MNSS SNOWBOARDER JJ THOMAS 3RD IN PIPE AT BRECKENRIDGE DEW TOUR

The Sports Syndicate’s JJ Thomas placed third in the halfpipe competition at the first stop of the Winter Dew Tour in Breckenridge, CO. The former Olympian and Breckenridge team rider was able to snag the biggest airs of the day while maintaining his speed and composure throughout the pipe. His signature backside 900 started off his run that was complete with back-to-back 1080’s that were 14 feet out of the pipe and an audience favorite. Thomas will continue to compete this season on the Dew Tour and also the Grand Prix stops with hopes of qualifying for the 2010 Winter Olympic games in Vancouver.
CLICK HERE to visit allisports.com for more Winter Dew Tour coverage.

MNSS SNOWBOARDER ANDREAS WIIG IS NOW ON FORUM SNOWBOARDS

The rumors are true. As winter has arrived, so has Norwegian phenom Andreas Wiig to Forum’s pro team. Andreas is set to give it 110% this season. Whether riding the park, at a slopestyle event or filming in the backcountry, Wiig continually pushes his limits. “It’s an honor to be part of such a talented and progressive team, a team that is setting the standard in snowboarding today,” says Wiig. “I already know most of the guys on the team and I’m looking forward to riding with them. It’s going to be good times.” To check out Wiig's new team rider profile page visit the Forum website at: ForumSnowboards.com

ANDREAS WIIG NEWS AND PRODUCT UPDATE ON MATIX CLOTHING WEBSITE

Andreas Wiig is featured in the recently released Matix Headphones ads. The headphones have just dropped into the line at Matix and were released with a party in Los Angeles. Andreas Wiig has been training and gearing up for a busy winter. He's got X-Games dates, Dew Tour stops, and will be filming for the new Forum video project. The Matix website has an update on what Andreas has been doing and more on his plans for the season. Check out the news with photos and also his new Matix product at: MatixClothing.com

MNSS SKATEBOARDER CHRIS COLE WINS THE BATTLE AT THE BERRICS 2

The Sports Syndicate’s Chris Cole has won the Battle at the Berrics 2. Cole was hands down the audience's choice to win the $10,000 prize. In a heated battle against Paul Rodriguez, Cole’s signature technical style edged out P-Rod for the victory. Check out the final by logging onto: theberrics.com

2009 has clearly been the year of Chris Cole. Beginning in June at the Transworld Skateboarding Awards, where Cole was named skateboarding’s most popular skater by the readers of the industry’s largest magazine, followed by winning Thrasher Magazine’s Back to the ‘Berg, the Maloof Money Cup and then the overall Dew Tour Title, Cole has been the best! Chris would like to thank his sponsors for their support: Zero, Fallen, Spitfire and Thunder.

MNSS SNOWBOARDER ANDREAS WIIG AND KEYSTONE RESORTS SPONSOR A CONTEST TO WIN A TRIP TO RIDE WITH ANDREAS AT KEYSTONE

Hurry to submit a testimonial and you will be entered to win a free snowboard trip for two people this winter. Tell Keystone why you deserve a chance to ride with Andreas, about your favorite A51 park feature, the best day you’ve had here or any other memory that you wish to share and you could win a trip to Keystone. Testimonials are accepted from now through November 30 and the best testimonial will be the winner on December 4, 2009. The winner must be 18 or if younger, must be accompanied by an adult. Travel for prize winners must be prior to December 20, 2009. To enter the contest visit the Keystone site at: www.keystoneresorts.com/andreas

SPY PRESENTS A CONTEST WITH MNSS SNOWBOARDER DARREL MATHES TITLED - DARRELL'S BOOTY: WIN DARRELL MATHES’ WINTER SETUP!

Visit the SpyOptic.com website and enter to win a prize package consisting of items from many of Darrell Mathes sponsors. Prizes include a pair of Spy goggles and sunglasses, Vans snowboard boots, Kicker iPod dock, and an outfit of your choice from WeSC. Darrell was also featured in a recent Ride Snowboards free video release titled "Along For The Ride". Check out the video below.

MNSS SNOWBOARDER ANDREAS WIIG ON THE COVER FOR THE NOVEMBER ISSUE OF ONBOARD MAGAZINE

Andreas Wiig is featured on the November cover of European snowboarding magazine ONBOARD. The cover was shot by his friend Frode Sandbech on the last day of the past season, last trick, with the very last light of the day in Folgefonna, Norway. The photo is shot into the sunset to create a cool lens flare effect. Congrats to Andreas on his solid cover.

MNSS SKATEBOARDER CHRIS COLE FEATURED INTERVIEW ON FUEL.TV FOR THE DEW UNDERGROUND SEGMENT

Chris Cole appears online at Fuel.TV for a featured interview with Chris Pastras. Cole has recently won the Dew Cup Championship in Orlando so he sits down in the studio to answer questions about his Dew Tour experience for the Dew Undergroud segment. The interview can be viewed ONLINE HERE or on FuelTV beginning Wednesday at 8:00 pm/et and will be re-aired several times Wednesday's on FuelTV.

