The Snowboarding debut at the Canada Winter Games concluded yesterday with some amazing results. 2010 Olympic Winter Games are just around the corner, and the Canadian Snowboard Federation is building these young lads up to kick some serious ass.

“Inclusion in the Canada Winter Games finally fills what has been a huge system gap for snowboarding for a decade,” said CSF Chairman and coach of team Nova Scotia, Steve Fairbairn. “It’s the missing piece of the jigsaw that will give our athletes a clearer pathway to excellence and our provinces some of the tools they need to help them progress. We’re very excited to be a part of the Games and we’re looking forward to some great competitions in PGS and Halfpipe.”

Check the full results from both the men and women’s events after the break.

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Freestyle Snowboarding will kick off today at the Canada Games debut in Whitehorse, Yukon. The Snowboarding Giant slalom with Mens and Womens taking place on Mount Sima, will be the first set of Snowboarding events, with the half pipe beginning tomorrow.

Natasha Burgess is the youngest provincial freestyle coach in Canada, at age 21, she is also the only female Snowboarding coach to lead a team at the Canada Games.

“A few of the provinces — B.C., Alberta, Quebec and Ontario — have half-pipes for most of the year, and they have super-pipes (five-to-six metres) which is our actual event,” Burgess said.
Via The ChronicleHerald

I had a chance to grab the latest 2007 Forum Recon Bindings and give them a run. In case you didn’t know, Forum is made by Burton, just an alternate brand that gets love from Jake Welch, Eddie Wall, Jake Blauvelt and the rest of the Recon team.

So the 2007 models are based on the 2006 framework, the padding was redesigned on the Toe Cap, the heel and highback reinforced, and adjustability has been improved.

Jump over for the rest of the review.

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Jasey Jay Anderson is back on top. Anderson, 31, Canada’s snowboarding veteran, and winner of more World Cup titles than anyone else, stepped back up to the top of the podium at today’s Parallel Giants Slalom race in Sungwoo, Korea, for the first time in two years.

“Jasey Jay started off ok today, and as the day went on, the conditions became more in his favour,” said Canadian Alpine Snowboard Team Head Coach, Mark Fawcett. “”The course had bigger banks and soft snow, so it was really an athlete’s battle, which is a huge strength for him.”

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A sad story about a boy who died idoing jumps off a ramp behind his home in Durham Ontario. Kyle Lamb, 13, tried to make a jump but landed awkwardly on his head and neck just less then three meters away from the ramp. Kyle wasn’t wearing a helmet. Our prayers go out to him and his family, ride safe people.
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