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EDITOR: Mike Goodwin michael@methodmag.com SENIOR EDITOR: Chris McAlpine chriso@methodmag.com ART DIRECTOR: Maciej Przezak PWEE3000.com FRENCH EDITOR: Julien Mounier WEB WIZARDS: Oscar Ladd oscar.ladd@method.tv Will Radula-Scott will@method.tv

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Simplicity. When we began mining for this Volume, I had a few themes in mind.

Simplicity sat atop that hill. Not just for snow-specific reasons, but also because of our, generally speaking, ever-cluttered existence, in the physical world, and the digital one (for which my contempt grows stronger each day). But, with that personal issue temporarily shelved, I wanted to again highlight the beauty, power and worthiness of simplicity in our approach to snowboarding. Take this as you may - as a fiscal argument to make snowboarding more “accessible”, as a reactionary impulse after watching Travis’ new movie, or as a youthful (whether in age or at heart) and sincere declaration, the musings of a kid who yearns for those easy-going times spent riding some plastic piece of shit with friends and getting the biggest kick out of it. It’s all been said before, too

COVER STORY

many times, but remains a cause worth advocating.

This editorial began as an experiment, the first half since scrapped at the advice of my peers. But I’ll charge forward with the former portion, which begins, “How many people are actually reading this shit?” Anyone? First person to email me (address is to your right) with the subject, “First marijuana overdose” will receive a Method hoodie and a WeTransfer of mediocre porn downloaded when KazaA was still a thing. Additionally, is Ass Cobra from Turbonegro the best album title ever? (Also in the running - Peter Frampton’s, I’m In You.) Blah, - The Mooseman

It was the end of March and my pow season seemed over, until one last storm neared SaasFee. Markus Keller was out and about with the Vans crew along with Pat Moore and filmer Jake Price and hit me up to visit Fredi K in SaasFee. The first bluebird day after the storm we hit the glacier with blower pow. Shreddin’ and shootin’ pow sprays all day - doesn’t get any better than that. On the last run I just asked Keller to do something funny and next thing you know he rides out of his slash as if he’s riding out of a casual 15-foot barrel at Backdoor.

Not too shabby of a way to end a season.

Cover photo and words: Silvano Zeiter Camera: Nikon D810 Lens: 58mm f/1.4 Aperture: f/11 Shutter speed: 1/1000 ISO: 200 Rider: Markus Keller Trick: Pullin’ out Spot: Saas-Fee Date: March 17, 2016

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Generally speaking, when a boner is raging this tough, one would prefer not to be alone. Buy hey, like just about everything in life, there are exceptions, whether it means scoring the passwords to your favorite smut sites or an empty U-ditch in New Zealand. Danny Davis sticking one out there for all you loners.

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• The Universe in Your Hand Christopher Galfard • The Dictionary 5 underrated rippers • Ted Lavoie • Mark Goodall • Gravedi99er • Tyler L’heureux • Chris Beresford

5 nicknames you’ve been given • Ravioli • Rachel Rave • Ravaloon • Mike Rage • Rolli 5 people you’d be honored to meet • Jimi Hendrix • Albert Einstein • Mark Gonzales • Martin Luther King • Gandhi 5 people you never want to meet I never want to never want to meet someone.

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More lies and half-truths than the US election.

In all honesty, there are probably more facts listed below than in that circus…

Opening days are fully worth an edit The 2038 Olympics will be indiscernible from the X Games The GoPro Hero 5 captures tastes and smells (and souls) Before you go choosing street rails, watch a David Gonzalez part The Mooseman has $50 for the first person to film a full part in only cut-off jean shorts.*Shorts must be at least 3 inches above the knee.

It’s rumored that Kim K had a Method hoodie on during the Paris heist Now is a good time to invest all your money in the snowboard industry You know what doesn’t suck? Getting a 10% discount on your new setup! (Must spend at least $1000, can’t be combined with other vouchers or discounts, only available in certain sub-tropical locales) It seems that the combination of hoodie/no gloves is not the perfect setup for a powder day after all Spending four years and over $5 million guarantees to get you a rad snowboard flick You filthy sinners can receive absolution by transferring money to the Method Church. Hit up info@method.tv for more.

Starting from only $10/month Method will be featured in Vogue this winter as the new off-set gear worn by models alongside Thrasher.

Clowns hate the French Alps, so you know where to hide. Don’t say we didn’t warn ya!

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The initial launch for the winter of ’16/’17 will see a highly-limited board yield, not crafted to the in-vogue trends but to limits of pocket money and girlfriend loans.

Keep those wandering eyes on MethodMag.com and the soon-to-be-launched KillDeathSnowboards.com for a team announcement and welcome video.

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T h e o n ly w ay i t c o u nt s …

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Questions with: Jye Kearney, Troy Sturrock, Andy James and Marcus Skin What is Odd Folks?

We’re a bunch of friends from Australia who grew up snowboarding together.

What makes ya any more odd than the rest of us?

Jye: We’re from down under and the toilet spins the other way.

Andy: Probably because everyone has rocks in their head.

Troy: Probably the amount of shit we can talk #pizzatits.

Marcus: (Thinking emoji) Was Odd Folks The Movie your first full film? What would you give the experience on a scale of sardines to pizza?

Troy: It was our first go at a full film. The longest edit we had ever done before that was four minutes. Stoked on how it turned out after all the time and effort that we put into it.

my first season at Perisher; Troy and Joel hit me up to start filming some shitty edits with them. We didn’t do too much back then ’til I kooked it and broke my back off a jump. After that I pretty much spent all my time on the hill filming the boys. When we started filming the movie we were lucky to get some help from a few filmers, which made life easier for me.

Shout out to Finn, Lucas and everyone else who helped out! I still do all the editing by myself, which means a fair few allnighters in the edit den.

Who conquered the gnarliest spot?

What was it?

Troy: Andy James, switch back board through the rusty, gapped kink in Japan, first go... I tried to 50-50 it but got snagged in the gap, did a front flip to my back on the stairs and then started coughing up blood for half an hour. Respect.

Anyone get locked up abroad?

Marcus: No, but let’s just say Ryza, the photographer, was lucky not to.

Troy: No one ended up getting locked up but the cops in Japan were loose. Our Andy: It was definitely an eye-opening ex- first day in Otaru cops showed up kickperience that one could align closely to ing us out and demanding passports, the delights of your favorite pizza. threatening that if they caught us again we would get fined or locked up. We Marcus: The experience sure wasn’t as fun were pretty lucky to be one of the crews and relaxing as it looks in the video. It was that didn’t get locked up over there. long and stressful, but still a rad time.

You almost decapitate a Japanese Jye: It was fun and stressful, a lot like a woman in the film. Do you guys not buffet. believe in spotters?

Troy: That little woman came out of noDo you guys have a filmer/editor or do where! Our filmer/spotter (Finnegan) had the old “take turns”? tunnel vision and the old duck managed Marcus: I moved into Troy’s house to ninja her way in there.

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Marcus: The street was so dead the whole session. Shit was loose...

Jye: I blame Finnegan.

What’s the affiliation with Shred Bots?

