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Stockholm, Sweden - Slovenian Matevz Petek was the winner of today’s first Big Air event of the Nokia Snowboard FIS World Cup 2006/2007 season. At the debut of Stockholm as a World Cup host in the Olympic arena Stockholm stadium, the boarder from Celje earned 26.4 points in the big final of the new knock-out-format and thus relegated Peetu Piiroinen (24.9) to the second spot.
The Finnish freestyler Piiroinen, who at 18 was the youngest snowboarder in the finals of the best 16 qualifiers, had beaten his fellow countryman Risto Mattila before. But Mattila (25.9) was able to jump on the podium after he had successfully competed against Austrian Florian Mausser (24.7) in the battle for third.
“It’s a miracle,” Petek cheered right after the final run. “In the training, I wasn’t able to land my tricks at all. But in the finals, I was doing better and better with every single jump.” Besides his fourth World Cup triumph, the 23 year-old rider celebrated a much better season opening than he had last winter. “Last year, I missed the first two finals and thus lost too many points to fight for the Big Air’s Crystal Globe.”
In the final, Piiroinen had to accept the dominance of the Slovenian athlete, but the young Finn was happy to repeat his best World Cup result to date, scored in Kreischberg, Austria in 2005. “I wanted to make it to the finals and then do my best. I’m stoked that it worked out fine!”
In who celebrated his eighth Big Air World Cup podium, Matilla complimented Piiroinen on his good performance. “Peetu is an outstanding young gun,” Matilla said. “He is riding super good and rarely doesn’t stick his tricks. One can expect a lot from him in the future. He will be big! I myself am stoked with the third rank but mainly because I landed the
Nokia FIS Snowboard World Cup 2006-07
Big Air - Stockholm, Sweden
Nov. 11, 2006
Final:
1. PETEK Matevz SLO
2. PIIROINEN Peetu FIN
Small-final:
3. MATTILA Risto FIN
4. MAUSSER Florian AUT
1/4-Finals:
5. WIIG Andreas NOR
6. GIMPL Stefan AUT
7. KRATTER Giacomo ITA
8. NADIG Benedikt SUI
November 23rd, 2006
Mexico City recently rescheduled its rush hour to midnight: in the world’s first Dual Downhill Race in a subway station, 32 mountain bikers demonstrated how to make line jumpers at ticket counters and escalator rowdies look really old and sedate in the morning crush…
“The idea behind this race is brilliant. I’m pleased that we came all the way to Mexico City for it”, Gee Atherton says with a grin and 
a high-five with his brother Dan. The two Brits, 21 and 24 years old respectively, dominated the Red Bull Down Metro - the world’s first Dual Downhill Race in a subway station - in first and third place.
Over escalators and steep stairs
n front of thousands of curious onlookers, 32 death-defying downhillers plunged into the depths of the Metro station Barranca del Muerto shortly after the trains stopped running on November 4. The course led from the station entrance over steep stairs and tight escalators to the platform of Mexico City’s second-deepest subway station, 230 feet below. The only difference compared to normal operation conceded by the organizers was to erect steep banks in tight corners, in order to keep the neck-breaking speeds especially high. The dual duels on the daily route to work for thousands of local inhabitants were shown live on big screens to the spectators at street level.
Duel at dawn
Daybreak was near by the time the Athertons, whose 18-year-old sister is also a successful downhill biker, finished the spectacular underground show occupying two of the places on the podium. Local hero Memo de Uslar, several-times Mexican champion, trailed behind in fourth place after seven rounds. His fair congratulations: “The competition was so good that I’m completely satisfied with my result”.
1st: Gee Atherton
2nd: Brian Lopes
3rd: Dan Atherton
November 22nd, 2006
If running a 100K (62.1 miles) isn’t tough enough, then here is a race that just might be for you. 100K in Antarctica. The race is run 250-300 miles inland so as to not disturb wildlife. The snow is so fine it’s like running in sand and no skin can be exposed.
more u can read on this page
November 19th, 2006
lol Hmmm. They should tie some baseball cards to the forks next time, I loved doing that as a kid. He was going about 151ish mph (242 kph), more than enough for someone to shit in their pants.
November 19th, 2006
The Red Bull Rampage was one of the last freeride events of the year as well as one of the craziest. This event takes riders down some of the most technical terain in Utah. Riders are judged on several levels including style and the difficulty of the lines they take. The best judged run down the mountain wins.
November 19th, 2006
Jamie Pierre successfully jumped a record breaking 255 foot cliff off the backside of Fred’s Mountain located just outside the boundaries of Grand Targhee Resort in Alta, WY. The feat occurred on January 25, 2006 witnessed by the Teton Gravity Research production team.
Pierre recor
After researching the monster air for more than seven years, Pierre finally found conditions that were suitable for the jump. In communication with professional skier and 20 year Jackson Hole local, Jason Tattersall, Jaime and “Tat” determined that thesnowpack was in prime condition for the jump.
Tattersall had rapelled the cliff during the summer months to examine the sheerness of the cliff and find out the features that lie under the snow in the landing zone. Tattersall reported seeing nothing bigger than softball size rocks on the steep terrain.
