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By The Blogging Tomato, 28.09.2011 12:18

Last weekend the Landiwiese in Zürich was the spot where all freestyle fans gathered when Teamrider Halldor Helgason won the snowboard competition!
On Friday night the weekend got started with the Riders Welcome Night at Sihl City! A great party; people were relaxed, the riders were motivated and Mambo Kurt and Drifter&Mortenson brought some sweet beats! But theres no rest for the wicked, the next morning we got up early because at 11am freestyle.ch 2011 kicked off with a bang!
Till 1pm the labelarea was the main interest of the crowd. There was a lot of action at the Blue Tomato tent! We entertained  with great goodies and the fwheel of fortune was spinning all day long!

Around 1pm the qualis started and it was time for the riders show if they had what it takes to win the freestyle.ch 2011! The Blue Tomato Teamriders Tobi Grünwald and Max Grünwald were on site shredding up the various skateramps!

As the sun started setting you could hear the sweet sound of Lil Jon busting out a wicked live performing! Thanks to open-air Frauenfeld, because he knew how to motivate the crowd for the big Crossoversession!
At 10pm the real party got started at Härterei, the biggest party of the weekend and it was definately worth a visit! On two floors the DJs were heating up the air and the crowd was dancing all night long till the morning came!

On Sunday afternoon the finals started:

From the snowboarders it was Blue Tomato Teamrider Halldor Helgason who dominated! He inspired the crowd and the judges with a Frontside Double Cork 1080! This trick you land almost blind which is why it´s so difficult, but Halldor carried it out with near perfect execution and had enough style to become the freestyle.ch winner of 2011!! On second place was Seppe Smits and third Ståle Sandbech.

In Freeski the swiss ruled the ramp! Elias Ambühl won the Freeski contest after placing second for two consecutive years, and directly behind  him in second place this year was the 16 year old Kai Mahler!

In the FMX and the Skate disciplines the role models quickly took the lead! FMX legend, spanish Dany Torres won! Tom Pagès placed second and Petr Pilat third!

In skateboarding it was Canadian Pierre-Luc Gagnon who won, as expected! Rony Gomes took second place and Adam Taylor third!

Honestly, it was an amazing weekend with a lot of action and a lot of partying! However the planning for the freestyle.ch goes on and the date for 2012 is already set to 23. and 24. September! And Blue Tomato will be there for sure!

So see you there!

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By The Blogging Tomato, 15.04.2011 13:41

Blue Tomato Teamrider Halldor Helgason Dritter beim AK Extreme Festival in Island!

Nach einer sechs jährigen Pause kehrte letztes Wochenende endlich das legendäre AK Extreme (AKX) Festival nach Akureyri, Island, zum vierten Mal in seiner Geschichte, vom 7. Bis 10.April zurück. Zurück für die Musik, zurück fürs Snowboarden, zurück für die Parties, zurück für euch!

AKX ist ein Snowboard und Musik Festival mit dem Ziel ein Event zu schaffen, bei dem sich die Freude am Snowboarden mit guter Musik und endlosen Partys vereinen kann. Der Event besteht aus verschiedenen Snowboard Contests mit dem Container jump als absolutes Highlight.

Beim AKX Container jump kämpften Pro-Snowboarder wie die Blue Tomato Teamrider Eiki und Halldor Helgason oder Gulli Gudmundsson, plus 15 andere namenshafte Snowboarder aus Island, um den AKX Titel.

Halldor behauptete, dass der Container jump einer der zweifelhaftesten, aber auch einer der sicksten Contests bei weitem sei. Vielleicht war auch gerade das der Grund für die große Masse an jubelnden Zuschauern.

Halldor erreichte den ausgezeichneten dritten Platz mit einem nicht perfekt gelandeten bs cork. Aufgrund von Eiki’s Schulterverletzung übernahm er nur die Rolle eines Judges.

Coole Partys und Konzerte wurden von Donnerstag bis Samstag gegeben, einschließlich den Rockern Agent Fresco, die Hip-Hopper Forgotten Lores und der Metal Band Endless Dark.

„Das Wiederaufleben dieses Events und das positive Feedback hat uns mit so viel Energie und Ideen bereichert, dass ihr euch besser vor AKX 2012 hütet!“, sagte Geiri, Marketing Manager bei Nikita Clothing und Event Organisator.

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Third place for Blue Tomato teamrider Halldor Helgason at AK Extreme festival in Iceland!