Marcus: We were lucky enough to have Torstein approach us and ask if we wanted to start hosting our videos through their YouTube channel. It’s sick to have a whole different crowd seeing our videos now. We’re stoked!

Shit, accidentally typed ShredBoys into Google… Kinda creepy. If you came across a video link that said “ShredBoys” would you click it? Would you delete your search history?

Troy: www.shredboysnude.tumblr. com Didn’t delete the history. Click for enlightenment.

Whose sisters agreed to show their tits for the movie intro?

Marcus: Joel’s ex-girlfriend and her horny roommate were down. If any girls out there are down to be in our next movie, DM your tits to @odd_folks.

Plans for this season?

We have some big plans. For our next movie, we’re trying to get the whole crew involved. After a lot of trial and error with our first film, hopefully this one plays out a bit better. Keep an eye out on the ‘gram for the leaks! *Peep the full video on the Shred Bots YouTube channel.

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Danika Duffy, Mary Rand, and Nirvana Ortanez in Quebec PHOTO: GRACE MAYERNIK

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e got a hold of a few members of the girl gang Jetpack - Amanda Hankison, Mary Rand, Nirvana Ortanez and Danika Duffy - to answer some rapid-fire questions. Here we go…

What is Jetpack 5000?

A: @jetpack5000 is our Instagram handle, our actual name is Jetpack. Jetpack was formed by a group of people brought together by snowboarding. Our origins stem from High Cascade Snowboard Camp where many of us work(ed)/ ride during the summer. After camp initially brought us together, we started to seek each other out during the winter, too. Collectively we have formed an amazing extended family that spans the country, just by riding our snowboards!

Where are ya based?

M: All over! That’s one of the best parts about us. We get to enjoy and experience everyone’s hometown and current residence with open arms.

N: We’re peppered throughout the nation. Mostly in Salt Lake, some in Washington state, and others come and go, living their nomadic way of life.

A standard Jetpack morning begins with…

M: A relatively humble wake-up call (sufficient rest is important to us, and dependent on the day ahead) followed by some stretching, yoga, and/or foam rolling. Next, a group effort, family-style breakfast, and coffee. Always coffee.

Lastly, packing an oversized snack bag and all the supplies for the day.

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Grace Mayernik in Salt Lake City PHOTO: AMANDA HANKISON

A: Mary is queen of the kitchen and the snacks. All hail.

It’s 2016 and we all think we are so damn progressive, do you feel like there is still bias/prejudice within the If y’all were a space exploration team, industry in regard to women’s snowwho would be the one willing to press board? If yes, how so? the launch button?

A: That will exist as long as men outM: Amanda is the launch button. number women in positions of power N: Amanda. If not Amanda, Isabella within the industry, which they do as would have a megaphone announcing of now. (There are men who get it, s/o that she was going to cart us all into to Myles, but we need more of you too!) outer space if we wanted to or not.

The pay, the relevance, the following and the exposure all kind of emulate And who would take the least issue this. The best way to equalize this is with the space food in toothpaste to get more women starting brands, tubes? filming with crews, building backyard M: Hmm, maybe Jill, because she already setups, working in the brand offices, has the least taste for good food, ha! weighing in at the marketing meetings, D: Either me, Amanda, or Nirv, I think! operating behind the cameras, and in the editing caves. Not more women If time travel was viable, what year for the sake of maintaining a predeterwould you travel to and why? mined ratio, but women who want to A: To 1994, when The Garden was being work to add to snowboarding’s collective filmed. creative archive… Women who LOVE to snowboard. If you’re a lady and you If you could strap a Jetpack to one indi- love snowboarding, please, for the love vidual’s back and send them into orbit of Jah, stay in snowboarding. If you’re a to never return, who would it be? beginner, keep going to the resort, make Trump. friends with the kids who ride everyday and ride with them. If you can link turns, What will you girls be up to this year? teach someone who can’t. Learn how Any release plans? to ride in the streets and learn how to A: Right now we are dialing in a couple navigate snow in all of its forms. Learn of filming trips, doing our snow dances, how to use a camera and figure out what planning ride days at different resorts, proper exposure is. Believe in commuand working on a new format for sharing nity and work on building your local our journey through space with the rest snowboard scene. If you go pro, become of board world. We’re in the middle of a team manager when your contracts figuring it all out but stay tuned to dry up. Build each other up with positive @jetpack5000. And keep an eye out for energy! That shit is contagious! our zine!

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Where are we heading, as a people? While the world is falling apart, our youth is occupied with curating their Facebook accounts and watching endless re-run shows like Dawson’s Creek while sending pictures of their genitals via fax machines. I know what our kids are up to, and, let me tell you, they’re up to no good.

Well, these were the kinds of things that bothered me until I made a recent discovery; someone actually invented an umbrella for shoes. It’s a pair of tiny umbrellas, one for each of your shoes, to shield you from weather events, the tears of impoverished children, and the wicked ways of the world in general. They come in quality fabric and timeless design. Buy them now - just hit up Klaus@Method.tv to get your personal copy and never worry about anything ever again. They come at a price of just $110 each, as long as stock lasts.

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Ian Says and friends making art.

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From where does your blood run?

The name’s Kyle Kennedy, 22 years old, and I basically live at Trollhaugen in Dresser, Wisconsin.

when I get to travel with friends. And by travel, I mean anything from an hour drive down the road, to a 16-hour plane ride to a new country.

What’s in your blood?

Snowboarding is fun. Motorcycles are fun. Friends are fun. Beer, ice cream and gummy worms make my world go round.

If you were bleeding out, what would be your last mission?

Probably eat some chocolate, and go really fast on a motorcycle.

Who are your blood brothers?

The crew from the start is all the Troll kids, which never really stops changing.

It’s basically anyone and everyone who rides Troll on a daily basis. But I also ride and travel a lot with all the Interior Plain Project pilots and captain, Pete Harvieux.

Worst bloodshed?

Luckily, I haven’t had too many bad injuries. The one I was most bummed about though was at Superpark a couple years ago, at Seven Springs. Third run, checking out the public park or whatever, I ollied off a round, volcano-type snow feature and soon found out that the back What gets your blood pumping? side was a sheer wall with an eight-or-so That’s kind of a hard question - too many foot drop. Needless to say, my ankle was things to choose from. I always get hyped pretty messed up and I couldn’t ride the

rest of the week and had trouble with my ankle through the summer.

What makes your blood run cold?

Looking at my bank account.

Blood on my hands…

Tindy grabs. And pushing mongo.

Got any bad blood? (Shit you are bummed on.)

Vaping.

Who keeps the blood flowing?

Friends and my mom, The Interior Plain Project, The House Boardshop, Union Binding Co., Thirtytwo, Plenty Humanwear, Trollhaugen.

Written in blood…

Long live #tck.

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* Some may define this “Fresh Meat” column by age, but we all know that shit doesn’t matter. Ralph flashing some quintessential East Coast style, on what looks to be a classic East Coast day.

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From where does your blood run?

My name is Ralph Kucharek. I’m 24 years old and from Burlington, Vermont.

Conditions and location don’t matter to me as long as there is a good crew and everyone is stoked.

