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Snowboarder Mag's Pat Bridges recently called the Czech Republic's Sarka Pancochova "the best overall female rider in the world today." Nice! Czech Red Bull rider Martin Cernik tossed a few questions at her for Snowboarder, which you can check out right here.
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.)
Want to get personalized tips on your riding steez from guys like Pat Moore, Heikki Sorsa, and Eero Ettala? You're in luck, because there are still a few openings for their High Cascade Signature Sessions this summer. Get help from Pat during Session 3 from July 6-14, or hang out with Heikki and Eero during Session 4 from July 17-25. Get all the info straight from High Cascade Snowboard Camp.
Germany's Isenseven just dropped the second trailer for their latest release due in Fall '09, Let's Go Get Lost. Marc Swoboda will be featured in the film, having landed a spot in the crew last season. Check the trailer below, and hit the Isenseven site for all the info.
Isenseven Let's Go Get Lost Teaser from ISENSEVEN on Vimeo.
Unfortunately, Marco Smolla sat out another season this year due to bad luck with injuries (a broken arm followed by a torn ACL), making this two Isenseven productions in a row he's missed out on. To help him deal with it, the guys put together the "Being Sad for Marco Smolla Foundation" back in April, which you can read about here.
