The deadline for submissions to the Blue Tomato Best Urban Shot competition has now passed. These are the ones that caught our eye out of a pretty creative crop. Lots of crews out there getting after it, getting the shots to prove it. Cast your eye over the whole lot here – there’s 140 of them, which is your favourite?

Tobi Deckert/Bunterhund

Lukas Sticksel/The Naked DJs

Vidar Stefansson

Philipp Güntner

Christoph Klaushofer. Photo: Raffael Stiborek

Submissions keep dropping for Blue Tomato’s Best Urban Shot shooting contest, so we thought we’d post up a bunch more of the better efforts. Peep ‘em here…

As we announced a while back, this photo and video contest offers photographers and riders the chance to snag a slice of the €3000 prize purse along with a bunch of other swag for shooting epic, creative urban shredding. You can also check some of the earlier entries HERE and HERE.

Lukas. Photo: Simon van Hal

Rasmus Hjemdahl. Photo: Adam Klingeteg

Lukas Brandauer. Photo: Raffael Stiborek

Aron. Photo: Marc Obrist

Dylan Norder. Photo: Rob Esser

There have been a bunch more entries for Blue Tomato’s Best Urban Shot shooting contest, so without further ado here’s some of the better efforts.

As we announced a while back, this photo and video contest offers photographers and riders the chance to snag a slice of the €3000 prize purse along with a bunch of other swag for shooting epic, creative urban shredding. You can read all the specifics about what you need to do and how you need to do it in our earlier post, but in brief you need to register for the contest by emailing besturbanshot@blue-tomato.com, get your stickers and logos, head out and bag the bangers, then fire your masterpiece to besturbanshot@blue-tomato.com. Deadline for entries is Feb 28 2013 so there’s still time to get involved and have a chance to win the goods. Here’s an idea of what people have been submitting so far… You can also check some of the earlier entries HERE.

Jonas Marent. Photo: Marc Obrist.

Rene Pressing. Photo: Markus Lepenat

Daniel Welte. Photo: Marc Obrist

Anne Eaton

Daniel Welted

Blue Tomato’s Best Urban Shot photo and video contest is in full swing once more and the first submissions have started trickling through. Check some of the first shots to come in over the wires.

As we announced a while back, this photo and video contest offers photographers and riders the chance to snag a slice of the €3000 prize purse along with a bunch of other swag for shooting epic, creative urban shredding. You can read all the specifics about what you need to do and how you need to do it in our earlier post, but in brief you need to register for the contest by emailing besturbanshot@blue-tomato.com, get your stickers and logos, head out and bag the bangers, then fire your masterpiece to besturbanshot@blue-tomato.com. Here’s an idea of what people have been submitting so far….

Dagur Gudnadson

Aron. Photo: Marc Obrist

Aron. Photo: Marc Obrist

Photo: Michael Reinhardt

Blue Tomato’s ‘Best Urban Shot’ returns for the third year running, offering up a creative photo and video competition for all snowboarders and photographers. With a purse of €3000 up for grabs along with heaps of other epic prizes, not to mention the chance to get your shot made into a poster that’ll be shipped out within Onboard next season, you’ll want to be involved in this…

Last year’s Best Urban Shot winner. Rider: Joonas Eloranta. Photographer: Esa Ylijaasko.

Building on the undoubted success of last year’s Best Urban Shot, this year Blue Tomato are looking to step it up to the next level by going full-Euro. The Best Urban Shot Competition is a chance for all city shredders to get creative and run riot on the rails of their home towns. The only condition is that the shot must be taken in an urban environment, far from parks and mountains. A famous landmark in a European capital would be, for example, the perfect background for your photo or video.

All artwork sent in will be judged by a specialist Blue Tomato Jury with a total of 3,000 € in cash to give out for the most creative photos and videos.

The winners of the Best Snowboard Photo and Best Snowboard Video categories will each receive 750 € cash. Second and third places will get hyped on some sick product from Nitro Snowboarding, GoPro and of course, Blue Tomato!

