Photos: Andy Kuljis / Nikita Clothing

At last year's Nikita Chickita Ana Rumiha competed and made it to the women's finals, narrowly missing out on a podium place, finishing 4th. This year the judges all confirmed she was the clear winner, busting out some consistent and stylish runs. Her final run comprised a backside 180, frontside 360 indy and she was the only girl who bonked the tree with a nice frontside 180, finishing off with a frontside 360 on the wall. She claimed 1st place, 1,000 Euros prize money and the coveted one-year Nikita contract.

The winner of the Nikita Snowboard Clip Contest is 18 year old Kasia Kwiecien from Poland. Check out the winning clips and info here.

Kasia will be heading to Iceland later this year (beginning of June) to chill, eat good food, explore the Icelandic countryside and shred the glacier with the Nikita crew.

The plan will be to treat her to a trip to the Blue Lagoon (a natural geothermal pool) on the day of her arrival to relax and unwind after the journey, then accompany the Nikita crew to dinner and a party at Nikita HQ in the evening, with the party continuing into downtown Reykjavik. Day 2, Kasia will be taken to the Icelandic countryside for the day and night and will take part in a variety of fun activities including snowboarding, surfing, kayaking, motocross, whale watching, horse back riding etc.... Day 3 will include a bit of sightseeing at different locations around Iceland, swimming outdoors and the like before heading back to Reykjavik for some downtime and dinner.

Photos: Nikita

WOMENS FINALS RESULTS

1. Ana Rumiha (Croatia)
2. Bohdana Sebestová (Czech Republic)
3. Maude Richon (Switzerland)
4. Anja Stefan (Croatia)
5. Elena Kenz (Switzerland)
6. Sandy Gecek (Switzerland)
7. Hanka Voyteckovska (Czech Republic)
8. Helen Wyss (Switzerland)
9. Agnieszka Rusin (Poland)
10. Cristina Tuberosa (Italy)
11. Sandra Graf (Switzerland)

JUNIORS FINALS RESULTS

Rider: Clair Bidez / Photo: Bloom

Nikita is proud to announce the addition of Clair Bidez to its snowboard team. Clair has been riding strong all season, with podium finishes at the Grand Prix, the Jeep King of the Mountain series and a spot in the Winter X Games.

The 21-year-old Colorado native burst on to the scene when she was crowned Junior World Champion in 2006. Although she spent the ’07 season out with injury, Clair returned to the halfpipe with a vengeance, placing 5th at the Vans Cup in 2007, her first event back. Then in the summer of ’07, she took best trick at the Abominable Snow Jam with a perfect frontside 900 and 3rd in the event overall.

As the name suggests, all you have to do is get someone to film you riding, send in the best bits and win the chance to go riding with the Nikita crew in Iceland this May 2008! There are a few basic guidelines to follow in order to enter:

• You have to be a chick!
• Girls must be 18 years or older as of 1st April 2008
• Snowboard clips ONLY please – as long as there is some sort of snowboard action in the clip the Nikita panel will accept it
• A maximum length of 30 seconds per clip (you can send in more than one clip)
• A maximum size of 6 MB per clip
• All entries received will be put on the Nikita youtube contest site http://www.youtube.com/NikitaContest
• All entries must be received by 1st April 2008 (no that’s not a joke you fool!)

The contest will be run through the youtube contest site, Nikita’s myspace and the Nikita website section ‘Whazz Up’ – regular updates, clips and information will be added so you can follow the progress.

Photos: Nikita

The Nikita Chickita is one of the only all-girls amateur events in the world, and between the competitor turnout and the super cooperative nature of the weather, it’s pretty clear that girls are ready for many more of their own events and mother nature agrees. Despite the busy contest weekend, girls from around the country came out to support the Nikita Chickita USA and the result was a very fun day in the California sun on February 9, 2008.

Slots are filling up fast for the 2008 Nikita Chickita USA at Mammoth, CA February 9th, 2008. Tons of girls from across the US and Canada have already secured their spots in the all-girl amateur slopestyle event for a chance to win cash or a one-year Nikita Sponsorship, but it’s not too late to register for free on signmeup.com.

We at Nikita have been busy making sure the Nikita Chickita lives up to the hype. In addition to the aforementioned prizes, K2, Fender, Active Ride Shop and DVS have come on board to provide goodies for the competitors. We’ve got more gear than we know what to do with, and even though the event is totally free, riders will undoubtedly walk away with some of the finest shred product just for entering.

Coming up on Saturday 2nd February in Thyon-Région, Switzerland is a ladies only freestyle contest….The Nikita Goodie Lady Session 2008.

Organized by Central Camps by Spy, the event will bring together both amateur and pro European ski and snowboard riders. A cash prize of 1,000 Swiss Francs per category plus 2 invitations for the Intergirlactik contest, a TTR 3 star comp await each of the winners! Loads of other prizes are also up for grabs.

Come one come all to Mammoth Mountain on February 9, 2008 for the biggest thing in girl’s snowboarding since the backside 360! The Nikita Chickita will take over Mammoth’s Unbound South Park, offering up-and-coming female riders from near and far a chance to compete for cash or a one-year Nikita sponsorship.

In its third year in the United States, the Nikita Chickita is one of the few competitions out there just for the amateur ladies. No more battling it out with the boys at your home mountain, this is your chance to be recognized as the shred star you really are! The competition is open to anyone, and is sure to bring out some new faces to push the level of girls’ riding. Past winners have included Marie France-Roy, Iris Lazzereschi, Erin Comstock and Bev Vuilleumier, and this year the podium is open for the next big thing. Perhaps you could be the next Natasza Zurek or Torah Bright!

First of all we would like to thank all the girls that sent in their pictures. We had a really hard time picking two girls out from the almost 200 entries from all around the world. So we decided to pick three girls:)

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and the winners of the Nikita Photoshoot Competition are: