O'Neill hat eine neue Website gelaunched. Unter www.oneill.com gibt's ab sofort die neuesten Stories, und dank dem super easy-access gibt's viele Sachen zu entdecken. Enjoy the show at oneill.com

Die Freeride Legende Jeremy Jones hat seinen Vertrag mit O'Neill verlängert. Nachdem ihm die Jungs&Mädls von O'Neill die letzten 9 Jahre so gut unterstützt haben, entschied er sich für eine weitere Zusammenarbeit von 5 Jahren. Er ist stoked, wir sind happy. Was wollen wir mehr...

Hier gibts die Highlights des O'Neill Evolution Contests 09 in Davos und außerdem noch weitere Contests zum Live anschaun...

Der O'Neill Evolution Contest 09 ist ein voller Erfolg gewesen. Hier die Results: Quaterpipe: 1. Peetu Piiroinen 2. Risto Mattila 3. Steve Krijbolder 4. Arthur Longo Slopestyle: 1. Janne Korpi 2. Seppe Smits 3. Kevin Backstrom 4. Chas Guldemond source: oneilleurope.com/evolution

With the New Year now ushered in, the anticipation is building in the Swiss mountain town of Davos for the TTR 6-Star O’Neill Evolution. The 120 riders are gathering at the foot of the Jakobshorn for an O’Neill Evolution like no other, as full details of the spectacle kicking off 2009 have been revealed. Among the highly competitive field is current TTR World Tour leader Chas Guldemond who will be looking to defend his lead against Janne Korpi who is also competing. Last year’s quarterpipe winner, Kim-Rune Hansen will also be looking for a repeat performance. Seb Toutant is another rider to keep an eye on in Davos. The Canadian wonder-kid stunned everyone last year with his quarterpipe display before unfortunately succumbing to illness before the finals. “The quarterpipe looks awesome this year. It’s got a lot more vert. I can’t wait to get back on it,” Seb said. “I am also stoked about the slopestyle – that is definitely my thing.” This year’s O’Neill Evolution is all about defying gravity, and acclaimed shaper Claes Hoegstrom is back to ensure the world renowned 6-Star Evolution quarterpipe will help the riders do exactly that. “We have made the quarterpipe 10.2m high this year. It’s got more transition and less compression so you need more speed – so we’ve also made the in-run longer” Claes explains. “The idea is I want the riders to go higher.” Claes is also responsible for the new 5-Star TTR slopestyle course, taking the place of the halfpipe for 2009. The Evolution slopestyle course will feature a rail at the top, two kickers in the middle, and a wall with a small quarterpipe at the bottom. It is all Canadian inspired with a log tree rail and pine trees at the start gate. “It’s a short fast course, which will challenge the riders,” says Claes, “The idea was to make a compact but entertaining course so that everyone watching can see the entire run. It will be exciting especially with the knockout round format.” In addition, the first kicker will slowly be carved into an intricate ice sculpture throughout the competition – the creation to be revealed in the finals. And DJ Idem along with a VJ will set up within the slopestyle course to entertain the riders as well as the thousands of spectators who turn up for the evening floodlit event. Monitoring the success of the various attempts to run with gravity will be the Quarterpipe Height Measuring System as developed by Swatch and successfully introduced at the O’Neill Evolution last year. For 2009 on screen graphics will highlight the rider’s achievements in the quarterpipe. Also new for this year, their speeds will be measured – and now doubt marveled over - at the run-in as well as at the take-off at the coping. Some of the riders will also sport heart-rate monitors, so there will be no pretending to play it cool on either the quarterpipe or the slopestyle for the guys. Qualifications start on Wednesday January 7. With the $100,000 prize purse and the much sought after TTR ranking points on offer, the riders won’t be holding back. Live Webcast unter oneilltv.com source: oneilleurope.com

Vom 5.-10. Januar 2009 beherbergt Davos wieder den O'Neill Evolution am Jakobshorn. Der Contest ist der Kickoff der Swatch TTR Snowboard Tour und ist der erste 6 Star Event des Jahres. Mehr Infos gibts unter oneilleurope.com Enjoy.

Wohin man gegen Jahresende auch schaut - es wimmelt nur so von Retrospektiven. Wir von Boardmag schließen uns an, blicken ebenfalls zurück und zeigen euch noch einmal ein paar der Knallerprodukte 08/09...

von 5. bis 10. januar 2009 findet am bolgen jakobshorn in davos zum dritten mal die o’neill evolution statt. als einer von weltweit nur sechs 6star ttr events, einem preisgeld von usd 100'000. – und der maximalanzahl ttr-punkten gehört die o’neill evolution zu einem der renommiertesten events und lockt die welt-elite der snowboarder und tausende von besuchern an. neu finden dieses jahr ein slopestyle und ein quarterpipe contest mit k. o. -system statt. [...]

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legends, der neuste o'neill snowmovie ist weiter on tour: nächster stopp - donnerstag, 23. oktober 2008, einritt ab 19 uhr (ab 18 jahren) dclub in lausanne. meet teamriders wie gian simmen, loris & nicolas falquet oder virginie faivre in spektakulärster action! mehr infos über den movie unter » oneilleurope.com/legends weitere ch-tourstopps: montag, 1. dezember 2008, 20 uhr, cineboxx einsiedeln mittwoch, 10. dezember 2008, 21. 30 uhr, kitchen club arosa / bergbeatz mittwoch, 7. [...]