Mark McMorris, the Burton rider behind the world's first backside triple cork 1440 and a gold medal run in slopestyle at the Sochi Olympic Games, has often been perceived as just another contest kid, one who practices the same tricks...
Chilean ripper Iñaqui Irarrazaval spent the summer of 2015 stacking hammers in the Andes. The Southern Hemisphere has had a pretty awesome winter, and by the looks of it, Iñaqui was riding nothing but pow. Some large spine lines and...
There are many people who are pushing the current boundaries of snowboarding, but if there's one person who has consistently been at the forefront for a decade, it's Eero Ettala. From his flawless double backside rodeo 1080 in Mack Dawg's...
Even after two decades in the game, Justin Hostynek still gets nervous before a premiere. He told me this last night, before screening his latest project under the Absinthe Films label, “Eversince,” to a packed house at Seattle’s Egyptian Theatre...
From local chairlift rides to helicopter drop offs, no matter where or what a snowboarder is riding, there is always opportunity for fun. Perspective is everything, and realizing how lucky we are to be alive and snowboarding will only further...
Whether they're sessioning a bunch of trash can lids, a bench, or a thirty stair handrail, the guys and gal from Think Thank are always pushing the limits of creativity and intensity in their riding. This has been evident in...
Seb Toots is known as both a contest wizard and a next-level street rider, so it's no wonder that he can throw down some of the most technical tricks on both jumps and rails at Perisher Resort in Australia. The...
Dennis "Bonus" Leontyev is without a doubt one of the most ripping rail riders that Bear Mountain has ever played home mountain to, and with the abundance of parkrats who flock to their slopes from the world over, that's really...
The creators of "Approach & Attack," a powder-centric web series led by Antti Autti that graced the interwebs last season, just dropped the teaser for their upcoming series for this season entitled "Statements." The series will focus on "the art...
Whistler Blackcomb is recognized as one of the most impressive, illustrious, and gnarliest ski resorts in the world. But it wasn't always that way...
From Sean Fithian, the man behind the Stevens Pass-based "Lot Lizards" series, comes an eco-conscious snowboard film entitled "The MIDDLE/PATH Project." When plans to splitboard around the Pacific Northwest were thwarted by an abnormally warm winter, the crew set out...
Over the last year the 686 team has been travelling the globe, working hard to produce a full length video despite a ho-hum snow season in North America. They travelled the continent and beyond, some of them taking to Japan...