20 Years takes a look back at an influential era in snowboarding, paying homage to a pivotal period in defining a new generation of snowboarding culture as told by original Vans riders Jamie Lynn , Shaun Palmer , Circe Wallace , and Kurt Wastell . 20 Years features the unique perspectives of the Vans global snowboarding team such as Pat Moore , Darrell Mathes , Zac Marben and more, as well as iconic Vans athletes including legendary skater John Cardiel and big wave surfer Nathan Fletcher.
Jake Blauvelt lives his life by a simple premise—find out where the snow’s good and go there. In episode 2 of Naturally , Jake heads to the French Alps for the first time with Eric Jackson and Freddi Kalbermatten looking for some fresh features. From there they end up in Switzerland where Freddi helps them navigate some crevasses before going to Riksgransen, Norway for a hip sessions with Nicolas Muller .
Typically we are used to watching Vera Janssen take on of pow runs in the backcountry, but this episode of MAHFIA.TV’s Shredventures shows that Vera can tackle the park just as easily as pow. Along with Ana Rumiha, Urska Pribosic, Julia Baumgartner and Tove Holmgren, Vera proves her rail game.
Written by Kaelin Cassidy
There’s a reason why most of the major film crews spend some, if not all of their season in BC. From Whistler’s average annual snowfall of 469 inches to Revelstoke’s ridiculous 720 inches in the Interior, there’s almost always pow to be found somewhere. Nine major mountain ranges crisscross the province creating a mix of terrain from steep to rolling that makes for some of the best and most diverse riding in the world.
Riley Nickerson is on a plane headed from Tahoe to his homeland of Vermont to defend his Rails 2 Riches title from last season. Rails 2 Riches is one of the biggest events on the east coast and hands down the biggest rail jam. There are a handful of other events, Eastern Boarder’s Last Call, the Carinthia Open, Ride Shakedown, and so on, that carry a lot of weight back east, R2R is one of the heavies.
“Filming with Absinthe Films was pretty cool this season. This is the ultimate dream for any rider to be part of an international production which has been there since the beginning. It allowed me to meet new riders and to find others that I knew already such as Sylvain Bourbouss, Matt Schaer, Nils Arvidsson, Mathieu Crépel and many others … 16mm films bring serious suspense because you do not see your footage throughout the season.
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (December 4, 2013)- Organizers of the SWATCH FREERIDE WORLD TOUR BY THE NORTH FACE® (FWT) have announced the decision to reschedule the first stop of the 2014 competition calendar in Revelstoke, CAN. The Revelstoke stop, which was originally scheduled for December 18, 2013 has now been moved to March 10, 2014.
Burton just unveiled the 2014 Sochi Olympic snowboarding uniforms. What do you think? BURLINGTON, VT (December 4, 2013) Today, Burton Snowboards is honored to officially unveil the 2014 U.S. Snowboarding Team uniforms that all riders representing the United States will wear during competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means Internet? Oh yeah, Wallpaper Wednesday time. This week we have three photos of Eiki Helgason since it’s his Nation Rider Week, after all, and what better way to celebrate that? Feast your eyes and enjoy responsibly.
This part from Romain De Marchi was way ahead of its time. Do you remember it? Do you remember how big the last jump in this part was and do you remember Romain sending it in a camo one piece suit? Well refresh your memory and re-watch this classic part. “Romain deMarchi was the one who put the ‘meth’ in method.
