Nick Ennen - Top Ranked Pro Snowboarder and Wakeboarder

Nick Ennen is a Pro Snowboarder and Pro Wakeboarder. Here is a collection of some of his best snowboard shots. He rides anything and everything from rails, backcountry, cliffs, jumps, snowmobiles, and backside nines.

Tailgate Alaska Heliboarding

TAILGATE ALASKA – APRIL 1-10, 2008


THOMPSON PASS, AK. – MTNOPS in cooperation with Smith Optics, Alaskan Brewing, Redbull Energy Drink, Alaska Backcountry Adventures, CFR, Dagger Skates and Freecaster.TV bring you an event unlike any other. There will be no winners and the only losers will be those that do not attend. This is a tailgate party, snowboard style, deep in the Chugach Range of Alaska.

This is TAILGATE ALASKA. Witness the world's most legendary terrain and the world's most legendary riders face off again this spring to push the limits of what man and snowboard can accomplish – all from the comfort of your living room.


AK legend Nick Perata will host a series of webcasts from our basecamp on Thompson Pass. For the more adventurous, TAILGATE ALASKA welcomes all comers with free WiFi hub, a warming shelter, and entertainment courtesy of Olympic, US Open and Vans DJ, DJ Smoky. If that isn’t enough, come gorge yourself on food and beer and hang out with some of the largest legends in the sport.


From April 1st-10th the MTNOPS crew will produce a live, interactive webcast hosted by Nick Perata,, giving an in depth look into a riders personal contest with the mountains and the party that follows.


Look us up on at the Worthington Glacier Air Strip on Thompson Pass, or in an ABA heli. For updates on party, or help in making travel arrangements log onto mtnops.com/alaska2008.

Abby Wiltse Gets her first Sponsor-Inversion Snow-n-Skate

Custom T-Shirt Design

Have you ever wanted to design your own shirt? With this great website you can have your shirt design at your door in 10 days. try them out and get that custom design print you've always wanted.

INVERSION SNOW-N-SKATE TEAM RIDER BRENDEN LEIB MT BAKER ROAD GAP

INVERSION SNOW-N-SKATE'S SHOP RIDER BRENDEN LEIB, HAS BEEN OUT ALL SEASON SHOWING US WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT GROWING UP IN THE NW. BRENDEN IS CURRENTLY ON THE SIGNAL STREET TEAM AND IS LOOKING TO BECOME THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE SIGNAL FAMILY THIS SPRING. GO TO SIGNAL SNOWBOARDS WEB SITE AND CHECK OUT THIS YEARS STREET TEAM AND "VOTE FOR BRENDEN".

(Andrew) Drew Cyr - Pro Snowboarder

Drew Cyr professional snowboarder from Bellingham, WA. Drew has been killing it hard for a few years and here's a collection of his biggest hammer tricks.

Jackson Hole Freestyle pt.1

The Funner crew found this feature in the backcountry while filming for their upcoming release. It was a zone open to explorations, as each rider found his own way to channel chaos and turn it into balance and energy. Click the pictures to go big, and stay tuned as further developments are under way.

Nick Ennen, gapping into the quarter.

Manuel Diaz, hand-plant.

Luke Strong, gap-slash out, to flat.

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Grand Targhee Snowboard Resort Review

Grand Targhee is a ski resort located in Alta, Wyoming just across from the Idaho Border where the nearest town is Driggs. Targhee is a hidden secret on the western side of Teton Pass where the fancier and well-known Jackson Hole is on the east side. Grand Targhee receives an average of 500+ inches of snowfall per year. On this trip there was Jeremy Dubs filming for Funner Films, Connie Mellafe taking photos, Nick Ennen, Luke Strong and Manuel Diaz were filming with Funner for our upcoming movie.

1. The Funner Films crew out filming on their RV tour.

2. Getting tickets early for a great day at Targhee.

3. Perfect day with beatiful sunbreaks await.

4. We love the view of the valley from Targhee, absolutely incredible.

5. Pro patroller Kate Ennen showing us some tree runs on her day off from work, not from riding.

6. Luke Strong gives the thumbs up on his first visit to Targhee.

7. The Ennen brothers re-unite alter 6 months for some pow turns. Nick Ennen(Left) is a pro wakeboarder and pro snowboarder, Nate(right) is a pro patroller & head of avalanche control at Grand Targhee.

8. Jeremy Dubs, director of Funner Films is stoked at the variety of tree runs, pow fields, and cliff drops to capture for his next movie. Check the www.funner.us website for more details.

9. Manuel Diaz is a visiting pro from the country of Chile, located in the Andes mountains, where the snow season is opposite to the USA. (June-October snowfall)

10. Pro patroller Joe shows us some lines and keeps us informed about the backcountry conditions.

11. Manuel Diaz and Jeremy Dubs check out the terrain.

12. Cool view of the valley.

13. The guys arrive to some cliff drops.

14. Nick Ennen slashes the rocks.

15. Luke Strong busts an air over the rocks.

16. Nick came back for more and busted out a frontside 360.

17. Kate Ennen skis through the soft, fluffy pow.

18. Photographer Connie Mellafe, also visiting from Chile. She likes dry powder snowfall, and was happy to shred some fresh.

