Tailgate Alaska: The World Freeride Festival presented by Alaskan Brewing returns to Thompson Pass this March for another round of riding the best mountains in the world.

The event kicks off Friday, March 26th, with an orientation meeting in the town of Valdez, followed with a concert by Salem at the Pipeline Club. On Saturday, March 27th, we will host our annual town Fish Fry, bringing together the people of Valdez and Tailgate Alaska participants in a unique social gathering and chow down.

TORAH WINS GOLD! BANANA TECHNOLOGY IS NUMBER ONE IN THE OLYMPICS!

Mervin Manufacturing, nestled at the base of the Olympic Mountain range near Canada in the USA, would like to congratulate Lib Tech rider Greg Bretz, Gnu's Mathieu Crepel and Roxy's Gold medal winning Torah Bright for their outstanding performances on Banana Technology and Magne-Traction in the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic half pipe event.

THE FINAL STOP OF THE NORTH FACE MASTERS OF SNOWBOARDING PRESENTED BY PRIMALOFT HEADS TO KIRKWOOD MOUNTAIN RESORT, CALIFORNIA, FEBRUARY 25 - 27, 2010

Epic snow conditions and $45,000 tour prize purse attract snowboarders from around the globe for the final stop of The North Face Masters

Lib Tech Giving Away 5 Free Snowboards for VholdR's Top5 “Snowboarding” Contest

(Seattle, WA) February 22, 2010 – Lib Tech is stepping up to give away a FREE 2011 Travis Rice snowboard to the winner of the annual Top5 “Snowboarding” Video Contest. Along with the FREE Travis Rice board, Lib Tech is giving boards to 2nd through 5th place as well. Winners are selected for having the best snowboarding videos on the VholdR.com community.

Flipside is the show that takes you behind the scenes with Absinthe Films during the making of our latest snowboard movie - Neverland. Follow the life and times of a handful of the most progressive and entertaining riders in snowboarding. Our 2009 Flipside series is broadcasted in 10-12 minute webisodes on various networks, but you can always get the newest releases at absinthe-films.com.

Also, be sure to check out the Absinthe/SNOWBOARD Mag Podcasts on itunes...available now.

Crystal Mountain to host The North Face Masters of Snowboarding for the first time

Salt Lake City, Utah— February 4, 2010— Fresh off the tour’s first stop, The North Face Masters of Snowboarding (TNF Masters) arrives at Crystal Mountain, Washington, February 9-12, 2010, for the first time in the event’s history. Big-name pros, along with up-and-comers from around the globe, will battle it out for the $15,000 prize purse on Crystal Mountain’s rugged slopes. Proposed venues for next week's competition are Northway for day 1 and The Silver King, Crystal's crown jewel, for the finals. TNF Masters, in its third year, attracts the world’s best big mountain snowboarders, including Travis Rice, Mark Carter, Rob Kingwill, Ralph Backstrom, Ryland Bell, Michelle Locke, Shannan Yates, and Susan Mol.

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16-year-old Sage Kotsenburg will compete alongside Rice in slopestyle

Huntington Beach, CA (January 27, 2010) – As the X Games come to life this week in Aspen, CO, look for Travis Rice to try to defend his Big Air gold and take to the slopestyle course with a handful of new tricks. Rice will be joined in slopestyle by 16-year-old Quiksilver rookie Sage Kotsenburg, who is also in the qualifiers for a place in the Big Air contest.

“Stoked to be back at X for another year. The big air contest has a better format this year, more of a jam session, not the text message voting,” says Rice. “It will allow riders to not be hung up on just chucking the biggest trick that they have. I haven’t ridden it yet, but I talked with Gunny [Chris Gunderson of Snow Park Technologies] and the slopestyle course looks fast and fun.”

Here are the results for The North Face Masters Finals. Check back soon for video and photo coverage

Todd follows Travis Rice to Paris for the big Tony Hawk Quiksilver 40th Anniversary show.