On top of the great cash prizes, the winner of each category will receive something super special, the likes of which would make pro-riders across the world jealous: A huge serving of media coverage. The snowboarders will have a poster of their winning shot featured in our very own print mag! The last guy to have this was Halldor Helgason, so, you know, like no big deal…

HOW TO ENTER

1. Register for ‘Blue Tomato Best Urban Shot’ by sending an informal registration e-mail to besturbanshot@blue-tomato.com.
2. You will then receive a free Sticker pack as well as the current ‘Best Urban Shot Logo’ for the intro and outro of your clip.
3. Deadline for entry is the 28th February 2013, only by email at besturbanshot@blue-tomato.com.
4. 750 € cash and heaps of media coverage is waiting for the winner of each of the categories: Best Snowboard Photo, Best Snowboard Video

This time the guys made a stop in Sälen/Malung. A place most famous for it’s snowboard/freeski school. This is where Ingemar Backman got “schooled” (kind of, he quit school pretty early….), as well as almost all Swedish riders that you know about. They’ve got a nice little fake wave and a new mini rail garden there now. Place is amazing!

Riders:
Viktor Wiberg
Ludwig Lejkner
Kalle Ohlson
Kire Karlsson
Philip Grund
Zebastian Landmark
Blue Park Kid: Evelina Kristoffersson

Next stop up is Stockholm. The place we all wish will get TONS of snow this winter. Urban snow Capital together with Helsinki.

For more info about Blue Parks, check out: http://www.blue-parks.se

Zebastian Landmark

The new swedish park concept, Blue Parks have continued their little road trip through Sweden in search for pre season shredding. The cars got packed up in Umeå and drove to Falun to check out how Ludwig Lejkner have it in his backyard, Falun.

Anton Sahlin

Riders: Viktor Wiberg, Ludwig Lejkner, Kalle Ohlson, Kire Karlsson, Philip Grund, Zebastian Landmark

Blue Park Kids: Jesper Landmark and Anton Sahlin

Next stop up is Sälen/Malung. The place that shaped more than half of the swedish riders!

For more info about Blue Parks, check out: http://www.blue-parks.se

For a video of their first stop, head here.

Yes, this is how close you get to riding with the pros.

One of our all-time favourites from Sweden – Kalle Ohlson – just hit us up with a new project of his. It sounds like an amazing thing. Here’s what he sent us, and to answer his question: Of course we’ll help you out, buddy!

Hey Onboard!

In my interview I’m talking about this project to start making something happen her in sweden. Anyways, we started doing some small stuff now. It’s called Blue Parks (it’s angled mostly for kids, and Blue is an easy obstacle so it fits perfect )

We went around with a bunch of riders to shred outside different ice rinks here in Sweden. We did 4 edits/stops. Would be banger if you guys can help me out and put this up!?

The Austrian snow, skate and surf retailer opens three new stores in Germany.

Blue Tomato is the favorite retailer when it comes to actionsports and boardsports.  In Austria, five actual stores add to the customers’ online shopping experience and choice. Now Blue Tomato have moved across the border into Germany! On Monday, 5 November, three stores opened their doors in Bavaria, in the Southern part of the country: two Blue Tomato shops are based in Munich, home to a huge boardsports community, and another store opened in Rosenheim.

Gerfried Schuller, founder of Blue Tomato, is stoked on going international: “All three new Blue Tomato Shops are located in really good business areas. We are looking forward to providing our new customers with the biggest selection of boardsports and freeski brands in Bavaria and offering them the much respected Blue Tomato service.”

Snowboarders, skaters and freeskiers in the area probably already know the locations of the new shops as former facilities of the legendary Goodstuff store. “I wanted to retire from the retail business and was looking for someone to take over the stores”, says Stephan Schächtl, founder and owner of the Goodstuff GmbH. “With Blue Tomato I found a successor that lived up to the two most important criteria: Blue Tomato really embodies the boardsports spirit and takes on all employees. Even our store brand Goodstuff which involves apparel and skate equipment will be continued.”

Like other Blue Tomato shops, the new stores will keep their individual character while getting the local customers involved: Blue Tomato will closely work together with the local community and listen to their suggestions and needs.

All three shops have already opened their doors and on Saturday, 17 November, Blue Tomato invites everybody to join the official opening party! Snacks, competitions, an indoor miniramp and much more will be waiting for you at the Isartor store in Munich. The entire Blue Tomato team will be there to welcome you from 12 p.m. on!