SIMMEN THE LEGEND BIDS FAREWELL

The final day of the 6 Star O’Neill Evolution, an out-and-out highlight stop on the World Snowboard Tour, set the scene for the legend that is Gian Simmen to bid a fond farewell to the world of contest snowboarding. Closing the curtain on a competitive career that has been more than two decades in the [...]

THE BOOM WENT BANG!

Miyabi Onitsuka and Maxence Parrot win the 6 Star Big Air at O’Neill Evolution What do you do when superlatives just aren’t enough? The final day here at the O’Neill Evolution 2013 exploded into something that will go down as a watershed moment in snowboarding history. O’Neill Team rider – Maxence Parrot (CAN) Maxence Parrot [...]

DAY 5 – BRING ON THE BOOM!

Underneath the Jakobshorn here in Davos, in what must be one of the most incredible contest set up’s ever, the ‘Boom’ has just come to town. Under an amazing riding, lighting and music set up, the 6 Star World Snowboard Tour event, the O’Neill Evolution, has stoop up and got really serious really fast. With [...]

Day 5 – Head to Head Begins!

Webcast of First Round 6 Star World Snowboard Tour starts 16:30 Swiss time.  Bright sunshine and perfect riding conditions met the qualification session today here at the 6 Star World Snowboard Tour O’Neill Evolution. A total of 27 riders put on a serious riding stomp-a-thon while vying for the 13 converted main event spots meeting [...]

Day 4 – Changing of the Guard

Gian Simmen takes 6th in his last competitive outing, protégés Rohrer and Scherrer reign supreme.   In what turned out to be an emotional and significant send-off, Swiss snowboard legend, Gian Simmen, stood the test of time by scoring a solid 6th place in his last competitive event here at the O’Neill Evolution in Davos, [...]

Gian Simmen – Last contest

We asked Gian a couple of questions directly after his last contest run to gauge the significance of the moment, “Finishing my 23 year contest career here is simply a dream come true. It’s like the closing of a circle. I put on a board for the first time here in Davos. Won my first [...]

Day 3 – The Big Tri-boski

Maxence Parrot lands the first contest kicker Triple Cork in Europe, Toutant not far behind. Just when you think it’s time to send out that press release, something happens and it’s all hands on deck again. As the lights were about to go out at the end of tonight’s training session here at the O’Neill [...]

Legends Session by Gian Simmen

By Drew Stevenson   It ends where it all started. Right here in Davos. In 1996 a quiet, shy, pimple pocked, braces wearing DJ, Skate, Snowboarder punk won his first major title only meters from where this piece is being penned. It was a Swiss Championships. And his name was Gian Simmen. To celebrate the [...]

Day 2 – Setting the bar

As the first full day of training draws to a close on what must be the sickest looking contest set-up yet here in Davos, Switzerland, the early standard of riding promises to deliver next-level, world-class snowboarding once competition gets underway. Overwhelmingly positive rider feedback on the 6 Star World Snowboard Tour Big Air course has [...]

Viva con Agua at the O’Neill Evolution

Joining the World Snowboard Tour for the first time as a sponsor in 2013 is the charity partner Viva con Agua who will be present at Tour Stops across the globe this season. Their launch event where they will be conducting several activations will launch at the 6 Star World Snowboard Event, the O’Neill Evolution [...]

Day 1 – The Build Up

The mountain resort village of Davos, Switzerland, slowly awakes as the international professional snowboard community starts to descend on the picturesque alpine town for what has become one of the most iconic events on the annual contest calendar. With light snow once again blanketing this winter paradise at the time of writing, fond memories of [...]

WE HAVE LIFT OFF: O’NEILL EVOLUTION TAKES TO THE SKIES

After weeks of building and shaping, the organizers of the O’Neill Evolution are once again welcoming riders to the picture-postcard resort of Davos in Switzerland.  The maximum-rated, 6-Star Big Air field is stacked, with many of the world’s best riders throwing their hat into the ring to compete on the precision-sculpted course. A super-sized kicker [...]

GO FOR LAUNCH: THE O’NEILL EVOLUTION 2013

PREPARING COUNTDOWN: 14-19 JANUARY 2013 The countdown is ON and the O’Neill Evolution 2013 is ready for blast off as the world’s best male and female riders prepare to head to the Jakobshorn in Davos, Switzerland from January 14-19, 2013. Need inspiration for your design?  O’Neill Team rider Antoine Truchon    This progression-fueled, maximum rated World Snowboard [...]

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