Thanks to massive snowfalls in the recent weeks, the Engadin valley is currently abundant with snow, offering the perfect venue for this extraordinary freeride event. Lots of big names in freeriding (skier and snowboarder) have gathered to be part of world’s only parallel freeride event.
In order to present the most dynamic pictures possible, every participant carried an onboard-camera. This clip of round 1 is filmed entirely from the perspective of onboard-cams. The event had to be stopped after round 1 because of high blowing wind. Be curious how the 12th edition of ENGADNISNOW 2014 will proceed on Sunday.
The humor got lost in translation.
Canadian bobsledders posted pictures of themselves wearing few articles of clothing but lots of facial hair. Several of them couldn’t keep a straight face, perhaps because bobsledder Justin Kripps taking the picture could keep a straight face, or perhaps because there was something inherently un-straight about the pose.
For reasons that remain as mysterious as those that caused the bobsledders to … More
It was a moment both humbling and historic for 20-year-old Sage Kotsenburg Saturday afternoon. In the first-ever medal event of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, he earned the first gold not just from Sochi, but the first ever in snowboard slopestyle’s Olympic debut. And he did it his way, with inventive runs that made an impression on the judges—like his Holy Crail, a trick that he invented this past fall in hopes of becoming a contender … More
Hosts Jodie Nelson and JJ Thomas talk about what went down at the Mens Snowboarding Slopestyle Finals from Sochi, Russia