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This upcoming weekend, the 2nd Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY tour stop hosted by Blue Tomato and Ride Snowboards will go down at the Actionpark Kreuzwiese in the ski resort of Zillertal Arena, Zell am Ziller. By sticking to the 2G (vaccinated or recovered) rules and under strict safety precautions, the second competion of Zillertal´s most popular Snowboard Amateur Series will be hosted over two days. An online registration is obligatory and can be done at www.valleyralley.at. Due to the governmental restrictions, spots are limited and the registration will close when it´s complete. So you´d better hurry up now!

Pictured: Gabe Adams competes during the contest day at 2019 Zillertal Valley Rälley hosted by Ride Snowboards, at Zillertal Arena, January 19 - 20, 2019.

9 Jan 2022   |  

Due to some fairly obvious reasons, last season was just the second time in six years that we didn’t get to visit California for our annual bonanza of FIS Snowboard Park & Pipe World Cup action at the Mammoth Mountain Toyota U.S. Grand Prix.

Training at the Mammoth Mountain slopestyle World Cup at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix, at Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort, California, USA, January 2022.

6 Jan 2022   |  

The world's best slopestyle stars unite to fiercely hone their skills before performing on the world stage in February, all vying for the sporting world's highest accolades.

Mark McMorris performs at the Red Bull Performance Camp in Saas Fee, Switzerland on 1 October, 2021.

4 Jan 2022   |  

The 2021/22 slopestyle opened in epic fashion on Saturday in Calgary (CAN), where Kokomo Murase (JPN) and Sebastien Toutant (CAN) put down stellar runs to ring in the New Year on a high with victories at the Snow Rodeo presented by Swatch and Toyota.

Men's Podium at the FIS Slopestyle World Cup Calgary Snow Rodeo presented by Swatch and Toyota, L-R: 2nd Mons Roisland, 1st Sebastien Toutant & 3rd Luke Winkelmann, at WinSport Canada Olympic Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, January 1, 2022.

2 Jan 2022   |  

KitzSki combines action, enjoyment and fun on a whopping 233 kilometres of pistes. Not for no reason, KitzSki is one of the best-known skiing areas in the world and offers everything from deep-rooted alpine skiers to passionate freestylers. The icing on the cake is the popular Snowpark Kitzbühel – the freestyle playground for every level.

There's no room for boredom at Snowpark Kitzbühel.

31 Dec 2021   |  

The 2021/22 FIS Snowboard slopestyle World Cup is finally ready to get underway with a big week of action in Calgary at the Snow Rodeo presented by Swatch and Toyota. Men’s qualifications in Calgary are going down on Wednesday, with women’s qualifications and men’s semifinals on Friday, and finals taking place in a very special New Year’s Day programme on Saturday.

Training day 2 at the Calgary Snow Rodeo presented by Swatch and Toyota, at WinSport Canada Olympic Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, December 2021.

30 Dec 2021   |  

The Girls Shred Sesssions are back in the game. After a far too long shredding break, it's time for "Girls own the park!” again. With a huge portion of good vibes and lots of girl spirit the new season kicks off! The call goes out to all shred queens, senderellas & freestyle chicas, who are up for an all-female day in the park and who want to improve their skillset.

Girls Shred Sessions at Familypark Obergurgl in December 2019.

28 Dec 2021   |  

Ready for Take-Off! Superpark Planai takes off into the winter season 2021/22 and has plenty of fun to boost your stoke. Enjoy QParks' season teaser and be prepared to discover the freestyle planet in the heart of Schladming!

Pictured: Felix Widnig having a blast at Superpark Planai, in Schladming, Austria.

27 Dec 2021   |  

The 2021/22 FIS Snowboard Park & Pipe slopestyle World Cup season is finally ready to get underway next week, when the world’s best riders will descend on Calgary’s Canada Olympic Park for the first of three slope events slated to take place between now and the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games in China.

