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February 22, 2012
In the latest episode of Snowboard Chronicles, featured Red Bull rider Seb Toots talks about getting his start on a snowboard, the shift from skiing to shredding, his transitions throughout his career, battling back from injuries and progression on the snow. Check it out here: brightcove.createExperiences(); Read More...
February 22, 2012
With X Games France quickly approaching, the news reports came trickling overseas from Tignes early this morning that Shaun White has been confirmed to compete. Even more noteworthy, as that he has been confirmed for both pipe and slopestyle. White was rumoured to be absent from the World Championships in Oslo last week, when the [...] Read More...
February 22, 2012
Not only has Capita put out one of the best snowboard films of the year with “Defenders of Awesome,” but they continue to release full sections online every few weeks. The latest to drop in comes from Alberta native and all around shredder Dustin Craven. Not only can Dustin ride it all, but he does [...] Read More...
February 22, 2012
For the first time ever, X Games Real Snow presents their newest contest, focused entirely on backcountry riding. This marks the launch of the newest format; X Real Snow Backcountry. There are 8 legendary contenders in one of the toughest battles ever put together. Legendary names like Walsh, Muller, and Oksanen. Have a look; each [...] Read More...
February 18, 2012
Pipe finals were the Vito Ipod Ladley show. Vito is just charging, but iPod stayed on top. Clark continued her winning streak in women’s pipe. In slope it was Guldemond taking out Toutant, and O’Brien showing the world that the state of women’s slopestyle is moving to a new level. Check out all of the [...] Read More...
February 17, 2012
The World Snowboard Championships have been working through qualifiers and semis over the past few days, and tonight, the quarterpipe finals just wrapped up. Stay Tuned to Action Recon this weekend for up to date coverage and results from Oslo. The WSC is developed and owned by the WSF and the TTR. Congrats to Olivier [...] Read More...
February 17, 2012
Sadly, Aaron Robinson passed away last summer while snowboarding in Chile, but his legacy continues to live strong. RIP AARON ROBINSON We post a lot of films here at Action Recon. This one is certainly worth checking out, in its entirety. Robinson has left behind his “Manifest” release, and along with a couple of quotes, [...] Read More...
February 15, 2012
Vancouver-based 3 Inches of Blood are gearing up to release their fifth album next month, and have dropped a teaser track in anticipation. The album will be released by Century Media on March 27th, and despite their horrible and cheesy album title, “Long Live Heavy Metal,” (sounds like a Steel Panther title) it is one [...] Read More...
February 14, 2012
Director Sebastien Montaz-Rossat has just released the trailer for his upcoming March release, “One Step Beyond,” featuring base jumpers Geraldine Fastnacht and Karina Hollekim. Check out the trailer below from Red Bull: One Step Beyond is going to be released to the world for download on sebmontaz.com on March 8. One Step Beyond trailer from [...] Read More...
February 14, 2012
The 2012 Legendary Mount Baker Banked Slalom was indeed, legendary. Celebrating its 27th year, the Banked Slalom tests the most basic and true skills of snowboarding; riding fast and powerful. Having corked tricks, filed down edges and an extruded unwaxed base on a 152 may be helpful in developing your next video part, but here, [...] Read More...
