Winter X-Games starts today and runs through Sunday.

Tonight the Ladies will be holding it down in the Superpipe finals.  Only the top ten qualifiers advanced to the finals.  The ladies superpipe finals will be on tonight on ESPN.  Check it out tonight.

 Tv  Schedule here

Winter X 11 Competition Schedule

Roads close, hangovers prevail, and groomers fall asleep driving their cats. Therefore, the schedule is subject to change at any notice.

*Snowboarder X and Skier X races will run in the following order: Men’s Quarterfinals, Women’s Semifinals, Men’s Semifinals, Women’s Final, Men’s Final, Women’s Consolation, Men’s Consolationupdates will be posted..

For lack of a better intro, we’ll start this thing off with Dingo’s quote of the night: This has been the most amazing snowboarding on a slopestyle course ever, ever, ever. In case you’re two years old, that’s three evers, which means he’s serious. The setup was a line of four kickers ending in the crazy skatepark-influenced rail jam zone of last night’s Steel and Sky Rail Jam. The jumps were obviously the key point of the night, and with a prize money total of $80,000 on the line, they were taken full advantage of.

Jonas Carlson started off the night with a smooth backside 1080, and things only progressed from there”he almost pulled a switch frontside 1440 at the end of the night. David Benedek threw down a clean line of all four nines, and Andreas Wiig stepped everything up with his first run”a backside Rodeo 9, switch frontside 1080, Switch backside 9, frontside 1080 combo”could things really get any more ridiculous? The answer is yes, yes they could. Capita’s Blue Montgomery aptly remarked that snowboarding has reached video game level after watching Jonas’ run of three 9’s, a 10, and a full boardslide around the C-wall, a run that landed him no higher than 6th place”the bar has been raised. Capita’s Dan Brisse then attempted a double-cork 1260, and Sammy Luebke ended what was looking like a solid night with a Backside 9 attempt resulting in a broken arm. Oh yeah, and then Benedek went switch backside 9, to backside 9, to switch frontside 9, to frontside Double-Cork 1260 like it was no big thing”yeah, that happened. With five minutes left, Kevin Pearce was sitting in third and greased three 10’s and a switch backside 9, but Chas Guldemond eeked him off the podium last minute with a dirty final run of the first BS 1260 ever done at The Session followed by a McTwist on the QP. Benedek and Andreas were the obvious top qualifiers throughout the night, but in the end it was Andreas who came out on top.

Well, I’m fairly certain that’s the most rotation-heavy paragraph I’ve ever written, which is fitting, since I was getting dizzy just watching this thing. There were lots of firsts, lots of Bud Light, and lots of Sketchy-D yelling for some girl named Geena outside the VIP tent. Well, I guess I could keep going, but I don’t think anybody really wants that, so let’s just end this. It’s slideshow time.

Slopestyle Results:
1. Andreas Wiig”93.7 points
2. David Benedek”90.7 points
3. Chas Guldemond”84.3 points

Tune in to NBC Saturday, January 20 at 2:00 (EST) for a one-hour special of The Honda Session at Vail.

It is with great pleasure that Ride announces the latest addition to the International Pro Team … please join us in welcoming Hana Beaman to the Ride family! Hana brings a much needed balance to Ride’s program for women as she supports our board and binding lines, and in addition brings a wealth of experience, motivation, ability, amazing attitude, and our team’s mandatory prerequisite - fun lovin’ good times! Hana has long been at the forefront of progressing women’s snowboarding, balancing a rigorous filming schedule while not shying away from the contest circuit. You will be sure to see Hana defending her titles in ‘07 as well as filming her video part with Runway Films for the ‘07 Season.
 

 ”I’m so happy to be part of such a strong team with sick product. It’s so nice to find a really good home here at Ride,” says Hana. Team Manager Matt Sickels comments, “Hana was like a missing puzzle piece … we found her right under our noses and the puzzle is now complete. It’s turned out to be a great start to 2007! This has been a very natural move for all of us as Hana has been a good friend of the team for years now and she’s so fun to be around. Obviously her riding speaks for itself: 2006 Female Rider of the Year … what else can I say? It’s nothing short of spectacular having Hana join Ride!”

“I’m so happy to be part of such a strong team with sick product. It’s so nice to find a really good home here at Ride,” says Hana. Team Manager Matt Sickels comments, “Hana was like a missing puzzle piece … we found her right under our noses and the puzzle is now complete. It’s turned out to be a great start to 2007! This has been a very natural move for all of us as Hana has been a good friend of the team for years now and she’s so fun to be around. Obviously her riding speaks for itself: 2006 Female Rider of the Year … what else can I say? It’s nothing short of spectacular having Hana join Ride!”

Welcome to the team, Hana!

HOME: MAMMOTH, CA & SALT LAKE CITY, UT
AGE: 24
STANCE: R
RIDE PRODUCTS: FEVER BOARD SERIES, SIGMA MVMNT & ZETA MVMNT BINDINGS 

 

(DC Snowboards) Last weekend nearly 30,000 people turned out to Munich’s Olympic Stadium for Nokia Air & Style 06. DC proudly sponsored the event once again, and DC Snowboard Team Member Travis Rice took home the win amidst very stiff competition. As one of the biggest events of its kind, the event was truly everything you’d want from a weekend, including a Snowboard Big Air comp, Freestyle Motocross battle, and some of Europe’s top music acts.

Nokia Air & Style was the first big snowboard comp of the year, and the riders were fired up to show off the tricks they had dreamed up during the off-season. This meant one thing for the fans: a great show. 1080’s, 1260’s, double backs, and double corks were just some of the tricks being thrown out across the big kicker, ensuring that riders were going to have to fight hard if they wanted the Nokia Air & Style win.

T.Rice hits the kicker.

As if the snowboarding Big Air event wasn’t enough, Nokia Air & Style 06 also featured a similar knockout style freestyle motocross competition, featuring the likes of DC’s Nate Adams. The good thing about this year’s event set-up was that the FMX course was weaved into the snowboarding course, a design that sent freestyle competitors over the Big Air’s second fun kicker. For the fans, this meant that the event was way easier to watch. Nate, who was last year’s champ, just missed the bar and took third place this year.

Things got really heated when it came down to the final few rounds in the elimination style snowboarding comp. T.Rice progressed through round one with a double corked 1080, but really had to step-up in the final battle as the rest of the guys unleashed some gnarly ones, including a frontside double cork 1260 from David Benedek and a frontside 1260 nose grab from Antti Autti. But, when Travis stomped a double backflip 180 the crowd (and the rest of the riders) went bonkers”T.Rice was declared the winner.

We’re currently two snowboard comps deep into the 2007 season, and DC’s Travis Rice has won them both: first Icer Air in San Francisco and now Nokia Air & Style 06 in Munich. Keep it up T.Rice!

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