The 10th Annual TransWorld Riders’ Poll Awards
bengal
- January 29 2009
- 116 comments
With votes tallied and a consensus from the snowboard community gathered, snowboarding’s celebration of riders and their pursuits enjoyed one last wild night in Las Vegas as the 10th Annual Rider’s Poll embarked. A rich, brimmed gathering of everyone snowboard made this poll one of the best turnouts to date.
The show sparked up with a rolling slideshow of some of the year’s best images and no shortage of beverages, while a cut of TransWorld’s upcoming film project Get Real fired up the crowd and really got things rolling. MC Todd Richards took a hold of the stage and rightfully off-script led the show—and when Todd is on, no one is safe from insult or weird humor. Nor was the stage safe from Travis Rice’s podium pillaging. Dude picked up four out of the five men’s awards from his insane shred exploits. Rider, Video Part, Standout, and Readers’ Choice of the year all went to Travis. That’s it, but not all though.
The Rome gang (this time clothed as Hunter S. Thompson) stayed at bay while Marie-France Roy climbed the stage a couple times as well with awards for Video Part and Readers’ Choice. Raewyn Reid picked up Rookie Of The Year for the ladies and delivered an acceptance speech from the road, while Jamie Anderson took the cake as Women’s Rider Of The Year. Girl has been shredding tough for a while now.
With props out to Craig Kelly and George Dobis, Northwest shred pitbull Lucas Debari enjoyed the honor of Men’s Rookie Of The Year for logging a heavy video part in TransWorld’s These Days. With the awards coming to close, Jamie Lynn’s band Kandi Coded let some rock and roll rumble followed by Tweakbird.
In a decade of acknowledging the way we slide on snow, we’ve witnessed pioneers accelerate the growth of snowboarding and batter down walls that limit it. From nominees and winners clasping the reigns of riding’s future to everyone who snowboards, this show was for you.
Men’s Rider Of The Year:
Travis Rice
Women’s Rider Of The Year:
Jamie Anderson
Men’s Rookie Of The Year:
Lucas Debari
Women’s Rookie Of The Year:
Raewyn Reid
Men’s Video Part Of The Year:
Travis Rice
Women’s Video Part Of The Year:
Marie-France Roy
Men’s Readers’ Choice:
Travis Rice
Women’s Readers’ Choice:
Marie-France Roy
Standout Of The Year:
Travis Rice
Read a history of the Riders Poll here.
Check the Press Release here: rp-winners
GO TO 2009 RIDERS POLL TAG PAGE HERE TO CHECK SOME APRES AWARDS VIDEOS
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January 29th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
t-rice is the man
January 29th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
fuck this where the fuck are scott stevens and nick visconti??????
fuck this
January 29th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
3rd
January 29th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
Travis is the man. But Lucas for rookie of the year? i was SURE that Eiki was gonna get that one.
January 29th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Yeah I agree eiki should have got the rookie of the year.
January 29th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
It’s kind of unfair because That’s It That’s All was pretty much just a huge 2 hour video part for Travis Rice. And yeah, where are Nick Visconti and Scott Stevens?
January 29th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
travis is an animal
January 29th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
yeah thought eikki was a shoe-in for that rookie shit
but i also can’t believe Robbie (Walker) wasn’t nominated for rookie. His shit was hot last year
January 29th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
yeah nick visconti and scott stevens are both pretty good rider, (scott stevens defintely being one of the most creative riders out there} but honestly its travis rice man who the fuck can even compete with this guy. Those two are fun to watch but when it comes down to it who else has got all 4 double corks and hits 100+ jumps with style and ease. T-rice urned those awards.
January 29th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
I wasn’t aware that Travis Rice was the only person shredding last year.
January 29th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
this is LAME…just like the judging at the X-Games bigAir
January 29th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
PLEASE somebody get rid of the dingo
January 29th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
That looked sooooo fun.
January 29th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
fuck t-rice.
well…no…, but seriously, why???!?!?!?!?!?!
think about it people!
January 29th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
That’s it thats all was so long because they couldn’t decide what to cut because travis is a hella dope rider.
