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After another weather delay this morning due to bad visibility and strong winds, the skies cleared to a beautiful final day of competition at the 2016 LAAX OPEN. With 12 men and 6 women taking to the progressive and pristine slopestyle course, we saw one of the most entertaining finals, with the riders knowing there was $75,000 USD for the men, and $45,000 USD for the ladies on the line for first place. The pros had three runs to give it their best shot, but it was ultimately 22- year-old, Ma...

After a heated battle, the twelve slopestyle finalists for LAAX OPEN 2016 have been figured out. Swedish top-rider Sven Thorgren showed the best performance of the day with a score of 89.05. He is followed beneath others by Canadian superstar Mark McMorris, winner of Olympic bronze medal in 2014, who was second best with 88.90 points. Stale Sandbech, winner from previous year Burton European Championships, surprisingly didn’t made it into the finals after falling on both of his runs. Af...

40 men and 20 women, with top riders from around the world, took their best to advance into the finals, which will take place on Friday. With a score of 90.50, Japan’s 17-year old superstar Ayumu Hirano was the only one with a score over 90 at world’s biggest halfpipe. Olympic gold medalist Torah Bright from Australia landed in top position at women’s competition after heated battles. After holding freestyle contests for nearly 30 years, the LAAX OPEN 2016 signals a new era in snowboarding...

A ground-breaking season, which started with the first ever competition in Colombia, home of the sport’s grand seigneur, Orlando Duque, and has broken point records more than once and seen the highest diving complexity in seven years of the World Series, will reach fever pitch in the season’s final showdown next Saturday. Bilbao’s La Salve Bridge will not only be the take-off strip for the year’s last aesthetic free falls and the place for the handing over of the 2015 champion’s trophy, but i...

While Polignano a Mare is the penultimate stop for the men’s 2015 World Series, where a tight battle for the top overall places will continue, for the female cliff divers this beautiful town in southern Italy will see the crowning of a champion. After the women’s first 20m off-the-cliff competition in Azores, wildcard Cesilie Carlton and fellow American Rachelle Simpson are tied in first place – everything will be decided in the women’s season final. The heat is on in the men’s category after...

On qualification day 2 of the 2014 VÖLKL WORLD ROOKIE FINALS, it was the Rookies’ time to shine. 56 boys and girls up to 18 years competed for their entrances to the big finals which will take place tomorrow. The twelve Rookie boys with the highest scores of today will then fight for the title of the male World Rookie Champion 2014.

The qualifications for the youngest competitors at the 2014 VÖLKL WORLD ROOKIE FINALS were going down today. Within the 41 strong field of Groms, every rider had the chance to impress the judges in two runs – the best run counted for the ranking. The six best female and the twelve best male Groms qualified to the finals.

A wolfpack of a hundred hungry European skateboarders shredded Copenhagen skatepark into pieces last Saturday, for the Volcom Wild In The Parks Euro Championships 2013. As usual this gathering of some of the best up-and-coming skateboarders delivered tons of action and didn't disappoint; you could witness it on site or by watching the live webcast comfortably at home or from everywhere else on your smartphone. Here are some of the highlights of the day(s), there certainly is different one...

Swatch Proteam surfer Courtney Conlogue celebrated her 21st birthday today at Le Penon, Seignosse by winning the SWATCH GIRLS PRO FRANCE for the second consecutive year, picking up USD$8,000.00 for her efforts and a big confidence boost heading into a dramatic ASP Women's World Title showdown.

Once again the Volcom Peanut Butter Rail Jam European Championships went down in Avoriaz, France rounding up the brightest up and coming jibbers to go at it for some rad prizes, stacks of cash and a motorcycle! This year the jam was under a heavy snowstorm where we we forced to use "bag cam technology" and made for some perilous flights with the drone. Just press play, shit went off!

America dominates progression to Semi Finals, Young Swiss Stars Shine Low hanging clouds and persistent light snow did nothing to dampen the snowboard show as the NESCAFÉ CHAMPS moved through Semi Finals booking 6 Woman and 12 Men into tomorrows Finals. For more info and results visit: www.nescafe-champs.ch

The SCOTT Team Riders offer you a glimpse behind the scenes at the Freeride World Tour in Verbier 2012 and share their thoughts and feelings. Watch them riding down the dauntingly Bec des Rosses in a thrilling final.

Catch the best of the action as Canada’s Kyle Croxall wins the Ice Cross Downhill World Championship in Quebec City in front of 100,000 spectators on Saturday.

Miguel Pupo wins the O’Neill Cold Water Classic Santa Cruz as well as the O’Neill Cold Water Classic Series 2011, walking away with a total of $90,000 prize money! With Steamer Lane not breaking properly, the final day of competition took place under bright sunshine at the beach break of Waddell Creek. Going into the competition Miguel was a long shot for the O’Neill Cold Water Classic Series title. The 19-year-old Brazilian had been sitting in 17th place on the CWC rankings list following a...

Gabriel Medina (Maresias, BRA) and Maud Lecar (Saint Martin, FRA) have won the ASP 2-Star Airwalk Lacanau Pro Junior today in clean consistent rippable three-foot (one meter) waves, respectively in the men’s and women’s divisions while Joanne Defay (St Leu, REU) secured a second ASP European Women’s Junior title after placing runner-up in the event.

American rider, Eric Willett, took the first 5Star Big Air title of the 2011/12 TTR World Tour season at the second annual Billabong Ante Up competition held atop Whistler Mountain in Canada.  The sun was hidden behind the clouds for most of the day, but riders put on a great performance for the crowd of spectators at the top of the mountain where Sebastien Toutant (CAN) came in a close second behind Willett and Dash Kamp (USA) took home third place.   The Ante Up started out with a qualif...

Lord Brent Dorrington (AUS) wins the O’Neill Cold Water Classic Scotland 2011! Lord Jay Quinn takes second. Brent Dorrington raised the Highland Sword high above his head as he was knighted Lord Dorrington after winning the O’Neill Cold Water Classic Scotland 2011. In addition to the title of Lord and $20,000 prize money, Brent also gets to bring home the treasured Highland sword. It was a close fought final in clean 4-foot conditions at Thurso East and despite a wave on the whistle, New Zeal...

The 6Star Nike 6.0 Air & Style went off tonight in Munich, Germany where Peetu Piiroinen (FIN) threw down a Cab 1260 on the big air jump and a frontblunt 270 out on the rail section in the super finals to take home the win. With his victory tonight, Peetu took home an abundance of prizes including a large share of the € 75,000 prize purse, the coveted "Air & Style Ring of Glory" and 1000 Swatch TTR World Ranking points. Peetu remains in the TTR World No. 1 position and strengthened his tou...

Local Davos hero Christian Haller and American halfpipe star Kelly Clark took top honours at the O'Neill Evolution Halfpipe finals in a spectacular day of snowboarding action.

Finals highlights from the Swatch TTR 4Star Horsefeathers Pleasure Jam 2009 at the Dachstein glacier. Featuring great snowboarding runs by Elias Elhardt, Enni Rukajaervi, Max Weickl and Torgeir Bergrem

June 2009 - Cape Town, South Africa - It started in a remote corner at edge of the world where the Southern Ocean pounds the isolated Tasmanian shoreline. The O'Neill Cold Water Classic Series then moved up to the northern town of Thurso in Scotland for its perfect but freezing reef breaks. The southernmost and northernmost events in professional surfing brought together exploration and competition within the depths of nature. And now come the wilds...