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• Video: Sebastien Toutant Tripl Video: Sebastien Toutant Triple Cork Backside 1440 At Superpark 16

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    This was Sebastien’s third attempt at a triple cork backside 1440 and he stomps it so clean. Not much else to say except, “sick, dude.”

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• Video: Ian Smith Crashes At Su Video: Ian Smith Crashes At Superpark 16 At Mount Bachelor

  • From: SamPetri
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    Filmed by Dave Warren, uploaded to Vimeo by Will Mayo, this is a clip of Ian Smith completely blowing an attempt at a double cork 1080 at Mount Bachelor during Superpark 16. Who ever is talking in the background of this video is right, this really is some “Tony Hawk Pro Skater shit.”

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• Video: Xylophone Snowboard – S Video: Xylophone Snowboard – Signal Makes A Musical Shred Stick

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    From Signal Snowboards:
    
    "Make some noise! It's time for the new ETT! It's important to note this one gets a little scientific and there were a lot of key elements needed to finish this board. And although we are very happy with the finished board, we have no idea how it will ride. Watch as New Zealand Signal rider Hamish Martin blows us away and steps it up and sets the tone at Snowboarder Magazine's SuperPark 16."

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• News: Compete In Superpass Ser News: Compete In Superpass Series, Earn A Spot At Superpark 16

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    In 2012, SNOWBOARDER Magazine's "Superpark" returns for its sixteenth season. Superpark brings the top park riders in the world together on one slope to test their limits on cutting-edge terrain crafted by the best snowcat drivers on earth. The event that holds true to its name has established itself as one of the most prestigious four-day events of the year, blasting riders like Travis Rice, Lonnie Kauk, and Josh Malay on to the scene. Every year, right before the snow melts, a closed resort holds the biggest names in the sport. From riders to park builders, filmers to photographers, even team managers will be there roaming around landing zones like high school basketball scouts.
    
    Now that the exposure meter is set, the question is raised, how do you get in? Well, until now you had suck on toes of the infamous Pat 'The Eye' Bridges, but he opted for a real foot masseuse and launched this contest for all you up and comers to show him you really can back rodeo that 120' hip jump and you can do it in front of every lens in the industry, first try. The Superpass Superpark Qualifying Series sets out to create a gateway to greatness by allowing one rider from each stop to earn a spot at Superpark.
    
    Each Superpass event is only open to the first 50 registered riders. Once your name makes it onto the start list you have three runs on the three jump course to throw down your best tricks and impress the SNOWBOARDER Magazine staff who will be judging on-site. Emerge victorious and earn all access to SNOWBOARDER Magazine's marquee Superpark 16 event. 
    
    Superpass Series stops:
    
    1/21/12: Mt. High, CA
    2/5/12: Mtn. Creek, NJ
    2/11/12: Sierra-at-Tahoe, CA
    2/26/12: Powder Ridge, MN
    3/3/12: Loon Mountain, NH
    4/7/12: Brighton, UT
    
    Superpass Summary:

    - Course: 3 jumps (25 ft, 35 ft, 45 ft)

    - 50 rider field on a first come first serve registration basis

    9:00am - 10:00am: Registration
    11:00am - 2:00pm: Three Run Main Event
    3:00pm: Awards Presentation

    - 3 Judges

    - Each judge scores one jump from 1-5. Then all three judges' scores for each run are combined. Best possible score for each run is 15.

    - Final results based on the best run of 3 in the finals.

    - Top finishers will receive prizes from participating sponsors with any first place winners over the age of 18 receiving an invitation to Superpark 16.

    - Helmets are required!

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• Superpass Series Poster Superpass Series Poster

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    Superpass Series Poster
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• Video: Sammy Carlson Invades S Video: Sammy Carlson Invades Snowboard Super Park 15

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    Sammy Carlson Invades Snowboard Super Park 15

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• Mark Abma: Man On A Mission Mark Abma: Man On A Mission

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    ORIGINALLY POSTED IN SBC SKIER MAGAZINE - TO VIEW THE FULL INTERVIEW IN ALL IT'S GLORY, HEAD OVER TO WWW.SBCSKIER.COM | INTERVIEW BY DAVE PIRES | PHOTOS BY BLAKE JORGENSON

    At first Mark Abma's story appears to be that of so many other professional skiers: a mogul and park kid who, through a combination of skill, opportunity and passion rose to join the ranks of skiing's elite. But the typical elements end there.

