weekend! Some lucky rider will be jetting off to join the rest of the Hooked-on crew for their June trip so get practising those powered moves! |
ExPix Our media partners ExPix have already been incredibly helpful in spreading the word about the comp… expect to see some epic shots from the weekend from these guys. When it comes to extreme sports event coverage, these guys have it licked! Check out the coverage that ExPix provided of the SKA’s Aussie Kiss. |
 Kamikaze Boarding
That’s right, the lads from Brighton have fixed us up with some fine threads for you guys from their brand new range! Keep a look out for stickers in random places..and if you can’t see one, it’s because it’s probably stuck to your back. |
 Aquapac
Thanks to Tim at Aquapac for helping us out; they’ve given us some sweet waterproof cases to make sure your phone never gets wet if you take it out on the water! |
Naish Massive thanks to Naish for sponsoring the event; they’ve come up trumps and donated a golf bag as a prize! Perfect for cramming all your kit into for when you go on your kiting holiday! |
 Prolimit
Prolimit are very kindly giving us some bits and bobs for prizes, so if you need a new harness…try your hardest and you might find yourself inside one of this years finest waist’s! |
Tags: boarding, james boulding, lewis crathern, southampton, SUKs
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Snowkite session
Allboards are hosting a snowkite session in Lipno Czech Republic on a frozen lake this coming weekend 20-21/2/2010. This year has seen unprecedented snow falls so will be amazing conditions and 25km wind forecast for Saturday and Sunday.
There will be the opportunity of a free snowkiting lesson and the chance to test equipment from Allboards,Ozone,Easyfly,Slingshot,Mystic and Mantra. Find out about courses being run by Allboards and general good advice about how to get into the sport of snow kiting.
There will be evening entertainment at the Hotel Racek – screening kite-videos, music with local DJ`S and lots of drinking and competitions and bottles of rum as prizes.
Saturday:
* 10:00 to 10:15 Event opening
* 10:16 to 11:00 registration of competitors
* 11:00 to 11:59 1st round race – SKIS
* 12:00 to 12:59 1st round race – SNB
* 13:00-14:29 noon free entertainment and recreation
* 14:30-15:29 2nd round race – SKIS
* 15:30-16:29 2nd round race – SNB
* 16:30-18:00 free SNK Arena
Saturday night:
* 19:30 – Party, DJ’s, RUM, Beach Party, nintendo wii
* Publication of the results and valuable prizes!
SUNDAY:
* 10:00 zombie race from the hotel to event
* 11:00 to 11:59 Spare wheel for the race – SKIS
* 12:00 to 12:59 Spare wheel for the race – SNB
* 13:00-14:00 free SNK Arena
* 14:01 – ending with a minute’s silence
Contact Allboards email allboards.office@gmail.com
Tags: Allboards, Czech Republic, Lipno, Snowkiting
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Nico Droz has been kind enough to upload the Homies crew’s 2nd film, Homies 2 Locked Outside.
Featuring Romain De Marchi, Pierre Rue, Corey Noble amongst other underground talent from europe
Hammers,Slams and the guys look like there having loads of fun, if you dont watch this movie twice theres something wrong!!! Enjoy
HOMIES 2 “Locked Outside” FULL MOVIE from Snowworld on Vimeo.
Tags: Corey Noble, De Marchi, Homies 2 Locked Outside, Pierre Rue, snowboarding
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So, after a great winter season of snowboarding and cold weather kitesurfing, the production team have managed to perfect a great selection of new Organic T-shirts and Hoodies for the masses.
As well as being able to buy them on our shiny new website, you can also find them at one of our resellers stores. To find out where your nearest store is feel free to contact us
Tags: hoodies, kitesurfing, organic t-shirt, snowboarding
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Finlands sensational shredder Eero Ettala has beaten off some tough competitors to win the Winter X Games Slopestyle event.
He managed to fight off Norway’s Torstein Horgmo and Mikkel Bang with an awesome run that comprised of a backside cork 1080, double backside rodeo 900 and a switch double backflip!
This is the first time Eero has managed to get on the podium at the Winter X Games. If he keeps up this form, an Olympic gold medal could be well be coming his way.
Tags: Eero Ettala, Finland, slopestyle, snowboard, Winter x games
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Recently released old footage of Geoff Rowley and David Gonzalez combating a colossal 22 sets of stairs in their younger days.
You can see from the video, it doesn’t go well for either of them. But you have to have admiration for Gonzalez’s resilience. He just keeps coming back for more!
Tags: david gonzalez, Geoff Rowley, skateboard, stairs
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Skate legend John Cardiel tracking down the best skate spots in Sacramento, California with pro skater Appollo Cutts.
Cardiel famed for coining the Vans “Off the Wall” tag was left temporarily paralysed from a road traffic accident in 2003.
Unable to skate now professionally, but from this video there is still a lot of passion burning inside where he recalls his youth checking out the best skate spots in Sacremento.
Some old footage of John Cardiel mixing it up!!!
Tags: Appollo Cutts, John Cardiel, Sacremento, Skate legend
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