January 29th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Was TITA a 2 year project?
I love Travis Rice, he is an amazing snowboarder…but I hate him as a person. Douchebag is the first term that comes to mind.
January 29th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
Shocking that Lucas Debari, a rider in the TW video, won a TW award…
January 29th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Lucas got rookie because hes from the US, eiki or louif should have won.
January 29th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
jed anderson should have got rookie of the year.. whats with only the people hittin jumps wining the awards
January 30th, 2009 at 12:18 am
Douchebag? Really?
Did you see the interviews he did on this site dissing ESPN for their American Idol bullshit? Did you read the part where he praised everyone but himself for inspiration?
He’s humble, it’s too bad you don’t understand sarcasm.
January 30th, 2009 at 12:50 am
YAY Raewyn!!!!! so proud of you!
January 30th, 2009 at 1:04 am
was Dingo wearing pants?
January 30th, 2009 at 1:30 am
they should have an award titled “Most Creative Part” that would definitely make things interesting
January 30th, 2009 at 4:21 am
dont worry, the guys who can only hit rails will be at the transworld skateboarding awards.
January 30th, 2009 at 5:42 am
Travis Rice did Jamie Anderson in the mens room…
January 30th, 2009 at 8:47 am
dude, you obviously have not met him
January 30th, 2009 at 8:47 am
Mmm hmmm.
Right, I don’t understand sarcasm…because you have a clue where/how I have formed my opinions about the guy
Maybe I met the guy, mulitple times, and each time have been left with a desire to slap the shit out of him.
TOTAL DOUCHE
January 30th, 2009 at 8:49 am
“Obviously”…that doesn’t change the fact that MAMA doesn’t know how/why I think he’s an asshole douch bag
January 30th, 2009 at 9:25 am
I agree
Think Thank is under appreciated
January 30th, 2009 at 9:40 am
props to think thank… but when Trav is doing tricks like switch back double cork 10… its still the most creative part too haha.
January 30th, 2009 at 9:46 am
I’ll tell you a story… two seasons ago i traveled to NZ for some summer shred and was riding Snowpark for a couple weeks. So one night decide to goto the bar, pretty mellow place one of very few in town for a few drinks and a mellow night… next thing you know Travis shows up drops his credit card and starts buying the whole bar drinks, even jumped behind the bar and poured them himself. Guy is a super good dude and works hard for everything he has… yea the guy sounds like a real ‘douche’ right? haha
January 30th, 2009 at 10:06 am
Never said he doesn’t work hard…and buying drinks for the entire bar does not a “super good dude” make…Was it ‘his’ credit card, or a corporate card?
January 30th, 2009 at 10:58 am
no way… the dingo knows best in the way of life.
allll about the 3 golden P’s:
-Pussy
-Party
-Pancakes
January 30th, 2009 at 11:02 am
im sure… jamie loves pee pees in her poo poo
January 30th, 2009 at 11:30 am
am starting to think that danny and the dingo are an item……
January 30th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
haha dingo’s definitely catching
January 30th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Yeah Skylar!!!! HAAHAHA
January 30th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
hahahaha i def think you could b on to something
January 30th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Rice is a cool dude and threw down a huge video this year which was a cut above everyone else! The things he does in the backcountry is just insane! He worked his ass off and deserves it.
Jib stuff is cool dont get me wrong but usually doesnt have the same effect in pictures and is still pretty new to the snow scene next year it will clean up for sure.
January 30th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
What? Shawn White didn’t win? Don’t any of you fuckers watch lots of commercials?? The television said he was the best! and that’s what the truth is(nt)
January 30th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Yup… its tough to put that sort of thing in perspective though. watching kids slide a bench to a down rail seems a lot more attainable. but youre totally right.
