18 year-old French surfer Pauline Ado was the first non-Aussie to win the ASP World Junior Title. She now has her heart set on making the ASP Womenu2;019s World Tour. Check out the interview with her in the latest Cooler mag
Olympic Gold Medalist Torah Bright gives us some tips on shredding the white stuff. There are some easy to follow rules that will have you looking like a pro.
Torah Bright, Kjersti Buaas, Lisa Wiik and the rest of the Roxy Team are Walking on Sunshine! The girls sing and dance their way through the streets and the mountains of Morocco, America, Italy, France, Switzerland and Austria to put this smile on your face!
The Roxy girls went freeriding and photo shooting in Gressoney in Italy. Jealousy is raging up in offices all over Europe for such an amazing "day at work"....
Roxy Rider Silje Norendal from Norway gives us some tips on how to BS 180 off a kicker, and BS Boardslide a box in the park.... That is until her mother shows up and tries to steal the spotlight by showing her up on her snowboard!
The final day at the Roxy Chicken Jam in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, including Cheryl's Maas epic BS 720 tailgrab which won best trick and Enni Rukajarvi from Finland's winning run. Boo yeah.
The 2009 Supergirl Jam television broadcast in its entirety. The best female action sports athletes in the world converge on Oceanside, CA, Venice Beach, CA and Woodward West for Surf, Skateboard, Inline Skate and Snowboarding competitions.
Cheryl Maas, Lisa Wiik, Jenny Jones, Lesley Mckenna and Aimee Fuller head to Woodward at Copper Mountain. First off the girls take part in the introduction, they are then set loose to get creative! Double backflips ahoy! Thanks to Woodward and Aimz for the edit.
Will the Evil Buaas get her revenge on the hated Torah after last years showdown? Kjersti has been in special training all Summer long, waiting on her chance of retribution.
What will happen when the two girls finally meet again in Morocco.... An eye for an eye, perhaps?
Jungle gyms are fun, snowboarding is super fun and our outerwear team gals are awesome to the mega max. So when you put all these elements together you get some uber mega funnesss to the mega max. Filmed and edited by Ben Fee.
Runner up TTR World Champion and future Cooler cover star Lisa Wiik from Norway talks us through how to do a Frontside Air in the Halfpipe and a Backside 540 on a kicker.
The Gidget Pro Women's final goes down in pumping 8-10 foot surf at Sunset, Hawaii with Carissa Moore storming to victory and Steph Gilmore taking her third consecutive ASP title.
Roxy Girls love riding in the backcountry as well as the parks, but you do have to be careful out there. Roxy Team Riders Aline, Lesley, Lena and Andrea help you to learn how to be aware of avalanche risks before you set out on your own backcountry adventures. Match it with the feature in Cooler Issue 21
Roxy Team Rider and former Cooler cover star Kjersti Buaas has composed the music and written the lyrics for this rap about why she is so into snowboarding (and yup she is taking the piss in case you were wondering!)
Behind the scenes video diary of Kjersti Buaas and Torah Bright on their whirlwind tour of London, Madrid, Milano, Oslo, Munich and other European cities to promote their new Pro-Model outfits!
Gabby Maiden, Pia Piraten and Laura Austin rockin our FW0910 tees. Shot on location in Berlin. Filmed, edited and masterminded by Ben Fee. Song: Medallion by Retro Stefson. Kimi Records.
STANCE, the new HD project from Jmills Ent. By combining the most innovative and progressive female riders, including Olympic medalist Gretchen Bleiler, the X-Games youngest Gold medalist ever, Jamie Anderson, X-Games Slopestyle gold medalist Jenny Jones and Lisa Filzmoser, with the latest advances in cinematography, STANCE is already positioned as the one film everyone wants in on.
