TransWorld Announces 10th Annual Rider’s Poll Nominees

Oceanside, Calif.–December 3, 2008–The biggest night in snowboarding is blowing it out with its last hurrah in Las Vegas! The 10th Annual TransWorld SNOWboarding Riders’ Poll Awards, presented by GORE-TEX®, will be held at the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on Wednesday, January 28 on the second night of the SIA trade show. This invite only event brings out top snowboarding pros to cheer on their own picks for the top spots in the sport.
The nominees are:
Men’s Rider Of The Year:
Travis Rice (Lib Tech)
Jake Blauvelt (Forum)
Gigi Rüf (Volcom)
Women’s Rider Of The Year:
Torah Bright (Roxy)
Jamie Anderson (Salomon)
Marie-France Roy (Rome)
Men’s Rookie Of The Year:
Louif Paradis (Salomon)
Eiki Helgason (Rome)
Lucas Debari (Burton)
Women’s Rookie Of The Year:
Raewyn Reid (DC)
Bev Vuilleumier (Salomon)
Ellery Hollingsworth (Burton)
Men’s Video Part Of The Year:
Travis Rice: Brainfarm/That’s It That’s All
Pat Moore: Forum/Forum Or Against ‘Em
Jake Blauvelt: Forum/Forum Or Against ‘Em
Women’s Video Part Of The Year:
Annie Boulanger: Absinthe/Ready
Marie-France Roy: Rome/No Correct Way
Natasza Zurek: Runway/See What I See
Standout Of The Year:
Travis Rice—That’s It, That’s All Involvement/New tricks
Gigi Rüf—Three Film Parts in One Season
Johan Olofsson—NoBoarding Film Part in Aesthetika
Readers’ Choice:
Men’s and Women’s Winners TBA
Congratulations to all the nominees!
Huge thanks to presenting sponsor GORE-TEX® and sponsors New Era and Namco Games We Ski & Snowboard for their support. For more information on Transworld SNOWboarding and the Riders’ Poll, please visit transworldsnowboarding.com.
About TransWorld SNOWboarding
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What the heck! Scott Stevens should be nominated! His video part made me go wild!!
he rights, scott stevens is so sick, he doesn’t film with 1 milion $ camera and doesn’t do rodeo 1260, but the triks he does are innovation straight foward!
no offense but doing 1 fotters and tail scooters arnt really tricks that deserve to be tricks by the rider of the year. props to scott stevens because he is innovative but he just cannot be compared to the others on that list
thanks for this guy above me I don’t ahve to call people out for being a moron. scotty is pretty fun to watch snowboard, but we’re talking TRice here.
funny how things work out. not that anyone on anyone of those lists is not deserving of a nomination…. but, on the scott stevens note. he filmed for think thank, which was sponsored by snowboarder magazine. therefore transworld nominated two people from their own movie thinking people will see there names then go buy the video they are in to see them snowboard. If they put scott on they are helping snowboarder sell a video they sponsored. versus selling their own video. it sucks.. but its the way it is.
yeah, but your forgetting that scott stevens part ain’t got shit on travis rice, pat moore, and especially not jake blauvet. powder for life.
im sorry but trice is boring and he didnt film a video part, he filmed a video. pat should get part of the year.
i dont think amy of those videos are that sick, there making snowboarding into something rediculous like htere training and throwing the biggest tricks i would rather have personality and my own style. snowboarding isnt about being #1 vid part is about having fun
gigi all the way
rip Un..Inc
gigi acutally left burton to go ride for the new volcom boards, un..inc is probably gonna fold under for burton
Un-INC is Officially Gone for 2010
no shit…seriously?
y the fuck do u guys think i put RIP?
obviously i no its folding
what about danny davis? he rocks un.inc, but he’s the only un..inc guy left. shit, they got rid of ruf, solberg, and romain. is danny gonna have his own pro model now then? keep on keeping on DD. props from michigan shredders
torstein horgmo rookie of the year
pay more attention… torstein can’t be rookie of the year without being a pro. torstein is probly the best paid am and the best talented am in the game… but not pro.