January 30th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
are you kidding me? obviously you’ve never seen him hit jumps or pipe, fyi he just got a spot for world cup half pipe
January 30th, 2009 at 7:03 pm
the future of snowboarding will hopefully be in the backcountry
January 30th, 2009 at 7:32 pm
AMEN!!!!!! why is everyone kissing burton’s ass nowadays? you must be high to make lucas debari rookie of the year. Eiki filmed sick footage and proved his awesomeness and he’s just so mellow and humble about it, he deserved it. what did debari do? he got some magazine coverage and he rides for burton and he probly went and bribed the votes with money, and/or other unnamed things.
EIKI, NO MATTER WHAT YOU SHOULD SEE YOURSELF AS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR!!!!!!!!!!
January 30th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
MAYBE SNOWBOARDER.COM WILL GET THEIR AWARDS RIGHT
January 30th, 2009 at 7:56 pm
chris grenier, jonah owen, eiki helgason, keegan valaika, cale zima, louif (even though he’s been killing it for past couple seasons)…
those are some of the REAL rookies
January 30th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
i get all the mags and snowboarder’s awards turned out the same…travis #1, anderson #1, TITA #1 vid, except rookie was eiki. worst company should have gone to burton for kicking the uninc team (except davis) and dcp (ex-uninc).
January 30th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Fuck yes skylar thornton, you want up n coming take a look his way
January 30th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
What Eiki got nominated for readers choice! but didn’t win rookie of the year?
Lucas probably won just because he filmed for the TRANSWORLD video.
January 31st, 2009 at 12:07 am
major props to T-Rice. a awesome rider and in my eyes an in many others a great all around guy. i look forward to seeing more of him in the future.
January 31st, 2009 at 1:40 am
Haters wanta war………….
January 31st, 2009 at 1:41 am
I will jump kick a rainbow!!!
January 31st, 2009 at 4:33 am
Smells like TWS politics has been involved. Lucas filmed for the the TWS film, ’nuff said.
Soo lame that Eiki didn’t got the Rookie award. He won the rookie title in Snowboarder and he even got nominated for TWS readers choice. The title should have gone to Eiki.
January 31st, 2009 at 3:13 pm
I think Aaron Biittner, should of got rider of the year, not just throwing tricks down rails, but soo smooth off jumps.
January 31st, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Orr Ponytail should have been video of the year. Hampus and Jakob have such clean style
February 1st, 2009 at 12:44 am
smooth off jumps?
did you not see “That’s it, That’s All.” Travis Rice didn’t win rider of the year for throwin’ some tricks down some rails, he won it because he released a full length snowboard movie that was based around him, and does stuff in the backcountry that no one has ever done. Go check out his corks, then go compare them to aaron’s “jumps”.
February 1st, 2009 at 9:31 am
That last pic of the whistler chick is hilarious! fuck whistler.
February 1st, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Just saying, the guy could’ve done whatever he wanted that night, but he came out and partied with us non super human snowboard people, and was a really nice guy and humble as fuck to meet in person.
February 1st, 2009 at 3:49 pm
blauvelt for video part of the year…
February 1st, 2009 at 4:46 pm
I grew up in Jackson and TR is the shit both on and off the slopes. He put in a shit ton of hard work into TITA and deserved all the awards he got. Over the years when I’ve gone back to Jackson, he has always been friendly and humble. Congrats Travis on all your accomplishments!
February 1st, 2009 at 7:03 pm
exactly, Eiki busted his ass all year and he had last part in Rome’s No Correct Way, he deserved it
February 1st, 2009 at 7:33 pm
screw t-rice scott stevens has such a killer and creative part
February 1st, 2009 at 9:52 pm
why can’t we all just be friends..
peace n love
hi 5’s n good vibes!
OUT
February 1st, 2009 at 9:54 pm
we are all riding for the love of the sport so..
shut the eff up and go do what t rice does.. and
KILL IT
werd
February 1st, 2009 at 10:04 pm
Rider of the Year: David Pistono
WMNS Rider of the Year: Lindsey Jacobellis
Rookie: Antho Cardoni
WNS Rookie: Hannah Teter
Obvi
February 2nd, 2009 at 12:08 am
i would pay money to punch dingo right square in the face
February 2nd, 2009 at 12:15 am
haha!
February 2nd, 2009 at 3:10 am
lindsey jacobellis is my favorite rider. I <3 her style.
