FROM AUSTRALIA, WITH LOVE
5 Jul 2010
Posted by Larrogs
Meanwhile winter is in full swing in the southern hemisphere. New Zealand and Australia got a good start already. Here is Matty Gillings, one of our Aussie Bataleon soldiers loving winter and his new Fun.Kink 1011... What a lucky boy! Yes we are jealous !!!
THYON CENTRAL PARK & CAMPS 2009-20010
5 Jul 2010
Posted by Larrogs
Central Park & Camps 2009/10 from xavier marty on Vimeo
Do you know this sick resort in Switzerland called Thyon? You should... cuz their park is one of the best. It was even nominated Best Park Resort at the "Whiteout Swiss Snowboard Awards 2010" Of course, Bataleon supports this park :-)
Yeahforit!
THEA STENSHAGEN END OF SEASON
5 Jul 2010
Posted by Larrogs
Here Théa's end of season update! Thea has hardly been in norway this season. She did a lot of trips for shoots and she even got some good contest results.
"Season end!
Here’s an update on how my season has been. The last thing I wrote you was that I had been in Canada. From there I went straight to Breckenridge, Colorado with the Norwegian B-national team. We were there for two and a half weeks with our coach. I had a great time there and learned a whole lot of new stuff, unluckily I hurt my back the last week and wasn’t able to ride again for three weeks.
Luckily my back just healed again for the Norwegian Championships in Oslo. I entered all the disciplines for the first time, including the slalom. Haha. I ended up in 7th in the giant and 9th in the parallel. The snowboard cross went a bit better and I got 2nd, however the pipe and the slopestyle went best and I won. With that I also got the overall title and the kings cup. A successful championship for my part.
After the Norwegian championships I went up to Geilo Norway to be a judge at the Nikita Chikita Scandinavia. It was a lot of fun and so many good girls killing the slope. From Geilo I went straight to Iceland for a Nikita Shoot. I got stuck at the airport for a few hours though, the first eruption had taken place the night before, luckily this was the small one.
Iceland was incredible, I had never been there before, and I’m pretty sure I’ll go back there some day. We were 6 girls there shooting, we had some bad weather and didn’t get as many photos as we wanted, we got some and travelling with the Nikita girls is always fun. I also got home before the second eruption. Lucky..
After the trip to Iceland I went up to Ramundberget in Sweden. I was invited to a 3 star slopestyle competition, sadly my back was hurting again and I only took one run trough the slope before I decided not to ride. I had a great weekend anyways and met a lot of old friends. From here the trip went straight home to Oslo to fix my back and get ready for the summer season.
I just got back from two weeks at Folgefonna, Norway. The weather was great and I got to ride a lot of snowboard. It went great and it’s nice to feel that everything work as it should. I also got to ride a whole bunch of rails there, nice to have freshened up that again too. They had a best trick comp there too, we were only two girls who entered, I landed my cab 7 and won the comp. I also took a trip to Bergen with some friends, fun being a real tourist.
Now I’m back in Oslo again for the summer. My plan is to go back to Breck again in December, that way I can get ready for the comps that start in January. I had a great season, ended up in 21st again on the ttr ranking and won the kings cup at the Norwegian championships. I’m already looking forward to the winter, but first I’m gonna enjoy the rest of the summer.
Take care... "
-Théa
TRANSITMIES
1 Jul 2010
Posted by Larrogs
TRANSITMIES / Coldfocus 2010 from Coldfocus Productions on Vimeo.
Here is something you might not have heard of. The project is called Transitmies done by the Coldfoucs crew. This is what you get when you mix an Italian director and some of his homies with Finnish locals load em up in a Ford Transmit and hit up the Finnish street spots. These guiys go hard not shunning -20C session at 3AM Bataleon is represented with Italy's Stefano Bergamaschi and Finland's Juha Blid bringin the bangers...
We back Coldfocus cuz they do this for all the right reasons just check their siberian adventures to understand what that means...
Check it out and try the finnish karaoke singalong! Good luck!
DBK AT CAMP OF CHAMPS
30 Jun 2010
Posted by Larrogs
Dangerous Dave is in Whistler this month. He had some good times at the Ante Up TTR event
"It was my first time riding since 1 and half month, and my first time riding painless since january, so I was really happy hearing my BIP number when they announced who's in the finals! All in all i'm happy about my TTR season start and I'm looking forward to my time I've got left in Whistler!" -DBK-
For more check out DBK's www
PEEPSHOW BETTER MISTAKES TEASER
21 Jun 2010
Posted by Larrogs
Let's Make Better Mistakes Tomorrow from peep show on Vimeo.
