After having celebrated their 10th birthday back in 2012, Poney Session is going to host another out of bounds style session under this year‘s motto: Cops and Robbers.

The 4Star World Snowboard Tour Slopestyle Event will go down in his 11th edition from 14th to 17th March 2013. Place of crime, as before, will be picturesque Saint Lary-Soulan, one of the largest ski resorts in the French Pyrenees.

With a 12.000€ prize purse in cash & in kind of, be sure to expect some decent runs and some off-limits tricks in the Slopestyle Event, but also for the „best tricks“ and „best rookie“ session, taking place these dates.

Last year, the winning poneys were Scandinavian: Jonas Steen bagged up the main title while Sami Luhtanen won the rookie trophy. Will the glory of victory come back to the locals? Will they be cops or robbers? All these answers very soon!

The 4days-program will also include DJ sets with Radio Nova Battle, break dance demonstrations, live board painting and a huge electro party grand finale the last night, to be known as „Garde à Vue“.

The parties…

And here’s the teaser:

Visit www.worldsnowboardtour.com and www.poneysession.com.

Where: Saint-Lary, France

BS Rodeo from local hero Victor Delerue on the butter table.

Swede Niklas Askmyr becomes the new Poney-in-chief after a stormy, rainy week-end in Saint-Lary, France, while Thomas Gerin get the Best Trick Award.

Organisers had to battle hard against furious elements over the week-end in Saint-Lary, Pyrenees, to manage to put together a decent snowboard contest, despite the wind, the rain and the sticky snow. Nevertheless, nothing could affect the uptempo mood of yet another big bunch of riders, mainly French but agremented with 3 high flyers from Sweden. Decision was made to hold both TTR 3 Star Free Session and Best Trick Session on this peculiar saturday afternoon, 20th of March, to make sure the riders could make the most of the creative park of St Lary.

The line up.

The favorite obstacles on the park for the free session were obviously the middle tabletop, the mini football goal for handplants or bonks, and of course the butter table at the bottom, where the Best Trick magic happened. Defending hardly his 2009 title until the end, Victor Delerue had to let go the trophy, despite a couple of his specially tasty corked 9s on the middle table. But Victor Daviet, and especially Niklas Askmyr, were the most consistent riders of the days.

Baisamy, BS5 before getting injured later on...

After the free session, the butter table was on fire (and ice) and local hero Delerue starting the fight with Backflip to BS Rodeo. Everybody trying his best to butter the crap out of that obstacle: Nicolas Vincent, Felix Cadiou, Mathieu Justafre, Thomas Delfino, the Bouche brothers, Lucas Benacchio, Dimitri Biau, unlucky Johann Baisamy… And many more. Daviet also was on the case with his sweet BS 1 to Cab 7. To our liking, we recon Enzo Nilo – supported by his friend Felix Carlier from the ‘A Branler crew’, which I won’t translate – should maybe have won the Best Trick Award with his FS 1 to Switch BS Rodeo. But in the end, it’s Thomas Gerin from Meribel who sealed the deal with his Cab 5 to BS 5 and FS 5 to Switch BS 5 combos.

The 'let's go to school' combo, Vincent and Biau.

After a last windy and slushy run down for everyone, it was time for some epic food, and epic party in a local Cidrerie, where Radio Nova put up some nice Live action from a band who could definately be the new Blues Brothers. Big up to them, big up to the Poneys, big up to the Pyrenees!

The incredible Blues Brother's clones jazzing the party.

Thanks to the Poneys, to St Lary, and the partners: Billabong, Pull-In, Nike 6.0, Electric, Landing, Da Kine and Salomon.

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