i agree, Torstein should be in the mix
Torstein was a Rookie nominee last year. Can’t be a rookie two years in a row …
whammy!
vote for eiki! I got no correct way and eiki killed it!! he’s sick! he’s gonna go far
tough choices
TRICE FOR DAYS!!!
word. horgmo should definately at least be nominated for rookie of the year. never even heard of debari
ever heard of winning the mt baker banked slalom before your 20th birthday? lucas shreds a hell of a lot harder than you ever will pretend to.
No Torstein = anarchy
Torstein wasn’t a rookie this year
Check out the new SnowbroaderMagazine. Scott has a wicked method and a really good 720. Scott deserves it. Raddest, most humble, hardworking dude.
I got a great grasser and a handful of sevens… come to think of it… so do 30 of my closest friends… want to give me part of the year?
9’s Steven?
What? why isnt jonah owen nominated for his video part? he killllllled it in familia
cause he is an embarrasment to snowboarding
hahaha
lolz!
hahahah fckin baggers
are you serious? familia was an afterschool special compared to the other vids this year…
i cant believe jake b. is all over this, after seeing his part in forum or against em, with his stupid soliloquy intro, I wanted to punch him in his stupid head.
Matt I think you should stop snowboarding and start skiing. Blauvelts Part was insane.
jep, i really think you should get yourself an alpine racing suit or something among the likes of that because you certainly haven’t managed to understand the true concept of snowboarding in the slightest!
Jake killed it. The nomination has nothing to do with his spoken intro, his riding spoke for itself
torstein should’ve had rookie of the year and rider of the year nominations. a closer and an ender in the two videos he filmed and podiumed or won tons of big contests. its so stupid he didnt have any nominations this year
damn a 720 how the hell did he land that…. the jump must have been huge
shaun white should of been rookie of the year he is very talented
word
yeah torstein def should have gotten rookie he has rookie status as much as debari and louif do.
what no bozung??? LAME
LUCAASSSS!!!!
Gigi, all the way.
I wanted to vote for Nicolas though, Ready was off the mutherfucking chain!
Cleary everyone is forgetting J-sak’s performance on the bachelor. Definitely gets my vote for video part of the year…
hell yea his cripplers are insane!
haha hysterical
GO JOHAN…….killing it sans the binders.
i think that’s b/s that john jackson didn’t get nominated from the forum movie when two other parts from that movie did, yes they were sick, but compare it to the doobie brother and you’ll see whos more deserving of the nomination
oh, and yeah, torstein should totally have been nominated for rookie of the year, he is pretty much the most consistent jumper with the most style on the biggest jumps, kills contests and got some powder shots in aesthetica this year too, oh and he fukn kills rails…why didnt he get nominated???
GO EIKI!!!
G1G1 G*G* 9191 RÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜF is tha man! AARGH
Eiki helgason is the shit !
dear transworld
you guys have better of let the other pro voted on the nommiens and made sure that they were not high or drunk when you guys did because this list looks a little bias and bull shit but half of it make sense but the other half is canda crap.
Torstein Horgmo was nominated for rookie of the year last season, you can’t get nominated twice for the rookie award.
Glad to see my boy Eiki Helgason there!!!! Go! Eiki GO!
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blauvelt deserves the rider of the year
Blauvelt rips, hands down!
Heikki Sorsa and Eero Ettala are two of the most well rounded and most stylish riders today. They do it all, huge rails, powder jumps, park jumps, hips, wall rides, everything!
Give them some love with the Reader’s Choice. Eero = most under-rated snowboarder
Also agree that Torstein had an amazing year and also should be included in ROY discussions
damn straight! go eero!
NoBoarding has made it into the Riders Poll Awards?