Pictured: Last year's Aspen Grand Prix Snowboard Slopestyle Finals. Main photo: Impression from the second training session at the Laax Open 2021 FIS Snowboard slopestyle World Cup, image credit: Buchholz/FIS Snowboard

24 Dec 2021   |  

From January 11 to 15, 2022, make your way back to Laax for the world's best freestyle snowboarders. They will conjure their air tricks in park and pipe, thrilling fans and judges alike as the New Year begins with a bang! The LAAX OPEN! Europe's most renowned snowboarding contest, an important part of the FIS Snowboard World Cup Tour, organized by and in Laax in Graubünden and named the "World's Best Freestyle Resort" several times by both the jury and the public.

Anna Gasser (AUT) performs during Laax Open 2021.

24 Dec 2021   |  

Ready to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Snowpark Gastein? After the cancelled 14th season, it's time for the long-awaited opening: Shred for all one is worth! The playground awaits you with an unforgettable setup - and who doesn't long for a memorable park adventure after such a long skiing/boarding break? Winter is here, the shape crew is ready and the vibes are on. That means: Let's enjoy the season and shred hard!

22 Dec 2021   |  

On December 18th and 19th, the 9th Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY hosted by Blue Tomato & Ride Snowboards kicked off with bluebird and sunshine at the skiresort of Hochzillertal-Kaltenbach. Despite strict safety precautions, the first stage of Zillertal´s most popular Snowboard Amateur Series was a full success, hosting 80 registered riders out of an international starter field.

Eric Dovjak (AUT) wins the Rookie Boys contest (16-18 years) and takes the lead of the “Overall Men´s” ranking at the stop #1 of 2021/22 Zillertal Valley Ralley hosted by Blue Tomato & Ride Snowboards, at Betterpark Hochzillertal, Hochzillertal-Kaltenbach, Austria, December 19, 2021.

22 Dec 2021   |  

The final day of the 2021 Winter Dew Tour culminated with the highly anticipated Men’s and Women’s Superpipe Finals presented by Toyota.

Yuto Totsuka (JPN) competes in Men’s Superpipe finals presented by Toyota at 2021 Winter Dew Tour, Copper Mountain, CO, USA, December 19.

19 Dec 2021   |  

Winter Dew Tour kicked off the first day of final competitions featuring Women’s Ski Superpipe Final presented by Toyota, Men’s Slopestyle Final, Men’s and Women’s Snowboard Adaptive Banked Slalom Final presented by Toyota and Women’s Ski Slopestyle Finals. The third official day of the 2021 Winter Dew Tour showcased a full and action-packed day of final competitions: Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle, Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle, Men’s Ski Superpipe presented by Toyota, and wrapped up with Dew Tour’s signature event under the night lights - the Men’s & Women’s Ski and Snowboard Streetstyle.

Women's Snowboard Slopestyle podium at Winter Dew Tour, L-R: 2nd Enni Rukajarvi (FIN), 1st Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (NZL) & 3rd Kokomo Murase (JPN), at Copper Mountain, CO, USA, December 2021.

18 Dec 2021   |  

It’s that time again. The first powder has covered the Mayrhofen mountains in the Zillertal. Thus, indicates that our favorite season of the year is finally here and that PenkenPark is about to open with a big dose of stoke, highlights and massive events. *Don't miss these amazing events: Burton Step On Testride Tour, Vans GromsOpen, Penken Battle, Girls Shred Session, Zillertal Välley Rälley, go-shred Penken Bingo, A day for Jake by Burton & Penken KnuckleHuckle.

17 Dec 2021   |  

Hurry up for registration: it is only one month to the 2022 World Rookie Tour kick-off event: the legendary World Rookie Fest at the premium freestyle terrain Mottolino Snowpark. Livigno is ready to welcome the international young stars of snowboarding and, for the first time ever, of freeskiing. As always, the program of 2022 World Rookie Fest will include many activities: avalanche clinics and yoga sessions, artistic workshops, night rail jams, video premieres, apéritifs and parties that will complete the busy competitive program. *Experience Mottolino Fun Mountain's BigAirBag at the always perfectly shaped Mottolino Snowpark *Lots of amazing prizes to be won: Surf Camps in Spain, many prizes from sponsors Nitro, Volkl, Marker, TSG, Jail Jam, Boardriding.com, and more *Best Snowboard Team gets invitation for the "Red Bull Hammers with Homies" world finals *All snowboarders and freeskiers who make podium will be qualified for World Rookie Finals 2022 in Kitzsteinhorn *Registration information and all essential details and links, along with the provisional Livigno World Rookie Fest 2022 schedule is all included

Pictured: Day 3 of the 2020 World Rookie Fest, Livigno, Italy, taking place at the always perfectly shaped Mottolino Snowpark, on January 14, 2020.

