Judd Henkes is a snowboarding prodigy. At the age of 14 he made the halfpipe finals at the US Open, arguably one of the toughest cuts in the entire sport. Also, he is a slope rider, making the achievement that much more remarkable. Last season, he podiumed a Grand Prix and the World Championships, and was in an Absinthe snowboard film. And Judd is just getting started.
This week we cover riding, in season and YOUR clip of the week, Joy the movie on TV aka Overjoyed, Future Mystic, Charles Reid and Who Cares, Sonukeru the movie, the history of Superpark and a whole lot more.
Mons is a name you may have not have heard of - but probably should have. He is a Norweigan snowboarder, an Olympian and X-Games Medalist, but has often been in the shadow of higher profile Norweigans like Stale Sandbech and Marcus Kleveland. He is also likely to make the finals of any event he enters - and is becoming more likely with each passing season top end up on the podium. At 22 years old, Mons has a bright future in the sport and plenty of years to compete, film and ride at the highest level in the sport.
Where is the soul of snowboarding? Splitboarding, Clip of the Week - Scroll Awards, Judd Henkes weighs in on Joy and much more.
Michael Akira West started Jib 686 Enterprises in 1992 as a college project. Influenced by the early skate culture in SoCal and the Big Bear snowboard scene Mike launched a small collection of denim, technical outerwear, and accessories and never looked back. In 1995 Jib 686 became just 686 and that's when Mike launched the Smarty 3-in-1 layering system spawning more than two decades of innovation in snowboarding outerwear. We stopped by their headquarters in Compton, CA. to talk with Mike about what it takes to start a company and grow it into one of snowboarding's powerhouses, the business philosophy of Kaizen, and the importance of cultural influence in product design.
This week we talk premieres, new edits, resort openings, Saas-Fee, the Impaler battles a nine year old and your chance to judge the best clip on Instagram this week - while entering yourself to win the Never Summer Snowboard of your choice.
This week we talk with veteran professional photographer Bud Fawcett. Bud was snowboardinbg’s original photographers documenting the sport’s original legends - guys like Craig Kelly and Terry Kidwell. Bud has shot a ton of cover photos as well as some of the sports most iconic images. Take a walk down memory lane in this episode.
This week in snowboarding we talk about 4+ hours of new video releases, a retirement, a ski area on a power plant, Antti Autti, and much more...
In this episode we talk with a few people who have been shaped by riding Mt. Hood in the summertime. We talk with park builder Mike Schipani, spice-man Chris Prosser. Former pro and shop owner Jason Borgstede, pro athlete Chad Otterstrom, former camp director Christine Sperber and Capita Snowboards founder Blue Montgomery and their experiences at Mt. Hood over the years.
In this week’s Real Talk we head down to the Rendezvous Mountain Culture Festival in Salt Lake City. We caught up with Bjorn Leines, Sage Kotsenberg, Kyle Kennedy, Griffin Seibert, Hanms Mindich, Aspen Rain Weaver and Bode Miller to check out some of this season’s new movies...