Sarah Burke seriously injured

A post in News, Snowboarding which was posted on January 11, 2012 by Keltron.

Sarah Burke seriously injured

We never like hearing about anyone getting injured let alone a professional in one of the sports we follow. Unfortunately today is one of those days.
We received news this morning that Sarah Burke has been seriously injured and is now in a coma after crashing in the superpipe in Park City. This is the same halfpipe that Kevin Pearce crashed in back in 2009 which left him seriously injured. He is now back on the snow and we’re hoping that Sarah makes a similar recovery back to the snow soon.

The story that we received was that Sarah was attempting a flatspin 540 which she landed on the flat of the pipe. She landed on her feet but this popped her back up and she subsequently landed on her head. Witnesses have said that it didn’t look like a heavy fall but must have hit her in the right place. Of course this is very sad news so everyone at Mpora wishes her the best and our thoughts are with her and her family. We’ll try to keep you updated as we receive more news.

Get better soon Sarah!

O’Neill Evolution 2012: Results!

A post in Events, Snowboarding which was posted on January 9, 2012 by Keltron.

O'Neill Evolution 2012: Results!

After writing about the O’Neill Evolution the other day, the weekend couldn’t have been packed with more action! It was postponed by a day because of an unprecedented amount of snow falling in Davos but it didn’t cool down the heat of competition!

After exceptional qualifying rounds from fellow Brits Billy Morgan and Jamie Nicholls, a late surge by two North Americans, Mark McMorris and Spencer O’Brien took the men’s and women’s crowns.

The women’s contest was close with frontside 7′s being the trick of the afternoon as Spencer O’Brien and runner-up Sina Candrian both threw them down but it was the decision to gap the double-kinked rail with a frontside boardslide that gave her the crown. Just behind them in third was Anna Gasser with a backside 5.

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O’Neill Evolution 2012

A post in Events, Snowboarding which was posted on January 6, 2012 by Keltron.

O'Neill Evolution 2012

The new year is here and it ushers in a snow season that is set to be one of the best in recent years. With the competition that is on the rider lists, you just know it’s going to be hard fought. As the TTR Rankings start to amass and riders already look for the top spot, the O’Neill Evolution couldn’t turn up at a better time. It marks the start of the new year and marks the start of when the competition really hots up.

So what can we expect? With riders like Ethan Morgan, Ville Uotila, Jamie Nicholls, Billy Morgan, Sven Thorgren and a whole load more, the fight for TTR points is going to be a scrappy one. There’s still a lot of big named riders that aren’t in attendance but they’ll rear their snowboarding heads at other events. And then the party is really going to kick off!

With Davos dumping down the white stuff, we got a chance to check out what’s on offer this season and Billy Morgan smashed the expectations out of the water. He stomped a double rodeo off the kicker and a cab 270 on to the rail. That gave him a score 85.58, a full 5.5 points ahead of Ville Uotila. But with that in the bag, we looked at heat 2 and noticed another British ripper gaining some plaudits. Jamie Nicholls took second place behind Sven Thorgren, which means that Jamie will now face off with Billy making it a true battle of Britain… in Davos.

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Winter X Games 16 – schedule announced

A post in Events, Skiing, Snowboarding which was posted on December 20, 2011 by Keltron.

Winter X Games 16 - schedule announced

The Winter X Games is an even that’s stuck on every snowboarder’s or skiers calendar. It’s placed in the diary of everyone that works in the industry and it’s scribbled onto the hand of every fan out there. We’re no different at Mpora and we’re looking forward to this season’s Winter X Games. So much so that we’re over the moon that the schedule has been announced.

Interested as well? Well, here’s the event list:

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“Good Morning Gravity” wins Short Stories

A post in BMX, News which was posted on December 13, 2011 by Renners.

“Good Morning Gravity” wins Short Stories, the filmmaking competition fuelled by Relentless Energy Drink.


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Richard Forne has walked away with a £10,000 prize and the chance to work with Relentless Energy drink in 2012 for his emotive portrait of, Relentless Energy Rider, Nikki Croft’s recovery from a serious brain injury, ‘Good morning Gravity.’ Richard came out on top against five other talented young filmmakers to be crowned the winner of the 2011 Short Stories filmmaking competition, sponsored by Relentless Energy Drink.

The crash Nikki had in October 2010 left him physically and mentally shattered and it was his slow, occasionally painful, but ultimately uplifting recover that Richard captured so well in “Gravity”. The films stunning mix of narrative flow and beautiful cinematography captured the judge’s imagination.

