http://www.digitalsnowboard.com/news/ Snowboarding journals &snowboard news from Digital Snowboard Magazine in Australia en-us Nucleus v3.15 © Weblog http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.digitalsnowboard.com/news//nucleus/nucleus2.gif http://www.digitalsnowboard.com/news/ http://www.digitalsnowboard.com/news/index.php?itemid=25 With 30cm falling a week prior to the weekend, followed by a cold week of snowmaking, Things were looking good for the queens birthday weekend.
4pm Saturday the 10th and the clouds rolled in, Yeh hah another 30cm fell in Thredbo over night and into the Sunday morning. Snow levels were down to 1400m , things were looking just like winter.

Come Monday, I was lined up for first lifts on a crispy cold blue day in Thredbo's Village. 5mins later I was pointing some chicken and carving up a storm on the mid season like conditions. Nick G, Saph Farrell, Gus Stleon, Woodie were there with bells on. High noon, leg burners and Merrits with a lot more to come.
]]> General http://www.digitalsnowboard.com/news/index.php?itemid=25 Mon, 12 Jun 2006 15:25:32 -0700 http://www.digitalsnowboard.com/news/index.php?itemid=24 This is where the industry , riders, retailers and friends got a sneak preview of what is to come in this years Digital Snowboard Magazine.



The dress code was retro ski gear, which made for some great viewing. Damon Hayler and Ryan Tiene were definatley highlights in that department.

8pm saw the feature film debut in front of an impressive turnout. If crowd reactions are to gauge by , then you to will love the 25min feature film. Stand out parts included Ryan Tiene opening section, Max Cookes, the young Jake Mcarthy and the closing section of Robbie Walker.



All in all a great night , free booze, good tunes and great snow flick.]]> General http://www.digitalsnowboard.com/news/index.php?itemid=24 Sun, 04 Jun 2006 16:43:28 -0700 http://www.digitalsnowboard.com/news/index.php?itemid=23 This was set to be round to the Melbourne event that had taken place 3 weeks prior. The weather loomed to be a shocka, but the rain came and went only during the the setup phase.
Most of Australia's best jibbers were there, except Melbournes winner Robbie Walker who was still in Mammoth spending his prize money and having great old time.

The setup was wack, high impact into a firm packed landing. This combined with a crew of 30 local wankers , booing, throwing lemons,pears and telling riders that they sucked. Had the vibe between riders a liitle over the whole affair.

After about one hour of some pretty average performances, the riders were twindled down to a top 10. This is where things got stepped up. Nathan Perry rode well, as did Chris Boadle, Dan Besetti, Ryan Tiene, Gus StLeon and Charles Beckinsale. But in the end Max Cookes had the moves to win over the judges and was granted $2500 for his efforts.

All in all not a good event for Australian Snowboarding, organizers of these event need to work with the riders, so that setups work and the crowd get the best possible performance out of the riders.]]> General http://www.digitalsnowboard.com/news/index.php?itemid=23 Sun, 04 Jun 2006 16:30:55 -0700 http://www.digitalsnowboard.com/news/index.php?itemid=22
Robbie Walker, Chris Boadle, Max Cookes, Mikey Williams, Marcy Baker, Dan Beset, Marcus Boadle, Saph Farrell and Laura Williams all put on a great show for the local groupies. Highlights would include Saph Farrell's fronstide lips to nosepress and frontside lips to back tails. Robbie Walker fakie nollie backlip tail same way out. Max cookes with switch backside 270 , same way out.

In the end it was the crew was twindled down to a top three. Mikey Williams, Max Cookes and Chris Boadle. All three stepping it up a notch , vowing for the $2500 winner takes all cheque.



"and the winner is.......Robbie Walker" , confused , dazed , shocked was the general feeling. As Robbie had not even made the top three, but yet some how had taken out the event. Judging who knows how it works.. but I'm sure Robbie Walker doesn't care.. he took the $2500 and went back to Mammoth for a few weeks.]]> General http://www.digitalsnowboard.com/news/index.php?itemid=22 Sun, 04 Jun 2006 16:29:42 -0700 http://www.digitalsnowboard.com/news/index.php?itemid=21
Stylewars 05 was the first stop on the world snowboard tour. ( TTR ).
Who would of guessed that an Australian Resort was capable of holding such an event. But Falls Creek Vic, have made a huge commitment to Australian Snowboarding over the last few years and even with the dismal amount of snow to work with, they pulled off yet another successful week.

Here what some of riders had to say about the event.

. ".......that the weather in victoria would be crap, that it was the biggest comp ever in oz, Good times, $2 Corona's, hangovers, Big names, even Bigger jumps a 85 and a 75 footer brilliantly built by the Falls Creek Park crew.
Bring on 06! " Gus St leon , Oz team Stylewars 05

"...... that I could chill out from work and comps for the season...spose it was a comp but it didn't feel like it . Just hanging out, few drinks, movie premiers, some cards and some riding in between."
Shay Paxton, 9th Place.

"....... the Big Dogs!!!!! When one contest can get Humpy, Jacob, and Koski from Quiksilver, JJ Thomos and Zach Leach from Oakley and NZ's finest, it's obviously doing something right. Stylewars is the best contest I have ever attended, it raises the bar so high it makes other contests look pathetic. Its in its own league."
Max Cookes-10th place

"....I had to travel all the way to Falls Creek. Really good park, riding and drinking. Good times..." Nick Gregory, oz team stylewars 05.

After three days of competition and 5 days of partying the final top ten looked a little like this...

