Enter to Win Klipsch Heaphones Ride Prize Pack

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Joseph

Enter To Win

Enter To Win Here: http://woobox.com/9a7gve

 

Get ready for round 2 of the Klipsch x Ride Contest! You have another chance to win the prizes above!

Ride Snowboards is proud to launch a new partnership with Klipsch.  Read more about our partnership here

We’re giving away Klipsch headphones and a Ride prize pack(shown above) every 2 weeks until May 31st, 2013, when the last winner is drawn! The prize pack includes Klipsch S4i Rugged weatherproof headphones, which are smart phone compatible and easy to use with gloves.

You can enter to win EVERY DAY via Ride’s Facebook page and you’ll get an extra bonus entry for every one of your friends who enters via your shared link!

Read more about the S4i Rugged Weatherproof Headphones on the Klipsch website.

Contest is subject to all local rules and regulations in the country where the entrant resides. Void where prohibited.

TOYOTA BIG AIR 2013 -Toshiki Yamane Takes 2nd!

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Joseph

The Toyota Big Air is the biggest snowboarding event in Japan. Toshiki Yamane, a 19 year old international regional team rider, advanced to the finals from the first qualification. He made it to the final with a switch backside 1260.

Results:

Winner: Antoine TRUCHON (CAN)
2nd    Toshiki Yamane (JPN)
 3rd    Sage KOTSENBURG (USA）
3rd    Gjermund BRAATEN (NOR）
5th    Yuki Kadono (JPN)

Hana Beaman Named Snowboarder Mag’s Women’s Rider of the Year

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Joseph

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With winter in full swing SNOWBOARDER Magazine is pleased to announce the recipients of the ultimate accolade a professional rider can receive with their annual Rider Of The Year honors. Decided upon by a jury of their peers, SNOWBOARDER Magazine’s Rider Of The Year issue celebrates those elite snowboarders who had the most impact on their sport in 2012.

http://www.snowboardermag.com/

Sports Babe of the Day: Hana Beaman

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Joseph

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Sports Babe of the Day: Hana Beaman, Professional  American Snowboarder

If you ever watched the X Games or love the sport of snowboarding, you will need no introduction to our next babe. Hana Beaman has been hitting the slops on a competitive level for the past 25 years. Yes, you read that correctly, Hana has been competitive snowboarder for 25 years! The snowboard extraordinaire has competed in numerous X-Games, Roxy Chicken Jams and Burton US Opens and has consistent top 10 rankings in international competitions. She has graced many magazine covers over the years, had a series of webisodes for Snowboarder Magazine in 2011 and has been sponsored by everyone from Nixon to Rockstar, etc. Beaman primarily competes in slopestyle events and is constantly working on new tricks to add to her already impressive trick list. She has a clear love for the outdoors and unlike most of us, learning to snowboard was as standard for her as learning to ride a bike is for the rest of us. No wonder she dominates the slopes everytime she hits them.  So lets get to know this snowboarding champ.

21 Questions with Hana Beaman

1.If you weren’t snowboarding for a living, what would you be doing?

Hiking around in the woods somewhere… who knows.

2.Do you have any unusual talents?

Not really, but I am a killer thrifter and home decorator.

3.What is something you can tell us that no one else knows about you?
I’m good at keeping secrets.

4.How did you get into snowboarding?

My parents got me into it when I was six; it was just kind of like riding a bike or learning to swim. I don’t really remember learning.

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5.What other sports did you play growing up?

I tried to do everything I could from tennis, softball, MTN biking, ski racing, swimming, hiking, wake boarding and surfing.

6.What is your favorite trick that you performed?

The Nippler

7.Do you have any pre-competition rituals?

Not really, I just try to be rested and not hungover, hahaha.

8.What is your most memorable accomplishment?

I would say this last year has been a great far for me in general. I was really happy with a lot of things that happened this year, including trying my first double cork, a cab 9 and a back 7 over the Baker road gap.

9.Who is your favorite athlete?

Travis Rice

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10.What is the one thing you wished your followers knew about you?

My insatgram name is hibeams ;)

11.Who is your favorite person to follow on Twitter?

I don’t twitter, tried for a month or two and just wasn’t into it.

