Ken Block and the DC snowboard team combine a rally car with snowboarding at New Zealand’s Snow Park NZ resort in September 2007 for DC’s snowboard video Mtn.Lab 1.5. A photo from this shoot was featured on the cover of Snowboarder Magazine, and the story was featured in an article in 0-60 Magazine
The avalanche risk is part of the thrill in this macho sport where men drag-race up the mountains and ‘want to have the baddest sled in the land’
Quintin Raasch’s snowmobile bucks like an unbroken stallion, its nose and skis leaping out of the deep snow on a steep mountain slope. Snow flies as the deep paddles on the snowmobile’s track thrash the powder.
Mr. Raasch cracks the throttle, and his machine wails like a chainsaw, lunging forward into a brief moment of flight before landing back on level ground … Details
Sunny skies and 60+ degree temps welcomed a talented crew of competitors at Mount Snow today for the Mount Snow Freeskiing Open. The level of competition was remarkably high and in the end Chris Logan walked away with first place and a $1500 check issued on the spot. Chris put down a blind 360 switch up on the up down box, blind 4 out of the flat up box, switch misty 9 mute on the first hit, blind 6 out on the rainbow rail, 450 onto switch on the down box, switch left 10 blunt and a switch right 10 …Â Details & Pictures
Norwegian Mikkel Bang has claimed the men’s US Open slopestyle title and a phat cheque for $20,000, thanks to a run which combined his famously casual style with some mad tech. Meanwhile Sina Candrian from Switzerland took the women’s honours.
“It’s my seventh year coming here to the US Open and the first time I’ve made it to the slopestyle podium,†said Mikkel. “All of the top riders are   … Details & Pictures