Wakey's half pipe trick tips

Learn to ride half pipe with Britain's top half pipe snowboarder Dan Wakeham on White Lines.

The White Lines boys have rejigged their website in time for the new season and included lots of videos with snowboarding tips for newbies through to jibbers.

Check out our Olympic snowboarder Dan's tips for wannabe half pipe riders.

Watch the video on White Lines

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Endeavor to be good?

While browsing Facebook I came across Canadian board and clothing company Endeavor (sic). Anyone know anything about these guys or know if they are sold in the UK?

The board graphics and hoodies look awesome but I must admit, I know nothing about them. 

Visit their site

JP Walker's latest movie Downloaded for free

'Downloaded', this year's snowboard film from Step Child boards, is available to download for free fromt heir official site.

It runs just under 25 and a half minutes and features JP WAlker, Markku Koski, Shin Campos, Simon Chamberlain, Stian Solberg and the rest of the Step Child crew. 

I'm downloading it myself at as I write this so I'll let you know my verdict later! It does have a Japan section though so you know I will be compelled to watch and a nice picnic table jib session.

Download the movie

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Absinthe Films get into gaming

Absinthe Films are about to release their first venture into the video games market with Stoked for Xbox 360.

Some of you will know I used to have a website called Stoked On Snowboarding where I reviewed snowboard movies and snowboarding video games. It had a logo suspiciously similar to Coca Cola's but with a snowboarder on it (Stoked ... Coke ... geddit?) until they threatened me with a big ass law suit. Did you know they have copyrighted that wavy line you see on coke cans?

Some of you may also have heard that my current day job is sticking up banner ads and mini-sites up on Xbox LIVE (which is free by the way to anyone with an Xbox 360 and a net connection if you wanna see my work! - You only have to pay if you wanna play against friends online). So imagine my surprise when this particular gem fell into my mailbox!

Top notch snowboard movie makers Absinthe Films have made their first foray into video gaming by co-developing a new snowboarding game for Xbox 360 with Destineer and Bongfish.

It's called Stoked but hey I'm flattered cos it will feature two of my all-time favourite pro riders Bjorn Leines and Travis Rice!

It's definitely not Bjorn's first time as a video game character as I've played as that dude many many times on the old Xbox.

The game include 5 mountains, dynamic weather systems and sponsorship from respected snowboard companies. Other riders named are Nicholas Muller, Wolle Nyvelt, Gigi Ruf, Romain De Marchi, Annie Boulanger and Tadashi Fuse.

I guess what Absinthe will bring to the table (besides their name, contacts and well earned respect) is their unique style and creative approach which has always been a big part of their film making. I'm anticipating a great soundtrack and some awesome graphics.

The game is out in November and when you can download the demo on Xbox LIVE, I'll shout it out.

Check out Absinthe's forthcoming movie Ready

That's All Folks

If like me, you're thinking snowboard movies are what HD was invented for, then you want to check out Travis Rice's forthcoming movie That's It, That's All.

Not only is it co-produced by Trice and shot in Hi Def, it also includes Terje, Jeremy Jones and Danny Kass among the featured riders.

You can watch trailers on the official site as well as win a heli-boarding trip to Alaska or loads of signature Travis kit.

Also there's a Facebook group for all the latest news and updates.

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Join the Facebook group

Need lessons but have ADD?

 Method TV do their bit for boys with learning difficulties.

As the new season gets near, indulge yourselves with a reminder from the, erm, pros on how to wax your board. 

Future stars if I ever saw a pair. At least they're not topless.

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On the Ed

I wasn't going to post again until next season but I had to say how much I enjoyed Ed Leigh's documentary on the BBC iPlayer recently, Siberia To Sahara: A Snowboarder's Odyssey.

The programme follows Ed as he travels from Siberia to Morocco via Hokkaido and the Himalayas in pursuit of some of the world's most exotic snowboarding locations.

Not only was this film beautifully shot and informative but it was even more notable for the things it was not - lecturing, condescending and full of cliches. Well, maybe the soundtrack was the usual kinda thing.

Ed was probably the most genial and chilled host I have ever seen him (well let's face it he is usually on TV whooping it up at some big air comp or rail jam) but he still managed to get across his love and enthusiasm for snowboarding.

If you ever get the chance to watch this, I'd recommend that you do. Even if you think you know everything there is to know about snowboarding, you could learn something from this.