February 2nd, 2009 at 12:23 pm
so really, your saying that there is no lameness at all, because there was actually no judging in the big air. It was voting
February 2nd, 2009 at 4:04 pm
the rome team went dressed as Hunter S. Thompson. As if any of them read. that’s so lame.
February 2nd, 2009 at 4:32 pm
i like poo
February 2nd, 2009 at 5:23 pm
u guys need 2 chill. jus cuz lucas was in these days it dosnt mean ther was any sort of corupshun goin on n da awards. hes honestly the chillest rider out there and the chillest guy youll ever meet. ill admit that that french ass louif is a pretty hot rider but luke is da real deal. im not tryin to start anymore draama i mean isnt boarding about staying chill and jus lovin the sport?
February 2nd, 2009 at 5:48 pm
You forgot the 4th: Pudding! That fat motherfucker eats lots of pudding!
February 2nd, 2009 at 7:59 pm
Well, if you’re angry that he humped your girlfriend/sister/wife I could understand?
Then again, who hasn’t?
February 3rd, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Eiki did really deserve to win rookie of the year… lame TWS!
Seems like snowboarder mag got it right though.
February 3rd, 2009 at 1:10 pm
some intelligence on the tws boards? where did that come from? totally agree. props to those other kids two, but you’re talking about two different universes of snowboarding when you put those guys up against rice.
February 3rd, 2009 at 1:10 pm
ask about intelligence and then use the wrong form of “too”. idiot.
February 3rd, 2009 at 1:16 pm
it’s true. so much so, that to put it in perspective, everyone else has quit riding snowboards and just rides razor scooters now instead. you should see the new rome razor scooter ads. super anti-establishment and witty.
it’s cool to see other people win too, but i mean seriously, who put out anything that looked 1/2 as good as travis this season? no one.
February 3rd, 2009 at 1:20 pm
BURN! You better put some aloe on that shit.
February 3rd, 2009 at 1:23 pm
oh, right, because kids just started riding rails this season? next year jibbing will have its 15 minutes of fame for sure.
who’s basement are you locked up in? shit has been around for ages and has even come and gone and come again. can’t wait for it to go again.
February 3rd, 2009 at 1:25 pm
i think biitner learned frontside 3’s on park jumps this season? did travis spin anything over a 3 in that’s it that’s all? biitner wins!
February 3rd, 2009 at 1:27 pm
it sure as fuck isn’t about spelling, grammar or being intelligent is it friend?
February 3rd, 2009 at 5:12 pm
dude…..r u seriously freakin bout that
February 3rd, 2009 at 5:52 pm
do you seriously put 69 in all your screen names?
February 3rd, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Pic 95 isnt pat moore, Dingo is still an idiot and Dakides has the cougar stare finally!!
February 3rd, 2009 at 7:59 pm
ya
February 3rd, 2009 at 7:59 pm
PONY TALE was this years movie of the year. Jakob, Hampus, Knut, Pat, Stian and the other dudes show us what snowboarding is really about. A good time. and the filmer captured it and edited it perfectly… So good, i could watch that movie a million times, TITA i could only watch 6 times, cause i would be 10 years older after the sixth time. and the Down with People movie, come on we are snowboard kids, not skaters… Fauk all you JOCKS, just go out and have a good time.
February 4th, 2009 at 12:00 am
hey yo “Hold on a minute” im gonna rep my boi florida on dis 1. u obviously dont know shiz about what snowboardin rly is. i bet your daddy buys u all ur expensive gear while u board n sun valley or sum shit. where i come from we had 2 make our own slopes 2 board cuz we couldnt afford those prciey ass resorts where douchebags like urself park your fat asses. it makes me hella mad dat bros like u who get everythin handed to you on a silver platter ur whole life dont take into account what the brothas on the other end of the spectrum go thru to shred. stop takin urself so f***in seriously man!
February 4th, 2009 at 12:02 am
and i guess it isnt about love n respect 4 da sport either is it “friend”?
