TransWorld Announces 2009 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!
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Tags: rider of the year, Rookie of the year, sia, Video Part Of The Year
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.
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
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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?
ya, why the hell would a noboarding part go into the snowboarding awards, that shits gay
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
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.