Interior British Columbia is a prime location for a snowboarder in search of face shots. A handful of Giro pro team riders took a trip there late last March to ride big mountain lines with the help of Kingfisher Heliskiing. With...
Ah, the simple yet immense pleasure of slashing powder. It doesn’t get much better, eh? Julien Roserens and Jon Vital took a trip to Switzerland and did well in capturing the essence of snowboarding’s transcendent beauty in this epic, opera infused edit...
The McMorris brothers are really something else. Mark McMorris (featured in issue 14.1 of The Snowboarder’s Journal) has established himself as one of the world’s top slopestyle and big air competitors, and his older brother Craig consistently crushes in the streets...
Scotty Vine is a rider with standout style, well known for his wide array of one-foot tricks and an insane level of technicality on park rails. It all started in southern California, specifically at Bear Mountain. In Session’s “Always Have Always...
What do Alaska, Japan and Stevens Pass all have in common? Answer: lots of powder. Matt Wainhouse and Mark Rainery know the deal, and they’ll chase the deep snow wherever it falls. “The Rainhouse” is a duel part of these two trick...
Above photos: Chad Chomlack Of the six professional photographers that squared off in the 11th Annual Deep Winter Photo Challenge, it was Guy Fattal who was named the 2017 King of Storms and took home the grand prize of $10,000 for his winning compilation...
Above: Jiminy Peak at night, as seen from the Berkshire Express. Photo by Dylan Longton. “We do not remember days, we remember moments.” – Cesare Pavese. The drive from Albany, NY to Jiminy Peak used to take forever. Granted, I was...
The new 1817 terrain park at Minnesota’s Buck Hill is firing, and Ethan Deiss (featured in issue 12.2 of The Snowboarder’s Journal) just rolled through to step things up another level over there. He put an absolute hurtin’ on the down-flat-down...
A snowboard video part that’s been well edited with choice tunes is always satisfying, but watching the clips without background music can really do wonders in giving the riding on screen justice. When a viewer gets to hear the raw sounds of...
Following the premiere of “Reckless Abandon” this may be an obvious statement, but man, Bode Merill is an absolute beast in the backcountry. He can spin doubles into powder cleaner than some do on perfect contest kickers, and throws meaty...
2016 brought with it one of the coldest Decembers that Washington has seen in recent history. The cold temps and heavy precipitation made for blower powder conditions across the state’s various ski resorts. Some of the K2 Snowboarding team riders got together to...
Above photos: Chad Chomlack Our friends over at Whistler Blackcomb are ecstatic to announce that the 11th Annual Samsung Deep Winter Photo Challenge will be going down on January 7, 2017. Six professional photographers will square off and the competitor with the best compilation...