Photo and Video Feature
The Fernie Factor at Island Lake Lodge
Snow has been stacking in the Lizard Range all day long, despite predictions calling for it to let up last night. “Locals have dubbed this sort of thing the ‘Fernie Factor,’” says our tail guide, Dave Atkinson. “These mountains will...
Fly By
Whitefish With Travis Parker & Jesse Grandkoski
It’s early March 2017, high noon and busy in the Summit House atop Whitefish Mountain Resort. There are groms in need of hand warmers, their parents maybe in need of a drink, but no one’s short on powder turns. Amidst...
Video Exclusive
King of Saas x Absinthe Films
Absinthe Films drops another mid-season leak, this time with a heavy Euro squad in Saas-Fee, Switzerland. Featuring Nicolas Müller, Mikkel Bang, Fredi Kalbermatten, Severin Van Der Meer and more.
Event
Mt. Baker Splitfest 2018
Split-skiing can be a roll of the dice. I’ve fallen on my face as many times as I’ve successfully pizza-french-fried my way through a skintrack. But Kyle England, a fellow splitboarder I met at this year’s Mt. Baker Splitfest, seems...
Event
Stevens Pass Slayride Banked Slalom 2018
The 2018 Slayride Banked Slalom at Stevens Pass, WA was something special. After raising almost $30,000 for the Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center through the event in 2017, Stevens Pass brought back the slalom and spread it over two sun-filled...
Travel
Favorable Fortune in Central Washington
We set off from Bellingham, WA under blue skies and the three of us—snowboarders Robbie Hutton, Eythan Frost, and myself—take the area’s unexpected sunshine as a sign of good things to come. Soon into our drive south down I-5 the...
Video Exclusive
Absinthe Mid-Season Leak: Am Squad in the Streets
Absinthe Films knows how to sniff out new talent, and it's on display in this mid-season urban leak. It's fresh footy from this season featuring Jed Sky, Demetri Bales and Francis Jobin dropping hammers--proof that independent snowboard media is alive...
Interview
Underground Narrative
“Asymbol came about through what I saw as a bit of a gap between creators and appreciators. I’ve been lucky enough to make a lot of good friends in the art and photography world, and a lot of these guys...
Photo and Video Feature
The 32nd Mt. Baker Banked Slalom
View Photo and Video Feature What’s to love most about the Legendary Banked Slalom? For some, it’s probably the paella. For others, it may be camping under stars in the parking lot of Washington’s Mt Baker Ski Area, or the...
Photo and Video Feature
Then We Partied at Island Lake Lodge
view full feature A New Years 2018 powder party at Island Lake Lodge, BC with Ride Snowboards. Video, photos and more featuring Dan Liedahl, Spencer Schubert, Derrek Lever, Beau Bishop, Brandon Davis and Erik Gelling. View the full microsite here.
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RIDGE Mountain Academy
Can you imagine a school that gets more done with deep, snowy days than it does without? An institution with students who use splitboards and backcountry beacons more often than they do calculators? Former pro skier Billy O’Donnell imagined such...
Column
Dr. Jacqui, DPT
Jake Blauvelt is known for his smooth, natural style. He rides inventive lines and has an impressive bag of tricks, and says that maintaining core strength has made a key impact on his life as a professional snowboarder. “Strength training,...