Afterwords: SSX
Snowboarding fans waited over five years for EA Sports to revive its over-the-top SSX franchise. While the reboot thrilled some by continuing the series' legacy of wild trick and breakneck races, others took issue with the frustrating Survive It mode. We talked to creative director Todd Batty to find out what changed, what got cut, and what he wishes he could bring back. The game was originally ...
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.
Image Maker: Justin Hostynek
The following is the first in a series of interviews designed to give you a closer look at some of the people laboring behind the scenes, helping make snowboarding what it is, but rarely getting much credit for it. We're talking about the image makers, and it seemed fitting to kick things off with one...
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...
Kenworthy, Mack ride private park at Northstar
California's Northstar-at-Tahoe closed for the season two weeks ago, but they kept a 22-foot superpipe and an 80-foot jump in perfect condition for a Vitaminwater private team training camp that started April 24 and ends today, April 30. As the level of skiing and snowboarding continues to rise, private park sessions are becoming more common. Top-level athletes use the private park setting to ...
‘SSX proves nothing is too extreme
"SSX" Electronic Arts Microsoft Xbox 360 (PS3) $59.99 ESRB rating: Teen Review rating: 4.0 stars Extreme sports games used to be all the rage. ...
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 ...
A private park at Northstar
California's Northstar-at-Tahoe closed for the season two weeks ago, but they kept a 22-foot superpipe and an 80-foot jump in perfect condition for a Vitaminwater private team training camp that started April 24 and ends today, April 30. As the level of skiing and snowboarding continues to rise,...
Whistler resort eagerly awaits word on 2013 X Games
WHISTLER — The question hanging over the Telus Whistler Ski and Snowboard Festival this year is simple: What happens to the party to end all end-of-season parties when ESPN comes in next year with its hugely successful X Games brand?
It's Time To Get Tricky With 'SSX' DLC
The latest release in the SSX series was both a triumphant return, and a bit of a letdown. The game was expertly crafted, included hours upon hours of gameplay, and finally brought the series to this console generation. However, for everything that SSX included, there was one glaring omission; the over-the-top gameplay that fans of [...]
