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WE MAKE THE GREAT DAYS BETTERENVIRONMENTALLY CONSIDERATE AND RENEWABLE MATERIALS INTEGRATED WITHOUT COMPROMISE.
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snowboard-colorado.comNOVEMBER 201110 SBCOMAG
P: JEFF BROCKMEYER
PARK CREW
BRECKENRIDGE, CO
CONTENTS
V O L U M E 2
14 FROM THE EDITOR
22 LADY KILLERS24 MAN EATERS
26 OUTSIDE THE BOX
28 ALTITUDE SICKNESS
30 JUST SAYIN’
32 JOURNEY W/ JJ
34 BACKCOUNTRY OPS36 VIDEO STASH
38 WE’VE GOT COMPANY
40 PRODUCT SHOWCASE
50 LAST RESORT
60 STYLE POINTS
68 DEEP, DARK,DESPERATE
76 TRICK TIPS
78 ART INSTALLMENT
80 MUSIC
NOVEMBER
ON THE COVER
“The Canadians invade Colorado. This photo was shot in Denver
last winter ater a big snowstorm that blanketed your fne city. Our
tour guide, Travis Limoge, said he knew this spot, but he wasn’t
sure i there was anything that we could make work. Ater cruising
around the boarded-up, abandoned building, I was not convinced
there was anything worth doing. I did not think what VDP wanted
to do was possible at all and I thought it was a waste o time. We
built a jump in ront o the tree. Justin got towed in by our rentalvan, hit the jump, gaps rontside 180 through the branches o the
tree, then hits the chain link ence and reverse tranny ride out.
Ater three tries or speed checks, this is what I got. He stomped
it. I sat there in disbelie or a minute. He went on and stomped it
fve more times or dierent flm angles. I guess next time I need
to have more aith. Haha!”
-Geo Andruik
WANT PROOF? SCAN TO
SEE HOW NOVEMBER’S
COVER SHOT WENT
DOWN, HERE IN THE
STREETS OF DENVER.
R: MATT GUESS
P: JEFF BROCKMEYER
R: JUSTIN VAN DER POELEN
P: GEOFF ANDRUIK
“I JUST REMEMBER TALKING TO GOD, NOT FEELING ANY PAIN. I THOUGHT I WAS DONE.
RIGHT ABOUT THEN EVERYTHING WENT BLACK.” - PG 72
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snowboard-colorado.comNOVEMBER 201114 SBCOMAG
FROM THE EDITOR
-ADAM SCHMIDT
R: RITCHIE COLASANTI
P: TERRY RATZLAFF
IN LAST MONTH’S LETTER FROM THE
EDITOR, I PREDICTED THAT ABASIN AND
LOVELAND WOULD BE GOING HEAD TO
HEAD FOR THE FIRST DAY OF THE SEASON.
I LEARNED THAT SOMETIMES IT’S GOOD TO
BE WRONG, LIKE WHEN I FOUND MYSELF
AT WOLF CREEK IN 3 FEET OF POWDER
ON OCTOBER 8TH FOR OPENING DAY.
BEST OPENING DAY I’VE EVER HAD AND
CONFIRMS ONCE AGAIN THAT COLORADO
IS THE PLACE TO BE.
Lucky or us, this season we will be graced again with the
presence o the great La Niña.’ What this means is better
riding or everyone. Get out there and try that new trick you’ve
been dying to learn all last season. Hike out into the zone
you’ve always wanted to ride. Take that mountain getaway
with all your homies. Lie is too short to sit home and play
snowboarding video games. The liestyle o snowboarding isyours to do whatever you want with. I you preer team sports
get out there and fnd some good riends to hit the slopes
with. The experiences you’ll share on the hill will make them
the best team you’ve ever encountered in your lie.
CALL ME OUT
ANY DAY!
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EDITOR IN CHIEF: ADAM SCHMIDT
SENIOR EDITOR: SHAD ORITZ
ASSOCIATE EDITOR: JUSTIN LESNIAK
OPERATIONS DIRECTOR: BILLY CONNOR
ART DIRECTOR: ANDREW LANGFORD
ASSOCIATE DESIGNERS: CODY ADAMS
AND JESSICA HERZANEK
FEATURE WRITERS:
JEFF AGUILAR
MACK COLLINS
PETER ELENBAAS
LESLIE GLENN
MIKE GOODWIN
TIFFANY HARDER
MARK FRANK MONTOYA
PAT MILBERY
CHAD OTTERSTROM
ADAM QUEEN
JJ THOMAS
TIM WENGER
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER: AARON DODDS
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS:
GEOFF ANDRUIK
RYAN BORTHICK
JEFF BROCKMEYER
JEFF CURLEY
RORY GALLAGHER
CHRIS GARRISON
ZACH HOOPER
DAN MILNER
MONTE ISOM
JEFF NASS
PATRICK ORTON
CHAD OTTERSTROM
JON PACIARONITERRY RATZLAFF
SEAN KERRICK SULLIVAN
SALES EXECUTIVES:
JESSICA DEAL [email protected]
STEPHEN [email protected]
TIFFANY [email protected]
SPECIAL THANKS TO: Sikander Tareem, Wolf Creek, and
the CAIC (Colorado Avalanche Information Center).
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snowboard-colorado.comNOVEMBER 201122 SBCOMAG
HYPED ON ODD MAN OUT AND HAAKONSEN
FACTOR, A 16 YEAR-OLD NATE KERN CROSSED
THE POND FOR HIS FIRST TIME EN ROUTE TO HIS
FATHER’S PLACE IN STRATTON, VERMONT. “MY
DAD WAS A SKI INSTRUCTOR THERE AND I REALLY
WANTED TO GET OUT AND TRY SNOWBOARDING,”
SAYS KERN. “I CAME OUT AND STAYED WITH HIM
FOR TWO WEEKS AND JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH
IT.” THIS MAY BE YOUR TYPICAL “I JUST FELL IN
LOVE, MAN,” STORY, BUT THIS BRIT HAPPENEDTO HAVE LARGER-THAN-TYPICAL BALLS AND
DECIDED HE WOULD HANDLE THE MATTER
HIMSELF AND GET OVER TO THE STATES.
The ollowing year, Nate let the fats o Forest Row to live in
Crested Butte where he worked as an instructor or a couple oyears before continuing on to Breckenridge. The dude’s been afterit ever since, spending the past eight seasons in Breck, carving out
his own place on the contest circuit. Now there is a new contest in the mix, and whether you like it or
not, there will be snowboard slopestyle in Sochi and the UnitedKingdom and Nate Kern will be a part o it. “I have been invited as
a part-time guy for the team, being based here in Colorado, so I can
train with them whenever I want. That’s what I am doing onthis trip.”(A month-long October trip to Austria with the U.K. National team).
Nate is looking to ollow the likes o Jenny Jones and JamieNicholls - helping to urther develop snowboarding in the U.K. He
hopes a strong showing on a global stage will grasp the attentionand support of Britain’s communities, making it a bit easier for kids
that are interested in boarding to get their stab at it.
“As ar as the opportunities in the U.K., it’s night and day (in
comparison to the U.S.), there are no real mountains or snow inthe U.K. other than what we have in Scotland and that’s morecomparable to the Midwest,” says Kern. “Kids who have only
indoor snow domes with man made snow and a ew rails reallyhave to get out there and nd unding or parental support to get
BRECK, BRITAIN AND THE OLYMPICS ALL
HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON, NATE KERN.
LADY KILLERS
BY MIKE GOODWIN
P: TERRY RATZLAFF
NATE
K ERND.O.B.: As young as you eel.
RESIDES: Breckenridge, CO
HOMETOWN: Forest Row, England
SPONSORS: DC, Breckenridge Resort, GoPro, Me.Glad, Drop MFG, Bawbags, Aerial7,
Oneballjay, Forcefeld Body Armour, and MOJO.
STANCE: Gooy
P: RORY GALLAGHERR: NATE KERN
: 21b: -12 24 in. 154 cm.
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over to Europe - like with the British team. It’s totally dierentthan most places in the world. There really isn’t any backing, even
on the British team, other than your individual sponsors you getsupport rom. The unding or snowboarding (in the U.K.) is prettynon-existent as o now.”
Nate’s pride is apparent when he speaks about his home countryand he hopes the governing bodies in U.K. sports will support awider feld o athletes with the coming o the 2014 Olympics. “I’m
really hoping to see some changes coming into next summer withqualiying or Sochi starting,” says Nate. “From that I believe it will
help get more exposure or us that has seemed to lack also. Top
coach, Hamish Mcknight, who has been involved very closely overthe past years, has been amazing as a coach and with workingtowards getting the unding we deserve that seems available tonearly all other countries.”
But there still remains a season between slopestyle’s debut to the
circus that is the Olympics and it will be a season unlike any beoreor Nate. It will be a balancing eat o short and long-term goals –time split between Dew Tour stops and some personal fne-tuning.
“It’s amazing un traveling,” says Nate. “I love it, going to dierentplaces and riding in dierent events, but I think with where I eel I
am at right now, having fnished the season last year a little early
with my knee. I think I really want to spend more time this year in
Breckenridge in training and getting ready - kind o building up or
the next season. Taking a step back a little bit and trying to workon my riding, consistency and obviously the level o tricks I need tobe ocused on doing. That’s kind o my aim this season. And tryingto get out in the backcountry and have some un.”
“I REALLY WANT TO SPEND MORE TIME THIS
YEAR IN BRECKENRIDGE...”
P: DAN MILNER
“IT’S AMAZING FUN
TRAVELING. I LOVE IT,GOING TO DIFFERENT
PLACES AND RIDING IN
DIFFERENT EVENTS.”
R: NATE KERN
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Growing up a stone’s throw from both Vail and Beaver Creek it’s
no wonder Clair Bidez became a force to be reckoned with both on
and off the mountain. First strapping into a board at just six-years-
old, one of her favorite memories is riding from open to close every
weekend with her brother Dylan, exploring every inch of every trail
on the mountain, appreciating the small things along with hitting
up the park and pipe. She takes advantage of the mountains year-
round too, with mountain biking, hiking, yoga and traveling topping
her list of off-snow activities.
She credits her love o nature and snowboarding prowess to
the opportunities she had as a youngster in Minturn, Colorado.
“Growing up in a really tiny town, with a tight group o
neighborhood riends, we would spend summers exploring
the town and creating our own adventures in the surrounding
mountains. In the winter we were able to snowboard some o
the best mountains and terrain out there.” Her biggest infuencesinclude, rst and oremost, her avorite riding buddy and brother,
Dylan, along with coaches Jim Smith, Ricky Bower and fellow riders
Gretchen Bleiler, Kelly Clark and Tricia Byrnes.
Clair has spent most o her career competing in halpipe
competitions all over the globe from the X Games to World Cups,
claiming a Junior World Championship and numerous other
podiums along the way. More recently, she has been sidelined by
a nagging ankle injury that thwarted her run at the 2010 Olympics
and will have her sitting out most o this season. Injuries are a
tough part o snowboarding, not only because o the pain and
tough recovery, but mostly because it prevents you rom doing
what you love. Clair has stayed incredibly positive throughout her
long recovery. Her advice to other people dealing with injuries,
“What has helped me the most is staying busy and setting goals
so you still are making progress and have something to ocus on
while recovering.”
