Mamadou Delfino *like* Intercrew.

The Full Monty on the TTR 4* Intercrew 2011: check the official video here, and the report here.

Dim Biau, Ben Thomas-Javid and Valerian Ducourtil prepare to have at the course.

The 8th edition of the infamous Intercrew event, which went down in Chamrousse on 24-27 March, was once again a great success and will certainly be remembered as the icing on the slush cake of happy shredding and fun times.

Romu Bouche takes on the booter.

Bruno Rivoire and his gang managed  to pull together an ultra creative set up on the aptly named Sunset Park of Chamrousse. A jump though a hula hoop (sadly never set on fire) set you up for two different lines. Line 1 offered riders a damn nice jump and then a Chuppa Chupps pole jam feature, while line two and three was a succession of excellent jibs – both boxes and rails – ending in a up-down box with a rock bar and two kickers on each side. Plus at the bottom of the park was an interesting looping transfer feature and a huge gap to wall.

If anyone can explain what is going on here we would be eternally grateful.

Early on in the contest session a super strong Snowsurf crew (Dimitri Biau, Coin-Coin, Morgan Lefaucheur and more) were just taking the piss on all the spots, before the Fluofun-A Bralner crew stepped it up and decided to throw down the hammers: double hits through the hoop and rodeos everywhere else. But that was without counting on the Belgian SCS crew, with Mr Christof ‘Cab9′ Reynders… basically when it was time to crown a winning team it was too close to call, so it was decided to pull a name from a hat to settle the tie. The SCS crew had the luck with the hat draw and were duly anointed as the winners of this 8th, and maybe last edition of what has officially become the one of the funnest events in Europe.

Fluofun-A-Branler green stalefishes the ring.

That’s why we wanted to give the last words to the big pappa of the Intercrew, Bruno Rivoire:

“In my mind this was the best edition of the Intercrew. Despite the springy conditions I think we gave everyone a good creative set up to enjoy, and a summer camp vibe, especially with this magic weather! This was 3 days of fun riding between friends, with still the goal to push the riding level, like always. I really feel we completed the goal we had in mind when we started the event. It might sound a little pretentious to say this, but I think Intercrew doesn’t look or feel like any other event out there, just because of the fun that everyone has, and the good spirit of the pseudo competition. Our mission at Intercrew has come to an end, and we now will focus on newer projects. Thanks to everyone who participated to the success of our event. Intercrew for ever!”

Coin Coin puts down a back 7.

Hopefully we can convince him right here to give it another go next year…

- Youri Barneoud.

Chill time.

Organiser Bruno Rivoire on the mic.

Check the offishall Intercrew video here.

We brought you words and pictures what went down at this team mashup in Chamrousee a few weeks back, and now we’ve got the film highlights of all the action. Check it out!

The what-went-down at the recent Chamrousse crew battle.

This years’ Intercrew was all about the magazines. Every mag in Europe – almost – sent their riders to fight over the terrain in the epic Sunset Park of Chamrousse. 4 days of stellar riding, but sadly less than epic weather, confirmed that Bruno Rivoire and his crew certainly know how to put a banging event together. As for the crews, we had: Entry (Italy), Snowboarder MBM (Germany), SCS (Belgium), Whiteout (Swiss) Snowtime (Fr), Snowsurf-SKG (Fr), Fluofun (Fr and current champs), Opium (Fr) and of course Onboard. On top of this we had a couple of riders crew, the local Atom crew, Les Deux Alpes Bouchkail crew, and finally the new comers called.. The New Comers.

The usually well named Sunset crew didn’t see much sun on this edition unfortunately, which kinda put an end to the hopes of all the filmers and shooter desperate to get the infamous sunset shot from Chamrousse. But despite the difficult conditions, the organisers once again created yet another sick set up with multiple possibilities, that were shredded to the pieces by every man and his dog. The foggy weather left only the bottom section of the park visible to the judges and photographers where the big hip was the focus point for all the french craziness. Enzo Nilo didn’t hesitate on his double bs rodeos, even though a hand was always dragging him along, and what can we say about Bruno Rivoire… he showed everyone what ‘home turf advantage’ really means.

The jib session was up next with the Vans best trick on a flat down rail. Manu Gomez showed his deep wizard’s sleeve with combos like nollie backside hardway switch backside out, for example… just before the big injury of the day – a little big up for Martin Beauchaton, who had to leave in the heli…

The final day started with a super hard wake up call for most of us after a very heavy night – what else would you expect from the Intercrew? – and the clocks going forward to summertime didn’t help the mind to see clearer. The very bright morning definitely gave an advantage to the Belgian crew – did they drink less than the others the night before? – as they were just slaying the big table time after time.

After that the only thing left was the big mystery of this 2010 edition: the 400m freestyle – as written on the program… Nobody knew what to expect, until Opium laid down the rules and every fall punished by the riders having to take a chug of booze. The bottles of Chartreuse went down pretty fast on that pace, and in no time even the mandatory (mandatory!) backscratchers were hard to perform on the quirky slopestyle in the woods.

When all was said and done, it was once again the Fluofun crew aka A Branler – which I won’t translate here – that won the trophy for the second time running, in front of the solid and fighting Bouchkail crew.

Thanks to Bruno and his crew (Cocote, Ludo, Manu…) and the Chamrousse resort for putting on one of the funnest events on the continent. Thanks to Matt G and Onboard for the opportunity, Onboard did represent well even though we didn’t beat our last year’s third place… it was worth my 25H in the car. See ya all!

- Words and photos: Germain Ozer

Where: Chamrousse, France

The infamous Intercrew of Chamrousse, France, is starting tomorow 25th of March, and this 7th edition is set to propose 4 days of shredding and parties in an ecological and friendly approach. The contest? Jam sessions on the more than creative slopestyle of the Sunset park, and a pretty big list of crews, mainly formed around magazines and snowboard websites from all over Europe.

The media crews: SCC from Belgium, MBM from Germany, Entry from Italy, White Room from Bulgaria, Surfer Rule from Spain, Fluofun – the defending champions, Snowsurf, Opium and Snowtime from France, and of course Onboard, who will try to be even stronger than last year (3rd in the 2009 edition). There will be also some regular snowbarders crew: Bouchkail, Audience 33, Dare To Live, and obviously the local and organisers crew, Atmo (Bruno Rivoire and his tough men).

The Sunset Park, Chamrousse.

New this year will be the ‘Vans Best Trick‘ session, the Harakiri party, and the highly mysterious ‘Opium 400m freestyle‘. In short, everything but your regular snowboard contest. Go there my friend, go support Onboard! And check the full program on the Intercrew website. And of course check back in here for the report!