The final installment of Olliepop Films’ When in Whistler webisodes drops another cocktail of backcountry, urban and park shredding on our asses. 

Well, that’s a wrap! LAST BUT NOT LEAST is the final episode of our 2013 WHEN IN WHISTLER series presented by Boardworld. It’s been a great end to the season.

In this fourth and final episode, we join Geoff Brown and 3CS Comrade Gordon Emery in the backcountry once again. We hit urban locations with Geoff, 3CS Comrade Mat Galina, FYVE team rider Marc Triffitt, and welcomed Braden Dean and Spencer Kaleb to the crew.

To top it off we have the Fyve trio of Ryan Manning, Greg Murray and Marc Triffitt join David Kinskofer and Canadian jump slayer Charles Reid in the Whistler Blackcomb Terrain Parks for some of the best times we’ve ever had shooting sunny spring shred.

Supported by 3CS Outerwear, FYVE Snowboards, Mint Tours, Ashbury Eyewear Australia, Drift Innovation, No Limits Motorsports Squamish, Underground Tuning and Aus/NZ Snowboarding Magazine.

Charles Reid

Riders from all over the World flocked to Andorra this weekend for the ninth Edition of the Grandvalira Total Fight. This year the Total Fight upgraded to 5 stars on the World Snowboard Tour making it one of the season’s most anticipated slopestyle events.

[Qualification highlights - Finals video to follow.]

This year’s slopestyle started off with a rail zone which consisted of a choice between a 6 metre rail or a rail king, followed by a down box with a 5 metre gap or a wallride, followed by the line of three kickers. All the riders had to show their best skills on the varying spring conditions to win the final prize.

Eric Willett

The weather was temperamental for today’s finals; a mixture of snow, rain, wind and sun accompanied the riders throughout the day. The 24 finalists were pitched against each other in pairs, with only two rounds to prove their skills and knock out their rivals. The pairing, which depended on the previous day’s scores, went as such: Janne Korpi against Seth Hill, Tor Lundstrom against Brage Richenberg, Jon Versteeg against Eric Willett, Jeremy Thompson against Charles Reid, Marco Grigis against Aleksi Partanen, Simon Gruber against Ville Uotila, Tyler Nicholson against Spencer Link, Ian Thorley against Eric Beauchemin, Peter Horak against Mans Hedberg, Robby Balharry against Nuuti Niemela, Kevin Backstrom against Simen Neraker and Kevin Kok against Markku Koski. The 12 riders who made it to the final were: Seth Hill, Brage Richenberg, Eric Willett, Charles Reid, Aleksi Partanen, Ville Uotila, Tyler Nicholson, Eric Beauchemin, Mans Hedberg, Nuuti Niemela, Kevin Backstrom and Kevin Kok.

Seth Hill

Thanks to mother nature’s shaky mood today, the weather got wilder and wilder making the visibilty close to zero, meaning that, despite the shapers hard work, the slopestyle was getting slower and the finalists couldn’t make it to the jumps. Just as it looked like the weather was getting her way and ending the Total Fight prematurely, the sun came out and the competition continued. Unfortunately, the tardiness meant that the judging system had to be changed and the 12 finalists only had two rounds to win the competition.

Kevin Backstrom

This year’s hands down Grandvalira Total Fight 2013 winner was the Canadian Charles Reid, who won with a spectacular round which started off with a Gap Front 270 Front Board followed by a Gap Front Boad to Fakie, Cab Double Cork Mute 900 and sweetly polished off with a Back Rodeo 5 Melon.

The American Willett came close to the Canadian with a round that started off with a Front 270 Front Board followed by a Front Board, Front Mute and finished by a Back Rodeo 5 Melon. Swedish star Kevin Backstrom came third with a solid run: a Gap Front Lip followed by a Backside 50-50 Front 180 Off, Cab 900 Melon and finished by a Back 720 Mute.

Charles Reid

22-year-old Charles Reid, a resident of Mont-Tremblant (Quebec, Canada) said:

“It feels pretty good to get up on the podium and win first prize, even more so when it’s a TTR event like this. I didn’t expect to win the competition but I had a lot of confidence in my tricks. The circuit was incredible, you could get a lot of speed, it was really good. I’ll be back next year for sure!”