Clair has denitely kept her plate ull while on the mend, staying
active as a presenter or POW (Protect Our Winters), enrolling in
classes at Westminster College, in Salt Lake City, and even dabbling
in some modeling as a eatured Olympic hopeul in the Sports
Illustrated 2010 Swimsuit Issue.
COLORADO’S CO-ED WITH COMPETITION
CREDENTIALS.
“GROWING UP IN A REALLY TINY
TOWN, WITH A TIGHT GROUP
OF NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDS,
WE WOULD SPEND SUMMERS
EXPLORING THE TOWN AND
CREATING OUR OWN ADVENTURES
IN THE SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS.”
MAN E ATERS
BY LESLIE GLENN
P: MONTE ISOM
D.O.B.: 08/07/87RESIDES: Breckenridge, CO / Salt Lake City, UTHOMETOWN: Minturn, COSPONSORS: Giro, NikitaSTANCE: Regular
CLAIRBIDEZ
f: 15b: -3 20 in. 149 cm.
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These experiences have proven to be very valuable and
rewarding. Ater talking to students about climate change at
Montbello HS this spring, one o the students started a locker
clean-up and a recycling program the very same day as the
presentation. Working with Sports Illustrated was an awesome
and unique experience as well. Clair describes the Whistler
photo shoot as “totally dierent” rom than anything she has
ever done but, “so cool and so un,” at the same time. She adds,
“I was so nervous or it, but the people involved in the shootwere awesome and made me eel really comortable.” The crew
consisted o ten people, including a stylist and hair and make-up
specialists, to make sure every detail was on point.
Clair is enjoying urthering her education too, and explains
“I have been wanting to go back to school or a while and
decided it really was the perect time.” She is taking advantage
o a partnership between U.S. Snowboarding and Westminster
College, allowing U.S. Team members to attend Westminster
tuition-ree. Clair describes this opportunity as “the best beneft
that came out o being on the U.S. Team,” and is taking a variety
o dierent classes in order to fgure out what she wants to
focus on.
With a very successul third surgery on the books you can expect
Clair to be back on her board this spring, with a new appreciation
and passion or the sport she loves. She also plans on using her
time away rom competition to distance hersel rom any outside
expectations and “get back to what she loves about riding.” Clair
recently made a split board and is determined to get out into
the backcountry more and challenge hersel in new ways. She
explains, “I want to break ree o the routine and go out and
explore things that I haven’t done before.”
“I WANT TO BREAK FREE OF
THE ROUTINE AND GO OUT AND
EXPLORE THINGS THAT I HAVEN’T
DONE BEFORE.”
R: CLAIR BEDEZ
P: JEFF NASS
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OUTSIDE THE BOX
TORSTEIN: NORWEGIAN FOR
“KILLS IT EVERYWHERE.”
“I DON’T REALLY CARE. IT’S
JUST SNOWBOARDING AND
I LOVE EVERY PART OF IT.
I CAN STILL DO BACKSIDE
180 ’S AND TWEAK MY
GRABS.”
HOW WAS YOUR SEASON
LAST YEAR? EVERYONE
SAW YOU KILL IT AT ALL THE
CONTESTS, WHAT ELSE DID
YOU DO?
My season was pretty much
sick, and not so sick at the same
time. That goes for the contests
though. Somehow I ended up
doing all the contests with
some type of injury or pain, but
after that it was all good. I just
did a bunch of cruising around,
filming for torstein.net and a
little bit of backcountry stuff.
Broken ribs on the left side at
the beginning o the season and
broke my right side at the end oit too. They were small, but very
irritating setbacks.
SO YOU’VE PRETTY MUCH
DONE ALL THE SNOWBOARD
TRICKS OUT THERE, WHAT
ARE YOUR PLANS FOR NEXT
YEAR? WHAT’S THE NEW SHIT?
Hmmm… I´m just going to
take it day-by-day, if I want to
learn something new it has to
be more in the moment, if the
timing is right. You know, perect
day, perect eature, good times
with friends, you know, a “lets
send shit,” type session.
W H A T ’ S U P W I T H
NORWEGIANS? IT SEEMS
LIKE THERE ARE A LOT OF
PARK JUMPERS COMING
OUT OF THERE THESE DAYS
WHEN IT WAS JUST ANDREAS
FOREVER. HOW ARE THEY
GETTING SO GOOD?
I got a lot of my motivation
rom Andreas or sure! He pretty
much set the bar. Plus it’s all wehad. The backcountry in Norway
is super hard to access. We do
have lots of rails though.
BEFORE THE LAST X GAMES
YOU WERE FAMOUS WITH
THE SNOWBOARDERS IN
THE SNOWBOARD INDUSTRY.
THEN THEY HYPED UP YOUR
TRIPLE CHUCK A LOT, AND
NOW YOU’RE PRETTY WORLD
FAMOUS. I KNOW YOU DIDN’T
EVEN LIKE THE TRICK YOU
DID. IS IT WEIRD THAT IT GOT
SO MUCH HYPE AND YOU
DIDN’T EVEN LIKE IT?
Haha yeah, that was pretty
weird. That was some in the
moment shit, with a perect day
and good times with friends.
Not a perfect feature though. I
wanted to do it like the frst one
I did back in Norway, but just
couldn’t.
I WISH I COULD DO THOSE
TRICKS ON PARK JUMPS,
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT
THE PEOPLE WHO HATE ON
AERIAL SNOWBOARDING? DO
YOU THINK IT’S JUST BECAUSE
THEY CAN’T DO IT?
I don’t really care. It’s just
snowboarding and I love every
part of it. I can still do backside
180’s and tweak my grabs.
YOU’VE SNOWBOARDED ALL
AROUND THE WORLD THE
LAST COUPLE YEARS. AFTER
MEETING YOU DOWN IN NEW
ZEALAND A FEW YEARS AGO
I’M SURE YOU’VE BEEN TO
SOME COOL SNOWBOARD
SPOTS. WHERE’S YOUR
FAVORITE PLACE SO FAR?
Hell yea bro, that session was
so sick! I think I like Tahoe
the most, just because it has
everything and I have been
there the most. It feels like a
second home by now.
ANY GIRLS ON THE SCENE
THESE DAYS OR ARE YOU
ROLLING SOLO?
I have Nicole man. She has been
faithful to me and she is down
to get nasty.
BY CHAD OTTERSTROM
P: JON PACIARONI
D.O.B.: 02/18/87
RESIDES: Trodenhein, NorwayHOMETOWN: Trodenhein, NorwaySPONSORS: His Mom, DC, Oakley, Vestal, Park City, Rockstar Energy Drink, AWSM,Contour, Kicker, Torstein.netSTANCE: Regular
TORSTEIN
HORGMOf: 15b: -12 22.5 in. 147 cm. (ra il) / 150.5 cm. (park) / 158 cm. (pow)
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W H O D I D Y O U L O O K
U P T O G R O W I N G U P
SNOWBOARDING?
There is a huge mix of riders.
Before I started traveling I was
just cruising my local mountain
and all I had was the videos and
the local rippers to follow. And
the videos man, I watched every
single one! I was super stoked
on the Kingpin crew right off the
bat, then more into the Robot
Food crew later on.
IS TERJE STILL PRETTY HUGE
IN NORWAY?
Terje is huge 100% of the time,
all the time. That is a legendaryboss man right there.
HOW’S THE SNOWBOARDING
IN NORWAY COMPARED
TO THE STATES? IT SEEMS
PRETTY MELLOW AROUND
OSLO FROM WHAT I’VE SEEN.
Norway is a really small country,
but it seems like high tide right
now. It comes and goes, back
when Terje was blowing up
snowboarding came up too.
Then it was slow for a goodwhile. After Andreas won X
Games two years in a row
snowboarding came back up.
It’s getting bigger now for sure.
HOW IS IT TRAVELING BEING
FROM VIKING LAND? DO YOU
SPEND MOST OF YOUR TIME
HERE IN THE WINTER? WHEN
ARE YOU BACK HOME?
I’m home a lot in the summer,
but then again, I’m sitting here
in Whistler right now and it’s
summer time. U.S. and the A all
winter pretty much!
HAVE YOU EVER RIDDEN
ANYTHING IN COLORADO
BESIDES THE PARKS?
I wish!
DO YOU KNOW WHY YOUR
AGENTS NAME IS “NINJA?”
Cause he is a boss..
TELL ME ABOUT AWSM?
WHAT IS IT? WHO’S ON THE
TEAM? ANY SKATERS ON THE
TEAM OR JUST BOARDERS?
AWSM is a per formance
driven lifestyle company that
I’m starting up with a couple
friends. We started off with
just a sticker on a board for me
and a couple friends. Not really
meaning anything else for a
long time. It was just really coo
to represent something fun thathad nothing to do with money,
just good times and real fun.
It’s not pretend fun and doing it
for somebody because we had
to. That is the backbone of the
whole company.
We’re doing accessories in the
near future but starting off
with belts. We want to make
belts that will work better for
shredding. I’m not going to
name-drop anyone right now,
but the team is going to be
incredible. We’re working topick up some skaters too but
not right off the bat, it has to be
right.
“JUST GOOD
TIMES AND
REAL FUN...THAT IS THE
BACKBONE
OF THE
COMPANY.”
P: CHAD OTTERSTROM
R: TORSTEIN HORGMO
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Watch and learn. It is a simple concept that most peoplehave heard beore. For Kimmy Fasani it’s more like – watch,land and ride out o a double back fip. This Mammoth Lakenative denitely set the tone early in her season last year.She separated hersel rom all other women currently insnowboarding, by taking a risk and just going or it this lastJanuary. She now holds the title or the rst emale rider to landa double back fip in the park and powder and it happened righthere in Silverton, Colorado.
Kimmy Fasani grew up in Truckee, Caliornia and has beensnowboarding since she was seven-years-old. She has competedin a number o competitions including the X Games and the Dew
Tour. During the last year, she spent the majority o her timelming with Standard Films. When she wasn’t riding, Kimmywas planning her wedding, which took place in Mammoth Lakethis September. It didn’t take long to realize that Kimmy, was ahumble, down to earth badass. She said, “I eel very ortunateto be in the position I’m in, it’s been a un time.” Unortunatelyshe missed the world premier o her part in Standard Films’TB20 at Snowboard on the Rocks. It’s okay, we understand. Ahoneymoon in Arica with her hubby Chris is a legit excuse. Forthose o you who were not at Snowboard on the Rocks, thecrowd went wild and denitely gave props to Kimmy while theywatched her part in TB20.
There was little preparation or the double back fip that day inSilverton. With no real training other than our back fips in aharness and a background in gymnastics, Kimmy didn’t know whatto expect. She admits to being a visual learner. “I learn by seeingthings. I just get the eeling rom watching other riders.” There wassome additional YouTube prep the morning o the jump. She waswatching the rotations and placement rom Eero Ettala.
Lie is a little like Ro-Sham-Bo, it is all about the choices youmake. As you get older, these choices become more substantialand can impact your lie ar more than you would ever expect.When Cheryl Maas decided to invite Kimmy and Hana Beamanto Silverton to lm with her or her upcoming webisode series,Open Air , none o the ladies knew how their simple choiceto - invite and accept - would impact women’s snowboarding.Everything about the trip to Silverton was on point – the peopleshe was with, the Colorado weather and Kimmy’s mentality. “Igot to ride with two really amazing riders, Cheryl Maas and HanaBeaman. We all just share the same passion. We are out theresnowboarding because we love it.”