PeepShow has had an amazing season this year. The ladies have been stacking super hard and it will definitely be legit. They got a few new riders this year and some bangers that have never been seen in girls snowboarding. Just check out Peepshow's new teaser for Let's Make Better Mistakes Tomorrow. Bataleon supports the project and the girls. We can't wait to see the whole movie and especially Bataleon's June Bhongjan takin' on some serious features.
Full movie releasing in Fall 2010.
More PeepShow info on www.peepshowfilms.com
A DAY IN THE LIFE : KEVIN BRONCKAERS
16 Jun 2010
Posted by Larrogs
Episode 11 - A Day In The Life - Kevin Bronckaers from Cirque Belgique on Vimeo.
This is A Day In The Life with Kevin Bronckaers our Belgium Bataleon rider...
EnJoy it !!!
featured board
we got sick and tired of people asking us when we would put some rocker on our boards so we put it on there!
Of course it just says rocker... Who needs rocker when you got TBT?
Fun.Kink US Edition
is a sick park jib board with some extra flex and a centered extra wide stance
"so much fun"
Ben Rice
29/07/2010 - David
Got the Board! Limited Edition ET Full yellow Smiley!!! Awesome, just a few scratches cos It was pre-owned, but all good from The Snowboard-Flohmarkt in Zurich. British Riders, Bataleon Forever!
29/07/2010 - Sander
guys, I'm pretty sure you wont, but please: never ever ever ever go bankrupt or we as riders are all shot out of luck and SCREWED!
29/07/2010 - David
Hey Guys, Me agin. Getting full yellow smiley ET edition tomoz! !!!! WOOOO!
28/07/2010 - David
I'm getting it either tommorow or Friday. I've touched the base, and man, It just feels like progress. B#$%*n is Shit, N*@#$ is Shit, R*@$# is Shit Everyother Snowboard is a piece of SHIIIIIT!Can't wait to ride with it next season! WOOOO!
20/07/2010 - Paul E
Just ordered the Jam and can't wait to ride it. You guys need a shop in the Reno Tahoe area though!
19/07/2010 - Ricky Hanger
Hi all, I have been riding a Bataleon TBT for the last few years and Its definitely the best board iv ridden, it a shame rental shops dont hire out these boards so more people could see how much difference the TBT makes.
Cheers Bataleon, You've got me hook on TBT
18/07/2010 - Paul WM
Just picked up my 2011 Jam, just love that TBT thing. I think for me this sums up the difference between TBT and flat boards. Flat boards are like cars they move on 4 points like a car. No matter how flash they are they all handle very similar and tun in the same way. TBT rides more like a motorbike the weight is in the centre and you can flick it edge to edge real quick, lead it over hard and it just bites. The Jam is so responsive the more you push it the better the ride. I find myself hitting every thing faster and harder just coz I love the pop :)
15/07/2010 - xDanx
yo dudes, propz to the new site;)
but where are the great WALLPAPERS???
plz get some on ur site!
cheers, daniel
11/07/2010 - Grant Hopper
I have never ridden anything like it, my first ever board was a &#&t0n C*nd$m which apparantly doesn't catch edges, thats not the case, i sprained my wrist because it did catch a wrist, luckily the graphic started peeling and i sent it back to &#&t0n and they have me a store credit, after talking to one of Bataleon's riders Matty, he gave me a Bataleon demo, and i was blown away. I only had 2 runs on it and thats all it took to buy. I bought a Bataleon 153 Fun Kink, it is the most playful fun board I have ever ridden, you get amazing pop, you CAN'T catch an edge, its really flexible and is super light. I have never ridden a board that will actually bounce ur board off an edge.
For me there is no other company in the way of boards,I love my Bataleon Fun Kink and will never ride another brand. Thanks Bataleon
Yea For it! :)
08/07/2010 - Onno
Damn, been riding the good stuff for a couple of years now, last week I had to rent a board (no tbt) and man I missed my goliath! Waiting for the winter now, so I can ride again. YEAH for that!
27/06/2010 - Rydog
TBT is definitely a love or hate thing.I really,really wanted to like TBT because the theory surrounding it makes perfect sense and it DOES carve like a dream! However, I'm just not feeling it for freestyle.I don't like not being able to feel my edges underfoot on snow/boxes/rails/run-ins, guess I've just been ridin good old flat boards too long.I would recommend testing one out to see if it's right for you before you buy.
