Picnic In The Park hit Devil’s Head Resort in Merrimac, Wisconsin this past mid-March weekend with one thing in mind: To end the Midwest shred season with a bang!

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This past week Louie Vito kept his winning streak alive by taking 2nd in Superpipe at the US Open. In the finals Louie dropped a killer back-to-back-to-back series of double corks which put him in 2nd with a total score of 96.17 just barely missing Kazuhiro Kokubo’s score of 97.17.

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Hey everybody!!!

I just came back from MBM Monster Session in Kleinwaisertal. It´s an annual session of the MBM mag where a photographer goes on a mission with 3 riders… I went together with the photographer Flo Jäger and my Elan/Artec team mate Simon Holzknecht and Macho Much joined for 2 days. It snowed the night before we arrived so conditions were just perfect. We found some nice spots to shoot. Sometimes I even found a minute to film… Here´s the result.

Peace, Conny

Have you ever wondered what pro snowboarders think about while they’re not snowboarding?

The 686 family in Japan threw a big event on March 13 at the Takafiji Snowpark for anyone who likes to get their shred on.  All were welcome to hang in the special terrain park that was created by the 686 team of rippers.  It wasn’t a contest or a party, more like a “jam” if you will, but mostly a way for people to get together and enjoy the space in the park and get their shred on together.
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The first annual US Ride Shakedown took place this past weekend and 686’s own Forest Bailey was there to hold it down.  After competing in an exhausting 90 minute jam session against fellow rail slayers Zak Hale, Corey Noble, Austin Sweeten, Jonah Owen and Yale Cousino Forest found himself as one of three riders advancing into the finals.

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