The day the ladies and both lm crews arrived in Silverton, thesnow was dumping. Kimmy said, “The snow just did not stopcoming down.” Most o their rst day on the mountain was spentbuilding the jump in the backcountry. Ater joking with Cherylabout how cool doubles in the backcountry were, Kimmy madea choice that it was time to land the double. She only decidedto tell her lm guy what was up. She said, “I don’t know howit’s going to go, but you might want to be on it. When I saw the jump area and that there was really no consequence unless Imessed up as a rider, I decided when we’re building the jump, itwas denitely going to be the place that I try it.”
ALTITUDE SICKNESS
BY TIFFANY HARDER
P: JEFF CURLEYR: KIMMY FASANI
D.O.B.: 04/25/84RESIDES: Mammoth Lake, CAHOMETOWN: Mammoth Lake, CASPONSORS: DC, Zeal Optics, Skullcandy, Cli Bar, Mammoth Mountain, SnowcreekAthletic Club, Mimi’s Cookie BarSTANCE: Gooy
KIMMYFASANI : 18
b: -15 21 in. 151 cm. (backcountry)
“IT’S A MATTER OF KNOWING YOU ARECAPABLE. MAKING SURE YOU TRUST
YOURSELF AND LISTENING TO THAT
INNER VOICE.”
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The weather broke the next morning and the opportunity came
or Kimmy. It was a beautiul bluebird day. There was nothing
but crystal blue skies and resh powder that was deep enough to
get lost in. She said, “I have never really ridden snow that was so
white and that orgiving. We got to ride the best powder I have
ever seen in Colorado.” The three ladies stood at the top, looking
at the jump and were deciding who would go rst. O course, Ro-
Sham-Bo always makes decisions easier and unaccountable, but
Kimmy opted to go last.
Everyone nds motivation rom dierent places. As anyone who
is successul, Kimmy ollows suit and makes a list o goals beore
each season. The double back fip was burning a hole on her list,
kind o like cash in your pocket – you just have to do something
with it! Kimmy explains saying, “It’s a matter o knowing you
are capable. Making sure you trust yoursel and listening to that
inner voice.” Ater an over rotated melon grab, and a fip-and-a-
hal or her rst attempts, Kimmy decided enough with the 45
minute hike. On her ourth and nal attempt o the double back
fip, Kimmy ound motivation in Far East Movement’s song, Like
a G6. “I I nd a song that works or me and I eel like it’s gettingme to the point I need to be. I listen to it over and over until I get
something done.”
Yes, the music may have been that underlying boost o
condence, but Kimmy is a snowboarder, a risk taker and most
importantly a rider that commits and executes. “When I dropped
in, I was like okay. I was completely committed.” The landing was
all torn up and Kimmy was tired rom the hiking, but she ound
her groove to pull it o. Not only was Kimmy taking a huge risk
early in her season, but she was also coming o o an ankle
injury. “As soon as I landed it, I was so shocked. I didn’t even say
anything. I couldn’t comprehend what I had just done. It was
denitely one o my coolest moments so ar.”
The day started with nothing but resh, white powder and ended
in celebration with a chocolate mountain. Her crew took her out
or dinner and bought her chocolate rom Mouse’s Chocolates in
Ouray. Kimmy expressed that the weekend would not have been
possible without the people around her – the crew, Hana and
Cheryl. “I’m really inspired by positive people who are passionate
about what they are doing.” She rides with a pretty rad posse
here in Colorado - Jaime Anderson, Erin Comstock, Hana
Beaman and Jenny Jones. “Jaime Anderson is just so dominant in
the park. It just goes to show that girls can do anything they put
their mind to,” exclaims Kimmy.
Kimmy will always consider Colorado a special place or more
reasons than one. She spends the early season here training at
Keystone and Breckenridge and has plans to discover more o
Colorado’s backcountry this year. “Colorado is just a great place
to go or everything - the environment, and the people. Everyone
is so riendly and welcoming.” She is looking orward to anothergreat season o lming and exploring her capabilities in the
backcountry. “I just hope to be a part o women’s progression or
a long time.”
I have no doubts that Kimmy will play in integral part in
progressing women’s snowboarding. Kimmy sets her goals high,
and she is not araid to try something. She truly is an inspiration
to all the emale riders out there, and will only continue to rise
above and take women’s snowboarding to the next level. I you
have any doubts, check out her part in TB20.
P: JEFF CURLEY
R: KIMMY FASANI
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“THAT’S WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT.
THERE IS NO BETTER FEELING THAN
HELPING SOMEONE OUT.”
The last eight years I’ve been reading a lot of books , watching
documentaries and digging deeper on things. People guide usaround like sheep, ruining the world and our environment. Ourwinters are most likely getting worse. We are going to leave our
kids with a ucked up world to live in.
Being a consumer, you are either being a part o the solution orpart o the problem. The frst step is to know what really goes on,
what we are doing, and knowing how to do your part to help. Iyou do nothing, you are a part o the problem.
It comes down to the way it is with the oil companies, plastics,and all the crap we consume. They do the nastiest shit to otherpeople or money, like cigarette companies, ood companies,
pharmaceutical companies, banks and real estate people, it’s sonasty. The only way we can change anything that goes on in thisworld is to know how it aects everybody.
Snowboarders are dope because they aren’t like the suit types,they go ater their passion. Most kids grow up to learn how to
chase money, they only have a passion or cash. It ’s about theculture o money. Chasing money, sorry, that’s just not real lie.There’s no purpose to that. As you get older and wiser you startthinking about “what’s my purpose?” Really, we were put on this
earth to help other people. That’s why rich people and a lot owealthy people are not very happy because they are ocused onthemselves. You are supposed to be ocused on helping other
people. That’s what lie is all about. There is no better eelingthan helping someone out. To help anybody, you need to beeducated, then take action and build yoursel into a leader.
Know what’s going on around you and then do things that make
sense. Help, and have a purpose in lie. Don’t just sit there andtake care o yoursel.
I have a tab on my site (markrankmontoya.com) that says, “defnenecessity.” It has three starving black babies in Arica and anEscalade on 22s. Defne necessity you know. “Oh, I gotta have thiscar.” This is like airy tale land over here man. I’ve been traveling,
going over to Brazil and seeing dierent places. I have to say mosto the world is ucked up. We only care about ourselves.
Be somebody and stand up! Don’t be an ignorant consumer.Your passion or snowboarding is dope, but when you aren’tmaking any money and don’t have any extra time you can’t
help anybody. I watch a lot o pros go rom pro snowboarderback to an employee. We have so much power. I just witnessed8,000 people and i you could actually get them to put down a
joint or a beer or a second and watch the right movie or right
documentary they would get pissed and say, “how do I help?”
Everybody needs somebody next to them telling them to stayaway rom ucked up riends and amily, people that say, “youcan’t do shit. Why don’t you just get a job? Why don’t you go toschool?” Instead, go ater your passion, not the money. “What are
you going to be when you grow up? A doctor? A lawyer?” Why?So you can make your amily proud? Don’t go or the money.Go or your passion, be happy, and make a living. You will be
somebody that has a purpose and think about other people. It’ssuch a dope eeling to help so many people that I do right now. I
just know my purpose in lie.
JUST SAYIN’
BY MARC FRANK MONTOYA
R: MFM P: SKS
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YES FOLKS, IT’S OFFICIAL, IN 2014 WHEN WE ALL TUNE IN
TO THE OLYMPICS WE WILL NOW HAVE TWO EVENTS TO
WATCH. THIS SUMMER THE I.O.C. (INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC
COMMITTEE) ANNOUNCED THAT SLOPESTYLE WILL BE AN
OFFICIAL OLYMPIC EVENT IN THE 2014 GAMES IN SOCHI,
RUSSIA!
Speaking or mysel, I am very, very excited to hear this. Since I
stopped competing in slopestyle fve years ago I’ve become a
serious slopestyle an and enthusiast. The level o riding today is
really difcult to athom. Watching a fnal these days looks more
like a video game than snowboarding at times. It’s amazing howar this event has come in such a short time. The same can be
said or halpipe, but I think it is sae to say that the slopestyle
bar was set high this past season! With that said I think it’s only
air to reward these modern day park-jumping-ninjas with some
Olympic hardware!
Remember the days when parks were stashed o in some
remote spot on the hill, so it would stay out o sight rom the
snobby high paying ski clientele? Well, those days have changed,
and now you see resorts putting their parks on the most prime
real estate on the mountain, and with good reason. The park, is
now a place where uture Olympic medal holders will hone their
skills and hopeully bring home gold, silver, and bronze or their
country and home resorts.
For us snowboarders, slopestyle appearing in the Olympics is
nothing but positive. It should mean better parks or us, and
more importantly, more respect in general. No longer are we the
dark horses at the resort, causing parents to try and hide their
kids rom ear that their little ones might like what they see and
want to snowboard as well. Now, we are like instantly going rom
a coach class passenger to business class. We’ve already seen
this with halpipe, but now that slopestyle is in I think it’s sae tosay that we are in the driver’s seat, or at least we got an upgrade!
I am really excited to see what the uture holds or us
snowboarders! I mean we have to be doing something right. It
was only 12 years ago that skiers would make their way through
the pipe and park and look at us like aliens. Some o them would
even get a wild hair and spout o some swear words at us. Fast
orward, and 12 years later they have ollowed our coat tails all
the way to the Olympics and everywhere else we decide to go.
It’s unny how things seem to work out.
JOURNEY WITH JJ
BY JJ THOMAS READY, SET, SLOPESTYLE!
P: CHRIS GARRISON
R: KJERSTI BUAAS
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TUBBS
FLEX ALP SNOWSHOES
BACKCOUNTRY OPS
BY CHAD OTTERSTROM
This month’s sweet backcountry gear is going to be snowshoes.
There are lots o dierent snowshoes you can choose rom, but
Tubbs are the best I’ve ound. Snowshoes are great or someone
looking to get out in the backcountry on a budget. Where
snowmobiles and split boards tend to be on the expensive side,
a good pair o snowshoes can get you pretty much anywhere ora little over $200. It is important not to go too cheap though, i
you buy a pair o Wal-Mart shoes, they’re going to all apart on
you out in the woods and it will make or a rough hike back to
wherever you came rom.
Last year Tubbs came out with the Flex Alp snowshoe. One o
the best eatures about these snowshoes is that the tail fexes,
absorbing shock when you put your heel down. Meaning you can
hike much aster and arther, which means more snowboarding.
Another great thing about these snowshoes is the strap system.
Most snowshoes are made or people with Sorels or hiking boots,
they’re not really made or snowboard boots. The straps on these
have worked great or my boots. They are easy in and easy out,
made to be able to adjust them with your gloves on, so you don’t
have to reeze your hands while taking them on and o.
The traction on the Tubbs snowshoes is also amazing. The steel
toe crampon placed under your oot helps with toe grip along
with the side traction rails that help or side hilling or icey spots.
