Analog’s DUF invited creative minds to imagine a unique, custom-built snowboard feature to be judged based on creativity, ride-ability, and build-ability. The winner will be decked out in apparel and provided with two round-trip tickets to Damüls and a two-night stay on top of the unique chance to ride his park feature, “The Symmetric”.

Adrien De Pierrepont's winning design.

Riders of all ages are invited to come experience the “The Symmetric” and participate in this free snowboard contest. The contest will be taking place on Saturday 31st of March at Damüls and riders will be able to sign up to ride the obstacle from 9.30. The jam format contest will run throughout the day with Analog team riders Wojtek Pawlusiak, Kike Carcelen, Ludwig Lejkner, Niels Schack and Zac Hale there to judge the contest as well riding “The Symmetric” themselves. With a free BBQ, a fun spring shred, cash and prizes to be won and an Analog after party it’s shaping up to be an epic day.

Additional info can be found here: www.analogclothing.com/duf3/eu
and at: www.snowparkdamuels.com

Keijo Ruuven's "A-Wall" concept. Make sure you don't hit it on the wrong side...

As usual we went through the plethora of submissions and picked some standout designs. You can do better? Remember, the winner will go to Damüls including free flights, accomodation, lift passes, AG outer- and streetwear, and high fives from some big names of the AG snowboard team.

Mathias Nielsen's "The Slave" reminds us of the very first US-DUF winner.

Entries will be judged based on creativity, ride-ability, and build-ability. Make sure to hurry up since – as we already mentioned – the deadline is Sunday, 10 March 2012.

Alan O'Doherty's submission is called "Quick Jib", and we like it a lot.

Where to send submissions?

Email: Designunlikelyfeatures@analogclothing.com (mention Europe in subject box)

Snail Mail: Analog, Design Unlikely Features Contest, Hallerstrasse 111, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria (this might be a little late to make it there in time)

Upload: analogclothing.com/duf3/eu/submit

Video: vimeo.com/29985301

Additional information here: www.analogclothing.com/duf3/eu.

David Czarnowsky's "Brain Eater": It's all about gaps.

Only two weeks left before the revamped Analog Design Unlikely Features competition ends. Submissions for unique snow features keep pouring in, but there is still room for your own strike of genius. Get involved, be creative, and win a trip to Damüls/Austria!

Check Peillon Amaury's DUF submission. Kind of cool, but surely you can come up with something better?

The DUF contest was first planned to take place in Hammarbybacken/Sweden, but it has been moved to Damüls/Austria, and will go down on 31 March. The winner will go there, and get free flights, free accomodation, free lift passes, an AG outfit, streetwear, and we’re guessing free shots of Schnapps as well.

Entries will be judged based on creativity, ride-ability, and build-ability. Twice a month, the top five entries will be posted on www.analogclothing.com to be judged by the public. Semi-finalists will receive a swag package just for being a top entry. Deadline is 10 March 2012.

Alex Baró Cayetano's DUF submission. Poppy colours, but a winning design?

Where to send submissions?

Email: Designunlikelyfeatures@analogclothing.com (mention Europe in subject box)

Snail Mail: Analog, Design Unlikely Features Contest, Hallerstrasse 111, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria

Upload: analogclothing.com/duf3/eu/submit

Video: vimeo.com/29985301

Additional info can be found here: www.analogclothing.com/duf3/eu.

Gustaw Lange's AG Multi Spot. Not bad, huh?

Quick facts: Analog had to move their DUF contest from Sweden to Austria, and they therefore extended the deadline for this rad snowboard obstacle design comp. Get involved, be creative, and win a trip of dreams! This is where you can submit your features and here’s the press release with all the details:

Analog’s DUF Contest invites creative minds to imagine a unique, custom-built snowboard feature. Whether it’s a completely new idea, or build upon something that already exists, submissions can consist of hand drawn, computer generated, napkin sketched or popsicle stick built models… whatever medium works!

First planned to be held in Hammarbybacken/Sweden on February 18th, the contest had to be moved due to very unstable snow conditions. Analog wants to guarantee the winner a unique event in perfect conditions, so it was decided to relocate the event. It will now take place in Damüls/Austria on 31st of March.

With this date-change the Feature Submission Period will be prolonged. So all you park enthusiasts and snow addicts have a new chance to get the obstacle of your dreams build by Analog. We will accept new submissions from February 10th to March 4th.

