Hi there!

We hope you are having a blast and making the most out of this summer!

Here at the snowbroader HQ, we are getting ready for the action and are busy redesigning snowbroader.eu for the coming winter season so that you guys can have an even better session than last year!

In the meanwhile, surf through our archives and check out our BrOADER TV episodes to relive some of the action from 2006/07!
Have a look especially at all of our posts from ISPO2007 if you want to discover some of the hot gear that you will find in the snowshops this fall. We have more than 30 brands covered for you!

Anyway, if you want to be sure not to miss any of the action, you can send us an email at hello[at]snowbroader.eu and we’ll let you know as soon as we are back on tracks! 

That’s it for now, see you in the fall for a brand new session!

Peace
The BrOs

2007 might have been the worst winter ever in our mountains, we still had a lot of fun riding and updating this blog, always doing our best to bring you closer to the European snowboarding action day after day!

We hope you enjoyed it and we want to thank our readers for supporting us and interacting with us during this past 6 months.
Thanks also to all the people who played the game: the riders, the film crews, the photographers, the press agencies, the young bloods, the brands, all the people we got in contact with.
Everybody has been so friendly. And this experience reminds us that snowboarding is such a FAMILY.

We are going to close www.snowbroader.eu now but we will be back in October 2007 to bring you once again all the news, and reviews on the European snowboarding action!

Of course we will try to come back stronger with cooler content and (maybe) a nicer site look and feel, so please give us your feedback or ideas about what you think we can improve.

Have a great summer!

Peace

The BrOs!

Here’s a little clip from MMPfilms showing what Thomas Harstad, Christian Halland and their photographer IJ experienced when they where filming at mt.rose a couple of days ago. Take it as a lesson and be always aware of the consequences when hitting the backcountry! Fortunately nothing happened to the guys and they could enjoy the rest of their trip. That’s it for today, respect mother nature and stay safe!

Great! A new website where you’ll find high quality and stylish pics of snowboard.
The french and talented photographer Vanessa Andrieux has finally launched her own website www.vanessandrieux.com.
Free your mind and have a look at the 22 landscapes, the 26 portraits and the 36 snowboard shots!!! But as ever, you wont find any pics of the Miss, so here is her gun and a bit of her shoulder. Sexy insn’t it ?

Since the end of April number 9 of the Whiteout Snowboard Magazine is available. It is the End of Season Powder Issue. As usual the magazine has been distributed to different Snowboard-Shops all over Switzerland. Check the detailed shop list here .
This issue features an interview with the old Super Rocker Gian Simmen, a huge photo gallery and a portfolio of the newcomer photographer Howzee.com. And of course various contest’s reports.
Last but not least, the obligatory 12 pages on French for the “Welsch Connection” are ready to be read.

Don’t miss their online mag whiteout.ch for plenty of news, pics, blogs… And if you’re lucky you’ll find a wonderfull www.snowbroader.eu banner on the left side !!! For various movies check whiteout.tv…

These guys are great and get a pure snowboard spirit!! Special thanks to Moritz !!

Beginning of March we had already posted about the SQUAD series. Here is the second and final part of this focus with the 08 SQUAD PRIME, the VÖLKL Pro Team favourite’s board !

Regarding the main features :
- sizes : 152-155-158-161 + 2 wide sizes
- tip-to-tail ultra-light wood core
- squad twin-tip sidecut
- 6×2 insert system
- wooden sidewalls
- sandwich construction
- sintered base with die-cut
- stone and diamond finish

We will give you our feedback as soon as we will ride it next season!

Photo credit : Marcel Lämmerhirt

Head out to Switzerland for some of the best snowboard summer camps in Europe!

Super active on the scene are the Demonium Masta camps providing summer camps from late June until early August in Saas Fee and Les 2 Alpes (France). Each week-long package is around 600 euro, which includes coaching, full board ludging and a skipass for six days.
Also don’t forget about the Iceripper camps which have been going on since years and offer top facilities and coaching on the famous Titlis glacier!

• DEMONIUM SUMMER CAMPS 2007

-June 23rd - July 7th = Les 2 Alpes
-July 7th - August 4th = Saas Fee

LES 2 ALPES WEEK 1 : BiOHaZaRD WeeK with Ninthward, Von Zipper & Weski Mag:

Radioactiv Party Friday June 29Th at LE BRESILIEN, bringing a taste from NYC with DJ CONQUERRAH Feat KUKOO DA BAGA BONEZ.

