***UPDATE – The waffle below refers to yesterday’s action. Today’s has just kicked off and conditions look perfect. Men’s slopestyle eliminations should start at 10.30 CET and men’s superpipe final at 18.30 CET.***

Tune in to watch the official Canal+ Live Stream of the Winter X Games 2013 from 18.30 CET today. Hopefully.

It always seems to be a bit touch and go with these live streams these days as to whether they’ll actually work where you’re watching from, but we’ll rub our rabbit’s feet and hope that when the broadcast begins at 18.30 CET from Tignes that no geo-blocking local rights restrictions come into play and we can watch the hammers drop in real time. Worst comes to worst, we guess seeing as it’s a Canal+ stream then it will be a case of France: 1 – Rest of the World: 0. Allez!

Assuming it does, in fact, work make sure if you want to vent on Twitter or even Instagram that you use #xgamesnow as there’s stuff to be won every day. You can also vent while watching it and interact with others by checking in on MPORA Live.

Here’s the link to the stream. Click that bad boy from around 16.30 CET: www.air-style.com/de/id-2012-billabong-air-style-innsbruck/live

But hey. Also there’s only a few tickets left online and in ticket retailers for the Billabong Air & Style Innsbruck-Tirol 2012 so if you’re around Innsbruck get your arses in gear so you don’t miss the insanity. Ticket seller information and online purchase (print your ticket at home) here.

Some of the finest kicker riders on the planet will be doing their best to keep your fires stoked… well darn it let’s have a look who they are:

Starting list Top 16:

1 Peetu Piiroinen (FIN)
2 Sebastien Toutant (CAN)
3 Seppe Smits (BEL)
4 Werner Stock (AUT)
5 Nils Arvidsson (SWE)
6 Ulrik Badertscher (NOR)
7 Stale Sandbech (NOR)
8 Roope Tonteri (FIN)
9 Eric Willett (USA)
10 Eero Ettala (FIN)
11 Yuki Kadono (JPN)
12 Ethan Morgan (GER)
plus the top 4 from the qualification

Qualification riders:

13 Ethan Morgan (GER)
14 Dash Kamp (USA)
15 Torgeir Bergrem (NOR)
16 Marko Grilc (SLO)
17 Clemens Schattschneider (AUT)
18 Petja Piiroinen (FIN)
19 Jamie Nicholls (GBR)
20 Peter König (AUT)
21 Tom Klocker (AUT)
22 Christian Haller (SUI)
23 Pat Burgener (SUI)
24 Niklas Mattson (SWE)
25 Aleksander Ostreng (NOR)
26 Marco Grigis (ITA)

On Friday night starting at 5pm, don’t miss the Burn Rail Session, the Rider’s Draw, and a live concert by “The Heavy” all taking place at the Snow Festival on Maria-Theresien-Strasse in the heart of Innsbruck’s city center.

A word to the wise though, it will be one of the coldest Air & Style events we’ve had, and though we’ll do our best to make it impossible for anyone in the stadium to stand still, wear your warmest clothes for good measure!

If you can’t be a part of the banging atmosphere you can watch the The Billabong Air & Style on www.air-style.com/en/id-2012-billabong-air-style-innsbruck/live.html.

For more information log on www.air-style.com.

The Burton NZ Open is rocking out down under and you can watch the Semis and Finals of the halfpipe and slopestyle unfold right here on this live stream from 11pm CET.

Ok, if you’re in Europe like us then you’ll have to get the beers in and make a night of it as the stream will be live pretty late on Thursday, Friday & Saturday nights/early the next mornings. In fact, off the bat, here are the dates and times for various different live streams of the Burton NZ Open in various locales…

EUROPE – CET

Thursday, Aug 11/Friday, Aug 12
Men’s & Women’s Slopestyle Finals
11:00pm – 3:00am

Friday, Aug 12/Saturday, Aug 13
Men’s Halfpipe Semi-Finals
10:30pm – 1:00am

Saturday, Aug 13
Men’s & Women’s Halfpipe Finals
1:00am – 5:00am

New Zealand – NZST

Friday, Aug 12
Men’s & Women’s Slopestyle Finals
9:00am – 1:00pm

Saturday, Aug 13

Men’s Halfpipe Semi-Finals

8:30am – 11:00am

Men’s & Women’s Halfpipe Finals
11:00am – 3:00pm

US – EST

Thursday, Aug 11
Men’s & Women’s Slopestyle Finals
5:00pm – 9:00pm

Friday, Aug 12
Men’s Halfpipe Semi-Finals
4:30pm – 7:00pm

Men’s & Women’s Halfpipe Finals
7:00pm – 11:00pm

So set your watches and prepare yourselves for the hammers in this, the ninth edition of the BNZO. It’s also a 5-Star TTR event and the first stop on the Burton Global Open Series tour, where the riders list looks like a who’s who of contestular awesome riders. Look at this cut/paste list! Canadians Mark McMorris and Charles Reid; Americans Louie Vito, Jarret Thomas, Benji Farrow, Danny Davis and Jeremy Thompson; Japanese riders Kudo Kohei, Murakami Daisuke, Ryo Aono and Taku Hiraoka; Norwegians Ulrik Badertscher, Tore Holvik, Torgier Bergrem, Gjermund Braaten, Stale Sandbech and Torstein Horgmo; BNZO’s 2010 Slopestyle Champion Christian Haller (SUI), BNZO’s 2010 Halfpipe Champion Iouri Podladtchikov (SUI), plus Manuel Pietropoli (ITA) and Marko Grilc (SLO), as well as top local riders from New Zealand and Australia, including Mitchell Brown and Scotty James.

Wowzers! There’s girls too! Cut/paste again! 2010 BNZO Halfpipe Champion, 2011 BGOS Overall Champion and three-time Olympian Kelly Clark; 2010 BNZO Slopestyle Champion Jamie Anderson, 2011 US Open Slopestyle Champion Enni Rukajärvi (FIN) and two-time Olympians Hannah Teter, Gretchen Bleiler and Elena Hight, as well as Olympians Queralt Castellet (ESP), Soko Yamaoka (JAP), Sarka Pancochova (CZE), Ursina Haller (SUI) and Cilka Sadar (SLO). Also competing are Kaitlyn Farrington (USA), Spencer O’Brien (CAN), Silvia Mittermuller (GER), and New Zealand’s own Rebecca Torr.

In addition to the live streaming that you can get balls deep into right here, the BNZO will offer a live scoring service, accessible with any mobile phone or web browser. For iPhone users, the download the Efan iPhone app free from the App Store, or you can go to this place on the internet for start lists, results, live scores, live standings, athlete profiles and event details as available.

Tune in Saturday, October 30 2010 to watch the Live Stream of the Rail Battle in downtown Gothenburg.

This Saturday, Gothenburg will welcome some of the heaviest hammer droppers to the only downtown rail event on this year’s TTR World Tour. The riders at this 3-Star contest will throw down on a 25m long, 10m wide and 12m high steel monster and battle it out for a slice of the 10,000 USD prize purse.

With cats like Halldor Helgason, Erik Botner, Wojtek Pawlusiak, Hans Åhlund, Gulli Gudmundsson, Teo Konttinen, Nils Arvidsson and Marc Swoboda on the invite list, you can be sure your you’ll be treated to the maddest metal tech around, and if you’re not in or around Gothenburg you can take in all the tap dancing from the comfort of your couch.

The action kicks off at 18:00 local time, so come back then and enjoy the show.