Wednesday, August 26, 2009

THE SPORTS SYNDICATE ANNOUNCES PARTICIPATION IN THE STEP OUT: WALK TO FIGHT DIABETES EVENT

The Sports Syndicate team will be walking and raising funds for the American Diabetes Association’s signature fundraising walk, Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes. The event is to be held at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park CA on October 10th 2009.

Every step we take and every dollar we raise will make a difference in the lives of 23.6 million Americans living with diabetes. CLICK HERE to learn more about the Step Out event at Knott's Berry Farms.

What can you do to help?

Join our team and help us stop diabetes by raising funds to reach our goal! To join the team CLICK HERE to visit The Sports Syndicate team page.


Make a donation to support one of our team members! No matter how small or large, your generous donation will help us stop diabetes.

Either way, you will be helping the Association provide community-based education programs, protect the rights of people with diabetes and fund critical research for a cure.

INTRODUCING VIDEO GRASS PRODUCTIONS FROM MNSS SNOWBOARDERS DARRELL MATHES AND MIKEY LeBLANC


For 2009, longtime friends and fellow snowboarders Darrell Mathes and Mikey LeBlanc have introduced a new production company to release their own professional snowboard videos. After filming for many years with various producers the two have decided to team up and create a production company to provide them with complete creative control. The new production company is named Video Grass and has recently released the first teaser for the public to get a glimpse of what is in store for this season's release. Take a fresh look at what is to come in the Video Grass Teaser.

Monday, August 17, 2009

MNSS SNOWBOARDER LOUIE VITO ON DANCING WITH THE STARS



Good Morning America announced this morning that The Sports Syndicate’s Louie Vito will be competing on this season’s Dancing With The Stars.

The show is the top rated program on ABC and is seen by some 22 million viewers per episode. The first show of the new season will be a two hour LIVE broadcast on ABC on Monday, September 21st at 8pm PST and EST. The following night, Tuesday, September 22nd, Dancing With The Stars will air for two more hours. For more information about ABC's Dancing With The Stars visit ABCNEWS.COM

MNSS SKATEBOARDERS PLG AND CHRIS COLE EARN 1ST IN VERT AND 2ND IN STREET AT THE DEW TOUR PORTLAND STOP




Pierre Luc Gagnon Kickflip Indy at the Dew Tour in Portland


Pierre Luc Gagnon in 1st place at the Dew Tour in Portland




Chris Cole on the street course at the Dew Tour in Portland


Chris Cole on the 2nd place spot at the Dew Tour in Portland


Pierre Luc Gagnon and Chris Cole put together great runs over the weekend at the Portland stop of the Dew Tour. PLG took first in skate vert and Chris grabbed the silver in the street.

PLG continued his domination on the vert ramp and consistently nailed huge tricks. PLG grabbed the audience’s attention during his second run when he successfully executed 4 540’s, a 720, and a combination of flip tricks. The reigning Dew Tour vert champion continues on his quest for another title.

Always impressive, Cole delivered one of the best runs of the entire weekend, landing a double backside flip, a backside 360 kickflip and an airwalk over the gap. Chris is now in second place in the overall standings and insiders are betting he’ll take the title this year.

Chris and PLG are looking forward to adding to their strong results at the remaining Dew Tour stops. For more information about Vert finals at the Portland Dew Tour visit ALLISPORTS.COM For more information about Street finals at the Portland Dew Tour visit ALLISPORTS.COM

MNSS SNOWBOARDER TORSTEIN HORGMO PLACES 2ND AT THE NEW ZEALAND OPEN


TTR Tricks - Torstein Horgmo Snowboarding Tricks at NZ Open


Torstein Horgmo on the NZ Open Podium in 2nd Place


Torstein Horgmo on the NZ Open Slopestyle course


For the first event on the Burton Global Series at the New Zealand Open Torstein Horgmo brought his bag of tricks to the Slopestyle course. For the finals Torstein threw down in his third and final run with a switch backside 900 followed by back to back 1080s, giving him an edge and finishing second. Congrats to Torstein on his solid results. For more information about the New Zealand Open visit TTRWORLD.COM

Thursday, August 13, 2009

MNSS SNOWBOARDER TORSTEIN HORGMO LANDS ON COVER FOR THE AUGUST ISSUE OF ONBOARD


That man on the cover is MNSS snowboarder Torstein Horgmo on the current cover for the August issue of European snowboarding magazine ONBOARD. Congrats to Torstein for his solid cover.

Monday, August 3, 2009

MNSS ATHLETES PIERRE LUC GAGNON AND JEREMY STENBERG BRING HOME GOLD AND SILVER FROM X GAMES 15



X Games 15 Skateboard Vert Highlight Video - Gold for PLG



X Games 15 Skateboard Vert Podium - Gold for Pierre Luc Gagnon


X Games 15 Freestyle MX Podium - Silver for Jeremy Stenberg

Skateboarder Pierre Luc Gagnon and FMX rider Jeremy Stenberg pulled big runs in the Skateboard Vert and Freestyle MX events at X Games 15. The Skateboard Vert finals saw PLG putting the knife into vert. He kept up near flawless runs landing flip tricks like nollie backside bigspin heelflips and airs including fakie 720s. It was more than enough to earn PLG another X Games Gold medal. In FMX Jeremy "Twitch" Stenberg put in some of the best runs seen from him. Between his run in X Fighters Madrid, Spain earlier this month and the runs he threw down in the XG15 FMX final, Twitch is on top of the FMX game right now. Not only have his extensions got noticeably bigger, but his style has smoothed out and his consistency is strong. Twitch is pumped on his silver medal. Congrats to both PLG and Twitch for their performances at X Games 15.

MNSS PRO SKATEBOARDER CHRIS COLE PLACES 3RD AT THE DEW TOUR SKATE OPEN IN BOSTON



Dew Tour Skate Open Podium - 3rd Place for Chris Cole

To describe the finals of the Dew Tour Skate Open ISF Skateboarding World Championships the most often comment heard in the crowd was "What!?!" during two hot & heavy heats of runs and jams that included 12 of the best skateboarders in the world. A great mix of styles included Chris Cole going after the big double and charging the Celtics gap hard at the buzzer. Some of the highlights from the second Heat included Chris Cole's 270 lipslide and huge heelflip down the big double. In the end, Cole's consistency, and hard charge helped him secure 3rd place for the first event of the Dew Tour series.