    Arriving on the scene shortly after a crew of ex-mogul skiers changed skiing forever, Abma was part of the first wave of young talent to follow in the founders' footsteps, a wave that included Pep Fujas, Simon Dumont and David Crichton. What's special about Abma and his contemporaries is that in the shadow of giants they managed to leave an indelible impression in their own way; an ability to push the boundaries of what's possible on skis that is just as great or greater than anyone who came before or after.

    As a skier, what's most uncommon about Abma is his natural ability to ski big mountains. This, blended with his park and pipe background, have made him one of the best all-around skiers in the world. As a person, what is uncommon about Abma is his big heart, humility, and calm preference for leading by example. SKIER sat down with him to discuss the arc of his career, his new environmental charity, and the critical importance of luck.

    

    You've risen from humble origins, growing up skiing at Hemlock [in the Fraser Valley] and in its freestyle program. At what point did you know skiing was what you wanted to pursue?
    I think it was while I was going to school. I was just a weekend warrior, so during the five days each week that I was in school, I was basically staring out the windows towards the mountains. School bus ride… staring at the mountains. It was infatuation. I didn't know how I wanted to do it, but I was like, As soon I get out of school, I'm going to get a VW van and ski bum it. It was that passion, and then things just kind of unfolded. My coach from Hemlock spoke with the B.C. Freestyle team coach and I got the chance to ski with those guys, and move to Whistler, the epicentre.
    

    When did you decide to move on from moguls?
    I did moguls for three years, and basically it just got to a point where I'd be locked into this whole mogul schedule from November through March. I'd be on the tour, and I'd be in icy Quebec watching the snow report for Whistler and see it pounding, and it started driving me bananas. That's when the whole freeskiing thing happened. The New Canadian Air Force came out, along with the Three Phils, and they were doing all these new tricks that I was trying to learn. But I was kind of a year behind, so I eventually pulled the pin to catch up and found a couch in Whistler for $200 [a month].

    Your girlfriend Kristi Richards took a different path, stuck with moguls, and has had success as well. What are the major differences between the life of a professional mogul skier and a professional freerider?
    Her training program is very regimented. She had her whole four years planned from 2006 to 2010, and knew what she was going to be doing every week. She's got coaches pushing her in the right direction and getting her in super-good shape, whereas I have to be self-driven. There's nobody to get me into shape or teach me new tricks; you have to do everything yourself and create your own schedule—which is what I love so much about it. It's funny when we come back together at the end of our respective seasons because I've just been floating, following storms, and she's been grinding on this regimented schedule; it's a bit of a head butt at first.

    

    You've talked about the importance of being self-driven. What's the other indispensable quality that separates guys like you from the thousand other guys that come to Whistler every year ready to make a name for themselves?
    I'd have to say luck. There's so many people doing it exactly the same. Lots of other guys out there skiing every day—living, breathing and eating it. Everybody's situation is kind of different, and I think it's a lot of being in the right place at the right time.Take Ian McIntosh for example. He competed in big-mountain freeskiing, put his time in there. I put my time in doing slopestyle and pipe
    contests. I was lucky. The second year after I quit mogul skiing, [Anthony] Boronowski invited me to live with him, Julien [Regnier], J.P. [Auclair] and one of the Poor Boyz filmers in Whistler, and he paid my rent for that whole year because I didn't have any money. Hedragged me down to [Powder magazine's] Superpark and introduced me to K2. I have toattribute where I am now largely to Boronowski helping me out.

