Louie swung by the Bonnie Hunt Show to talk about all things snowboarding and the upcoming Olympics in Vancouver.

Arlberg is just amazing!!Last Sunday I went to “Sonnenkopf” with my friend Lisa Wiik. We took some nice powder runs and ended up hitting some sweet pillow lines and cliffs. Lisa was shooting for their new project “True Colour Films” and I was lucky to join. The week before I was in  “St. Christoph” filming with MOG productions. It was a super sunny day and we ended up building one lil step down and a nice corner jump… It was a so much fun!

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This past weekend Stefke Vandeweyer took 2nd in the 15 and under category at the Chill and Destroy Tour in Postwiesen, Germany. It was a great weekend with a ton of new snow! Next weekend Stefke will go to Heubach for an another Chill and Destroy event.

Best of luck from all of us here at 686!!!

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Hi everybody it’s me Sebi again!

Sorry for my blog laziness…!

5 weeks ago I had my fist trip to the US! It was a super nice experience for me. We started off in Munich and headed to Seattle were we slept one night. On the second day we drove up to Whistler for my first shred overseas. The conditions there were pretty good so we checked into a hostel in Squamish and shredded Whistler for another day. After wards we drove to Vancouver where we slept at a friends house.

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Here’s an hour and a half of riding/filming with Forest Bailey and his homies… Filmed and edited Colton Feldman

It’s official!  686 team rider, Louie Vito, is heading to Vancouver to compete for the USA in the snowboard halfpipe at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Three competitors from the men’s and the women’s teams were named this past weekend under the lights in Park City, Utah following the final Grand Prix competition. While Louie didn’t get a place on the podium this weekend, his overall standings were high enough to procure him a coveted slot on the team. Louie finished with 800 points after having secured two second place finishes at the Copper and Mammoth Grand Prix stops.  Louie is joined on Team USA with Shaun White, Scotty Lago, Kelly Clark, Gretchen Bleiler and Hannah Teter.  The fourth spots for the men and the women, which are still undecided, are expected to be announced this afternoon.

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