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27 Sick Photos From Air & Style Beijing

All photos by Sami Tuoriniemi

Last weekend our photo editor Sami braved smog alerts and the great firewall of China to cover the 2015 Beijing Air & Style. Scroll down to see what he found, and check out our video of the winning runs here.

The Bird's Nest - a 423 million dollar venue for a core snowboard comp. Wow.
The Bird’s Nest – a 423 million dollar venue for a core snowboard comp. Wow.
Mark McMorris opts for the aromatic duck stance.
Sage Kotsenburg, high as a kite.
Antoine Truchon - Peking over his tail.
Skater kids on hoverboards - what do they think this is, 2015?
Darcy Sharpe shows won-ton disregard for his own safety.
Tor Lundstrom and Yuki's Ring of Glory combine for a little mid-air fisting.
The fraggles have been busy.
Why, hair-wo Sage!
The locker room aka. boot stank central.
Even big air comps get lift queues…
That run-in is prawn crackers.
Mark McMorris, mclovin' it.
McSelfie...
Darcy Sharpe flies off the kicker and straight into a video game. Only in China.
Scene of the world's saddest Mexican wave.
Kyle Mac with a (ahem) cheeky grab.
Antoine Truchon, crispy shredding.
Method in the triple cork madness.
Stoked.
Crowd surfing, Beijing style.
No. 42 - chicken dinner.
Our photo ed got lost on the way back to his hotel...
... but he did find a late night snack.
If you're brave enough to buy snakes for dinner you'll soon have to curl one out.
Bye-jing...
Bye-jing…

Video highlights of the best tricks from the riders’ superfinal runs can be seen here.

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