Snowboarding chicks storming the castle

What a great first year of snowboarding at the event! Sunset, lifestyle and helicopter shoots, as well as, jib sessions and a fantastic contest day all added up to a great introduction of snowboarding to the 2014 Suzuki Nine Queens presented by O’Neill in Livigno, Italy. Get a piece of the epic action in the snowboard edit, which celebrates the awesome riders such as big air contest winner Elena Könz (SUI), the “Best Overall” snowboarder Isabel Derungs (SUI), “Style Queen” Klaudia Medlova (SVK) and many more…

GoPro Highlight Clip – filmed 100% with GoPro!

What is the best way to go behind the scenes and really get to know the athletes? Give all of them a GoPro and see for yourself in the GoPro Highlight Clip from the Suzuki Nine Queens presented by O’Neill!

Watch the GoPro Highlight Clip fresh from the editor’s screens:

The full Highlight Clip is out!

There are many reasons to celebrate the weeklong Suzuki Nine Queens presented by O’Neill that took place in Livigno, Italy. In addition to the big air contest winners, the peer-voted awards determined the “Best Overall” skier and snowboarder, as well as, who had the “Best Style” and “Best GoPro Shot”. An integral part of the event concept has always been the photo contest and this year saw the spotlight aimed at the people behind the lenses once again.

The success of bringing together the ski and snowboard female pro’s for the first time shows in this highlight edit, with never before seen action!

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Photo Contest 2014

Our  talented and incredibly creative, invited photographers Christoph Schöch (AUT) , Eleonora Raggi (ITA), Nate Abbott (USA) and Alex Papis (AUT) excelled this week. Not only pushing for a fresh vision and new ways of documenting some of the world’s best skiers and snowboarders throwing down at the “Il Castello” on Mottolino Fun Mountain,  they kept it cool, worked closely together with the riders and had fun! The 2014 Suzuki Nine Queens presented by O’Neill in Livigno would not have been the same without them! We love you guys! The results are amazing, see for yourselves….drum roll…there are the 4 different category winners…

Important: These photos can only be published on www.ninequeens.com! They can NOT be copy pasted to other websites!!!

WINNER PHOTOS

1. Best Action –  Eleonora Raggi
(rider: Jenny Jones GBR)
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“I had planned some shots beforehand and I brought my harness with me. Once I had climbed into my spot on the lift pilon the police spotted me and shouted at me to get down. I pretended I did not understand and finally they had to come and get me, but I got my shot! ” -Eleonora – Continue reading →