And the last thing I really like about these shoes, and the reason
I got them, is the heel risers. They have a bar you can raise under
your oot to lit your heel or steeper hikes. It pretty much turns
the mountain into a staircase all the way to the top. I you’re
looking to get out in the mountains and do some riding in the
backcountry on a budget, these snowshoes are your ticket to the
top o pretty much any mountain in Colorado.
THESE SNOWSHOES ARE YOUR
TICKET TO THE TOP OF PRETTY MUCH
ANY MOUNTAIN IN COLORADO.
P: CHAD OTTERSTROM
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Every autumn that comes beore board’n season, there seems to
be an inux in the amount o snowboard flms released . Access
to technology that enables creative expression and the means
to broadcast it to the world continues to become less exclusive,
and more o a democracy. This empowerment has undoubtedly
helped broaden the cultural value that these lms bring to
snowboarding, giving every “little guy” a chance to contribute.
Givin’s executive producers Doran Laybourn (Aspen native and
resident) and Keegan Valaika (Boulder resident) are hardly little
guys in snowboard culture, but what Givin is, well, giving backto snowboarding is One hell o a core video that shows what
snowboarding should be. No mega budget, no helicopters to
lm helicopters that are lming snowboarders, and no lobster
dinners. This is not to say that the big budget lms don’t hold an
integral place in our culture, they deserve the credit that they get,
but variety is indeed the spice o lie! Givin utilizes a good use o
resources, uego boarding spots o the beaten trail, a crew o
some awesome pals who all just happen to rip (read Doran’s “Just
Sayin” shout out to the Givin crew last issue), and that’s where the
value o Givin’s debut release lays!
BY: MACK COLLINS
SENSE OF NOSTALGIA IN GOING
BOARDING WITH YOUR BUDDIES
ONE HELL
OF A CORE
VIDEO THATSHOWS WHAT
SNOWBOARDING
SHOULD BE.
VIDEO STASH
ONE
GIVEN
Cliché it may be, but this shred fick does give a sense o nostalgia
in going boarding with your buddies. One has a rereshing, bare-
boned approach in its stylization, accompanied by a classic rock
infuenced soundtrack you might just have to create a One playlist
to board to. Stand out parts include one o Forest Bailey’s rst
real parts (double song opener), Shayne Pospisil’s powder assault,
Robbie Walker’s double cork insanity, Nick Russell’s white winter
wave surng, and Keegan’s well rounded part. The real break
through part to look out or though is Wyatt Stasinos’ backcountry
expedition with so many pillow lines, epic pow slashes, hammer jump shots, and thread-the-needle ree ride lines that you are
going to need a minute to soak in his two song ender!
Overall, there is a commonality in the ensemble o riders’ style;
loose in the best o ways! No one is trying too hard and that
makes snowboarding not only more un to watch, but also a
good philosophy to take into your own riding, no matter your skill
level. Support some Colorado based riders and lm makers alike
and pick up a copy o One. Pop it in the DVD player, roll up an el
dolche, turn the volume to eleven, and get excited or this winter!
R: FOREST BAILEY
P: ZACH HOOPER
Riders: Forest Bailey, Keegan Valaika,
Wyatt Stasinos, Shayne Pospisil, TimmyRonan, Cody Rosenthal, Doran Laybourn,
Jonas Michilot, Alex Stathis, Robbie
Walker, Mason Aguirre, Jake Koia, Brendan
Keenan, Nick Russell, Benny Urban, and
Homies
Sponsors: Nike, Burton, Red Bull,
Billabong, Gnarly Clothing, Frends,
Zimtstern, K2 Snowboards, Head
Snowboards, 686, Active Board Shop,
Blotto Photo, Bataleon, Snowboarder
Mag, Pleasure Mag
Filmed on Location: City o Aspen,
Mt. Baker, Whistler, Minnesota, Idaho
Backcountry, Boulder, Japan, Laax,
Colorado Backcountry, and plenty o
secret spots.
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BOA TEAM RIDER Skylar Thornton
PHOTOGRAPHER Jeff Hawe
LOCATION Thompson Pass,
Valdez, AK
Boa ® is a registered trademark of Boa Technology Inc.
GET DIALED IN
with Skylar Thornton
K2 Darko
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Lately everyone is talking about how terrible the gas mileage
is on their car or SUV. And it’s true, we all drive a bunch o gasguzzlers. The thing most people don’t think o when they talkabout how wasteul these things are is that there are all kinds othings out there that are way worse on uel eciency than a caror truck. Construction equipment is a huge oender. Anotherhuge waste o ossil uel is something we see everyday at our localresorts, snowcats. And most don’t even think twice about how badsnowcats are on uel. EcoGroomer is a company that is coming upwith a solution to this problem.
One reason or lit ticket prices being so high and getting higherover the last ew years is because snowcats are so terrible onuel use. While this isn’t the sole reason, and may not be a hugeconcern or us season pass holders. Season passes have also goneup every year, but not nearly as bad as the day tickets. It alreadycost a ton to operate a world class ski resort, add the rising uelcosts and it’s no wonder that a day ticket cost almost $100.
Dan Osborne, CEO o EcoGroomer, came up with a potentialsolution. Osborne says, “the idea or the EcoGroomer is somethingI’ve been thinking about or a while. Every time I was on themountain I’d see 10 or 20 groomers in ormation and it just
seemed like such a waste o uel and resources. It really justbugged me.” Osborne says he got the idea or the design romseeing a tractor pulling something called a gang mower alongthe highway. The tractor was mowing grass three times as wideas itsel and the idea hit him. “Why don’t they groom snow likethat?” Osborne says he spent roughly the next month researchingthe easibility o his idea, and he concluded that it was doable.What he came up with is basically a tool that is placed onto anexisting snowcat, “like a boat trailer,” says Osborne, to triple theamount o snow a single cat can groom. There are a bunch obenets to this. The rst is that a single cat would use less ueland create less pollution while grooming more area. I each cat
MORE GROOM,LESS VROOM
in a feet can groom more area, resorts can cut uel cost and usesignicantly less, maybe as much as approximately 30%, becausethey wouldn’t have to run as many cats at once. The EcoGroomerscan create an extra 200% in the surace area groomed by aeach snowcat. They would also save a lot o money on labor,because they wouldn’t have to pay as many people to operate thesnowcats at one time.
EcoGroomer.com says that i major ski resorts in the U.S.converted just a portion o their huge snowcat feets toEcoGroomer, it would save over 20 million gallons o diesel uelby the year 2020, and would cut operating costs by nearly $150million. I this happens, lit ticket and season pass prices mightactually go down a bit. Here’s something to think about, what iresorts continue to operate as is. It’s very possible that in time,there will be no more grooming. Diesel costs will continue to rise,labor will be expensive as all hell, and eventually grooming mightstop all together because it would just be too expensive. Thiswould mean no more groomed runs to fy down at mach 3. Nobueno, my riend. The EcoGroomer is meant to groom about 60%o runs at a given resort, the “meat and potatoes grooming,” asOsborne calls it. Green and blue runs can be groomed in abouthal the time and resources. Terrain parks and steeper runs will still
have to be done using current methods, which is simply the natureo the beast.
EcoGroomer seems to really be on to something with this idea.The company is already gaining major support rom all over theski and snowboard industry. Numerous resorts, including Aspenand Lake Louise have oered to take part in the testing o the rstprototype EcoGroomer models, scheduled or this season. I allgoes well, we could be seeing the rst production EcoGroomers inuse as early as 2012/2013 winter.
WE’VE GOT COMPANY
BY: ADAM QUEEN
EcoGroomer
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2011/2012 BOOTSPRODUCT SHOWCASEWORDS: JUSTIN LESNIAK
PHOTOS: CHRIS GARRISON
WHEN IT COMES TO BOOTS, ACE VENTURA PUTS IT BEST
WHEN HE SAID, “LIKE A GLOVE.” BOOTS ARE BY FAR THE MOST
CUSTOMIZED PRODUCT IN SNOWBOARDING. EACH PAIR IS
DESIGNED FOR BOTH A SPECIFIC USE, AND A SPECIFIC FOOT.
NOT EVERY BOOT IS CREATED EQUAL, AND NOT EVERY BOOT IS
CREATED FOR THE SAME USER. FINDING A NEW PAIR OF BOOTS CAN BE A JOURNEY, WITH SEVERAL
BRANDS DISHING OUT SOLID BOOTS FEATURING DIFFERENT FITS, FEELS
AND LACING SYSTEMS. AT THE END OF THE DAY IT’S NECESSARY TO
PERSONALLY TRY ON NEW BOOTS, HOWEVER, THIS SHOWCASE FEATURES
THE HOTTEST KICKS THIS YEAR.
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HEAD - 5 STAR
BELLS, WHISTLES AND BOA MAKE THIS BOOT A
SERIOUS CONTENDER.Boa lacing system means getting that dialed-in t all day long while your
riends reeze trying to tie their laces. Thermot Hybrid liner oers a ully
customized t along with making the boots easy to put on and take o.
Cu Cut articulated cu eliminates distortion o the shell during even the
heaviest sessions.
20 YEARS STRONG. HOW MANY BOOTS CAN SAY THAT?Super Lace closure system makes you ready to ride with two quick pulls.
TF3 liner with heat moldable ability, a seamless toe box and superb liner
lacing system. Hypershock outsole kills two birds with one stone. Insane
shock absorbing ability and solid grip or those sketchy hikes.
IF INSPECTOR GADGET WAS A SNOWBOARDER HE
WOULD WEAR THESE BOOTS.Zipt closure system combines a dual zone Boa lacing system or the shell,
and a Quickt lacing system or the liner giving unmatched control over
lacing. 5 Barrel Liner with Quickt lacing, EVA reinorcement or added
support and a Velcro strap or backup. Contour Flyweight Kush outsole
reduces weight and absorbs impacts to let you shred another day.
THE LASHED CAN BE SPOTTED IN THE STREETS,
PARK AND BACKCOUNTRY AND FOR GOOD REASON.STI Evolution Foam outsole is insanely lightweight while providing
excellent cushioning. Articulating cu gives natural fex and eliminates
distortion caused by daily riding. 3D molded tongue enhances lacing and
allows you, the user to dial in the t and eel.
NORTHWAVE - DOUBLE DECADE
FLOW - HYLITE
32 - LASHED
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BURTON
SLX
ASTRONAUTS SHOULD BE
REQUIRED TO WEAR THESE
ON INTER-PLANETARY
MISSIONS.
New Vibram Alpha Ecostep 2 Outsole
gives unmatched traction in a lighterweight, recycled package.
Speed Zone Lacing for industry
leading control.
Lightweight sandwich construction
with Dual Zone B3 gel cushioning in
the heal and toe.
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NOVEMBER 2011
DC
GIZMO
VANS
HI-STANDARD
DC KNOWS FEET, MORE
IMPORTANTLY, DC KNOWSHOW TO MAKE FEET HAPPY.Constrictor Hybrid System combines
a newly applied Boa system with
traditional lacing or a uniquely
designed t.
Bravo liner which eatures J-bars or
support and a new neoprene ankle
harness.
Unilite outsole embodies greed
by providing lightweight, traction,
dampness and cushioning in one
package.
