WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 20, 2008 SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA -  Antti Autti has landed another Transworld Snowboarding cover, this time it’s TWS Japan. The April 2008 issue features his Toyota Big Air 1st place finish, one of the largest snowboarding events in Japan. Even though we can’t read the Japanese written article, the cover shot taken by Snowboarder Mag’s Photo Editor Ryan “Huggy” Hughes is a photo worth a “thousand words”. Congrats to Antti on this incredible recognition and to another TWS cover!

MONDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2008 SQUAW VALLEY, CA – Flow Team rider Clair Bidez, still hot from her second place finish in the US Grand Prix at Tamarack, stood atop the podium once again at “The Jeep King of the Mountain” Halfpipe Competition in Squaw Valley. Despite Elena Height she crashing in her final run, Bidez couldn’t top her competitors’ high score and ended up taking home 2nd place respectively. Rounding out the podium was Ellery Hollingsworth in 3rd.

Coverage of the action from Squaw Valley will be televised to a national broadcast audience on February 23 and 24 on CBS Sports and on nationally syndicated television beginning February 23.

Results:
1.  Elena Height   S. Lake Tahoe, CA
2.  Clair Bidez      Minturn, CO
3.  Ellery Hollingsworth   Darien, CT

The Jeep King of the Mountain men's & women's podium

Clair Bidez claiming her victory in the pipe

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 9, 2008 TAMARACK, IDAHO - The US Grand Prix in Tamarack, Idaho saw a break in the snowy weather on Saturday just in time for the main even where riding in the pipe reached a whole new level. While the pipe was quirky during prelims, the ladies were able to set the pace early by throwing down in the finals. Flow Team rider Clair Bidez had an incredible 2nd place finish with back-to-back sevens and overhead fives. Kelly Clark landed first place by going 3-4 feet higher than the other's and rounding out the podium was Ellery Hollingworth in third. These girls are charging hard and are proving that there is a lot of depth to the women’s field beyond the high profile names commonly found on the podium.

Flow’s Scotty Lago made a late run for the podium with his textbook style and trickery, which included a fs nine corkscrew that was stuck as if it was a simple stale. Lago did one of the best 9’s ever; even Pat Bridges exclaimed “that is one of the smoothest 900’s I have ever seen”. Still, he opted to skip his last wall that may have kept him off the podium with a respectful 4th place finish.

Results:
 
Men
1. Louie Vito, Columbus, OH/Sandy, UT, 260
2. Greg Bretz, Mammoth Lakes, CA, 208
3. Elijah Teter, South Lake Tahoe, CA, 156
4. Scotty Lago, Seabrook, NH, 130

Women
1. Kelly Clark, West Dover, VT, 260
2. Clair Bidez, Minturn, CO, 208
3. Ellery Hollingsworth, Stratton, VT, 156
4. Brooke Shaw, Litchfield, CT, 130

Ellery Hollingsworth, Clair Bidez, and Kelly Clark

Clair Bidez 

Scotty Lago FS 9

SATURDAY JANUARY 9TH, 2008 VAIL COLORADO. Timmy Humphreys finished 7th in the Honda Sessions slopestyle main event in Vail, Colorado this past weekend. With this placing, Timmy has now climbed back in to the top 10 of the TTR World Tour standings, moving into 9th place overall.

On Friday night Flow am team riders Izumi Amaike (Japan) and Scot Brown (Canada) landed podium spots in the Rail Jam competition with each finishing third. Also Timmy tied for 6th in the nighttime Rail Jam.

Great Job Flow Team....keep up the incredible riding! 

Slopestyle Finals

1. Andreas Wiig
2. Torstein Horgmo
3. Chaz Guldemond
4. Robbie Walker
5. Lonnie Kauk
6. Mark Sollors
7. Tim Humphreys
8. Marko Grilc
9. Jonas Carlson
10. Chris Soerman

Mens Rail Jam

1. Chaz Guldemond
2. Scotty Arnold
3. Scot Brown

Womens Rail Jam

1. Molly Aquirre
2. Jamie Anderson
3. Izumi Amaike

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 9TH, 2008 SAPPORO JAPAN. Antti Autti and Risto Mattila finished 1st and 2nd at the prestigious Toyota Big Air in Sapporo, Japan yesterday. Both Flow Team riders rode strong all day and then faced each other in the finals. Antti Stomped a FS 1080 on his 1st run in the finals and tried a FS 1260 on his second, but did not land it. Risto holding nothing back in the finals tried to counter Antti with a switch BS 1080 but did not land it. Congrats Antti and Risto on an amazing performance against most of the World's best!

            Toyota Big Air Final Results

           1. Antti Autti                         Finland             Flow
           2. Risto Mattila                     Finland             Flow
           3. Masatake Yamamoto       Japan               Rice28
           4. Kevin Pearce                   USA                  Burton
           5. Nicolas Muller                   Switzerland       Burton
           5. Mikkel Bang                     Norway              Burton
           5. Mason Aguirre                 USA                   Burton
           5. Iouri Podladtchikov          Switzerland        Santa Cruz

SATURDAY DECEMBER 15 2007, BRECKENRIDGE, COLORADO
With Antti recovering from a broken collarbone, Risto back at home in Finland and Scotty Lago out with a torn rib injury, the Flow team still made a strong showing at the US Grand Prix in Colorado. Tim Humphreys and Mercedes Nicoll led the way for Flow. Timmy executed a perfect Crail grab Miller Flip on the wallride and won the Rip It Best Trick of the Day earning a $2500 check. Mercedes Nicoll, despite the freezing conditions took third in the ladies Pipestyle Jam Session earning a $1000 check. Later that evening the 10% rule was in full force at the local watering hole…. Oh yeah happy 20th birthday Timmy!