What’s in your blood?

Vermont, snowboarding, fly fishing, family, friends and good times. I think a little mono is mixed in there too from my teenage years.

Got any bad blood?

Climate change. Regardless of our backgrounds, we are all on this planet together, so let’s start changing our ways and work together.

If you were bleeding out, what would be your last mission?

Go fishing or execute that perfect turn I’ll Who keeps the blood flowing? always look for.

Thanks to Bonfire Outerwear, Coal Headwear, and Darn Tough Socks for keeping Worst bloodshed? me warm and fashionable with bombWho are your blood brothers?

Achilles tendonitis, or the season I had a proof goods, Sugarbush Parks for always It’s always been John Murphy, Luke bruised ass the entire time. being home, Vermont Peanut Butter Co. Haddock, Yale Cousino, Erik Roomet, for providing tasty snacks, Sidesurfers Shem Roose, Jesse Huffman and all the What makes your blood run cold? for keeping my eyes protected, and to my homies at Sugarbush. Then, of course, the Spiders and watching people hit jumps friends, family, and anyone who believes.

Knowbuddys. We all still get to ride and from the top and disappear. hang out. Last season I had the pleasure Written in blood… of riding with the Bonfire team.

Blood on my hands…

Never forget why you started I helped put a “road closed” sign in the snowboarding, and thank you What gets your blood pumping? middle of an open road the other night Method Mag. Coffee and riding with my friends. on the way home from the bar.

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From where does your blood run?

Hey buddies, I’m Jakob Wolak, 18 years old, straight from the mountains of Zakopane in the south of Poland. Raised by older brothers who introduced me to snowboarding and all the pleasures that come with it.

What’s in your blood?

I’m super hyped on traveling and exploring Mother Earth, especially places where you can surf, snowboard or rock climb.

I’ve got kind of a child’s curiosity, so I like to visit new places and do new things.

Who are your blood brothers?

My two older brothers, the guys from RawHollow filming crew and all of the homies from Zakopane. You’ll run into some these guys on the top of the mountains and some in the park, so no matter where you go, there will be homies around!

What gets your blood pumping?

Psychedelic music and the view of fresh snow.

If you were bleeding out, what would be your last mission?

I would get some weed and run down from one of those crazy mountains in Alaska, dying in a avalanche, ha! Sounds like a nice end.

What makes your blood run cold?

Global warming - this shit pisses me off. But it does seem like we are going to have a pretty nice winter this season. Keep your fingers crossed, buddies.

Blood on my hands…

If I’m guilty of something I usually don’t remember it, I just hear about it the day after… Life goes on and nobody cares!

Got any bad blood?

Yeah, everybody does! I regret being a skier until the age of 9.

After this, there is nothing to call out.

Who keeps the blood flowing?

Lib Technologies, Bent Metal, Palto and RawHollow.

Written in blood…

Polish snowboarding is still buried underground, but we are getting better! There is a lot of talent in this new generation.

Thanks for being interested in us! I invite everyone to check out our snowboard movie, Behind The Mentality that will be released at the end of November. High five to each homie who combines his life with the board, because it’s all about the board!

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Worst bloodshed?

Thank god, not much yet. Just some stability problems with the shoulder.

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ebbe is one of the best and most stylish snowboarders out there, even though he is like two meters tall. If you see him on the mountain you could easily mistake him for Mikkel Bang but he’s got a unique style and gnarly bag of tricks that’s undeniably Sebbe de Buck!

One of the nicest guys out there, too.

-Kevin Backstrom

At his current pace, Sebbe is gonna be on top before ya finish milking that beer.

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The dude has a great eye for photos as well PHOTOS: CYRI L MÜ LLER

You grew up on a farm, correct? How old were you when you touched your first udder?

I was probably pretty young. We’ve never had cows, but we have sheep, so I’ve definitely been out there hand on udder a few times.

What are some other animals you had on the farm growing up?

We had sheep; that’s our main thing, a big old herd of sheep. We had anywhere from 50 to 100 sheep depending on how many babies we had. We have some llamas that chill out with the sheep and we have horses, some big Friesian horses, Same technique for milking sheep as like the ones you see in Lord of the Rings. milking a cow?

We have peacocks that just chill on the Yeah, I think it’s exactly the same, just farm, a bunch of dogs - including two rea smaller scale pretty much. I’ve never ally huge ones - a Newfoundland and an milked a cow, though, but from what I English mastiff, that are just massive and imagine, it’s pretty much the exact same crazy. And then we have the smallest dog thing. Just acting like you’re a little ol’ you’ve ever seen, which is this little dog baby sheep trying to get the milk. Get on named Shreddie, a little Pomeranian. all fours, put your mouth on the thing...

Shreddie is the funniest little dog. We also have this big tortoise named ChompIn Meet the Parents, Ben Stiller’s charac- ie, who is a huge African desert tortoise ter, Gaylord “Greg” Focker, claims you weighing like 60 pounds or something. can milk anything with nipples.

The reason we have these crazy animals Is this true? is because my dad is a veterinarian, so Ha! I believe it dude, from what I’ve seen. people will bring in injured animals or animals that they don’t know what to do

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with and we end up taking them in. I’ve lived in the same house my entire life, bouncing around more recently, but I am still kind of based here and I love spending time here. It’s so fun.

How old is this tortoise? Are you worried about the kind of fucked up shit he is going to have to see in like 100 years?

Dude, yeah! We’ve probably had him for seven or eight years and when we got him we were guessing that he could be somewhere around 40 years old. So he is close to 50 and he is going strong! He’s such a crazy little thing! If I could have any animal talk on the farm, it would be him. He is native to Africa and he was brought to the clinic by a guy who saw him through the scope of his gun while he was shooting gofers in his fields. So we took him in and put ads all around in all the papers and I think there was even something on the news because it’s this

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big, rare, probably super expensive, animal. Nobody ever claimed it or ever came through so we have this insane tortoise that could likely have been smuggled from Africa.

busy year, tell us what you’ve been working on.

I started off the season here in Bachelor and we had a super good start to the Do you know how to shear a sheep? season. The last few years, I have had I could probably get through it, though injuries and surgeries in the fall, so this It’s funny he’s named Chompie. I won- I have never actually done it. We have time I was healthy at the beginning of der what percentage of pet turtles get this funny guy from New Zealand who the year for the first time in a while. I named after Ninja Turtles? It’s got to comes out and shears all of our sheep. was stoked and feeling good. We started be over 50 percent.

