Authentic Brands Group (ABG) just put out a press release stating they intend on buying the Boardriders group which includes Roxy, DC Shoes, Quiksilver, Billabong, RVCA, and Element. 

From the company:

"Authentic Brands Group to Acquire Boardriders"

The full portfolio, including Quiksilver, Billabong, Roxy, RVCA, DC Shoes and Element to join Authentic’s roster of world-renowned superbrands. Authentic Brands Group (Authentic), a global brand development, marketing and entertainment platform, announced today that it has entered into a period of exclusivity and made a binding offer to purchase Boardriders, a global action sports and lifestyle company, from funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. (“Oaktree”). Through this acquisition, Authentic would strategically diversify and expand its portfolio with the addition of the most iconic brands in board sports, including Quiksilver, Billabong, Roxy, DC Shoes, RVCA, Element, VonZipper and Honolua.“As an early believer in the global and commercial appeal of action sports, this brings me back to the roots of my early career,” said Jamie Salter, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Authentic. “Along with the great brands and impressive global reach that will come with this acquisition, we see Boardriders’ potential as a thriving online marketplace under Authentic’s ownership. With Boardriders’ proven retail playbook, we also see tremendous opportunities to accelerate the expansion of its shop-in-shops, branded retail stores, wholesale and e-commerce worldwide.”For more than 50 years, the Boardriders brands have built a lasting legacy by awakening the spirit of freedom, embracing exploration and connecting boardriders around the world. Each brand in the portfolio has captured the hearts and imaginations of consumers by providing a unique platform for professional and amateur athletes to express their creativity and authentically engage with their communities.Today, Boardriders is a highly diversified global business with operations across continents, including the Americas, Europe, Australia and Asia. The portfolio generates $2.9 billion in retail sales annually through a global multichannel distribution network of 500-plus owned retail stores, 7,000 wholesale accounts and e-commerce in 35 countries. Additionally, the acquisition would include Surf Dive 'n Ski, a leading lifestyle retailer in Australia with a fleet of more than 80 locations and robust e-commerce platform.“We are proud of our deep connection to the global action sports community, industry-leading brands and world-class teams,” said Arne Arens, CEO of Boardriders. “Under Authentic’s ownership, Boardriders will be uniquely positioned to expand the reach of our iconic brands to millions of consumers, capture market share in our core categories and grow white spaces, including premium athleisure, training and lifestyle.”The acquisition is subject to the consultation of certain Boardriders employee representatives, the signing of the definitive agreement and certain standard closing conditions and approvals. In the event that all approvals are secured, Authentic’s acquisition of Boardriders would be expected to be finalized in Q3 2023.BofA Securities and Goldman Sachs are acting as financial advisors and Latham & Watkins LLP is acting as legal advisor to Authentic. Moelis & Company LLC is acting as a financial advisor and Kirkland & Ellis LLP is acting as legal advisor to Boardriders and Oaktree."

The surf world announced the potential buy as well this week. 

About Authentic Brands Group - Authentic Brands Group (Authentic) is a global brand development, marketing and entertainment platform, which owns a portfolio of more than 40 iconic and world-renowned Lifestyle, Entertainment and Media brands. Headquartered in New York City, with offices around the world, Authentic connects strong brands with best-in-class partners and a global network of operators, distributors and retailers to build long-term value in the marketplace. Its brands generate approximately $24.7 billion in global annual retail sales and have an expansive retail footprint in more than 150 countries, including 10,800-plus freestanding stores and shop-in-shops and 379,000 points of sale.Authentic is committed to transforming brands by delivering powerful storytelling, compelling content, innovative business models and immersive experiences. It creates and activates original marketing strategies to drive the success of its brands across all consumer touchpoints, platforms and emerging media. Authentic’s brand portfolio includes Marilyn Monroe®, Elvis Presley®, Muhammad Ali®, Shaquille O'Neal®, David Beckham®, Dr. J®, Greg Norman®, Neil Lane®, Thalia®, Sports Illustrated®, Reebok®, Eddie Bauer®, Spyder®, Volcom®, Shark®, Tretorn®, Prince®, Airwalk®, Nautica®, Izod®, Brooks Brothers®, Barneys New York®, Judith Leiber®, Ted Baker®, Hervé Léger®, Frye®, Juicy Couture®, Vince Camuto®, Lucky Brand®, Aéropostale®, Forever 21®, Nine West®, Jones New York®, Van Heusen®, Arrow®, Hickey Freeman®, Hart Schaffner Marx® and Thomasville®.In the event that all approvals are secured, Authentic’s acquisition of Boardriders would be expected to be finalized in Q3 2023. Adding the Quiksilver®, Billabong®, Roxy®, DC Shoes®, RVCA®, Element®, VonZipper® and Honolua® brands to the Authentic portfolio is expected to increase its systemwide annual retail sales to more than $27.6 billion and retail footprint to more than 11,100-plus freestanding stores and shop-in-shops globally.

