At the end of January 2010 Teton Village finally got the big dump its been waiting for; locals called it the "Quintessential Jackson Hole Powder Day". With such epic conditions Todd Ligare, Shroder Baker, and the TGR Production crew headed into the backcountry to capture one of deepest days of the year. The crew racked up some powder shots while the athletes got their fix of face shots. This is our first episode in our second season of Almost Live.

Highlights from the 2007 Oakley Arctic Challenge and a closer look at the 10 meter high quarter pipe which has a 64 vertical meter drop in run and is 180 meters long.

After a great season for the 06/07 TTR World Snowboard Champion, Shaun White, he arrives at Vancouver as the stand out favorite for the Olympic Gold Medal. With his infamous bag of tricks including back to back Double Corks, this seasons must have, and his very own Double McTwist 12 he seems unstoppable. Watch here then as we run down through the serious halfpipe snowboarding contenders and you can make your own mind up about who'll be biting at Shaun's heels during the halfpipe at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games. Shaun White, Iouri Podladtchikov, Peetu Piiroinen, Kazuhiro Kokubo, Arthur Longo, Mathieu Crepel, Jeff Batchelor, Stale Sandbech, Markus Keller, Markku Koski, Louie Vito, Christian Haller, Greg Bretz, Scotty Lago.

Watch footage of Team USA training in New Zealand and Competing in the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour. Featuring TTR World Snowboard Champ, Shaun White, Scotty Lago, Louie Vito and Greg Bretz. Could these guys take Gold, Silver and Bronze in the Halfpipe? It could happen after watching the double corks in this footage.

This is a Winter X Games special, we look at all the skiing and snowboarding from this year’s event and show an insight to the action from the eyes of the general public!

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Watch this clip of TTR World Snowboard Champion and Australian Olympic hopeful,Torah Bright, secretly training with her coach and brother Benny Bright in New Zealand. See as she hits a Double Crippler in the halfpipe - a huge stepping stone in the progression for womens snowboarding and an Olympic Gold. Can Torah Bright take a Gold at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics? Visit ttrworldtour.com for more videos and information on her!

Local riders win the drawing and a day on the hill with Mountain High team rider Marc Frank Montoya (MFM)

Luke Thomas is a Vermont musician. His brother Kyle does the artwork for all his albums. Together they give us the run down on their current work, influences, and why they choose to call Vermont home.

Vermont local Abbey Banks talks about her book "Punk House," which features her travels around the country living in, and documenting various crazy punk squads. Published by the lead singer of Sonic Youth, the book has serious clout within the punk community.

The radness of Mount Snow is revealed. Local hot spots, as well as lesser known art and food spots are explored as you discover all the best locations and more, only on FUEL TV's Dew Underground. Log onto www.FUEL.TV!

Gretchen Bleiler and Clair Bidez discuss the relaxing side of the CoverGirl Snow Angel Invitational.

It was a perfect sunny day for The Protest World Rookie Fest finals at the Swatch Mottolino Snowpark. The riding level was high and kids coming from all around the world confirmed that the progression of snowboarding is happening. Diana Augustinova and Sebbe De Buck are the winners of the Groms and Katarzyna Rusin and Roope Tonteri the winners of the rookie’s categories. The girls, despite being less than boys impressed the judges and the boys too! Girls showed their skills on the M course of the Swatch Mottolino Snowpark, while boys where attacking the L and XL lines. The winning girls of the Groms category are: Diana Augustinova(CZE), Maria Delfina Maiocco (IT) and Noemi Valloray (IT). In the rookie’s category Katarzyna Rusin (POL) take the lead of Nora Thompson (NOR) who took second place, and Marika Enne (FIN) who finished in third place. In the boys’ field the Groms podium goes to Seppe De Buck (BEL) (run : 50-50 180out, switch backside 540, frontside 720 e backside 720), Seamus O’Connor (USA) as second place and Lucas Baume (SUI) third place. On the rookie’s side first place goes to Roope Tonteri (FIN) who secured the victory with a sick run that started off with 50-50 backflip out, cab900, backside900 and cab1080. Brage B Richenberg (NOR) got second place and Niklas Mattsson (SWE) third place.

Watch as TTR rider, Iouri Podladtchikov, takes first place in the 5Star Burton Canadian Open 2010 Halfpipe competition, helping him maintain second spot in the much coveted TTR World Snowboard Tour rankings. After a solid performance the ever outstanding iPod improves his ranking, closing the gap between himself and the current tour champion, Peetu Piiroinen. Can he improve his position and take first place away from Peetu 'Podium'? Stay tuned - the tour is only just heating up!

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