You definitely have to know what you off pretty ham and had snow in Bend, Gotta be. We just named him Chompie are doing because you can hurt the sheep which is sort of rare. Me, my brother, Tybecause he is so funny to watch eat. We pretty bad if you mess up. I have been ler Orton and Jake Selover started hitting make him these little salads and he sits out there helping him enough times that spots in Bend and ended up getting to so many spots that I have always wanted there and eats them, but once they get I feel like I could do it. And putting the close to something, these tortoises have horseshoes on the horses, that’s another to hit. By the time it was December, we kind of already had a lot of footage and super bad depth perception. So he just pretty insane, dangerous process. Much I’ve never had that before. I’ve always sits there and will go for a tomato and more dangerous. We have a guy who been scraping at the end of the season miss it like five times! comes and shoes our horses and that is trying to get more shit. It was sick to gnarly. start off with more than most people. We I was talking to someone, gathering went almost a month here doing that topics to talk about and, punctuaDo you put the horses in a brace, or and then Sage called me and asked if I tion being a funny thing, I got a few you kind of just hope they stay calm wanted to go to Japan with them and sentences from him back to back about and still? film for Dayumm! And, one, because I you and this tortoise, one of them Yeah, they just kind of stay calm. One already had a bunch of footage going reading, “He lives under the stairs.” of the biggest things about training a This being snowboarding, I didn’t horse is getting them comfortable when toward Think Thank and, two, because it was a crazy trip, I scrounged that money know if he was referring to you or the you are messing with their feet. It’s just together and went on the trip with those tortoise. gnarly. We have these big draft horses dudes and it was just insane. We were Haha! The tortoise lives under the stairs. and they could fuck you up if they kick just hitting rails but it was such a sucI live up the stairs, but I could see the you, and he is just like down there litercessful trip. confusion. Chompie pretty much just ally messing with their feet, hitting it hibernates. During the summer he is out with a hammer, pounding this nail in.

Those guys are a blast to be around. and, now, with fall coming, it’s starting These guys are pretty crazy.

I had met Halldór once or twice and had to get too cold for him to be left outside in the yard where he digs these little Have you ever done a Rocky-type thing never really kicked it with him. He is the shit. And Sage is one of my best friends, dens in the ground. In the winter, he and pounded raw eggs? but I haven’t really gotten to see him just shuts down. He doesn’t eat and he Oh yeah, definitely! Little raw egg in very much or actually kick it with just doesn’t go to the bathroom. He just chills the smoothie, for sure! One time after him in a long time. It’s probably been underneath the stairs because we have a the Dirksen Derby or something - we since before he won the Olympics and all heated floor. We are always thinking that always have tons of people crashing at that shit when we all used to just hang he might be dead or wondering what’s our spot here, my parents are great and all the time and nobody was this busy. So going on with him, but then in the spring we have a lot of room here - we were all that was super sick - him and I sharing a he perks back up again and comes out. hungover after the night and we made room for a month and catching up, some sketchy hangover-fixer drinks for talking about shit.

Nature! everyone with raw eggs. If you like your I have such a big interest in all this stuff eggs a little runny, it’s pretty much the having grown up here, and such a love same thing. It’s like an oyster, just boom And the new Think Thank video, The for animals and all that kind of stuff. and you’re done. Definitely would not do Weather Outside is Weather, it’s not a traditional “part video,” right? it with a normal egg, though. We have Tell me, what’s a farm issue or somechickens here and know that the eggs are Yeah, so after the Dayumm! Japan trip, which is the only one I did for that movie, thing funny or quirky that you run fresh and great.

I went straight to Minnesota and met up into growing up and operating a farm with Ryan Paul, Freddy Perry, Sean Lucey, on a day-to-day basis?

Another random farm question: Do Ted Borland and Brandon Reis and those There are definitely a lot of positive you know the percentage of fat in dudes to start really filming for the Think things that are really awesome about whole milk?

Thank movie. Our whole process was growing up on a farm. I feel like my I thought it was like 30% or something? super fun because we were all together a immune system is super good because lot of the time when we were filming it. we grew up like rolling around in horse It is 3.5% actually, which is funny.

We had a big crew, but it was just fun to poop and having mud fights and buildDoesn’t sound too whole. ing bike jumps and stuff. It’s a great way Yeah, surprising, because when you taste have everyone together and on the same page and I think that is kind of one of the to grow up. Most of the days around whole milk, it tastes way different. reasons that Lucey made the movie the here are spent just like moving pipeline way he did. It’s not part-based, but there or stacking hay. Just doing these things My thoughts exactly. OK, you had a

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An unconventional wizard, turned loose in Japan

are only like six or seven of us with major roles in the movie so it’s pretty easy to tell who is who because we all have pretty unique styles. No one looks really similar, so it’s not one of those weird things where it’s like, “Who is that?”

It plays really well and is kind of spotbased. It’s like, each song has a bit of a theme, whether it’s mini shredding or a powder section or a full part where Ted is just doing knob rails that is completely savage. Then there’s the more kind of hammer stuff and Blair has a little part as well. It’s really cool.

Looking forward to it.

I have been in a couple Think Thank films now, but like I was saying, I was kind of hurt at the beginning of those seasons and didn’t really feel like I got to put everything I had into those videos even though I was really stoked to be in there and tried super hard. At the end, I just didn’t have enough time and didn’t really feel like I got it in. With this one, I

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was really stoked on everything I did and had a full season. This feels like my first real Think Thank video part. I’m stoked on how the season went, got to do some fun events as well and stayed pretty healthy.

division, we would all be with Harry and the younger ams in those younger age groups and even at that time we were in a contest for second place. There was no doubt he was going to win it. There is nobody faster. He is not a boardercross kook, not a racer dude, just a guy who Sounds like you had the season we all lives in Washington and shreds Baker all dream about, early shots and a mind at the time. He is my pick. In any race it’s ease. Speaking of events, did you jump like, “Is Harry Kearney here?” in any slaloms this year?

Yes, the Dirksen Derby here at Bachelor I love it. What’s up with Tre Sqaud? and then I did the Banked Slalom.

What’s your brother up to?

Tre Squad is still going! We have been a If you had to name one person, doesn’t little bit busy. Gus has been here, hanghave to be a winner, but one person ing in Bend for the most part and slaving you’ve watched run some banked slaaway editing the new Shorts and Shades loms who was most impressive? video. This winter was our ninth year For sure, Harry Kearney. He is the most doing Shorts and Shades! It’s getting impressive to watch. I kind of grew up kind of crazy these days. We are putting with him; me, my friend Logan, my a lot of work into it and we did a crazy brother and Tucker Andrews, we’ve all intro this year so it’s been a lot of time kind of competed against him in these editing and putting it all together. We slaloms. Before anyone was a bigger are almost done with that and the video name, before anyone was doing the pro is completely savage! People are going to

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be super stoked when that comes out.

How much would I have to pay you to make a cut-off-jean Shorts and Shades edition?

Oh dude, there is already plenty! That’s a whole part of Shorts and Shades, people running jean shorts all tough.

You want to come out in some jeans, you are more than welcome.

How many inches above the knee is ideal?

If you can cut it above where the shirt hangs to, that’s ideal. Full-thigh exposure is what we want.

What’s sometimes referred to as, “The Scrotum Danger Zone.”

Exactly, the scrotal danger zone.

When will we be getting the peep show?

I am back home now and we are clean-

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ing the video up right now. It should be out in the next couple weeks, hopefully!

We are going to premiere it here in Bend and then put it online. Our plan for Shorts and Shades since we made the second or third one has been to make 10 videos. So we are going to go one more season and that will be the last one we ever do, and we are going to make it a legit documentary about Shorts and Shades after it comes out.

Here’s something I’ve always wondered, why Tre Squad?

