The ginger one stops by Salzburg on his world PR offensive and talks Olympics, progression and skateboarding.

The kid can ride, that’s for sure, and damn he’s good on the wheeled plank too as the footage shows. But what is up with that outfit, Shaun?

Eiki and Halldor Helgason step up to the ear can A-Team.

If you’re clueless as to who these two Icelanders are you really need to get with the program. Brothers Eiki and Halldor are two of the hottest and most amusing characters in the shred right now. They’re both as ridiculously tech on kickers as they are on multi-kink rails of death. Halldor recently bagged an X-Games big air gold with what’s perhaps the laziest, überstyled front double cork 1080 and backside double 12 whereas Eiki’s busy trying to nail himself another eye-popping stand out part in the latest Rome movie, The Shred Remains.

Halldor’s best front 10 double ever. And a flawless back 12 double too…

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And now long-time sponsirs Skullcandy have upped their standing to members of the elite Global Pro team. “I have been down with Skullcand from day one, long before I was sponsored by them,” says Eiki. Of course, Halldor has to one-up his bro: “Skullcandy is the shit! They have the sweetest headphones out there!” Skullcandy’s marketing honcho Erik Abrahamsson, the guy responsible for the bigger cheques, honked “I’ve been watching the Helgasons the last two years, seeing them evolve into the dynamic duo they have now become. They’re a perfect fit for the Skullcandy program and we are aching to see the awesomeness coming out of this partnership. Welcome aboard, brothers!”

Skullcandy are also supporting the brothers’ website/blog/area of internet amusement – helgasons.com. As Halldor put it, “with their help we will soon be bigger than Facebook!” If you haven’t checked it out yet, you owe it to yourself to go there now. Funny. Ass. Shit.

Martin Ziegler's sequence shot by Sebi Madlener.

On a Friday in February the QParks media crew pilgrimaged to the Snowpark Lenzerheide to get some shots in a unique atmosphere. Sebastian Funk, a big video camera in his backbag, and Sebi Madlener with his photo camera came to capture the tricks of the snowboarders Kurt Auer, Joris Doorn, and Raphi Hagen. “It was pretty cold for body and technique. Although it had minus 20 degrees we had a lot of fun. We started the shooting at 7.30 pm and finished at 10.30 pm,” remembers Sebi.

After work was done the crew stayed in Lenzerheide to enjoy the March Madness ceremonies and to continue the park shooting on Sunday. Kurt Auer, snowboarder and also headshaper in the Sajas Diedamspark, was delighted about the happenings in the park and the whole weekend: “The floodlight shooting and also the party were really cool. The park is awesome! Especially the kickers are perfect to do some Corks and Rodeos. On Friday it snowed a little, this made the atmosphere even more unique and fairy tale like.”

Floodlight shooting? There ya go!

Raphi Hagen. Photo: Sebi Madlener

Shred girls all over the world have been waiting more than eagerly for this: you can finally buy all your favourite Nikita stuff online!

After getting hundreds and thousands of request from people who don’t know where to get Nikita stuff or can’t find that one piece they desprerately want, they finally launched an European online shop that is soon to expand globally as well.

There’s a good selection from Nikita’s current winter 2009/2010 collection and from March on there will be most stuff of the whole spring summer 2010 collection available as well. And the postage fee of 9.90 euros will surely not stop you from shopping your heart out – especially as shipping is for free to many areas in Central Europe if you spend more than 100 euros!

So surf over and check it out!

www.nikitaclothing.com

More highlights from the Winter X-Games Europe pipe finals, including chatter with the duders from our boy Jon Weaver. iPod was certainly pumped!

It’s been a good few days for AFM. Coming hot on the heels of her short entry into media world, presenting the European Winter X-Games, she’s now found herself hooked up with some new luggage with which to cart her life around in for half a year. She’s happy, check her wordings…

“Traveling all year around, I’m mostly based out of my bags, and life just got much easier with my new Dakine gear
Thanks to my sponsors; Billabong, Swatch, Oakley, Neff, Les Ettes and Dakine.
WWW.ANNEFLOREMARXER.COM“

Sweet jibbing on Avoriaz wood.

Check out the Homies crew, including Tonton Holland and Cedic Giovanola, getting their jib on in the Avoriaz wood garden that is The Stash.

