Interview
Nicolas Müller’s “Fruition”
ABOVE Classic Nicolas. Just an ollie at Silvano Zeiter's home resort, Aletsch Arena, Switzerland. Fans of snowboard cinema have had a lot to feast their eyes on so far this season. From epics like “The Fourth Phase” to more indie-esque...
Giveaway
Salomon Assassin Snowboard Giveaway
To celebrate Max Buri's 12-page feature profile in our current Issue, 14.3, Salomon Snowboards is offering readers a chance to win a Salomon Assassin--Max's favored all-mountain board. All you have to do is sign up for our mailing list below...
Video Exclusive
Ryland Bell in Ketanaku
Ryland Bell leads a unique life. Fishing from his home in Alaska in the summers, riding damn near every day in the winters, camping out on glaciers and riding some of the heaviest spine walls on the planet. In Ketanaku,...
Interview
Jesse Burtner: Tweaking The Failures
When Jesse Burtner first started snowboarding, his father, Les, wasn’t quite sure how to feel about it. “Back then I perceived kids who snowboarded as people that were a bit on the outside of normal culture,” Les says. “As a...
Interview
Photo Feature
Video Exclusive
Taro Tamai in Snowsurf
Editor's note: The following appeared in Issue 13.1 as "Cross Pollination: Shane Peel Talks Snowsurf, The Movie." The above is Gentemstick snowsurf guru Taro Tamai's full part from the movie as narrated by Gerry Lopez. You can buy the full...
Photo Feature
Mt Baker Opening Day 2016
View Photo Feature "A week ago, there wasn’t much snow in the Cascades. It seemed we’d be rolling into the 2016-17 season at a governed pace, slowly ramping up to the deep December sessions we all know and love. Then,...
Profile
Easy Does It: Dan "Danimals" Liedahl
Dan "Danimals" Liedahl came up at Hyland Hills, MN and has gone global in the past couple years, scoring a spot on the RIDE Snowboards Pro Team, filming with Videograss and now the Vans crew. He's your favorite snowboarder's favorite...
Interview
"It Sounds Pretty Stupid"
French photographer Jérôme Tanon is an anomaly. In a digital world, the 30-year-old Annecy resident keeps it analog. He chooses to undertake the time-consuming (and expensive) process of shooting, developing, and printing his work the old-fashioned way on film. Then,...
A Free Art Form
“We spent the first few months of the season at my house in Nelson, just driving around in Austen’s truck,” Justin Hostynek said. He was on the stage and on the mic at the Siff Cinema Uptown for the Seattle...
News
We’ve Always Been The Snowboarder’s Journal
Change is the only constant and frequencies are in perpetual oscillation. In 2001 When Jeff and Jessie Lu Galbraith, Chris Brunkhart, Jamie Lynn, Ari Marcopoulos and a host of co-conspirators came together to create the first issue of frequency The...
Profile
“I’m Not a Company”
Top Image Nick Gannaway traces an outline. Photo: Toby Grubb “Woah, this thing rides crazy!” When Jesse Loomis dusted off and rode his old Burton Elite back in 2008 he rediscovered a special feeling. Pointing all 150 centimeters down a...
Fly By
Pre-Season Pyroclastination
ABOVE Much of our early season hiking takes place over rock and dirt, generating a moment of disbelief with the fast transition from bare ground to mid-thigh snow. Ben Ferguson at the transition zone. Central Oregon has a unique mountain...