Candide Thovex's first feature-length film, FEW WORDS, will debut in autumn 2012. Produced by Quiksilver, it shows the rise to fame of a free skiing pioneer who became a icon of a whole generation of skiers. After two years of filming across the globe, the world premiere of FEW WORDS will be screened in Paris this autumn, before Candide and the film crew embark on an international tour which will take them to every continent. The film will be available to buy on iTunes and in Quiksilver stores.

For those who simply can't wait for the film to come out, Candide Thovex and Quiksilver have released a teaser for FEW WORDS:

http://www.facebook.com/fewwordsfilm

Catching up with Travis Rice at Baldface in beautiful British Columbia, check out this compilation of some of the best POV moments from the Red Bull Supernatural competition.

From March 28^th to 31^st, the Quiksilver Spring Battle celebrated its 10^th Anniversary at Absolut Park Flachauwinkl in Austria. For the very first 5Star TTR Event of the TTR World Snowboard Tour 2012/2013 some of the world´s best snowboarders travelled to Absolut Park Flachauwinkl to go for the heavy total prize purse of 50.000 US Dollar and up to 850 points for the TTR Big Air Tour Ranking 2012/2013. For the second time in a row, previous year´s winner Seppe Smits from Belgium took first place on the podium. Finnish rider Nuutti Niemelä became second before the American Eric Willett. Clemens Schattschneider was the best Austrian rider who made it up to the 5^th place.

First 5 Star TTR event 2012/2013 with innovative video judging system

For ten years the Quiksilver Spring Battle has made a reputation as one of the most popular snowboarding events in Europe. An accomplished combination of the premium setup at the perfectly shaped Absolut Park with an innovative video judging system has been thrilling riders and spectators at this year´s 5 Star TTR Big Air snowboard competition. In the Qualification round on Thursday, all riders were showing off on the perfectly shaped 22 metre Big Air kicker, even if the weather conditions were getting worse due to strong winds. With the actual start list it was hardly surprising that double corks and 1260´s have been stomped even in the first round. The best ten competitors advanced to the subsequent Semi Finals. Together with ten invited riders out of the TTR Top 10 World Tour Ranking, they kept on pushing it to the limits, ignoring the upcoming storm in the Semis. The Finals were supposed to go down on Friday, 31^st of March but had to be in the true sense of the word blown off in last-minute. The ten best Semi Finalists were automatically nominated for the final Video Judging on Friday Night. They had the opportunity to pick their favorite run for the Video Juding, which was conducted on a video screen from different viewing angles.

International Podium and local Superstars in the top 10

Again, previous year´s winner Seppe Smits could not be beaten. Despite tough conditions due to strong winds, the Belgian convinced the judges and audience stomping a clean Cab 1260 Mute Grab over the Big Air kicker. Seppe won the Quiksilver Spring Battle for the second time in a row. Beside honour and glory, he took home 15.000 Euro prize money and 850 TTR points counting towards the 2012/2013 season. Nuutti Niemelä from Finnland was close on his heels and became second with the same trick, a Cab 1260 Mute Grab for which he was rewarded with 9.000 Euros. The American Eric Willett took 3rd place on the podium with his Frontside Doublecork 1080 Mute Grab, that brought him in 5.000 Euros of prize money. Finnish rider Ville Paumola missed the podium, but raked in 2.000 Euros for the 4^th place. Clemens Schattschneider was the best Austrian rider in the final round, reaching 5^th position. He took home 1.500 Euros as well as Markku Koski from Finland for his 6^th rank.

Another Austrian snowboarder, Michael Macho, became 7^th before Max Buri (SUI), Jan Necas (CZE) and Sven Thorgren SWE). They all got rewarded with 1.000 Euros each for their spot in the Top ten of the Quiksilver Spring Battle 2012.

After the prize giving, FM4/Texta DJ Dan took the tiller for the FM4 Club Aftershow-Party at  the ceremonial hall of Flachau. Riders and party people celebrated the 10th Spring Battle Anniversary properly until the break of dawn.

From March 28th to 31st, the Quiksilver Spring Battle is going to celebrate its 10th anniversary at Absolut Park Flachauwinkl in Austria. Making a decade, the popular snowboard event will be upgraded to 5 Star TTR level. International snowboard stars such as Air & Style Beijing winner Ulrik Badertscher, Ville Paumola, Mathieu Crepel and previous year ́s winner Seppe Smits have already confirmed their attendance. Aiming for a total prize purse of 50.000 US Dollar, they will have to defy strong local riders like Herbert Thaler and Mathias Weissenbacher in their home resort. Even the best international skateboarders will gather for this event in Flachauwinkl, showing off with their outstanding transition skills in the skate session. The FM4 Club Aftershow Party will be hosted by popular FM4 DJ Dan (Texta/FM4) and with the Asymbol Art Show an international art exhibition is going to stage the ART OF FLIGHT collection during the Quiksilver Spring Battle 2012 in Flachauwinkl.

