You probably have already noticed that Gigi Rüf plays with the mountain in a similar way that a cat plays with a mouse. He throws it around, chews it up and then spits it out. I mean, did you see the way he handle the Ultra Natural course last season? He pounced around like a cat on the hunt. He owned that hairy course and made it look like it was just a warm-up. Check his winning run right here:That day he was testing out one of his new boards for the first time. It was Slash Snowboards' Straight model. We know, it's not the board that makes the rider but like a cat who needs his claws to kill, a snowboarder needs a solid board under his feet. Especially when you go into ball-shrivelling zones like Gigi does. The Striaght board is Gigi's claw that he uses to cut up cliffs and slice up chowder.

There's a reason why this board acts like a rocket on the pow. The secret hides in the directional shape, setback stance, a slightly stiffer tail than the nose and backseat camRock that will have you staying up with your nose floating out like a power boat. On top off all that, there is an ultimate traction bump in the deep center of the sidecut enhances edge pressure for more control and reactivity when you are a turning and burning. And the final touch is the Slick Tip profile on the nose also dampens vibrations and provides a unique, light feel in turn transitions, due to its reduced thickness. The result is this:
Winning the Ultra Natural was not the only thing Gigi did last season. Check him out moshing in the dream cream in his Nike Never Part full part:Plus, he actually just scored himself the next cover on Method Mag 14.3 that is hitting shops this week. You will also be able to digitally flip threw the mag real soon..So you wanna WIN one of these slick Straight shred sticks from Slash? Sick of begging your parents, Santa or the bank for what you want for X-mas? Well Gigi is giving 2 people the chance earn it yourselves! You are gonna have to get out the color pencils, crayons, paint, glitter or whatever and get the artsy right side of your brain working. All you have to do is draw or create someone doing a method "Gigi style". Post it on Facebook or Instagram. Tag it @methodmag, @slashsnowboards and #RideFree before the year 2013 is over (December 31st, 2013) You got 10 days so get those creative juices flowing! Gigi will pick his favorite 2 pieces. If you are the lucky winners you will be do methods all day long with a Slash Straight strapped to your feet blasting into this new season!

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