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Boarding, Biking & Breakin’ at Ali Pali

The crowds descended on Londons Alexandra Palace this weekend for a snowsport extravaganza at this yearҒs Board X.

Thousands of people came through the doors to experience top snow, skate, BMX and breakdancing action at Europes biggest indoor snowboarding event. This year's event was bigger than ever, with the Big Air slope standing at twenty-four metres high (six metres higher than last year), making it the largest slope at any UK event. Other attractions included the midi-ramp, grind rail, street course and B-Boy arena.

The top UK and European riders battled it out on the Big Air and the Street course, with the winners displaying amazing talent. The Big Air was once again the main attraction, drawing huge crowds who watched some of the best names in the UK compete in the British Open on Friday, including Dom Harrington, James Carr and Chris Goulder. QuicksilverҒs Mathieu Crepel won the Mens final on Saturday and Sunday, with Scott McMorris and Markku Koski in close 2nd respectively. The Girls Big Air was shared by NikitaҒs Natasha Zurek and Zoe Gillings from Dragon, with Vicci Miller in 3rd and Laura Berry grabbing 4th. Rails were taken by Dan Wakeham.

The spectacular street BMX final was nabbed by Tobias Wicke, with Ben Hennon (etnies) and Ben Manuel in a joint 2nd. Danny Wainwright continued his great run by beating Micky Iglesias and Rodney Clarke (etnies) into 2nd and 3rd to claim the Street Skate final.

For further information or images, please contact: Alison Austin at Radiator PR 020 7404 8264 or alison@radiatorpr.com

Results
Friday British Open
Hamish Duncan
Orlando Einsiedel
Nelson Pratt
Stuart Edwards

Saturday Big Air
Mathieu Crepel
Scott McMorris
Eero Niemela
Dom Harrington (ThirtyTwo)
Jakob Wilhelmson
Orlando Einsiedel
Scotty Arnold
Markku Koski (ThirtyTwo)
Paavo Tikkanen
Anton Holland

Sunday Big Air
Mathieu Crepel
Phillipo Kratter
Markku Koski (ThirtyTwo)
Jakob Wilhelmson
Danny Wheeler (ThirtyTwo)
Chris Soreman
Giacomo Kratter
Scott McMorris
Hamish Duncan
Andreas Wiig

Girls Big Air

Natasha Zurek
Zoe Gillings
Vicky Miller
Laura Berry

Saturday & Sunday Jib Fest

Anton Holland

Street Skate
Danny Wainwright
Micky Iglesias
Rodney Clarke (Etnies)
Ivan Rodrigues-Marques
Ross McGowan

BMX Street
Tobias Wicke
Ben Manuel / Ben Hennon (Proper Bikes / Felt Bikes & Etnies)
Chris Mahoney
Marcus Wilke
Scott Foster
Mark Webb
Ben Wallace
Martin Tambling
Kye Forte

Midi-Ramp Weekend Cash for Tricks
Tobias Wicke

Etnies Snow Team Report 11-17-03

Dionne Delesalle
just joined forces with a new board company based out of Vancouver BC, Canada. Sapient Snowboards will be showing their new line at the SIA snow trade show in Las Vegas in late January. The team consists of three riders, Dionne Delesalle, Kurt Wastell and Chris Coulter. Dionne's plans for the winter will also include filming with the Wild Cats, among other videos such as The Skids and 411 snow. He'll be pretty busy handling business with all of his sponsors, as well as attending a handful of events through out the season. He and Kevin Sansalone will be heading to the interior BC to hit-up some spots while visiting some friends.

Markku Koski
recently returned from a two-and-half-week snowboarding trip in Europe. He did some riding in the Alps to warm-up his legs for the season. He also attended the Board-X event in London and placed 2nd. His plans for now are to hang-out at home for the week and then head back to Europe for a photo shoot in Saas Fe. Markku will continue to film with Standard Films, as well as compete in a handful of events world-wide.

Nicolas Droz
finalized his sponsor deal with Helly Hanson and will also dedicate his riding time this season with Absinth Films. He's been quite busy lately trying to handle all of his deals, along with his contest, the Winter Kick-Off, scheduled for December 14 - 17. TransWorld Snowboarding
magazine covered his contest last year in their latest issue (December). Nico will spend most of his time in Europe this year filming and attending a few contests world-wide.

Matt Hammer
has been on the hunt for a new board sponsor for the past couple of weeks. Supernatural decided it was time to pull the plug, so the team will be parting ways and finding new deals to work on. Matt recently filmed a short part with a TV network through Standard Films covering his Day in the Life. Standard Films will be editing the short thirty-minute segment and airing it sometime this winter. Matt still plans on filming with Standard, as well as entering the winter X Games, The Sessions at Vail, Colorado and Slopestyle in Japan.

John Jackson
will be busy this season, filming with Standard Films and competing in a handful of events throughout the globe. His first contest will be the Triple Crown in Breckenridge, Colorado in early December.

Tyler Lepore
recently flew out to Japan to take care of some business with his board sponsor. He'll be there for a week and then plans to head back to Whistler, where he'll get his season started by filming and shooting photos. Tyler plans to attend a handful of events this winter, as well as film with Kevin Sansalone and a few other film projects. Some of the contests he'll be participating in are Ripzone, Whistler, The Shakedown, Quebec and Slopestyle, Japan.

Joni Makinen
just got back from Europe, where he attended an on-snow demo in France and a photo shoot in Saas Fe. He's back in Finland right now getting ready to head back to Europe again. He'll be filming a part with Robot Food this year and traveling extensively throughout Europe and North America.

