So how does it work?

• Register here, download the design template and get creative.
• Create a graphic design expressing ‘Progression & Style’
• Submit your artwork online before 27^th March 2012, midnight (UTC time).
• The uploaded designs are displayed in the gallery and can be shared through Facebook.
• A jury evaluates the artworks and invites 3 nominees to the Swatch Art Rules Night where the final winning design will be unveiled.

The Prize

• YOUR personal creative look on the TTR World Snowboard Tour Trophy 2012/2013!
• YOUR design on the official Swatch Tour Watch 2012/2013!
• YOUR moment of fame on stage at the Swatch Art Rules Night!
• YOUR creative holiday: 2 weeks in New York City including travel costs, accommodation and pocket money for 2 people!

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Cheryl Maas may be new to parenthood but an veteran when it comes to steezy tricks - photo: Alex Papis

And she did it again – turning anything she enters into gold, slopestyle queen Jamie Anderson from California bagged yet another title at the TTR 5 star Roxy Snow Pro in Saalbach Hinterglemm last Friday!

It was a tight one, though, and could have ended very differently if Cheryl Maas from the Netherlands had fully stomped her back 9s. Sadly for her despite trying her best in the finals she couldn’t quite land them and still took second place, while the massive grin of stoked rising star from UK Aimee Fuller scored third place with backside rodeos and cab 5 underflips in the Night Park, bumping her up into the top 5 off the current TTR ranking!

Aimee - wheeeeeee!! Photo: Celine Chaplin

But it wasn’t only the moon- and floodlight night finals that elated the crowds, the semi finals held in a jam session style had some bangers in store too. You could witness 5s and 7s in all directions from almost all of the girls, some pretty steezy cab 5s from Sina Candrian and Aimee loosing her monopoly on rodeos with Isabel Derungssticking a nice one too.

Girls could even test the latest Gnu and Roxy boards fresh out of the Mervin factories - Photo: Celine Chaplin

This was mainly down to the fact that the course was shaped especially for the girls, with the jumps big enough to showcase their skills but not super-sized scary. Something the Roxy events have always been focused on since the beginning of their existence: this is for the girls!

And so instead of Xboxes and Playstations the chill out lounge was equipped with hot chocolate for free, the latest Roxy gear for everyone to check out and a whole wall of Essence cosmetics, plus corresponding make-up artists to apply them to the happy faces of spectators, riders – and media (as you can see in the party pics below).

The only downside of this event has to be that the after party couldn’t nearly compare to the legendary happenings of former Chicken Jam – but with the World Snowboard Championships starting a day later this probably shouldn’t be overrated. We’ll come back next year to see how this development will commence…

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Speaker Henry Jackson and Ästhetiker Mone Monsberger enjoyed the party anyways... - Photo: Celine Chaplin

...and also team manager Lesly McKenna wasn't too sure where all the girls were - Photo: Celine Chaplin

Onboard significantly raised the quota against the sausages tho, much to the delight of Lib Tech's Tobi - Photo: Celine Chaplin

We’d actually trade all our presents from last year for one day on their trip, as we could only have dreamed of powder masses like they had in our snow-barren Europe last winter…

So sooth all your cravings now, click the fullscreen button and make sure no one sneaks up behind you, compromising this fine powder experience!

So while we’re still waiting for the first flakes to fall so we can move on from scratching icy glaciers to scoring sweet pow, they’re already showing off their best footy from Japan. Featuring Rene Schnöller, Nicholas Wolken, Lisa Filzmoser, Alvaro Vogel and Shinya Nakagawa.

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In the first episode of the Unplugged clips accompanying Jeremy Jones’ new project Further, he travels to Japan with Josh Dirksen and Forrest Shearer.

With the help of Japanese mountain guide “Yeti” Dave, the group explores the Japanese Alps on splitboards and scores deep powder turns. But the true adventure begins when a blizzard moves in and the crew must hunker down in a high alpine refuge… Luckily we can follow this from our cosy, comfy work chairs, beds or sofas, experiencing some second-hand near deaths…

Visit the Jeremy Jones’ Further Film page here www.tetongravity.com/further and buy Jeremy Jones’ Deeper on DVD, Blu-ray or iTunes here: shop.tetongravity.com/Deeper_DVD.aspx

Marc Swoboda is an athlete, musician and actor who has been around in the snowboard world for a quite a while now, riding for Nitro, Volcom and Blue Tomato (among others) as well as filming with the likes of Loveolution and MOG Productions. But the best part of this little introduction is still to come as you can win day of riding together with the Austrian at the Kitzsteinhorn! 