What does this all mean for the riders and the teams on the snow side? Only time will tell! But Quik has Travis Rice, Red Gerard, Austen Sweetin, Miles Fallon and plenty more on their roster. Roxy is obviously the outerwear home for Chloe Kim and they just launched a large collection together. 

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After breaking their all time record earlier this week of 668", Mammoth has kept their pace up and surpassed 700" of snow for the first time in their recorded history as a resort. Their latest announcement below: 

"❄️FRESH SNOW ALERT❄️ Another 7” of snow brings us to our first 700” season in history! We’re seeing light snow showers this morning which should die down as the day goes on. The team is working to open mid-mountain lifts today and will be performing extensive avalanche control work across the mountain. The upper mountain has very low visibility at this time." 

Their report when they officially broke was stated in an Instagram as well: 

"With 28-30” of snow since yesterday afternoon, we just blew through our all-time season snowfall record of 668”. We’ve received 695” of snowfall to date at Main Lodge, making the 22/23 season the biggest in our history! 🤯To our employees, to this community, to all of you who have battled the elements this season - YOU are the stuff of legends. Thank you, thank you, thank you. 💪🏽 It’s going to be a legendary spring up here and we’ll be open daily through at least July!"

Congrats! Cheers to a safe spring. We will see you soon. 

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Tree wells can be a hidden danger at resorts after a big snow. As many snowboarders know, a tree well "is the space around a tree under its branches that does not get the same amount of snow as the surrounding open space. This creates a void or area of loose snow below the branches and around the trunk that is dangerous to any hikers, snowshoers, skiers, snowboarders, and snowmobilers who fall into them. If someone lands in such a well, often as a result of a fall, it can be too deep for them to climb up the surrounding loose snow before they are buried. Making the situation more dangerous, they often fall into the well head-first and as the result of an accident which could leave them injured or unconscious." 

That exact scenario happened recently and was caught on film by a good samaritan skier that stopped to help a buried fellow patron at Mt. Baker. These scenarios are very dangerous and both are very lucky to walk away. 

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Legendary snowboard photographer Gary Land put on a huge event this past weekend in Stratton Mountain, Vermont "to celebrate the history, tradition and progression of a sport that got its start right here in Vermont, with an event that brings the community together through snowboarding and creativity." (Top photo by Brandon Payne) 

HOMESICK made its debut with three days of competition for all ages and abilities, as well as art galleries, speaker series, vintage board swaps, and more. It was a Who’s Who of Snowboarding and by all accounts, looked like quite the event which included: 

The Powers Retro Pipe
The 150-foot halfpipe cut by Toby Malandrinos and the Stratton Parks Crew on East Byrnes Side, a scene of landmark events and last built in 1997. 

The Zebulon Rail Jam
Stratton Mountain School grad, XGames Medalist and snowboarding superstar Zeb Powell unveiled a custom rail designed and built for him by Lane Knaack, the renowned terrain park architect who grew up riding Stratton with the crew you’ll see featured in the East Street Archives book (Gary Land's photobook celebrating the early years of snowboarding). 