LEGENDARY STYLE MEETS
LEGENDARY FIT.Pro-Flex Outsole brings Vans’ amous
inverted wafe tread to snow, giving a
skate-like eel even on snow.
Quadt Custom-X Liner eatures adual-density heat moldable core,
X-Cage or adjustable liner t and
anti-slip heel pocket.
V2 Footbed with V-Tech high-rebound
EVA oundation and multi-arch
support.
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FORUM
THE TRAMP
UNLIKE YOUR TWEAKER
FRIENDS THERE IS NOTHING
SKETCHY ABOUT THIS BOOT. Tweaker Cu gives soter fex side-
to-side while keeping up the support
ront-to-back. Tweaker Shell also
gives asymmetrical support where it’s
needed.Footpillow Footbed provides comort
even ater stomping monster airs.
The Good Vibes articulated cu stays
true to this boot’s reestyle inspiration.
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SALOMON
DIALOGUE
CELSIUS
CLIMATE
THE DIALOGUE IS AN EXAMPLE
OF EVERYTHING SALOMON
DOES RIGHT WHEN MAKING
BOOTS.Powerlace Pro lacing system,
Salomon’s tried-and-true lacing
system lives on.
Lo-Fi outsole, skate-inspired low
profle sole includes Dual EVA
dampening while oozing style.
Balance 2 Liner comes correct with
the same Powerlace Pro lacing
system.
THAT’S RIGHT, BOOTS
CAN HELP BOTH THE
ENVIRONMENT AND YOUR
SORRY ASS RIDE BETTER.Traditional lacing system because
nothing says style like laces.
Unique water resistant shell keeps you
dry and irie.
O.Zone 7 liner which includes memory
oam and a custom molded insole.
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32
LASHED FT
BURTON
SAPPHIRE
DC
MORA
GIRLY LOOKS MEETS DEVILISH
FIT.
STI Evolution Foam outsole is insanely
lightweight while providing excellentcushioning.
Articulating cu gives natural fex and
eliminates distortion caused by daily
riding.
3D molded tongue enhances lacing
and allows you, the user to dial in the
t and eel.
TRADITIONAL LACING KEEPS
THE SAME FIT YOU KNOW AND
LOVE.
True Fit Custom Cu to better t
women.
Therm-ic heat pre-wired fex liner with
New Re-Engineered Women’s Fit Rad
Pad or comortable lacing.
INSPIRED BY THE GODS
THEMSELVES FOR A DIVINE
RIDE.
Constrictor Hybrid System combines
a newly applied Boa system with
traditional lacing or a uniquely
designed t. Bravo liner which
eatures J-bars or support and a
new neoprene ankle harness. Unilite
outsole embodies greed by providing
lightweight, traction, dampness and
cushioning in one package.
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NORTHWAVE
DEVINE
VANS
AURA
SALOMON
KIANA
LIKE A BOY’S BOOT, BUT WAY
BETTER LOOKING.Super Lace closure system makes you
ready to ride with two quick pulls.
TF3 liner with heat moldable ability,
a seamless toe box and superb liner
lacing system.
Hypershock outsole kills two birds
with one stone. Insane shock
absorbing ability and solid grip or
those sketchy hikes.
DOUBLE BOA CLOSURESYSTEM ALLOWS FOR TRULY
DIALED-IN FIT FROM TONGUE-
TO-TOE.TriFit X Thermal Liner eatures an
asymmetrical X-Cage to keep your
heel put.
Vanslite Outsole made rom one-piece
EVA or a super light oundation.
ALL AROUND PERFORMANCE
COMES IN A PRETTY PACKAGE.Powerlace Pro lacing system,
Salomon’s tried-and-true lacingsystem lives on. Trinity outsole, the
women’s specifc version o the Lo-
Fi, a skate-inspired low profle sole
includes Dual EVA dampening while
oozing style.
Balance 2 Liner comes correct with
the same Powerlace Pro lacing
system.
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J AKE
WEL CH
/ S
T E V I E B E L L
/ J OH N
J A C K S ON
/
N I C
S A U V E
/ D A N I E L E K
/ N I K O
C
I OF F I / A U S T E N
S WE E T I N
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L E A R N M O R E A B O U T
S I M S ® D E E P R O O T S I N
S N O W B O A R D I N G .
T H E R U L E S ! ™ ,
A N A U T H E N T I C
S H R E D J U S T F O R Y O U .
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L A S T R E S O R T
SILVERTON
MOUNTAIN
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By Jeff Aguilar
IT WOULD BE TERRIBLY INACCURATE AND GROTESQUELY CLICHÉ TOSAY THAT SILVERTON MOUNTAIN SEPARATES THE MEN FROM THE BOYS;
BECAUSE IT DOES MUCH MORE THAN THAT. SO I’LL JUST SAY THIS,IF YOU ACT LIKE A BITCH ANY TIME YOUR FRIENDS WANT TO HIKEUP A RIDGE, OR IF YOU’VE NEVER GONE A FULL SEASON OF RIDINGWITHOUT ONCE TAKING A CHAIRLIFT, OR IF YOU’VE NEVER POINTED IT
STRAIGHT DOWN AN 8-FOOT-WIDE ICY ASS CHUTE; THEN MAYBE YOU
SHOULD KEEP YOUR PANSY-ASS AT HOME FOR THIS TRIP BRO.
R: WYATT GLYNN
P: AARON DODDS
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JUST TO BE CLEAR, DROPPING FROM THE ROAD AT LOVELAND
PASS TEN TIMES A YEAR DOESN’T QUALIFY YOU TO RIDE HERE
EITHER. SILVERTON MOUNTAIN IS SERIOUS SHIT YO. THERE ARE
THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF SACK-SHRIVELING STEEPS THAT
THEY WON’T EVEN LET YOU TOUCH WITHOUT A BEACON ON
YOUR CHEST, AND A SHOVEL AND PROBE ON YOUR PACK. PAY
FOR YOUR TICKET, SIGN THE WAIVER, GET ON THE TWO MAN
CHAIR, AND BE READY FOR A LIFE CHANGING ADVENTURE.
P: AARON DODDS
You better be in damn good shape to hike
the 1,100+ vertical eet rom the top o
the chairlit to the peak. That’s right, one
chairlift, and it doesn’t even take you all the
way to the top. Sorry sissies. If all this makes
you re-think your plans to take a trip down
here with the rest of the high tops and tight
pants posse, good. Stay up north and work
on your jibs bro. But i you’ve read this and
are still confdent you have what it takes to
ride Southern Colorado’s “Little Alaska,” then
keep reading.
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SILVERTON
MOUNTAIN
The Bilboard
Top of Chairlift 12,300’
Base Elevation 10,400’
Terrain - 1,819 Acres
Vertical Drop 3,087+22,000 Heli/Backcountry Acres
100 400 700 1,000 1,300 1,600 1,900 2,200
50 300 550 800
Storm Peak 13,487’
East Face
West Face
S i l v
e r t o n M
o u n
t a i n
L i f t
200’
700’
3,090
With 400+ inches of annual snowfall, over 1,800 acres of unaltered
terrain off the lift, another 22,000+ acres of heli, hike-to terrain
and a maximum of 475 guests per day (most days have less than
100 heads on the hill), Silverton Mountain can grace you with fuy
powder turns almost every day o the season. But they don’t just
let you roam around this place aimlessly, riding with a guide is
mandatory when the season is in ull swing; however, you don’t get
some corny, corporate-resort-type-douche, cock-blocking you and
your crew all day. As long as you’re cool, they’ll let you get as rad as
everyone in the group eels comortable with. The guides here are
some burly, backcountry-crushing bad asses. Yet they are as gnarly
as they are knowledgeable when it comes to their surroundings. I
suggest you listen up and listen good when your guide is telling you
what lies around the next turn, or down the next chute. This place
can eat you alive i you’re not careul, and the guides are there to
keep you safe while showing you the time of your life. And they ain’t
doin’ what they do or un, so tip them very well at the end o the
day. Besides, there’s defnitely a good chance you’ll run into your
guide back in town later! Avoid the embarrassment and tip!
The base of Silverton is at 10,400 ft, you can get almost 2,000 feet of
vertical drop just by riding down rom the top o the lit (12,300 t).
If you make the hike all the way to The Billboard (elev. 13,487 ft), you
better hope you packed enough Odwalla drinks and Cli bars down
your throat to make the 3,000+ oot descent to the base so you can
catch that shuttle back to the lit (tip the shuttle driver’s too, jerk).Being the highest ski resort in North America has its advantages. This
season, frst tracks at Silverton Mountain were made on September
18th! With late season riding going until almost mid-summer, Silverton
is the backcountry enthusiast’s dream “resort.”S I L V E R T O N I S T H E
BACKCOUNTRY ENTHUSIAST’S
DREAM “RESORT.”
THIS PLACE CAN EAT YOU
A L I V E I F Y O U ’ R E N O T
CAREFUL , AND THE GUIDES
ARE THERE TO KEEP YOU
SAFE WHILE SHOWING YOU
THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE.
SILVERTON
MOUNTAIN
THE HIGHEST
SKI RESORT
IN NORTH
AMERICA
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The easiest, or should I say, least lie threatening, run at SilvertonMountain has a 35 degree pitch, and i you know anything aboutavalanches, you know that’s in the perect pitch range or slides.
While we were there, there was very recent evidence o one o thebiggest slides I’ve ever seen with my own eyes. Just picture hal oA-Basin breaking loose at once. It was obviously controlled though,
you could see the powder marks rom the blast near the crown othe slide. But ear not, the helicopter at Silverton Mountain isn’t just
there or a quick ride to some o the best runs in Colorado. Theavalanche control team utilizes the heli as a valuable avy mitigation
tool, tossin’ charges on that shit all day. Constantly bombing perilous
cornices and wind loads, these guys are setting o more charges in
the subsequent weeks ater a big storm than most resorts set o all
year. (I was also told that they totally blew up Shaun White’s private
halpipe when he was done with it, yesss).
Speaking o heli rides, i you’ve got the cash to throw down, you can
get a taste o what it’s like to be Travis Rice or a ew brie moments.
I say brie because i you’ve never been on a helicopter, the rushis insane. So is getting dropped o with your bros at the top o apeak with zero tracks on it. A total time warp, it could take threehours and you wouldn’t even know it. So make sure your GoPro isdialed in and charged up proper because you’re defnitely going towant to review the ootage when you get back to your room, just to
confrm that you weren’t dreaming. Single drops are listed at $159each on the website, $320 or two heli drops with some exclusive
Oh yeah, leave the outlet-shopping girlriends back in the city orthis trip, Silverton is defnitely light on the “resort,” there’s not exactly
a Kikapoo’s Tavern ull o hottie/hippie cocktail girls waiting or youat the bottom o the lit. Silverton Mountain is ully ocused on thesaety and quality o their riding instead o their amenities; they have
a tent or a main lodge, and an old ass school bus or a gear rentalshack. You can rent all o the required avy gear (beacon, shovel,probe), along with some serious strictly-powder boards to make your
day even better. Silverton Mountain provides a truly one o a kindexperience or those lucky/smart enough to make it down there.
SILVERTON MOUNTAIN IS FULLY
FOCUSED ON THE SAFETY ANDQUALITY OF THEIR RIDINGINSTEAD OF THEIR AMENITIES;THEY HAVE A TENT FOR A
MAIN LODGE AND AN OLDASS SCHOOL BUS FOR A GEARRENTAL SHACK.
