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Air+Style Beijing 2015 – Mega Gallery

[Max Parrot won the whole shebang thanks to a front 14 triple and a back 14 triple. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi]

The Air+Style’s been dropping in on China since 2010 and now, since the establishment of the Air+Style tour, serves as the first of the series’ triple-header of Big Airs.

Our Photo Ed swung by to witness the freakish level of high-performance snowboarding and shot this gallery of photos documenting the action and more of the behind-the-scenes stuff that you don’t see so much of these days. Including riders on hoverboards…

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Not a bad-looking venue. The Birds Nest stadium. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

The setup. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Kim Rune Hansen drops in to training. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Mathias Weissenbacher. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Darcy Sharpe was bringing the heat in the earlier rounds. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Hoverboards are the new hype for today’s pros. Kim Rune Hansen goes to infinity and beyond. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Marcus Kleveland in the goldfish bowl. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

What did we tell you about hoverboards. Hansen and McMorris ready to roll. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

The riders’ locker room. About to get more messy. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Yuki Kadono's blatant sledging failed to distract Tor Lundström in the earlier rounds. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Tor thinking “Yuki, you great big dick.” Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

People might bemoan the lack of style in Air+Style these days, but Sven Thorgren’s back 180 Method was a thing of beauty. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Emil Ulsletten. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Ståle Sandbech chews the fat with Air+Style’s Benny Wetscher. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Niklas Mattsson playing the waiting game. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Mattsson is super underrated in our opinion. Dude's so sick. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Sage Kotsenburg is very metal. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Plus Sage also has style for days. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Sven Thorgren has mad pop. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Sven also proved popular in the autograph session. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Mark McMorris and Niklas Mattsson share bantz on the lift to the drop in. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Marcus Kleveland was knocked out in the qualifiers, but we're sure the experience of throwing down at a major even will prove valuable for the future. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Dudes being dudes. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Benny Wetscher is also a dude. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Guess that answers the age old question of how many snowboarders can you get not quite inside an MG hatchback. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Reflection of an unknown aerialist. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

This isn’t the first time we’ve said this, but we’re hyped on Torgeir Bergrem’s style. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Magically, the entire jump managed to fit into a snowglobe. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Mark McMorris feeling the stoke. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Ståle goldfished. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Sebbe de Buck and Tor Lundström. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Mons Roisand. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Sage Kotsenburg. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Sebbe de Buck in the qualifiers. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Tor loves his bindings and you can’t touch them. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

It's safe to say Max Parrot has triple corks pretty much dialled. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Max Parrot ponders the possibility of Pentacorks. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Selfie time for McMorris and friend. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

It's also safe to say Mark McMorris also has triple corks pretty much dialled. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Zim zimmer. Who got the keys to ma… MG. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Eric Willett getting all corked up. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Darcy Sharpe. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Yuki Kadono got his back triple 16 down, but couldn't manage the switch version this time. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Yuki Kadono. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

Media moment for Max Parrot after claiming the win. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

The podium. 1st – Max Parrot. 2nd – Mark McMorris. 3rd – Sven Thorgren. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

And if you like your images of the moving variety, make sure you check out our videos of all the stompers from the Air+Style Beijing Super Final.

Lonely Chinese 5-0. Photo: Sami Tuoriniemi

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darcy sharpe Eric Willett Kim Rune Hansen mons roisand niklas mattsson Sebbe De Buck yuki kadono

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