Withheavy and persistent snowfall having brought 335+ inches (27.9 feet) to the Tetons this winter, it was primed with a deep and consistent landing necessary to support the intense impact.
Before the shoot Pierre was heard saying: “If I do this I am not going to get hurt.” So after 30 minutes of preparation, full confidence and a brief prayer Pierre leapt off the massive buttress, holding a mute grab in first 50 feet and then continuing the 4 second freefall before hitting the snow. Jamie’s bomb hole left him buried 6 feet under the snow for roughly a minute until he was dug out by nearby photographer, Adam Clark. He skied away making deep powder turns from the record breaking air with a mere bloody lip.
Josh Nielsen, TGR’s supervising producer was onsite said this of the event: “It was a really, really heavy and intense experience for all of us, the event was managed by Pierre and we were kind of along for the ride”
The cliff was initially measured at 245 feet with a rage finder used for B.A.S.E. jumping. The day after photographer Wade McKoy went back to the site and measured the jump by rope with the speculation that the distance is greater, with the closer to exact result of 255 feet.
When asked, “How did you feel that night?” Pierre replied “That was the best night of sleep I have had since becoming a professional skier some 16 years ago.”
Some video of jamie pierre but note that this is not the record breaking jump
November 18th, 2006
Tony Hawk, the legendary skateboarding icon, is again getting involved in the community and his foundation just held the annual “Stand up for Skate parks” this past Sunday where Hawk and dozens of other skaters entertained all 900+ guests, including many celebrities, at the home of supermarket magnate Ron Burkle.
Hawk, Bucky Lasek, and Shaun White put on a demonstration for all those in attendance and all money raised went to helping to create more skate parks in urban areas. Those in attendance included actors David Spade and Jamie Lee Curtis. “Towns that do take the plunge and build a facility end up seeing positive results and having less problems with kids skating where they don’t want them to,” Hawk told The Associated Press. “They almost always build another one. They get more use than tennis courts or baseball fields.” It was not announced how much the vent made, but each year the Tony Hawk Foundations holds many events to help build skate parks in low income communities. Hawk is also busy putting the finishing touches on his newest video game, Tony Hawk Project 8 and is getting ready to promote it in a few weeks time.
November 18th, 2006
Travis pastrana is the First Person to ever Land the Double Backflip in x games competition…
November 17th, 2006
The ESPN Winter X Games will add Snowmobile Freestyle to its sports lineup at the Winter X Games 11, January 25-28, 2007. Winter X Games 11 will air live on ESPN and ABC from its home at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colo.
Snowmobile Freestyle will feature 10 riders competing on the inaugural Winter X Games freestyle course.
Riders will take individual runs amd test their skills on jumps ranging from 45-100 feet. The bigger the tricks, the bigger the score.
Joe Duncan, Snowmobile Sport Organizer, said, “This will elevate the sport to a new level, allow new talent to emerge and bring incredible tricks to an already amazing sport. With 500-lb. machines doing backflips, it is sure to amaze on-site spectators as well as our television audience.”
November 16th, 2006
The patented product called North Legion SMX, is a natural winter alternative for mountain bikers, BMX and motocross riders in the same way as the snowboard is a winter alternative for skateboarders and surfers. After just a few hours of training, freeriders and dirt jumpers can pull of the same sort of stunning tricks that they nail on their bikes.
“The SMX is a real cool thing”, says Norwegian freeride star Trond Hansen, who already tested the
prototypes. “It is pretty much like riding a motocross or mountain bike on snow, but way more stable. The whole secret behind it is the carving, which means you can land better. It is really a cool new sport and hopefully a lot of people will do it. Doing tricks with the SMX is actually quite similar to being on a bike. And racing the SMX is as much as fun as tricking it.”
Carving turns
The core of the fmx is the suspended parallel motion frame that allows you to do perfect carving turns, both in sitting and standing position. By using three carving skies with steel edges the smx achieves unique turning abilities in groomed slopes as well as in the back country. As an added bonus you can really go charging in the halfpipe.
Airs and tricks
With full suspension and the stability of the three ski design you san realy go hard on big jumps and in the halfpipe. Foot pegs attached to the parallel motion frame makes it possible to control the smx in the air and allows execution of tricks when standing. The emergency stop function is another new invention, and it has been designed facilitate execution of various fmx and bmx tricks. This skis also allows for fakie (backward) turns and landings.
Safe and easy transport in skilifts
A special lift transport device has been developed for use with button and t-bar lifts. The device is easy to attach and detach, and will automatically release if the rider looses control or falls off. In combination with the emergency stop function this solution gives perfect safety.
Stopping and safety
The 3-ski design gives enormous stability, and testing has revealed that the smx requires shorter distance to make a full stop compared with a snowboard at various speed. With smx, you stop the same way you do with alpine skis. If rider looses control going down the slope the emergency stop function will be activated and should prevent that the smx races away from you.
November 16th, 2006
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Stockholm, Sweden - Slovenian Matevz Petek was the winner of today’s first Big Air event of the Nokia Snowboard FIS World Cup 2006/2007 season. At the debut of Stockholm as a World Cup host in the Olympic arena Stockholm stadium, the boarder from Celje earned 26.4 points in the big final of the new knock-out-format and thus relegated Peetu Piiroinen (24.9) to the second spot.
