Only two days to go, then the largest and most legendary snowboard contest of the world will happen in the Bergisel Stadium. The new / old discipline big air straight jump and the strongest riders field since years promise the Billabong Air & Style Innsbruck-Tirol 09/II to be the best Air & Style ever. Snow conditions and the forecasted weather are absolutely perfect. On top of that the Swedish … Details
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#1 Park: Buttermilk, Colorado
The first thing that comes to mind at the mention of the Buttermilk park is the terrifying X Games’ gap jumps and massive step downs that threaten to chew up and spit out a Travis Rice-caliber rider, but that’s not the real story at Buttermilk. It’s true that you can show up after the X Games and ride a toned down version of that same four-pack of jumps, which is pretty high on the cool list, but there’s more going on beyond the bright lights. Buttermilk has two parks—the Buttermilk Summit Express lift accesses the main park with key features like … Details
Mongolians used to harsh winters now have a new outlet for winter fun at the country’s first ski resort, located on a sacred mountain just outside of the capital Ulan Bator.
For the locals, Sky Resort is a welcome distraction from at a time of year when temperatures fall well below freezing, but it rarely snows in the arid capital.
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The resort relies on Italian-made snow guns to cover the trails with artificial snow …Â Details
Snowboard Video – Watch Nitro – Episode 6 – The sixth episode of the Nitro Podcasts featuring the team shredding Europe and interviews with Eero Ettala and Andreas Wiig.