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Homies Present ‘Boiling Point’ Teaser

Tom Copsey — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:00:24 +0000

The French-heavy crew, the Homies, drop the teaser for their latest movie, Boiling Point. It will get you through the afternoon.

Holy cow. These last few days seem to have passed in a blur of teasers constantly dripping through the pipes. It’s pretty much all we’ve posted. Not wanting to buck a trend, the Homies teaser for Boiling Point is here and set to make your friday arvo better. Check it out.

Starring: Nico Droz, Sparrow Knox, Aymeric Tonin, Cedric Giovanola, Christian Weber, Frederic Couderc, Morgan Lefaucheur and Neils Shack

Sparrow Knox Breckenridge Shredit

Tom Copsey — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:09:55 +0000

Check this sweet edit of young British rider Sparrow Knox knocking the back out of the Breckenridge park.

Here at Onboard we were made aware of London-born ripper Sparrow Knox‘s skills many years ago when he was still a knee-high shred imp. Alongside an equally miniature Jamie Nicholls it looked like he was going to be part of a new breed of British riders that woud be holding it down on an international level. Jamie’s progress has been well-documented here, but as for Sparrow… well, he seemed to fall off the radar a bit and we assumed that he’d discovered the delights of birds ‘n’n booze. Not so. It seems he’s just been getting on with it, and as this edit from a few days razzing in the Breck park shows, the boy’s still got game.

Check it out. The switch back fizza is the nizza.

Results from Giro Big Air Championships in Milton Keynes

Anna Langer — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:52:08 +0000

The British Snow Tour headed to Milton Keynes, SNO!zone last weekend for the Giro British Indoor Big Air Championships and Big Air Jam.

Spectators were treated to a multitude of fancy tricks, flips and big airs as the snowboarders gave it their all during the Giro Big Air Jam sessions. The overall Jam session winners were, Sparrow Knox (over 16’s), Matt Cory (under 16’s) and Katie Ormerod (women’s). A special shout-out also goes to Neil Prior from the Master’s category who donned a Super Mario outfit hoping it would give him a Power-Up over the kickers.

In the Women’s Giro Big Air Championships, with British Championship Titles and cash prizes up for grabs, it was defending big air champ, Katie Ormerod who impressed the most and added the 2010 Giro British Big Air Championship title to her impressive collection. Katie landed a big backside 360 over the 6m kicker to take the win. Second place with a stylish frontside 180, melon went to Sophie Nicholls, whilst third place went to youngster Becky Menday, who had been charging the kickers all day.

During the Men’s Giro Big Air Championships, judges were impressed with rodeo 5’s, big 720’s and cab spins. Sparrow Knox, who’d been killing it in the jam session stepped it up and landed a huge backside rodeo 5 on his first run to take the 2010 Giro Big Air Championship Title. Second place went to Mike Austin with his big bag of tricks and a textbook frontside rodeo 5, whilst third place with a big 720 went to Jordan Gee.

Sparrow commented: “I really enjoyed the new comp format and the jump was amazing, the perfect size. I’m stocked i won and my winnings are going to go towards my winter season.”

100 kids tried skiing or snowboarding for the first time during the event, courtesy of the Giro Learner Academies and a special shout-out or should we say – Shakira Wolf Cry, goes to MC James Thorne, who ministered an amazing atmosphere for competitors and spectators alike.

Check out the photo galleries and videos and the full list of results on britishsnowtour.com

Summer Shred Guide – Saas Fee

Tom Copsey — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:58:18 +0000

In today’s Summer Shred Guide, we check out what the Swiss resort of Saas Fee has to offer shralpers this summer. There’s two things you should know about Saas Fee: there’s a lot of Kalbermattens in town, and carjacking the electric police wagons is a BAD idea. That being said, it’s a damn fine spot to shred and watching the bits of the glacier break off with an Ollie Reed-sized hangover is something to tell the grandkids. Here it is…

Saas Fee

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Set to open on 3 July, the park in Saas Fee is planned to be constantly adaptable to make the best use of the glacier’s terrain and the changing weather and snow conditions. Hangin’ tough in southwestern Switzerland it’s a couple of hours transfer from Geneva or Milan and getting from the town (no cars allowed in town) to the park is quick and easy on the gondola. For an adult day pass at 66 CHF, there’s always a wide selection of kickers, jibs and rails plus a pipe that can either be epic or a bit kinked depending on the sun, all set to a killer glacial backdrop. The skate park in town’s odd but fun too. Check out the video above of the Nike 6.0 crew there a couple of summers back for an idea of what’s on offer.

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Saas Fee Park