P: AARON DODDSP: JON PACIARONI
P: JON PACIARONI
R: ALEX PASHLEY
P: JON PACIARONI
R: SKYLAR HOLGATE
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MOUNTAIN
hike-to runs available as well. I you’re a true-pimpin’ ball-a-tician,
throw down a ull G ($1,000 per person) or six magic carpet rides
to the promise land. And six rides are plenty, ater that many heli
drops and thousands o vertical eet descended, you’ll be beat likea borrowed mule.
Aside rom the heli drop, our avorite runs on this trip were Mandatory
Air and Waterall, the snow was so good, we didn’t really have to hike
for the dope stash. But if you want to hike your ass off, (it’s so worth
it) head north to The Billboard and check out the chutes on the West
Face, ain’t nothing like that in Summit County son! Some killer trees
to bash are going to be in The Three Stooges zone, towards the North
Face but still on the eastern acing aspect. I you think you’re the next
Xavier DeLaRue, make your way to Storm Peak. Just point that shit
out to your homies, and you’ll fnd out real quick who’s got some sack
in their shorts or not.
IF YOU’RE A TRUE-PIMPIN’
BALL-A-TICIAN, THROW DOWN
A FULL G ($1,000 PER PERSON)
FOR SIX MAGIC CARPET RIDES
TO THE PROMISE LAND.
YOU’LL FIND OUT REAL QUICK
WHO’S GOT SOME SACK IN
THEIR SHORTS OR NOT.
Ater what will probably be the most memorable day o your lie,
you are defnitely going to need some ood, and lots o it. There
are quite a ew good spots to eat in the historic town o Silverton.
We chose Stellar Bakery and Pizzeria, boy am I glad we did. They
treated us to some of the most authentic and delicious Italian food
we’ve ever had. A very pleasant surprise, the che even came out
and checked on us and a ew other tables to see how our meals
were. The service was outstanding as well. When you’re visiting a
town as small as Silverton, it’s obvious that you “ain’t rom ‘round
here, are ya?” But we never once got that eeling o being looked at
as tourists. Our server and the rest o the sta at Stellar treated us
like old riends, giving us advice on where to go or drinks ater our
meal, asking questions about the magazine, just super riendly. And
I know it wasn’t because they were at work, because we saw our
server at the bar ater, and she stopped and chatted with us somemore, just as riendly as beore. I only I could remember her name…
whatever, she doesn’t remember mine.
P: JON PACIARONI
R: SKYLAR HOLGATE
IF YOU’VE
NEVERBEEN ON A
HELICOPTER,
THE RUSH ISINSANE
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YOU CAN GET A TASTE
OF WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE
TRAVIS RICE FOR A FEW
BRIEF MOMENTS.
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As usual, getting drinks was a blur for this writer (don’t hate). But
I’m pretty sure that we went to the right bar, because it was actually
pretty full. The Silverton Brewery I believe... whatever, there was a
bluegrass band, and a bunch of drunk dudes. Not a whole bunch
of women in Silverton, but you go there to ride anyway, if you’re
going to drive like ten hours to party and talk to chicks, you’ve got
issues. We ran into some friends, (yup, people we know, all the way
in Silverton) and we called it a night pretty early I think.
NOT A WHOLE LOTTA WOMEN
IN SILVERTON, BUT YOU GO
THERE TO RIDE ANYWAY.
YOUR TRIP TO SILVERTON
WILL BE ONE YOU WILL NEVER
FORGET.
As far as crashing goes, we had to step our game up and throw
down in the Wyman son! For sure the nicest place to stay in
town. Actually, the owner of the Wyman Hotel & Inn is the same
gentleman who owns the only boardshop in town, located upstairs
in the lodge at Kendal Mountain (a small family oriented resortlocated across the San Animas River from the town of Silverton).
When we were asking about his ski and boardshop, he kindly
offered us some rooms, super, super nice dude. The Wyman is
the same place that Justin Timberlake and Jessica Beal stayed
at during their visit to Silverton last season. I guess JT can shred
according to the locals, he throws spins and all that shit. Anyway,
be smart like Timberlake if you’re gonna bring your lady up here
with you, this place is baller. Supposedly I was in the same room
that JT and Beal stayed in; the room had a freaking bath tub in
the middle of it, with all kinds of crazy antique décor all over. And
it totally wasn’t awkward that I had to share that room with our
photographer either… ha, there were two beds… take it easy. Either
way, free breakfast in the AM kicked much ass, and it was funny
when people asked where we were staying. We’d casually say, “The
Wyman.” And they’d be all, “Ooooh! Nice!” Seriously though, look
into this place for your stay. You can get your board waxed while
you sleep so it’s ready in the morning, and you can walk to the bar
at night.
If you’re after a little more than a wax job, make sure you go to The
Gear Exchange Ski & Board Shop. They sell all kinds of essentials
that you probably left at home, (I’m sure you brought the beer
though, right)!? Their friendly and helpful staff can hook you
up with everything from gloves and goggles, to avy probes and
shovels, even boards and bindings. They do full tunes as well, in
case you didn’t listen to your guide and carry enough speed off
that cliff!
All in all, your trip to Silverton will be one you will never forget.
Whether you stay in The Wyman, the hostel, eat killer cuisine, or
dine on canned soup you heat up on your exhaust manifold, the
unrivaled terrain and snow at Silverton Mountain will make you
want to come back every chance you get. Plan well in advanceand stay up on the Silverton Mountain website in the weeks prior
to your trip, it’s too long of a drive to screw the pooch on some
minor details. Oh yeah, have fun driving over Red Mountain Pass
in a snowstorm!
P: AARON DODDS
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P: DAG LARSON
PROBABLY
THE MOSTMEMORABLE
DAY OF
YOUR LIFE.
P: AARON DODDS
R: CHAD OTTERSTROM AND WYATT GLYNN
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It’s not rocket science. Well, with kickers it pretty much is. Think about it,
rockets are built to send man kind’s fnest into orbit in the inner reaches
o space. Kickers are built to send snowboarding’s fnest into orbit and
the outer reaches o possibility.
Few things in snowboarding attract attention like kickers, and the saying
“bigger is better” certainly applies. Bigger jumps means bigger tricks,
and o course, bigger consequences. With every double or triple cork
you see on a massive kicker there are several bails that are just as gnarly
as the bangers themselves.
This month’s style points brings you the bangers on some o Colorado’s
raddest kickers, whether it’s in the park or backcountry. Sit back and
enjoy the product o hard work and some ballsiness on the parts o the
riders and photographers.
Words: Justin Lesniak
R: NICK RUSSEL
P: CHAD OTTERSTROM
S B C O M A G
S T Y L E
P I
O N
T S
K I C
K E R S
2
.3 / 1 1 . 0
1 1
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R: MARK HOYT
P: CHRIS GARRISON
PG
62
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R: BLAKE PAUL
P: AARON DODDS
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R: ZACK BLACK
P: JEFF BROCKMEYER
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R: SCOTTY ARNOLD
P: AARON DODDS
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I t i s a p e r f e c t da
y s o m e w h e r e i n
C o l o ra d o ’ s
ba c k c o u n t r y. Yo
u and your fr ie
nds s tand on t
op
o f a sno w y, w h i
te pea k a bou t t
o descend w ha
t
could be one o f t he mos t memora ble rides o f
your li ves. E ver y thin
g seems to be in order. The
wea ther is clear, no
wind, and all o f the
condi tions
seem to be jus t righ t. A f t
er winning a quick g
ame
o f Ro-Sham-Bo you s
core the firs t drop. A s
teep,
hea ven l y sea o f s h immer ing po w a wa i ts you
and on l y you.
You drop in
to the moun tain face
a s y o u r a d r e na l i n e i s c o u r s i n
g t h r o u g h y o u r
v e i n s a l m o s t a s ha r d a s y o u r h ea r t t h
u m p i n g i n
y o u r c h e s t. As you ma ke your wa y do wn t he face
tossing gian t roos ter tails o f po w in your wa ke,
e ver y t hing c hanges in a blin k o f an e ye. As you
hammer a hee ls ide turn you h
ear an om inous,
deep, “ w hump h ” sound.
I f you d idn ’ t a lread y
k no w, t h is ind ica tes ve
r y ser ious danger.
Tha t
beau ti ful open slope
o f whi te po wder is r
apidl y
turning in to a jigsa w
puzzle o f dea th.
T h e c ra c
k s
a r e s h o o t i n g i n a
l l d i r e c t i o n s a n d
t h e s n o w i s
s ta r t i n g t o s w
a l l o w y o u.
You tr y e ver y t hing
to s ta y uprig h t as you tr y to head ou t o f t he
slide ’s pa t h. B u t t h i s t i m e i t ’ s t o o la t e.
W ha t was going to be a ride to remem ber has no w
turned in to t he fig h t o f your li fe and i t ’s
comple tel y ou t o f your hands. Le t ’s hope
t ha t your cre w has t he kno wledge and t he
s kill to sa ve your li fe.
T h e c
l o c k i s t i c k i n
g.
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It is important to make clear that this article is not going to
give you the tools you need or the knowledge to allow you
to have any business in the backcountry.That inormation is
obtained by taking avalanche classes and reading books by
certifed proessionals. In the backcountry, learning is orever.
You can never know or understand enough. Instead, consider
this a plea or warning to educate yoursel beore you risk your
lie or potentially kill someone else. I you decide to become
a backcountry rider, you need to be ready or some intense
and very serious mental training, not to mention being ready
to spend some serious loot. I you are saying to yoursel “I
will just save money and skip out on buying a pass and ride
the backcountry,” you couldn’t be more wrong. Beore you
ever step oot into the backcountry you should have taken
an avalanche awareness class as well as a level one course.
Make sure it is 24 hours o total class time and I recommend
only taking a class rom the American Institute or Avalanche
Research and Education. You need to purchase at the very
least a beacon, probe, shovel, a backpack, and cram as much
knowledge as you can in your brain.
Not only will you need to log classroom time and buy some
new gear, you also should spend some time thinking about
your crew. They better have more to oer you than unny
jokes and a bag o banger tricks. Think about it. You have 15
minutes rom the time you are buried to have the greatest
chance o survival. Ater that, you’re in big trouble, and that is
i you are lucky enough to survive a burial in the frst place. In
most backcountry zones rescues crews will take longer than
15 minutes to respond. You could be spending a night waiting
or a rescue crew to evacuate you and your riends. So you had
better be prepared to hunker down while avoiding hypothermia
i need be. Also remember, there is no ski patrol in the
backcountry. I your riend has a broken leg will you know how
to care or it? What i your riend has a spinal injury? Are you
able to help your riends without paralyzing them, or worse,
killing them? Not many people take the time to think about the
value in frst aid and CPR training and how they can be a lie
saver in rescue situations.
What i you happen to be the victim and not the rescuer? There
is a very real chance that you can have all the right equipment
and know exactly what to do i your riend is swallowed by an
avalanche, but someone may have to save you. I your crew is
not on point, it is your lie that will hang in the balance. You can
be an amazing snowboarder with all the skill in the world, but
without proper backcountry knowledge, you are a time bomb
or yoursel, your crew, and anyone below you.