OG Downhill
Before there was a halfpipe, or slopestyle or rails … snowboard events were all downhill. Riders strapped in like it was 1983 – the year Stratton first welcomed snowboarding. 

Scroll on down to see some of the faces that showed up! 

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A new pack from the new company featuring snowboard trading cards is dropping on March 31! Past packs have had Gabe Ferguson, Alexis Roland, Brandon Davis, Nik Baden, Dean "Blotto" Gray, and plenty more, with the latest featuring big names like Jesse Burtner, Mons Roisland, Spencer Schubert, Mike Liddle, Tess Coady, Ivika Jurgenson, Lyon Farrell, Dylan Alito, as well up-and-comers like Iris Pham, Henna Ikola and more. As well as big name snowboarders, there are some pretty impressive photographers behind the photos for the cards including Tyler Ravelle, Blotto, Chad Unger, Jess Kimura, Jerome Tanon and more. The company started just about a year ago, and this is the third drop with an all new offering of photos and riders. 

Keep an eye out for the latest drop, or go pick up a past pack now on their website. We don't understand NFTs, but trading cards are pretty easy. Collect them all or just collect your favorites. 

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At this point, we should not be surprised with whatever Zeb Powell pulls out of his hat. Whether it is catching an edge on an 80 foot jump and still landing, flipping to his back and bouncing out unscathed, or his most recent... he is a force to be reckoned with. Leaving a good amount of the snowboard industry shocked when he dropped a rodeo clip onto a rail in Sugarbush (complete with the hat), Zeb's fellow pros, as well as snowboard writers, photographers and more all sent praises into the comments immediately. We don't even really know what going viral means anymore, but it was shared just about everywhere the moment it was uploaded. 

The trick is a backside rodeo to 270 out, combining the flip and rotation with spin coming off the rail before gently touching down on that soft Vermont snow. It is pretty easy to tell this one isn't an easy trick to pull off, but that just seems to be another day for Zeb. If you don't follow him, go check out his body of work on Instagram and prepared to see clips like this all the time. 

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A lot of people know the story about Brock Crouch being caught in a near-fatal avalanche in Canada in 2018. Separate from this unfortunate fact, Brock Crouch has been a top member of the US Snowboard Team for several years, and was one or two spots away from the fourth Olympic spot going into Beijing. After Sean Fitzsimmons win at the Laax Open, he was taken as the fourth spot, and Brock, like others close to the rotation, were left to figure out how to spend the rest of their year. Brock Crouch— who is no stranger to filming video parts— between Joy, One World, and Real Snow, teamed up with Danny Davis and crew to make Ark.

On one particular trip to Valdez, the squad—dare I say accidentally—built a massive 100+ step down deep in the Alaskan backcountry. Many would imagine this seclusion would worry someone who had been in such a traumatic accident, but Brock Crouch not only stepped to the occasion, he willingly guinea-pigged a jump that both Mark McMorris and Danny Davis were reluctant to hit.

Feeling like this was an indicator beyond anything else that Brock Crouch had bounced back from his accident stronger than ever, we wanted to chat with him on the details surrounding the session on what could be the biggest jump filmed all year.

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After the women's and men's Freeski finals it continued with the ladies’ snowboard final in the anniversary edition of the FIS Freeski & Snowboard World Cup Corvatsch in Silvaplana. Julia Marino (USA) wins the slopestyle title for the first time at Corvatsch Park.

The US-American Julia Marino triumphed and is the new Corvatsch Slopestyle queen. This is her first time at the World Cup in Silvaplana: "I've heard so many good things about this course that I really wanted to finish my season here. It's probably the best slopestyle course I've hit this winter." As well as the World Cup win, she also picked up the small crystal globe for the 2022/2023 FIS Slopestyle discipline ranking. Australian Tess Coady and last year's winner Anna Gasser (AUT) came in second and third at the Corvatsch World Cup. Coady was full of praise for the perfect slopestyle course: "Second place means a lot to me! It's great to be on the podium with Julia and Anna, two of my best friends. I had a great week on this course. The jumps are perfect, they’re the best in the world! I'm already looking forward to the World Championships in two years!" 2023 World Champion Mia Brookes (GBR) finished 4th at her Corvatsch debut.

