These three guys are among the best the Germanic snowboarding world has to offer. Benny Urban, Dominik Wagner and Marc Swoboda in their new project called “Down to Earth“.

Webisodes and full parts dropping this Fall!

1. Jussi Oksanen in Jackson, Sollors, Bang, Oksanen & Rencz Shred Whistler Deep Days

According to our photo editor, Jussi has been licking his face after a pow shot ever since he has been 10 years old. He’s still at it, as he is at shredding the backcountry like no other. Watch the full clip, it’s full of BC hammers!

2. Marc Swoboda in Lovelution IV FULL PART

Not only is Marc Swoboda one of the best European jibbers around, this trick was also shot during our inaugural Onboard Send-Off Session at Kitzsteinhorn. It will return this spring, so keep your eyes peeled on more smackbanging park action.

3. Ursina Haller in Protest Jokers – Mogul Madness

Yeah, we kind of had to post this as a GIF. Ursina Haller loses a mogul race and gets sprayed while stripped down to a bikini.

Feast your eyes on Swoboda’s full part from the new Loveolution movie. It’s tasty.

You might have seen some of these shots in the edit we posted from our Send Off Session when Marc spanked seven shades of brown out of the poor A-Frame rail (make sure you check that if you missed it), but there’s way more bangs to get you stoked in this. And the ender – oof!

Of all the free snowboard movies of 2012, Nitro Snowboards’ full length team flick, Hyped! was probably the one making us want to go snowboarding most. It is a great combination of stellar riding (by the likes of Eero Ettala, Austin Smith, Nils Arvidsson, Justin Bennee and more) and fun stuff on and off the hill that people can relate to. And this is what it’s all about, init? Or as we said earlier this year when the flick dropped:

This is snowboarding as it should be: fun shredding and bangers, and if this doesn’t make you want to strap in and shred you should probably check your pulse. Good job, Nitro. Mission accomplished!

Check out Marc Swoboda dropping bombs on this poor battleship jib feature in Kitzsteinhorn’s park. Ten tricks, all slayed. The boy’s a machine…

At our Send Off Session towards the end of last season, Marc Swoboda vanished for half a day. We were concerned he may have been carted off by one of the thong-wearing cougars that were prowling about the restaurant but we needn’t have worried – he was just knocking the back out of the battleship. Working his way up from mellow to mental, it’s insane the amount of control the boy has on his snowboard. Nice job, dude.

Winter is here! With the opening of the Glacier Park on Saturday, October 20, 2012, Kitzsteinhorn kicks off the 2012/13 freestyle season. Shortly afterwards, the first of many event highlights of this winter will follow: on November 11, 2012, the Nitro & Volcom Season Warm-up Session will be held. A fortnight later, the Cappuccino Club exhibition and “Sprungbrett“ talent session with Nicola Thost will provide the next action-packed weekend.

At the opening, the Glacier Park (2,900 metres) presents 2 jib lines with flat-down industry, flat rail, flat-down rail, single bar down rail and banana rail as well as a kicker line with 6-metre down riffle, 7-metre kicker and 9-metre wave box. The Easy Line offers flat box, rainbow box and mini kicker. In the course of the next weeks, the Glacier Park will be extended; you can find the current set-up at www.snowpark.kitzsteinhorn.at.

Shortly after the opening of the park, Snowpark Kitzsteinhorn kicks off with the first events. It all starts with the Nitro & Volcom Season Warm-up Session in the Glacier Park on November 11, 2012. At this open session for anyone, snowboarders can ride with Nitro and Volcom pros and take some tips for shredding the rails and boxes. At the Test & Chill Area, you can test the latest hardware by Nitro Snowboards.

The next event is Sprungbrett on November 25, 2012, a talent contest for snowboard kids from age 6 to 15, with Olympic Snowboarding Champion Nicola Thost (GER) and other pro snowboarders as well as photographers and cameramen. The Kitzsteinhorn event is the kick-off to a five-stop tour. Participation is limited to 20 riders.

At the same weekend, Kitzsteinhorn provides another highlight: the exhibition of the Cappuccino Club at the Alpincenter. Each year, the snowboarding crew produces a charity calendar – a unique blend of sport aesthetics and art. At the exhibition from November 24 to the middle of December 2012, the 12 pages of the calendar are shown in art prints. These are, just like the calendar, up for sale. All proceeds benefit charity projects.

