In 2016, while living in Colorado and competing in slopestyle events, Kelsey Boyer sustained about a half dozen minor concussions during a two-month period. None of them seemed very consequential at the time. To Kelsey, falls were an accepted part of snowboarding. “I didn’t care. I couldn’t see it,” she recalls. “I didn’t know I was hurting.” During a contest at Winter Park, she had a gnarlier crash. Her goggle lenses flew off. Her nose ring ripped out. But still she felt okay. It wasn’t until two weeks later, on a trip to Jackson Hole, when her friends felt she was acting unusual and having m ..read more

On Sunday, August 29th, the Caldor Fire, which had been burning just southwest of Lake Tahoe, broached the Tahoe Basin, causing evacuation orders in many areas in South Lake (by 11am, Monday the entire town of South Lake was under mandatory evacuation). It was the first time in 14 years that the Basin has had a fire evacuation. Images from Sierra-at-Tahoe’s webcams were terrifying, bright orange and filled with smoke, pockets of flames visible on the trails. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Justin Sullivan (@sullyfoto) Sunday, as flames surged toward Sierra, the resort blaste ..read more

I’ve been through some shit. I’ve struggled with injuries and depression. I broke my foot at High Cascade and had nowhere to go home to. My first doctor put me in a cast and on crutches; he said my foot would heal. Three months later, I was still in pain and a different doctor told me I needed surgery. I couldn’t afford it, I was fucked and fucking miserable. I hobbled around and worked seven days a week until I had enough money saved for surgery. I got a bone graft taken from my knee and put into my foot, along with four screws. Five months later I was riding my motorcycle and a car t-boned m ..read more

  Ballparks, backyard barbecues, boiled and chopped up on children’s dinner plates next to a dollop of ketchup–hot dogs are ubiquitous summertime fare, though often underappreciated. Their full potential has been realized only by a select few, and while Chicago dogs, Coney Island dogs, and Seattle dogs are classic iterations on the tube meat theme, it’s our opinion that the hot dog reached its full potential as Cobra Dogs. Cobra Dogs became a snowboarding institution during the aughts, when Trail Grove parked his ketchup red and mustard yellow food truck next to the High Cascade dodge ..read more

From Big Bear to Bellingham, Hana Beaman has done her fair share of summer boarding in between snagging covers, podiums, and a coveted spot (and third place overall) on the Natural Selection Tour last season. That is precisely why we tapped her expertise for a quick list of summer snowboarding gear to throw in your bag if you are making a trip to the glacier this off-season. Fresh off a week up at Mt. Hood with 686 and Beyond the Boundaries, her go-to gear and the reason for each item are below.    686 Let’s Go Tech Hoodie: The hooded long sleeve is light weight, quick drying and wor ..read more

Hana Beaman. Jen Chang. Patrick McCarthy coaching on the jumps. Heading on hill in the morning. p: Gabe L’Heureux The crew at the top of Palmer on day 1 on hill. Follow the leader with Nora Beck. Fei, 50-50. Lindsay, 50-50. Sarge on the mic! Lapping Palmer with the Burton crew! Mount Hood is a special place. It sounds cliché, but it’s true. There’s something about putting on snowpants and lacing up boots when it’s 70 degrees out. Something about enjoying consistent bluebird days and soft, hero snow. Something about coming down from the hill, taking off your gear and sitting on the pavement ..read more

An incredibly influential individual working tirelessly behind the scenes, Chris “Gunny” Gunnarson has helped to shape snowboarding, both literally and figuratively, for years. Listen in to episode 66 of The Bomb Hole, as this master builder, founder of Snow Park Technologies, and now Powdr Corp VP of Youth Development running the Woodward Experience team, talks with Grenier and E-Stone about his experiences in the industry and beyond. From The Bomb Hole: Over the past two decades Chris “Gunny” Gunnarson has been one of the people behind the scenes of snowboarding that helps make it the amazi ..read more

When you think of GOATs to come out of New Jersey, Danny Kass, Kevin Casillo, and Timothy Karpinski immediately come to mind. For these three, among many others, it was the trails of Mountain Creek that incubated their relentless appetite for boarding, ushering in a wave of Mid-Atlantic influence on snowboarding that continues to this day. Now, a new crop of goats is having a field day at the Garden State’s favorite resort, arguably even hungrier than any others to come before them. Hungrier for greenery, that is, because the newest crew to call Creek home is a trip of goats–25 Nigerian Dwarf ..read more

Mike Dawsy and I spent three weeks cooped up in Aspen together this winter photographing for the U.S. team, and due to COVID restrictions, all we really had was one another to stay sane. I learned a good amount about him over the better part of that month, but due to spending too much time on social media, I wasn’t able to retain most of that info on account of my short attention span. All I remember is that he eats healthy, has a bird’s nest for a beard, and stretches more than any photog I know. But good news for all of us, I had the pleasure of interviewing him via email to ask him a ton of ..read more

Ashley Rosemeyer’s perspective is always appreciated in snowboarding. photo: @itspat I first heard Ashley Rosemeyer’s name when she was the shooter at Sugarbush Resort in Vermont. Sugarbush had been steadily gaining recognition for its creative terrain parks (a hot lappin’ oasis led by the one-and-only Tony Chiuchiolo) and through her handiwork with a Canon, Ashley broadcast the Sugarbush Parks blue and orange way beyond the Green Mountain State. Her photos were a window into the burgeoning snowboard scene in Northern New England, rooted in Ashley’s excitement to think outside the box when it ..read more