LES 2 ALPES WEEK 2 : PiMPaLiCiOuS WEEK with Imperium, Von Zipper & Onboard:

Party Friday, July 6th at LE BRESILIEN. NYC Club Bangers with DJ CONQUERRAH feat KUKOO DA BAGA BONEZ aKa Da Grustler …

SAAS FEE WEEK 3 : TaKE iT EeeZ’HiP SeSSiON with Method Mag:

Party Friday July 13th at POPCORN

SAAS FEE WEEK 4 : Da SheezN ‘ HiP SeSSiON with Skiing Mag:

Party Friday July 20th at POPCORN

SAAS FEE WEEK 5 : BiOHaZaRD WeeK with Ninthward, Von Zipper & Gustav Mag:

Party Friday July 27th at POPCORN

SAAS FEE WEEK 6 : MiDDLe FiNGeR WeeK with SMK Snowboard Camps, Troyan Gloves & Pleasure Mag

Party Friday August 3rd at POPCORN

Full week package : 6 days coaching + 6 days skipass + 7 nights lodging with full board = 899 CHF / 599

• ICE RIPPER 2007 CAMPS
  

You are are snowboarder, don’t want to hang out on the beach - and use your time with something usefull - snowboarding! The minimum age of participation is 16. The camp is for freestyle snowboarder or people who want to become one. You do not have to be experienced in park and halfpipe riding. But you should be able to ride blue and red slopes without any problem.

When is the camp taking place?
The Camp: 16. - 23. July 2007

What is included in the price for the camp?
7 Nights (sun-sat) in the Hotel Bellevue, including breakfast.
Simple twin- or trible bedroom, Shower on floor, Lounge with TV and Fireplace, 6 Day Liftticket,

What does the camp cost?
Camp Package CHF 599.-
Upgrades:
TV&Shower in Room CHF 100.-
Single Room CHF 60.-

What extras are there around the camp?
Wakeboarding, tennis, golf, mountain biking, climbing, icehockey.
Please aks at the tourismus information/Outventure events for extras.

This is a short short video that we shot during the ISPO 07 showing you in a glimpse the whole 2007/08 Forum snowboard range.

It’s short, colorful and straight to the point. ;)

Spending a summer in Norway is a dream come true for a lot of dudes.
Make it happen and bring together two of the best things in life: beautiful girls and snowboarding?!

Check out the Snowboard Summer Camp in Stryn, from the 18th to 22nd of June 2007, and in Folgefonna where Nixon presents the 12th season of snowboard summer camps to be held there.

This year, camps will be better than ever with more activities, more pro riders, more suprises but keeping the same laid back attitude that makes this the camp with soul…

For all you guys and girls who are already thinking about what you will want to ride next season, check out those two short video presentations with 2008 snowboards from Allian and Gnu.

The girly freestyle range is composed of the Vivian serie (138-142-145-14 in the high end, while the Freedom serie (136-142-146-150-154) is offering the best prices.

Girls will be happy with this easy riding B-nice serie (144-147-150-153). All mountain freestyle boards from entry level to rippers who want to look at the whole mountain as their park. Available in regular and smooth riding Magne-traction.75. The nice design is from Fumi Watanabe.

Hey, it’s really time to quit the ride for this year and concentrate on the beach, but for addicts out there who didn’t get enough days on the slopes or want to practise new tricks in the best conditions, we decided to prepare a quick round-up of Summer camps which will be held in Europe. Today we start with the camps in Les 2 Alpes!

The snowpark of the glacier is located at an altitude of over 3200m on Europe’s largest glacier and is used for summer riding. Over the years the Les 2 Alpes summer park has become one of the best snow parks in Europe.
The glacier is accessible via the JANDRI EXPRESS cable car in 25min from the centre of the resort and the snow park is accessed by 2 mechanical lifts serving which will bring you on the 4 different areas (Pro/Half Pipe/Intermediate/Chill out)

www.2alpes-snowpark.com

RATES : from 335E to 665E
RESERVATIONS : Deux Alpes Voyages-00 33 (0)4 76 79 75 10 beautiful@2alpes.com

Here is the list of the sessions :
16 - 23 June 2007 : OPENING WEEK :
The first week of the summer season is dedicated to snowpark riders that want to re-invent themselves all by themselves, no instructors around. Special all-inclusive rate : 6 day ski pass, choice between self catering apartment or 2 star hotel, free access to the Avalanche disco, and the possibility to win (or loose) the end-of-the-week snowboarding contest!