This is great. OK, so Tre Squad history…

Right now it is basically me, my brother and our homies Logan and Lucas. It’s kind of mostly Bend people, but we’ve always been accepting of anyone else who wants to rep it. We are down. And then there’s Lick the Cat, which shares a lot of members, like I am part of both.

But Tre Squad pretty much started with my friends Logan Beaulieu, Ian

Borgman and Wilson McLain - Bend homies from growing up. It was those three dudes and it was a rap squad, before we even started snowboarding, like in middle school. And those dudes would just make raps and called it Tre Squad for the three of them. Then I started snowboarding with Logan and we started making these videos and were like, “Fuck, let’s just call this Tre Squad, too.” If you watch Shorts and Shades 1 and 2, Ian and Wilson are in it and it’s super funny because they don’t really snowboard or ski but they are in there getting loose with us. We just kept running with it. *Full interview on MethodMag.com

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t’s a trip, digging through hard drives, looking at so many moments from the last decade and trying to organize a handful of the best ones to share. Crazy how it brings me back. I’ve been a lot of places and spent so much time with so many good friends. I’ve witnessed some really inspiring shit. This life is a dream. And these are the dreamiest memories. These are the split seconds that are burned into my brain, thanks to the camera. Sometimes I can’t believe I got to be there. I feel really lucky.

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Mindshred. Washington backcountry. * Just imagine.

Alex Yoder. Washington backcountry. * Got up at 4 a.m. to get to this spot. It was a hell of a skin in, but worth it. We found one of the gnarlier zones I’ve ever seen.

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Dom Morelli. Lee Canyon, Las Vegas, Nevada. * This is an hour from the Vegas strip. Dom Morelli is one of the Lee Canyon locals. This is their secret stash.

It’s sick.

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Lucas Debari. Washington backcountry. * Psycho pillows. Psycho snowboarder.

Scotty Wittlake and Tim Eddy. * Road laps!

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Nick Russell and Wyatt Stasinos. Washington backcountry. * These dudes rule!

Patrick McCarthy. * One of my best friends, favorite snowboarders and a newly-minted Dad. Some call him Sarge.

Curtis Ciszek. (Bryan Fox, dropping second) Mt. Baker, Washington. * This is Mt. Baker in an image: two buddies jumping off shit in a storm.

Austin Smith. Cerro Catedral, Argentina. * This is what it looks like when I dream about snowboarding.

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ver the past two years, the Full Moon crew has scoured British Columbia and beyond in their quest for deeper pow and steeper lines. As much as their brand new release is a forward-looking film, smashing through any perceived limits of women’s snowboarding, the movie makes a point of reflecting on and incorporating the females who initially paved the way. And they succeed in both endeavors, and more. It would be a gross misstatement to label this simply a good women’s film. This is a killer snowboard movie, and here we offer up your tangible teaser.

We drove 10 hours north with our fingers crossed that our You can only take so many baby steps up until it’s just scary luck would allow for a short, sunny window at Bella Coola any way you look at it and you have to just swing it. Leanne Heli Sports. We heard the snow was good, and were being and I were both a bit scared. Leanne rode one line with a given a last-minute chance to make it happen. Bella Coola pretty dangerous drop off and a massive cornice and, as is one of those spots you’ve dreamt of but just never seems is her style, she used that fear as fuel, dropped in and just to have the right conditions; it’s fickle to say the least. Seestraight killed it. It was amazing to watch! By Day 3, the ing those big, magical mountains in the movies sets dreams snow had settled and Woody took us to this high face with in motion, though achieving them never seemed possible. four long, steep couloirs. We had never rode couloirs that big and we were a bit hesitant at first but there was no way The drive was long and flat, but once the road began to we weren’t going to ride them. Opportunities to ride cool drop into the valley, the mountains stood up proudly. Mas- faces in bomber snow conditions were few and far between sive and steep, and flanked by the the Pacific Ocean. It’s that season. As we flew to the top of our lines, we realized beyond breathtaking. Our first day in the heli everything just how massive the lines were. Eyes wide open, our photog was so unknown. We were amazed by the size of the glaciers Jussi Grznar radios in to tell us that he had zoomed in all and all these impossible faces. We had no idea where to the way and we still looked like ants! I guess we had all start or what to do, so we stopped the heli in front of Mount underestimated how big these faces were having never shot Saugstad, one of the biggest peaks out there, for some scenic anything like this before. But what are you going to do? shots and warm-up turns. Our guide was named Woody, We were at the top and there was no way to go but down. and little did we know, he was famous in the guiding world. Really, the entire trip was face after face of new frontier for It was special to be on such big faces and for him to have so us. Bella Coola delivered not only amazing conditions, but a much confidence in what we were about to ride right after a new perspective on how big our own backyard can be. big storm. It definitely helped shake the feeling of being so small. He guided us in the right direction, stepping it up to larger lines and faces as the day went on.

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* Annie B scoring in a tough to nail zone PHOTOS: JUSSI GRZNAR

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* Jamie embracing the Whistler effect

P H O T O : C H A D C H O M L AC K

PHOTO: ERI N HOGUE

The first time I went to Whistler, I was 15 years old. It was That’s not to mention I was a bit burnt out on repetitive March of 2006 and I was unbelievably stoked to be filming park riding. I couldn’t believe how blessed I felt to have with Leanne Pelosi and Hana Beaman for Runway Films’ these badass women take me under their wing. Whistler LaLa Land. It was my first time to Canada and my first time is like nowhere else on the planet. With the ocean right filming in the backcountry. I was such a grom and I had to there and the beautiful, humid climate, the ever-changing ride in front of Hana on her snowmobile as she mobbed us weather, and the community of awesome, outgoing people, through the most magical mountains I’d ever seen. It’s been it’s a privilege to be a part of such a community and to nearly a decade, and since then I’ve been heavy on the spend more time there. The natural life is so alive and the contest circuit and not spending much time in the pristine mountains are endless! The snow is all-time, and with so mountains of Whistler. Last year I was given the oppormuch terrain to explore I remembered the feeling that I tunity to film with the Full Moon crew - some of the most could spend forever here! It’s the Whistler effect. bad ass women in snowboarding, all based in Whistler! I knew it was time to get back in the mountains to film and explore new shit!

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* When the doors are off, ain’t no time to waste. Helen needs no reminder PHOTO: BEN GI RARDI

Alaska, 2015: my first time in Haines doing doors off (havtions, you question everything and contemplate why it is ing our filmers shoot out of the helicopter), which means you’re on top of a mountain peak, about to do something big money, high stress and no room for error. We hadn’t extremely dangerous. But before you have time to queseven spoken of it before the moment our guide, Mark Kelly, tion it anymore, you hear the heli getting closer and see told us what was happening. He knew our ability level and it coming over the peak. You see the nod of the pilot, you he knew we could do it before we even believed in ourselves. drop, and it all goes silent. You can hear a pin prick because The face was called Triple Shot, and there were three of us: everything around you, save for the line you’ve focused on Robin Van Gyn, Marie France Roy, and myself. We stared at and the surrounding mountains, has disappeared. You feel the lines from the bottom and chose who was going where. the mountain, and you feel the powerful energy between This was it, these shots are what makes a movie. We got you two. It’s the most surreal feeling ever, and it’s highly dropped and billy-goated to the tops of our lines. I think addictive. we all soiled our pants before strapping in. In these situa-

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I had heard many stories about this place over the years. It always comes up when we talk about rad trips for filming around Whistler because this special place becomes harder to access during the winter since the direct route becomes a trail for snowmobiles. A hunger for powder along with fewer people, colder snow, sick terrain, secret pillow zones, crazy parties, and somewhat general lawlessness pique the interest of sledders and snowboarders alike. Remnants of the mining industry remain along with some decrepit houses, a few dozen in population and limited amenities.

