Harakiri Productions released its final opus earlier this year and it’s full of Gallic wit and banging riding. It was also the 5th most popular full movie of 2012 and if you check it you’ll understand why. Enjoy!

The best French snowboard movie production of recent years released a darn fine last and final movie: Harakiri’s La Tournee Du Patron has everything you want in a snowboard movie and more. Not surprisingly, it became one of the most successful free snowboard movies of 2012!

Featured snowboarders: Bruno Rivoire, Brynild Vuilin, JJ Roux, Ben Thomas-Javid, Enzo Nilo, Thomas Gerin, Johann Baisamy, Thomas Delfino, Maxence Tevelle, Victor Daviet, Victor De Le Rue, Valérian Ducourtil, Gaby Bessy, Vicci Miller.

The Harakiri dudes are back with a sick, slick, witty teaser for their upcoming movie, La Tournee du Patron. Have a look.

For those unfamiliar with la langue d’amour, the title roughly translates to ‘Owner’s Round’ or ‘On The House’, as in when the bar owner fronts the drinks. So there.

Riders: JJ Roux, Enzo Nilo, Tom Tom Gerin, Thomas Delfino, Victor Delerue, Victor Daviet, Ben Thomas Javid.

OXBOW BACK TO POWDER is OXBOW very first 100% backcountry snowboard film directed by Invert Production.

The OXBOW team – made up of the riders JP Solberg (Norway), Kalle Ohlson (Sweden), Thomas Gérin (France), Adan Baserba Berrocal (Spain), Thomas Delfino (France), Sophie Rodriguez (France) and David Livet (France) – headed off to the world’s mountains carving fresh tracks through the powder. In total 9 countries were explored by this group of snowboarders searching for the ideal spot.

For this their second film, Harakiri offers you a real champion’s league of French talent: Victor Daviet, J.J. Roux, Ben Thomas Javid, Victor De Le Rue, Johann Baisamy, Bruno Rivoire, Gaby Bessy, Aluan RIcciardi, Brynild Vulin, Enzo Nilo, Thomas Delfino, Valérian Ducourtil, Thomas Gerin…

On a mission for powder last winter, the crew decided to escape from “Dry” Europe to find deep snow in the promised lands: Canada, Japan, U.S.

This our vision of snowboarding and we are stoked to share it with you!

a movie by Manuel VIVION / J.J. Roux / Bruno Rivoire
Cameras by Manuel VIVION / Pierre De Le Rue
check www.harakiriprod.com

Oxbow have been stepping their game up over the last couple of years, hooking up some solid riders to their roster, putting together some sweet outerwear, and putting on their innovative Back to Powder event. Now they’ve gone and produced a team movie, named Back to Powder, and this is the teaser. It looks good.

The Oxbow team – JP Solberg (Norway), Kalle Ohlson (Sweden), Thomas Gérin (France), Adan Basserba Berrocal (Spain), Thomas Delfino (France), Sophie Rodriguez (France) and David Livet (France) – scoured the planet’s alpine last season in search of the finest conditions and the most perfect spots in which to throw down. The United States, Canada, France, Russia, Italy, Alaska, Sweden, Norway and Japan were all on the agenda as they sent it off cliffs and booters into deep pow.

Back to Powder will be a production that highlights the authentic state of mind that the cameras of INVERT and their partners, YES (Paul Watts filming JP Solberg) and PIRATES (Basti Balser filming Kalle Ohlson), have managed to recreate to perfection. “It’s just awesome to have worked on a 100% backcountry movie, we really have filmed some incredible images this winter with deep snow and big pow pillows. It’s my first film with my OXBOW team-mates, I can’t wait to see the results” says JP.

The full movie will be available to download free in December 2011. In the mean time, enjoy the teaser…

Thomas Gerin with a switch back 9 over a scenic kicker in Alpe d’Huez, shot by Matt Georges. Would you agree that this makes for a great desktop wallpaper of the week?

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Gerome Mathieu soars through clouds mercifully free of volcanic ash. Click in below for bigger bangers. Photo: Matt Georges.

As Iceland spews its guts and wreaks havoc across Europe, the Photoblast marches onwards caring not for clouds of ash and impending doom.

If you, like us, were booked on a plane to go get some late-season rad but are instead sat getting ‘beep-beep-beep’ from the Lufthansa hotline, you may seek some small solace in this Friday’s bangers from our senior shooters. And, while it sucks not being able to get where you need to go, spare a thought for the Icelanders who’ve got Mother Earth’s spicy vom raining down on them. Enjoy the shots…

Matti Kinnunen nosepresses across Slovakian waters. Click in below for bigger. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi.

Another dose of bangers to ring in the end of the week.

Talk is cheap so click in below for some 1s and 0s that will have you pumped to ride this weekend.

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.

Check the Poney website.

Matti Kinnunen channels the spirit of Mike Vallely. Flatland handplant. Jasna, Slovakia. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi.

More killer action for your eyeholes.

The Photoblast has been on holiday. It has been on a beach drinking margaritas, getting tan and hooking up with underwear models and is now refreshed. It is back. Enjoy.