Recent Snowboarding News
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Horgmo, McMorris and Sandbech Put on an Historic Triplefest in X Games Big Air
“It was just f**king amazing to be a part of what just happened tonight,” said Torstein Horgmo, a gold X Games medal dangling from his neck, and still slightly winded after the 18-minute jam session Big Air final. Trailing Oakley teammates Stale Sandbech and defending gold medalist Mark McMorris throughout the final, Horgmo – who won the event in 2011 – had one last chance to land the move he believed would be the difference-maker: the switch backside triple cork 1440, a trick he landed for the first time a week before coming to Aspen and one that had never been landed in competition.
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Anne-Flore Marxer's 2012 Full Part From Standard Films
She’s talented, she’s the best kind of extrovert, and the stunning blonde from Switzerland is easy on the eyes. Anne-Flore Marxer kind of has it all going for herself. Between the building and hitting of huge jumps, hitting the clubs, shredding pow and outracing mini avalanches, you can get a window into her world (at least her world in 2012) in her recently-released full part from Standard Films.
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McMorris Doubles at Dew Tour and White Wins Superpipe; Oakley Athletes Podium in 8 of 10 Events
On a snowy weekend in Breckenridge, Colo., Dew Tour competition began with an Oakley athlete atop the podium and ended with the same. Over the course of the five-day gathering of the world’s best snowboarders and freeskiers, an Oakley athlete flipped and flew their way onto the podium in 8 of the 10 events.
Gretchen Bleiler
Aspen, Colorado
Marie-France Roy
Les Eboulements, Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada
Jamie Anderson
South Lake Tahoe, CA
Anne-Flore Marxer
Preverenges on Geneva's lake in Switzerland
Jenny Jones
Bristol, UK
Queralt Castellet
Spain
Shaun White
Carlsbad, California
Jake Blauvelt
Waterbury, Vermont
Eero Ettala
Helsinki, Finland
Stale Sandbech
Rykkin, Norway
Terje Haakonsen
Stovner, "Gnorwaii"
Danny Kass
New Jersey
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