We liked this photo a lot.  Clean, simple with the Black & White and photo taken at Peak moment with good rider style from a nice angle.  Congrats Kevin Heitczman, please Email me for your prize: nick.hamilton(at)transworld.net

Next weeks TAG Photo Contest is “URBAN” post ‘em & Tag Them.

Remember to include a caption with the Rider Name, Location, and Photographer name.

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Josh Bahar in deep at Stowe. PHOTO: Brian Nevins

Stowe Resort Deal Fix Up

Apologies to any shredder who had their heart set on ripping Stowe during February 14–16 or February 20–22 with the generous Resort Deal in the February issue of TransWorld. The original deal stated, “valid all winter except December 25–January 1, February 17-19, and March 14-22.” A correction with the qualifying dates is now:

Valid all winter except February 14–22.

Stowe and TransWorld are still delivering the ultimate hook up and while we’re only human and make mistakes, we are positive that trading six days of riding in February for nine days in March isn’t a bad deal. So bust up there and make sure to still present the original TransWorld page at Stowe’s Mansfield Guest Services and enjoy a three-day lift ticket for $99!

For more info call 1-802-253-3000 or visit stowe.com

Oceanside, Calif. – January 8, 2009–The world’s top pro riders have already chosen who will be crowned with snowboarding’s highest awards at the upcoming 10th Annual Transworld SNOWboarding Riders’ Poll Awards. Meanwhile, thousands of the magazine’s readers also got a chance to vote in the Reader’s Choice Awards for their favorite riders online at transworldsnowboarding.com. And their votes are in!

The nominees are:

Men’s Reader’s Choice:
Eiki Helgason
Scott Lago
Travis Rice

Women’s Reader’s Choice:
Jamie Anderson
Desiree Melancon
Marie-France Roy

Congratulations to all the nominees!

Riders’ Poll will be moving to Denver next year. so this year’s farewell to Vegas promises to be quite a night.  Adding to the excitement are two live performances by Volcom Entertainment’s Candi Koded featuring Jamie Lynn and Tweak Bird following the award show.  This year, we are also giving back to one of our favorite charities, Protect Our Winters (POW) by offering a unique opportunity for companies to purchase a stage-side table at the show.  POW believes that while alone we can’t solve climate change, the winter sports community as a whole has a responsibility to save the lifestyle we rely on.  Don’t miss the opportunity to enjoy the show and help the environment too.  For more info on buying a table, please contact your TransWorld sales rep.

Huge thanks to presenting sponsor GORE-TEX® and sponsors New Era, Red Bull, and Namco Games/We Ski & Snowboard for their support.

About TransWorld SNOWboarding
TransWorld SNOWboarding is the world’s number one snowboard magazine with a print audience of 1.4-million. Found online at transworldsnowboarding.com, TransWorld SNOWboarding is based in Oceanside, California and published by TransWorld Media, a division of Bonnier Corporation.

Bonnier Corporation (bonniercorp.com) is one of the largest consumer-publishing groups in America and the leading media company serving passionate, highly engaged audiences through more than 40 special-interest magazines and related multimedia projects and events.

About W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES
Perhaps best known for its consumer products like GORE-TEX fabric and ELIXIR guitar strings, Gore is a leading manufacturer of thousands of advanced technology products for the electronics, industrial, fabrics and medical markets.  The company is headquartered in Newark, Delaware and employs approximately 7,500 associates in 45 facilities throughout the world. For more information about W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. and GORE products, call 1-800-431-GORE or visit www.gore-tex.com.

GORE, GORE-TEX, Guaranteed To Keep You Dry and designs are trademarks of W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. ©2006 W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., 295 Blue Ball Rd., Elkton, Maryland, 800-431-GORE, gore-tex.com.