Last year alone eight people lost their lives in Colorado due to
avalanches. More people have lost their lives in a slide within
Colorado than any other state in the U.S. Colorado provides a
dangerous recipe o cold temperatures, high winds, and shallow
snowall, all o which combine to make a dangerous snowpackwith thick slabs on top o a weak base. Nine-out-o-ten times
the victim caught in the avalanche or someone in the victims’
crew triggers the avalanche. Avoid losing your lie or watching
a riend lose theirs by understanding how to identiy avalanche
conditions and having the knowledge to avoid treacherous
slopes that are prone to slide.
This can be achieved by learning how to understand and
recognize dangerous avalanche terrain. Look or clues like an
avalanche chute (a treeless stripe that runs through a orest)
and avoid gullies and couloirs to avoid deep burials. Look
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branches on the uphill side. You can also spot older slides
that will look like lumpy snow at the bottom o a steep slope.
I highly recommend picking up an inclinometer at your local
backcountry supplier. These handy little devices are extremely
helpul in identiying slope angles o a ace beore you take the
risk. You can get a great one or around $30. Slopes ranging
between 30 to 45 degrees are the most prone to slide, with 38
degrees being the angle at which most slab avalanches occur.
But don’t be misled. Slopes between 25 and 60 degrees are
also prone and could slide at any given moment. It is imperative
to always be aware and pay attention to everything going on
around you.
Stress on the snowpack increases with the angle o the slope,
in addition to the added weight o any resh snow. Avalanches
are usually triggered by a resh layer o snow, windblown snow,
and most commonly, the human element. You also have to be
aware o the connected terrain. It could be below, to the side,
or above you. Anytime a steep slope is in the path o you and
your crew, all should consider the terrain to be dangerous by
association. You could trigger a slide on others downhill orsomeone else could trigger a slide above you.
Backcountry riders should also be on the lookout or terrain
traps. These are eatures in the landscape that will increase
the devastation and severity o injury to an avalanche victim.
Picture the path o a potential avalanche and visualize what
could happen i you get caught. Do everything you can to stay
clear o trees or rocks that may be in your path. It wouldn’t be
un to collide with a tree while you are being swept away. And
remember, a slab avalanche can reach speeds around 80 MPH
within ve seconds o the initial racture, so slamming into
anything would more than likely be atal. Also be aware o clis
in the area. I a slide catches you near a cli it can carry you
right o o it. Gullies and abrupt transitions rom steep to fat
terrain can also lead to deep burials. The deeper you are buried
the less likely you are to make it out alive.
In addition to understanding the importance o slope angles,
backcountry riders should educate themselves on snowpack
conditions. With every storm, comes a signicant change in the
snowpack. Constant monitoring o the snowpack is essential to
locate clues o instability and loading. When a slope is ound
to be unstable, the potential or avalanches is high, especially
on steep slopes. Recent accumulation o resh snow and snow
added to a mountain ace rom the wind are the two ways that
slopes become deadly. When a ace can no longer maintain the
stress caused rom the added weight o the snow, an avalanche
is triggered. As you travel through the backcountry make sure
to be aware o indicators o a dangerous snowpack. While you
are walking be sure to listen to the sound the snow makes. I
you hear a “whumphing” sound, see shooting cracks beneath
your eet or sled, be very careul. These characteristics occur
when weak snow collapses under added weight. This is a redfag, showing that the snowpack is very unstable and a new
route should be considered along with a heightened sense
o awareness o your surroundings. Remember that a recent
avalanche signies danger, the surrounding slopes have a very
high probability o also being unstable. Never venture out
within 48 hours o a snowstorm either. Let the snow become
more stable and hold o riding until ater the 48 hour window
has passed. It is also a great habit to hit up the Colorado
Avalanche Inormation Center to check the avalanche danger in
the area you plan to ride beore you head out the door.
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Wyatt Stasinos: “My craziest avalanche experience was recently.
It builds up until then. You know, I’ve always gotten into
avalanches and I had always gotten out. Obviously the time
comes when you get buried and things go really bad. March 3rd,
this past year, I got into one o the bad ones. I didn’t have an
exit, I was just riding or un. It was one o those days that the
weather changed real ast. We were riding early that morning.
Everything was all good, just riding some lines, you know? And
the weather just changed like that. All o the sudden, ‘boom!’
It’s like the tide is coming in, and the tide is going out, all in avery ast amount o time. I see this one tree to my right and I
just start going or it. I’m like riding a wave almost, the snow
is coming over my head, barrelling on me and I know I have to
make it to this one tree. I I get swept down to the lower trees I
know I’ll be going way too ast and would have slammed against
everything below me. I know I have to make it to this tree, and it
grabs on to me, so I hold on. I hold on to this tree man, and the
snow just pounded me, ‘boom, boom, boom, boom!’ I was just
getting crushed against that tree man. But I was so at peace, I
elt no pain at all. I’m just looking up, I can see and my goggles
are still on, I’m just looking up as I’m smashed up against the
tree. My board had snapped in hal on the tree and ripped my
let leg right out o the socket, broke the bone, my emur was
crushed up against the tree and my let arm was completely
bent backwards. It all happened so ast and I remember looking
up and seeing light. I was at peace. I couldn’t breath rom the
frst second and every time I try I just can’t. I was just like ‘take
me away’ I was so at peace and all I wanted was to be taken
away. I just remember talking to God, not eeling any pain. I
thought I was done. Right about then everything went black.
Sometimes, we have to hear sobering accounts to really drive
home just how important it is to have avalanche training when
we venture into the backcountry. Wyatt Stasinos is a true
mountain man, as well as one o Colorado’s fnest backcountry
riders. We met with him in Aspen and had the chance to talk
about his avalanche burial experience in Washington, near
Mt. Baker, while flming or Givin Productions’ One. I there is
anyone who understands the importance o having both the
backcountry knowledge and a crew that knows what to do
when things get serious, it is this man. Wyatt owes his lie to
his riends that were with him that day. An avalanche rescuecan be a terriying and chaotic experience. You absolutely have
your lie in your riends’ hands. This is Wyatt’s account on being
caught up in an avalanche and the importance o an educated
crew. This is his story.
I I didn’t have the right crew with me, a crew that could have
got to me that quick, and were all willing to risk their lives, I
wouldn’t be here. I mean the hangfre still could have come
down. They were risking their lives, you know? Those are my
ucking brothers. They were what saved me that day.
I remember a tapping on my ace. It was them probing or me,
really hard too. They ended up breaking my tooth. That woke
me up or a little bit, then I was out again. I was already dug
all the way out when I fnally came to lie. I was dead at thatpoint. I guess I wasn’t breathing. I could hear people saying ‘he’s
breathing, he’s breathing!’ I just remember opening my eyes
and there they were. I knew I was sae at that point. I remember
someone telling me ‘you’re in real bad condition.’ They did such
a good job o splinting me up and getting me down the hill
and ready to move. We were 13 miles away rom the trailhead.
The helicopter had come, but they couldn’t land because the
weather was too bad. I was reezing, I couldn’t move at all to get
my blood pumping, and we all knew I had to get out o there
quick. I had to just dig deep and try to keep mysel peaceul. It
was getting dark and we knew we had to get out. They put me
on the sled and all the homies drove me out in the dark. I mean,
this all started happening at 2pm.
You have to know that your homies have your back and that
they know what they’re doing. One o the homies was avalanche
certifed and everyone in the crew has had experience in these
types o situations. It’s real out there and this stu always
happens when you’re out there having un, not really expecting
anything to go down. You have to really pay attention to what is
happening out there. The changes in the weather, big drops and
rises in the temperature can really change everything.”
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This past spring another big name snowboarder also had a
close encounter with the dangers o the backcountry that
could have lead to a devastating situation. I the name Bryan
Iguchi doesn’t ring a bell, then you need to go straight to your
computer and start doing your homework. This man is a living
legend and a Jackson Hole super boss. Guch shares his personal
account on why you should drop clis and not cornices.
Bryan Iguchi: “With all the snow we’ve had this year in the
Rockies, previously unridden lines lled in, making things
good-to-go that are usually too big, or too shallow to ride. In
late April we still had a winter snow-pack and good powder
conditions. The morning o April 20th, I was climbing a ridge
and had a really close call with a massive cornice drop. I had
been scoping out this steep futed line or days, watching and
waiting or just the right window o good snow, sunshine and
stability. I got a good look at it the previous aternoon on a
recon mission and decided it was good-to-go.
Alex Yoder, Adam Dowell, Jesse Brown and I arrived at sunrise
and got a good look at the peak glowing in the pink light.
Ater we got our lines dialed-in, the crew posted up in a sae
zone with good visibility o our surroundings as I began the
hike. I was traveling a good distance rom the visible edge (atleast 30+ eet), purposely avoiding the large cornices kicking
steps up the wind pack. It was a beautiul, cold, calm and clear
morning with amazing views o peaks in all directions. It elt
good to be hiking as we were energized with anticipation o
the line. I carried my board in my right hand planting it into
the snow using it like a handrail or balance as I moved up the
slope towards the top. It was getting a bit steep so I careully
made sure each step was secure so I wouldn’t slip. 50 eet rom
the summit I planted my board, exerting just enough orce,
in just the right spot to drop a massive wall o snow just eet
away rom me. When it snapped I got a eeling o ree all as I
watched it plummet away rom me in slow motion. In the same
instant I moved away rom the racture line, grabbed my radio
and called the crew to give them a heads up, let them know I
was ok, and conrm that everyone else was as well.It happened
so ast, but it’s something I’ll never orget. Ater a ew words
about the incident, I inspected where it had broke and saw
evidence o another crack and hangre. I didn’t approach the
edge to get a closer look at the atermath. I continued hiking
and a ew minutes later I was standing on top o the mountain
shaken rom the event. It took me a ew minutes to clear my
head and ocus on my line. I took in the view and visualized the
run until it elt right and I dropped in with ull attention to every
turn creeping over the ledge into the reeall. Seconds later I
was at the bottom shaking with adrenalin and stoke. I examined
the debris run out and it ran over 1,000 t. down the mountain,rerigerator size blocks o snow were scattered in the pile at the
toe o the path. It was stable conditions and the slope didn’t
avalanche but regardless it was a lot o snow accumulated at the
bottom.
Ater a short talk about the crazy event and a reevaluation o the
saety o our situation, Alex and Adam went up and put some
nice lines in on the ace beore we moved on to some riendlier
eatures. We rode hard or the rest o the day enjoying the
sunshine and good snow.
I’ve never witnessed a cornice drop without intentionally cutting
it to assess snow stability and certainly nothing even close to
this size. A heavy realization o how sensitive these massive time
bombs can be and how crucial watching your step truly is.”
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Remember, it only takes a small number of situations to makean avalanche. A steep slope, an unstable layer of weak snowunder a stronger layer, and a trigger that often times is caused
from the victim or someone with the victims crew. Please, usethese resources provided and take an avalanche course beforeyou head out into the Colorado backcountry.