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Kingpin: The Drive 2011

A post in Skateboarding which was posted on December 12, 2011 by Keltron.

Kingpin: The Drive 2011

It’s been a long time in coming but The Drive has been driven and the edits are up online! If you’re one of those who bought the magazine then you’ll already have the edits on a classy little DVD. If you’re one of those that didn’t want to part with your hard earned cash but want to be involved anyway, we’ve worked out a little deal with Kingpin and they’ve put up the edits for you lot to cast your eye over.

All you lot have to do is watch them, pick your favourite, vote for your favourite and the winner is the edit with the most votes… clearly! After you’ve voted for your favourite edit then I would suggest you leave a comment on the page as well because Kingpin are giving away 5 decks each day for 14 days and they’ll pick a winner from the comments that are left! Sounds like a pretty sweet deal huh?

So what are you waiting for? Head over to kingpin.com/thedrivevote to watch all the edits, get your vote in, comment on the page and sit back. Don’t forget that you can vote once every 24 hours from your computer and you can comment as much as you like! Fingers crossed you’ll be inundated with decks!

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World’s Longest Snowboard Rail Ride Record broken!

A post in Events, Snowboarding which was posted on December 6, 2011 by Keltron.

World’s Longest Snowboard Rail Ride Record broken! Photo: James North

Avid followers of the Mpora blog (I know there’s thousands of you out there) may remember that I posted up some info last Friday about the event Whitelines were holding to break the record for the World’s longest snowboard rail ride. Did they do it? Well…

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UCI BMX World Champs Birmingham

A post in BMX which was posted on December 1, 2011 by Renners.

As many of you will already know, the UCI BMX World Championships are coming to Birmingham next year for what organisers promise will be the biggest and best BMX show in 2012, and tickets are now on sale at bmxworldchamps.co.uk.

The event, which takes place at Birmingham’s National Indoor Arena (NIA) from May 24th-27th, will host over 2,000 riders from across the world, including Olympic GB hopefuls, Shanaze Reade and Liam Phillips who will be gunning for world titles in their last major outings before the London 2012 Olympics, with the event also providing the final opportunity for elite athletes to secure points to count towards qualification to the Games.

The event will showcase four days of BMX Racing with two different standards of rider competing, including an elite racing ‘Championships’ competition and the amateur ‘Challenge’ class. Whilst tickets can be bought across the whole Championships, the organisers have packed most of the finals into two showcase nights of racing and entertainment. ‘Challenge’ class finals and elite time trials will be the focal point of the Friday evening, whilst Saturday night will see the Elite Championship finals, where the world’s best riders will race elbow to elbow for the honour of wearing the rainbow stripes of World Champion for the next 12 months.

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World Record Railslide Attempt

A post in Events, Mpora which was posted on December 1, 2011 by Keltron.

Whitelines and Mpora have teamed up with EA Sports’ new snowboard game SSX Tricky and Sno!Zone to try and break the world record for the longest rail slide ever on a snowboard!
It’s a record that’s currently held by a Spanish rider in the Madrid snowdome so we’re intending to bring the trophy and accolade back to the UK. It all kicks off tomorrow at the Milton Keynes Sno!Zone and with a £1000 cask prize waiting for the rider who completes it, along with a spot in the Guinness Books of World Records. it’s well worth a try!
The previous record stands at 66.9 metres and we’ve built a rail that’s 80 metres long so it’s going to take some stamina and balls. If you’re interested in trying it out then email craig@whitelines.com to get your name on the paper but if not, then keep tuned on Mpora as we’ll have an edit when it’s all done.

World Record Railslide Attempt

Billabong Inflatable Wetsuit

A post in Mpora, Surfing which was posted on November 21, 2011 by Keltron.

Billabong Inflatable Wetsuit

This may need some explaining just so you guys don’t have the image of a weird inflatable gimp suit that’s been designed to help Kelly Slater and his mates from drowning, but wouldn’t look out of place in a fetish bar. The phrase ‘inflatable wetsuit’ is a bit of a stretch as it’s a wetsuit with an inflatable bladder that’s designed to save the surfer from drowning but how about some backstory to this eh?

Last year, Shane Dorian suffered the biggest wipeout of his life at the notorious Maverick’s break near San Francisco, California. He was held under for two waves and nearly drowned. After the incident he contacted Hub Hubbard, Billabong’s wetsuit designer, and he then contacted Mustang Survival, the world’s top maritime safety product manufacturer. They combined to create a suit that has an integrated inflatable flotation bladder and a CO2 cartridge. This cartridge can be activated with a tug on a pull-cord.

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