Photo: Robbie Sell

We all know Robbie Sell from his days in front of the camera, consistently impressing us by pushing the limits of snowboarding. Here, we are introduced to Robbie Sell in a new light, stepping behind the lens and impressing us once again by stepping it up in the world of photography. Check out Robbie’s photo collection here, shot all over the US, anywhere from Mt Baker backcountry to the rails of Ohio.

To see more of Robbie Sell’s Photography check out his web page at www.robbiesell.com

Photo Andy Wright

This is not an introduction, Andreas Wiig doesn’t need one.

click on the highlighted live links as you read.

What are you doing this winter?

It’s kind of all up in the air right now, but I’m definitely trying to ride as much as I can and have a lot of fun. It’s going to be in some more contests this year since I’m doing all the Dew Tour contests. I will film a bunch of webisodes throughout the season, as well. But as far as filming, it’s not decided yet.

What do you need to do to push things—to step it up a notch for yourself?

First of all, I need to stay healthy. I just bruised my ankle a couple of days ago, so I have to chill on the couch for a bit now … I get some time to think about some new things to do on my snowboard now and when I’m back in business, it’s time to see if I can man-up enough. For sure it’s important to ride with people who push you and who you have a good time riding with.

Photo Andy Wright

Do you have some sorta new trick up your sleeve?

I don’t have any new ones yet, but I’ve been thinking about a couple. Just waiting for the pow to see if I can give it a try. For sure want to try some kind of a backside double cork this winter.

So you don’t really have plans already lined up?

As far as filming it’s not lined up at this point. But I almost have the plan ready. Looks like it’s going to be pretty hectic as far as traveling this year because of all the contests. It usually never follows the plan when it comes to traveling, so it’s better not to have one. One thing I really want to do is to get a couple of weeks in Europe this winter.

Who do you like to ride with the most?

I really like riding with Torstein Horgmo. He’s always super stoked on riding whether it’s park or pow. He’s a perfectionist when it comes to style and is always fun to watch. Marius Otterstad is always fun to ride with as well.

Do you use any snowboard gear that doesn’t have your signature on it?

No, that’s totally unacceptable. Ha Ha!

How are you involved in the process of designing your pro model gear?

I usually have the original idea of how I want the final product to be. Throughout the year I have some design meetings with the different brands I ride for. The designers listen to my ideas and thoughts and start to design the product thereafter. It’s really cool to follow the whole process of making my pro model stuff. I never even thought I was going to have any.

Photo: Chris Wellhausen

What’s it gonna take to win the X Games slopestyle this season?

You definitely have to take some risks and not play it safe. And I think it’s important to do something that not everybody else does … Your run has to stand out in some way. But most of all, I think you have to show some confidence in you riding—stomp that shit! This probably sounds like something they would say on Sports Center—Ha ha!

What will it take to get video part of the year next year?

A lot of style and creativity. On top of that, invent some new trick. But it’s almost just as important how the video part is put together. If the part makes you wanna leave the living room immediately and go snowboarding, it’s usually a good part.

Photo Frode Sandbech

What are you anticipating most for this season?

Long powder days and fun park days with my buddies!

Are you more famous in Norway or the USA?

Norway.

Where have you been riding early season?

I’ve been up in Colorado riding Keystone and Breckenridge. It started out really dry, but now it has started dumping.

Flobots at Verizon Wireless Music Stage on Friday

NEW YORK – January 7, 2009 – The Winter Dew Tour kicks off its inaugural season on Thursday, January 8 at Mount Snow Resort in West Dover, Vermont.

The athlete roster reads like the who’s who of the modern freeski and snowboard movement, highlighted by multiple X Games and Olympic medalists including snowboard athletes Shaun White, Hannah Teter, Andreas Wiig, and Gretchen Bleiler. Freeskiing superstars Tanner Hall, Sarah Burke and Simon Dumont will join the snowboarders on the impressive roster of athletes. Hometown hero Kelly Clark, who won a gold medal in the 2002 Olympics, will compete in the snowboard superpipe discipline.