    These days, most pros are busy releasing re-edits, updating blogs, tweeting, etc… But you've stuck to a more traditional film-and-photo-shoot approach to promotion. Are you comfortable with that, or is there pressure on you to be more "social?"
    I'm not getting a lot of pressure, but I I'm putting some on myself like, Alright, it's time. I finally got a Facebook page this winter, [laughs] not that I've been on it very often—maybe four times in six months. But I think that's the next step for me: dedicating more time to promoting myself online. I guess I'm kind of old school; I just like to go out and ski, but obviously times are changing.

    

    Yeah, and it must be tough to sit in front of a computer when you own a helicopter.
    Well, yeah, [laughs] exactly! Who wants to sit in front of a computer when you can go fly around in your private heli? [Abma does not actually own a helicopter, but a certain group of skiers has jokingly spread the rumour that he does.]

    Speaking of which, your star really took off after your first heli trip
    to Bella Coola in 2004. At the time, did you realize how important that trip would be to your career?
    No, at that time I just viewed it as my first heli trip. I'd been looking at photos and footage of Bella Coola for years and since I was going to be skiing with [Shane] McConkey, Hugo [Harrisson] and Ingrid [Backstrom], I knew what I was getting into. But I can't say that I rolled up super-amped. I definitely knew those mountains could work me but I didn't really have any expectations. I just figured I was tagging along with those guys and trying to learn. Andthat's what I did, I asked a lot of questions. Those guys were basically picking the lines and I was taking table scraps.

    Those scraps ended up being pretty amazing. You walked away with "Male Performance of the Year" at the Powder video awards.
    It was a trip for sure. I really lucked out again, because MSP was up there for six weeks. There was a crew there before us for two weeks and they got skunked. I was up there for two weeks, we sat for 10 days, and then got three good days and walked away with all that footage. Then the next crew came up for two weeks and got skunked.

    Was that your first opportunity to ski with Shane McConkey, and was he influential?
    He was one of the guys I always watched in movies, but I think what impressed me most was watching him ski-base. We're all just trying to piece our way down and stay on our feet, meanwhile he's looking at a completely different part of the mountain… It's hard to describe what it's like to see somebody ski off a 250-metre cliff, pull a parachute and land smiling and screaming and just having the time of his life.

    You've also filmed with C.R. and knew of Arne [Backstrom] through Ingrid, and now all three of those Squaw guys are gone. How does a guy like you who's out there skiing really intense stuff, make peace with the dangers?
    [Extended silence] I've definitely faced the concept of hurting myself really badly or passing away and being OK with it. Obviously, you don't want to pass away, b
    ut it's not being afraid of it and not allowing it to rule over you, and just allowing things to happen as they're going to happen that allows you to do what you do. You can never really control everything.

    

    You've started a charity called 1STEP. What's the goal?
    Essentially to raise awareness within the ski community about our current environmental situation. Within that we're trying to help ski resorts start using their waste vegetable oil to power snowcats and fleet vehicles, and essentially start using what they have on-site to create a more sustainable operation. This August I'm heading down to Bariloche [in Argentina] to work with South America Snow Sessions. We're going to run their shuttle vehicles on vegetable oil to get the campers up to the hill. If that goes well, the resort will adopt it and start running their snowcats the same way. While we're in Bariloche, we're going to try other things: there's the resort end with nice First World living conditions for tourists, then you around the corner there's a big garbage dump with a whole Third World community. So we hope to build greenhouses for them from waste plastic water bottles, and in turn allow them to grow some of their own food.

    Was there something that really motivated you to start 1STEP? Was it being surrounded by natural beauty so often, or was it a book, a movie…?
    Actually, it was Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. As controversial as some people say it is, it definitely struck me to the point where I was l
    ike, "I've got to do something. What?" I could keep just doing things within my own home, or go out and be a bit more vocal about it and utilize my position. It's been a big learning experience for sure, starting at the place in my heart where I want to help, then trying to figure out how to do it. But I think I'm starting to hone in and realize 1STEP's direction.