12.What’s the funniest/craziest thing you have done to get someone’s attention?

Hmm, I don’t think I have done anything crazy.

13. If you could trade places with someone for one day, who would it be and why? 

Madonna, because she is the queen.

14.There are a ton of inspirational sports quotes out there. What is your favorite one and is there a motto you live by?

“Decide that you want it more than you’re afraid of it” – Bill Cosby, “you don’t have to have it all figured out to move forward,” and “the best is yet to come.”

15.If we looked in your fridge right now, what would we find?

Condiments, haha… and maybe some sake.

16.What is your go to snack?

Chips and nuts.

17.Who has been the biggest inspiration in your life?

My parents, and friends, and especially Travis Rice.

18. You have had quite a career, what else do you wish to accomplish in your career?

I would like to land a double cork and win X-games gold in Real Women this season.

19. A lot of our followers have crushes on you so they are dying to know if you are single, taken, or locked down?

Taken

20. How do you want to be remembered?

As a good person, who followed their dreams.

 21.Who would you like to see features on Sports Babe of the Day?

Robin Van Gyn, Leanne Pelosi, Megan Ginter, Erin Comstock, and Gabi Viteri

I know every single one of our male readers is currently upset Hana is taken however there is no reason why  you  can’t enjoy her pictures on Instagram so make sure to give her a follow at Hibeams. We wish Hana will get her twitter back so we can keep up with her and the latest tricks she will be trying on the slopes. But for now, there you have it, 21 questions with Hana Beaman! Stay Babely!

(Feature and Interview by Paulina Strzelec,  @PaulinaElvira on Twitter)

(Photo Credit: NixonNow.com and Instagra @Hibeams)

 

Read the Full Article at: Babesdigballs.com
The sports spot by babes who dig balls…and pucks.

Ride Snowboards Teams Up with Klipsch as Official Headphone Partner

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Joseph

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The music just got better. Today, Ride Snowboards, a worldwide leader in the snowboard industry, announces a strategic partnership with Klipsch, a leading global speaker manufacturer. The Klipsch brand—specifically its headphones—will be featured within select Ride marketing channels to enhance and extend the reach of current marketing initiatives, and increase brand awareness within the relevant consumer market.

Ride Snowboards Outerwear Team“At Ride we’re always looking to infuse more fun into the sport and lifestyle of snowboarding,” said Scott Mavis, vice president of global marketing at Ride Snowboards. “Partnering with Klipsch is a win-win for Ride fans and music lovers alike who demand a superior audio product that fits their way of life. The partnership will also allow us to do some cool creative collabs.”

To create a direct connection to Rides’ target market of snowboarders and active, outdoor enthusiasts seeking premium products, the partnership will begin with introduction into the associated channels, as well as co-branded messaging and customized giveaway opportunities to benefit Ride fans.

Klipsch si4 ruggedGiven the nature of the partnership, communications will focus on Ride’s brand visibility and on Klipsch’s made-for-outdoor headphone products, which include the Image® S4i™ Rugged and Image® A5i Sport. Through numerous co-branded efforts, Klipsch and Ride will work to stimulate product trial and sales to a meaningful audience, while ultimately showcasing both category-leading brands for athletes.

“It’s an absolute pleasure to join a fellow industry-leading brand that presents endless opportunity and access to such a large, unique audience,” said Mike Klipsch, president of global operations for Klipsch. “As we join forces, we look forward to capitalizing on our many similarities to create a long-term relationship with Ride Snowboards and its passionate following.”

 

About Klipsch Premium Headphones:

klipsch-logoAfter 60 years of making the world’s leading loudspeakers, Klipsch utilized its bold audio heritage to revolutionize the headphone industry. Since 2007, the brand has engineered headphones that set the standard for comfort, performance, device compatibility and design. Klipsch has perfected the means for passionate listeners to experience the brand’s iconic sound signature on the go.

For more about Klipsch, visit: http://www.klipsch.com.

 

 

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The Ride Shakedown is Back for a 12th year!