Janna Meyen
was last seen hanging-out at Side Effect board shop in Bend, Oregon, where they kicked-off the season with a big bang! Side Effect had another successful party to commence the snowboarding season last weekend. Janna was there to support her local board shop and hang with the kids. She has big plans for her snowboarding this season. She'll be competing at the winter X Games, The Sessions at Vail and filming for a couple of projects. She's been super positive and staying healthy all summer long so she'll be ready to kill it this winter.

Chad Otterstrom
has been back and forth from Europe to Japan and the States promoting the Video Gangs film. Chad will be focusing on filming with Mack Dawg this winter and competing in a few events.

Roberta Rodger
recently got back from a promo tour with her board sponsor. They visited a few shops on the East Coast of Canada. She said all of the kids were super-anxious to ride and super-stoked on ThirtyTwo. She'll be taking care of some work in Vancouver for the week and then heading to Salt Lake City, Utah to ride some powder. Roberta will be focused on a handful of events like The Sessions at Vail, The Ripzone and Shakedown in Quebec.

Kevin Sansalone
will be heading out to Banff with Dionne and a few friends to hit-up a few spots out there, as well as enter in a jib contest. He'll be concentrating on his film project this season along with a few contests like The Ripzone, The Shakedown and Slopestyle.

Wille Yli-Luoma
placed 4th at the indoor hip event in Stockholm, Sweden last weekend. He'll be heading to Saas Fe next week to start filming and shooting photos and then plans to head to Mammoth in late November. He'll also join in on the fun at Nicolas Droz's event the Winter Kick-Off in mid-December. Wille will concentrate on his filming and maximizing his exposure with photos this year.

Snowboard-Life.com Now Online

November 1, 2003--Snowboarder Alex Thomassin and web master Phillippe Gagnon have launched a new web site called snowboard-life.com
aimed especially at riders. Everyone wants to know about their favorite riders and about what's going on in the snowboarding community. Snowboard-Life.com will provide all of this and more. There will be rider videos, pictures, profiles, interviews and news. DCP, Roberta Roger, TJ Schneider and Chris Brown are among the riders who currently have profiles on the site.

Snowboard-life.com
was built for amateur riders who admire pro snowboarders and want to know more about them. The site's message board will be a great place for them to exchange information about snowboarding with other users. All those who log on and register on the message board will be eligible to receive prizes supplied by companies such as SPY, Dirt Bag Clothing, Pro-Ride and Team Wendy.

For more information, contact:info@snowboard-life.com

Snow Team Activity Picking Up

Dionne Delesalle recently locked down a deal with a new board company starting-up this season. The Vancouver-based snowboard company is called Sapient, and Dionne will be one of the top three riders on the pro team. Dionne recently had his wisdom teeth pulled, so hell be recovering for the next couple of weeks.

Markku Koski will be shredding in Sweden this week. HeҒll most likely attend the indoor event in Stockholm scheduled for later this week. Hell be doing the X-Trials in Japan, as well, later this month.

Nicolas Droz is getting ready for his second annual Winter Kick-Off in Avoriaz, France. This event was such a success last year that most of the riders who participated in this event demanded Nico to bring it back. For more details on the Winter Kick-Off event, check out the latest issue of TransWorld Snowboarding magazine (December 2003). Good luck to our team riders for this yearҒs event (Wille Yli-Luoma, Danny Wheeler, Ile Eronen and Vera Janssen). Nico will also finalize his outerwear sponsor within the next couple of weeks.

Matt Hammer was recently seen hanging-out with friends at the K5 demo a couple of weeks ago. Matts been working with Standard Films and another film company to get some more exposure. HeҒs been running around filming a Day In The LifeӔ for the Fuel TV network. The show should feature a thirty-minute segment on Matts interests. Show times will be listed in the next report.

John Jackson has been pretty busy catering to his new found love, his puppy. HeҒs been busy training her and keeping her busy.

Tyler Lepore recently got back from the Midwest, where he was promoting his board sponsor and visiting shops. He also just got back from Europe, where he visited the factory where his boards are made. Hell be back and forth from Tahoe and Whistler this season.

Joni Makinen has been shredding the Swiss Alps. He said his ankle is feeling 100% and heҒs ready to charge it this year. Hell be heading back to Finland for a couple of weeks and then off to Europe again to hit some real snow.

Janna Meyen is getting ready to hit the season up. SheҒll be quite the busy bee this winter, as she plans on competing in a handful of events, as well as filming for a couple of new projects. Shell be supporting the kick-off party at Side Effect shop in Bend, Oregon later this week.

Chad Otterstrom has been in Europe for the last couple of weeks promoting Video Gangs. HeҒll be back next week to get back on track.

Roberta Rodger recently got back from a little road trip visiting the East Coast of Canada. She was involved in a few shop promotions signing autographs and giving away product for the kick-off of the season. Shell be hanging in Vancouver for a few weeks and then heading to wherever the snow hits.

Kevin Sansalone finally moved into his new house. HeҒs settled and getting ready for a new season. Hell be focusing on another film project this season, but actually doing more of the riding. Look out for more details for his upcoming film project.

Wille Yli-Luoma will be competing in an indoor event scheduled later this week in Stockholm, Sweden, which will feature some of EuropeҒs top riders--including our own Chad Otterstrom, Hampus Mossasen, Peter Strom and Danny Wheeler.