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SNOWBOARDER DYLAN ALITO PUNCHED OUT BY GROUND by: Shredstix.com March 10, 2011 ThirtyTwo team rider Dylan Alito knows perseverance - there's no doubt about it. We don't know exactly how many times he attempted this wallride to frontflip before his nose exploded, but it sure does look exhausting. I hope for his sake all the boys standing around at least brought him out to the bar later to drown his sorrows. Good effort Alito!
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STRIDE GUM SPONSORS SHAUN WHITE by: Shredstix.com March 09, 2011 Shaun White will now have fresh breath to match his white teeth. Announced today STRIDE chewing gum will be supporting the superstar snowboarder and skateboarder. Now ranked as the #2 Most Powerful Athlete according to Bloomberg BusinessWeek (up from spot #50 in 2009), there's no better action sports icon to align with, as long as your pockets are deep enough. Recently Shaun partnered wi… Read More |
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WOULD YOU?? - ALEXANDRIA EVERETT by: Shredstix.com March 08, 2011 We love stories of "extreme sports" meeting the mainstream and here's one (sort of) that inspired us to bring back a long dormant column - Would You?
Meet 21-year-old Huntington Beach beauty, Alexandria Everett, who is soon to be featured as a contestant on an upcoming episode of "America's Next Top Model" set to air Wednesday, March 9, 2011. Read More |
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SNOWBOARDING PRIEST PURSUES PHD IN SOULRIDING by: Shredstix.com March 08, 2011 There's a number of examples of PhDs getting involved with snowboarding particularly as it relates to engineering and physics, but this is the first time we've seen a crossover into the existential realm.
Last week the Vancouver Sun reported news about an Anglican priest who'd been living in British Columbia that earned a PhD in "Snowboarding Spirituality." Read More |
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JUSTIN BIEBER CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF SKATEBOARDING by: Shredstix.com March 08, 2011 Justin Bieber has 22,677,594 Facebook fans and is followed by 7,972,807 on Twitter. Not even Charlie Sheen can top that. It makes sense then that Rob Dyrdek would chose to feature Bieber in his upcoming new season of Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory. After all - if through a status update and a tweet you can make 30 million people aware of your efforts, wouldn't you?Obviously this would onl… Read More |
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BMX BLOODY NOSE - RIDER'S 12-FOOT GAP TO FACEPLANT… by: Shredstix.com March 08, 2011 Not really sure how old this video is but happened to stumble across it today. This hapless BMX enthusiast decides to test his strength by hitting a quarterpipe and launching out of the park to flat. After a couple near misses, homeboy risks it all in a "one more try" moment that gives him a little more than he bargained for.
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SHAUN WHITE TO UNDERGO SURGERY, SKIP US OPEN by: Shredstix.com March 08, 2011 Looks like the 29th Annual Burton US Open will have to go on without its darling, Shaun White. The two-time Olympian will undergo a "minor" foot surgery this week according to AP reports.
White has been keeping it mellow this winter overall only competing in the Winter X Games in the US, forgoing Dew Tour and Grand Prix competitions.
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CANADIAN SNOWBOARDER MCMORRIS BREAKS WORLD RECORD by: Shredstix.com March 08, 2011 Mark McMorris is a Canadian snowboarder that came out of relative obscurity this year and has taken over the slopestyle snowboarding scene. As early as this fall, McMorris was blowing minds at early season TTR competitions in Asia and Europe with his technical riding that included double cork 1260s.
At Winter X Games McMorris was among a select few (including Torstein H… Read More |
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NICOLE KIDMAN HAS A THING FOR BMX RIDERS by: Shredstix.com March 07, 2011 With the Quik Pro going on right now we're in the mindset of all things Australian. That said, do you remember the movie RAD? It was a BMX film made in the 80s and represented Hollywood's take on BMX culture circa, 1986. Every kid in the neighborhood went out and bought a Haro (or maybe a Huffy) because the movie was, well ... rad.
