Find the Air | a skate film from Scott Gerent & Chris Rawlins. featuring: Dane Vaughn, Elijah Anderson, Chucky Jones, Eddy Coscarart, Raymond Diaz & many more.
SURFERS:Benjamin Sanchis,Tom Butler,Peter Conroy,Caino Chuillinn,Francois Liets,Barry Mottershead and Conor Maguiree
Slopestyle kicks off the Olympic snowboard events at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on Thursday when men and women drop in for the first qualifying round. Don’t expect riders to hold anything back just because it’s qualies—the top six men and women automatically advance to finals while the rest will have to battle in semifinals for the remaining six spots. With a two-run format that’s a lot of incentive to put down a hammer run right out of the gate and secure a spot in the medal round. The riders know that, too—a bunch have already been spotted throwing triple corks in practice.
Earlier in the week the course design created some controversy after … More
Just minutes before Shaun White’s withdrawal from slope became public, he was in a press conference answering a question about how he was planning to cope with potentially riding in slopestyle finals on Saturday and then beginning pipe practice in the same day. “I’m just going to rely on my super strength,” Shaun joked. Yet he seemed resigned. “It’s tough juggling both events,” he added. “Losing a day of practice is a serious thing, especially with the challenges that were faced in slopestyle and certain things, there are concerns.” He closed by saying he was “mulling over” his decision to ride in Saturday’s pipe practice.
It must have been an uncomfortable few moments for Shaun knowing … More