Sani "caught up" on tws.com

Dear Jake,

Homeboy Sani, guy you shipped a board to for the "In Short" intro, has a sweet "caught up" on the Transworld homepage. Read some wise words from a man who's been around forever, just like you.

Early Season Shred

Dear Jake,

It was a crazy weekend on the slopes around Innsbrooklyn. With quite a bit of fresh on the mountain tops, but only three glacier resorts open yet in the area, one had to fight for his right to shred under the blue skies the weekend held ready for us! Stubaier Gletscher, the closest all-year-round place to shralp, counted 10'000 people on the mountain on Saturday!!!

Lucky you if you're a pro. Cause then you just skip the weekend, and go shred again when everybody else is back at work. These shots here came to us today from Stephan "Mu" Maurer's cellphone, straight to our computer in the office. Thanks for nothing!!

Chris "Storman" Sörman

Dear Jake,

I'm sure you saw Storman's Onboard Covershot already, right? Representin'! What you haven't seen yet is this Fan Poster draw, from the pen of Sami Saarenpää. If you have met Chris before, you will understand!

Have a good weekend, your TM Europe.

Dachstein Pleasure Jammin' - vol.2

Dear Jake,


A perfect park setup, blue skies and a strong field of riders made for a sick day up at Der Dachstein for Pleasure Jam's finals. Once Eero Ettala throws in a switch double backflip as part of his slopestyle run, you know that this is not just your random Sunday afternoon shred!! Hell, we saw amazing riding yesterday afternoon. Chris Sorman represented the way we know and love him, going big and technical. Watch him ride park is so amazing, he makes it all look so easy! Well deserved 4th place for him as the smoke cleared. Andreas Wiig took the win, did a switch backside 9, frontside 10 and backside rodeo 9 run. Any more questions? Highlight of my day though was our grom from Belgium, Seppe Smits, who landed himself on the second spot throwing down every trick you can name with more pop, control, style and stomp than just about any rider out there!! Kid's 17 years old and grew up in the flatlands of the north riding fridges, how's that? Big props to you, Seppe. Killer!


photos: Cyril

Dachstein Pleasure Jammin' - vol.1

Dear Jake,


Rain in the morning, everything else in between and a breathtaking sunset in the evening - that was semifinal day at Der Dachstein during Pleasure Jam. Sami Saarenpää, Stephan Maurer, Seppe Smits, Christian Haller and Chris Sörman all qualified for Sunday's finals. At this point, we can tell that "Mu" Maurer will be 2nd on the TTR world ranking list by tomorrow evening. For everything else, just check back on this blog section.


photos: Cyril

Bella Italia! vol. 2

Dear Jake,

Giorgio Ciancaleoni is a name you should remember for the future (or maybe learn to pronounce it right, first!). Kid's 17 years old, obviously Italian, and goes off like a Ferrari: Fast, loud, and with plenty of power and style at the same time. His skills landed him on the first spot of Burton's "Stomp It" hip contest in Modena - congratulazine Giorgio!

Mu made third spot going big for the crowd, and rounded up an ill team performance of the Burton Euro squad. 

After the best dinner on the planet in proper Italian manner, the boys were rocking the dancefloor with their fans from Italy until early hours!

photos: Cyril

Bella Italia! vol. 1

Dear Jake,

While some of us are digging deep powder in Saas-Fee, others are hanging out at in-city scaffolding events. That's why we are more than one person at TM Europe, right? So we can represent in all areas.

The city of Modena is hosting the "Meltdown" rail jam by Forum and Burton's "Stomp It" hip event this weekend. Stephan "Mu" Maurer, Gary Greenshields, and new kids on the block to watch out for, Sweden's Ludwig Leikner and Roman Dlauhy from Czech Republic, joined forces with the "Barton Italy" Team of Giorgio Ciancaleoni and Tato Chiala to represent in bella Italia.

Next to riding the rail comp and hip qualis, the boys hung out at the Burton booth of the tradeshow held next door, and checked out the stoked kids at the Learn To Ride slope. How sick is that: free snowboard lessons for kids right on site on a mini slope!

Roman Dlauhy qualified for tomorrow's hip semis on third spot, and took home 500 Euros. Grazie mille!

Check back for some shots and news from the hip comp!

photos: Cyril