Carlsbad, CA— Over 100 of snowboarding’s biggest pros voted on the best riders, video parts, and performances of the year for the 14th annual TransWorld SNOWboarding Riders’ Poll Awards presented by New Era and the results are in. To see who wins, join us on Friday, February 1st at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver, Colorado for the biggest night in snowboarding. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. The show starts at 8:30 p.m. For those who can’t make it, catch videos of the winners at TWSNOW.com/riderspoll. This year’s nominees are… Men’s Rookie Of The Year Brandon Cocard Danimals Frank April Women’s Rookie Of The Year Aimee Fuller Cilka Sadar Corinne Pasela Men’s Rider Of The Year Bode Merrill Nicolas Müller Pat Moore Women’s Rider Of The Year Desiree Melancon Hana Beaman Jess Kimura Men’s Video Part Of The Year Frank April, Enlighten Mikkel Bang, 13 Nicolas Müller, Resonance Women’s Video Part Of The Year Desiree Melancon, Desiree Melancon Hana Beaman, P.S. Jess Kimura, Barely Online Video Series Of The Year Brothers On The Run, John and Eric Jackson Cooking With Gas, Eero Ettala and Heikki Sorsa Salomon Team Vacation, The Salomon Team Video Of The Year 13/Burton Resonance/Absinthe The Darkside/Videograss Standout Performance Of The Year Brandon Cocard, 50-50 Jeremy Jones and the Further crew, hiking and riding the heaviest lines Nicolas Müller, winning Real Snow Backcountry, Resonance part New Era Readers’ Choice, Men’s & Women’s* Voting is still open! Click here to vote. Legend Award* *Awards nominees and recipients to be announced at a later date. The 14th annual TransWorld SNOWboarding Riders’ Poll Awards Show is presented by New Era. Additional sponsors include: Red Bull, Go Pro, Keystone Resort, Zumiez, Protect Our Winters, and Pabst Blue Ribbon. For more information on TransWorld SNOWboarding and the Riders’ Poll, visit transworldsnowboarding.com. Stay tuned to our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram feeds at @TWSNOW (#RidersPoll14). 

Carlsbad, CA— Over 100 of snowboarding’s biggest pros voted on the best riders, video parts, and performances of the year for the 14th annual TransWorld SNOWboarding Riders’ Poll Awards presented by New Era and the results are in. To see who wins, join us on Friday, February 1st at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver, Colorado for the biggest night in snowboarding. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. The show starts at 8:30 p.m. For those who can’t make it, catch videos of the winners at TWSNOW.com/riderspoll. 

This year’s nominees are… 

Men’s Rookie Of The Year 
Brandon Cocard 
Danimals 
Frank April 

Women’s Rookie Of The Year 
Aimee Fuller 
Cilka Sadar 
Corinne Pasela 

Men’s Rider Of The Year 
Bode Merrill 
Nicolas Müller 
Pat Moore 

Women’s Rider Of The Year 
Desiree Melancon 
Hana Beaman 
Jess Kimura 

Men’s Video Part Of The Year 
Frank April, Enlighten 
Mikkel Bang, 13 
Nicolas Müller, Resonance 

Women’s Video Part Of The Year 
Desiree Melancon, Desiree Melancon 
Hana Beaman, P.S. 
Jess Kimura, Barely 

Online Video Series Of The Year 
Brothers On The Run, John and Eric Jackson 
Cooking With Gas, Eero Ettala and Heikki Sorsa 
Salomon Team Vacation, The Salomon Team 

Video Of The Year 
13/Burton 
Resonance/Absinthe 
The Darkside/Videograss 

Standout Performance Of The Year 
Brandon Cocard, 50-50 
Jeremy Jones and the Further crew, hiking and riding the heaviest lines 
Nicolas Müller, winning Real Snow Backcountry, Resonance part 

New Era Readers’ Choice, Men’s & Women’s* 
Voting is still open! Click here to vote. 

Legend Award* 
*Awards nominees and recipients to be announced at a later date. 

The 14th annual TransWorld SNOWboarding Riders’ Poll Awards Show is presented by New Era. Additional sponsors include: Red Bull, Go Pro, Keystone Resort, Zumiez, Protect Our Winters, and Pabst Blue Ribbon. 

For more information on TransWorld SNOWboarding and the Riders’ Poll, visit transworldsnowboarding.com. Stay tuned to our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram feeds at @TWSNOW (#RidersPoll14). 


Got both these bad boys and the entire @transworldskate & @twsnow archive up until January 2001. Know your #history.

Got both these bad boys and the entire @transworldskate & @twsnow archive up until January 2001. Know your #history.


Vans Am Nick Pooch Poohachoff scored big this month with coverage in both Transworld Snowboarding and Snowboarder Mag! Keep it up Pooch…


Pro snowboarders and civilian fans of snowboarding gathered in Denver’s Fillmore for the 13th Annual Transworld Snowboarding Riders’ Poll Awards to celebrate the best snowboarders of 2011. In a night filled with gracious acceptance speeches (Jess Kimura made three, Travis Rice did two), the highlight was Jamie Lynn accepting the Legend Award from Bryan Iguchi. (via boardistan)


“Here’s a shot from the new Transworld January issue. Poppy jump in Tahoe!” - Andreas Wiig.

“Here’s a shot from the new Transworld January issue. Poppy jump in Tahoe!” - Andreas Wiig.