Entries will be judged based on creativity, ride-ability, and build-ability. Twice a month, the top five entries will be posted on www.analogclothing.com to be judged by the public. Semi-finalists will receive a swag package just for being a top entry.

The winner will have their dream creation built, and Analog will bring them out to the Design Unlikely Features Contest on March 31st in Damüls/AUT (www.snowparkdamuels.com). They are invited to participate in the first ever contest on their winning feature.

1st Prize Includes:

• 2 Round Trip Tickets to/from Damüls / Austria
• 2 Nights Lodging at Damüls Resort
• Custom built snow feature at Snowpark Damüls
• Contest centered around your creation
• Analog Outerwear Kit (Gloves, Jacket, Pants)
• Analog Clothing Package (Including: Jeans, beanie, t-shirt, flannel, fleece, and belt)

Where to send submissions?

Email: Designunlikelyfeatures@analogclothing.com (mention Europe in subject box)

Snail Mail: Analog, Design Unlikely Features Contest, Hallerstrasse 111, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria

Upload: http://analogclothing.com/duf3/eu/submit

Video: http://vimeo.com/29985301

Additional info can be found here: http://www.analogclothing.com/duf3/eu.

Media Contact: Bonora Thomas – thomasb@gravisfootwear.com

One of the things that puzzles us is that you haven’t been all over the Analog Design Unlikely Features competition yet. Officially, the comp closes this Sunday, 15 January 2012, and we are yet waiting for the one banging obstacle that will get turned into reality.

Submit your designs to www.analogclothing.com/duf3/eu. Anything you can convert into a jpeg not bigger than 2MB goes – sketches, CAD drawings, oil paintings, you name it, they’ll judge it! The most creative, build-able, and of course rideable feature will win, get built, and its creator sent to the DUF Jam to ride and party with the AG team.

Here are some of the current submissions. Surely you can do better!? Now get your pens out, will ya, and come up with your feature of dreams. Last year’s US winner was a very slick and simple design, and the Euro version quite a fancy stair setup. Anything goes, anything can win. Get creative!

Le Module du Belier - submitted by Clement / Fluofun

Move Your Jib - submitted by Benjamin / Fluofun

The Snowbox - submitted by Mathias Nielsen

Andy Berg's 'C-Street'

Entries have been dropping through the virtual mailboxes at Analog HQ for their second edition of the awesome Design Unlikely Features Europe contest. Have a gander at these good uns and get your submissions in so we can show yours to the world too.

Here’s all the details you need to get involved in Analog’s Design Unlikely Features Europe. In short: design a park feature, submit it to the Analog guys before the deadline of January 15 2012 and if it ticks their boxes you’ll not only have your creation made, they’ll VIP your asses to the DUF Europe contest in Hammerbybacken, Sweden on February 18 2012.

Now peep some of the better designs submitted already and get working on your own bad boy.

Loving how this dude sacked off his maths homework to sketch this.

This is called 'Meatballs Volcano'. If we're honest we're not really sure what's going on here...

Expansive stairset setup

The guys at Analog are once again offering you guys the chance to design your own Unlikely Feature. This is an awesome contest with an awesome prize. Get creative…

Last season was the first year that Analog dropped the Design Unlikely Features on the shores of Europe. After a host of imaginative entries had been judged by the AG crew, their team riders and us at Onboard, Sylvain Vidal’s effort ‘The Stairs’ was selected as the winner and was jetted over to France to see his creation constructed and installed in the Avoriaz snowpark where it was sessioned like hell by the local crew in a mellow jam contest.

This year it’s back. From October 15 2011 – January 15 2012, you’ll be able to submit your designs to www.analogclothing.com/duf3/eu Creativity, buildability and rideability are key once more, and the winner will get the VIP treatment when the DUF jam goes down in Hammerbybacken, Sweden on February 18 2012.

Peep the highlights from last year’s jam, let your imagination loose and it could be your creation the crew are shredding on this winter.

As you’ll know, Analog ran a pretty darn awesome contest this winter – Design Unlikely Features. The deal was that Joe Public were offered up the chance to design the park obstacle of their dreams, with whichever one the Analog crew deemed to be the best being made up in real life to be shredded the hell out of in Avoriaz.

After some sick entries, Sylvain Vidal’s skate-inspired stairset got the nod and on March 19 it was unveiled in the Avoriaz park for an am session/throwdown/brodown with plenty of good times to be had and free shit to be nabbed. If words an pictures are your thing, you can check the full report and shots from the DUF that we posted earlier.