    Pro skiing is pretty carbon intensive with all the jet travel, helicopters, snowmobiles, and trucks. Does it work against you that most skiers consider the opportunity to emit that much carbon the greatest thing to ever happen to them?
    Yes, it's a tricky place to be for sure. Without these conveyances we can't explore and get to the beautiful places we get to experience. We're also putting down a carbon footprint by just going up the ski hill, so where do we draw the line? We can't stop everything we're doing, but I think we can improve what we're doing: obviously my snowmobile isn't good for the environment, so I got the cleanest-operating sled I could; I've got my big truck running on waste vegetable oil, and this year I basically switched up my cat-skiing time for ski touring, which really is an amazing experience.

     

    Are there any more steps you've taken to reduce your own carbon footprint?
    We're switching our household over to micro-hydro, and reducing a lot of impact that way. Just being aware of when lights are on, what the temperature's at—all these small things add up when combined amongst everybody. That's what a lot of people overlook, they're like, "Well, it's just me doing this." Whereas if everyone stopped throwing plastic grocery bags into the garbage, well then… I mean, when you go to a garbage dump that's the one thing you see everywhere—fucking plastic!

    Is there anything else you want to say?
    I still hear a lot of people say that going green is just a fad, but I don't think that at this point in the game it can be anymore. Obviously we have a lot of issues in our world right now, but it's about caring about our planet more than trying to join a green cult.

    Mark Abma is sponsored by Salomon, Dakine, Smith, Whistler Blackcomb, and Magic Potion.

     

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• O’Neill welcomes Celia Miller O’Neill welcomes Celia Miller to the North American Snowboard Team

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    September 22, 2010

    Montreal, Canada – O’Neill is proud to welcome Celia Miller to the North American Snowboard Team as the first north american professional female rider. She will also represent the eyewear, snow goggles and Philips|O’Neill headphones collections.

    Being well known in the industry for her motivation and positive thinking, Celia can ride anything but spends most of her time in the Colorado backcountry (she moved from Connecticut to Breckenridge four years ago) or travelling around for the best conditions and bigger challenges. “I am extremely excited to be joining the O'Neill family! It’s an honor to be representing such a respected company with high quality products. We have very strong riders and I look forward to contributing to help keep O'Neill at the top of its game!"

    

    “We are proud to have Celia with us for the next three years. She’s all about progression and being out there, pushing the limits” says Max Henault, O’Neill International Team Manager. “When it comes to athlete selection, O’Neill wants to stay true to its values and it was clear that Celia would be a perfect fit; She rolls by the FIRST IN, LAST OUT mentality, being the first one on the mountain, ready to shovel and also the last one to hit the jump at the end of the day”. Boyfriend Chad Otterstrom, whose seen a lot of good snowboarding before, agrees; “Look for her next winter, because I am pretty sure she’s gonna be the one to watch out for”.

    

    Celia has spent the last few months at Ms. Superpark at Snow Summit, Mammoth, Camp of Champions in Whistler, Mt. Hood and Woodward at Copper. She is in two movie productions this year; “Hammertime” from Mike Peterson’s Sixeleven Production and “Let’s make better mistakes tomorrow” from the all-girl’s Peep Show crew.

    Here's a video of Miller from this past February:

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• Montana Shreds Your FACE Montana Shreds Your FACE

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    Lost Trail's SuperPark makes a quick appearance in this trailer for Toy Soldier Productions' "Come Find Us" feature, dropping in the fall. These guys are changing the game as far as the Montana shred scene goes ... This flick looks to be just about as good as anything else out there.

    http://vimeo.com/13111381

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• 2010-2011 FLOW GOODS 2010-2011 FLOW GOODS

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    CHECK OUT THE 2010-2011 FLOW LINE

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• SUPERPARK 14 SUPERPARK 14

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    Snowboarder Mags Superpark 14 at Mammoth

                
    
    
    Scotty Lago enjoying 14 feet of snow, a bluebird day and Superpark 14
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Lago is Hip to everything (pic by Huggy)
    
    
    
    
    
