Ah Monsieur L’Arrogs, ze French legend, ze king of style, ze cunning linguist, ze master debater, ze rider wiz a ‘je ne sais Bang’… How does he get to be so stylish, even when he’s chomping on onions? Here are some of his trade secrets…
‘Ju’, to his friends, is one of the top riders from Serre-Chevalier, where he’s always up for shredding whatever terrain goes under his deck with his local bro Gary Zebrowski.
A big metal “aaaahhh” goes out to this month’s subject of Rig, Mr Eirik Haugo. The 24-year-old ripper from Voss, in Norway, has been riding for 12 years thanks to the influence of his brothers and a misspent youth on a skate. Although not placed highly in the TTR rankings, Haugo proves his rip-worthiness in both print and film – check out his part in this season’s Pirates movie, Walk The Plank.
This guy needs little introduction. RDM is simply one of the finest freestyle snowboarders to date, and one who mixes balls-out booter riding with techness, style and solid stompage.
This Rigonator is none other than the English shredder Tyler Chorlton. Tyler exploded on the UK scene four years ago taking the men’s title at the Orange Brits. Since then, he has been doing well on the international competition scene and in 2006/07 filmed with Yeahh productions.
Heikki’s wizardry on a board has earned him a place on the Burton Global team as well as a spot in snowboard history, as until this year he held the record for the highest air, performed at the 2001 Arctic Challenge.
Ben Kilner is a 19-year-old Scotsman with a penchant for pipe who blew up on the scene in 2005 by winning the halfpipe and slopestyle contests in the juniors category of the British Championships
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