19. Manuel Diaz gets the freshest tracks of the day out on the Steve Bough run. He dropped from the cornice at full speed and charged off this drop.

20. Absolutely sick!

21. Luke Strong slashing the shadows.

22. Nick Ennen dropped the cliffs all day long. He just couldn´t get enough of the dry, deep snowpack.

23. Manuel Diaz saw the spot to do a nice sunlit bs 180 tailgrab, and launched off with style.

24. Nate Ennen shows us why he loves to ride here, with this nice ski air over the cliffs.

25. Jeremy Dubs and Manuel Diaz finishing up the day with one last hike.

26. The sunset was surreal, a nice red glow over the fresh snowy forest leaving Targhee. What a great day

Article by Jeremy Dubs – www.funner.us, snowboardmovie.blogspot.com
Photos by Connie Mellafe chileloco.blogspot.com

Funner Films latest movie is called Sentimental Values. They also make handmade beanies from Chile. www.funner.us

Tandom snowboarding, an invention that sucks

Stupid snowboard inventions, the two and three man snowboard. Check out these guys who are apparently "married to each other" through their newfound love affair with a snowboard. "People are open-minded" about it. They call it tandom snowboarding. Personally I'll keep my stick handled solo. It looks like something the Jackass guys might have invented, simply strap two sets of bindings to the modified extra long board. I'm wondering how they skate when the terrain gets flat?
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Holy Oly Revival Quarterpipe Contest 08 Photos at Snoqualmie

The Terrain Park setup for the Holy Oly 2008, look at that gigantic quarterpipe.

Summit at Snoqualmie hosted the 5th annual Holy Oly Quarterpipe contest once again this year. The Holy Oly is a snowboard contest founded by Krush Kulesza, the snowboard marketing director of Summit-at-Snoqualmie, after he had a discussion with Mike Ranquet over some "barley pop" one night. They were talking about whether it would be cool if Krush repainted the old Olympia Can water tower over at Hyak, the Summit-at-Snoqualmie's secret weekend-only powder stash. (Hyak is now called Summit East, but no one cool calls it Summit East.) Ranquet told Krush it would be great if the tower got repainted and so an idea was born. The finished tower was gleaming in its glory again, this time with an updated yet retro Summit logo painted in homeage to the previous Olympia logo. Krush knew he needed to create a contest to celebrate, a party style quarterpipe jam with unique award names, cases of Olympia beer as prizes and Cobra Dogs hot dogs served up with Lib Tech's banana sauce for a condiment.

Some hikers and riders getting ready to drop in under the repainted Summit can.


So the Holy Oly was born, and the event's history has proven that you never know what to expect from powder storms, to lack of snow, to fog and greyday to perfect bluebird sunny day skies. In the winter of 2004-05, the lack of snow forced the Summit to spray over 1 million gallons of man-made snow to create a halfpipe, quarterpipe, and street course. No other mountain in Washington was open at the time. Last year the contest happened to be on one of the deepest powder days of the season, and it probably snowed a foot or two from the beginning of the day until the end of the event. In an example of classic Northwest weather conditions, contest competitors were taking fresh powder runs in between drop-ins to the quarterpipe.

Tim Carlson grabs method

With all the history behind the event, this year drew riders from all over the globe, including Danny Kass, Willie Yli-Luoma, past superhero Jeff Brushie, and young gun Manuel Diaz, who came all the way from Chile. It was a who's who of Northwest snowboarding from Mike Ranquet, Kurt Jensen, Monty Hays, John Laing, Pete Saari, The Phillips brothers, Justin Heath, Austin Sweetin, Austin Hironaka, Dave Goto, Lorn Davies, and many more.


The jibbers like Sean Genovese, Pat Milberry, and Gus Engle even came out for the all-new street course with wall ride gaps and jib-bonks conveniently located next to the 20ft tall quarterpipe. Jesse Burtner announced the event and said some of the funniest stuff I've ever heard at a snowboard contest. He definately kept the crowd entertained with his reactions to tricks.

Results:

Jeremy Dubs filming the top two winners Willie Yli-Luoma and Manuel Diaz for the upcoming Funner Films movie.

The Holy Oly Revival Results

Krush Kulesza with the awards list written on the back of an Olympia Beer case


The DJ with the official Holy Oly trophies designed by Nic Jonas.


Holiest of the Holy - Willie Yli-Luoma in the blue Alaskan? wolf hoodie sweater
Berzerker Award - Manuel Diaz
Joey McGuire/Best NW Method Award - Danny Garrity
Best Trick(Switch McTwist)- Nate Farrell
Future of NW Shred Award - Austen Sweetin
Hardest Charging Industry Guy - Pat "the eYe" Bridges, editor of Snowboarder Magazine
Jeff Brushie Award - Jeff Brushie
Guy Who Avoided the Most Obstacles in a Jib Run - Gus Engle
Rail Charger Award - Sean Genovese
Biggest Ripper Still Riding Glissade - Monty Hays