Photo Essay
Another Reason to Smile
Summer Snowboarding at Mt. Hood, OR
Yodel
A Lot of Faith
First published in Volume 21, Issue 3 of The Snowboarder's Journal There’s a scene in the 1954 musical White Christmas in which the four main characters are on a train to Vermont and they burst into song spontaneously about how...
Profile
James Johnson Speaks to Truth
First published in Volume 21, Issue 4 of The Snowboarder's Journal James Johnson learned to snowboard at Eaglecrest just outside Juneau, AK. Snowboarding was it for him early on. Mark Landvik was in the crew then, too. As Lando went...
Photo and Video Feature
Seshup X Brain Bowl 2024
A lotta boarders and a lotta boarding. Saturday at Seshup x Brain Bowl gathering in the Mt. Baker, WA backcountry. Sometimes it all works out better than you can imagine. Such was the case this past weekend as the Seshup...
Event
Holy Bowly 11
There was powder on the nose of my snowboard as I sat on the Great Divide Chair at Sunshine Village, AB. I was headed back to the Holy Bowly after ripping a new-to-me zone in incredible conditions for the first...
Photo and Video Feature
Westcoast Triple Plank 2024
How do you get 100 snowboarders to build a banked slalom course in the rain? Hook them up with a hip jump, for starters. Add the promise of surf, skate and a heck of a party on the west coast...
Photo Feature
Frontier Spirit at Retallack Lodge
“They don’t have snow like that in Texas!” Justin Lake was excited. We all were. We’d just finished a late March lap at Retallack Lodge, BC. “We” meaning The Snowboarder’s Journal staff and friends from around the country—marketing partners and...
Event
PacWest Banked Slalom 2024
The design behind the poster art for Marcel Dolak’s PacWest Banked Slalom has remained unchanged since the event’s conception. It depicts a banked slalom course with snaking, alternating left and right turns down a snowy pitch. Towering over the course...
Photo and Video Feature
Shaped By Wild
You might press play on Arc’teryx’s Shaped by Wild to watch Joe Lax riding massively wild British Columbian spines. And that alone makes it worth watching. But excellent storytelling and depth of character is what’s going to keep you entranced....
Photo and Video Feature
Natural Selection Tour 2024
“One of us! One of us! One of us!” The chant came from the Red Bull Athlete Zone: a couple of benches carved from the snow with hot tea and snacks, perched in a stand of mossy evergreens deep in...
Event
Gerry Lopez Big Wave Challenge 2024
This year’s big inside joke at Mt. Bachelor, OR is that nobody remembers the names of the well-known runs or secret stashes. “Let’s take ‘Moto’ to ‘Zimmerman’s’ and rally to ‘Grannies’,” someone will say. “Is that like ‘Hemlock’ to ‘Pinecone’?”...
Adventure
Some Kind of Flow in Alaska
First published in Volume 21, Issue 2 of The Snowboarder's Journal This feature story is supported by Arc'teryx Flying above the Alaska Range in search of a spot to glacier camp for three weeks, it was clear that our options...
Event
Mash and Bash 2024
“Luck of the Irish” is a term that originated in the 19th century during the California gold rush. Despite its seemingly positive nature, the saying was a slight towards the large number of successful miners of Irish descent living in...