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 3RD SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA -- In front of 32,000 screaming fans, Flow Team Rider Timmy Humphrey’s finished second behind Travis Rice and just in front of Chaz Guldemond. Travis threw down a double cork 1080 to win and Timmy Humphreys landed a clean Cab 1080 followed by Chaz who landed a 1260 for third. The huge jump was at AT&T Park, home of the Giants, in downtown San Francisco.

Flow Teammate Jeremy Thompson with a great effort made it to the semifinals and finished 6th in a tough field including such heavyweights as Andreas Wiig, Andy Finch, John Jackson and Mason Aguirre.

1. Travis Rice
2. Tim Humphreys
3. Chaz Guldemond

4. Wyatt Caldwell
5. Ian Thorley
6. Jeremy Thompson
7. Andreas Wiig

For more info go to  http://www.icerair.com/2007/index.html

Tune in to Fuel T.V. on Thursday, November 8, at 9:00 pm EST (6:00 pm PST) to watch Flow Team Rider Tim Humphreys appear on The Daily Habit in an exclusive interview with Pat Parnell, fresh off his 2nd place finish at the Icer Air in San Francisco. Leading the list of young rippers, the pro snowboarder will bring us up to speed on his winter plans. 

Flow, in association with MTV and Sony Picture’s new movie “30 Days of Night” is giving away a complete snowboard set-up to one lucky winner in the Ultimate Survival Sweepstakes! For 30 days every winter in the isolated town of Barrow, Alaska the sun just doesn’t shine, forcing most of the inhabitants to head south. But this winter a mysterious group of bloodthirsty vampires take advantage of the darkness to feed on the remaining residents who must do anything they can to survive. With the right equipment, you too can survive the most unpredictable forces of nature. So be prepared for the elements and enter to WIN NOW at http://30daysofnight.com/ .  Just in time for Halloween, “30 Days of Night” opens in theatres on October 19!

The World Cup Big Air 2007 in Rotterdam proved to be another amazing event with over 20,000 eyes watching 47 rider’s bust out on 1 million liters of snow at the base of the Erasmus Bridge. But for the 2005 winner, Flow Team rider Risto Mattila, it proved to be another unlucky judging session. Basically he was robbed, for the second time this year. Nothing can be done about that now and he still was able to hold his own in the top 10 by placing 9th. Fellow Finn and Flow Teammate Antti Autti stomped 3rd place after an exciting head to head finale against Austrian Stefan Gimpl in 2nd and Peetu Piiroinen taking 1st. Christopher Reynders, Flow AM rider was also in the house staking his claim as 13th.

But enough talk on the results. The main attraction from the event could be found AFTER the finals at the Flow booth for an exclusive signature session with 4 of the competing Flow riders: Antti Autti, Risto Mattila, Christophe Reynders and Joy Geenen giving out tons of Flow swag littered with their autograph’s. Antti’s week pee at the doping test caused him to arrive late, but the fans didn’t seem to mind too much. Probably because Flow was the ONLY booth with a meet and greet letting the public connect with their snowboard heavyweight face to face. High fives for a job well done to all who made this event possible and the rider’s who threw down.

For more info go to WC Rotterdam  

Airing Thursday, September 27, at 9:00 pm Eastern Time (6:00 pm Pacific Time) and telecast three additional times, Antti Autti is a guest on the Daily Habit with Pat Parnell. 
The 2005 Winter X Games half-pipe gold medalist and Finnish snowboarding superstar, Antti Autti talks about his part in the new Flow Team movie. Also Antti talks about his competing at most of the world’s largest snowboard events and his future plans to add more filming to his schedule.
Antti joins Flow teammates Risto Mattila and Scotty Lago with appearances on the Daily Habit on the Fuel Network which is the largest action sports channel in the world with over 25 million households.

Also Check out Antti's interview on Snowboarder magazine's website 

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 2007  ZURICH, SWITZERLAND Arguably the second largest snowboard contest in Europe, the 2007 Freestyle CH proved to be an incredible event. Over 100,000 spectators crammed into the Zurich Fairgrounds for a busy three-day action sports festival. Antti Autti and Risto Mattila put on a fantastic snowboard display finishing 5th and 7th in the final standings. This finish was somewhat disappointing after some very suspect judging. Antti was 1st and Risto was 5th after Saturday’s semi-finals.  The finals on Sunday brought some crazy scoring mistakes for Risto that left him out of the Super Final (top three) and left us all wondering how Antti’s cab 900 was beaten by a cab 720? I guess that’s why they call it a JUDGED event. Anyway congrats to the Super Finalists!

FYI Risto was told after the Super Final of the judging mistake and that he will receive Super Final prize money and a promise of an invite for next year.

Either way the event was awesome and Flow was fully in-the-house with a booth that premiered the new Flow Team Video, had Antti and Risto signing hundreds of posters and gave out more stickers, tee shirts and beers that was possible.

Great thanks to Flow CH; Charles, Renee, Adam, Stefan and Jack for making a strong showing at the Flow booth. Also much thanks to Olivia (from Freestyle CH) Onboard, Pleasure, MBM, The Box and 7th Sky for making this event one of the best contests in the world!

Final Results
1. Stephan Maurer     SWITZERLAND     BURTON             695
2. Reto Kestenholz     SWITZERLAND    ZIMTSTERN          686
3. Andreas Wiig     NORWAY         NITRO                          664
4. Markus Keller     SWITZERLAND     NITRO                     652
5. Antti Autti         FINLAND         FLOW                             641
6. Takato Taniguchi     JAPAN         ALLIAN                       625
7. Risto Mattila     FINLAND         FLOW                             622
8. Gigi Rüf          AUSTRIA         BURTON                         574

for more info check Onboard Snowboard Magazine's website.