Autumn on our side of the planet means spring in the southern hemi, so check out the Oi Mate! boys from a land downunder shralping late-season pow and getting their park slush on…

Boardworld and Olliepop Films present the final episode of ‘Oi Mate!’ – a new series from the land down under. Proudly supported by Forum Snowboards, FYVE Snowboards, Mint Tours, Rhythm Snowboard Shop and Perisher.

In episode 4 we get our last taste of Aussie pow while exploring around the backcountry-side of Thredbo. We get a few early morning pipe hits with Nate Johnstone, before spending the day at Thredbo and back to Perisher with Matt Sedunary. Fyve skate shred Ben Currie hits up Jindabyne Skatepark and a few more lads get in on a jump session at Thredbo Resort. We wrap up the episode with the best of day two action at STYLEWARS, presented by Carlton Dry at Falls Creek.

Australia’s snow winter of 2012 has been one hell of a season! We look forward to seeing you all next year!

Resorts: Perisher, Falls Creek and Thredbo
Riders: Jye Kearney, Mat Galina, Billy Hayman, Reuben Cameron, Charlie Steinbacher, Pete Long, Dan Currie, Jake Koia, LPR, Matt Sedunary, Andrew Fawcett, Ben Fawcett, Doug Mercer, Chris De Campo, Max Buri, Tor Lundstrom, Nate Johnstone and Ben Currie. Also featuring RJMC!

Some heavy summercamp riding from your boys at T9 – check out Lucas Magoon, Dylan Thompson, Nick Pooch and more getting business done.

The first half of this edit is mainly the off-hill goodtimes, getting down with the campers and so, but stay tuned as halfway through the hammers kick in and the boys show what they’re all about.

Yet another barrage of spin-on-spin-offery from your favourite Russian jibster. Denis looks to be fully back on his game a mere 4-and-a-half months after a nasty knee injury. Good lad.

After exploding his knee late last season (check the footy at the beginning – pretty heavy), Denis ‘Bonus’ Leyontyev is back with another of his crazy tech park jibbing edits. This one’s from his time at Mt Hood this past summer. Prepare for motion sickness…

This one straight from Yobeat’s inexhaustible stash of summer camp footage. Jody Wachniak and Rusty Ockenden at Camp of Champions in Whistler/Oh Canada.

Jody and Rusty are Whistler locals. While one is more of a rail riding fellow and the other more of an air catching gent, the two put their talents to work this summer to make a well rounded video segment (despite Rusty’s recovering ACL which led to less jumping and more rails). Either way, here’s your latest and greatest summer snowboarding fix.

Cameo by Matt Belzile. Video by Cole Taylor.

With the Southern Hemi season starting to wind down, take a look at this interesting short documentary on the competition circuit down under. Contains solid riding from all the major events, plus chat from the likes of Gjermund Bråten, Roope Tonteri, Tor Lundström and more…

Vacation? is a full short documentary about competitive snowboarding in the Southern hemisphere featuring Scotty Lago, Gjermund Bratten, Seamus O’Connor, Alex Beer, Orla Doolin, Stale Sandbech, Cheryl Maas, Mark McMorris, Seb Toots…

Jye Kearney (AUS) has just been awarded 2012 Stylewars Stairmaster and best trick in front of an electric crowd at the 28 Stairs rail jam.

Some sick visuals in this latest webisode from the Aussie crew. Oi Mate! Watch this!

This time the crew got real busy. Waking up before sunrise and shooting after the sun went down, all in the name of chasing pow, hitting handrails, sending perfect park jumps and having a bloody good time while doing it! They teamed up with photographers from AUS & NZ Snowboarding Mag for exclusive photo shoots, some of which you can see in their latest issue, on shelves right now in all good news agencies AUS and NZ wide.

Resorts: Perisher, Falls Creek and Thredbo

Riders: Jye Kearney, Jeremy Burns, Mat Galina, Jed Davidson, Troy Storrock, Louis Macindoe, Paul Edwards, Harley Trivic, Sean Thompson, Greg Murray, Billy Hayman, Reuben Cameron, Charlie Steinbacher and Iver Lynne.

Anotine Truchon and Sylvia Mittermüller seal the deal in the finals of Stylewars. Check the blow-by-blow and a selection of digi-bangers…

Today at Stylewars, the Australian Slopestyle Championships, Antoine Truchon (CAN) showed the world why he is currently ranked the world’s number one slopestyle rider.

Stylewars, part of the prestigious World Snowboard Tour, enables riders from around the world to compete on tour to score points towards an overall world ranking. This afternoon – on the final day of the two-day slopestyle competition – Antoine threw down a switch backside rodeo 540 to frontside 900 into a switch back 1080 double cork to switch 50/50 to cab 270 on the down, taking first place and prize money of AUD$6000. Antoine snatched the Stylewars Grandmaster crown from last year’s winner Tor Lundstrom (SWE) who ended up placing third, despite being a favourite to win after ranking highest yesterday after day one of competition.