After a six year break, the legendary AK Extreme (AKX) festival finally returned to Akureyri, Iceland, for the fourth time in its history from 7th to 10th April. Back for the music, back for the snowboarding, back for the parties and back for you!

AKX is a snowboard and music festival with the goal to create an event that is about the joys of snowboarding, mixed with good music and endless parties! The schedule included a mix of snowboard events with the highlight being the infamous container jump.

The AKX container jump saw pro snowboarders like the Blue Tomato teamriders Eiki and Halldor Helgason or Gulli Gudmundsson plus fifteen of Iceland‘s finest snowboarders fighting for the AKX title.

Halldor said that the AKX container jump is one of the sketchiest contests in snowboarding, but also one of the sickest by far. Maybe that’s why a crowd of 5000-6000 people turned out to watch and cheer.

Halldor achieved the great third place with a not quite landed bs doble cork. Due to Eiki‘s recovering from a shoulder injury, he took the role as one of the judges.

From Thursday to Saturday cool parties and concerts were given, including progressive rockers Agent Fresco, hip-hoppers Forgotten Lores and metal heads Endless Dark.

„Bringing AKX back and the positive response we have gotten has filled us up with so many ideas and energy that you better watch out for AKX 2012!“ says Geiri, Marketing Manager at Nikita Clothing and one of the event‘s organisers.

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By The Blogging Tomato, 22.03.2011 11:53

Have fun with the private sexual snowboarding teaser with the Blue Tomato Teamrider Kareem El Rafie!

Check out the teaser:

Kareem and Risto`s private sexual snowboarding teaser, from www.helgasons.com, Lobster on Vimeo.

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By The Blogging Tomato, 26.01.2011 15:30

They slay rails, destroy kickers, produce mind-blowing video parts, win all the snowboarding popularity awards going, run their own media house at Helgasons.com and still have the time to give birth to their own snowboard brand.

Yep – Iceland’s finest, the Helgasons, announce the launch of Lobster Snowboards.

Eiki and Halldor Helgason have launched their own snowboard brand… thank god!

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By The Blogging Tomato, 17.12.2010 15:48

We proudly present our exclusive and entire Blue Tomato Helgasons Collection. Oh no, stop. Unfortunately not the entire collection cause the Helgasons Hood is already sold out. So hurry up and save your one part of this awesome clothing line! 
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By The Blogging Tomato, 03.08.2010 10:24

Blue Tomato teamriders Marc Swoboda, Eiki Helgason and Halldor Helgason were part of the fabulous Camp of Champioins 2010 at Whistlers sick COC-Park.

“This year we are rolling on double deuces – It’s been 22 YEARS since we practically invented the action sports summer camp and this year is going to be the best yet. Every summer we strive to outdo the previous summer. We spend all winter thinking up ways to make camp better and even more fun so that every summer will be the best summer ever”, says Ken Achenbach, founder, owner, director of the camp and member of the snowboarding hall of fame.

and… “Steve Petrie and Arena Snowparks fresh off building the Olympic Halfpipe where 6 of the top 7 men’s finalists came from COC. Steve build’s us the biggest, most perfectly designed private snowpark in the world. Whistler Blackcomb builds the best bike park in the world. The snowpark and the bike park have every square inch packed with features. Both parks are constantly evolving and getting better because Steve Petrie, COC and WB take rider and coach input to fine tune the parks, the experience and use everyone’s input to come up with new stuff. Best of all both parks are designed so no matter what your ability you will have the best time riding.”

Click here to read more about the sick Camp of Champions….

Here are some videos starring our teamriders:

The Camp Of Champions – ”Snowboard Camp A 2010″ from Camp of Champions on Vimeo.

The Camp Of Champions – “Snowboard Camp B 2010″ from Camp of Champions on Vimeo.

The Camp Of Champions – “Snowboard Camp C 2010″ from Camp of Champions on Vimeo.

Camp of Champions 2010 Summer Recap from Cole Taylor on Vimeo.

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By The Blogging Tomato, 14.07.2010 08:08

Check out Halldor Helgasons part in Variety Pack’s latest release, The Leak.

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By The Blogging Tomato, 09.07.2010 16:56

You can’t wait to see the footage??? Then click the play button…

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By The Blogging Tomato, 08.07.2010 11:43

Heaps of new videos on helgasons.com

Here is a short movie from Windells, with some nice sequences of Blue Tomato Teamrider Eiki Helgason.

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Windells 2, 2010: Snowboarding from Windells on Vimeo.