It’s eerily close to a modern ghost town but has unlimited opportunities for the outdoor enthusiast. Just make sure to pack in all your supplies...

Most of the crew had been to Bralorne before, though I hadn’t been able to make it out there until now and boy, I was not disappointed. Robin and I decided to sled the 45 kilometers over the pass with minimal gear to get some riding in and check some new spots along the way. Helen and our filmer, Ben, would drive the four hours around with all our gear, gas and other necessities for the week and meet us at our friends cabin in town. After a casual afternoon hanging and no-boarding with the Absinthe crew at a more well-known area, Robin and I linked up with photographer, Erin Hogue, and we continued our sled mission to the cabin. Just as the last bit of sun was disappearing we rode into town to see two familiar trucks headed up the road toward us. Sleds are the preferred mode of transport in the winter here, so we joined our friends on the slush-covered road and rallied up to the cabin.

We arrived to another friend chopping wood at the cabin, whom we later nicknamed “Braap Man,” and once we got the furnace going, unpacked and settled in, we began making tasty food and watching snowboard videos from the

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‘90s on - VHS to get psyched for the week of shredding here.

Classics like Decade, Technical Difficulties, the TB movies and Project Haakonsen set the tone for the week.

Over the next five days we sledded back and forth on bumpy logging roads to relentlessly hike tasty pillow lines, with plenty of laughing and serious snacking thrown in.

We returned to a zone we called “Big Poppa Noobs Land” a few times in order to satisfy our pillow hunger on the endless options. So many pillows were slayed - it seemed like there wasn’t enough time to do them all, but we sure tried!

There was a close call with Helen getting buried by a collapsing pillow on one of these visits that made us all very aware of just how isolated we were and how quickly situations can change. So when we woke to a sunny morning we decided to take a break from pillows, take advantage of the sun and explore a new zone. We weaved our way through trees and creeks and finally made it to the alpine for a few fun laps before getting milked out on the jumps we built.

During one outing we spent hours building a hip in a snow storm only to find out we couldn’t quite get enough speed.

But Braap Man gave us a good show by jumping it on his sled, making all the effort worth it! Every day we chowed on freshly fallen pow and had a freegin’ blast doing it!

After the week of non-stop hiking, shredding, sledding and, of course, snacking, we made the call to head home.

If we had packed more food and gas, we could have easily stayed another week. But our supplies were exhausted along with our bodies, and with our powder hunger satisfied for the time being, we loaded up our gear in the dark and powered out the 45k back to the trailhead through a blizzard that no doubt would leave more snow for the next crew fortunate enough to make the trip.

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* We’ve got so much love for hats-off ripping in the BC. Hana lettin’ it fly in Bralorne PHOTO: ERI N HOGU E

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* Leanne dropping into one of Bella Coola’s gnarly gems PHOTO: JUSSI GRZNAR

Bella Coola is a hidden gem in beautiful British Columbia.

As we approached Bella Coola, the mountains looked like The stars aligned for Annie B and I to head up from Whisthey protruded out of a rock monolith. The access up to tler on a road trip two springs ago. We had heard that a few actually shred them proved only successful with a helicopcrazy Scandinavians had found these mountains and that ter. Annie and I were freaking out on how big some of the some of the lines were much bigger than the more popular couloirs were. By the time we had ridden a few of them, we Alaska ones that we see in the movies and in magazines. were completely out of breath, our legs were burning and Most runs are 5,000 to 6,000 foot runs, and these mounwe wondered when we were going to reach the bottom. tains are almost 9,500 feet high. The lowest pick up at It was one of the most exhilarating experiences I’ve ever 3, 000 feet. We didn’t know what to expect, however, as we had. Jussi captured some of my favorite landscape shots approached the town of Bella Coola. We had to drive down of some of the most beautiful peaks. We would highly a dirt road to the valley floor that was so scary - no guard recommend anyone who wants to experience feeling like rails and no pavement! Apparently the town had built this they just rode the biggest lines of their life to go here. And road themselves to connect with the rest of BC, otherwise it besides the snowboarding, the community is extremely would have been just a port town on an inlet on the ocean; quaint and very welcoming of visitors. It’s a fishing town a tiny, secluded town called Bella Coola, where the main with a lot of good salmon, hot springs just a boat ride away industries are fishing and tourism, but a hard town to get and lots of nature to enjoy! to from anywhere else.

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* MFR boosting off a house likely older than some nations PHOTOS: VANESSA ANDRIEUXE

I am pretty sure that just about anyone can say that they mended us to her friend Alex, a local ripper who generously dream of visiting Italy one day. Either way, it was definitely brought us to all the spots and hit everything with style on my list. The land known for its flavorful pastas, exquiand more stoke than Miley Cyrus on a flying hot dog. We site wines and more olive oil than you could ever need to scored! The snow was deep and light, there were features host a Full Moon wrestling night party. In fact, the last of everywhere within the resort - pillows, houses and cliffs to my expectations going there was to find prime snow condijump off, and cheese wedge spots with every snowboard tions. I was indeed fully satisfied to go experience all the film crew on it... We were far from being the only ones on a other Italian assets, but boy, did I underestimate this place. desperate search for the only good snow on Earth. Everyone was there, the Transworld crew, Absinthe, Manboys. Even I usually believe that everything is meant to be, and that Dylan Gamache was out there carving the shit out of that in hard times, there is room for discoveries you wouldn’t velour like Italian corduroy! Just kidding, but you have made otherwise. This was the case for us in the winter catch my drift. of 2015. We had never seen such a lack of snow before, not only at home in BC, but pretty much anywhere in the world.

