The Burton New Zealand Open!

The snowboard season is almost upon us! Actually in some places like New Zealand it has already begun. The second of many stops in the TTR World Snowboard Tour has been completed with both a slopestyle and halfpipe event. Canadian Mark McMorris, one of the first kids to land a triple cork, and American Jamie Anderson were the victors in slopestyle.

American Kelly Clark won in women's halfpipe while Ryo Aono at the mere age of twelve won in men's.

Currently Roope Tonteri of Finland and Silvia Mittermüller of Germany hold the overall number one ranking.

More Trailers for the 2011-2012 Season!

Capita Snowboards will be releasing their first team video this year "Defenders of Awesome." I'm excited to see Absinthe rider Cale Zima in this film; he's one of the toughest snowboarders I've ever seen and can take a beating like no other. Jess Kimura, Think Thank's talented female rider and winner of Transworld's "Video Part of the Year" will be in this film too. Of course the incredible and talented Scott Stevens will be featured as well. Fastplant fingerflip? Not a problem for this guy...

Finger On Da Trigger in association with Mark Frank Montoya will be releasing "Familia 2" this upcoming season. Technine heavy hitters Dylan Thompson, Jonah Owen, and Lucas Magoon will have parts as well as former Think Thank rider Austin Hironaka. Johnnie Paxson will be back as well after his full arm break from last year.  He had the ender in "Hard to Earn" a few years back and I have high expectations from him this year. If you like high consequence urban riding this will be the film to watch next year.

Standard Films, which started under the name Totally Board years back, will be releasing its 20th film this season "TB20." Standard has always been at the forefront of snowboarding progression and I doubt this year will disappoint. This crew has some serious talent.  Torstein Horgmo, the first rider to land a triple cork, and the Helgason brothers will have parts as well as old school legend Kevin Jones. I'm also excited to see that Aaron Biittner and Mads Jonsson have parts in this film as well.  It looks to be a great one!

Trailers for "The Art of Flight"

Brain Farm, in association with Red Bull, will be releasing another video this upcoming season following the success of their last flick "That's It, That's All." Here are the two trailers they have released thus far...


This promises to be a good one; a lot of money has been put into this film to make sure it is top-notch. The best high-definition cameras, the best riders, and incredible landscapes. If you love backcountry riding, huge jumps, and massive cliffs this will be the film to watch next season. Featuring the legendary riding of Travis Rice, John Jackson, Mark Landvik, Scotty Lago, Jake Blauvelt, Nicolas Muller, Gigi Ruf, DCP, and Pat Moore.

Bode Merrill in "Neverland"

This part is definitely one of my favorites of all time. Bode Merrill has got to be one of the most talented snowboarders to have ever lived. If you don't believe me, check out the last trick in my One-Footers post from a few weeks ago. In his first year with Absinthe he managed to get the ender which is no easy feat!

Don't Do It In the Park!

If you've ever tried setting up an urban handrail or jump you know it attracts a lot of attention, both good and bad. I've been confronted by angry neighbors, annoyed cops, confused pedestrians, and dumbfounded kids but never someone as strange as this guy...