Profile
Scott Stevens
First published in Issue 20.4 of The Snowboarder's Journal Nobody knows me for this and there’s hardly any footage of it, but when I was younger, I used to hurt myself a lot,” Scott Stevens says. “I would chuck. I...
Event
Snowboy Productions Halo-Halo 2024
Representation matters. Having a more diverse population of riders in our community can lead to more people considering the idea that snowboarding might be something they’d also find fun. When a person sees someone that looks like them doing something...
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...
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...