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JACKSON HOLE JUST GETTING DEEPER by: Shredstix.com March 07, 2011 Jackson Hole is having a banner year. More than 400 inches of snow has fallen, flights are on SALE, Burton launched the STASH, Kinger is logging lots of footy, and the TRAM had a historic opening. To add more hot sauce to your already watering mouth, here's some "random 18 inch dump" footage from TGR shot yesterday, March 6th. Sitting at my desk in LA this is tough … Read More |
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by: Shredstix.com March 07, 2011 This one is definitely worth re-posting - Alana Blanchard celebrates her 21st birthday with her mates down unda including Laura Enever and Coco Ho. Thank goodness girls just want to have fun...
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JJ THOMAS ADDS SWITCH DOUBLE CORK TO HIS REPETOIRE… by: Shredstix.com March 07, 2011 Colorado's JJ Thomas is tenacious. The 28-year-old former Bronze Medal Olympian and X Games Superpipe Champ has been a reliable name in the lineups of snowboarding halfpipe comps for a decade. In that time snowboarding has changed and progressed a lot, and while JJ has not necessarily been the innovator at every step, he's never lost focus on his love of riding and competing, maintainin… Read More |
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DEUCE BRAND DANCES WITH NBA ALL-STARS by: Shredstix.com March 04, 2011 On Friday February 18 San Diego-based watch manufacturer Deuce Brand held a VIP party in the Watermark Towers in downtown Los Angeles as part of NBA All-Star weekend. The action sports brand hit the scene over a year ago with its G1 sports watch constructed with molded silicon and worn like a bracelet.
The appeal of the product is its flexibility and dur… Read More |
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WHEELCHAIR TRICK TIPS FROM AARON FOTHERINGHAM by: Shredstix.com March 04, 2011 If you can't be inspired by this then you need to get your head checked. Vegas-based Aaron Fotheringham is a wheel-chair bound spina bifida victim athlete who has broken new ground with what can be done on a wheel chair. Unit clothing provides some insight on what makes the man known as "Wheelz" tick.
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ANOTHER LAY DAY AT QUIKSILVER PRO GOLD COAST by: Shredstix.com March 02, 2011 The Quiksilver Pro is not on. For the fourth day in a row event organizers have called a lay day in hopes that new swell will materialize. Another call will be made 7am local time. Until then checkout this mornings On Deck show above and all the highlights so far in the VIDEOS tab.
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JEREMY JONES NEW MOVIE PROJECT GOES FURTHER by: Shredstix.com March 02, 2011 TGR released the epic Jeremy Jones snowboarding film, DEEPER, last fall to critical acclaim. It chronicles Jones push to reach undiscovered backcountry terrain sans snowmobiles and helis and made for what is arguably the best snowboarding film of 2010. Now we get to enjoy part 2 in 2011. Here's the news...
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KEVIN PEARCE UPDATE ON ROAD TO RECOVERY by: Shredstix.com March 02, 2011 It's been over a year since snowboarder Kevin Pearce suffered a career-ending injury while training for the Winter Olympic Games. The Vermont-native has since trudged the long road to recovery in an effort to mitigate the damage he sustained when his head impacted the icy lip of the Park City halfpipe. In that moment dreams were shattered but Kevin's survival and persevera… Read More |
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MT BALDY POWDER MISSION WITH TODD RICHARDS by: Shredstix.com March 02, 2011 Todd Richards is the chairman of the snowboarding senior citizen retirement community known as Encinitas, CA. While much of his time is spent by the warm sands of Beacons beach, his old snowboarding bones do get moving once in a while (as long as he doesn't have to travel too far from the bingo hall). Here Todd and his "assistant" Mike (probably helped him in and out of the ha… Read More |
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VERMONT SKIER RYAN HAWKS DIES AFTER CRASH AT KIRKW… by: Shredstix.com March 01, 2011 American freeskier Ryan Hawks died today after crashing during the North American Freeskiing Championships at Kirkwood, CA. The 25-year-old Vermont-native was skiing down the Kirkwood Cirque before attempting a backflip over a cliff but crashed on impact.
He was admitted to the ICA at Reno's Renwown Health Center and passed away this morning.
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SNOWBOARDING LEOPARD IS 2014 SOCHI OLYMPIC MASCOT by: Shredstix.com March 01, 2011 The Olympics are often dubbed the five ring circus, with its longstanding logo of five, multi-colored and overlapping rings, representing international unity, which have become synonymous with the global sporting event.
Yet each individual Olympic Games have unique icons that represent the host city and country. On Saturday February 26 Russian officials announced that t… Read More |
