Photo Essay
Another Reason to Smile
Summer Snowboarding at Mt. Hood, OR
Video Exclusive
Bend Fish & Ride with Randal Seaton
Back in March we joined Randal Seaton for a day of fishing and snowboarding near his home in Bend, OR. It kicked off with an early rise to be on the river as soon as it opened. After landing several...
Notes
Snowboarding (Sort Of) Saves Lives
Some say, “snowboarding saves lives.” I’m one of them. Does it literally? Well, sort of. Seeing as it isn’t a known cure for life-threatening infections or injuries, I’d assume that most who declare, “snowboarding saves lives,” are talking about mental...
Interactive Feature
Mt. Baker Ski Area 2020-21
View Interactive Feature Boots? Check. Jacket? Yup. Worries? Leave those at the door. We’re headed to Mt. Baker. During times of challenging uncertainty, it’s hard to imagine a better escape than the mountains. Skiers and snowboarders’ collective experience has consistently...
Event
Last Ditch Effort Banked Slalom 2021
The skies surrounding Alpental, WA beamed blue throughout the week, but on Saturday morning clouds rolled in. As it snowed towards the top of the mountain and rained at the bottom, the Last Ditch Effort Banked Slalom off Chair 2...
Event
Interview
Photo and Video Feature
Jazz Week: The 2021 Holy Bowly at Timberline Lodge, OR
It’s 10 a.m. on a Thursday in the back half of April and Krush Kulesza is standing alone on-slope at Timberline Lodge, OR. A couple riders are just starting to trickle in for day four of 2021’s Holy Bowly. Yesterday...
Fly By
Endemic Connection
Matt Patti respects the power of first impressions. That’s probably why he dresses sharp—often in all black—and keeps his big beard so finely trimmed. His meticulous attention to detail comes in part from nearly two decades of working behind-the-scenes in...
Interview
Hana Beaman with a Mic in Hand
Twenty years is a long time to do any one job. In pro snowboarding, it’s an eternity. Think about where snowboarding was at during the turn of the millennium—we’ve seen dozens of trends, hundreds of riders come and go. Yet...
New Favorite Person
A Message in the Music
In May 1992, a hip-hop group called Main Source released a track titled, “Fakin’ the Funk.” The song fires lyrical shots at any artist whose music covers topics they can’t actually back up. As a young MC, Eric “Ric Riggler”...
Event
Infinite Energy: Natural Selection Part 2
This is Part 2 of our coverage from the Yeti Natural Selection tour stop at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. See “More Like A Gathering: Natural Selection Part 1,” if you haven’t already. HOT LAPS “Maybe the best part of Natural...
Culture
Hand-Dug and Hectic
“Mini ramp!” Jesse Burtner calls out. He drops, whips around a berm and pumps left over a skate bowl inspired mound towards a snow sculpted mini ramp with log coping. Gus Warbington follows, launching right off the mound into a...
Event
More Like A Gathering: Natural Selection Part 1
GATHERING Hana Beaman hadn’t ridden in a snowboard contest since 2013. So why was she here at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort to put on a jersey? “It’s the kind of riding I want to do,” she said. “ was the...
Yodel
Race, Space and Place
I believe that snowboarding can stand for social justice, anti-racism and lead the way to diversifying winter sports and supporting equity in the outdoors. In order to do this, we must understand the relationship between race, space and place. We...