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Visions of Iddings in the Crazy Mountains
Come springtime, Jeremy Jones refers to extended campouts and broad explorations as his “Super Bowl.” Yet this coliseum is far grander. It bursts thousands of feet high and holds abundant alpine bowls. There are no screaming fans, no beer commercials,...
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Where Would We Be Without Our Friends
Forrest Burki and Doran Laybourn linked for a season in Colorado. Where Would We Be Without Our Friends is the result.
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Win a Mt Baker Seasons Pass: Artist Point and Shoot 2019
Win a season pass to Mt Baker Ski Area! Here’s how: post a photo of yours to Instagram taken at Mt Baker during the 2018-19 season, follow and tag @thesnowboardersjournal, @therealmtbakerskiarea, and use the hashtag #artistpointandshoot. We’ll post all pictures...
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Sochifornia
Thump, thump, thump. Ryland Bell punches into a near-vertical wall to claw his way up a steep, undulating face of chutes and spines. Thump, thump, thump. Kael Martin kicks steps toward a closeout air below a Seussian stack of ribbed...
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Crussia: The White Fire Crew in Sochi
As seen in Issue 16.2, we accompanied Ryland Bell, Kael Martin, Andrew Irwin and Chris Galvin to Sochi, Russia to ride Russian steeps at Rosa Khutor and beyond. It turned into a 16-page feature and this eight-minute edit, featuring the...
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Pocket Meat
Blair Habenicht, Mary Rand and friends go on a mid-April powder quest and find what they're looking for near New Denver, BC. A The Snowboarder's Journal original production, based on "There Will Be Snow," featured in Issue 16.3. Presented by...
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More Good Times: Dirksen Derby 11 at Mt Bachelor, OR
Video: Jann Eberharter In the spring of 2014, I went snow camping with Josh Dirksen up on South Sister, right near his home in Bend, OR. There, I learned that Dirksen was driven. He hiked all day on his splitboard,...
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Mt. Baker Opening Day 2018
view full feature “Happy Opening Day!” This sentiment rang out dozens of times at Mt. Baker Ski Area last Wednesday. Whether you heard it from friends before dropping in or by strangers in the lift line, the joyous phrase was...
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Animal Primaveral: Pucón, Chile
This year's Animal Primaveral was set in and around the ski resort Pucón, Chile, nestled in the Villarrica's slopes where organic hips are found in abundance. Villaraca is a volcano also known as the Rucapillán, or "the devil's house," and...
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Befriend The Zamboni Driver
It pays to befriend your local Zamboni driver. When snow isn't falling from the sky, you can usually count on the ice rink to hook it up. After resurfacing an indoor skating rink, Zamboni drivers are left with a large...
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The Lodge Boys: No Reason
The Lodge Boys ride Mt Baker Ski Area daily. No Reason is a 3.5-minute short from a deep winter 2017-18, featuring Harry Kearney, Timmy Taussig, Jerry Mark and friends. It's northwest powder smashing at its finest. Edit by Jann Eberharter.
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High Octane - Bellingham Premiere
When Austen Sweetin and filmmaker Sean Lucey rolled through The Shakedown in Bellingham, WA last Wednesday to premiere Quiksilver's new movie, High Octane, getting from the door to the bar took some effort. But it's always great to gather and...