1st Cheyne Southwell (AUS)
2nd Jakob Wilhelmson (SWE)
3rd Jacob Koia (NZ)
=4th Chris Kroll (AU)
=4th JJ Thomas (US)
6th Robbie Walker (AUS)
7th Jaakko Ruha (FIN)
8th Ryan Tiene (AUS)
9th Shay Paxton (AUS)
10th Max Cookes (AUS)

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They all represented strongly in each of their disciplines, but Damon and Torah showed us that they are at the top level, finishing 7th and 5th respectively.
For the full lowdown on what went down, checkout out the bonus 56 page mag with this years issue of DSM. It features interviews with the athletes and a whole lot more. (the mag will soon be available online)


Here are some highlights of what the "athletes" had to say....

”.... I'm not just a snowboard bum, I'm an olympic snowboard
bum.” DAMON HAYLER.

“”.....my run is the most technical and the most progressive run in female snowboarding, and it can only get better.”
TORAH BRIGHT

“...all I'm thinking about, sun surf and getting driven into the reef by a heaving lip, should be a load of fun.” ANDREW BURTON

“.....it was off its tits, I was pushing people out of the way to walk out in the front row, it was insane hearing everyone screaming.”
MITCH ALLAN

]]> General http://www.digitalsnowboard.com/news/index.php?itemid=20 Sun, 04 Jun 2006 16:27:19 -0700 http://www.digitalsnowboard.com/news/index.php?itemid=19 Jindabyne, the home of the bush pigs... not anymore. Jindabyne is now home to the rail event that has set the bench mark for years to come. The set up consisted of a 3 story in run , plenty of set up to a flat down ledge ( with side grinders ) , a down rail and down flat down ledge. All this was set up behind Old town centre in the carpark.

The format was open, so with 101 riders to get through, plenty of jibbing went down. 4 open mens heats , a women's division , and junior mens section were contested during the day. All providing some great thrills for the local crowd. With judging , comes controversy. Clint Allan was robbed not to make the finals, as was Happy Dave. Who went from being Happy to not so Happy Dave in a matter of 30 secs as they read out the eight finalist.



As the sun set the finals kicked off, Cheyne Southwell rode well considering the state of his pants ( will somebody please give this man some pants ) , Mikey the lady killer Williams entertained the crowd with an array of trickery. Lucas McGra was smooth , Greg Reed and Dylan Champion both utilized all the features. Shay Paxton was ever so calculated, Robbie Walker was Killing it.
But in the end it was the Mt Buller kid , Max Cookes who impressed the judges to take home the money , and one huge concrete trophy. Ah yeah there were also some two plankers there, but I don't remember anything about them. Hopefully one of them nutted them selves for crowd value.

THE RED BULL RAILS 05 RESULTS

Mens Open
1st- Max Cookes
2nd- Robbie Walker
3rd- Shay Paxton

Women's Open
1st- Abbi Bright
2nd- Amanda Beckinsale
3rd- Laura Williams

Junior Men
1st- Jake Mcarthy
2nd- Sammy Griffiths
3rd- Zac Lloyd]]> General http://www.digitalsnowboard.com/news/index.php?itemid=19 Sun, 04 Jun 2006 16:24:57 -0700 http://www.digitalsnowboard.com/news/index.php?itemid=14
Last month in front of a 50 strong press gallery, eight television stations and delegates from the US and China, Danny Way confirmed his team will be building the world’s largest skate structure, the Mega Ramp and that he will indeed launch over the only man made structure visible from space. This feat will be out of this world.

 The nearly 40m tall vertical ramp (over half the height of the Sydney Opera House) will eclipse his previous world-record-titles and gold-medal-winning performance from this year’s X Games X. Danny stands to set new records for distance, height and speed off a ramp and out of a quarter pipe at the Mega X Event. This is a world first and has left the international skating community amazed at the sheer audacity and magnitude of the proposal. Danny is wholly respected within the community, although he is in an elite class of his own, a pioneer, and a consummate sportsman.

The Mega X Event will combine two days of music, fashion and actions sports competitions, culminating in Way’s jump over the Great Wall.

“This jump continues the progression of the sport and highlights skateboarding as a growing international sport to the world’s biggest nation.”

]]> General http://www.digitalsnowboard.com/news/index.php?itemid=14 Thu, 05 May 2005 17:21:54 -0700 http://www.digitalsnowboard.com/news/index.php?itemid=13 Issue 1 2005 is due in stores by the 23rd of May.
Some of the great featured articles you can expect to see are:
World Superpipe Championship// World Juniors// Max Cookes// Rhys Haag//
BBQ Ollie Jam// COWMAN// Freeway Tour........
Featured resort Guides - SNOWPARK NZ// BRIGHTON UTAH//PORTES DU SOLIEL
Checkouts on Abi Bright and Andrew Burton.
Issue 1 also includes a mini mag with photos, interviews and a 2005 product guide.
]]> General http://www.digitalsnowboard.com/news/index.php?itemid=13 Wed, 27 Apr 2005 20:21:54 -0700 http://www.digitalsnowboard.com/news/index.php?itemid=12 The sun was shining , the crowd was smiling and the ice was melting.
The set up consisted of a flat, down, flat up box thing then into a another flat
box. The riders took awhile to get there legs back, but once they did, the game
was on. Standouts included Andrew Fawcett, Jye West, Saph Farrell .
Ryan Tiene had the moves that impressed the judges and ended up with an easy
$400 for the day of play.
You can see all the action in Issue 2 of DigitalSnowboard Magazine due in
stores mid July.]]> General http://www.digitalsnowboard.com/news/index.php?itemid=12 Wed, 27 Apr 2005 20:14:08 -0700