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THIRD TIME’S A CHARM

Who would have thought we’d be publishing the third volume of

Snowboard Colorado? Let’s face it, we’re a super-small organization

that’s totally independent. It definitely hasn’t been a walk in the park,

but third time’s a charm, right? Being an independent company is great

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important to us, we’d laminate the magazine in gold every month if we

could - and still give it away. The risk the riders take for our photos alone

is worth every cent. The people who work for this publication do it for

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today. It’s the hard work of everyone who’s ever been involved with

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B L U E R I B B O N

JACKSON FOWLER

JACKSON HAS LONG BEEN ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOARDERS,

COLORADO OR ELSEWHERE. FROM HIS DAYS AS A PRETEEN

CHASING BOULDER COEDS AROUND THE OLD BONEYARD HOUSE

ON 12TH STREET, TO HIS OUTDOORS- APPRECIATING, VINTAGE-

TRUCK- WHIPPING PRESE NT SELF, THE DUDE HAS ALWAYS BEEN

A BLAST TO HAVE AROUND. JACKSON RIDES WHAT HE WANTS,

HOW HE WANTS, FROM THE SLOPES OF WINTER PARK ON DOWN

TO THE STREETS OF DENVER, AND THIS YOUNG LAD HAS ONLY

JUST BEGUN TO RIP THE ROAD.

“You got a free couple minutes?” I ask, surprised he answered his

phone. “I do, yeah. Sorry I haven’t been able to get back to you. I really

suck at this phone thing,” he apologizes before running me throughthis past season.

Jackson spent much of the year cruising around Colorado working on a

part for Aunti. Radd’s video, “Mother Falcon Ship.” “What we wanted it

to be was strictly a local video,” says Jackson. “All people from Colorado

and just local spots - Denver, Boulder, up in the mountains. Just as much

local snowboarding as possible. It didn’t even matter if you were the

best snowboarder there is, just as long as you’re a local shredder, you’re

pretty much in the video.”

As many across the country scrambled to find snow, Jackson and crew

found themselves in a privileged spot, with snow covering the cityscapes

of Denver and Boulder more than most other urban locales . “We kind of

hung around Boulder and filmed a lot of spots that I have been looking at

for years. Spots I have wanted to do but there hasn’t been enough snow

or I haven’t had a crew that’s been willing to go out and film random

spots. So this year was kind of that year.”

“I saw a photo of you in Boulder, I think it was a gap front lip,” I interrupt.

“I recognize that spot, how was that?” I remember looking at the gap-to-

down and thinking that if you drifted any to the right, you were catching

a branch or two in the beak.

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MIKE GOODWIN

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SPONSORS: Capita, Union, Coal, Airblaster, Vans, SatelliteSTANCE: Regular

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“It was pretty gnarly for sure,” he assures. “It was quite a big gap and

you were flying through these branches. What made it a little more

intimidating, is we were showing Jed Anderson and Jake Kuzyk some

spots and that photo is from the day when we were filming with those

guys.” It is the same skewed kink that Jed put down a heavy switch back

270 to switch on for his Real Snow ender.

When the streets ran dry, Jackson rallied up to Winter Park, as he has

done for much of his life. “It is where I learned to snowboard and that is

where I have been going for the past seven or eight years now,” he says

proudly. “It is still a small resort. It’s not like Breck, Keystone, all those

five mountain resorts where you go out there and you are constantly

almost being vibed out by people who are super trendy or super serious

in snowboarding.”

This past year at Winter Park, Jackson and homies Ben Lynch and Ryan

Arrington, the Hellraisers collectively, released a series of web edits

titled “Death to the Rats,” a nod to the ritual feeding of Ben’s red-tailed

boa constrictor.

“You put the snake in the bathtub and then you fucking put a mouse

in there and then it’s just so rad,” recalls Jackson, wide-eyed and fully

engaged in his re-enactment. “Because just all of the sudden this mouse,it’s freaking out, and then the boa constrictor just grabs it, wraps it

up, and strangles it to death.” They dropped five “Death to the Rats”

edits, tearing lines through Winter Park, snapping off large ollies, slashing

anything and everything - just generally boarding the way they like to do

it. All, of course, rounded out with a serpentine feast.