25/06/2010 - Al Kingsbury
Feel like I've won a prize being one of 200 to own the batazion. Only thing that could replace my funkink.
Blessed the TbT stable.
Jah bless mr b
17/06/2010 - Thomas van den Hoff
About two weeks before leaving for my first snowboarding holiday of last season a friend of mine showed me the TBT-clip on youtube.
Stunned and impressed I started looking for stores that sold Bataleon boards. After some serious thinking (i had recently purchased a new board already) I descided to go with my gut-feeling and buy a Omni 163.
In Sölden Austria I strapped on and shredded down hill like on an auto-pilot mode. Absolutely phenomenal. I've been snowboarding for 12 years now, tried several boards and this omni 163 beats all by far!
In my second boarding week I took my board to the parks in Fiss, Austria and this is where difference was unmistakebly showing. Sticking jumps, getting more air all the benefits as presented in the youtube clip are absolutely true.
My TBT Omni 163 is here to stay and I can't see me riding anything else than TBT from now on.
Yeah for it! ;-)
13/06/2010 - Nick
Would never ride anything but Bataleon now. I'm an intermediate, but snowboarding always seemed harder work than skating used to be. Soon as I got me a 157W Goliath it was just like skating bowls back in the 80s - no worries about edges catching, just focus on the next move. As a beginner to kickers and rails etc it made such a difference to be able to just think where you wanted to go and hit it straight, plus not worry about slightly sketchy landings knowing I could stick it and ride out clean. Knowing this means you soon actually start riding clean too. Had to sell my Goliath unfortunately but now got a 10/11 Evil Twin on order!
18/04/2010 - Charlie
After a few years trying out lots of different boards, I was unable to find anything I truly felt comfortable on and started to wonder if I should learn to ski. That changed when I picked up a used 09 Goliath and headed off to Tignes for the week. So forgiving, goes exactly where you want without thinking, very quick edge to edge, great float in powder, no chance of catching an edge on anything... I'm completely sold. I have rediscovered my snowboarding mojo. Thanks Bataleon!
16/04/2010 - goetz
ride an mj 157 and i can tell it's the hot shit.totally lucky.in 25 years of experience i've never ridden something cool like that.props!
14/04/2010 - Rick Deans
Well the season is starting to draw to a close even here in Scotland which has had a phenomenal snowdrop this year and so it's time to take a break and give some advice... I started riding a number of years ago and have been lucky enough to try and ride loads of boards, some great boards, some expensive boards and some phenomenally good boards even from other companies. That said when I first started riding I wanted a fun flexible freestyle focussed board that I could use everywhere I tried Burton, Rome, Salomon to name a few then eventually after selling all these others stumbled across the green and black evil twin (still own and ride)this changed my focus away from the other "major" brands as the TBT made me actually smile and laugh whilst riding no matter what the conditions. I have ridden that board on ice and glaciers, back country and deep powder and it does everything amazingly, though as it was designed for freestyle, jibbing and buttering that's what it does the best. For this season I've been lucky enough to get hold of an Enemy which is also simply incredible and beats the s##t out of the equivalent super-lights and vapors of the other brands (tried those as well), it is rapidly fast (keep it waxed well!) and simply beats any other piste and all mountain board out there. Finally this brings me onto my recent birthday present an undisputed which I am using as my powder board or where the conditions are anything other than ideal... I simply do not have the words on how good this monster is as long as you have the ability to do it justice and the balls to believe that the edges will hold at that speed on those inclines. I hope that my review is inspiring enough to get a few more of you riders buying and riding bataleon? Remember having fun and pushing your own limits is what snow-boardings about. You don't have to be the best, just the best you can be and these boards will allow you to do this. Get in touch if you want me to give you some info on any of these boards. I must try not to fall in love with any more Bataleons next season!
07/04/2010 - Peter Wolf
Borrowed a Bateleon Testboard from the local board shop. Went to Austria last week to see what the fuzz was about concerning Triple Base Technology. Was it as good as Bataleon claims it to be and could it really beat my B&^^%n C(*(&m board?
Well,let´s just say I´m a Bataleon fan by now. Smoooth and (very)fast turns,Excellent in the off piste and in the park. Perfect harmony between me and the board...and that was just a testboard! Definitely going to buy a Bataleon next season. Cannot wait until season starts again.
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