Watch the highlights from the all girls' skate camp that Vans and Girlie Camps held in Berlin this summer with the help of pro skaters Sabrina 'Puse' Goeggel and Anna Kruse
In July Vans pro riders Anna Kruse and Sabrina "Puse" Göggel (whom we interviewed for an exclusive web feature) came to Berlin to coach the Vans Girlie skate camp and have some fun in the German capital.
Girls from Czech, Poland, New Zealand, France, Ireland, Spain and the UK travelled to the infamous Pioneer Skate park in St Albans on June 20th for the 8th annual Girl Skate Jam. More than 40 riders turned up to skate the comp. Hats have to go off to the 6 girls who came over from Spain and camped in the green next to Pioneer for two nights and nearly got abducted by a taxi driver!!
Highlights from the final day of the amazing Roxy Jam in Biarritz, including the all-French semi between Justine Dupont and Coline Menard, and the contest of all contests between Jenn Smith from the US and Chelsea Williams from Australia. PLUS action from the final between Coline and Jenn. Radness.
Footage form the Saturday night girls comp at this years Relentless NASS - with Lois Pendlebury, Sam Bruce, Lucy Adams, Sophie Allen, Danielle Mellor and Sabrina Goggel.
The Animal Surf Academy Girls Only days are set to hit Fistral Beach in Newquay on 7, 8 & 9 August at the Relentless Boardmasters in Association with Vans. Learn to surf with the Animal girl surf team including Easkey Britton, Kirsty Jones, Nicola Bunt and Gwen Spurlock.
Rule number one of Iceland: If it is hot enough to chill outside in your t-shirt then the law says you must do so. Bbq, beers n fun chez David with the Nikita Iceland crew. Song: Atlavík 84 by Runks. Kimi Records. Filmed on a Gopro Herocam.
We invited three girls to come over to Iceland at the end of may for a weekend of no sleep, parties and adventure. Ashley won our Snowboard clip contest and Maren and Andrea won their trip through Zumiez.
Here is the 5th episode of the Roxy Surf trip in Morocco. Let's see Kassia Meador, Lee Ann Curren, Sally Fitzgibbons, Candice O'Donell and Jennifer smith in amazing surf.
Here is the 4th episode of the Roxy Surf trip in Morocco. Let's see Kassia Meador, Lee Ann Curren, Sally Fitzgibbons, Candice O'Donell and Jennifer smith in amazing surf.
Watch the fifth episode HERE
Here is the 3rd episode of the Roxy Surf trip in Morocco. Let's see Kassia Meador, Lee Ann Curren, Sally Fitzgibbons, Candice O'Donell and Jennifer smith in amazing surf.
Watch the fourth episode HERE
Here is the second episode of the Roxy Surf trip in Morocco. Let's see Kassia Meador, Lee Ann Curren, Sally Fitzgibbons, Candice O'Donell and Jennifer smith in amazing surf.
Watch the third episode HERE
Here is the first episode of the Roxy Surf trip in Morocco. Let's see Kassia Meador, Lee Ann Curren, Sally Fitzgibbons, Candice O'Donell and Jennifer smith in amazing surf.
Check the second episode HERE
In the second instalment of 'The Atherton Project' get a behind the scenes look at the first stage of the World Cup Series over in Belgium. This action packed episode sees Gee and Dan race in the 4x. Four mountain bike riders racing down the a track all at the same time can mean only one thing... Carnage! Will Dan be able to get over his jet lag in time? How will Gee get on considering he hasn't raced 4x in over a year?! Can't be missed. It's a must see view!
The first episode of The Atherton Project takes us from Rachel’s bedside to Gee’s gym sessions, and features the best footage you will see on the web from the first round of the UCI World Cup in South Africa. Check it out in all its HD glory...
Regarded as the Oscars of big wave surfing, the Billabong XXL Awards recognize the biggest and ugliest waves ridden over the past twelve months as judged by a global panel of 250 surf industry, former pros and big wave specialists. Over 2000 people packed the Grove Theatre in Anaheim to witness mind-blowing rides from Chile, Europe, South Africa, Australia, Mexico, California and French Polynesia.