It sure was worth the trip, though. We had a few insane, In fact, our meteorologist extraordinaire Annie Boulanger sunny powder mornings that ended up being the best of predicted it herself - the only snow on the way was going our season. The girls all got a really vicious cold that took to be in Italy in a week. Helen and Robin had already left, them out for a few days but we still got to session some and not wanting to miss out on the world’s only good patch awesome features with the locals. Alex had us over for a of snow, Leanne, Annie and I showed up a week later to royal dinner at his place, the whole house fashioned of old the mountains and valleys of Alagna and were charmed wood, mud and stone roofs. We had wine, local traditional instantly. As forecasted, we scored a few dumps right away, drinks and a gourmet vegetarian meal. The scenery was so waking up to our rental vans buried in snow and praying rad, with views of mountains and valleys holding houses a we could make it back up the hill to the house every night. few hundred years old. It’s the kind of history you don’t experience in North America. Hopefully we won’t experience Leanne called one of the runs “Baker on steroids.” There these snow condition struggles too often, where you need were pillows everywhere, even right under the chair, and we to fly across the world in order to find snow. But, no matter were entertained by weekend warriors hucking themselves what, Italy is a destination that I want to experience again, off anything, yolo-style. We quickly met our new favorite for sure. locals, Lauri and Alex. Lauri had been following Full Moon on Instagram and saw that we were in town. She recom-

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Our Delorean looked more like a helicopter, but it had the same effect. We exited at 2,050 meters, one by one, onto the powder tarmac in front of Baldface Lodge only to meet in the lodge and realize we were now flanked by some of snowboarding’s most influential females, old and new. Here was the line-up: Barrett Christy Annie Boulanger Estelle Pensiero Circe Wallace Hana Beaman Paula Pensiero Leanne Pelosi Jess Kimura Ava Hetzel Marie France Roy myself Tina Basich Helen Schettini Jamie Anderson Sky Rondanet

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I am going to go ahead and call it a dream trip. Seriously, come on, taking tits-deep laps at the epicenter of snowboard culture with legendary females who were our snowboard idols growing up… MAJOR FAN OUT. We hung onto their every word as they told stories about the early contest days and the mayhem of old snowboard trips, them being the only females in a sea of dudes. Tina, in particular, fully time traveled on this trip. She hadn’t been snowboarding in a decade, so to see her decked out in her vintage gear on her firstever free snowboard gifted to her by Tom Sims himself was something special. From Circe and her daughter Ava shredding together to Estelle Pensiero showing us how to actually ride Baldface to Barrett showing us the true meaning of style to our own Full Moon crew slapping fives and making elegant selfies, the entire three days was filled with once-ina-shred-lifetime moments. The entire crew was buzzing on being together under these circumstances and it was inherently a bit of a challenge for our guides. Imagine a cat filled with 16 amping females in epic conditions; herding cats, lassoing wild ponies, trying to catch fish with your bare hands, whatever you want to call it - patience was imperative.

Those guys probably went home after four days of guiding and partying with us and slept for week. We kept the lodge up to the early hours of the morning making bonfires, jamming off-key, crowd surfing and chugging beer out of Homey J’s left foot, secondhand shoe.

There couldn’t have been a better way to get our heads in the game to start filming the last season of FULL MOON.

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t takes a lot to film an amazing snowboard edit. People can spend an entire season working toward this singular goal (and do, all the time).

We wanted to see if we could bring together some of our Bonfire guys, shoot off on a loosely-planned road trip, and make a heavy-hitting edit that would stack up against all the rest in just eight days.

It worked. We got out there, we got after it, and we did most of it from the (marginal) comfort of a 36-foot RV. This is the story of what that’s like from behind the scenes, from the Team Manager’s perspective - the times it all seemed like it might fall apart, how riders pushed themselves to ride their hardest, continuously, for so many straight days and what it took to pull off all the banger shots we got. Because on a trip like Free Range, there are No Down Days.

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* Years spent ripping Vermont’s hard slopes will teach a guy a thing or two. Ralph Kucharek layin’ one down proper

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A Beau and a beer

Parker Duke switch BS 180

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Team Manager’s Log: Bonfire Free Range 1.

Things seem to be getting off to a good start. Johnny Brady, Ralph Kucharek and Beau Bishop have all made it up to Baker and are out riding on the hill. The weather is really wet but the Northwest is known for that. Danny Kern and Shaun Daley, our filmer and photographer, should be up here tomorrow. I bought a bunch of snacks and picked up seven cases of beer from Montucky down in Seattle. Dustin told me each person could have 24 beers with them when crossing the border, so as long as I did the math right we should be good. First trip of the year, here we go.

2.

Woke up this morning to a text from Shaun and Danny around 7 a.m. saying they’re almost in the parking lot.

What? That’s impossible.

3.

Got to the parking lot to see Shaun and Danny wearing flip-flops in the ice and snow-covered parking lot. Shaun went out partying the night before, showed up at midnight to meet Danny for the first time to tell him he needed to drive the first leg. Danny jumped right in and did it. I like these guys.

Guide extraordinaire Dustin Craven flipping the script

4.

Qualification runs started for the Legendary Baker Banked Slalom (LBS). Beau almost rode off a cliff. Not a good thing to do at the beginning of a trip. He told me the story on the lift. Luckily his board was wide enough that it caught along an ice chunk and a boulder at the top of this frozen waterfall he’d started going down. Somehow he hack-climbed his way up. I don’t want to lose Beau, he’s great. Glad he got out OK. 4.b Powder overnight. Now it’s sunny, which is amazing. But it also means there are slides going down off all the steep mountain faces. We found jumps in the woods around resort. Then it got cold. We drove the RV down in to Glacier and camped outside the bar. Hot tubbed. Got tricked into going to Chair 9 while trying to leech their Wi-Fi outside.

Oops.

5.

I’m the only one that made it to finals day. Lol. All the guys are getting clips though, which is way more key.

They’re finding side-hits all over the place and tearing the mountain up. Got some photos to ‘gram, thank god. They’re making paella in the food tent at the top of the race course.

It’s so good.

6.

Awards are happening… Parker Duke just flew in to Bellingham and it is NUKING snow right now! Everyone wants to stay. How do I get Parker up here? Maybe rent him a car.

Can I do that at 6 p.m. on a Sunday?

Beau, on piste BS 180 floater

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Desiree Melancon is going to Bellingham for the night and said she can grab Parker. We are staying! Yes. 9.

This place is INSANE. So much pow. So much.

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It’s 9 p.m. and we haven’t left Glacier yet. WTF GUYS, LET’S GO. It’ll take a while to reach the border from here.

11.

Jk, I was wrong. The border was an hour away. Fuck. Everyone looks stoned as shit. It’s 1 a.m. I’m so tired. People are falling asleep in their chairs. No one is going to Canada.

We’re all fucked.

12.

We aren’t fucked! Parker is a Canadian citizen now and they let us take all our beer. No one asked about the dog.

I’m surprised. I thought someone would ask us about the dog.

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Parked outside Dustin Craven’s house around 4 a.m. So. Tired. Guys are all out. Good.

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Dragging. So much coffee. Dustin took us to a breakfast place that reminded me of a Chinese restaurant. Maybe it’s a Canada thing? Made it to Whistler, though.

15.

Nix is a boss. Best tour guide ever. The guys love him.

Ralph’s been wearing the same LBS hoodie for the entire trip. Johnny never zips his jacket. I’d say they’re killing it.

16.

Beau and Dustin definitely sound Canadian. I never thought Canadians had strong accents, but after hanging around with them for a while, they definitely do. I wonder how weird we sound to them?

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5:20 a.m. wake-up, on the road at 6 a.m. Arrive at parking lot, smells like fish. Did the impossible - four sleds, eight people, all out in the Squamish backcountry. I’m not going to question it. Just letting things happen. Hitting the Forum step-down. Parker finally landed his trick, so everyone’s got clips now. We all lost it, so sick. No beers at lunch today.

