SHAUN PALMER SHOT BY JON FOSTER, 1993
Ahh, I got this email the other day that made me smile and reminisce in old memories. It came from my good source for powerful books straight outta … oh no … but Brooklyn, NY and ones again they proof to have the right knack for an amusing photographic journey. I talk about the publishing experts at PowerHouse Books. Oh, this one is about snowboarding and actually about this special time when I started myself in army boots and a denim pant made water resistant, back than in 1985. Standing sideways and sliding down snowy hills no matter how big they were have been my away days of skateboarding. Looking back to this time I can say — it was the most original time in snowboarding culture anyway. It was all about pioneering styles, shapes, and tricks, whatever. That innovation of tweekin’ styles became a real forest fire. Being rebellious was a natural part of it. Being different. It were off-season skateboarders that came to the mountains having a good time and finally had the toy to shred snow, but others did not even had a skateboard. Maybe the more colorful styles where inspired by aerobic?
JEFF BRUSHIE SHOT BY JON FOSTER, 1995
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