WIN A FREE SNOWBOARD
It's impossible to be more direct that this: click on the link at the bottom left-hand side of the Snowboarding Online front screen and you could get a free board from the Whistler Snowboard Camp.

SWATCH BOARDERCROSS AT BEAR MOUNTAIN
Can Palmer ever be stopped? The Pizalm is back in action on the Swatch Boardercross Tour and his winning ways haven't changed. Check out the full results right here.

FIVE DEAD IN WEEKEND AVALANCHES
Heavy weekend storms kill five people over the weekend. It's avalanche season and this is just another reminder to be careful out there.

MT. BAKER BANKED SLALOM
David Sypniewski, senior editor of TransWorld Snowboarding bets big on his performance in the Mt. Baker Banked Slalom and Matt Goodwill lays down the law. Get the whole story on the Shuksan serpent.

AST NORTHSTAR-AT-TAHOE
Ian Spiro and Autumn Rose charge it in a really bad pipe and the Queen of the AST, Lisa Kosglow returns to lay waste in the women's GS competition.

LUCAS@LARGE: MTV'S SNOWED IN AT SNOW SUMMIT
TransWorld Snowboarding's Editor at Large Michael Lucas spent the weekend hunting down Hollywood starlets. Luckily for them he didn't find any. But here are a few of the things he did find.

X GAMES EXPERIENCE
Snowboard Life Contributing Editor Kurt Hoy attended the 99 Winter X Games and has a few things to say: one being experience beats out youth any day of the week. Get this and more insight into the most hyped snowboard event of the winter right here.

FILLET OF SOL: THE RETURN OF THE GNARLY DUDE
The Winter X Games, The New Yorker Magazine and the "new gnarly dudeness." Right about now snowboarding looks like it's making its return to 1994.

1999 TRANSWORLD RIDERS' POLL AWARDS
The world's best snowboarders will gather at the plush Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas for the 1999 TransWorld Riders' Poll Awards. Here are the details.

WHO AM I?
Last week's rider was Mad Cash, a.k.a. Matt Kass. This week's rider is also from the Ice Coast. Can you guess who it is? Try. If you're right you'll win a Nintendo game cartridge.

SNOWBOARDING-ONLINE GUIDE
This week we're going to discuss the SNOWBOARDING LEXICON. Instead of sending us e-mail asking for more information about what words mean and which tricks are which, please check the SNOWBOARDING LEXICON first. It is located on the INSTRUCTION section. Just click on the link above and you'll arrive at the LEXICON. There, you will find explanations for every snowboard term known to man--it's easy and it works. Thanks.

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