In addition to the competitions, the Winter Dew Tour will feature live musical performances and a daily Festival Village with interactive events, athlete autograph signings and games. Just one of many interactive booths, the Toyota Out of Bounds Mountain rises 30 feet above the crowds, and it will be buzzing with exciting contests and games, including a larger-than-life Plinko game, an FJ Key Challenge, Custom Bandana Shop and an opportunity for fans to take a souvenir Ski Patrol photo. Serving as a backdrop will be an oversized video wall featuring cool action sports footage and live feed from the competitions.

The schedule of events is as follows:

Thursday, Jan. 8
11:30PM – 2:30PM Men’s/Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle Prelims
12:30PM – 2:30PM Men’s Freeski Superpipe Prelims

Friday, Jan. 9
9:30AM – 12:00PM Men’s Freeski Slopestyle Prelims
12:00PM - 3:00PM Men’s/Women’s Snowboard Superpipe Prelims
1:30PM – 3:00PM Men’s Freeski Slopestyle Finals
4:00PM – 6:00PM Concert at Festival Village - Flobots

Saturday, Jan. 10
10:0AM – 12:00PM Men’s/Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle Finals
11:00AM – 12:00PM Women’s Freeski Superpipe Exhibition
1:30PM – 2:30PM Women’s Freeski Slopestyle Exhibition
4:30PM – 6:00PM Men’s Freeski Superpipe Final

Sunday, Jan. 11
4:00 – 6:00PM Men’s/Women’s Snowboard Superpipe Final

Flobots, the band whose top-ten billboard hit “Handlebars” thrust them into the limelight, will headline at the Verizon Wireless music stage on Friday, Jan. 9 and reggae-infused band Dirty Heads will kick off the show. The bands will perform from 4-6 p.m. and all music from the Verizon Wireless music stage is free to the general public.

Similar to the Dew Tour’s summer competition structure, the Winter Dew Tour is based on a cumulative points system as the top snow athletes battle it out for a piece of the $1.5 million prize purse and the chance to take home the Dew Cup at the conclusion of the season in February.

The complete 2008/09 Winter Dew Tour schedule is as follows:

Event                          Date                            Location
Stop 1                          Dec. 18-21, 2008           Breckenridge, Colo.—Breckenridge Ski Resort
Stop 2                          Jan. 8-11, 2009             West Dover, Vt.—Mount Snow Resort
Stop 3                          Feb. 19-22, 2009            Lake Tahoe, Calif.—Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort

Winter Dew Tour

The Winter Dew Tour consists of three major, multi-sport events spanning across the country, with a cumulative points system, and a $1.5 million competitive purse.  Each event features men and women’s snowboard (superpipe and slopestyle), and men’s freeskiing (superpipe and slopestyle).  At season’s end, the overall point’s leaders in the six disciplines are crowned year-end champions and awarded the prestigious Dew Cup. As part of an Alli property, key lifestyle elements compliment the competitions at each Tour event including the Festival village, specialty competitions, and live cutting edge music. The Winter Dew Tour is broadcast live on NBC Sports with additional competition and lifestyle broadcasts on MTV, MTV2 and USA.  The Winter Dew Tour is also distributed on Fuel TV, Universal HD, Rush HD, and internationally on Eurosport, Fox Australia, Extreme Channel and Allarco superchannel.  Winter Dew Tour partners include Mountain Dew (tour title sponsor); Toyota (event title sponsor).  Associate partners include Ball Park, Nike 6.0, PlayStation®, Wendy’s, and Verizon Wireless. More information can be found at www.allisports.com.

Peep the video from last year’s Wangl here

SAN LEANDRO, California — January 7, 2009 — The North Face, the world’s premier supplier of authentic, innovative and technically advanced outdoor apparel, equipment and footwear, today announced snowboarder David Carrier-Porcheron, commonly known as DCP, has joined its athlete team. The North Face has a team of more than 60 professional global athletes which includes snowboarders, skiers, rock climbers, mountaineers, and endurance runners.