Quiksilver Spring Battle 2012 – one of the first TTR World Tour Events 2012/2013
As one of the first 5Star events of the TTR World Snowboard Tour 2012/2013, the Quiksilver Spring Battle 2012 attracts a great number of international riders. Beside the heavy prize purse, up to 850 points can be earned for the TTR Big Air Tour Ranking, already counting towards the 2012/2013 season ranking. The Quiksilver Spring Battle is unique for its combination of top riders attending with a high-class setup in the perfectly shaped Absolut Park Flachauwinkl and an innovative Video-Judging System.

"Cash for Tricks" Skate Session
While snowboarders will be competing on the Big Air setup of the snowpark, the international skateboard elite is going to get together at the Absolut Park ́s chill house on Wednesday to rake in some prize money for the best tricks in the transition of the local mini-ramp.

Czech rider Martin Mikyska wins Quiksilver Snowjam 2012

Just 18 years old, Mikyska from Prague was the only one to win the battle against the bad weather at this years Quiksilver Snowjam. Although Friday was sunnier, his ride on Saturday was still flawless, finishing with a Frontside 900 on the kicker at the end of course. Throughout the year, Martin showed excellent form at all competitions in which he took part. He was able to use those experiences from throughout the year to dominate Quiksilver Snowjam. Martin told us, „It was amazing, there were tons of insane tricks, though it's too bad the weather was less than ideal. But the atmosphere overall was great like every year here. I got first prize thanks to the combination of all the features of the course. I got a really strong half pipe score, a pretty good score on the jib, and one of the best tricks on the kicker. It's one of the most amazing feelings to win. It's hard to find the words. Thank you."

Young Finnish rider Ville Paumola took second place at Spindleruv Mlyn. Third place was seasoned Quiksilver Snowjam rider Thomas Franz from Switzerland. Although there were bad weather conditions, 3,000 spectators came to the slopes at Svaty Petr to witness world class snowboarding.

Take a look at the highlights from the Quiksilver New Star supported by Nokia Lumia, held at the Igora ski resort, Saint Petersburg. A unique and challenging slope style course, spectacular trick combos from Russian and foreign riders, a breathtaking snowmobile show, the KAMAZ-Master heavyweight team taking flight, and a live performance by the Trouble Andrew band (Brooklyn, NY) in front of 10 000 spectators!

Quiksilver's Thomas Krief today clinched his first Winter X Games medal in front of a massive crowd (31700 people), his family and friends. At the age of 19, the French skier, recognized as one of the most talented riders of his generation and sponsored by Quiksilver since he's a kid, finally gets a medal after finishing in 5^th position twice (last year in Aspen and Tignes). Just behind the untouchable US phenomenon Torin Yater Wallace (USA), 16, who gets a well deserved first gold medal.

"Toto" was overwhelmed to be on the Winter X Games podium for the first time: " It took me some time... I got 4^th, 5^th places. It's hard to realize, I have to look at my medal to believe it. What happened tonight is fantastic. I'm overwhelmed. Usually I cry when my friends win, this time I can cry for myself. It was my goal to get a podium on a big event. It took me some time to find my rhythm at the beginning of the season. Thanks to my friends Xavier, Kevin, Ben and Greg, and the public supporting me, I made it."

Earlier today, another Quiksilver rider, Eric Willett jumped on the Winter X Games podium. Eric Willett took the third place of the Slopestyle Snowboard competition won by Shaun White (2 gold medals in Tignes). Winner in 2010, bronze medallist last year, Willett stays on the Winter X Games podium for the third year in a row.

These Winter X Games Tignes were a great edition for the Quiksilver Team with 3 medals. Iouri Podladtchikov took bronze in SuperPipe Snowboard, Eric Willett who also took bronze in Slopestyle Snowboard, and Thomas Krief with his silver medal in SuperPipe Ski.

The air was electric today for the Men's Ski Slopestyle final at Winter X Games Tignes with a record 41500 spectators on site. The day's first run set the tone, under the burning sun of Tignes where the corral felt more like a beach. The level of riding that followed suffered no mistakes.

Bobby Brown rose to the challenge and took the gold with a massive Rodeo 450 in his second run (95 points). And even if Bobby Brown's run was fluid and flawless, the other competitors runs where just as impressive. But still, riders like Tom Wallisch, Quiksilver's rookie James Wood or Andreas Hatveit couldn't reach Bobby's level today.

In the Men's Snowboard SuperPipe final, the tension was maximum with Shaun White, Iouri Podladtchikov and Louie Vito in course for the win.

For his first attempt, Shaun White threw one of his best runs ever in competition. He almost killed the contest with this first run (98 points) achieved with an impressive and effortless amplitude. Today White was flying. Iouri Podladtchikov and Louie Vito had to battle to secure silver or bronze. After winning gold in 2010, silver last year, Quiksilver's Podladtchikov finally took bronze with a score of 88 points behind Louie Vito (92 points).

In the last event of the day, Quiksilver's Thomas Krief did a very good job in the Men's Ski SuperPipe elimination. Thomas took the second place of the qualifications just behind David Wise. Tomorrow the final will be held at 8:10pm.