MNSS SKATEBOARDER CHRIS COLE EARNS 2ND IN STREET AT THE DEW TOUR SALT LAKE CITY STOP

The Sports Syndicate’s Chris Cole was up to his usual tendencies this weekend, stomping super technical tricks, which secured him silver in Salt Lake City. Chris is now sitting first in the overall Dew Tour standings in skate street. Cole had an amazing run in the finals completing slides up and down the rails and nailed some of the most difficult tricks in his arsenal. The crowd was astounded by his backside 360, double flip, shifty over the hydrant, three-shuv mute, switch frontside flip, switch backside flip and backside 270 on the down rail. Chris is looking forward to adding to his medal collection come this October in Orlando at this year’s final Dew Tour where he will seek to secure the 2009 Dew Tour Championship.

MNSS SNOWBOARDER DARRELL MATHES "KEEPING IT COOL" INTERVIEW ON ESPN.COM

Few snowboarders are as dialed in as Darrell Mathes. He carries a style all his own confident, careless of outside opinion. His sponsors are among the most desirable brands a rider would want to be associated with. He has his own production company, Videograss, through which he and his fellow founders have managed to put out one of the most anticipated videos of the year. He has a new accessory company with a growing team. The sum of all these parts? There is pretty much no downside to being Mathes. As the new shred season starts to rear its ugly head, ESPN linked up with the Portland slayer to find out just how he's been able to hook himself up with arguably the best life in pro snowboarding, how fresh Videograss is going to be and why he will always think contests are wack. Click here to visit ESPN.COM and read more of the interview with Darrell.

MNSS SNOWBOARDER LOUIE VITO INTERVIEW ON TRANSWORLD SNOWBOARDING WEBSITE

Transworld Snowboarding recently featured an interview with Louie Vito to discuss the latest announcement that he will be appearing on this season of ABC’s Primetime hit show Dancing With The Stars which premiers September 21st. In addition to his DWTS obligations, he’s making a push for the US Team and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. In preparation for the upcoming contest season, Louie has been in down under for the last month working out new tricks. At the New Zealand Open Superpipe event Louie revealed his newest trick, one never before done in competition, the frontside double-cork 1080º ushering in what is sure to become the year of the double-cork spin. Louie Vito has a lot going on so in a quick interview from New Zealand, he filled in some blanks with Transworld Snowboarding's Joel Muzzey. Visit http://snowboarding.transworld.net to read the interview and catch up with Louie.

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.

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