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Fri, Mar 12 2010 6:58 PM
Day 2 - the meat in the three day event schedule - is the bastard of the competition. The first day excitement is gone and the final night's Big Air hype has yet to come. The hangover hurts because you are not yet immune to pounding Coors Light all day. Your Electric shades were stolen from some underage chick in the bar
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Fri, Mar 12 2010 11:31 AM
Turns out some Canadians made the trip to Tignes, France for the first ever European Winter X Games, and faired pretty well. Our best halfpipe Olympian, Mercedes Nicoll, just missed the podium in women's pipe, finishing 4th. Similarly, Spencer O'Brien came just as close in slopestyle, also finishing 4th. Our highest
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Fri, Mar 12 2010 11:12 AM
You probably saw our story, results and photos from last week's Empire Backyard Party . If you didn't feel that did the event justice, we've now got the video for you. Taking place in a real backyard (although, probably way cooler than yours), Eric Mercier and Ryan O'Dowd brought their skate contest concept to
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Thu, Mar 11 2010 11:11 PM
The Telus Triple Challenge at Blue Mountain is, like, totally a big deal. A big deal that will require me to ride slush, tip back Coors Lights, and watch great snowboarding for three days. I love my job. At the crack of 11:30am this morning, I hopped into my trusty Volkswagen TDI to burn up to Blue Mountain. The Telus flyer
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Thu, Mar 11 2010 10:38 PM
The next You Look Good tour stop is set for next weekend, on Saturday, March 20th, at Mt. Seymour in B.C.. There's another $5,000 in cash and $12,000 in prizes on the line, so it's in your best interests to get up there and compete. We'll see if the tour leaders from the eastern leg, Elliot Catton and Diane Rudge
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Thu, Mar 11 2010 10:12 PM
Tomorrow marks the first expansion of Canada's biggest contest, the Ride Shakedown, making it's first appearance south of the border. Summit at Snoqualmie is the location that will try and recreate the magic the Quebec brings to the party, hopefully with the same results. If you can't be there, you can watch online
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