snowboard events

Sixteen of the world’s top snowboarders were welcomed to Japan on Saturday (26th February) for the 15th annual Toyota Big Air competition. I was fortunate enough to gain media access to the event at the Makomanai stadium in Sapporo to watch the evening’s events unfold as riders went head-to-head to be crowned King of Air.

The Battery Catfight, formerly known as Oakley Girlsessions, is set to go down at the end of March. This 4Star TTR event will bring together some of Europe's top women riders and sounds like a rocking good time to us!

Here's all the details from Battery Catfight's organizers.

Jamie Anderson racked up another win at the first ever women's slopestyle competition at the Oakley Arctic Challenge in Norway. Her run included a noseslide, a 50-50 bs 180 mute, a huge ss bs 540, bs 360, a tailslide 270 out and a  bs 540 indy on the last jump. Besides the $15,000 first prize, Anderson also earned herself a spot at the 2012 World Championships in Oslo.

After receiving her trophy, Jamie Anderson remarked, "I was never crowned the prom queen, but finally I got my crown."

Photo: Oakley Arctic Challenge/Olav Stubberud

A strong showing by the other women in the field included 720s and an attempted backside 900. Canadian Spencer O'Brien placed second, and Jenny Jones added another top 3 finish to her season.

FINAL RESULTS

Anne-Flore Marxer sure knows how to make an entrance. There's nothing like grabbing the first place trophy in your debut event to turn some heads and that's just what AFM did at the Nissan Freeride World Tour in Chamonix/Mont-Blanc.

(Photo: © freerideworldtour.com / J. Bernard)

AFM's win didn't come easy.

“The last three days have been very stressful and I’ve been really tense. But when I got to the top of the course I I realized that is what I usually do! I regained my confidence and rode without hesitation. I’m especially glad that tomorrow is my birthday - I’ll have two reasons to celebrate tonight!”  

You can check out her winning run below.