Maria is the Champ!!

3.26.12 8:13 AM

Maria DeBari is on fire! She just won at Verbier and takes the overall title!!

LOOKING SIDEWAYS: TIMOTHY KARPINSKI PROFILE

3.20.12 10:55 AM

Check out Pinksi’s interview on Looking Sideways and experience his work at the WANGL TANGL show!
Getting Artsy, Getting Weird, Getting Shi* Done!

GNU’s GREENHORN GAMES : MOUNT SEYMOUR : 2012

3.19.12 3:00 PM

Gnu Snowboards brought the “Greenhorn Games – The Coolest 13 and Under Contest in the World!” back to the snowy slopes of Mount Seymour, BC.

Lib Tech Ripper Jesse Burtner was our guest emcee and Bent Metal’s Sean Genovese gave out pointers all day to the 30+ mini-shreds.

Everyone enjoyed the BEYOND FREE event, went home with a full belly of hot dogs and bananas and prizes from GNU, Lib Tech, Arnette Eyewear, Poler Stuff, POW Gloves, Snowboarder Magazine, High Cascade Snowboard Camp and Coastal Riders!

Thanks to David Kiker for the video!

HERE ARE THE RESULTS!

- Poler Stuff’s “Spirit of Greenhorn” – Finn Finestone

- HCSC’s “Greenest Greenhorn” – Toan Krauskopk (5 yrs!)

GIRLS:
1) Paige Johnston 2) Lynn Kaufmann 3) Ella Birkland

9 AND UNDER:
1) Zakk Harman 2) Mac Malkoski 3) Tosh Krauskopk

10-11:
1) Milo Malkoski 2) Willem Stroud 3) Joseph Witwicki

12-13:
1) Christian Briones 2) Ethan Akelaitis 3) Jakob Goodsmith

Jamie Wins Again!

3.19.12 12:06 PM

Jamie wins Euro X Slope! On her GNU Ladies Choice 148.5… again! Smooth and solid as always, she keeps making it look easy!

Grenade Games 8 Promo

3.19.12 11:53 AM

Danny & The Dingo are getting ready for Grenade Games 8 at Bear Mountain, CA March 24th-25th…

Jamie Anderson Walks with Three Big Trophies Today

3.9.12 6:39 PM

Jamie Anderson finishes up the competitive season strong walking away with three trophies today at the U.S. Open. Riding her Gnu Ladies Choice all season long, today in Vermont Jamie claimed all three major titles on the line including the 2012 US Open Slopestyle title (worth $25,000), the 2012 Burton Global Open Series Slopestyle Championship title (worth $25,000) and the TTR Slopestyle World Tour Championship title.

Three’s proving to be a magic number for her having now won three consecutive TTR Championship titles. The first two on a Gnu B-Pro and most recently on the Gnu Ladies Choice with Pickle Tech. asymmetry, which she helped the board builders at Gnu craft. Both winning models feature C2 Power Banana with Magne-Traction.

“I can’t believe I’m walking off the podium with three trophies,” Jamie says. “It’s enough to just win the US Open slopestyle title, which I haven’t won since 2007. But to also go home with the BGOS and TTR Championship titles is a huge honor.”

No one could catch Jamie, who put together what again proved to be an unbeatable run in the second round for a 90.1, which was nearly 12 points higher than the second place finisher. The Tahoe-local’s winning run included a frontside boardslide to fakie, Cab 720 nose grab, switch backside 540 mute grab, tailslide 270 out and ending things with a 50-50 backside 180 out.

Woodward Women’s Day Camp March 18th!

3.6.12 8:47 AM

Woodward is hosting another women’s day camp, they will be giving away a couple GNU boards as well.

Check out the video from the previous camp.

Boxes for Days – Japan – 2012

3.6.12 8:21 AM

We had so much fun in Japan last year that we had to come back for another Boxes for Days stop! This year the crew at Iizuna Resort in Nagano rolled out the red carpet and shreds from all over joined Think Thank’ers Jesse Burtner, Sean Genovese, Chris Beresford and Sean Black for a ridiculously fun day involving a lot of boxes!

Thanks to our great sponsors, Lib Tech Snowboards, Arnette Eyewear, Coal Headwear, Gnu Snowboards, Snowboarder Magazine, Garage 902, Iizuna Resort and Advance Marketing for their support, and to Kenji Kato, Kenken and Maki for putting it all together…see you next year!

Edit by Think Thank’s Ross “The Boss” Phillips.

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Kaitlyn Farrington Dominates the Grand Prix Series!

3.5.12 3:13 PM

Congrats to Gnu Girl Kaitlyn Farrington for winning the season’s Grand Prix series with a second place over the weekend at the final Grand Prix stop at Mammoth Mountain. She also earned the Maloof Best Trick with a huge back 900 riding the new for 2013 Gnu Velvet Guru with EC2 elliptical camber. Proving how unstoppable Kaitlyn is this winter, her last month of riding went down with a cast on her right wrist following surgery following a break last month. The Idaho-native hopped straight from the podium onto a flight to the U.S. Open in Vermont.

“Mammoth GP was really fun even when it was super windy we got to ride some powder. But it was great when the sun finally came out for the contest!“-Kaitlyn

Photo: Laura Austin
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Mathias Weissenbacher 2nd place at TTR Nescafe Champs 2012!

3.5.12 10:48 AM

Watch GNU Austrian Shred Mathias Weissenbacher’s 2nd Place run from the TTR Nescafe Champs Slopestyle 2012 in Leysin, Switzerland.