Winning Run Julia Marino: Frontboard 270 Boardslide Pretzel Out, Cab Double 900, Frontside 720, Backside 1080, Straight Air (Pipe Feature)

Afterwards, fifty-three men competed for the final. William Mathisen (SWE) and Taiga Hasegawa (JPN) dominated their respective qualifying heats and gained a lot of confidence for the final on Sunday. 

(Silvaplana near St. Moritz/SUI -- The FIS Freeski & Snowboard World Cup Corvatsch in Silvaplana came to a close with the men's snowboard final in slopestyle. The 2023 Big Air World Champion Taiga Hasegawa (JPN) is the new Corvatsch Champion and is happy about the first Slopestyle World Cup victory of his career.

1440, 1620, 1800 - This phenomenal trick combo on the jumps landed the only 17-year-old Taiga Hasegawa in his second run and his deservedly secured victory with the day's highest score of 92 points. Liam Brearley (CAN) and veteran Sven Thorgren (SWE) were delighted to end the World Cup season on the podium in second and third place. Sven said, “It was a great end to the season for me, my riding felt super good today.” He also spoke highly of the park, “The reason so many of us come to Silvaplana is because the course is usually the best we have all season. Taiga put down the heaviest jump line we have ever seen in a slopestyle contest and that speaks for itself.”

Host country Switzerland was represented in the final by Moritz Boll (9th), Moritz Thoenen (10th) and Nicolas Huber (12th). Favourites like Valentino Guseli (AUS) and two-time Corvatsch winner Marcus Kleveland (NOR) did not make it to the final yesterday, meaning Kleveland’s possible hat-trick was therefore no longer an option.

CRYSTAL GLOBES - The small crystal globe for the FIS Slopestyle discipline ranking in 2022/23 was won for the first time by US-rider Dusty Henricksen. The 2022/23 World Cup Park & Pipe overall winner was the 17-year-old Australian Valentino Guseli. Valentino's World Cup successes this season need no buttering up. He achieved top three placements in Big Air, Halfpipe and Slopestyle and is probably the most complete all-around snowboarder in the world at the moment.

The 10th edition of the FIS Freeski & Snowboard Corvatsch World Cup Finals in Silvaplana belongs to the past. 150 riders from twenty-five countries and all continents livened up Corvatsch for four days. A total of 400 people were involved in the contest, organisation and realisation. With this successful anniversary edition, the organisers showcased their expertise in freestyle sport. Together with the federation partners FIS and Swiss-Ski, they proved without a doubt, that they are on the right path to the Freestyle World Championships St. Moritz 2025. To the delight of riders and fans alike, the Corvatsch Park will be the hub for the next World Cup finals as early as the end of March 2024.

Taiga Hasegawa - Kicker-Line: Cab 1440, Switch Backside 1620, Backside 1800 

From the desk at Nitro Snowboards:

Nitro Snowboards welcomes Seth Huot to the team.

We proudly announce that legendary, or, as Brighton Locals say, the General - Seth Huot is officially a member of the Nitro Family.

Seth has been a friend of the Nitro family for years, and he has been impacting the snowboard culture on and off the screen for over two decades. His skills and knowledge for snowboarding in front and behind the camera are what most people know him for, but we have been blown away by his endless passion for going snowboarding. He is often the first car in the Brighton parking, and you will spot him on the mountain showing the next generations the joys of exploring your local mountain on a snowboard.

Snowboarding needs more people like Seth, and we at Nitro are proud and honored to welcome Seth Huot to the Nitro Team officially! We look forward to a fun future on and off the hill together.

