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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
Surfer Poll Award Video – 2010 Digital Short of the Year: Mickey Smith – “Dark Side of the Lens”
The newest category at SURFER Poll was implemented to celebrate the awesome short films surfers are producing and distributing online. Nominees included Quiksilver’s experiment in super slow-mo (Cypher Vision), two installments from the Innersection.tv dynasty (Ozzie Wright and Peter Devries), and Karim Rejeb’s stop-motion surf classic (Lino), but Allan Wilson and Mickey Smith’s poem to the passion of surf photographers is a seven-minute classic.
San Diego’s Derek Dunfee has been chasing ridiculously large waves his whole adult life, and when one embarks on such a career he’s likely to have some horrific moments. His rag-doll roll down the face of a Maverick’s monster in his 2010 film Down with the Ship is truly a goose bump-inspiring moment.