Check it out!
For the third year on the bounce, Maya Gabeira has won the Girls Best Overall Performance at the Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards 2009. And she's only 22. Big up Maya!
Interview with Heida Birgisdottir from boardsport and style brand Nikita, Iceland's finest export in the world ever and one of our favourite brands. Visit Nikita
STANCE, the new HD project from Jmills Ent, is set for release in Fall ’09—and it’s set to reexamine women’s snowboarding from the inside out. By combining the most innovative and progressive female riders, including Olympic medalist Gretchen Bleiler, the X-Games’ youngest Gold medalist ever, Jamie Anderson, X-Games Slopestyle gold medalist Jenny Jones and Lisa Filzmoser, with the latest advances in cinematography, STANCE is already positioned as the one film everyone wants in on.
Rockstar presents a sneak preview of the epic final round of the Roxy Chicken Jam 09. With $50,000 up for grabs it's bound to be a high octane session.
Beautifully shot on 16mm, this amazing all-female surf movie stars Kassia Meador, Steph Gilmore, Silvana Lima, Belinda Baggs-Peterson, Lee Ann Curren, Sally Fitzgibbons and more. It's sponsored by Roxy and is the must-see surf flick of the summer.
Watch out for summer screenings an exclusive feature in Issue 19, out end of May and for more info visit Dear & Yonder
Wrap up show of the TTR Nissan X-Trail Asian Open Women's 5Star event in Alts Bandai, Japan. We get to see some rad riding and interviews with Jamie Anderson, Silvia Mittermueller and winner Chanelle Sladics.
Five go fixed in Berlin. Check out the results...
For more Berlin fixed gear loveliness, check out the full story in issue 17 of Cooler, on sale 26th January.
Bonga Perkins set himself apart from the field during the final of the SUP Pro contest at the Noosa Festival of Surfing. Bonga, riding his own signature South Point production model straight from the box, dominated the 25 minute final. Watch the highlights here.
Curious about how a snowboard is made? We can't think of a better teacher than Torah Bright. Watch this step-by-step video where Torah teaches us how to make a snowboard at Roxy's snowboard factory in Sequim, Washington.
Bad weather may have stopped play up on the glacier at Kaprun, but Cooler still caught up with all the top TTR riders at the Roxy Chicken Jam. Check out our exclusive behind the scenes action...
Sofia: A Documentary is a masterful story of the power of one, following dreams and never giving up. Constantly troubled by poverty and social unrest, Peru is an emergency Third World country that is in dire need of role models. Unbeknown to Sofia Mulanovich, she would become one the biggest role models in Peruvian history, simply by doing what she loves the most: surfing.
Awarded 'Most Inspirational Film' at Cornwall film festival's Board Shorts event, this is a short tale of Dot who discovered the joys of prone surfing on a ply board in 1948. May we all be as stoked and still surfing after 60 years!
Whether you plan on nailing your first kicker or just hanging out in the chalet with your friends, Topshop have got the coolest snow gear to get you through the winter in style! The latest Sno for Topshop collection combines trousers and jackets in oh-so-cool graphic prints with high-tech functionality. Lab tested and using durable, waterproof SNOTEK fabrics, these pieces are both breathable and responsive to climate control, enhancing your performance and keeping you comfortable on the hill. And with extra features like built-in i-Pod and ski pass pockets, hidden ventilation and adjustable hems, you'll look and feel like a pro whether you're a confident rider, or just hitting the slopes for the first time!
Yes, it’s that time of year again: from December 12-14, 2008, the 6th Roxy Chicken Jam Europe will be kicking off at Zell am See-Kaprun, Austria. Check out the teaser...
Female shredders Jenny Jones, Lesley McKenna, Andrea Binning and Lisa Filzmoser hit Wyoming, USA, for a week of backcountry bliss. Non-stop snow, avalanche training, sweet powder runs and a nasty mishap await...