Ride Snowboards’ 6th Annual Snowboard Art Design Competition

07/08 WINTER SEASON

Here’s your chance to get your own original artwork on a snowboard for tons to admire.

Ride Snowboards’ 6th Annual SNOWBOARD ART Design Competition will be held and exhibited towards the beginning of 2008 (exact date and location TBD). This year’s Grand Prize winner will receive $1000 cash and a one-of-a-kind Ride Snowboard featuring the winning artwork. The Top 30 works including Best of Show and Runner-Ups will be exhibited at the Opening Reception, and the Top 50 online at www.ridesnowboards.com/culture.

FINAL ENTRY DEADLINE: DECEMBER 14, 2007
Execute your design based on the 2008 Official Snowboard Template (download PDF) and follow the entry guidelines below.

ELIGIBILITY
The competition is open to residents of every country. Digital Entries Only

AWARDS for Ride’s SNOWBOARD ART 6
Best of Show: $1000 and a one-of-a-kind Ride Snowboard featuring the winning artwork
1st Runner-Up: $500 and a pair of Ride Bindings
2nd Runner-Up: $300 and a pair of Ride Boots
3rd Runner-Up: $200 and a Ride Jacket and Pant Combo

TO ENTER:

On or before NOV 16, 2007 send the INTENT TO ENTER FORM and your ENTRY FEE to Ride
Snowboards.

At this point, you have a month to finalize your concept. INTENT TO ENTER is a data-gathering, RSVP courtesy for Ride’s exhibit installation staff.

Please include:

• A completed INTENT TO ENTER FORM with the appropriate blanks filled in.
• Your entry fee: $40 for one (1) and/or two (2) entries, OR $60 for three (3) entries. (If you would like to wire transfer your entry fee, please email rider@ridesnowboards.com for directions.)
• Mail these items to:
Ride Snowboards
Attn: SBA6
4201 6th Ave South
Seattle, WA 98108

TO SUBMIT WORK FOR JURYING:
Entries must be received no later than DEC 14, 2007. Mail your entry on CD (write your name & confirmation # on the CD) along with the ENTRY FORM, or upload your digital entry to the Ride FTP Site along with the ENTRY FORM. Your name & confirmation # should be your file name when uploading.

SIZE COUNTS
Finished work must be designed to fit within the image area of the 2008 Official Snowboard Template provided. Do not resize the template. Finished dimension of the snowboard deck (and your finished artwork) tip to tail is approximately the same size as the provided 2008 Official Snowboard Template. The final entry submitted must be 300dpi, saved in jpg format. Vertical viewing.

Source Snowboard-Mag.com

TORSTEIN HORGMO WINS VOLVO C30 AT THE FOURTH ANNUAL BURTON ABOMINABLE SNOW JAM

Kelly Clark, Mason Aguirre, Erin Comstock, Danny Kass, Hana Beaman and Kevin Pearce Also Podium

TIMBERLINE, OR (July 13, 2007) - Burton’s fourth annual Abominable Snow Jam snowboarding competition wrapped up yesterday with Torstein Horgmo claiming the event’s top prize, the Volvo Overall Rider Award. Torstein will be driving home a new 2008 Volvo C30 for having the best overall performance at the event, which included first place finishes in both slopestyle and quarterpipe. Hana Beaman and Scotty Lago scored the sought-after Harley-Davidson Most Inspired Ride Award for their sick style throughout the event and will each ride away on a 2007 Harley-Davidson XL 1200N Nightsterâ„¢ motorcycle.

I can’t explain it, it’s crazy. I never predicted I could do so good in any contest, said Torstein Horgmo. I broke my back in January [at the Burton European Open] and it feels so good to come back. I wanted to prove to myself that I could. I’m stoked, that’s for sure.

Scotty and Hana are the proud owners of Harleys and had this to say, I feel like I just won the lottery, said Scotty. Hana added, I am so excited that I just won this motorcycle!

This year’s Abominable Snow Jam kicked off on Tuesday, July 10 with Torstein and Hana winning the quarterpipe contest held at High Cascade Snowboard Camp on Mt. Hood on a windy and warm summer day. Some of the world’s top riders charged the 30-foot transition, including Mason Aguirre, Scotty Lago, Kevin Pearce, Yuki Furihata, Meg Pugh, Dustin Craven, Jake Blauvelt and Fumiyuki Murakami. Scotty Lago pulled off an alley-oop truck driver 720, scoring him the best trick award and a fly Rolex watch. Yuki Furihata’s super smooth McTwist earned her a Rolex and the best trick title. Fumiyuki Smokey Murakami got the highest air of the day going over 25-feet out, scoring him the 2008 Polaris 600 RMK snowmobile and Kelly Clark took home the highest air and the Polaris for the ladies going 13-feet out of the quarterpipe.