    Gatorade was the official spons of SP14, here is Jeremy Thompson snapping a tail grab to fakie on the Gatorade Waterfall Wallride. Jeremy was the best Flow shredder during SP14, he hit every feature with authority. Pic by Huggy
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Shane Fortier with a clean spin over the 80 footer. Pic by Huggy

    
    

     

    So Pat said a footplant couldn't be done? Kade Mansen shut Bridges up when he landed this one. Pic by Huggy

    
    
    

     

    Tim Humphreys won the WCI Eddie Wall Ride at Mammoth and then blew out his ankle the next day hitting little stuff. It goes to show ya that you never know when you can get hurt, He's not a poser but here he poses at the Flow commercial shoot.

     

    

     

    Every night after Supahpark we worked on the new Flow commercials. Here Scotty shows Thrasher the Flow dog our home made sound recording room.

     

    

     

     

    Then it was over and time to party! Mutty and Tyler got wings!

     

    

    Oh yeah Brandon Reis tweaked his ankle too, so he couldn't ride! And then at the bar some kook poured his beer on him, better luck next year Brando.
    
    

    Then Pat Bridges spoke some words, he said Jeremy Thompson was the runner up for the SP14 Standout Rider Award, winner was Chuck G (Chas).
    
    

    Ryan "Huggy" Hughes, Jeremy Thompson, Shane Posposil and Mutty at Mammoths Hyde Bar.

    FOR MORE GO TO http://flow.com/

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• Superpark on the Glacier Superpark on the Glacier

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    Dylan, Sammy and Dash have been exploring all of the many terrain features that the glacier has to offer.  With every hit we come across, the boys either session and get a shot or we put it on the checklist for later.  There is such a variety of terrain that you can choose to do a step down jump if the snow is good, a step up jump if it's slushy or hit a natural quarterpipe whenever you feel like it.

    

    **In the last week the crew has endured a seized up sled, 2 broken cameras, a broken trailer axle, stolen skis, broken bindings and a knee to the face, among other things.  Once you get the sled on snow, it's easy to forget the stuff it took to get there.**

    

    **We're going to post up here for a little while.**

    

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    **Sammy and Dylan find the perfect step over gap jump, requiring very little work.**

    

    **Sammy Carlson double cork 1080.**

    

    **I'm excited about that last shot.  Can you tell?**

    

    **Sammy Carlson 720 tail grab.**

    

    **This was one of the coolest things that went down on our quarterpipe session day.  Dash boosting first hit au natural.**

    

    **Dash about to stomp a 540 with a switch runout next to some glacier holes.**

    

    **Dylan set up air for a...**

    

    **huge 180 off the cornice.**

    

    **Dylan alley oop handplant.**

    

    **Dylan cork 7 au natural.**

    

    **Dylan Hood 540.**

    

    **Dylan Hood**

    

    **Just as we were packing up at the end of the day, the Sandbox crew showed up to hit this rock ride.  We hung out to watch.  It was one of the gnarliest things I've ever seen.**

    

    
    

     

     

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• Dylan Hood hits some backcount Dylan Hood hits some backcountry gap jumps near Sun Valley

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    Dylan Hood recently took a trip to Idaho for a backcountry gap jump session.

    It couldn't have lined up any better.  Smith Optics made it happen by creating a backcountry Superpark in a spot just north of Sun Valley.

    The timing was perfect.  The crew slept in a yurt, 10 miles out in the backcountry and woke up to 8 inches of fresh and blue skies.

    

    **Dylan guinea pigging a huge gap jump.**

    

    **All of the take offs had a fresh blanket of pow.**

    

    **The new snow made for some great shots.  Dylan Hood rodeo 5.**

    

    **Dylan spinning a freeride lap.**

    

    **Most people would be intimidated by hitting this cliff strait.  Dylan floats a drifty 180.**

    

    **Wake up in a yurt... cook some bacon... shred some pillows.**

    

    **Dylan Hood cork 7 tailgrab.**

    

    **Dylan shirtless tree bonk.**

    

    **Dylan Hood getting the shot for next year's movie.**

     

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