Photo Essay
Another Reason to Smile
Summer Snowboarding at Mt. Hood, OR
ABOVE: Clearly Miles Fallon’s form steals the show here, but there is so much more to unpack. The long shadow line drawn under him from the midday sun, the squiggles splitting the rocks in the upper West Crater bowl, and...
Arriving at the end of Highway 542 on the second Friday evening in May, Mt Baker’s upper parking lot was lined with custom rigs and old wagons, snowboards and skis leaning on the sides of vehicles. Before I even setup...
Bellingham, WA - June 19, 2025 The Snowboarder’s Journal is pleased to announce that after a year as Managing Editor, Alastair Spriggs has been promoted to Editor. Editor of The Snowboarder's Journal, Alastair Spriggs Originally from Ottawa, ON, Alastair first...
Luke Trembath, aka “The Dingo” had the ability to light up any room he walked into. There are countless ways to describe Dingo's affable presence, but our mutual friend Scotty Conerly put it best: “When Dingo walked in the energy...
Doing good feels good. It’s scientifically proven. They call it the “Helper’s High”—that release of endorphins that comes when you genuinely connect via an act of kindness. It’s easy to forget in an age where the algorithmic popular narrative drives...
At 3:00 p.m. on Day 5 of Snowboy Productions’ Holy Bowly, the energy at Sunshine Village, AB, shifts. We strap into our boards, and the final chatter from the crowd fades. Nearly a hundred of us gather at the top...
This article first appeared in The Snowboarder's Journal #21.3, in the Winter of 2023. “WE SHOULD DO A High Sierra trip this year,” I’d muttered one too many times to my daughter, Mia. The plan and approach are the same...
Hints of Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” took over the spectator corral as finalist Blake Moller stood atop Revelstoke Mountain Resort’s Montana Bowl, preparing for the 97th and final run of the 2025 Yeti Natural Selection. Fellow NST Rookie Ståle Sandbech had...
What are snowboarders to do when snowfall totals drop to record lows at certain elevations? Perhaps they'll simply have to go higher into the mountains than they were previously used to. They'll have to work harder than before for their...
Travis Rice seems calm. Maybe a bit tired but not overwhelmed by logistics. That’s a big feat, considering all that it takes to make the Natural Selection Snow event run smoothly in the Revelstoke Mountain Resort backcountry. Travis is here...
A sign of a job well done: Liam Griffin being carried off the helipad at Selkirk Tangiers, just outside Revelstoke, BC, by Travis Rice, Sage Kotsenburg, Nils Mindnich and Jared Elston. Photo: Colin Wiseman This article was first published in...