Riders from around the globe are currently making the trek to Stratton, Vermont for the men’s last 6Star event of the 2009/2010 Swatch TTR World Tour season. The 6Star Burton US Open is set to take hold of Stratton Mountain Resort all next week with slopestyle finals scheduled for Friday, March 19th and halfpipe finals set for Saturday, March 20th.
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It’s not easy being a slave to the big bad corporate machine. Days are filled with long, painstaking hours spent punching your fingertips to the bone, only to have your boss steal your precious red swing line stapler and move your desk down to “Storage B.†Well, that’s at least how it is for most 9-5ers. Some of us, however, manage to find our niche and make it work with no more than some Pabst, P-Tex and a little bit of bong water. Lane Knaack is one of those people. From the rough-and-tumble streets of Shokan, NY, to the cut-throat alleyways of Truckee, Lane may be a lanky fucker, but don’t let that fool you. The guy can throw down, and he’s got portfolio to prove it.
So first off, tell me about how you got started on a snowboard: Â …Â Details
SixEleven’s recap from the 2010 Ride Shakedown in Seattle. Presented by Ride Snowboards, Bud LIght, Muscle Milk, Rockstar, Summit at Snoqualmie, Shakedown Mfg. Rail jam best trick qualifiers, semi-finals and finals. Main event semi-finals and finals
The fifth stop of the year on the Freeskiing World Tour went down last weekend at Kirkwood, California. Incidentally, Kirkwood is the home of The Tower Bar and Grill, which is, without a doubt, the home of the biggest, gnarliest plate of nachos on earth. Try it, I dare you, the thing is like three feet tall. The two day FWT competition was preceded by two days of qualifier rounds and a new and impromptu “last chance qualifier” where those riders who were on the bubble of being cut from competition were given a second chance, head-to-head with the other bubble-boys. Why give this second chance? Because it’s actually hard to judge when your qualifier is being held under bluebird skies on two feet of fresh … Details & Pictures