TSA have recently announced a UK wide Demo Tour over January for all of those who still haven’t decided which board they’ll be riding in 2010.

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There are some snowboarders that stand head and shoulders above the rest. Be it effortless style, balls-out risk taking or a creative mind some riders push the sport in a direction forever changing its destiny. Snowboard Review trawled through the annals of snowboarding history to create a list of the 50 most influential riders of all time, except we couldn’t narrow it to 50 so we chose 60! Enjoy.

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It’s a sad, sad day for European Snowboarding culture. After 20 years and a total of 17 pro models, David Vincent and Regis Rolland have decided to put an end to David’s pro-line the Amanite.

Continue reading Apo drop the Amanite for the 2010/11 season.

Snowboard Review pulled together the YES 154, Signal Omni, Signal Park, Bataleon Evil Twin, Dinosaurs Will Die Maet, Artec Gabe Taylor and Rome Graft for the ultimate urban jib test. With rainbow rails, corrugated pipes and boxes a plenty the Snowboard Review crew hit the Milton Keynes Xscape for an intensive evening of jibbing and bonking (the snowboard variety).

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YES. Snowboards are an absolute phenomenon! The fact that the YES 156.5 is the most visited review on Snowboard Review is testament to the guys behind the brand. When JP Solberg, Romain De Marchi and DCP found themselves left out in the cold by Burton, they grabbed the opportunity to work with Nidecker to create their own brand. YES. was born and the 2009/10 season has seen the guys release their first range of boards. Tom from Snowboard Review managed to grab an hour with founding member JP Solberg, to find out a bit more about YES. and the trials and tribulations of starting a brand from scratch.

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Last weekend Snowboard Review’s resident forum guru and international man of mystery Zoryfl drove down to the Zugspitze Glacier with a car full of buddies for the annual Schneefest and a weekend of chilled shredding. We asked Zoryfl to write a couple of words about his weekend.

Continue reading Demo Check - Zugspitze Schneefest.

Want to ride park, pipe, powder and piste on one board, you’ll be after an All-Mountain snowboard. Characterised by a directional shape and flex, All-Mountain snowboards do exactly what the name suggests. If you’re not sure what kind of riding you’ll be doing or you just can’t afford a quiver of boards then an All-Mountain snowboard is the best option.

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Polish uber brand Contract Snowboards launch the Support Young Shredders program to help promising young riders reach their potential.

Today snowboard review received a curious email from our friends at Contract Snowboards, one of the most exciting brands to come out of Poland since…. well ever if I’m honest. As a brand in it’s infancy, Contract have decided to throw a bone to young and aspiring shredders by creating the ‘Support Young Shredders’ program.

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Rome’s new ‘SK’ series; just for shop-kids and resort workers! You heard me right; Rome have pre-released the 2011 Artifact 1985 with a limited edition graphic that will be produced in small quantities and sold exclusively to kids working in shops and on local hills. Only 100 SK (Shop Kid) boards will be produced and will be available in the States only through Rome’s Operative Programme.

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Mountains might be in short supply in England, but art is one thing that our little Island can do. Snowboard Review received an invite to the FBBB Board Art Showcase at the Reebok Lounge in Shoreditch London, to check out some of the pieces they’d commissioned to help raise money for their charity Snow-Camp which takes disadvantaged kids out to the mountains. We’d never turn down an invite to drink free beer so we donned our spray-on jeans and cycled our fixed gear bikes down to Shoreditch’s trendiest venue.

It’s fair to say that FBBB (For Boarders by Boarders) have been at the forefront of the British Snowboard scene for the last couple of years; their highly original blend of the UK’s Snowboarding, Skate, Music and Art cultures have bought something fresh to the UK scene. It’s no secret that the UK imports the majority of its Snowboarding brands from the States and Europe so it’s consequently very difficult for UK artists to contribute to the industry/sub-culture that they love. FBBB has given the aforementioned UK and European artists an outlet and allowed them to get their work recognised on a world stage. Recent showcases have included the London Ski & Snowboard Show and the London Freeze, in which they sat in the rain for the majority of the time.

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