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After winning a 2008 ESPY award for Best Male Action Sports Athlete, Shaun White has been killing it so hard that the folks over at ESPN have given him another nod, nominating him again for the award in 2009. Head on over to the ESPY voting page now to cast your vote for Shaun!

Check out this interview with Red Bull U.K. rail shredder Laura Berry that just appeared in the Red Bulletin:

Chilling in the Fridge
Red Bull Snowboarder Laura Berry on Growing Up in the UK Indoor Scene

Nestled among the perfectly planned parallel roads, suburban cul de sacs and US-style shopping malls of Milton Keynes lies the huge sci fi-like silver dome of Xscape. But, inside its buzzing circumference of bars, fast-food restaurants and clubs, is a hub of the UK snow sports scene; the SnoZone.

Aka 'The Fridge', it's an aircraft hangar sized space with a 30-degree gradient, inside is a carpet of white astro turf and fake snow, pumped nightly from the snow cannons that line the slope, all illuminated by fluorescent lighting. For two nights a week this giant refrigerator comes alive, as a park is set up on one half.

Pat's making the summer camp rounds this year - he just posted this photo on the Forum site from his visit to the opening week of Woodward at Copper, and he's headed to Windells for Session 5 (July 16-23) for Snowboarder mag's America's Next Top Pro Model event. Also on the rider list is Red Bull's Eero Ettala, so check it out if you're looking to shred this summer.

Red Bull U.S. team captain Zach Leach just showed up in Snowboarder mag's Guestbook, with answers to a handful of interesting questions. Check it out here.

Snowboard mag just posted an interview with Travis Rice; in it, he talks primarily about Alaska, and his last epic trip there with Jeremy Jones:

"I guess you have to start with the fact that Alaska is a battle of mind and matter. Because there are so many options when you are looking at what you want to ride. You can get as big and gnarly as you want and that weighs on the mental side of things. Being able to relax and ride with confidence is one of the biggest obstacles to overcome. And then you have all the dangers of course. Also, is the logistical side of things-the planning, timing the sun, having a good support crew. I mean you have to plan for the worst up here and having trust in your crew is beyond essential. But then after all of the scary shit comes the pure joy of it. Boardin' man! You get a lot of freeriding in, even when you are filming. Because in other situations when I am filming it's pretty much getting to the zone and working a lot, hiking and hitting jumps. Here you're just fucking riding-it just happens that they are filming it."
Read the whole interview here.

Check out this Gravis edit of Heikki that just went up on TransWorld's YouTube channel...

Marie-France Roy worked with the designers over at Etnies to come up with her own signature colorway for the Perry mid-top, which is hitting the streets right now. MFR's definitely got her own style, and that's reflected in her shoe, for sure. She says she "wanted a shoe that is stylish, happy and bad-ass at the same time." Mission accomplished! Check it out here.

Forum is starting to throw down brief video edits with their team riders leading up to the release of their next video, Forever, and Pat Moore's edit just went up. Check it out:

More from Snowboarder mag - they've given the nod to Marie-France Roy for the number two spot on their Best Female Snowboarders of 2009 list. Check it out here.

(Huggy photo from the Snowboarder site.)

Snowboarder mag just got to the top of their Best Snowboarders of 2009 list, and none other than Travis Rice is the man at number 1. Considering the year he's put in, it's no surprise. Here's what they had to say about him:

As many are content to regurgitate the tricks of others, collect corporate paychecks, and mistake celebrity for achievement, Travis Rice never settles. With That's It, That's All, Travis has created a Subjekt Haakonsen for the new millennium. Replicating the acclaimed production motif of Planet Earth, Travis and collaborator Curt Morgan have put together a snowboarding film that is truly out of this world, but That's It, That's All wasn't all for Rice in '08. Travis also took home top honors at several events, including the Icer Air, the Nissan X Trail, and the inaugural Quiksilver Natural Selection. A lot has been made of the "helicopter following the helicopter following Rice" thing for the last two years, but what people fail to realize is that while the rest of our sport is alongside those choppers, Travis is still way out in front.

"After this year, he should be referred to as the god of snowboarding. Hands down the best rider in the world. I wish I was as good as him." --Andreas Wiig

Don't forget, Shaun White and Pat Moore also made the list.