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Locale
Ideal Scenarios in the High Sierra
First published in Volume 21, Issue 3 of The Snowboarder's Journal Introduction Nick Russell We begin each season with an ideal scenario in mind: Stay healthy, ride new terrain, and maybe even document some snowboarding. For most, this scenario revolves...
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...
Yodel
Organic Intelligence
First published in Volume 21, Issue 1 of The Snowboarder's Journal The cat purrs as it steadily climbs the mountain. The snowcat is roaring its way up Powder Mountain, UT, to be more specific. I’m sitting in the back of...
Event
Red Bull Heavy Metal 2024
It’s midday with temps in the mid-30s in Minnesota, warmer than usual for mid-February in the Midwest. A group of some of the world’s best street snowboarders stand together atop a ribbon of snow leading into a jump built on...
Photo Essay
Uncontrollable High
First published in Volume 21, Issue 1 of The Snowboarder's Journal With support from Mammoth Mountain. What a time to live and ride at Mammoth Mountain. Atmospheric rivers and ceaseless snow cycles in California’s Sierra Nevada range made this past...