Keltron
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Managing editor of Mpora and a dedicated people watcher.
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Navigation Search Content Other Mpora SitesShaun White you sneaky little bugger. You can’t help yourself can you? You announce that you’re going to be at the Winter X Games Europe in Tignes this year and you go and piss off every other rider in the competition! How did he do it? Well, read on and you’ll find out! The Winter [...]
For those of you who don’t know Steve Peat, this might be the time to start getting to know him. He’s one of the more famous, popular and crazy men in the mountain biking world and he’s about to star in his own web series. It’s called ‘This Is Peaty’ and as you can imagine [...]
There have been rumours about it on the internet for a couple of days and we can confirm that it’s true. Torin Yater-Wallace stomped the first 1800 in competition while competing at the US Freeskiing Gran Prix. It’s no mean feat as it’s 5 360′s in the air while you still have to keep an [...]
If you haven’t heard about Pinterest then you must have been hiding under a social media rock somewhere! It’s basically a website where you can pin things you like – an internet based pin board if you will. You can go to a site, hit ‘Pin It’ and it’ll be posted onto your profile. You [...]
I don’t know if you lot have heard about this but there’s something interesting going on in Les Menuires. The story is that seven chalet staff in the Three Valleys have barricaded themselves into a chalet over unpaid wages and unfair dismissal. Turns out they were fired after a busy period and refused the wages [...]
burn energy are adding another string to their bow with Real Snow. It’s going to add a new dimension to the Winter X Games in Tignes and it’s part of Human/Machines so, all in all, it’s set to showcase the contrasting schools of snowboarding. Still a bit confused?
The White Battle Freestyle comp has taken over from Xbox Big Day Out, which took over from Gumby’s Big Day Out. Gumby’s Big Day Out was running for about a deco and a half and was the brain child of Anthony ‘Gumby’ Gumbley. It started out as a BBQ and piss up while some other [...]
Photo: Christian Pondella/Red Bull Content Pool Red Bull Stratos was one of those events that we just couldn’t wait for it to happen. With all of the videos that were released and every image that was sent out, it was an event that was going to blow minds. For those of you that don’t know [...]
You may remember a little while ago we showed you the trailer for Travis Rice‘s new epic snowboarding event, ‘Supernatural’. If you don’t remember then check it out on our blog here. If you do remember then this might be interesting news for you as the rider list for the event has been announced and, [...]
Who else are we expecting to create their own snowboard brand? Honestly? The Helgasons have done it with their Lobster Snowboards and it only paved the way for more to do it themselves but who were you expecting to do it next? Probably Shaun White by all accounts. He’s already selling his own scooters and [...]