Monthly Archives: September 2013 - Page 2

Reviews

Bataleon Evil Twin 2013-14 Review

Review of the Bataleon Evil Twin Snowboard 2013-14

Bataleon Evil Twin 2013-14 Snowboard Review
Kicker

Cab 180

Do a backside or frontside 180 and you're going to land travelling backwards, so how do you revert to riding normal again?

How to Cab 180
Halfpipe

Ally-oop

http://mpora.com/videos/AAdkyqx59x63 Frontside and backside airs are the first tricks you normally learn in a pipe, but before moving onto spins, there’s a further category to understand:...

How to Ally-oop
Rails & Jibbing

Backslide Lipslide

http://mpora.com/videos/AAdkykj7w8jg Often confused with the frontside boardslide the backslide lipslide a.k.a. ‘back lip’ is arguably even more stylish. So what exactly is a lipslide? Well, it...

How to Backside Lipslide
Rails & Jibbing

Backside Blunt 270 Out

http://mpora.com/videos/AAdkyld3nksd The Backside Blunt 270 Out is difficult enough to say, never mind perform, but if you’re getting serious about your jibbing then combos like these...

How to Backside Blunt 270 Out
Reviews

Apo Dragon 2013-14 Review

Review of the Apo Dragon Snowboard 2013-14

Apo Dragon 2013-14 Snowboard Review
Rails & Jibbing

Wallride

http://mpora.com/videos/AAdkylnilz3c Hitting your first wallride is potentially daunting. The secret – like rails – is to forget all you know about using your edge. Instead, remember...

How to Ride a Wall
Kicker

Frontside 540 Indy

http://mpora.com/videos/AAdkxocvu0m9 The frontside 540 is a pretty advanced trick for most snowboarders, but broken down into composite parts it is achievable. If you’ve got frontside 360s...

How to Frontside 540 Indy
Gear

Snowboard Sizing Chart

How to choose the right board length for you

Snowboard Sizing Chart
Kicker

Frontside 180 Melon Grab

The frontside 180 melonchollie (or ‘melon’ to give it its shorter title) is a beautiful, classic trick. The grab is perfectly suited to fronstide 180s...

How to Frontside 180 Melon Grab
Kicker

Method

http://mpora.com/videos/AAdkxjkdvb8m The method was dreamed up by skateboarder Neil Blender – a vert-riding legend who entered a highest air contest in California in 1985 with rules...

How to do a Method
Kicker

Frontside 180

http://mpora.com/videos/AAdkxjdntjbu Once you’ve got flat ollies down and you want to start on your freestyle career, you’ll probably want to throw a 180. The frontside version...

How to Frontside 180
Piste

Ollie

http://mpora.com/videos/AAdkxj7zhnwt Ollies were invented in 1975 when an American skateboarder named Alan ‘Ollie’ Gelfand kicked his skateboard off the vert section of a halfpipe and caught...

How to Ollie
Features

How to Use a GoPro Properly - Our Top 10 Tips

How to use a GoPro, including advice on the best settings to use, interesting mounting options and more from our top filmers

How to Use a GoPro Properly - Our Top 10 Tips
Movie Reviews

Nike Never Not Part 1 Review

Read our verdict on this season's biggest release so far

Nike Never Not Part 1 Review
Features

Top 50 Snowboarders To Watch This Year

Which riders are going to be making waves this winter? Check out our countdown.

Top 50 Snowboarders To Watch This Year
Rails & Jibbing

Rock Fakie

Before trying this trick it’s good to be comfortable riding backwards (switch) for the fakie part. And yes – backwards, switch and fakie are all...

How to Rock Fakie with Nate Kern
Rails & Jibbing

Backside Disaster

This is another lip trick that’s been taken from skateboarding. It’s more of a challenge than the Rock Fakie and can be made more difficult...

How to Backside Disaster with Nate Kern
Gear Feature

Check out Lobster Snowboard's latest insane graphics!

Take a peek into the wild imaginations of Eiki and Halldor Helgason...

Check out Lobster Snowboard's latest insane graphics!
Features

14 Kickers that Changed Snowboarding

A run-down of the jumps, hips, quarterpipes, cheese wedges and other transitions that have helped shape the history of snowboarding.

14 Kickers that Changed Snowboarding
Rider Parts

How is Dylan Heinstein this good at 8 Years Old?!

Think you're just about OK-ish at snowboarding? Think again...

How is Dylan Heinstein this good at 8 Years Old?!
Galleries

10 Incredible Method Photos

Is there any better trick than the humble method?

10 Incredible Method Photos
production