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Once every other decade a film comes out that defines a generation of surfers. Taylor Steele’s Momentum announced the arrival of Kelly Slater, Shane Dorian, Rob Machado and others, and this year Kai Neville’s Modern Collective did the same for Jordy Smith, Dusty Payne, Craig Anderson, Mitch Coleborn, Dane Reynolds, and others. But it wasn’t just the aerial display that makes it one we’ll be referencing years from now. Neville captured the voice, the texture, and the vibe of surfing’s current crop of superstars. Sparse but intricate, Modern Collective was the unanimous choice for Movie of the Year by the SURFER Poll Academy.
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Once again the O’Neill Evolution saw a spectacular day of snowboarding under clear blue skies for the Women’s Slopestyle qualifications. Topping the qualifications on the progressive course at this Swatch TTR 6Star World Snowboard Tour event, with a clean run off the big kicker was Sweden’s Mimmi Sandstrom.
The 21 year old pulled out a high 180 melon grab before heading onto the box on the bottom section and was awarded the top score of 89.33. “It’s a great jump,†said Mimmi. “It’s not scary in the air, but going into it you have to go really fast so that is actually when it is the most scary.†“The landing is good if you manage to reach it. It’s the perfect landing for  … Pictures & More