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Joseph

The Ride Shakedown is back for a 12th year!
High-level snowboarding with $50,000 in play



The preparations for the upcoming Ride Shakedown presented by Videotron are well on their way and the countdown has begun! The kick-off for the most important slopestyle snowboarding competition in the country, which will be in its 12th edition in 2013, is only five months away. April 5th and 6th at Mont Saint-Sauveur is when it’s all scheduled to go down!


The competition will reunite a total of 120 athletes: 40 invited professionals and 80 amateurs. To earn a spot at this grand snowboarding celebration, qualification events will take place all winter long in Quebec and the United States. You can visit the website for all the details: www.rideshakedown.com.


Over 25,000 fans will be expected once again at Mont Saint-Sauveur for these two days of competitions and festivities. “After 12 years, we are very happy to see that the event is still such a success,” says Brendan O’Dowd, founder and organizer of the event along with Patryck Bernier.


To mark this occasion, O’Dowd and Bernier have given extra thought about the spectators who will be participating in the adventure. “They will be able to take advantage of new access zones which will allow them to be even closer to the action,” O’Dowd adds.


And action there will be! The two organizers are working with a list of invited athletes who are dominating across the planet. The competition has never been at such a high caliber at the Ride Shakedown. Will the Quebecer Sébastien Toutant, winner of the last edition, be able to successfully defend his title? The winner of the 2006, 2009, 2011 and 2012 events will be up against fierce competition on a big air and multiple rail features, which are always a surprise as an entirely new layout is created every year, only to be unveiled at the start of the event.


A total of $50,000 in cash will be given during the course of the weekend, $20,000 of which will go to the winner of the Jump to Rail, the main event of the Ride Shakedown.


For Scott Mavis, Ride Snowboards’ Vice President of Global Marketing, which lends its name to the event as title partner, the Ride Shakedown has become indispensable to the snowboarding scene. “We are very proud of our association, which we recently renewed, and hope to help this unique event grow. Through the course of the years, the Ride Shakedown has made its mark in the industry and amongst fans, all the while enticing the discovery of snowboarding, its culture and the athletes who devote themselves to it.”


On top of seeing the best riders, you may even witness a rising star! The Ride Shakedown is open to amateur athletes during Oakley qualifications. Some of these athletes could then make their way to the semi finals and compete against the invited professionals.


In the United States in 2014
Dizzle Entertainment sees even further than the 2013 edition on Quebec soil. After having invaded the slopes of The Summit at Snoqualmie near Seattle in 2010 and 2011, the next step of the Ride Shakedown will be presented in the U.S. in 2014, this time in the East.


Since there is no longer an event of international caliber in this region despite a large amount of athletes, the Ride Shakedown will set itself up at the renowned Seven Springs Mountain Resort in Pennsylvania. “We’re excited to bring the Ride Shakedown to Seven Springs Mountain Resort in Pennsylvania. Seven Springs has long-standing dedication to the snowboard and skiing industry, a diverse selection of innovative terrain parks and one of two Olympic-sized halfpipes on the East Coast. Plus, their team has the ability to host an event of this enormity and the mountain lay-out
will provide a great location for the public to be close to the action. We will also be able to reproduce the festive environment that we find in Canada without ever having to leave the resort because it offers such a large variety of activities and services,” explains Patryck Bernier.


Unique competition format
What distinguishes the Ride Shakedown and contributes to its success is first and foremost its competition format, a laid-back and festive environment where the constraints on the athletes are minimal. At the center of the action, the public benefits from an accessible and entertainment-packed show. At the Ride Shakedown, the athletes participate in a slopestyle competition, which involves mastering two distinct disciplines: the Big Air and a rail with different features which is only unveiled on the first day of the competition, a long-awaited day for the athletes and spectators. The professional athletes are the essence of the show, however the amateurs also play an important role and will make a valiant effort to mark their place among the pros. New talents are discovered every winter!


Partners of the Ride Shakedown presented by Videotron
The 12th Canadian edition of the Ride Shakedown is made possible thanks to the support and participation of Ride Snowboards, title sponsor, Videotron, event presenter, Mont Saint-Sauveur, Empire, Oakley, Coors Light, Rockstar as well as POP Headwear, Snowboard Canada Magazine, Moog Audio, 33mag.com, Transworld Snowboarding, NRJ and Virgin Radio.


 

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