Avalanche Forecasts for ColoradoColorado Avalanche Information Center(http://www.colorado.gov/avalanche)
Denver: 303-275-5360Fort Collins: 970-498-5311Summit County: 970-668-0600Colorado Springs: 719-520-0020Buena Vista : 719-395-4994Aspen: 970-920-1664Durango: 970-247-8187Crested Butte: 970-247-8187
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TRICK TIPS WITH PAT MILBERY
FRONTSIDE 180 TO SWITCH 50-50 TO SWITCH BACKSIDE 360
WORDS: PAT MILBERY
PHOTOS: TERRY RATZLAFF
WHEN IT COMES TO JIBBING, A SESSION WITH YOUR
FRIENDS IS THE BEST. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU’RESPENDING COUNTLESS HOURS DRIVING AROUND TOWNS
WITH YOUR SEARCHING BRAIN ON, TRYING TO FIND
THAT SPOT TO HAVE FUN, GET CREATIVE AND NOT HAVE
THE AUTHORITIES GIVE A FUCK ABOUT YOU ACTUALLY
ENJOYING LIFE WHILE SNOWBOARDING YOUR ASS OFF.
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ISSUE
2.2
LET ME TAKE YOU STEP BY STEP.
GOOD
LUCK!
For this session, we were out flming or the new
Think Thank movie “Ransack Rebellion.” Sean
Genovese, Jesse Burtner, The Rat, Ross the Boss,
and I were on a quest to get weird. We stumbled
upon this little gem o a spot, which involved
an abandoned section o buildings with a pile
o construction supplies like oversized PVC
pipes, shipping crates, and other snowboarder
treasures, equipped or a creative session.
The super bonus was the hill leading into the
roo, because it is always better to have naturalspeed while jibbing. Ater asking around, we
soon discovered the abandoned buildings we
were about to jib used to be mental health
acility. With a crew like ours we knew we were
in the right place.
For this session, we built and created our own
jib. We took a PVC pipe and lited it up onto
the roo o the house. We then roze the pipe in
place as coping to slide. To keep it in place, we
needed a bunch o snow and water together to
reeze, to act as the concrete to lock it into place.
FIRST, MAKE SURE YOUR CONFIDENCE
IS UP AND YOU CAN ENVISION YOURSELF
DOING THIS TRICK MENTALLY. THAT PLAYS A
LARGE PART OF LANDING A TOUGH TRICK.
APPROACH THE JIB, RIDING REGULAR WITH
A MODERATE AMOUNT OF SPEED.
AS YOUR RIDING UP THE JUMP, RIDE
FLATBASE TO MAKE SURE YOU POP YOUR
FRONTSIDE 180 PROPER AND MAKE SUREYOU’RE NOT DRIFTING OVER THE RAIL, TO
LOCK ON RIGHT ON TOP OF THE RAIL. THIS IS
KEY BECAUSE IT WILL DICTATE THE SET-UP
OF THE SWITCH 360 OUT.
WHEN YOU’VE LOCKED INTO THE SWITCH
50-50 ON THE RAIL, KEEP YOUR SHOULDERS
STRAIGHT WITH YOUR FRONT ARM POINTED
OUT TOWARDS THE END OF THE RAIL.
NEXT, COMBINE YOUR MOMENTUM BUILT
UP IN YOUR BACK HIP, WITH ROTATING YOUR
LEADING ARM AND YOUR HEAD TO THE LEFT
TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE YOU GET THAT
COMPLETE 360 DEGREE ROTATION DIALED.
KEEP YOUR BODY POSITION CALM IN THE
AIR, GET READY TO SET YOUR LANDING
GEAR DOWN FROM A BIG DROP SO YOU CAN
STOMP YOUR LANDING.
YOU WILL BE RIDING AWAY SWITCH SO BE
SURE TO BEND THOSE KNEES TO SUCK UP
THE IMPACT ON YOUR LANDING. ALSO, MAKE
SURE TO GET A SOLID RIDE AWAY TO SECURE
A HAMMER VIDEO CLIP.
YOU SHOULD BE FEELING LIKE A BOSS,
ESPECIALLY IF YOU GOT YOUR SO-GNAR
GEAR ON…
SHRED ON! HAVE FUN AND KEEP IT CREATIVE COLORADO!
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PETROVSKY&RAMONE
Red light alert, there are couple o new girls on the scene andtheir style is defnitely here to stay. Petrovsky & Ramone aretwo Dutch emale artists, who met as riends that love to traveltogether and create stories that document their lives. Theyare now partners in a creative agency where they specialize inashion photography through a documentary style approach.Amsterdam is their home tur and their ofce is located in theworld amous Red Light District. I had the opportunity to catchup with Petra Petrovsky and she helped provide me with the lowdown on their coee preerences, avorite color o clothing aswell as what a 360 on a snowboard means to them.
Petra, a casual snowboarder o seven years and one hal o thisincredibly creative emale duo has lived quite the journey. Shebegan her photography career as an assistant, spending a massiveamount o time on ashion based photo shoots. She had a desireand a contagious energy to portray people through the natural,organic moments o lie, which can be incredibly difcult toachieve through a traditional studio setting. So, she began takinglots o photos in her down time. She would linger ater shootsand hang out with models ater a long day in the studio, shebegan casually capturing peoples true personalities in their purestmoments. She described this to me as a goal o hers, “being pureis the aim and importance.” Petra began ocusing her eorts onportraying human emotions through lie’s unexpected moments.
Petrovsky & Ramone’s photo work ound a new home or this
upcoming season in the snowboard industry. A mutual riendo theirs, who happened to be an art director or BataleonSnowboards asked them to link up on a snowboard design, butdidn’t approach them with a defnite goal in mind, just an idea.So they sent some photos over to him as graphic possibilities.One year later, they received a phone call with the great newsthat their photos were going to be used as a snowboard graphicon the Evil Twin Artist Edition. Petra explained to me that sheknew what a 360 was, but her grab knowledge defnitely neededsome work. “This Bataleon design project may turn into anannual project or us, we are already working on designs or nextyear’s model.”
Petra is a naturally born artist. She has been both behind thecamera capturing each the moment as well as in ront o thecamera as a model. She fnds inspiration through old Frenchmovies rom the 1960’s and ̀ 70’s generation o flm. She doesn’tpay attention to the current magazines or even to the currenttrends, because she eels it may alter their approach to naturallycapturing the essence o a moment. She said, “it’s good to showyour emotions in your work, this way you are communicatingthrough them and people can then recognize them and otentimes relate better!” When discussing music, we both couldequally relate to how important music should be applied to their
work environment to help develop a comort level on a shoot.Petra added that this situation was probably very similar to howmusic is used with snowboarding, complimentary to the style othe content.
It was a pleasure getting to know more about yet another graphiccreated or a snowboard that I’m sure many people will enjoy onslopes around the world. I hope the best or these talented ladies.Thanks or reading up on another story behind the creation o agreat snowboard graphic. Here’s a ew acts to take in rom aninside look at Petra’s lie and what she enjoys most.
Camera Body: Canon 5D (but also loves shooting analog)Lighting: All types, but natural lighting is seen throughout a lot o their work
Film or Digital: A healthy mix o both
Coffee: Defnite yes, and it’s always available on a large percentage o studio sets,
which makes it difcult to avoidSunny or cloudy weather: SunnyBlack & white or color: ColorOwns a dog: No, not enough time, she can barely keep her plants aliveFood choice: Love pasta, lots o vegetables, sushi, and Dutch ood which wasdescribed as potatoes and cabbage
Music: Mood dependant, hip hop also some Fleetwood Mac, and Omar Souleyman
Colors of Clothing: Reds and Oranges
Powder or Ice: Snow and anything but rain.
Where to fnd them: petrovskyramone.com or their blog, http://shotby.nl/blog
ART INSTALLMENT
BY PAT MILBERY
P: PETER ELENBAAS
BATALEONEVIL TWIN AE
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“I did a tour with Warsaw Poland Bros., and Chris (rom Warsaw)
would give you the worst looks if you fucked up,” says MTHDSguitarist/vocalist Johnny Schleper, “and it transferred to me, now
I give (my band) the look.”
Over the past few years, The MTHDS have been getting looks not
just from within the band but nearly everywhere they turn, andhave taken the opportunity to imprint their name and their styleinto the minds of an ever expanding base of music fans around the
region. Their 2011 summer tour included everything from an annual
festival in Minnesota, small mountain town bars and Midwest towns,
all the way up to the Global Dance Festival at Red Rocks.
Despite their increasing notoriety, The MTHDS remain the typeof guys that will feed a starving journalist a dinner of lobster
and mussels when he joins them at their manager’s house for aninterview. Their personalities light up the room, as the eveningcarries on and the drinks go down the guys feed off each other,each one elevating their voice just a little higher than the guynext to him as they discuss the history of the band, how they got
established in the Mile High City, and how they got the hook up on
Seattle’s reshest seaood.
“Some Christian rock band from like Nebraska or something hadalready claimed the name ‘The Methods’, but we already had lyrics
that used the name. So Lawrence came up with MTHDS, ‘MusicThat Heightens Dierent Senses,’ says MC Nick Dillen.
The MTHDS originated in Vail in 2007, and although they have been
in Denver for a while now, their ski town roots still shine brightlythrough the style they bring to the stage. “It’s taken some timefor sure. It’s hard work, you gotta deal with the shows that no one
shows up for, and we had to learn to understand why there was no
one there, because we were in a new market,” says Neil Yukimura,
the band’s multi-instrumental whiz.
“My dad has a ski shop in Vail, and we all came together assnowboarders. I’m a skier actually, though,” says Johnny. “Theriding has been cut way back since coming up here.”
“What’s successful about us, I think, is we are able to be bookedalongside a lot of different acts and we’re able to do it,” saysbassist Chris (Chip) Chipouras. “People have come up to us atelectronic festivals and been like, ‘man that was like a breath ofresh air.”
“It’s taken some time, but Denver is good,” says Johnny. “We’vehad good work with (manager Adam) Strouhl, putting in time and
putting us on the right shows.”
As far as riding and playing shows in the same day? “Usually if
we have shows, we try and ride one of the days, because we areusually playing two shows,” says Chip, cracking the claw on a bright
red crustacean. “It’s tiring man, if you go up and do a two day, and
get up and try and ride all day, your show the next day is just not
the same energy as the frst night.”
With all the ups that have been happening, The MTHDS are alsocompiling a pretty good list of crazy experiences as well. Theydealt with some van problems on their Summer 2011 tour. “Wewere headed from Fargo to Sioux Falls and we blew out a bearing
on the van. But in the end, we ended up saving money because we
had a tow from AAA for 100 miles, saved us 100 miles of gas. We
got towed right to the venue,” says Johnny. “We spent eight hours
trying to fx it the next day, and were late to Lincoln, Nebraska.”
With all they have been through, it is easy to tell by the wide eyed
grins on their aces that these guys are doing what they love, andkeep themselves entertained through the tough times and thehours spent riding in a smelly, over-crowded van. Even the stories
they tell of harder times conclude with laughs and smiles all around
the table, and there is no way it is because o the lobster.
The MTHDS play around Colorado constantly, so be sure to check
them out. Download their music, and make a donation if you fee
like being awesome at: www.mthdsmusic.com
MUSIC
BY: TIM WENGER
P: RYAN BORTHICK
MTHDSMUSIC THAT HEIGHTENS
DIFFERENT SENSES
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