Giom Morriset, Head Judge and former US Halfpipe Champion, was thrilled to see riders throw down their best tricks battle it out on Falls Creeks’ phenomenal park set up. He reported, “Today we saw a switch in the scoreboard from Tor yesterday to Antoine today, who won by showing an incredible variety of tricks and skills. The level of competition, on the whole, definitely stepped up from the previous day.” Antoine, the new 2012 Grandmaster said, “I’m pretty stoked to be here at Stylewars this year, not just because of winning but because I’m here shredding with friends and enjoying the incredible course Falls Creek Australia has been able to give us.”

Second place went to Maxence Parrot (CAN). He improved his performance on day two, cleanly landing a great range of tricks. Yesterday he only had one double cork; today he had two. Impressed with the standard of snowboarding that was on display, Giom continued to explain, “Today’s Carlton Dry 30 ended up being a one-of-a-kind show, with a few riders putting forward their first attempts at some of the sport’s hardest and highest scoring tricks.” A perfect example, Maxence stole the show with his first attempt at a cab double cork 1080. He says, “I’m so happy about it, I just learned this trick today.”

For the women at Stylewars, Biba Turnbull (AUS) won the most points for day two of competition. But it was Silvia Mittermuller (GER) who ended up placing number one overall, taking home AUD$2000. Her winning run consisted of a backside 360 nosegrab to frontside 360 stalefish into a 50/50 up to noseslide down. Silvia also won the women’s Carlton Dry 30 best trick with a frontside 720 nosegrab, hot on the heels of Jess Rich (AUS) who also stomped a 720. Thrilled with the event Silvia says, “I’m just blown away by my entire trip to Australia. Stylewars is one of the funnest competitions I’ve ever been to.”

With the close of the slopestyle competition for the event, riders will be out celebrating at Falls Creek Resort tonight. However, the excitement of Stylewars competition doesn’t stop there. Tomorrow night hosts the Stylewars grand finale, 28 Stairs – a rail jam run under lights out the front of the Frying Pan Inn, with AUD$4500 up for grabs. Stay tuned for results.

STYLEWARS OVERALL RESULTS

MEN

1 Antoine Truchon (CAN)

2 Maxence Parrot (CAN)

3 Tor Lundstrom (SWE)

4 Ben Comber (NZ)

5 Nick Wood (NZ)

6 Robbie Walker (AUS)

7 Mathias Weissenbacher (AU)

8 Jordan Phillips (CAN)

9 Andrew Roth (AUS)

10 Jye Kearney (AUS)

WOMEN

Silvia Mittermuller (GER)

Courtney Phillipson (AUS)

Biba Turnbull (AUS)

Jess Rich (AUS)

Jade McJanett (AUS)

The good blokes down under have kicked off another edition of Stylewars, with a mindblowing barrage of doubles, 10s and 12s the order of day 1. Check out what went down…

Today marked the opening of Stylewars, the Australian Slopestyle Championships – Australia’s premier annual snowboarding event. Part of the prestigious World Snowboard Tour, the day was a huge success with the largest pool of entrants Stylewars has ever seen, including four of the world’s top slopestyle riders, and spectacular talent on display.

After a massive construction effort by the park crew at Falls Creek Resort, and abundant above average snowfall, the course was as good as any event from the past year on tour. Better yet, the competition was run under the best weather conditions Stylewars had seen in years. Riders could not wait to get out there and compete.

The contingent of international snowboarders including world number one slopestyle rider Antoine Truchon (CAN), defending Stylewars Grandmaster Tor Lundstrom (SWE), Maxence Parrot (CAN) and Jordan Phillips (CAN) took charge of the course with outstanding performances in an effort to score the best rank for the two-day competition. Australian and Kiwi riders also managed great results, with standout performances from Ben Comber, Nick Brown, Robbie Walker, Nick Wood and Courtney Phillipson.

Overall, the level of riding was exceptional with a fast-paced non-stop showcase of doubles, 10s and 12s. Impressed Head Judge and former US Open Halfpipe Champion Guillaume Morriset said, “Today was the best standard of snowboarding seen at an Australian competition this year.” Tor threw down several fantastic runs over the two-hour jam session format to defend his title, including a mind-blowing set consisting of a front 10 to back 12. He said, “It was a really good day today. Everyone was riding amazing and I look forward to seeing to what happens tomorrow. I might be in first place, but anything can happen.”Antoine stomped a switch back double cork 1080, earning him the men’s Carlton Dry 30 (best trick) of the day. Aussie Biba Turnbull won the women’s Carlton Dry 30 with a stylish frontside 3 stalefish.

All of the day’s heavy riding was caught on camera – via overhead chopper, remote control helicopter, phantoms cameras and static angle cameras plotted all over the course. Quality coverage of this year’s event is guaranteed.

With more sunny skies forecast tomorrow, the fight for the Grandmaster title will be tight. All riders will be pushing the limits, vying for their share of the $20,000 prize pool on the final day of slopestyle competition.

Check this teaser for Vacation?, which promises to take an in-depth, documentary look at the southern hemisphere’s contest season.

We like planet Earth. The way it’s setup means that even when it’s summer where we are, it’s winter somewhere else. We also like the southern hemi for the good people who come from there and the interesting mountains they ride. These fellows at Pilchard Productions decided it was time to shed some light on the contest circuit down under aside from just editing together the bangers, and Vacation? is the result. It’s set to air September 10, so check back for some down under loving.