Further events at Snowpark Kitzsteinhorn wait in December: Elooa Snowboardcamp (December 07–09, 2012), Marc Swoboda Ride With Me! (December 08, 2012) and Youngblood Freeski Camp (December 14–16, 2012). As soon as there is enough snow, the freestyle action on the Kitzsteinhorn will then relocate some 400 metres further down to Easy Park, Central Park and super-pipe. They will be gradually opened from December on and are all located near the Sonnenkarbahn. The parks are characterized by long, creative lines and high kickers. For this season, the beginners’ areas will be once again expanded. The highlight of Snowpark Kitzsteinhorn is Austria’s biggest super-pipe (160 m long, 6.30 m high), which is again taken care by “Pipe master” Ali Zehentner.

Saturdays only 10 euros for children and adolescents: The Power of Zehn!

This winter, children and youths (born 1994 to 2006) only pay 10 euros for the day ski pass every Saturday from November 24, 2012, to April 27, 2013. For further information, please visit www.kitzsteinhorn.at and www.snowpark.kitzsteinhorn.at

Snowpark Kitzsteinhorn

• NEW: Nitro Snowboards and Volcom Snowboarding as main partners
• 3 world class snow parks located between 2,500 and 2,900 m altitude
• Glacier Park on the glacier open from autumn
• During winter: Easy Park for beginners and Central Park for advanced learners & pros
• Austria’s biggest super-pipe
• Railgarden Lechnerberg in the centre of Kaprun

Glacier Park (Setup as of October 20, 2012, subject to alterations)
Easy Line
Flat Box 6 m, Rainbow Box 4 m, Mini Kicker 2 m
Jib Line A
Flat-Down Industry, Flat Rail 6 m, Flat-Down Rail 3 m – 6m
Jib Line B
Flat-Down Industry, Single Bar Down Rail 9 m, Banana Rail 7 m
Kicker Line
Down Riffle 6 m, Easy/Medium Kicker 7 m, Wave Box 9 m

Easy Park (3 Lines, subject to alterations)
Upper Jib Line
Lower Jib Line
Boxes Line
Easy Kicker Line

Central Park (3 Lines, subject to alterations)
Medium Line
3 jib features and 2 kickers (appr. 8 m and 14 m)
Pro Line
2 jib features and 2 kickers (appr. 18 m and 20 m)
Jib Line
Creative line all across the park, with special features (A-frame box, wall ride & snow obstacles)

Super-pipe

Kitzsteinhorn Inter@ctive:

Step-up special feature, 2 kickers (appr. 7 m and 13 m)
Rails, tubes, wall ride and multi obstacle (down rail, straight rail, down tube & more)
4 different boxes (straight, down, wave)
3 easy kickers (appr. 2 m, 4 m and 6 m)

Nitro Snowboards’ full length team flick, Hyped!, is now live and direct. Check the likes of Eero Ettala, Austin Smith, Nils Arvidsson, Justin Bennee and more bossing it and getting hyped.

This is snowboarding as it should be: fun shredding and bangers, and if this doesn’t make you want to strap in and shred you should probably check your pulse. Good job, Nitro. Mission accomplished!

Watch what gets Bryan Fox, Austin Smith, Markus Keller, Eero Ettala, Marc Swoboda, Benny Urban, Dominik Wagner, Knut Eliassen, Sam Taxwood, Sage Kotsenburg, Nils Arvidsson, Elias Elhardt, Anton Bilare, Anton Gunnarson, Jon Kooley, Justin Bennee, Torgeir Bergrem, and the rest of the team Hyped when they are snowboarding.

Locations: Salt Lake City, China, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Poland, Canada, Mt. Bachelor, Big Bear, and Mt. Baker.

Directed by Per-Hampus Stålhandske. Filmed and edited by Per-Hampus Stålhandske and Pirmin Juffinger. Produced by Nitro snowboards

Hyped! is the feeling we all get when we strap into our snowboards

The new Teammovie from the austrian label LOVE. Featuring: Marc Swoboda, Seppi Scholler, Markus Keller, Dominik Wagner, Gulli Gudmunddson, Kurt Rubik, Senad Grosic, Thomas Feurstein, Clemens Schattschneider and Matevz Pristavec.

A private season end session has long been high on the Onboard Crew’s wish list and yet the lack of an appropriate partner had until now kept it as just that, a wish. Then out of a smoking lamp came Kitzsteinhorn and their genie Stefan Plattner and with the wave of a long handled shaping spade The Onboard & Kitzsteinhorn Send Off Sessions were born.

This edit shows what went down at Kitzsteinhorn in May 2012. Watch the riding of Markus Keller, Markku Koski, Ville Uotila, Cheryl Maas, Sami Luhtanen, Marc Swoboda, Peter König, Luka Jeromel, Gerome Mathieu, Mario Kaeppeli, Michael Schärer, Fridtjof Tischendorf, Werni Stock, and Björn Hartweger.

For more information on the event and a lot of banging pictures grab some money and buy the September issue of Onboard Mag!