February 4th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
Eiki isn’t really a rookie though, it just looks that way because no one has seen his Euro parts in Up in the Sky or PonyTale… Don’t get me wrong he kills it but yeah how new to being pro do you need to be to be a rookie?
February 4th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
i can hate you and love the sport. nothing cool about talking like you’re ghetto buddy. you’re a snowboarder. you’re parents probably make 100K plus. you’re not from compton.
February 4th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
ha. ok.
February 4th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
“hey yo”. way to rep your “boi” the fact that you actually put the effort into rewriting the english language in an attempt to make yourself sound gangsta while typing on a message board is straight up ridiculous.
and actually, you pathetic (15 year old?) fuck, i live in breck and i’m willing to bet you i’ve been shredding for close to twice as long as you’ve been alive. nothing handed to me pal. i put myself through college before moving to a ski town and grew up hiking up shitty little ice-covered midwestern ski hills that had closed up shop.
quit trying so hard to be “hard”. i know riding your hand-me-down setup must be the rough equivalent of growing up in watts or compton, but you don’t need to put such an effort into dumbing down your own words. acting dumber than you are doesn’t make you “hella” cool.
February 5th, 2009 at 1:27 am
Eiki is not pro yet, he is still on the am army team for rome so that means he is a rookie and he should have won that award and rome should put him on the pro team for sure
February 5th, 2009 at 1:42 am
damn dude ur gettin hella heated.
February 5th, 2009 at 1:44 am
by the way those of us that r actualy from compton dont really apreciate ur generalizations
February 5th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
LOVE IT.
February 6th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
definitely
February 6th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
youre not from compton
February 6th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
it’s really funny that both of you guys come back to check up on this little hate circle you’ve got going…
also i’m with bitchezandhoez on this one, we really dont appreciate those generalizations. PEACE brothas
February 6th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
ya dude y do u take urself so seriously???
February 9th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
he didn’t have a board sponsor this year so expect to him to get it hands down because he’s riding in TW’s new movie and he rode in these days
February 9th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
well at least they got rookie of the year right, Eiki deserved that one
February 9th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
fuck, you didn’t even mention Eiki, douche! He grew up in Iceland! This was his first year in the backcountry and he still killed it, check No Correct Way for proof. He slays rails, check NCW and Pony Tale for proof of that. Bjorn Leines said of Eiki “unlike most up and comers, he has a humble demeanor”. While lucas is trying to get some, Eiki’s out killing it!
February 27th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Fuck That White Sucks! He just a media whore!
March 11th, 2009 at 5:45 am
That kook calls himself the Dingo and dresses up in a dog skin jacket. Hey Dingo, maybe you finally quit snowboarding and just move to LA to work on your hollywood career.
March 13th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
So i get it. T-Rice is great. But the best all around? debatable.
best video part i could see…he had almost an entire movie as his part. and i’m not saying he isn’t good. he’s great as a rider & seemingly as an individual(having never met him personally).
but the only reason this happened is because there was so much hype around “That’s it That’s All”. I mean Oakley, quiksilver & Red Bull had so much media hype on it, that it was even on UFC for Fuuuucks sakes! it induced alot more hype in the snowboard community, like jocks, chongo bros, etc. not MOST of the core shred community. which is fine, it’s what our industry is built on, non-core shreds & jocks. w/e, it’s a fact of life.
there are so many other riders that are more all-around shreds that can do well in pow, jumps, park, rails, etc. every facet of snowboarding and not just pow jumps.don’t get me wrong i love pow more than anything, and t-rice is good at other stuff to (except rails)
but from a completely un-biased place, i’m saying there are other riders more deserving of some of those awards. oooh a double cork, never seen that before. so many riders can do those. rodeo’s, double corks, etc. yeah he had some sick as hell bangers,(like that sick ass backside rodeo sev tree tap) but all around there are better riders. just like i wouldn’t choose jed anderson as the best rider cause he’s a tech rail rat and thats about it.
i’m saying best tech all around, cleanest style, etc should have won.
just my take/rant on it
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November 28th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
T-Rice put it down…..his riding is sick….and I love Jamie Anderson.