Even the weather couldn’t put a dampener on the fun as a good crew of locals rocked up to throw their carcasses off Sylvain’s creation.

Our filmer, Lord William Nangle, was on point to document what went down. Check it out.

Eventual winner Jeremy rocking the pole, poking a frontside nosebone off.

19th March saw the Analog crew descend on Avoriaz for the Design Unlikely Features contest on the winning DUF obstacle. Check what went down…

As you’ll know, Analog’s Design Unlikey Features contest offered you guys the chance to submit your most creative park obstacle designs, with one being chosen to be made up in real life and sessioned the hell out of in the Avoriaz park. Sylvain Vidal’s The Stairs feature was the winner, and after it was unveiled a fun session went down on it. Here’s how it unfolded.

AG's Don Grego unveiling The Stairs

Although the event started late due to heavy snowfall kicking back the unveiling of the winning feature (‘The Stairs’ by Sylvain Vidal) to around eleven on Saturday morning, there was a solid turnout of locals with around 30 participants subscribing to enter the contest.

‘The Stairs’ consisted in a gap to stairs, a pole jam, a double flat rail and also included a wall on one side, meaning there was heaps of possibilities to shred the shit out of it on the Chapelle park. And even better is this sick feature will stay in Avoriaz for everyone to enjoy for the rest of the season.

Sylvain Vidal and his creation.

Sylvain, the winner of the design contest, was pretty stoked the night before to enter his room in Avoriaz and discover that not only had Analog offered him a whole weekend at the resort, they’d also filled his room up with Analog gear. and upon seeing his creation for the first time with everybody else, he was pretty stoked how the module came out.

Entering the contest alongside a good bunch of locals – both French and British – Sylvain also proved that he had what it takes to actually throw it down on his own design. Under pretty much continuous snowfall, the 30ish riders sessionned for a good hour-and-half to finally get cut to the best 8, including THE girl of the contest, Yvonne Priest, and hard slammer/attempter Ben Francis.

Judging crew.

That’s when Droz and Mamar, locals and international legends decided to give the feature a seeing to, for the pleasure of the crowd. Judges and pro Analog riders Nils Shack and Kike Carcelen also enjoyed it while an injured – and gutted – Wojtek was reduced to the role of photographer.

After twenty minutes of finals, it was getting clear that Jeremy Dunant was killing it, especially with his über stylish Frontbards 270s and Pole to FS 3 nosebone. Second positions, his mate Mikael De Rose, pretty close with some sick Blunt 270s. Then in a tie 3rd, Sean Temelty (Nosepress revert back) and Marc Andre Seguin ‘Mr Tight Pants’. Alexandre Paré closing the prize giving ceremony with damn nice fronboards.

Thanks to Sylvain for designer such a ill feature, to Avoriaz and Jean-No for the welcome, and Grego from Analog for being an amped organizer and MC, and also, for putting us in the pimpest flat you can imagine. By the way, I’m heading to our private sauna with a view right now. That should wake us up for the after event party in The Place, with a live act fro Parisian rock band Ed-Äke.

- Words & Photos: Youri Barneoud.

Just a quick reminder that the European edition of Analog’s Design Unlikely Features contest will be going off this Saturday in Avoriaz, and that if you’re in the hood you should head there to shred as it’s a FREE am contest with a bunch of goods to be won!

Regular readers of this website will know that Analog wrapped up their Design Unlikely Features contest a month or so back, with Sylvain Vidal’s stairset setup selected by the judging panel as the one that would be made in real life and sessioned the hell out of at the DUF contest on March 19. Check the info…

If you’re looking at Sylvain’s setup thinking, “Dang. would be fun to hit that up!” then you’re in luck. On March 19 it’s gonna be dropped into Avoriaz’s Snowpark de la Chapelle where Analog will hold a free amateur jib contest. If you’re in the area and want a pop, you gotta sign up at 09.30 and not only will you be able to send it on the stairset, there’s plenty of stuff to be won and a BBQ to feed your stoke. There’s also going to be a demo from Analog’s Euro team – Wojtek Pawlusiak, Ludwig Leijkner, Neils Shack and Kike Carcelen – that’ll get you pumped, and when all’s said and done there is, of course, an after party at The Place, kicking off at 22.00.

If you’re in the hood, swing by to be a part of this bad boy.