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Ski half-pipe and snowboard slopestyle could make their debuts as Winter Olympic sports at the 2014 Sochi Games. The International Ski Federation (FIS) has requested the International Olympic Committee include the sports, as well as an alpine skiing team event. FIS also asked the IOC for the second time to…

Nicolas Hayek, founder of the Swatch Group, sadly died yesterday, Monday, June 28th at the age of 82.  Mr. Hayek was an exceptional person and businessman who was a big supporter of Swatch’s involvement in snowboarding dating back to the late 1980’s, in particular with the Ticket To Ride (TTR)…

The Billabong Ante Up competition, the first 5Star event of the 2010/11 Swatch TTR World Tour season, went off this weekend with an excellent showing from a diverse field of riders.  The summertime event was held in the Camp of Champions park on the Blackcomb glacier and featured a massive…

Break out the diaries, it's time to save a date! The first ever Winter X Games outside of the US took place in Tignes, France in March and was such a massive success that it's happening again next year.  So get ready for March 16 –  March 18 2011 as…

The powers that be at the TTR gathered together to discuss the future of the sport and the tour and here are the main points that they have approved to improve for next season -  World Snowboarding Championships taking snowboarding a step further   Representatives of TTR Pro Snowboarding and…

Billabong is proud to announce the Billabong Ante Up, a 5 Star Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour event, taking place June 26 to 30th in the Camp of Champions terrain park at Whistler Blackcomb. The event will kick off the Swatch TTR World Snowboard tour for the 10/11 season in…

Taking place right now in Laax, Switzerland is the BRITS 2010, a gathering of the UK's finest skiers and snowboarders all competing to win the coveted title of BRITS champ. With days 1 and 2 of competition complete, there has already been some celebrating as both Emma Lonsdale and James…

After the men’s final competition was postponed on Saturday due to bad visibility, the world’s best freeride skiers and snowboarders took on the mythical 600 metre North face of the Bec des Rosses. In perfect conditions the 24 male riders put on the most spectacular show with the fastest and…

Lisa Wiik at US Open 2010 © uso10 (photographed by jake stangel) At the second day of competition of the 6Star Burton US Open in Stratton, Vermont over 80 snowboarders fought for one of 41 spots to proceed to qualifiers which will happen today, Thursday, leading on to the slopestyle…

For the third year in a row the Oakley Jib-Vid crew are in Mayrhofen awaiting the arrival of the 18 teams who will compete for the coveted top prize of 5,000 euros for their 2-minute film. In just a couple of hours the teams' arrival will be greeted by beautiful…