That is, if you own a Nitro snowboard or plan on getting one for this winter. Because anyone with the Swindel Marc Swoboda Pro One off 52 or any other Nitro stick can now register online to get one of the 40 exclusive prize packages, including:
- a day of riding with MARC SWOBODA + friends
- day ticket for the Kitzsteinhorn (excl. 2 euros keycard pledge)
- Nitro and Blue Tomato goodie bags
- voucher for the Nitro Meet & Greet
- Nitro test snowboards

If you’re not riding the Nitro sticks yet, you’re still very welcome to join the team rider Meet & Greet on the mouantain at 1.00pm.

To try your luck, go to snowpark.kitzsteinhorn.at

With the Moreboards Stubai Premiere, which is going down from October 21st-23rd, another Tyrolean glacier is opening it’s doors – and park – for the shred eager, and to make sure you have all you need to inaugurate the season, here’s some gear for you to win!

Up for grabs are the Raiden ‘Phantom’ bindings, an Amplifi ‘Reptor Pack Plus‘ and some Adidas ‘ID2′ goggles!

All you have to do is answer this easy-peasy question:

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And for more details, head on over to stubai-zoo.com

The flyer above pretty much says it all, so what’s left for us to say is get chewing and dig out the freak in you! After you trained that for a while, head over to their Facebook page to enter the comp and look for more goodness on ripcurl.eu

Now watch the teaser. It’s real good.

With the first season openings going down this very moment, it’s about time to check if your good ol’ shred gear from last year is ready for another round or retirement in a second hand store or on the fleamarket. If the latter is the case, you should take this chance to equip yourself with new stuff for free!

Because our good friends at Völkl were generous enough to give us on of their brand new Vice SQD snowboards and a pair of Fastec Choice Alu bindings. The Vice SQD is an eco-friendly twin rocker with Shock Absorber and Premium Carbon Weave, to make sure you destroy everything in the park with ease. The lightweight construction of the Fastec Choice will even enhance that, plus the rear entry makes it super easy to handle.

If you fancy this set up as your companion for the mountain this winter, head on over to voelkl-snowboards.com to find the answer to the following question:

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And for even more love – and more goodies to win – become our fan on Facebook (there’s rumors of a Völkl lifestyle package to be won…)

Praise the shred gods, as winter is around the corner and that can only mean one thing: premier time! And this year, we’ve decided to join the fun again so make sure you party with us at the Videograss Movie Tour through Europe!

And because this year Videograss produced not one but two separate movies, we’ll have both to show you: Retrospect and Shoot The Moon, from the Videograss Production House.

For the first stop in Munich, we’re having a special Weißwurst celebration with Planet Sports at their flagship store Oberanger 16 at 2pm, to make sure everyone is invigorated and ready for the party mayhem that’ll be kicking off at 9pm in the Art Babel close to the Hauptbahnhof.

Also check out the event on Facebook

Be there to meet the producers (Justin Meyer from Shoot The Moon and Joe Carlino and Hayden Rensch from Retrospect), riders (Ethan Deiss, Louif Paradis, Harrison Gordon, Austin Smith, Bryan Fox and Curtis Ciszek) and our motley crew, of course.

If you can’t make Munich, try to catch them at one of the other stops around Europe, including:

September 30- Innsbruck, Austria- TBA

October 1- Moscow, Russia- TBA

October 1- Aspen, CO

Retrospect with The Pirates

The Meeting

The Belly Up

October 1- Zurich, Switzerland- TBA

October 7- Milan, Italy

Zoom Bar

10PM

All Ages

October 10- Barcelona, Spain- TBA

October 13- Grenoble, France

Retrospect And Shoot The Moon

Snowboard Garden Festival

October 14- Athens, Greece

Retrospect And Shoot The Moon

TORA K44

Konstantinoupoleos Str. Gazi

22.00h

For more info check vgsnow.com