Elena Hight's double bs alley-oop rodeo
On Sunday, while training with the U.S. Snowboard Team in Mammoth, Calif., Elena Hight became the first woman to land a double backside alley-oop rodeo in a halfpipe. This may be the trick that finally unseats Kelly Clark and her contest-dominating 1080. We caught up with Hight to have her tell us more...

Former student continues to shred after accident
Zach Winn Equinox Staff   Tyler Redes does not act like a national snowboarding champion because he doesn’t need to. Every winter, as many mornings as he can, he makes the trip to the mountain. He straps one foot in, waddles up to the chairlift, and waits in line. At about 5’ 11’’ and 150 lbs, Redes is physically unimposing and blends in with the rest of the riders. Perhaps he relishes his time ...

Big Air, Best Trick thrill crowd in Vail
Cameron Zink gets inverted as he flies over the jump during the Winter Teva Mountain Games Best Trick Bike competition Saturday at Golden Peak.

Guldemond, White win West Coast Invitational at Mammoth
Set beneath the brightest full moon of the year, Mammoth Mountain hosted the West Coast Invitational (WCI) on Saturday night. With an entirely new format, this year's event pitted randomly chosen pairs of snowboarders and skiers against one another in a single elimination bracket. Not surprisingly, it was the duo of snowboarder Chas Guldemond and skier Parker White who laid waste to the ...