Subaru Freeskiing World Tour Qualifier Moves to Jackson Hole Mountain Resort

The Subaru Freeskiing World Tour is returning to Jackson Hole Mountain Resort with the Subaru Freeskiing World Tour Qualifier on January 27-30, 2011. The tour stop at Jackson Hole will serve as a qualifying event for top skiers who are not already qualified for the World Tour.

The resort features a vertical drop of 4,139 feet within 2500 acres of inbounds terrain, and with the biggest opening on record, conditions are expected to be ideal for the January event.

After Jackson Hole, WY, the Subaru Freeskiing World Tour continues on to Crested Butte, CO for the 16th Annual Subaru U.S. Extreme Freeskiing Championships on February 17-21, 2011. The tour then heads west to Kirkwood, CA for the Subaru North America Freeskiing Championships on February 23-27, 2011. The final stop will find the world's best skiers competing at the Subaru Freeskiing World Tour Championships in Snowbird, UT on March 8-13.

About the Subaru Freeskiing World Tour (FWT)

The Freeskiing World Tour is the largest and longest running competitive big mountain freeskiing tour in the history of the sport with an unprecedented six stops. Founded in 1997, the FWT, created and produced by Mountain Sports International, Inc., is heading into its 14th year with alumni including Shane McConkey, Brant Moles, Kent Kreitler, Chris Davenport, Seth Morrison, Dean Cummings, Dave Swanwick, Wendy Fisher, Ingrid Backstrom, Dana Flahr, Kaj Zackrison, Karina Hollekim, Marja Persson, Julien Lopez, Chopo Diaz, Griffin Post, Drew Stoecklein, Crystal Wright and Hannah Whitney. In addition to up to $110,000 in winnings, the world tour champions are awarded the McConkey Cup, honoring legendary skier Shane McConkey, founder of the IFSA. The FWT also features the coveted Sickbird Award, which honors the athlete with the most spirit, style and wow-factor. The 2010 Subaru Freeskiing World Tour is supported by Subaru of America, The North Face, Black Diamond Equipment, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Powder Magazine, The Ski Channel, Mountain Sports International, Sportsinsurance.com, Comcast Sportsnet, Las Lenas, El Colorado, Revelstoke Mountain Resort, Telluride Ski Resort, Crested Butte Mountain Resort, Kirkwood Mountain Resort, and Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort.

For more information, visit www.freeskiingworldtour.com, www.facebook.com/freeskiingworldtour

About MSI

Mountain Sports International is a private company, founded in 1997, to develop and produce action/adventure sports events and programming in North America. MSI owns and produces the
Freeskiing World Tour, in addition to several other properties and concepts. MSI provides event management services for Burton, Salomon, and Red Bull and has provided infrastructure and expertise for the NBC Gravity Games and ESPN Action Sports Projects, including the Tony Hawk Gigantic Skatepark Tour. MSI specializes in matching clients with events for brand penetration into target demographics, developing product identification and loyalty. MSI matches brand and culture, company and credibility to create sought-after events that help to define the action sports culture. For more information, visit www.mtsports.com

Kelly Slater Gives Game Ball To Los Angeles Lakers

Kelly Slater stopped by the Staples Center to celebrate his tenth world title with the Los Angeles Lakers. Along with a pre-game private party and presenting the game ball to the ref, Kelly was given an honorary Lakers jersey. The excitement may have proven to be too much for the World Champion Lakers as they lost to the Memphis Grizzlies!

XSS | Xtreme Sports Show: Leslie Porterfield - The Fastest Woman on 2 Wheels (Ep 23: January 1st, 2011)

LESLIE PORTERFIELD is originally from Dallas Texas and have been riding motorcycles since she was 16 years old." I always wanted to set a world record at Bonneville. In 2008 and set my first record at 209 MPH on a naked (unfaired) motorcycle. She was the first woman in the Bonneville 200 MPH club on a conventional motorcycle in its 61 year history. Leslie set the fastest world record of any woman on a motorcycle at 232 MPH.At that same event I set the 1000 CC production class record. In 2009, Leslie set the top speed (man or woman) on a motorcycle with 240 MPH pass against a record of 227 MPH.  (More story) (See video)

Happy Xtreme New Year 2011, Let's get this party started!

So this is the start of another year. This is the, "This is my year"...again Year! This is, 2011, This time next year, will we have lost weight? Stop smoking? Run that marathon? Climb that mountain? probably not. BUT I have found out something amazing tonight. That no matter how much talent, and balance it takes to ride a skateboard, or a snowboard, or stay on a bike while flipping in the air and landing it perfectly. Those daredevils of gravity have nuthin' on some of Los Angeles drunkest women in heels, I mean the balance of two girls stumbling out the club arm and arm, leaving a nice trail of what they had to eat earlier that day making there way home sometimes leaning at a 45 degree angle just when you thought they were gonna take a fall...TAXI...WAIT! Whew they made it, only to be so passed out they can't even tell the driver where to take them. This is New Years LA Style, New York has the dropping Crystal Ball, Sydney had the fireworks and light show, Asia has festivals and explosions, and dancing  and we have the drunk girl X Game freestyle, "make-it-home-if-you-can" competition.

Another thing I found out. Did you know it takes 18 LA Cops to arrest 1 guy who is already passed out...Crazy. I found out that half dressed people passed out on the ground are more ignored than you would think, I mean we just walk over them "she'll be alright", and go about our evenings conversation, or "did you see that girl"... uh yeah, somebody help her.

So as I hear the sirens of 20 plus police cars racing to an incident at some club that has already probably dispersed, but LA's finest is on it's was to agitate the situation anyway. I'm sure there is a quota they have to meet. HAPPY NEW YEAR ACTION SPORTS WORLD, I can not wait to do it again next year. Now back some real fun! Got some snow to conquer!

Welcome Baaaaaak! Arto Saari back on Flip!

News Flash: Arto Saari Back on Flip

Start the year off right. Arto Saari has a surprise for you. It was announced today on the Thrasher site that Arto Saari has left Alien Workshop to come back to Flip skateboards.



(When asked in 2008 Why he is leaving Flip) It seems like nobody ever leaves Flip. What sets Flip apart from other companies?

It’s a pretty tight group, for sure. Whenever we’re about to add someone, everybody on the team takes a long time talking about how we feel about whichever person we’re looking into. We’re all really close friends on and off the board, so it’s not like a company of strangers or anything. Ian (Deacon) and Jeremy (Fox) will discuss that kind of stuff with everyone before a decision is made. I know other companies take a similar approach, but in our case, sometimes I think the fact that most of us are foreigners keeps the team tight on that level, too. There haven’t really ever been too many people to quit. Lately there’s been some drama going on, but overall it’s been pretty rock solid.