The first episode of a 6 part series following Will Jackways and friends during the second half of the 2011 NZ season. Each week follows Will on a different mission filming for a series on Prime’s The Crowd Goes Wild. All made possible with the support of Cardrona and Volcom

Will Jackways, Whistler Backcountry. Photo: Andrew Fawcett

Will J graces the cover of our 2011 winter issue, Manual 42. Coming very soon.

MANUAL 42
The Winter Issue, June 2011
This issue we snowmobile virgin terrain in Southern Otago and Travis Rice reveals his top fives. Chima Ferguson, Chris Pfanner, AVE, Dustin Dollin and the rest of the Vans team visit Aotearoa. We showcase the early stages of Mangawhai’s new skate paradise in Park Ranger and in Homeless and Away we venture to Canberra on an urban camping trip. LPR, Bevan Hall and Mitch Brown expore UFO country in Spring Breakaway. There is too much to mention here… Manual 42 is our biggest issue in ages and comes complete with a pull out 2011 Snowboard Buyer’s Guide.

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Another sunny day here in the Cardrona Valley, perfect conditions for the Electric Hip Attack at Snowpark. Click on read more for exclusive pics.

Rider's meeting to layout the rules ... it's a Jam session.

Liam Ryan, Abby and Will J waiting to drop.

Liam Peter Ryan full speed and happy to hit the hip.

Some euro tweak thanks to Timo Honegger from Switzerland.

Seamus going 4 times his height.

Stefi Luxton throws a method for the girls.

Paying the price ... Dylan and his freshly broken board.

Abby went bigger than all the girls ... and some guys too.

Here you can see clearly why Will J won biggest air.

L to R: Seamus O'Connor - Best Grom; Abby Lockhart - Best Female; Mahi Mains - Best Trick; Will Jackways - Biggest Air; Dave Schmidt-Rodriguez - Best Male

Last week I was lucky enough to shot some behind the scenes of the first episode of Home Grounds. Click on Read More for some info and the HD link to Vimeo, totally recommended.

Home Grounds is a video series profiling Cardrona Alpine Resort and it’s team riders produced by Tim Pierce. The series will give you a behind-the-scenes look into the mountain and the place that helped these skiers and riders become some of the world’s best.

Mini Skittles soldiers waiting to drop in.

Jay Walsh

The comp was a jam format,with Groms, Girls and Open Division. Good weather, awesome riding and this are the results:

Men’s snowboard – Nobuo Otake, Japan
Women’s snowboard – Claire Frost, Scotland
Overall Grommet – Seamus Oconner, USA
Best Trick board – Will Jackways, New Zealand
Absolut biggest air – Sean Richards, USA
Grom best trick – Mack James, New Zealand
Grom biggest air – Jay Walsh, New Zealand

The lads head up Alpure Peaks for some good ol’ fashioned Cat Boarding

The crew at NZSnowboard.com have a sweet catalogue of trick tips with some of NZ’s finest. This first one is Will Jackways giving you inside spin on boardslides. Bevan Hall, Karl Dunham and Mr Hollis himself lay down the knowledge on some more rail basics.

Karl Dunham gives it up for the mighty nosepress.

Bevan Hall sits backseat with the five-0.

Robett keeping in centred and solid with the 50-50.

Superpark 13 is happening right now in Mammoth and, as usual, some heavy riding is going on. In the pic above, Will Jackways spinning for the kiwis. Check out more pics here or videos of Day 1 or Day 2.