Lucas all the way for Rookie of the Year. Just the fact that he rides the Big shit makes him stand out from the other dudes.
GIGI for Rider of the Year for sure. All that shit Travis did was next level but Gigi is the most fun to watch snowboard. He’s creative and well rounded. AK-Jib no one else can fuck with that.
Jake for Video part of the Year for sure. He put down!
Travis for Standout Rider.
Thats my 2 cents.
yeah jonah owen for rookie of the year. He rips. Oh yeah, to me noboarding seems kind of wierd. Like snowskating, it’s fun, but doesn’t deserve to be mentioned in a snowboarding awards
WHere is KP in the mix..best all around season..do doubt! Who else won every contest and got an ill vid part? No one
If you can call that a video part.. contest footy in a video is kinda wack..
nah nah nah. Jed anderson should win it, had the best tailpresses in the world. Louif!!!!!!!
that tail press makes gandhi look like a child pornographer
isnt jed am? he rips so hard though props on that
you guys are TOOLZ
Horgmo isn’t a rookie. that was the year before last year. The list of nominees is created by pro riders votes, THE PROS decide who should be on the list. It isn’t a list of who is “good and well-rounded.” Its about SHIT that went DOWN last season. not 2 years ago, or 5.
It’s not about who is “humble and hardworking” its about who the best riders in the world think produced the best riding. Simple. Always so many fairies crying on this site.
dry your tears, go ride your snowboard.
where the hell is lago, he killed it in that’s it that’s all, and the boned age.
What is the Boned Age? Never heard of it.
yo kid your gaaay
why are we even narrowing it down to just one part that was the “best”,or just one snowboarder it should be parts of the year, or riders of the year, it just seems like it takes away from what other people did, like “sorry you didnt win man but that guys kind of snowboarding was better than yours”
i just think its kinda silly, lets just go link some turns.
why are we even narrowing it down to just one part that was the “best”,or just one snowboarder it should be parts of the year, or riders of the year, it just seems like it takes away from what other people did, like “sorry you didnt win man but that guys kind of snowboarding was better than yours”
i just think its kinda silly, lets just go link some turns. but i do like the riders poll, i think that thats interesting enough.
I saw Jake’s part in the new forum movie and wasn’t really impressed. kid can shred, but come on, Travis would eat him for breakfast.
Travis Rice does not belong into this award. You should just disqualify him for being at least two focken years ahead of everybody else. What this guy throws down in TITA is even better than all the ending tricks of this years nominees parts combined. He is so good, it’s not even funny. That Gap at the end…. that’s not snowboarding any more, i’d call it “rocketbigboarding” or “canyon-jumping”.
And bringing up Debari AND Paradis but leaving out Scott Stevens REALLY shows how you guys are trying to promote your own video and ignore the competition. It’s sad, that everything including fairness has to be ruled by money…
And what the hell’s so special about Pat Moore’s part?? I mean, he’s funny and I like him and it’s a good part, but what exactly makes it better than, say, Austin Smith or the Jussi part or Eero’s part or Dan Brisse? I also think that Louie Fountains part is really great this year. But it doesn’t matter anyway, TRice is gonna own that thing. It’ll be the Travis Rice Awards.
I cant believe nobody wants P. Wast for rookie of the year. It really is a shame.
I would have voted for Nick Dirks for rookie of the year. But Louif should win it as it stands.
I guess none of you fools have seen BOZWRECK 2…
Where the fucks Keegan Valaika??
and come on Travis Rickys part ain’t shit compared to Boznuts!
TRAVIS MUTHA FUCKING RICE He is the best rider on the planet hands down. If you do not think so then you are either a moran or a skier. TRice rider of the year fo sho
what about Tim Humphreys? he’s te rookie of the year for me!!
Watch Pony Tale and all shall be well: http://www.actionhorsefilms.com/ponytale/
Eiki for president of Iceland!!!!!!!!!!!