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SENDY Co-founder Travis Rice is giving away the Lib Tech Travis Rice Apex Orca that he rode for his winning run at the Natural Selection Revelstoke

Enter now through April 1, during the 2023 Natural Selection Alaska presented by Backcountry comp window

Truckee, CA (March 27, 2023)—As the world watched live, Travis Rice floated through nearly 2000 vertical feet of pow, pillows, and natural features to lay down the day’s high score and win the YETI Natural Selection Revelstoke. Now, one lucky person can own that exact Lib Tech Travis Rice Apex Orca 153cm snowboard, because Rice is giving it away with SENDY during the Natural Selection Alaska competition window. And the winner could be riding this board as the Tour’s final stage premieres on April 26, 2023 on NaturalSelectionTour.com.

"The face we were riding [during the Natural Selection Revelstoke] was very dynamic with a lot of different types of terrain, from lower angle, featured freestyle terrain to critically technical pillow riding. The shorter, power tail of the Orca is an incredible board in technical pillowed terrain where dumping speed and quick movements are necessary for staying in control,” said Rice, who rode two different boards during the Revelstoke competition, the Lib Tech Apex Golden Orca 161cm and the Lib Tech Apex Orca 153cm.

Get SENDY here: https://www.sendy.io/download

To enter:

1. Tag a friend with gear to sell on Travis Rice and Natural Selection’s giveaway post
2. Create a profile on SENDY.io or through the SENDY app in the app store. If you already have an account, skip to 3.
3. Follow Travis Rice and Natural Selection Tour on SENDY

Winner will be contacted directly then announced on April 2 on SENDY’s Instagram. Rules and other details here.

While you are on SENDY check out the 2022 Natural Selection Tour jacket signed by 2022 Tour riders at the first stop of last year including Travis Rice, Elena Hight, Austen Sweetin, Arthur Longo, Marion Haerty, Sage Kotsenberg and more. Highest bid between now and March 31 takes the men’s size large Backcountry Gore-Tex jacket that the NST crew rocks on Tour. The full amount of the jacket will be donated to Carving the Future, a non-profit that empowers youth through snowboarding.

SENDY brings the efficiencies of the sharing economy to adventure sports with a new community-driven, marketplace app. In a win-win for those who love the outdoors, SENDY creates an online gear hub where users can buy, sell and rent curated adventure sports equipment and technical clothing. Co-founded by Rice and pro freeride mountain biker Cam Zink, SENDY aims to minimize the environmental impact of and expand access to adventure sports.

Travis Rice has been posting gear straight from his gear shed for the last month to SENDY, often selling items within 24 hours. Since launch thousands of users have been enjoying the ease of use and growing selection of gear. “Every single piece of gear that finds a new home helps someone chase their dreams, drop into their bodies and focus on what matters,” says Travis Rice, pro snowboarder and co-founder of SENDY.

Craig McMorris is a Canadian professional snowboarder and analyst from Regina, Saskatchewan. He is the older brother of snowboarder Mark McMorris and the son of Saskatchewan provincial politician Don McMorris and his wife, Cindy. Craig McMorris has worked as an analyst for the CBC since 2014, providing snowboarding commentary at the 2014 Winter Olympics, 2018 Winter Olympics, and the 2022 Winter Olympics. He served as cultural content for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and he also worked as a commentator for the CBC at the 2020 Summer Olympics, covering skateboarding in its Olympic debut.

Whistler is a town north of Vancouver, British Columbia, that's home to Whistler Blackcomb, one of the largest ski resorts in North America. Besides skiing and snowboarding, the area offers snowshoeing, tobogganing and ski jumping at the Olympic Park, a venue for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. The hub of Whistler is a compact, chalet-style pedestrian village at the base of Whistler and Blackcomb mountains.

