David MacKinnon’s 2020-21 edit provides a beautiful point of view: Whistler and Pemberton, BC backcountry in full powdery, bluebird splendor. Here’s how David sees it: “Last year brought a lot of milestones for me, getting into some Coast Mountain classics...
You don’t always need a big budget to make a snowboard movie. “Don’t Shoot the Messenger,” a film by John Blume and his friends in Salt Lake City, UT, is proof. They made this video without any sponsorship funds, in...
Another installment of Torstein Horgmo’s “Microdose,” the web series by our friends at Absinthe Films that gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the legacies of some of snowboarding’s most talented riders. In this episode we hear from Eero Ettala, Frode...
Have you ever dreamed of riding your own private terrain park? Have you ever considered creating one yourself? Alex Hennifent did just that. See him throw down on his hand-built park in Newfoundland in “YARN,” a short edit presented by...
Our friends over at Vans Snow just released “Elles,” the highly anticipated project starring certified airman Arthur Longo (featured in Issue 18.3). From France to Mt. Baker, WA and everywhere in between, the flying frenchman exhibits the lofty, controlled approach...
I was living in a town in eastern Oregon when snowboarding came to me. It was a package deal – snowboarding and a new dad, as mine had passed away from Lou Gehrig’s disease. It was the best package I’ve...
Our friends over at Korua Shapes just released their 10th installment of the “Yearning for Turning” web series, in which they “take a look back on all previous volumes filled with good times, great friends, countless turns, and nothing but...
One of the benefits of backcountry touring is the escape from unwanted noise. No chairlifts cranking, no kids screaming, no bad music in the lift line. Another benefit is the terrain it makes available, as Zeppelin Zeerip and Field Work...
A word from Vans Snow about the film: OASEN is Swedish for OASIS ; a pleasant area in the midst of a difficult place or hectic situation. A refuge. In this uncertain time, and in life in general, everyone is...
Our friends over at Salomon Snowboards dropped “HINDSIGHT” last week, a movie that exhibits just how versatile their team truly is. From backcountry booters with Bode Merrill and Nils Mindnich to striking street hits with Zak Hale and Emma Crosby,...
There’s a dreamy, spiritual aspect to this short film, one that is likely to positively influence everyone who snowboards. In “Mt. Familia,” Tsutomu Endo examines his place in the mountains where he was born, where he has shared backcountry experiences...
Time travel via part five of Jamie Lynn’s “Microdose” from our friends over at Absinthe Films. In this installment of the docuseries Terje Haakonsen describes his first experiences following Jamie around Mt. Baker Ski Area, WA, and how they forged...