16 Dec 2021   |  

A big week of action in Colorado wrapped up on Saturday afternoon with the first halfpipe World Cup of the season going down under crystal clear skies and chilly temps at Copper Mountain, where Cai Xuetong of China and Japan’s Ruka Hirano walked away the first victories of the 2021/22 season.

Cai Xuetong (CHN) and Ruka Hirano (JPN) are the winners at FIS Halfpipe World Cup Toyota US Grand Prix at Copper Mountain, Colorado, USA, December 11, 2021.

12 Dec 2021   |  

Under strict safety precautions, the Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY hosted by Blue Tomato and Ride Snowboards will be kicking into its 9th season at the ski resort of Hochzillertal – Kaltenbach on December 18th and 19th, 2021. The popular snowboard tour offers freebie freestyle coaching sessions to all young up-and-coming snowboarding talents, who can also join in the contest against their peer competitors at the event. Due to the governments restrictions of 2G, only vaccinated or those riders who are proven to have recovered, can join in the VÄLLEY RÄLLEY. The online registration is now open at www.valleyralley.at and spots are limited. The sign-up will be closing on Thursday 16th of December. So you´d better hurry up now!

11 Dec 2021   |  

The 2021/22 FIS Snowboard halfpipe World Cup season is set to get underway this week at the USA’s Copper Mountain Resort, where the Toyota US Grand Prix will be the first of this winter’s three World Cup pipe competitions.

9 Dec 2021   |  

The second and final big air World Cup competition of the 2021/22 season went down on Saturday at the Visa Big Air presented by Toyota at Steamboat Resort (USA), where Japan’s Reira Iwabuchi climbed to the top of a World Cup podium for the first time in two seasons with the women’s win, and Su Yiming (CHN) made history by becoming the first Chinese rider ever to win a big air World Cup with a mind-blowing performance in the men’s contest.

Women's Podium at the FIS World Cup Visa Big Air presented by Toyota: L-R: 2nd Anna Gasser (AUT), 1st Reira Iwabuchi (JPN) & 3rd Annika Morgan (GER), at Colorado’s Steamboat Resort, USA, December 4, 2021.

6 Dec 2021   |  

New snowboard movie Driven is available online on Red Bull TV from December 5th, 2021.

Driven Movie Poster

6 Dec 2021   |  

Black Yeti, the most popular mascot of the winter sports worldwide, can hardly wait to discover the next future stars of snowboarding and freeskiing. The World Rookie Tour is ready again to showcase an incredible level of riding, countless collateral activities and amazing rewards in more than 20 events all over. *In 2022 the Black Yeti will travel the world yet again to look for the best young shredders on the globe: Mammoth Mountain in USA, Livigno, Madonna di Campiglio and Kronplatz in Italy, Maramures and Poiana Brasov in Romania, Guzet in France, Borovets in Bulgaria, Matra in Hungary, Innsbruck and Kaprun in Austria, Vuokatti in Finland and Nekoma in Japan. And a city stop in Glasgow, Scottland, as well!

The Black Yeti announces the dates & locations for the World Rookie Tour Snowboarding 2022! Get ready for 11 Qualification stops all around the globe with the Finals to go down on the old continent in Austria.

4 Dec 2021   |  

X Games Aspen 2022 welcomes fans back to Buttermilk in Aspen, Colorado. This year, X Games Aspen will feature Ski and Snowboard competitions from Friday through Sunday. Each day will open with a marquee Slopestyle event and end with nightly SuperPipe competition under the lights.

Pictured: Yuto Totsuka wins Gold in Monster Energy Men's Snowboard SuperPipe at X Games Aspen 2021, at Buttermilk Mountain, Aspen, CO, USA, January 31.

2 Dec 2021   |