The first fifteen winners shared 40.000 € of cash between them. The first three won 15.000 €, 10.000 € and 5.000 € respectively.

Winners podium

RESULTS

NAME / COUNTRY / SPONSOR / HIGHEST SCORE

1 – Charles Reid / CAN / Oakley / 84.67
2 – Eric Willett / USA / Vans / 82.33
3 – Kevin Backstrom / SWE / Nike / 73.33
4 – Eric Beauchemin / USA / DC / 69.00
5 – Tyler Nicholson / CAN / Lib Tech / 65.00
6 – Nuuti Niemela / FIN / Smith / 58.67
7 – Aleksi Partanen / FIN / Koli / 55.00
8 – Ville Uotila / FIN / Dye / 52.33
9 – Kevin Kok / ITA / Burn / 46.00
10 – Seth Hill / USA / Sims / 39.67
11 – Brage Richenberg / NOR / Sabotage / 31.67
12 – Mans Hedberg / SWE / DC / 28.33

The Burton crew went to New Zealand and discovered Chillwave.

Featured riders: Luke Haddock, Yale Cousino, Riley Nickerson, John Murphy, Hans Mindnich, Jeremy Cloutier, Phil Tardif, Nick Poohachoff, Zack Wilmot, Ralph Kucharek, Shaun Murphy, Nils Mindnich, Nic Marcoux, Kim Rune Hansen, Keenan Cawley, Matts Kulli, Ian Boll, Sawyer Deen, Charles Reid, Alan Parenteau, Zander Blackmon, Nial Romanek, Jeff Deforge, Tyler Lynch & more

Filmed throughout: Quebec, Denver, Boulder, Tahoe, Vermont, Mt Hood, Superpark 16, Massachusetts, Connecticut, California & more

This has some tasty snowstunting in it, to be sure. Check out the bangers that Mark McMorris, Seppe Smits, Charles Reid, Mikkel Bang and Danny Davis came up with for their joint part in Burton’s Standing Sideways. Hammers!

It can be hard to film a part while busy competing in contests all season long. Luckily Danny Davis, Jack Mitrani, Mikkel Bang, Seppe Smits, Charles Reid and Mark McMorris were able to throw together a collaborative part in only a couple park shoots. Check out their full part from Standing Sideways now.

Last spring the big B built big booters in Mammoth, and Charles Reid, Mikkel Bang, Mark McMorris, Terje Haakonsen, Danny Davis, Seppe Smits, and Kazu Kokubo sessioned them. Some highlights made it into the film Standing Sideways, and the entire footage made it into this edit, including some mad, mad stunts from the Burton crew!

Norwegian, Stale Sandbech powers into finals with strong showing from Canadians, Mark McMorris and Antoine Truchon while compatriot and defending champion, Sebastien Toutant bows out in bizarre circumstances. Semi Final Friday here at the TTR 6 Star O’Neill Evolution will go down in snowboarding history as one of the most unique on record.

Mark McMorris hitting the 'pow kicker'

Continued record heavy snowfall in Davos hit the contest for the sixth straight day, as a massive storm credited with breaking records across Central Europe continued to pound the area. The resort was closed Friday morning as controlled avalanche blasting attempted to dislodge the approximated 50cm of fresh overnight snow while the shaping crew once again undertook the monumental task of digging out the course. Organizers pushed Women’s Qualification to Saturday morning with the hope of finishing Men’s Qualification in the afternoon.

Riders took the opportunity to head up as soon as lifts opened, all whom eventually returned claiming the best powder day ever. Continued snow and gusty periods saw training curtailed and a subsequent riders’ vote that resulted in Qualifications merging directly into a single 46 rider Semi Final starting at 18:00 when event lighting would take effect and improve visibility.

While by no means perfect and with heavy snow continuing to fall, conditions eased somewhat and wind died sufficiently for the Semi Finals to commence on time. Making the 16-man cut in a two run, best run counts format was the single goal for competitors – waxing and speed as critical as trick selection. With the optional line to rails the only feasible option; riders attacked it with vigor, chasing major TTR Ranking points and a share of the $125,000 prize purse.

