Good plan to get to ride
Rider forum Riviéra & Chablais vaudois: Riderhackademy

Local and swiss weather report
Météo Leysin
Météo Switzerland

Travel
Canarian Islands: Tenerife freeride weeks (exotic riding from the volcano through the cactus to the sea)
Italy: Finale Ligure/Finale Borgo (endless single trail paradise over mediterranean sea)

Blog
VTTfreeride par Patrick Lafont: un tas d'histoires sympas à lire et une multitude de liens de bike

Bike shops
newbike.ch
Cycles Vall Cycle Vevey: magasin et team de DH

Transportation to ride up the mountain with your bike
MOB: Montreux-Rochers-de-Naye
TPC/AL: Aigle-Leysin
TPC/BVB: Bex-Barboleusaz-Villars-Bretaye

Leysin
Leysin Freestyle-park and Superpipe (check out its videos featuring local riders and world champions !)
All you want to know about (wiki-travel info)
the official web-presence
Télé-Leysin, the company running the mountain and flight over it
Leysin and Mountain Bike World Championships

Closeby Winter/summer resorts
GLACIER 3000
Alpes Vaudoises
Les Rochers-de-Naye, Montreux, Switzerland
Les Portes-du-Soleil and a link" rel="external">preview of their new Champéry downhill to Grand Paradis
Webcams and other vital information on ski areas of western Switzerland

Sponsors
Arabis Snowboards: local manufacture of solid, snappy, reactive and affordable custom snowboards (can't get any better !)
Nidecker (swiss own's board manufacture since 1984) boots (they perfectly fit their bindings) & bindings (the best I ever had, and there were to many I tried)
Oakley Snow Goggles
Halti technical clothing of Finland (official sponsor of FIS, the International Ski Federation)

Stuff that convinced me
Devinci bikes: bombproof and handmade in Canada
Rohloff Speed Hub: the ultimate hassle free and maintainance friendly transmission
Casco Viper MX helmet: a light and comfy full face helmet offering total protection
MRP: beat the shit out of these cranks/BB; undestrucable but not on the light side

Enseignement du snowboard
Jeunesse + Sport (pour devenir moniteur)
Préparation aux tests d'entrée