Snowboard News

Snowboarders invited from September 30th – October 3rd, 2022

31 Aug 2022   |  

The big stage for freestyle sport and urban music is nearly upon us...

Reira Iwabuchi at Big Air Chur 2021.

11 Aug 2022   |  

Winter Games NZ is thrilled to announce the Southern Hemisphere’s biggest snow sports event is back in 2022. The Games will include 16 events across alpine, freeride and freestyle (park and pipe) disciplines between the 27th August and 11th September.

Zoi Sadwoski-Synnott competing at the Winter Games NZ Obsidian in 2020 at Cardrona Alpine Resort.

7 Jul 2022   |  

For the 9th time, the Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY has been touring across the Zillertal again last season. After the popular Snowboard Amateur Series had to be cancelled the previous winter, up-and-coming snowboarding talents from all over Europe were happily attending the tour in 2021/2022 again. The glorious overall tour winners were finally crowned new Kings and Queens of the Zillertal VÄLLEY at the last tour stop on Hintertux Glacier.

Overall Men's King Till Strohmeyer (AUT).

16 Jun 2022   |  

Crowning of the new Kings and Queens of the Zillertal VÄLLEY at Betterpark Hintertux – Hintertux Glacier- Tux-Finkenberg has taken place.

Group shot by drone.

29 Apr 2022   |  

During the Easter weekend, April 16 - 17, the international finals of Red Bull Hammers with Homies contest were held in Madonna di Campiglio, Trentino, Italy. Surrounded by magnificent views, the athletes challenged each other in two team comps during the intense weekend of sport, adrenaline and music: rail contest on Saturday and slopestyle on Sunday.

Alex Lotorto, Davide Boggio and Nick Puenter compete as team Dust at Red Bull Hammers With Homies in Madonna di Campiglio, Italy on April 17, 2022

28 Apr 2022   |  

Betterpark Hintertux up at Hintertux glacier is getting ready for the SPRING PARK SESSIONS. From April 23rd onwards, the freestyle community is welcome once more to discover the park setup. Until June 6th, the park will be shaped daily to provide best conditions for all riders, who haven’t had enough of winter yet. The park is calling, with good snow conditions at the glacier right now.

The shaping crew will be working daily up until June 6th - so go make the most of their awesome park!

19 Apr 2022   |  

Rice & Elena Hight Crowned 2022 Natural Selection Tour Champions. Alaska marks the historic completion of the Natural Selection Tour. Watch the finale of the innovative next generation, all-mountain freestyle tour “as live” on NaturalSelectionTour.com

Hana Beaman on her way to triumph during YETI Natural Selection Alaska.

14 Apr 2022   |  

A backcountry camp on an Alaskan glacier - the 12 best all-mountain, freestyle snowboarders in the world go head-to-head in competition. Watch to see who is crowned the 2022 Natural Selection Tour champion.

Mikkel Bang on course!

13 Apr 2022   |  

Revolutionary snowpark design and world-class athleticism converged last week at the unconventional action-sports happening known as The Nines presented by Falken, where a week of freestyle ski and snowboard action in Crans-Montana, Switzerland culminated in the stunning moment when 16-year-old Japanese snowboarder Hiroto Ogiwara landed the world’s first backside 2160. Ogiwara’s groundbreaking trick and other standout ski & snowboard performances at The Nines were honored at last night’s Riders Awards ceremony.

Hiroto Ogiwara Lands World’s First 2160 at The Nines 2022.

10 Apr 2022   |  

Tuesday, April 5, 2022 will be a day long remembered in snowboarding. Within minutes of each other, Japanese snowboarder Reira Iwabuchi landed the world’s first frontside triple 1260 by a woman, followed shortly afterwards by the second-ever women’s cab triple 1260 from Canadian Laurie Blouin. Both feats took place at The Nines ski and snowboard progression session in Crans-Montana, Switzerland.

A huge leap forward for snowboarding as the World’s First Frontside Triple 1260 by a Woman was landed by Reira Iwabuchi at The Nines in Crans-Montana.

7 Apr 2022   |  

The great tour Final of the 9th Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY hosted by Ride Snowboards and Blue Tomato will be happening at Hintertux Glacier on April 23rd and 24th 2022. With this season´s final stage of Zillertal´s most popular snowboard amateur series, the Betterpark Hintertux will be starting into the best season of the year: the spring session.

Stop 4 is going down on April 23rd and 24th 2022 at Hintertux Glacier - Tux-Finkenberg. Pictured: Fricz Botond flying high back in 2020.