An almost perfect first run from defending champion Seb Toots(CAN) including a Double Cork 1080 Mute to cab 270 on the wall ride would have been enough to claim the run of the day were it not for his legs inexplicably letting him down on landing. Meanwhile solid first runs from Marc McMorris(CAN), and Charles Reid(CAN) put them into solid Top 5 territory while Stale Sandbech(NOR) stormed into the lead with a stomped frontside 1080 to frontside 270 to lipslide out. Current TTR Big Air leader, Roope Tonteri(FIN), posted solid points leaving him within striking distance of the top 10, while powder rookies, Jamie Nicholls(BGR) and Seppe Smits(BEL) continued the form that has been turning heads.

With everything to play for in the second round, Werni Stock(AUT) powered into the Top 5 while the shock of the night arrived when pre-event favorite, Seb Toots, seemed to hang up on the coping of the kicker. Fortunate to avoid injury, the incident nevertheless resulted in Toots bowing out of the contest. Christian ‘Hitch’ Haller(SUI) made it inside the 16-man cut, only for Eric Willet(USA) to edge him back out in the 2nd last run of the night with a frontside Double Cork 1080 mute to backside lipslide on the down rail, enough to propel himself into 4th.

For the complete list of the Top 16 qualified riders in the Men’s Finals and for Saturday’s schedule for the Woman’s and Men’s Finals, and for all the details for the live webcast, check: http://www.oneill.com/evolution/

Yeah, these episodes are dope, but we wish we knew what this series was called. This one was dubbed Legal Immigrants, but the series as a whole? MGTV? BAUSS? Marko Grilc’s Spunky Backpack? Answers on a postcard and we’ll see what Grilo says.

Starring: Marko Grilc, Mikkel Bang, Charles Ried

Music by: edIT – Artsy Remix (feat. The Grouch)

Production: Bright Visuals (check our work here – vimeo.com/brightvisuals)

Filmed and edited by: Luka Stanovnik (lukastanovnik.com)

Check this footage from the Burton Night Session in Northstar. Amazing riding, great filming.

Usually a nighttime jib session wouldn’t include things like boom cameras, massive features with technical lines, and smoke machines. But that’s how Alex Andrews, Zak Hale, Ethan Deiss, Mark Sollors, and Charles Reid roll. There weren’t any tricks left to be thrown after these guys were done with this set up.

Here are the highlights of the first 2011/12 Winter Dew Tour stop in Breckenridge, Colorado. Let’s start with slopestyle.

Winter Dew Tour Breckenridge Snowboard Slopestyle Highlights

Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle Results:
1. Gjermund Braaten – 97.75
2. Sebastien Toutant – 96.00
3. Charles Reid – 90.00
4. Chas Guldemond – 86.75
5. Mikkel Bang – 84.00
6. Sage Kotsenburg – 81.25
7. Mark Mcmorris – 75.25
8. Torstein Horgmo – 59.50
9. Eric Willett – 43.25
10. Sam Hulbert – 32.25
11. Sondre Tiller – 29.00
12. Seppe Smits – 26.0

Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle Results:
1. Spencer O’Brien – 90.75
2. Enni Rukajärvi – 79.50
3. Sarka Pancochova – 72.00
4. Rebecca Torr – 64.75
5. Jamie Anderson – 59.25
6. Charlotte Van Gils – 56.50

And here’s all the halfpipe action, even though at least the men’s judging was a little controversial to say the least:

Winter Dew Tour Breckenridge Snowboard Halfpipe Highlights

Men’s Snowboard Superpipe Finals Results:
1. Shaun White – 95.00
2. Louie Vito – 92.75
3. Iouri Podlachikov – 90.00
4. Christian Haller – 88.00
5. Kohei Kudo – 86.00
6. Matt Ladley – 84.00
7. Steve Fisher – 79.75
8. Keito Kumazaki – 55.75
9. Kazuhiro Kokubo – 47.75
10. Scott Lago – 40.00
11. Luke Mitrani – 24.25
12. Danny Davis – 18.25

Women’s Snowboard Superpipe Finals Results:
1. Kelly Clark – 91.25
2. Gretchen Bleiler – 90.25
3. Xuetong Cai – 85.00
4. Maddy Schaffrick – 80.00
5. Kaitlyn Farrington – 70.00
6. Queralt Castellet 54.50