August 30
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Photo: Huggy
Austin is proud to be from the Northwest, and people from the upper territory are just as proud to claim him. A well-rounded rider with a penchant for going huge, Austin owns a number of tricks suited for gnarly rails or gigantic hips. Still on the come up, look for Austin to do big things in films by “Think Thank” and hip sessions everywhere.
Stance: Regular
Home Mountain: Snoqualmie
Board: Ride Machette 155
Boot: Ride Ful
Binding: Ride Contraband
Outerwear: Airblaster
Goggle: Airblaster
May 8, 2013
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Day 2 at Superpark 17 presented by Gatorade was one for the books. For the first time ever, Superpark was broadcast live via Superpark 17: The Webcast, which showcased thirty of the best jumpers in a heavy session on Loon's 70-footer. A barrage of double corks, double lines, and shirtless Lick the Cat guys soared over the jump under Oregon's blue skies. Woodward's jib feature opened on Day 2, also, providing a myriad of jib options for the rail heavies. Check out the video for the action and tune in at 1:30pm - 4:30pm PST for today's webcast, direct from Seven Springs' massive channel hip.
May 7, 2013
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words: Tanner McCarty captions: T. Bird Day two of Superpark presented by Gatorade opened up with mostly sunny skies, light and variable winds, and a whole lot of boarders eager to start shredding the marvelous features constructed by Loon Mountain, Seven Springs, Woodward (Copper and Boreal), and Mt. Bachelor. If you were procrastinating at your [...]
May 3, 2013
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words and photos: Ethan Stone Fortier It’s the evening after the third day of what could be one of the coolest events snowboarding has to offer, and as I sit in a parking garage at the top of Tenjin Mountain, having a cold one with a group of good friends from all over the world [...]
February 25, 2013
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Austin Hironaka with a huge hip air from Superpark in Mammoth.
February 10, 2013
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words and photos: E-Stone Technine headed north to Ottawa, Ontario last season, in search of snow and some new spots to film. When they arrived in the capital of Canada, they were met with exactly what they were looking for, along with some below zero temperatures. But, that didn’t stop Dylan Thompson, Nick Poohachoff, Austin [...]
January 14, 2013
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The first part from "Of Life and Love" features Gray Thompson and Curtis Woodman as they surf their way through Cook City, Stevens Pass, and Baker. Curtis and Gray are seasoned powder-hounds who are equally experienced in finding the goods and enjoying them to the fullest. Filmed in January 2012, this part features cameos by Matt Edgars and Austin Hironaka.
Of Life and Love is a video project following a tight group of friends' adventures throughout last season. Brought to you by The Aaron Robinson Plant A Seed Foundation. Watch the "Of Life and Love" intro.
January 4, 2013
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Austin Hironaka with a huge hip air from Superpark in Mammoth. Might as well bookmark this page now.
December 19, 2012
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Rider: Austin Hironaka Photographer: E-Stone
December 14, 2012
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Now that you have seen Austen Sweetin and Austin Hironaka's Boreal video, go to SNOWBOARDER's Facebook page page to enter GoPro's "12 Day's of Christmas" giveaway. Today we will be gifting a new Ride DH Snowboard at 5pm PST. Enter once,and you have a chance to win every day for the next 12 days. On Christmas Day, we’ll be holding a bonus giveaway of three Woodward Tahoe Camp scholarships. Today’s giveaway is a brand new Gnu Carbon Credit board. Enter the giveaway here
December 14, 2012
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On the second day of Christmas the magazine you love gave to thee, two Austin’s jibbing. Austin Hironaka and Austen Sweetin share the second edit of SNOWBOARDER Magazine’s "12 Days Of Christmas" presented by GoPro
. Boreal Mountain Resort is once again playing host to some high-def holiday revelry. Push play, repeat, and then go to SNOWBOARDER’s Facebook page to sign up for our "12 Days Of Christmas" giveaway, where we will are gifting a new board at 5pm PST every day until the 24th of December. Enter once, and you have a chance to win every day. On Christmas Day, we’ll be holding a bonus giveaway of three Woodward Tahoe Camp Camp scholarships. Today’s prize is a brand new Ride DH.
12 Days edits
Day1: Forest Bailey at Boreal
December 12, 2012
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Snowboarder Magazine's "12 Days of Christmas" presented by GoPro begins Thursday, December 13th. Each day until the 25th, we will be dropping a new video surprise to help you make the most of boring holiday parties, long lines at the mall, and groups of carolers that won't leave your doorstep.
October 12, 2012
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Rider: Austin Hironaka Photographer: E-Stone
October 3, 2012
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Lib Tech’s Downtown Throwdown – Fueled by Monster returns to the streets of Seattle and San Francisco! New features, amazing riders, over $25K in prize money and still totally FREE…it’s gonna be BANANAS!
October 1, 2012
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September 19, 2012
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Rider: Austin Hironaka Photographer: E-Stone
July 19, 2012
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Rider: Austin Hironaka Photographer: E-Stone
June 22, 2012
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Rider: Austin Hironaka Photographer: E-Stone
May 9, 2012
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Recap: T. Bird
Captions: Pat Pridges
Thus far, Superpark 16 Presented by Gatorade is shaping up to be one of the best of all time. Day two started off with similar weather to day one. No wind. No clouds. Plenty of sunshine. Needless to say that without the 300-plus person registration process, the Superpark 2012 attendees got right to business.