There will be beers later. Flipped just one sled. Everyone was fine and so was the sled, except my snowboard got a huge core shot in it. Still works, though.

18.

Sushi dinner. Lots of beer. The exchange rate is AWESOME. Let’s order another round!

19.

More Whistler time. We’ve been Snapchatting all day but it’s just on my phone so I’m trusting the guys not to lose it while riding. The snaps they’re getting though are fire.

Fingers crossed.

20.

Danny lost his phone while riding. Sucks.

21.

Canadians are awesome! Someone called me from Danny’s phone and he got it back. Thank you, Canada.

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Smack! Ralph gone surfin’

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22.

I’ve never been to Europe, but I feel like partying in Whistler has to be what it’s like. Shots. Beers. Shut that place down. Local Legend, Beau Bishop! I felt really short the whole time. Luckily, Ralph is tall so when I lost the group I just looked for him, like a lighthouse in the dark.

23.

Pizza. Love. Pizza.

24.

Johnny’s showing us his favorite climbing movie. It’s awesome but it’s also 4 a.m. and we can’t keep our eyes open.

Thanks, Johnny. Passing out.

25.

Mission to the Ridge! Mission Ridge. Border was a breeze.

Still didn’t ask about the dog. Still surprised.

26.

Slept in a Wal-Mart parking lot. Ralph is pumped. Breakfast burritos. Went to ride the tow-rope park and ran into the Jetpack ladies. The guys did not want to leave the rope tow.

I need to get them away from the rope tow and up to the bowl park. It’s the whole point of coming here and we aren’t even filming in this park. But I don’t want to push them and make it feel like work. Trying to stare them all down super hard to get them to move. Shaun and Danny are not helping.

27.

Made it to the Bowl Park! So rad. Eric Baker and the park team made something so cool and unique. I brought the last six pack of Montuckys up and opened one while I watched the guys ride. Really cool lines coming out of this.

28.

Watched the sun set on Mission Ridge. Rode down after lifts closed and hung out in the parking lot outside the RV ‘til it got dark. The city near Mission Ridge is weird, but this mountain is a sweet spot. Definitely need to come back.

Johnny working out the tranny in Mission Ridge’s bowl park

29. Left The Ridge. Driving home. It’s a long haul. Taking driving in shifts. I finally get to take a break after driving the first stint so I can wake up again and take the last one around 3 a.m. Hoping I don’t roll out of my bunk bed.

30.

We made it. Back in Portland in one piece. I can’t believe it.

I can’t believe this worked. Holy shit. Time for a nap.

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Good form Jaeger, good form (Dustin Hoffman Hook voice)

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fter four hours in the Barcelona airport drinking beers, watching snowboard videos, annoying all the rental car customers, skating and waiting for DBK’s delayed flight and Jaeger’s lost bags, we were ready to go. Herding the now drunk crew into the rental vans was quite the task. The ordinarily composed Cyril Müller had left his camera bags behind and was skating through the airport with the enthusiasm of an ADHD youth off his meds (shout out to Toshiki for rounding up his gear). Jump to 30 minutes later, and basically everyone is asleep in the van as we push on towards Andorra. We arrive around 11 p.m. and go straight to the bar. 3BTeamWeek is on…

Being fairly detached from normal people’s schedules, I had no idea our team trip coincided with the Easter holiday, one of the busiest times for ski resorts across Europe. We were really lucky to get a place at Tyler Chorlton’s father’s hotel. The fact that there’s a medium-sized night park outside the hotel is also pretty cool. We spent all our afternoons and evenings lapping the T-bar with stops to the sundeck and bar in between. The whole vibe in Andorra is something special. It’s a visually stunning, although barren, mountain landscape lost somewhere in time between France and Spain. The tax-free microstate is co-governed by the President of France and the Spanish Bishop of Urgell, but I don’t think anyone on the trip was thinking about that as we ripped around Grandvalira for the week. No, we were there to have a good time.

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The Murph-dog all hopped up on BBQ

It’s always funny working with marketing departments at ski resorts, especially in places that don’t see much traffic from pros or traditional snowboard media. For example, we ended up doing TV interviews about a contest none of our crew was doing in exchange for our tickets. When we showed up to do said interview, they gave the crew these amazing blue headbands and escorted us to a roped off area on the sundeck. Then they brought everyone cocktails. Newcomer, Toshiki Yamane, got a little too tipsy and had to go to bed early… The ever-entertaining Jaeger Bailey, drunk with inspiration, found a log slide near the bathroom. A good-sized crowd gathered to watch what would end up being his ender shot in Absinthe’s new film After Forever.

Showing the dudes how it’s done

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Madison, pre-Barcelona braid makeover

The ever-creative dude, with a name built for good times

Not the only time Ethan was blurry on this trip

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Shayne, BS 180 into the Andorra abyss

Over the next few days, we built a hip and a quarterpipe, cheered on our creative director Danny as he hit everything in sight, and made a mess of the hotel bar. I’m not sure what night it was, but DBK brought out the tattoo kit at some point and everyone ended up with some fresh ink. The last day in Andorra we went out in a storm and hit some of the heaviest street spots I shot on all year. Toshiki walked away with the MVP honors landing a boardslide to switch on a board he broke the tail off of on the prior attempt. It was nuts.

We ended the trip with three nights in Barcelona capped off with a trip to the infamous Nasty Mondays party.

If you don’t know about Nasty Mondays, it’s one of the longest running parties in Barcelona, hosted by the absolute legend, Soren Manzoni. It goes down every Monday in Sala Apolo. Do NOT drink the vodka. Things got loose, Shayne missed his flight home, Sean Paul no problem. (ed. note: The gang met a woman on the beach in Barcelona offering to braid hair, an offer which Madison Blackley took her up on. She assured our inquirers that she could “shampoo, no problem,” but hey, sometimes ya hear what ya want to hear…).

Diggles named Toshiki session MVP for ballsy moves like this gap to board

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Mr. Chorlton in drag

No hander lander

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PHOTOS: THEO ACWORTH WORDS: SEBI GEIGER AND THEO ACWORTH

old for the Soul is a pretty simple project; it’s about howwater and its energy go hand-in-hand with snowboarding. It’s about harnessing the adrenaline drive of a fresh snowfall. It’s one of many unifying elements we share. We get completely pumped just by the thought of it. A fresh snowfall is just a whole load of energy waiting for someone to suck it up - that’s what we figure anyway.

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As snowboarders, we interact with this energy firsthand. It’s the force that sends us charging down the mountains and through the trees with cheek-stretching grins plastered on our mugs, each face shot leaving us more electrified than the last. It’s this feeling we were determined to shoot with this project. Finding prime conditions is never a sure thing, but when it’s on, it’s on.

That’s what Gold for the Soul means, that half-blind, but completely stoked face. It sounds cliché but nevertheless, it’s the truth. Going out and snowboarding connects us to this floating rock we inhabit in a way that most people never experience or imagine. Taking off from all negative influences you could ever think about and getting into a pure mode of enthusiasm. Feeling the power, using the energy, getting after it wherever and whenever you can.

It means to go out and live.

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