10 years deep and still not satisfied

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Featuring:
Tom Wallisch, Wiley Miller, Tanner Rainville, Duncan Adams, Phil Casabon, Henrik Harlaut, Mike Riddle, Josh Bibby, Liam Downey, Corey Vanular, Mike Hornbeck, Stefan Thomas, Will Wesson, Adam Delorme, Ahmet Dadali, JF Houle, Arnaud Rougier, Niklas Eriksson, and others.

Shot on location at:
SEABA/Haines AK, Mammoth Mountain CA, Denver CO, Michigan, Salt Lake City UT, Chamonix and Tignes France, Baldface Lodge BC, Helsinki Finland, Are Sweden, Trysil Norway, Copper Mtn CO, Alta UT, Eclipse Snow Park CO, Squaw Valley CA, Windells/Timberline OR, Montana, Eastern Canada, Keystone CO, Revelstoke Mountain Resort BC, and Crested Butte CO

Proudly supported by:
Dynastar/Lange, Spyder, Under Armour, Skullcandy, Jiberish, Spy Optic, SWEET, Freeskier Magazine, Level, SBC Skier, Moment Skis, Orage, Amplid, Volkl, 4Frnt, Full Tilt, Kombi, EC Headwear

What is after-bang? After-bang was a term coined by the snowboard production company, Robot Food, as well as the title of its first movie. In 2002, Robot Food defined after-bang as “the desperate attempt to compensate lack of style after landing.” It is a last minute shot at redemption on an otherwise failed maneuver. Tom Wallisch is proclaimed to be the king of after-bang because of his graceful landings. However, his take offs are just as smooth and his tricks are more floated than the arms of a four-year-old in a swimming pool. His flawless style in the air makes Tom Wallisch the king of ‘banging: before-bang, mid-bang, and after-bang. The trifecta! Not to mention that he can slay any urban feature put in front of him.

Read the whole article on Freeskier Magazine…

Here comes an artistic tribute to Tom Wallisch, handdrawn and sent in by Gabriel Garcia from Spain. Great artwork ! Thanks a lot for such a friendly mail attachement !!!

Congrats to Spy’s Grand Prize Winners!!! Andy from Albuquerque, NM won Tom Wallisch’s prizes from Spy, Amplid & Skullcandy.

Wanna be coached by A.R.C. riders Tom Wallisch and Steve Stepp ?

Shredding the public park at Aspen CO. An edit from the week of Aspen Open 2009, featuring A.R.C. rider Tom “Pretzlman” Wallisch and friends.

Josh Berman @ Level1:

Our friends over at BNQT.com have teamed up with Coast Body Wash to launch the first annual Make Me Famous sponsorship contest, awarding the winning skier or snowboarder a year-long sponsorship deal worth $20k. We’ve gathered some of Tom Wallisch’s best content from the past 3 years, (with the exception, of course, of all his new content which we’ll have to keep exclusive to Level 1′s latest flick, “Refresh”), and edited it all together in one of the most impressive displays of talent that we’ve seen in a while.

LEAVE A COMMENT AND HELP TOM ENTER THE FINALS !

Check out the HD version below, then head right on over to check out Tom’s entry on the official Coast contest site and leave a comment. In order to be considered for the finals, we need at least a few people to drop some kind words in the comment field.

Check out all the official rules and regulations at coast-makemefamous.com.

The Association of Freeskiing Professionals (AFP), the voice of freeskiing, has calculated it’s final world rankings for men’s and women’s halfpipe, slopestyle. big air and overall winners for the 2008-09 season.

The AFP ranking system was developed to track men’s and women’s competition results of more than 18 events held on four continents in slopestyle, halfpipe and big air in order to name true global world champions. The AFP has developed an event ranking system that creates balance between the different formats and levels of events held throughout the world, separating them into four categories, Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum. Events are ranked based on course construction, prize money, media exposure and level of athlete participation and receive maximum point values based on this criteria. The top four individual results for halfpipe and top 3 results for slopestyle and big air are used to determine athlete rankings and discipline champions.

In men’s slopestyle, relative newcomer Tom Wallisch, 21, originally from Pittsburgh but now resides in Park City, UT , staged a late season surge to take the AFP World Champion Slopestyle title for 2008-09. With wins at Dew Tour #3 in Northstar and at the Dumont Cup at Sunday River, ME, along with a 2nd place at the European Open in Laax, Switzerland, Wallisch compiled 2,040 points in his three qualifying results and made his claim to surge past 2nd place finisher Henrik Harlaut, 17 from Are, Sweden. Harlaut had wins at the Aspen and European Opens and two top five finishes at Dew Tour to garner 1,890 points. Sammy Carlson, 20 of Tigard, Oregon came in third with a 2nd place at X-Games and two top 4 finishes at Dew Tour with a total of 1,700 points.

More info on afpworldtour.com

West Coast Session: Days Two and Three from Junction 133 on Vimeo.

Watch A.R.C. riders Wallisch, Stepp and friends ripping at Timberline. More coverage on Day II and III right HERE …