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New Episode From The Bomb Hole Featuring Circe Wallace, Ep. 151 featuring Circe Wallace comes out today. Meet Circe Wallace. She is the Jerry McGuire to some of the most influential action sports figures. A fascinating and powerful guest for The Bomb Hole Podcast. Red bull has once called her …… “one of the most influential figures in global action sports.” Circe Wallace led the snowboarding revolution in the 90’s. As a Professional Snowboarder, Circe competed in the first ever X games and was crowned a World Champion. Circe continues to be a revolutionary in the action sports world, but leading behind the stars today. She is in the business of facilitating the hopes and dreams of humans. Circe has been a producer on over 13 video projects most recently the Natural Selection World Tour. You will see her in a number of snowboarding films including Road kill, Upping The Ante, TB6. Enjoy this episode of The Bomb Hole!

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Todd Richards got after it this weekend. Caption: "Ok, last one I promise: the best time I had during the pipe was getting the younger kids to play ‘follow the old head’ during the comp. Here’s @snowboarderbean_ coming in hot. East coast scene of young kids is on fire right now."

Todd Richards is a snowboarder from Paxton, Massachusetts. Richards helped introduce "skate style" at a time when the sport was mainly influenced by alpine racing events. Richards grew up skateboarding on the East Coast and translated his skills on four wheels to riding a halfpipe made of snow. During his career, Richards won multiple US Open halfpipe titles, X Games gold medals, and World Championship firsts. He was a member of the 1998 US Olympic Halfpipe Team in Nagano. In 2003, Richards published an autobiography titled P3: Parks, Pipes, and Powder. He has done color commentary for NBC's coverage of the Torino, Vancouver, Sochi, Pyeongchang, and Beijing Olympic Games and has produced a series of webisodes entitled "Todcasts for Quiksilver."

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Brighton Resort reaches record-breaking snowfall this winter. A historic occurance! Brighton Resort posted on their Instagram recently: "WE CROSSED OUR RECORD SNOWFALL TODAY! We are sitting at 765 inches today which is our highest snowfall in our recorded history. The snow is going to continue to fall which will make this new benchmark even higher! To celebrate we want to give a day ticket away! Tell us about your favorite day you rode here this season and why it was your favorite and we’ll pick a winner on Monday. Thank you for spending your season with us so far and we can’t wait for even more snow that is in the forecast."

Bright Ski Resort is a great destination for families, beginners and intermediate skiers. Averaging 500 inches of snow a season, the resort’s 66 trails are covered in light, fluffy snow creating a winter paradise for visitors. The resort is known for its famous ski and snowboard school with group and private lessons for every ability level. Brighton also offers night skiing with over 200 illuminated acres. The resort is a great combination of terrain and snow quality making it one of Utah’s favorites.

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Breaking news: After a winter of record-breaking snowfall, Brighton Resort will be extending their season.

"You asked and we now have the answer. Brighton’s closing day for the regular season is on April 30th, but we are reopening our Milly Lift on May 5th for the Milly Meltdown session until Memorial Day with an entire terrain park and groomer runs!You may have felt like you didn’t get enough days in the park this season, so we thought how can we make this season that has been so special even better for you. Instead of leaving this spring to ride elsewhere, you can now stay at your home base and ride some of the best features in North America. Not a terrain park rider? No problem there will be corduroy and groomers to shred too!All season Passholders will have access to the Milly Meltdown (in keeping to the rules of their pass type) and 22/23 Ikon Passholders. If you don’t have a pass, snag a Brighton Spring Pass on sale now which grants you access to ride from April 1st til Milly closes. Day tickets will also be offered online. Head to the link in our bio for more information. Milly will be open daily 9AM-2Pm during this bonus time. (Please keep in mind changes may be made depending on weather.)"