26 June - 3 July 2007 : TARAVANA SUMMER CAMP
Are you ready to ride with our Tahitian rider Gary Zebrowski and his team of Best Riders of the Planet? If you ever dreamt of riding alongside the world’s top riders, this is your week to book. Special events the whole week long, with a BEACH party at the snowpark; dress code : beach slippers, shorts and bikinis !
www.taravana-freestyle.com

30 - 07 july 2007 : THE MAGIC SUMMER CAMP
We’ll keep the details a surprise for now, but this is a week you don’t want to miss! You will be riding with one of the world’s most renowned riders stars of our time, double world champion 2007 and to celebrate the occasion we have concocted a stunning festival programme.

07 - 14 july 2007 : THE ROSSIGNOL SUMMER CAMP
Let’s give them a warm welcome … the Rossignol rider team! For the fifth time Rossignol gives you the chance to ride along pro riders and rider coaches during the RIDERS & CAMPERS TOGETHER week. And of course you will be given the opportunity to test their latest equipment…

14 - 23 july 2007 : KID’S WEEK
This summer, 2 Alpes snowpark will be co-organising for the third time the KIDS’ WEEK. If you think you have Champion’s blood running through your veins make sure you make yourself seen by the team managers of your favourite brand.

Remaining period , 23 july - 1st september 2007 : THE CLASSIC CAMPS
During the rest of the summer season you will have a wide choice of high quality riding workshops, in combination with an offering of lodgings ranging from standard hotels to luxury selfcatering apartments. And in keeping up its reputation for being one of the liveliest mountain resorts of the French Alps most pubs, restaurants and night clubs will offer special programmes to keep you entertained until late!

OTHER summer camps on the glacier :

www.kids-week.com

Italian camps for Italian BrO’s
www.nazcacamp.com

British camps for Brit BrO’s
www.lineskis.co.uk

After CHILLing last year, H8 productions and the Advita crew have been working hard on their new video which will be out in fall 07. Due to lack of snow in Europe, the guys had to travel a lot to find the right spots to express their styles. So this film will be about all their adventures, good and bad.

Check out their first teaser and head to their website for more videos, rider presentations and goodies.

All lot of snowboard companies have developped the “mini-me” snowboard these past season. These boards are super playfull and taking them out for a day gives a completly different feeling to a regular snowboard day. When we met Darius last time, he was rocking the new 2007/08 Nidecker Nano and that’s what he had to say about it:

Want-ette is fruity, fresh and clean with light notes of fig, Love-ette is feminine, soft, sweet and light with a touch of iris. Why not end up the season in style with a nice perfume from Les ettes?

Les Ettes and BrOADER have teamed up to make 3 lucky girls - or guys who want to make a nice gift to their girlfriends - the happy winners of an exclusive bottle of Want-ette or Love-ette!

To take part in the draw it’s super simple! Just fill in the form below and in the comment box give us the name of 2 of the sexy sweet riders on the Les Ettes team as well as your age, favorite hobbies, and nationality.

Best of luck!

Short video presenting some 2007/08 boards from Santa Cruz exposed during the Intergirlactik in Les 7 Laux.
Unfortunatly we did not catch the names of these 3 models, so if you got them leave us a comment!

As they say on their website “Focus is a raw and aggresive look into the lives of snowboarders trying to make a career out of something they love so much. Let us take you on an artistic journey into the lives of a few individuals and their circle of friends who are all on different paths but are all connected by snowboarding. This film will document a winter of their triumphs and failures and why they put so much blood, sweat and years into this winter passion. People, who struggle through many things in life just so they can snowboard. People with everything to lose and possibly nothing to gain: people brought together by one focus - snowboarding.”

Watch their teaser:

AKTAES, a french multimedia agency has produced an interesting first episode Freesteal I, with good riders such as Nico Watier & Xavier Marcoud. Freesteal II is the second opus of this trilogy dedicated to snowboarding. It will be available next season but you can already have a look at the teaser here!!

Bataleon Snowboards just won breakout brand of the year from The Source in EU. They say thank you ! We say Big Up !!!

The Isenseven crew is working hard on their up-coming movie “Übermovie“. In 2 weeks people who live close to Munich will have the chance to see it before everyone else at the Pleasure Season’s End Party at the Badeanstalt, 12th of May.

However today it’s time for a new monthly clip: IDIOTS part 2.
It’s the sequel to last year’s popular “Idiots” clip that you can download now at www.isenseven.de!

We painted ourselves some holes to fall inside.
2 minutes packed with cheerfulness, foolishness and idiocy.
Our misfortune shall be your joy!

Take 16 of the best snowboarders in the world, the hardest working crew of cinematographers in the industry and one of the worst snow years in memory! “PICTURE THIS“ is the next 07 MDP film, and watching the teaser we can’t stand to wait a few months more !!!