The RIDE Shakedown, one of the biggest comps in Canada, will be making its US debut on March 12-13 at Summit-at-Snoqualmie. The two-day event includes a unique big air to rail comp and a rail jam. Leanne Pelosi and Hana Beaman are among the 40 pro riders invited to compete for the $35000 prize purse.

 Lisa Filzmoser is one of the nicest women in snowboarding - fact!

Torah Bright got her own stamp - and Shaun White got to meet Oprah. Oh the things a halfpipe Olympic gold medal gets you.   Here's the footage of his interview - his section starts at about 2 minutes 15 in: 

Mammoth will be hosting the 6th Annual Roxy Chicken Jam from March 25-28. This is the last major stop on the Ticket to Ride Tour for the ladies and will likely determine the winner!

We are in the middle of the 2010 snowboard season but we thought you might like a sneak peak at what's going to be hot in 2011. The SIA Trade show took place at the end of January and we got a look at all the goodies for next year. We'll be bringing you a peek at each brand, but we've rounded up some of the big trends.

Winning Olympic gold has earned Torah Bright much more than a gold medal and a bunch of flowers - she's now got her own postage stamp. The limited edition 55 cent stamp was rushed out by Australia Post following her halfpipe victory in Vancouver.

  You may have noticed I've got a bit of a thing for hi-tops and I was pretty excited to find out that Brazilian flip-flop extrordinaires Havianas have launched their own range of hi-top trainers.

The start of my snowboarding holidays sometimes feel a bit like this:  1. Leave the house before the birds are singing and the sun has risen dragging behind me a heavy snowboard bag (called Tigger Rose) filled with one snowboard and 27 thousand different changes of clothes 2.

As we expected, Scotty Lago hasn't managed to hold to his March embargo on talking about the flirty pictures of him and his bronze Olympic medal that lead him to leave Vancouver.   On Friday night he appeared in the Jimmy Kimmel Live show in the US.

St Anton has a reputation for riding. That’s why many seasonnaires here are on something ridiculous like their 13th season. And then there are stories like Joan’s. Joan is an inspirational lady who runs a fantastic restaurant called Underground On The Piste here.