Photo: Cole Barash.

Really good to hear from the man himself. Keep strong, KP!

“Mar 15th, 5:30pm: Hey everybody, i’m here with my brother Adam. I am so stoked by how much support and love you have all shown for me and my family. Thanks for reaching out in so many different ways. I am getting better every day although still have a long way to go. -Kevin”

This is, obviously, great news. Earlier this month, the Pearce family posted another update on the Well Wishes to our Frend Kevin Pearce Facebook page, detailing the positive progress KP’s been making since being transferred to Craig Hospital and going through their Traumatic Brain Injury program.

“Kevin Pearce, Snowboarder and Norwich, VT native continues to improve and impress his Craig Hospital therapy team and his family.

Alan H. Weintraub, MD, Kevin’s rehabilitation physician at Craig Hospital, and the Medical Director of Craig’s Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Program and the TBI Rocky Mt. Regional System of Care said, “We could not be more delighted and inspired by Kevin’s progress. Kevin’s treatment team has completed our comprehensive neuro-rehabilitation evaluation, and Kevin is actively engaged in a TBI treatment program, specially tailored to his needs. Kevin is in many therapeutic activities, including occupational therapy, speech/language, physical therapy, counseling, and aquatics therapy. Due to his consistent hard work, his walking, short-term memory, and stamina are all improving. Kevin’s progress is very encouraging.”

Kevin’s parents are also very pleased with Kevin’s progress and the treatment he is receiving at Craig. Kevin’s mother Pia states, “We are very grateful to have the opportunity to be at Craig Hospital. Kevin’s rehab is our family’s highest priority right now. We are confident that he is in excellent hands here at Craig. We appreciate being able to be so involved and are thrilled to experience Kevin’s remarkable progress.”

Kevin’s Facebook Fan page, Well Wishes to our Frend Kevin Pearce, is still the preferred site for people posting their get-well wishes and sharing their stories. All cards and letters for Kevin can now be sent to him at Craig Hospital:

Kevin Pearce
Craig Hospital
3425 S Clarkson St
Englewood, CO. 80113”

Again, if you’ve got any love you want to share with Kevin, either join the Facebook group or send your letters and cards to the address above. All the very best and hoping your recovery continues as positively as it has been so far, dude!

Travel companies and airlines cash in once again on a lot of riders who are currently making the trek to Stratton, Vermont for the men’s last TTR 6Star event of the 2009/2010 season. The Burton US Open is set to take hold of Stratton Mountain Resort all this week with slopestyle finals scheduled for Friday, March 19th and halfpipe finals set for Saturday, March 20th. This gives the men two opportunities to obtain good results and improve their TTR ranking score for a chance to finish in the coveted TTR Top 5. For the women, the US Open offers the chance for riders to secure a good position in the rankings before moving on to the women’s season finale, the Roxy Chicken Jam. There are a host of cash and titles up for grabs at the US Open including the men’s portion of the TTR prize purse worth a total of $200,000 USD that will be handed out at the TTR Awards Ceremony following halfpipe finals which will also see the official crowning of the 09/10 Swatch TTR World Snowboard Champion Peetu Piiroinen.

Event Schedule

Monday , March 15
Halfpipe – Practice

Tuesday , March 16
Halfpipe – Mens Pre-Quals + Qualifiers
Slopestyle – Practice

Wednesday , March 17
Slopestyle – Mens Pre-Quals
Halfpipe – Practice

Thursday , March 18
Halfpipe – Womens Qualifiers
Halfpipe – Practice
Slopestyle – Mens + Womens Qualifiers

Friday , March 19
Halfpipe – Mens + Womens Practice for Semi Finals & Junior Jam
Slopestyle – Mens + Womens Semi Finals
BLACK & NIGHT JAM

Saturday , March 20
Halfpipe – Mens + Womens Semi Finals and Finals

Sunday , March 21
Junior Jam Halfpipe

Watch Vito, Crepel and Podladtchikov’s nuts pipe riding

Highlights of the Bronze, Silver and Gold medal runs from last Friday’s awesome pipe final in Tignes.

You can also check out more complete footage of Iouri and Louie’s runs HERE.

And to re-live the drama as it happened, check out our Minute-By-Minute report.