Nidecker Snowboards has welcomed Sam Anderson to its roster of riders. The Minneapolis-based street specialist joins a team that includes Craig McMorris, Liam Brearley, and Jed Sky as the Swiss brand continues to build its presence in the North American market.

At the end of March 2026, Corvatsch will once again become the beating heart of international freestyle sport. The Corvatsch Park & Pipe Finals 2026 will host the grand finale of the FIS Freeski & Snowboard World Cup season — for the first time as a fully fledged park-and-pipe event. Alongside the traditional slopestyle competitions, a newly built halfpipe takes centre stage, marking a significant milestone in the evolution of this long-established World Cup venue in the Engadin.

Dreamy conditions for yet another event in LAAX. Coming from Crap Sogn Gion towards Curnius via the P60 slope, the playground of freestylers, things get exciting: turn after turn (17 and a half to be exact), the new Banked Slalom course presents itself with a ZING! Thigh-burn is to be expected by the time you reach the finish line! Get your swish on, folks!

This is the first chapter of THRICE BAKED — a snowboard web series rooted in backcountry snowboarding, creative freedom, and having fun with your crew, following Katie Kennedy and Stefi Luxton as they break winter into three chapters. Japan has the kind of powder that keeps people coming back season after season. It’s often the first trip of the year — the place riders go to get deep snow under their feet and reset for winter. A true preheat to backcountry riding.

The Olympic spotlight may be fading, but the momentum continues. From 15–21 March 2026, the global snowboard elite heads straight from the Olympic stage in Italy to Austria’s Absolut Park at Shuttleberg for one of the most anticipated back-to-back events of the season: the Absolut Park Spring Battle and the FIS Snowboard World Cup Flachau.

Read more here.

Rome Snowboards is thrilled to officially announce the addition of Cooper Whittier to the Global Pro Team.
A blueprint of precision and style, Cooper’s arrival marks a homecoming of sorts, uniting one of snowboarding’s most influential modern riders with the brand that has championed East Coast snowboarding since its inception.

Episode 3 from the up-and-comers behind One More Run.
For this episode, they hit up Nordkette with some of the most talented females currently based in Innsbruck. These guys are only getting started, so stay tuned!

Arc’teryx Academy 2026 wrapped. 500+ clinic spots, 350 participants from 28 countries, zero injuries. The Brand Village was packed. The music was loud. People progressed.

Read the full recap here

Here’s what we’ve all been waiting for: the dynamic duo does X-Games once again!
Watch Halldór and Thunder navigate strategy, figure out a game plan, and then successfully fail at getting third and earning a Silver Medal at Knuckle Huck.

3 Days of Competition, Culture, and Community at Hoshino Resorts Nekoma Mountain

For the first time, The Uninvited, snowboarding’s leading rider-driven platform, will bring its celebrated event to Japan. The Uninvited Japan Open, presented by YETI, will take place February 6–8, 2026 at Hoshino Resorts Nekoma Mountain, showcasing the riders, culture, and community shaping the future of snowboarding.

Right before Halldor Helgason's legendary triple Jerkflip attempt at X-Games, the crew hit up Keystone and made the movie. What an insane time to have helgasons.com set as starting page in Internet Explorer (rip). 

The second installment of this season’s Crap Show! Stacked with some heavy rail-slaying on everybody’s favourite slope. Join Mees, Tom, Alex, Giovanni, Niccolo & Mia for 9 minutes of jibbing!

Danny Davis’ full part from PAVED, the Burton and Red Bull Media House co-production celebrating the soul of snowboarding. From classic terrain to creative backcountry riding, Danny’s part captures his approach to riding, shaped by years of filming and time in the mountains.

Relive the best moments from this year’s edition of the LAAX Open. From next-level tricks and historic runs to raw emotions, packed crowds and unforgettable vibes – this is where progression, style and community came together. Feel the energy, the creativity and the moments that made the LAAX Open 2026 one for the books.

This is more than a contest. This is LAAX.

A visual postcard from the Vans snowboard team. A celebration of friendship, connection, and the culture that defines snowboarding. This film is a tribute to the people who make snowboarding what it is and a reminder that the heart of the sport lives in community.
Edited entirely by Vans riders and creatives Jake Kuzyk and Cole Navin.

Also featuring the nosepress that landed Kennedi Deck the cover of Pleasure 157

This January, Armada is offering you the chance to own your very own Proto-inspired LTD Series before anyone else.
The Proto LTD series derives from the testing process their entire team went through last season, and, through select retailers, they want to share a part of that process in limited quantities, exclusively.

Introducing the Oakley AURA collection.
Inspired by everything their athletes do when no one’s watching. Not their strength or speed, but the unexplainable force surrounding everything they do.
Built for peak performance, the release reimagines key Oakley eyewear and apparel with a new custom color-shift paint treatment inspired by the electrifying energy that defines winter sports’ biggest moments. 

Bataleon Snowboards is proud to announce a monumental addition to its global pro team: industry veteran Halldór Helgason. Halldór’s prominent career as a snowboarder, company owner, and pro-archetype has spanned close to two decades and is just getting started.