7 Apr 2022   |  

The Nines presented by Falken are back and blasting in beautiful Crans-Montana, Switzerland for an historic 30th edition of the unconventional action-sports event series. On the heights of the Plaine Morte Glacier at 2,800 meters in elevation, the Nines have once again created a stunning vision of futuristic snowpark design. Now, it’s time for an elite squad of world-class skiers and snowboarders to spend the next five days exploring its myriad possibilities. Join Andri Ragettli, Sarah Hoefflin, Laurie Blouin, Hailey Langland and the rest of the crew as they drop into the The Nines 2022 in the GoPro Course Preview.

Hiroto Ogiwara in action on Day 1 of The Nines.

6 Apr 2022   |  

Let’s get to know the new World Rookie Champions! Riders from all over the world met in Austria, in a perfectly adapted Kitzsteinhorn Snowpark, for a unique sports and lifestyle event, in a great international scenario. The program of 2022 World Rookie Finals included Slopestyle and Halfpipe contest and many lifestyle activities: social dinners, workshops with Viva con Aqua, Yoga, MonEpic workshop, and more.

World Rookie Snowboard Finals opening ceremony spread love and an international message of peace: in the centre of the rider's heart, the Black Yeti stands with the Ukrainian flag.

5 Apr 2022   |  

Mia Brookes (GBR) and Frank Jobin (CAN) have won the new snowboard event in Kühtai, Austria

Leon Gütl gaps the rail at the Red Bull Rail Yard in Kühtai on Friday 1st April 2022.

4 Apr 2022   |  

Red Bull Hammers with Homies returns with the international final in Madonna di Campiglio, Trentino, Italy. On April 16th and 17th, crews from all over Europe will land in the spectacular Ursus Snowpark, to earn the honor and the hammer of victory.

1 Apr 2022   |  

The Snowboard and Freeski World Cup Corvatsch in Silvaplana ended on Sunday with the spectacular snowboarding Slopestyle Final. For the second time in a row snowboarders finished their FIS World Cup season at Corvatsch. Anna Gasser (AUT) and Marcus Kleveland (NOR) won the Slopestyle and thus the last contest of the season, both beaming about the CHF 11,250 prize money respectively.

Valentino Guseli showing how slopestyle's done at the World Cup Corvatsch - he flew into third place on the podium.

28 Mar 2022   |  

Kühtai (AUT) is ready for this end of season snowboard highlight - the Red Bull Rail Yard running from March 31st – April 2nd, 2022

Red Bull Rail Yard Premiere in Kühtai (AUT) - 31/03 - 2/4/22

24 Mar 2022   |  

The World Rookie Snowboard Finals in Kitzsteinhorn Kaprun/Zell am See Salzburg are just around the corner, the program is set and the best young snowboarders from all over the world are ready to land in Austria. The program of 2022 World Rookie Finals will include many lifestyle activities as social dinners, different workshops with Viva con Aqua, Save Shred, Monepic Workshop and more.

24 Mar 2022   |  

After five years off of the World Cup calendar, the Audi SnowJam slopestyle World Cup showed once again why it’s one of the most fun and well-loved competitions in snowboarding when finals went down on Saturday in Spindleruv Mlyn, with a hugely entertaining day of competition ending in wins for Kokomo Murase of Japan and New Zealand’s Tiarn Collins.

Kokomo Murase of Japan and New Zealand’s Tiarn Collins celebrate their Audi Snowjam wins.

22 Mar 2022   |  

Last Sunday, the last stop of this year's Girls Sessions took place in Ehrwald. On 13.03.2022, over 40 girls met at the Snowpark Ehrwalderalm for the grand finale, equipped with twintips and snowboard. They all shared one common goal: to push their skills, learn new tricks and find new shred sisters.

Plenty of new tricks were learnt at the last Girls Shred Session of 2022.

21 Mar 2022   |  

The unconventional action sports event is poised to return to its new winter home in the Swiss Alps.

The Nines presented by Falken 2022 Setup.

17 Mar 2022   |  

A historic day in snowboarding at the TAE Natural Selection at Baldface wrapped with hometown Kootenay hero Dustin Craven (CAN)—and, fresh off a double medal performance at the Olympics—Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (NZL) on top.

Zoi Sadwoski-Synnott and Dustin Craven happy to have taken the top spots.

17 Mar 2022   |  

The Rookie Tour crew travelled again all around the world to find the best snowboard freestyle youngster and give them a spot in the World Rookie Snowboard Finals at Kitzsteinhorn – Kaprun/Zell am See, Austria. The Black Yeti is looking forward to welcome the next World Rookie Tour Snowboard Champions.

14 Mar 2022   |