Photo Essay
Another Reason to Smile
Summer Snowboarding at Mt. Hood, OR
Event
Going Right at Dirksen Derby 12
Sometimes, things just go right. And I can’t think of a better place for that to happen than at the Dirksen Derby 12, Josh Dirksen’s inclusive-by-design snowboard rally race at Mt Bachelor, OR. Case in point: on Thursday night, it...
Memoriam
We Ride with Jake Burton: 1954-2019
With heavy hearts, we learned of the passing of Jake Burton Carpenter this morning. Just ten days ago, we heard that his cancer had returned, but there was hope for recovery. Ten days later, the global snowboard community is in...
Video Exclusive
Hoping for the Best: A Week on Chugach Ice
The Snowboarder’s Journal and Smartwool present Hoping for the Best, a short film documenting a week on a glacier deep in Alaska’s Chugach Mountains. Eric Jackson, Austin Smith, Curtis Ciszek, Mary Rand and Blair Habenicht set out to ride big...
Photo Feature
COVERED: Ben Ferguson's Backcountry Double Crippler
From the cover of 17.2: "Pulling up to this feature outside of Pemberton, BC, feels like looking into a massive wave that's frozen in place. Ben Ferguson put a line into it, and our crew stepped into a solid session....
Photo Feature
COVERED: Cold and Clear with the Lodge Boys
From the cover of Issue 17.1: “February 2019 was exceptionally cold and clear at Mt. Baker, WA. A few solid storms were followed by prolonged runs of clear weather, which preserved the snow for long stretches of alpine riding, a...
Lines
Beyond Respectable Risk
I didn’t set out to ride Le Toûno’s west shoulder. Clinging to the prominent peak, alone, I rode with the understanding that a fall could cost my life. I felt the weight of exposing both my friends below, and my...
X Report
Kill Your Action Cam
While recently attending the visually-sumptuous Oiran Dochu Procession in Tokyo, Japan, I jostled my way through the crowd to a good spot. I was about to get “the shot” when an old man chided me: “no photographs, just remember.” He...
New Favorite Guy
Tucker Andrews Tied To A Stick
Tucker Andrews is one of the youngest veterans in snowboarding. When you meet him for the first time you might think he’s got two kids and owns a bass boat. At just 26-years-old, it seems he’s been around forever. And...
Photo and Video Feature
Red Bull Recharged 2019
“It’s not that I’m tired of competing, it’s the format,” Ben Ferguson says. After countless contest circuits and even an Olympic debut in Pyeongchang last year, Ben's just grown tired of running the same old routine. “I’m not too hyped...
Conservation
Travel
Firetruck to Alaska with Austin Smith
In 2014 my brother bought a half-converted Firetruck on eBay with plans to complete the process of making it a house on wheels. He and my Dad flew to Illinois to drive the truck back to Oregon together. During the...
Photo and Video Feature
2018-19 Mt. Baker Season Recap
View interactive Feature One-and-a-half hours: How long it takes to drive from Bellingham, WA to the Mt. Baker Ski Area via Highway 542. Ten minutes: The amount of time to load a chairlift and ride to the top of a...
Event
3rd Annual Last Ditch Effort
Unpredictable would be an understatement in describing Washington’s springtime weather patterns. April skies are known to bring rain, sleet, snow, sun, and sometimes even flying pigs to the Evergreen State. I haven’t personally witnessed the latter, yet we saw all...