From nine to noon, the Seven Springs features got sessioned hard. Their two jumps–one at the top and one at the bottom– went off, with twenty-plus riders hiking and hitting the seventy-footer. Once again, Hans and Nils Mindnich proved to be the standouts on the top kicker with a plethora of moves that not only kicked off the session, but kept it going until lunch. Meanwhile, the monster booter constructed by Joel Rerko and his diligent staff was being lapped by about forty riders, including, but not limited to Seth Hill, Sage Kotsenburg, Sam Hulbert, Brandon Cocard, and Brendan Gerard. While Brendan emerged as the star rider (to me, at least), that’s not to take away from any of the other takers who pointed it at the behemoth. The photos from the jump may look fake, but the reality of the situation this morning can only conclude that snowboard park design and execution has hit an astronomical level.
Immediately after lunch, about twenty-five riders were hand-picked to get down on a private hip session. Said riders included Pat Moore, Garrett Warnick, Sam Taxwood, Seth Hill, Victor Simco, Blake Paul, Josh Dirksen, Robby Balharry, Ben Bogart, Forest Bailey, Dustin Craven, Ben Bilocq, Michael Gray, Austen Sweetin, Austin Hironaka, Kyle Lopiccolo, Brendan Gerard (who might have my vote for overall Superpark standout at the moment), Andrew Brewer, Hans and Nils Mindnich (who also might be current standouts), Phil Jacques and a few more. At the end of the afternoon jam, either Austen Sweetin or Dustin Craven went the highest on the hip, Sam Taxwood and Hans Mindnich almost stole the show with gigantic alley-oop front threes, while Austen Sweetin stomped some insane switch methods, but it was Garrett Warnick who walked away with the best trick (and best overall performance) when he sent an alley-oop back seven to the tranny. The crowd went wild and then piled out, except for a select few who were tapped for a sunset shoot on Seven Springs’ top jump and Boreal’s step-up.
As soon as the sun went down, twenty invited riders made their way to the top of the Superpark setup on the Seven Springs booter. Pat Moore, Garrett Warnick, Seth Hill, Brendan Gerard, Andreas Wiig, Scotty Vine, the brothers Mindnich, Colin Spencer, Tim Humphreys, Mitch Richmond, and more lapped the step down as the sun set over the valley in Bend. Superpark is all about sunset shoots, and the images that come from them, and needless to say, you'll see what we're talking about in the January issue of SNOWBOARDER Magazine.
There's three days of Superpark still to go, so keep checking back for all the info about Superpark 16 Presented by Gatorade live at Mt. Bachelor.
March 30, 2012
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It has taken months for Austin Hironaka to get around to this, but he has finally come out with a mashup of his full parts from the Think Thank and F.O.D.T videos. Watch the fruits of his labor above.
March 6, 2012
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The sequel to Familia, FODT brings you another cinematic storyline with a much happier ending in Fam 2. Enjoy and support their movement by downloading the whole film on iTunes now! Oh yeah, there's alot of rad snowboarding too!!
Download it here.
January 12, 2012
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The Ride/Cappel Outerwear team is stacked for 2012 with the addition of four new riders to the circuit roster. Now dressed in Ride Signature Style, Austin Hironaka, Alex Cantin and Silvia Mittermüller are welcomed as pros along with Yuki Kadono as the newest Ride rookie pro.
January 4, 2012
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Photos & Captions: E-Stone
To bring in the New Year and celebrate the past we are bringing you "New Year's High Resolution" photo galleries from SNOWBOARDER Magazine's senior photographers and staff of their top 10 photos from the 2010-2011 season. The latest top 10 picks comes from SNOWBOARDER Magazine senior photographer, Ethan Stone Fortier, a.k.a "E-Stone". This man knows how to hustle whether it is getting the shot or handling business with Technine. Standing out in snowboard photography isn't a simple task, but E-Stone has managed to develop a style in which you could flip through a magazine and know it was his photo without reading the caption. And for that, our lens caps are off you to Mr. Fortier. Here is what he has to say about his experience last winter:
"From being taken in by the people of Tallinn, Estonia and being treated like family to surviving the earthquake in Japan I will never forget this past year of shooting. I recall waking up in a hotel at 4am while the whole building shook and I thought I was going to die. I even texted my good friends to let them know what they meant to me as it might be my last moments on the planet. It’s amazing the places you find yourself and the people you end up meeting along the way. Revo–Estonia’s first rapper to make it on MTV Europe–took our crew in like we were family. I imagined this would be someone I would call a friend for some time. Now, 7 months later, I learned he passed away from skin cancer. Life is short and you need to really enjoy every moment while you still can. Photography puts me in some amazing situations and always introduces me to even more amazing people. It’s not easy, as each shoot has a million variables but when you get a shot you are stoked on it’s all worth it. The riders I shoot with are all some of my best friends and in some cases just as close to me as any family member. Being able to work and travel with them is a dream come true. As I look back at my favorite ten photos of 2011, each one brings me back to the moment they were shot. Some were a couple miles from my house and others were half way around the world. All of them have a great back story and all of them took a lot of work to get. 2012 will bring a new set of adventures and hopefully a new stack of favorite shots. For now, I hope you enjoy my favorite pics from 2011!"
–E-Stone
January 3, 2012
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Rider: Austin Hironaka Photographer: E-Stone
December 5, 2011
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The Visual Collective Presents: Off The Cuff. Featuring: Jonah Owen, Justin Norman, Austin Hironaka, Max Warbington, Josh Dodson, Parker Worthen, Blake Payne, Seth Kitzke, Derrek Lever, Spencer Schubert, & Friends.
November 21, 2011
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Rider: Austin Hironaka Photographer: E-Stone
