Video: Hu Am I?

After last year’s release of “Niu” last year, the Mellowparks team from China have set their eyes on a new video release in the year of the Tiger – ‘Hu’ in Chinese.

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Posted by Brendon on June 23rd, 2010 in China.
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China’s mega ski resort delayed (again)

Ping Tian, China’s first destination ski resort in Xinjiang Province has been shelved for the 2009/2010 winter according to the resort’s management.

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Posted by Brendon on November 18th, 2009 in China and Pingtian.
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Q&A: Snowboarding in China with Mellow Parks

Just inside the Great Wall of China, not far from Beijing, a team of professional snowboarders, dubbed “Mellow Parks”, are pioneering the sport of snowboarding in the Middle Kingdom. CherryPow caught up with one of core members, Olli Fenwick-Ross, to find out more.

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Posted by Brendon on November 13th, 2009 in China and Nanshan and Qiaobo and Snowboard.
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The first HD snowboard movie in China

Below is a teaser from Mellowparks.cn called “Happy Niu Year”, the first Chinese snowboard movie shot in HD – hitting the world December 2009.

According to the Vimeo summary the video was “shot primarily in Beijing’s Quiksilver Nanshan Mellow Park, the movie is the sequel to last year’s snowboarding flick “Niu Beesness”. Luckily for the public we were forced to abandon our initial plan of venturing into the erotic films industry due to legal issues…and decided to put together Happy Niu Year instead.”

In case you’re wondering Niu stands for Ox – and 2009 is the year of the Ox. It’s a play on words, as it sounds like ‘new’ – well sort of, anyway.

Happy Niu Year features riding from the Mellowparks.cn Crew, Quiksilver China Snowboard Team, and friends.

Now for the good news: The DVD will be free to the public. Included in the DVD is the Nitro Roadwarriors’ 2009 movie, the 7th Nanshan Open (Nanshan is a resort in China), a best-of roundup, and a trip to New Zealand. All in all that’s more than 100 minutes of free content. As the Chinese would say, Hen Hao. As the Kiwis would say, Sweet as, bro!

In China you can get your copy from December at any Quiksilver, Nordica or Nitro store, stockists of 9010, Neff, and Skullcandy, or through 1626, CityWeekend and Speed Snowboard magazines. Not in China? No problem! Happy 牛 Year will also be available free to download from Mellowparks.cn!

Posted by Brendon on June 25th, 2009 in China and Quiksilver and Snowboard and Video.
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Ice Biking in Beijing, China

Yep, there’s skiing in China but its a fairly small scene right now. While the snow at the current resorts may not be as reputable as that in Japan, they do have ice biking. Here’s a quick video from the guys who run www.snowboardermag.com.au.

Posted by Brendon on June 12th, 2009 in China and Ice biking.
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