Ulrik Badertscher (NOR) won the Oakley Shaun White Air & Style Beijing competition in the Olympic Bird's Nest stadium tonight, followed by 2 Norwegian wingmen Torstein Horgmo and Ståle Sandbech. Ulrik received the coveted Air & Style Ring of Glory and 1,000 TTR World Ranking points.

 Ulrik's winning run was a very clean backside rodeo 1260, which was also awarded Red Bull's Best Trick. Torstein Horgmo commented: 'Norway did OK today. There is no secret to it, we just all got juiced and we just follow some bad ass dudes, we just try to keep up.'  Favorites Sebastien Toutant (CAN) and Seppe Smits (BEL) both failed to reach the podium like last year. Seppe had the best results in the first round, but didn't manage to land his three attempts in the second round. Seb's cab 1260 double cork wasn't good enough to beat Ulrik's smooth double backside rodeo 12 Indy Grab, which gave him the highest score of the second round.

 Ståle Sandbech is the new leader of the TTR World Snowboard Tour Overall rankings and Roope Tonteri's 12th place was enough to keep him ranked no 1 on the Big Air Rankings. Ulrik Badertscher moved to the 5th position on both the TTR Big Air Tour Ranking and TTR Overall Ranking, a steady result.

 The battle for the TTR Big Air Tour Title will have 3 more chapters, with the Relentless Big Air by Quiksilver in Stuttgart following on December 16-17. In 2012 it's on to Davos for the O'Neill Evolution from 2-8 of January, and finally the TTR Big Air Tour crowning will take place at the Air& Style in Innsbruck, the final Big Air event of the year.

$50,000 TOTAL PURSE, $20,000 TO THE WINNER

MONTREAL, DECEMBER 5, 2011 – The Ride Shakedown presented by Videotron, the country’s most important international snowboarding slopestyle competition, will return to Mont Saint-Sauveur for an 11th edition on March 30 and 31, 2012. As for its American equivalent, it will be celebrating its third year at The Summit at Snoqualmie, outside of Seattle, on March 16 and 17, 2012.

This year, the Ride Shakedown presented by Videotron, much like its American counterpart, will be rewarding its athletes more than ever. The total prize purse will increase from $35,000 to $50,000. As a result, the winner of the main event (jump-to-rail) will now walk away with a check for $20,000.

"We continue to develop our two events that have built up a very good reputation. Our mission is to develop and expose snowboarding, its athletes its lifestyle and everything related to the snowboarding world”, proclaims Patryck Bernier, co-founder of Dizzle Entertainment, producing company of the Ride Shakedown. “Last year, over 25,000 spectators gathered at Mon Saint-Sauveur for the milestone 10th edition”, he adds.
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THE WORLD'S BEST FEMALE SNOWBOARDERS HIT SAALBACH HINTERGLEMM! WATCH THE VIDEO !

The world's best female snowboarders return to Saalbach Hinterglemm, Austria: on Friday February 10th, 2012, for the ROXY SNOW PRO to be held at the Nightpark Saalbach Hinterglemm! This 5-star TTR slopestyle event - the only 100% female event on Tour - will showcase the women's world snowboarding talent and skills in front of an inspired crowd. With finals to be held at night under a floodlit course, the event promises to be one of the most spectacular of the season in Europe. The Roxy Snow Pro will gather : Torah Bright, Kjersti Buaas, Cheryl Maas, Aimee Fuller...

DOWNLOAD THE ROXY SNOW PRO VIDEO TEASER HERE

Re-up on video gear, get your crew together, and stack footy this season because the Rome SDS is proud to announce the 6th addition of The Local GNAR contest. With $1000 up for grabs and tons of products for the finalists why wouldn’t you submit an edit? Over the last five years we have seen some impressive entries and every year they continue to get better. This year could be your chance to make internet gold and submit a winner!

We aren’t looking for rooftop-to-rooftop gaps, triple 1440’s, or quadruple kink hand rails…though if you have any footage of that feel free to throw it in. We are more excited to see quality riding and proper tricks with a crew that looks like they are having a blast. Remember, snowboarding is about having FUN, especially with your friends, and that’s what we love to see. So what do you need to do?
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