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Mind Games Teaser

Uli Köhler — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:05:30 +0000

British crew Grindhousesnowboard.com present the teaser for their upcoming snowboard movie Mind Games. It has Jamie Nicholls in it, which means it will by default be extremely popular on the British Isles. The full film will be available in Autumn 2013. These guys seem to enjoy riding street rails a lot, and even managed to get the odd pow shot in. Somehow they managed to film in the grimmest places out there, but that only adds to the great vibe of the teaser.

Featuring: Will Smith, Andy Nudds, Jamie Nicholls, Ollie Dutton, Tom Guilmard, Jonny Russell, Simon Foster, John Weatherley, Stu Edwards, Matt Higson, Tom Honey, Andy Laird, Jon Addison, Stuart Horsham & Ian Ashmore.

GB Freestyle Snowboard Team – End of Season Edit

Tom Copsey — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:24:15 +0000

You know what? Those British guys and gals are getting pretty darned good. Check their highlights edit from the past season.

Jamie Nicholls Wins Ride And Seek At Snowbombing

Intern McIntern — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:55:40 +0000

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Snowbombing’s not just about raving like a loon all aprés long and deep into the night too and then flying home a week later. Some people actually go riding too, Jamie Nicholls included.

Mayrhofen, April 2nd – 5th 2013 Vans Penken Park

The World’s funniest snowboard competition held at the Vans Penken Park in Mayrhofen and now in it ́s fifth year. Pro riders mixed up with Snowbombers battled for honour, goodies and a total prize money of 2000 Euros. Four days of shredding, beats and insane parties, here is what happend day by day:

Tuesday:

saw the Hotzone.tv pro snowboard shop, assemble some of Europe’s finest pro snowboarders and visiting snow bombers for their now legendary banked slalom run. With Germany’s Discodogs and Innsbruck’s Wax Wreckaz sending the sunbathing crowd into a schnapps induced frenzy. Local hero Rudi Kröll blew the competition away and after 5 immense laps, demolished the course more than anyone else to take home the gold.

Wednesday:

The weather was not as bleak as predicted or could it be the classic funk being blasted through the park by Mistajam, Skream, Artwork and Scarlett Etienne that blew the clouds away? The gap in the clouds allowed the assembled Hotzone.tv international pros and visiting snowbombers to throw down hammers on the specially designed kicker. With multiple backflips, frontflips and the occasional slam all being witnessed by the amassed rabble of spectators. With the Grillhofalm providing the fluids and their now infamous homemade pizzas fuelling the fire to ensure everyone sent it into the late afternoon.

Thursday:
What a scorcher! With record temperatures, Norman Jay and the Notting Hill Carnival bus parked in the Grillhofalm you would be hard pressed to find a better combo for an afternoon. But wait theres more as the Hotzone.tv brought over some of the World’s best riders who were out to prove why they get paid to chill in the snow instead of a getting a proper job. The cream of England, Jamie Nicholls was on fire with a switch frontside 1080 which earnt him best trick of the day and the overall Snowbombing Ride and Seek crown right in front of Peter König and Florian Heim. The Queen sends her respects. The beats continued long into the afternoon sending you all down with happy but redder faces than they arrived with.

Friday:

That’s it and that’s all with another unforgettable Ride and Seek contest coming to a close. The perils of the Hotzone slip and slide water gap were in fall force as superheroes, Gameboy megastars and some schnaps filled Snowbombers, crossed the sub zero temperatures, with some going home having had tasted the drink. With the snow dumping and the mist rolling in, it was up to the Dj’s Ra and Smash Hifi to turn up the heat on the assembled rabble of spectators climaxing an epic week of snowboarding craziness, see you all next year!

For more information visit www.hotzonemag.com, www.hotzone.tv or check out the facebook page: http://facebook.com/ridenseek

Results:

Pro Comp:
1. JamieNicholls(UK) 2. PeterKönig(AT)
3. FlorianHeim(AT)

Boardercross winner: Rudi Kröll (AT)
Best girl: Nina Schleifer (AT)
Best bomber: Ed Castlerock
Craziest dude on the mountain: Chris Parker

Nike Snake & Hammers Montafon Review

Uli Köhler — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 09:25:12 +0000

Last week, yours truly Onboard Magazine travelled to the Austrian valley of Montafon for an all-new event concept called Nike Snake & Hammers. Nike and the Montafon had conjured up a banked slalom cum slopestyle course that was open to everyone who felt like a few fast turns, slow spins, and slushy transitions. The aim was to snake down course as fast as possible while dropping their best „hammers“ along the way. The course was a combination of numerous turns and banks, the park included a stairset, side by side kicker setup, big bowl, a gap through a snow tunnel to a straight rail, a creative halfpipe and a small hip. In our humble opinion, it was the laid-back park design that made the event stand out, as punters, media, and pros alike were eager to get their edges dug into the banked turns and snake pipe walls.