“DCP embodies the passion of The North Face,” said Aaron Carpenter, Vice President of Marketing for The North Face. “Not only does he inspire others to explore, he is paving the way for future generations. He pushes the envelope with his riding style, and remains rooted to his outdoor and environmental passions.”

DCP has been snowboarding for more than 18 years. He has starred in films by Kingpin, Treetop, The Gathering Collective and Mack Dawg Productions. In addition DCP has been featured on the Weather Channel’s popular show, “Epic Conditions.” Though filming is his primary focus, DCP still enjoys competition. He took third place in the 2008 Quicksilver Natural Selection: All Mountain Invitational at Jackson Hole.

A world-renowned rider, DCP has an arsenal of freestyle skills that he currently brings with him into the backcountry, where he spends most of his snowboard season.

“Change is good and very exciting,” said DCP. “It is a perfect alignment to work with a company that focuses its products on what snowboard athletes need and demand. I will be working alongside The North Face’s RD&D teams to help develop and create advanced products and collections.”

Canadian-born DCP splits his time between Squamish, British Columbia, Vail, Colorado, and Costa Rica, with his wife and daughter. An avid surfer, with the 2008 Quebec Open title (surfing) under his belt, DCP also skateboards and mountain bikes. Inspired by deep powder, big cliffs and bluebird powder days with the backcountry to himself, he takes his love of snow and outdoors and translates his passion to the environment. Committed to preserving the places he, his friends and family enjoy, DCP works to plant trees and off-set carbon footprints.

“The North Face athlete team as a whole is beyond inspiring,” said DCP. “I’m stoked to start the next chapter alongside these legendary athletes.”

For 40 years The North Face has teamed up with the world’s finest mountaineers, alpinists, climbers, skiers, snowboarders and endurance adventurers who have defined the limits of what is humanly possible. The North Face Athlete team works closely with Research, Design & Development, creating innovative designs that push new technologies and inspire cutting-edge products.

For more information on The North Face rider DCP, and The North Face athlete team, check out www.thenorthface.com .

11th Annual Cholula Triple Air Show Spices up Mountain High

Wrightwood, CA (January 7, 2009) – Mountain High is importing a triple shot of big air flavor when the 11th Annual Cholula Triple Air Show returns to Wrightwood on Saturday, February 7, 2009. The spicy big air contest is Mountain High’s largest event of the season presented by Monster Energy, Powder & Sun Boardshop, Jarritos Soda, and title sponsor Cholula Hot Sauce. These partners bring a hot $25,000 cash purse to the richest “one day triple air contest” in the nation, complete with live DJ and vendor village for the public.

First held in snowboarding’s method-grabbing heyday of 1998, the Cholula Triple Air Show was created as a corner-stone event for Mountain High. The legacy of big-name competitors who have stepped up to the hottest big air event north of the border include Shaun White, Kevin Pearce, Matt Hammer, Keegan Valaika, Hana Beaman, and Laurie Currier.

Registration for the Cholula Triple Air Show will take place from 7:30-9:30am in Big Pines Base Lodge at Mountain High West. Entry is $150 on a first come, first served basis on the day of the event. There are two divisions: men’s open and women’s open. The men’s division will pay through sixteenth place and the women’s division through sixth place. All competitors receive breakfast courtesy of Mountain High and lunch compliments of Wahoo’s Fish Tacos.

The contest starts at 10am on the run Lower Chisolm. The qualifying round will be a best of two runs format on a triple jump lineup with hits ranging from 50-75 feet. The top 16 men and top six women advance to the single run finals. Check out the exclusive webcast from REELcomp at reelcomp.com.

For more information on the Cholula Triple Air Show please visit mthigh.com/events or contact Bryce Maxwell at bmaxwell@mthigh.com or Chuck Allen at callen@mthigh.com.

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