At the recent Suzuki Nine Knights Snowboarding and Skiing event Christian Haller (SUI) and David Wise (USA) claimed World Records during The Perfect Hip contest. Highest Snowboard Air on a Hip – First time to the competition, Swiss halfpipe extraordinaire Christian Haller flew a massive 11.3 meters above the coping to stomp the world record. Highest Ski Air on a Hip ...
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Xperia Winter Whip 2015 Crowns Champs
This past weekend saw Africa’s top snowboarders and skiers compete in the 2015 Xperia Winter Whip Snowboard and Ski Jam. The event took part on Saturday, 15 August 2015 at the Afriski Mountain Resort in Lesotho, and welcomed athletes from around South Africa and Lesotho, as well as a further 9 international riders from Canada, New Zealand, Slovakia and Slovenia. The ...
Read More »2015 Xperia Winter Whip Announced
Lesotho to showcase Africa’s top Snowboarders and Skiers Snow and snow sports in Africa? Indeed. After the success of LW Mag’s inaugural Winter Whip Snowboard and Ski Slopestyle competition held at the Afriski Mountain Resort in Lesotho in 2014, the organisers are proud to announce that this Action Sports event is back for its second year and titled – 2015 ...
Read More »Snowboarding with Andrew Le Roux
The 2013 South African Snowboarding season was a huge success despite the lack of snowfall at the Afriski Mountain Resort. Andrew Le Roux is one of the top riders this country has to offer, coming off a strong season with a big win, big crashes and all round great progression we interviewed Andrew to chat to him about the 2013 ...
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