Stephan Maurer on course! Photo: Cyril Müller

Despite the challenging weather on the first three days (snowfalls and high fog) the vibe was outstanding, as the course was as inviting and fun to ride as it gets. On the day of the finals the sun came out, many pros and legends alike turned up and made for an unforgettable day on the mountain. Nike pros like Peetu Piiroinen, Jamie Nicholls, Kevin Backström and Spencer O’Brien were joined by an illustre crew of riders like David Bertschinger Karg, Enzo Nilo, Stephan Maurer, Nico Droz, David Benedek and Steve Gruber.

Peetu Piiroinen is attracted to big kickers. Phto: Cyril Müller

When the judging was complete on the day of the finals, Christian Haller (SUI) showed he had the best mix of balance, speed and tricks winning him a share of the $10,000 prize purse. With a race time of 01:25,10, frontside lipslide on the gap downrail, frontside 720 tailgrab off the kicker and many other tricks he claimed a deserved win. Spencer O’Brien won the women’s contest by snaking down the course with her well documented power and style with the best hammer award going to Jamie Nicholls who threw a perfectly stomped backside 1080 off the kicker.

Snake & Hammers winner Christian Haller coming out of the tunnel of doom. Photo: Cyril Müller

MEN
1. Christian Haller / SUI 2. Stephan Maurer / SUI 3. Peetu Piiroinen / FIN

WOMEN
1. Spencer O’Brien / CAN 2. Nicola Thost / GER 3. Aline Bock / GER

BEST HAMMER: Jamie Nicholls / ENG

Further information about the contest and the complete ranking are published on www.snakeandhammers.com.

A bird’s eye view of the park. Photo: Cyril Müller

Nike Snake and Hammers – Montafon Highlights

Tom Copsey — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 06:56:30 +0000

Check the video recap of what went down in Montafon when the Swoosh combined banked slalom with slopestyle. Hint: Radness.

Remember the rather sexy Nike Chosen Sessions around this time last year in Montafon? Well, the Swoosh crew revisited that zone again last week but spun the park in a new and novel manner, crafting a banked slalom/slopestyle ultra mega hybrid Frankenpark. Christian Haller‘s combined time x trick score was highest and he duly bagged the win ahead of Stephan Maurer and Peetu Piiroinen. This is probably what snowboarding at the Olympics should really look like.

Jamie Nicholls Smashing Mayrhofen

Tom Copsey — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:53:03 +0000

And, lo, it’s another edit of British buck Jamie Nicholls pulling some cunning stunts in the Vans Penken Park.

Jamie seems to be on a one-man mission to film as many edits of him manhandling Mayrhofen’s Vans Penken Park as is possible. Here’s edit 109,265 of his ever-increasing stack.

Jamie Nicholls Crushes Mayrhofen Kicker Line

Tom Copsey — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:46:05 +0000

44 seconds of Jamie Nicholls knocking the back end out of Mayrhofen’s booters, from mellow 5s to hectic Cab 1440s.

Jamie puts down all four 10s in this edit (which we remember being kind of a big deal a few years back – scratch that, we were thinking of all four 7s!) plus a Cab 12 and 1440. No big deal for kids these days, eh.

Jamie Nicholls, Ethan Morgan & Kevin Backstrom Shred Iceland

Tom Copsey — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:46:53 +0000

With a 12-day window in December 2012, Jamie, Ethan and Kevin bolted for the streets of Iceland to get some urban riding in the can. Check what went down…

Follow Ethan Morgan, Kevin Backstrom and Jamie Nicholls on a film trip to Iceland and see everything that goes into “getting the shot.”

Snowboarding Meets Football

Tom Copsey — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 13:42:50 +0000

These YouTube soccerball people hooked up with British shredders Jamie Nicholls, Ben Kilner and Billy Morgan for a spot of snowboard football. As the footy’s a big part of Boxing Day back in the boys’ homeland, we figured it was as good a time as any to put it out there. Pretty darn sick.

MOST HYPED SNOWBOARD FULL PARTS OF 2012 – #10 – Jamie Nicholls

Tom Copsey — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 07:08:10 +0000

Check out the first of our daily rundown of the FULL PARTS that had people most hyped on our site in 2012. In at 10 is Bradford’s own boy wonder, Jamie Nicholls.

In an effort to look like we’re working while we’re actually hitting the hill, stuffing our gullets and drinking brandy, we’ve taken the liberty to look at whose full parts had the most hype about them on our site this year. Only parts that were released in the period between Jan 1 2012 and right now were considered, and we narrowed it down by looking at whose had the most views on the Onboard site. Jamie squeezed in at number 10 with this slick cut. BOOM!