MNSS GOLFER JOHN COOK WINS THE SEASON FINALE CHARLES SCHWAB CUP CHAMPIONSHIP BY FIVE SHOTS

John Cook broke the Charles Schwab Cup Championship scoring record en route to his second win in three weeks. Cook went out and won the season-ending tournament by five strokes for his second Champions Tour title in three weeks. After opening with a 68 on Thursday, Cook shot a tournament-record 62 in the second round and followed with a 67 to enter Sunday with a comfortable lead. Cook stayed consistent throughout the four days and avoided getting into serious trouble. He was bogey free Sunday and had only two bogeys the entire tournament with a solid short game and steady putting. Cook moved to 21 under when he curled in a long putt on the 427-yard, par-4 12th then he birdied the par-3 17th, then tapped in for par on the 18th. His lead was never really challenged and Cook closed with a 3-under 69 to finish 22-under for 266 at Sonoma Golf Club. Cook, who also won the Administaff Small Business Classic two weeks ago in Texas, broke the tournament record of 268.

MNSS SNOWBOARDER ANDREAS WIIG LANDS ON THE COVER FOR ISSUE 47 OF PLAYBOARD MAGAZINE

MNSS snowboarder Andreas Wiig is featured on the current cover for issue 47 of European snowboarding magazine PLAYBOARD. In the magazine Andreas has a 10-page main profile where he talks about life and what he has on his iPod. CLICK HERE to visit the Playboard.no website. Congrats to Andreas for his solid cover.

MNSS SKATEBOARDER CHRIS COLE EARNS 1ST IN STREET AT THE DEW TOUR ORLANDO STOP AND WINS THE OVERALL DEW CUP CHAMPIONSHIP

The Sports Syndicate’s Chris Cole and Greg Lutzka both had amazing weekends in Orlando. Cole was on fire and dominated the competition with 360’s up the death gap, backside and frontside 270’s down the rail and killer flip tricks off and over nearly every obstacle. Upon completion of the second heat, it was revealed that Chris with his score had secured the Dew Cup. Lutzka was feeling the course and the competition, spinning and kickflipping on and off of all the obstacles. His flip tricks down the rail and stairs were textbook Lutzka style. Greg was ecstatic to be on the podium for the first time at this season’s Dew Tour. Check out the event recap at www.allisports.com

MNSS PGA GOLFER JOHN COOK WINS THE ADMINISTAFF SMALL BUSINESS CLASSIC IN TEXAS AND MOVES TO 5TH PLACE IN THE CHARLES SCHWAB CUP

The Sports Syndicate’s John Cook hit some clutch shots to win the Administaff Small Business Classic on Sunday for his third career Champions Tour title. Cook, an 11-time winner on the regular PGA Tour, closed with a 4-under 68 to win the Administaff Small Buiness Classic. Cook finished at 11-under, 205 on The Woodlands Country Club's Tournament Course. Cook started birdie-bogey, but birdies at Nos. 5 and 9 got him within one shot of the leader. Cook got to 10 under, still a stroke behind, with a birdie at 12, then claimed a share of the lead. Cook took control and pulled away with a birdie at 17. On 18, he knew he didn't want to leave his shot short. Then he two-putted for par, putting the pressure on the groups behind him while he waited for his win. Check out the tournament recap on www.pgatour.com

MNSS SURFER PATRICK GUDAUSKAS FINISHES 2ND AT THE LOCAL MOTION GUARUJA PRO

Patrick Gudauskas took a strong step on October 4th toward qualifying for surfing's major leagues in 2010. His second-place showing at the Local Motion Guaruja Pro in Brazil elevated him to fourth in the ASP's World Qualifying Series standings. He'd been fifth. It's significant because it solidifies his standing late in the season. He earned his highest point score so far this season, 2,100 points, and gets to discard a 1,225 from his previous best-seven results, upon which ratings are based.The top 15 WQS surfers normally qualify. CLICK HERE to read more from the online news at the ocregister.com website.

MNSS SNOWBOARDER CHAS GULDEMOND FEATURED ON "THE DAILY HABIT"

Chas Guldemond will appear on "The Daily Habit." The show will be airing Wednesday, September 30 at 9:00 pm Eastern Time (6:00 pm Pacific Time) and telecast THREE additional times, Fuel.tv welcomes the winner of the 2009 US Open, pro snowboarder Chas Guldemond. Guldemond’s sponsors include: DC, Electric, Rockstar, Porters Sports Lake Tahoe, Northstar at Tahoe and Kicker Audio.

"The Daily Habit" is FUEL TV’s first original daily series, telecast weeknights at 9:00pm ET (6:00pm PT) while re-airing later in the evening at 12:00am ET (9:00pm PT), and the following weekday at 2:30pm ET (11:30am PT) and 5:30pm ET (2:30 pm PT).

MNSS SNOWBOARDER JOHN JACKSON FEATURED B ROLL VIDEO FROM FORUM "FOREVER"

Forum Fridays on Snowboarding.Transworld.net comes to you as an extension of Forum’s most recent team-inspired snowboarding release, FOREVER. While the footage is admirable, it was dropped on the cutting room floor, but swept back up for your visual indulgence. Check out John’s 2 song Ender part in FOREVER. FOREVER is Forum’s sixth team-video release, and will be available September 19th on DVD along with an iTunes digital download for $6.99 on October 12th

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

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

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.

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.

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