Quiksilver Chromatophobia

Mon, 9 Mar 2009 13:13:00 Europe/Berlin

Quiksilver is creating a brand new winter meeting that will bring together the world's very best freestyle snowboarders in France, on Friday 3 April 2009.

The last Super Pipe competition to be held in France before the Winter Olympics in 2010, the Quiksilver Chromatophobia aims to establish itself as one of Europe's major snowboard meetings.

After historic events like the Quik Cup and the Slopestyle Pro, Quiksilver has opted for La Plagne, the European mecca of freestyle, which will this year be hosting the FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup Final from March 18th to 21st, and Urban Plagne (www.urbanplagne.com), from April 1st to 3rd, sponsored by Quiksilver and preceding Chromatophobia

King of Snow

Sun, 8 Mar 2009 13:11:00 Europe/Berlin

The event at La Plagne will also be hosting the final of King Of Snow, the first amateur snowboard competition on the web, sponsored by Quiksilver.

How it works: from December 2008 to March 2009, every fortnight, a pro-snowboarder performs a reference move that participants in the game, registered on www.urbanplagne.com, must then reproduce before posting videos of their exploits on the website.

The format

Sat, 7 Mar 2009 14:13:00 Europe/Berlin

Fun and original, the contest format, inspired by the Mathieu Crepel Invitational 2008 event, invites each contender to select his favourite moves, which will then all go into a single pot together.

The chosen tricks will then be drawn at random by the judges and the contenders will have to incorporate them into their runs, with additional moves of their choice.