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The Red Bull Slide In Tour is coming to Darkside Snowboard Shop in Killington, Vermont this weekend on Saturday, April 1st. Darkside Snowboards is one of Vermont's finest full service snowboard shop serving the public with top quality snowboarding gear, tuning, and rental services. Darkside Snowboards first opened in Killington, Vermont in 1989. Snowboarding was in its infancy, but Bill and Teeta Langlands decided to give it a shot. Brushing off the laughter from the ski industry, Darkside grew with snowboarding as equipment improved and more people jumped on board. Darkside operated at the top of the Killington Access road next to Nightspot Outback until 2006 when the land was purchased down the road and Darkside, as it stands today, was built. Building on the success of Killington, Darkside Okemo opened in Ludlow, followed by Darkside Stowe. Dreaming up the idea for the Red Bull Slide-In Tour, Zeb Powell envisioned an event that demonstrates his love for the East Coast and welcomes others to enjoy what he loves most—boarding and laughing with friends. In the two years since its inception, the tour has done just that, uniting snowboarders across the Northeast in a celebration of the region's proud roots and rich snowboard culture. For 2022, the seven-stop tour from New Jersey to Vermont sports a few revolutionary developments.

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Robin Van Gyn is making the trek back to Haines, Alaska after six years of absence.

"Last time I was in Haines, it was with @fullmoonfilm. I have resisted going back because when you get it that good the odds of that happening again are low… it was an incredibly important time and moment in snowboarding for me and preserving it has meant giving it space to become concrete. 6 years later, It’s time to return, with no expectation, but pure hype with a new crew. No two trips can be the same, but I am sure it will deliver as it always does. I cannot wait to get back to this special place @alaskaheliskiing."

For well over a decade, Robin Van Gyn has helped set the standard for women’s freeride snowboarding, both in films and as a guide. She began her career in Whistler, and cut her teeth ripping around the Whistler backcountry charging lines and hitting jumps on a level few women have ever matched. Her talents quickly took her to Alaska where she stepped up to even bigger lines, meanwhile starting a career as a shred guide working in Argentina every summer.

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Check in with Dew Tour and Rene Rinnekangas to chat about the last time he got scared, the last song stuck in his head, and the latest trick learned in Last Call. 

Rene Rinnekangas is a Finnish snowboarder. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics in both slopestyle and BigAir, placing 28th and 22nd respectively. He competed in the 2019 Winter X Games in slopestyle earning a Silver Medal, and in BigAir, placing 5th. He competed in the 2020 Winter X Games placing 8th in the slopestyle competition, 4th in BigAir, and competed in the Wendy's Knuckle Huck ranking 5th. The 2021 Winter X Games were held with no audience due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Rinnekangas placed 3rd in slopestyle earning a bronze medal and placed 8th in BigAir. During the 2022 Winter X Games, Rinnekangas finished 5th in slopestyle and secured a bronze medal for 3rd place in Mens BigAir.

Rinnekangas started snowboarding at age four alongside his older brother, Riko, in the small town of Iisalmi, Finland. "I just had to try it out because everything he did was the coolest thing ever." He also plays bass guitar in his brother's punk bank, Kätfish.

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It is not a shock to announce Valentino Guseli as the overall Park and Pipe champ for the FIS World Cup season. It is a shock to be announcing it this early in his career. !7 years old in a stacked field, Valentino put on a show at every contest he entered this season including the never-been-done feat of standing on a podium at a Big Air, Halfpipe, and Slopestyle contest all in the same winter. Riding away with the crystal globe this past weekend in Corvatsch, Switzerland, he did not finish with the top spot at the last contest, but he won the overall for the consistent performance he put down every week. Check out the highlight video and some words from his season below, and keep an eye out for his name to keep landing up at the top of the leaderboards. 

"Had an awesome comp season this year! Super happy with how it went and how much fun I had along the way. I feel like I’ve learned so much throughout the year and am looking forward to going home, seeing my family and healing my ankles for the next time I get to shred! Big thanks to @mikeywilliamssnow for the support throughout the season too! Red rum 🫶🤘Congrats to the boys @dustyhenricksen 🥈🥇and @hasegawataiga1023 🥉🥈for there crystal globe results in overall park n pipe and slopestyle as well as taiga’s W in the comp yesterday 👑I’m stoked to be taking home the overall park and pipe 🥇 crystal globe!"  - Valentino Guseli

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