Giveaway
Win a Spot in the 2018 Mt Baker Legendary Banked Slalom
That's right, we're giving away a spot to race in the prestigious 2018 Mt Baker Legendary Banked Slalom, Feb 9-11, 2018. It's the premiere event in snowboard culture, and all you have to do is sign up for our email...
Photo Feature
Lost Trail Smash Life Banked Slalom 2018
Photos: Alex Kim. Getting together with friends old and new to test your luck on some steep, squirrely berms is almost always a good time, and it's made even better when it's for a good cause. The two-part A-Rob Smash...
Culture
Inside Patagonia's Repair Facility
Inside Patagonia’s massive Reno facility, beyond conveyor belts and bins and forklifts and other apparatus moving up to 80,000 products-per-day, there’s an upstairs workshop. It’s got natural light. Lively chatter comes from 40-plus folks. Their work spaces are decorated with...
Event
Mt Baker LBS Locals Qualifier 2018
With temperatures nearing 50 degrees Fahrenheit it feels like a pleasant spring day at the Mt. Baker Ski Area, and the weather isn’t the only thing bringing the heat this weekend. Snowboarders from around the area are putting down some...
Event
Photo Feature
Lay-Back Weekend 2018
In its inaugural year the Lay-Back Weekend at Mt. Baker Ski Area, WA was anything but a competition. Instead it was a time for communal empowerment, which took shape in the form a style-centric snowboard jam that continued on through...
Event
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Smash Life Banked Slalom 2018 at Alpental, WA
Most people have a favorite uncle. Whether a blood relative or otherwise, he’s that hold-my-beer-and-watch-this kind of guy who always seems to make a good time roll, regardless of the circumstances. The guy who may be a little loose at...
Contest
Win a Mt Baker Season Pass
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 2017-18 season, follow and tag @thesnowboardersjournal, @therealmtbakerskiarea, and use the hashtag #artistpointandshoot. We’ll post all pictures...
Photo and Video Feature
OFF & ON: Gallery and Full Film with Working Class Rippers Johnny Brady, Kael Martin and Kyle Miller
It’s early February 2017 and Tahoe is getting thumped by a storm. Heavy rain down low, 80pmh winds and inch-an-hour snow up high. Half the highways are closed. So are most of Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows. I’d tell you...
Event
Photo and Video Feature
Dirksen Derby 10
Photos and Words: Colin Wiseman. Video: Jann Eberharter. Dad strength is real. I once watched Josh Dirksen break his snowboard ten miles deep in the central Oregon backcountry, head back to the truck for a new one, come back before...
New Favorite Guy
Shred Art Leonard
“I look back at my paintings like I look back at my powder runs,” Stuart Leonard says. “Creating these pieces of artwork from a blank canvas just can’t be beat.” Stuart is referring to his “Shred Art,” a series of...
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COVERED: Light the Night with Forrest Shearer
"Something new, something different. . . something new, something different. Take what I've done, and push it to the limit of what I think might be possible, and see if it works." This is the thought process of every progressive...