Sunshine apparently breeds awesome snowboarding because when it finally decided to come out for Session Five at High Cascade, the riders starting going crazy.

The Signature Sessioners were JP Walker,
Jeremy Jones, Simon Chamberlain, Joe Sexton, and the Peepshow ladies. Can't go wrong with that group of talent.

Get a taste of what's going on up in Hood below or better yet, you should probably just get up there.

The snow season is quickly coming to an end with resorts from East to West coming to a close. It seems too soon. Where did the season go? Did you have time to lock in those tricks you tried all winter? Or did you get enough powder days to satisfy your cravings until next fall? The answer is probably not- the end of season always leaves us longing for more.

Thankfully the dudes at People Crew realize that many are suffering from end-of-season-agony and hope to relieve some pain by releasing the trailer for their 2011 project Good Look.

The video is filmed all around the globe in digital HD and features insane snowboarding from some of the heaviest hitters in the game: Simon Chamberlain, Shaun McKay, Lauri Heiskari, Heikki Sorsa, Aaron Biittner, Torstein Horgmo, and more.

The season may be almost over, but at least this teaser has the energy and hype that makes you feel like you're right back in the thick of it.

Two words can describe the snowboard street event that went down at Winter X Games 15: burly...and sketchy; which when put together equal bad ass.

This past weekend marked the first snowboard street competition to be held at Winter X Games and ultimately came about because of the inaugural video contest, "Real Snow". Seven of the eight riders that competed for a medal by putting together individual video edits also competed in the street event - bringing the urban side of snowboarding to the masses. Nic Sauve, Jeremy Jones, Seth Huot, JP Walker, Joe Sexton, Simon Chamberlain, and Louis-Felix Paradis were dropping in on one of the gnarliest contest set-ups they had ever seen. The riders faced the options of a concrete ledge, a massive yellow pipe, a janky-ass stair set (aka the cheese grater...and personally dubbed by JP Walker as the terror zone) set up with two kinked rails and an intimidating gap to down rail.

If there was pressure, no one could tell at first. The guys were all joking and having a good time - running the same attitude as they would if they were out filming with their own crews. However, Nic Sauve began to up the ante (to say the least) and the motivation to step it up was apparent. After Nic stomped the gap to frontside boardslide on the down rail, the others got the urge to start charging the hard side as well.

Jeremy Jones was going for it; fearlessly spinning into the double kink repeatedly however, never pulled it off. Nonetheless, he was no doubt charging and got the crowd hyped. Joe Sexton seemed to have a smile plastered on his face literally the entire time, even while he was pressing the ledge with all the style that he's known for, and also pumped up the fans. Fellow People crew members, JP Walker and Seth Huot were bringing the heat as usual but weren't getting the points needed to take out Nic Sauve.



Louis-Felix Paradis pulled out a switch 360 to switch 50-50 on the ledge to land in the second and silver medal spot while Simon Chamberlain's gap to nosepress on the double kink scored him the bronze. And last, Nic Sauve who seriously sent it the entire competition stomped a gigantic cab 270 to front board on the down rail and clinched the win and the gold medal.

It was a different feeling from the winners as you could tell that being in the X Games "scene" might have been out of their comfort zone but they were stoked to bring another side of snowboarding to the crowd and represent what they are all about. Hopefully this will inspire more progressive moves in the contest scene in the future.

Congrats to the winners.

Photo courtesy of Snowboarder Magazine/Huggy
Video courtesy of ESPN

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Eight riders. Eight videos. One X Games gold medal and $50,000 to give away. Winter X Games 2011 is going urban.

After the first video-only contest, "Real Street" debuted at the 2010 Summer X Games and was a huge hit; ESPN decided to make the move and debut the "Real" series again at WX15 - resulting in the birth of "Real Snow". Eight pros will put together a 60-second video part filmed exclusively on urban terrain. The videos will then be judged by a panel of industry pros who will make the call on who wins the $50,000 and the X Games chunk of gold that you can drape around your neck. The medalists will be announced in Aspen after the eight riders throw down in the Snowboard Street jam session.

All the video entrees will be shown as part of the WX15 telecast on January 29th but will drop on ESPN on January 12 where you'll be able to vote for the "Fan Favorite" who will take home five grand.

Time to find out who these eight video phenoms are:

Dan Brisse
Simon Chamberlain
Seth Huot
Jeremy Jones
Louis-Felix Paradis
Nic Suave
Joe Sexton
JP Walker