Alright first off no doubt HUMPIES should win rookie of the year! And he is not even nominated - What is up with that? Second of all how is it possible that Lago and or Pierce are not in the running for rider of the year? Pierce perfect season, great coverage, and good video part. Lago top ten TTR with barely any contests last year, Top 3 on the exposure meter, and a ridiculous video part in the boned age, and second to travis in THATS IT THATS ALL. What are you all thinking plus the kid is giving alot of money to charity! who else is thats nominated- Frends - crew of the year, and Mason is the DANCER OF THE YEAR. Also if you like fighting you should all check out http://www.GFLMMA.com it is a fighting site just awesome
Wow, looks like a pretty bias TWS List if you ask me! The rookie of the year nominees for example. Anyways,
PONY TALE should win movie of the YEAR for sure, they are the next robot food…
And thats how snowboard movies should be, get you pumped to go ride, not so bored or scared that you decide to stay inside and play shaun white snowboarding…
Pony tale
my friend should be winning the rider of the year. that guys isn´t better than the other guy. why should that guy win? everybody just wants to write something here right? be happy for these people.
lucas all the way!!!!
forget the rails, he has alaska on his horizon!
Yeah go Eiki!!
WHAT THEY DIDNT VOTE FOR ME? I THOUGHT I MADE A POINT WITH THE TIGHT JEANS IN DOWN WITH PEOPLE!?
SEAN BLACK ALL THE WAY
part of the year
rookie of the year
dude, travis for best rider
his movie was SICK
i think its wack lago didnt get nominated, and same with pearce. tim humphreys should have been nominated for sure for rookie. humpie killed it, second in SS at us open, but he lost to shaun which isnt saying much cus everyone does.
dude ive got mad respect fo deez ridas liek ive always lookd up 2 dem. i wuz gunna b on dis list 1 day but den wen mah dad left me an my mom an my 6 lil bros at home in da 437 wen it wuz snowin like a bich an we didnt have ne heat in da house. i had a fire goin in mah room an den da curtins got a lil 2 close to da flamez an i had 2 roll around on dem 2 put on da blaze. da firemans thot id ben smokin wen dey got 2 da sene so dey didnt help us wit da insuranse an all dat. so mah mom wuz broke and me an mah 6 lil bros had 2 go work at da family drycleanaz 2 maek da livin. mah dream of bein on da tws nominatoin list was shatterd but its reel inspirin 2 see da cats leik lucas debary an travis ice shreddin leik da madmen even tho theyve ben thru shiz leik da partyin an da dugs an da family shit it jus relly hits home 4 me an i hope 2 won day b a betta person an a betta rida by lookin up 2 deez cats dat r shreddin
Simply put……KEEGS.
travis rice: riders and part of the year — Made a film and pushed the “hugeness” limits
Eiki : rookie of the year — well rounded
Louif : Jibber of the year — yaaa! clean style combos. he’s the next step of jibbing.
Scott stevens : Innovation of the year — He invents what kids will do next year…thats impressive
No more talking.
Where is the jibber of the year section ?? Louif paradis deserves that one!
T-rice has the worst style ever and he dosen’t even jib, i thougth everyone was way over travis but then he shows up with his boring movie, and i dont think he should be nomeneed, I think that people should wote for somone who has great style and insane tricks, so im casting my vote for eiki helgason. i think they should have put torstein in there rather than Travis.
i think eiki helgason put’s the rest of thees’e guys to shame, this is his first year filming real backcountry and he’s got both fs and bs double cork 1080’s in his video part in “No correct way”. and he’s pretty much the best rail rider out there.
im up for eiki helgason. check out some of his old footage on youtube before you vote.
ps. Travis rice is a poser..
Check out Eiki helgason and his brother halldor in factor film’s Notes, they slay that movie
Where do you vote? TRice!!!
My name is Sabrina and I’m new to this site.
TORSTEIN FOR STANDOUT OF THE YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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