Photo Essay
Another Reason to Smile
Summer Snowboarding at Mt. Hood, OR
Locale
In Search of Telos
This feature was first published in The Snowboarder’s Journal Issue 11.3. Click here to purchase a print copy. It was storming heavily outside the mountain hut high upon Mount Shasta, CA. A group of climbers and skiers inside were enjoying...
Video Exclusive
Shakedown Run: A Thousand Miles by Firetruck with Austin Smith
The Snowboarder’s Journal and Nokian Tyres present Shakedown Run, a short film documenting the transformation and travels of Austin Smith's 1953 GMC firetruck. During the winter of 2019-20, Austin redesigned his firetruck camper to be lighter, more efficient, and more...
Fly By
Visions Set to Auto-Play
Endless clips of pow lines in Japan, Chris Roach's grasser, and steep, technical rails that I have no business approaching—these are the visions set to auto-play in my mind. They automatically rewind and repeat, looping in my internal VCR when...
Culture
20 Years of Mountain Fresh
In 2001, we released our very first issue of The Snowboarder’s Journal. The cover for Volume #0 featured a Polaroid of Johan Olofsson, shot by Ari Marcopoulos off a video screen. It stood in stark contrast to the catalogue-style covers...
Photo Feature
Premium Zone
“B/W vs. Color, Film vs. Digital, Goofy vs. Regular, the spirit of competition is high in the Premium Zone! A collaborative project by friends, photographers, and snowboarders Benjamin Littler and Joshua Poehlein, Premium Zone takes you along on their first...
Travel
La Vita Rocca
This feature was first published in The Snowboarder’s Journal Issue 15.3. Click here to purchase a print copy. The road narrows with every foot of elevation gain. It’s lined by five feet of snow, an uncommon amount for this area....
Interview
Bike to Board with Stratton Matteson
At only 22 years old, Stratton Matteson has an environmental consciousness beyond his years—and the cardio to back it up. Hailing from Bend, OR, he’s been splitboarding since he was a teen, and since reaching young-adulthood, he’s built his life...
Interactive Feature
Mt. Baker 2019-2020 Season Recap
View interactive feature Mt. Baker is a family affair. Of course, there’s Duncan, Gwyn and Amy Howat steering the ship with their mantra of culture over cash. But it’s much deeper than that. I first visited the hill sometime in...
Culture
News
Spark R & D’s Montana Masks
Will Ritter doesn’t know the meaning of quarantine and chill. Or maybe he does, but he chooses not to partake. Will can’t help it—he's a creator. He goes by the title of “Co-Owner/Chief Designer” for Spark R&D, the Bozeman, MT-based...
Rewind
Craig's Birthday and Milky Conditions
Being that we are collectively in a space to tell and listen to stories these days, I thought I would share one appropriate for April 1. Given that Craig Elmer Kelly’s birthday and April Fools are one in the same,...
Culture
A Time to Reflect
Early spring is usually go time for snowboarders. Longer days and a stabilizing snowpack combine with strong legs and a honed skillset to finally tag those lines you’ve been eyeing all year. If you’re lucky, maybe a trip to BC...
Culture
A Moment to Breathe
The cabin smelled like stale weed. A box of crushed beer cans and discarded wine bottles sat outside. Next to it, spent shotgun shells. “Maybe we should just stay here for the next two weeks?” Austen Sweetin said. It was...