On Wednesday July 11, top halfpipe riders competed in High Cascade’s 22-foot halfpipe with Gretchen Bleiler winning the women’s contest and Danny Kass taking the top spot for the men. Gretchen’s winning run included a frontside alley-oop, frontside 540, backside 540 and a frontside 720 to take first place and $5,000. Claire Bidez went for broke with a frontside 9 off of the first hit, scoring herself the MacBook Pro for the best trick award. Danny Kass put down a flawless run which included a backside 720, frontside 1080, frontside 900 and an alley-oop backside 720 to earn the top spot and $10,000. Keir Dillon’s alley-oop backside 720 scored him the best trick award and a MacBook Pro.

In the final competition of the event on Thursday, July 12, Erin Comstock and Torstein Horgmo took home top spots in the slopestyle contest. Torstein blew the crowd and the judges away with his run that included a cab 270 to boardslide to fakie, switch half cab to nose press, 50/50 to 360 out, frontside boardslide, frontside 10, backside 9 and a Cab 9. Erin killed it for the ladies with smooth 50/50s, a frontside 5, switch backside 180 and a backside 180. Scotty Lago won the best trick award and a Sony HDV Camcorder with a huge switch backside 5 rodeo. And Marie-France Roy stomped the best trick for the ladies with a truck driver frontside 720.

The Burton Abominable Snow Jam was the first stop on the prestigious TTR World Snowboard Tour. Riders were able to rack up valuable TTR points during the halfpipe and slopestyle competitions, boosting their standings in the overall World Tour Ranking list. For current TTR rankings go to http://www.ttrworldtour.com/

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Burton’s fourth annual Abominable Snow Jam snowboarding competition starts today with the top snowboarders from all over the world getting ready for the summer’s biggest snowboarding event, set for July 10-12, 2007 at High Cascade Snowboard Camp and Timberline Resort on Mt. Hood, Oregon.

The Burton Abominable Snow Jam is the first stop on the prestigious TTR World Snowboard Tour. Riders can earn valuable TTR points early in the season that will help elevate their standings in the overall World Tour Ranking list and ultimately toward the TTR World Championship title.
Featuring a quarterpipe, halfpipe and slopestyle competition, the Abominable Snow Jam brings top riders to Mt. Hood for a laid-back event in the hub of the summer snowboard scene. This year’s attendees includes male riders Mason Aguirre, Danny Kass, Ross Powers, Jussi Oksanen, Peter Line, Eddie Wall, Kevin Pearce, Pat Moore, Scotty Lago, Chris Rotax, Willy Yli Luoma, Keir Dillon, Keegan Valaika and Andreas Wiig. Female riders will be represented by Kelly Clark, Gretchen Bleiler, Cheryl Mass, Jaime Anderson, Meg Pugh, Leanne Pelosi, Janna Myen, Elena Hight and Hana Beaman.

Volvo will have three new cars on display to check out, the new C30, the Heico/Burton C30 and the IPD C30. Harley-Davidson will provide on-site demos as an opportunity for media, competitors and spectators alike to test/ride the new Harley-Davidson Nightsterâ„¢ motorcycles in Government Camp. The demo will take place Monday, July 9 through Thursday, July 12 at the Burton Demo Center from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. In addition, Harley-Davidson will host the Harley Nightsterâ„¢ BBQ Party in Government Camp at Charlie’s on July 11. SoBe will also be on-site keeping all attendees hydrated and Paul Mitchell will keep things stylish by supplying hair care products.

High Cascade Snowboard Camp is hosting the quarterpipe contest on July 10 and the halfpipe competition on July 11. On July 12, the Abominable Snow Jam wraps up with the slopestyle competition at Timberline Resort. Besides yeti and penguin sightings, riders will enjoy fun in the sun with on-snow barbeques, massage therapy treatments and parties at the local Hood hangouts.

Thanks to the event’s sponsors, the Abominable Snow Jam will be offering over $140,000 in prizes including a Volvo C30, two 2007 Harley-Davidson XL 1200N Nightsterâ„¢ motorcycles, two 2008 Polaris 600 RMK 155³ snowmobiles and plenty of cold hard cash. In addition, male and female Best Trick prizes for the quarterpipe, halfpipe and slopestyle events include a Rolex watch, a MacBook Pro and a Sony HDV video camera respectively.

Special thanks go out to Volvo, SoBe, Paul Mitchell, Harley-Davidson, Timberline Resort and High Cascade Snowboard Camp for supporting the Burton Abominable Snow Jam. For more information on the Burton Abominable Snow Jam, check out www.abominablesnowjam.com

Taken from Future Magazine