As the heat of spring continued to creep on, Jackson and a lady friend,

Mia, followed Ryan and Ben up into the Northwest to catch a couple

of events and finish the season with a proper road trip. Starting at Mt.

Baker, they caravanned down to White Pass for the Rhythm and Brews

Competition, continuing on to Ape Cave before crashing Mt. Hood with

the Airblaster guys, where they rebuilt zones like the government-camp

rhythm section from the Airblaster video, “April.”

“We rebuilt that, made it amazing. Kind of like twice as big and just

sessioned that for days and built some random jumps up on Hood. That

was pretty much my first real trip. So after that trip, I realized that’s

kind of what I want to do,” states Jackson quite matter-of-factly of life

on the road.

“ B E C A U S E J U S T A L L O F T H E S U D D E N T H I S

MOUSE, IT’S FREAKING OUT, AND THEN THE BOA

CONSTRICTOR JUST GRABS IT, WRAPS IT UP, AND

STRANGLES IT TO DEATH”

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When I sat down to finish the interview with Jackson at Café Roma in

Boulder, a hippie-ish coffee joint that’s become his pit stop for a coffee

and smoke break when biking around town and trout fishing Boulder

Creek, he had just returned from a two-month salmon fishing jaunt in

Ekuk, Alaska.

Positioned on the shores of Bristal Bay, Ekuk is a remote fishing village,

inhabited mostly by seasonal fishing families. Jackson explains that just

about everything that makes its way in to the community is brought by way

of barge or plane, adding emphatically, “There is no road to the village!”

While in Ekuk, his home was a huddled one-room shack, rigged with a

small stove and refrigerator, a couple of bunk beds, a table, and a pile of

salmon-slaying dudes. “There is usually about 12 of us in one tiny little

cabin.” This season’s occupants, however, savored a dash of luxury - a

second cabin - prefabricated and airlifted in to provide separate quarters

for the ladies and gents.

Jackson was one of an eight-person team that handset 600-foot nets in

the bay designed to snag salmon during their mid-summer run. A pulleywas used to operate the nets, with a rope running through the nets out

to an anchor block set about 1000 feet into the bay and fastened back

to two pegs on the beach. Once the salmon were caught in the gill nets,

old Chevy trucks with “39-inch, super-swamper tires” were fired up to

haul the nets ashore. The catch ranged from a couple hundred pounds

of fish to their largest harvest of 17,000 pounds.

“You do all this when the tide is going out. That is when you pull the nets

in and as the tide is coming in you want the nets to be out so it fishes

the tide,” explains Jackson.

“Is there a machine that guts them, they are not all hand cut right?” I ask,

wondering who the hell has the patience to individually gut thousands

and thousands of salmon.

“They have a bunch of people from Serbia who work there during the

summer, which is kind of funny I think,” says Jackson of the cannery folk.

“They should hire Americans to do the work, but they work super cheap

and they are the ones sorting the fish, basically just an assembly line.

These fish are going down the line and they pick out the bad ones. Then

they have this scary Frankenstein-looking machine that basically flips

the fish up on its side and slits its belly. It has this brush that spits all the

guts out and then chops its head off.“

“Did you get to eat much of it.” The sentence trips out of my mouth as

a muddled mountain of shit in my attempt to switch the question mid-

thought and avoid such a obvious inquiry.

“Pretty much ate salmon every day for dinner,” he replied plainly, sparing

me a sarcastic slam. “All different ways. My favorite way is cooking

salmon over an open flame, just over a campfire.”

In authentic Jackson fashion, he has no grand plans for this year other

than to “just drive around with my truck” and stretch those salmon

earnings as far as possible. “I have a 1978 International Harvester Scout,”

he says with a reverent inflection. “I get like 20 miles to a gallon in that

thing. It’s got a camper on it too, a little pop-up camper. It’s like a forest

green color with a little bit of rust everywhere. (I’ll) Just go wherever I

want, wherever is good.”

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“(I’LL) JUST GOWHEREVER I WANT,

WHEREVER IS GOOD”




OUTSIDE THE BOX

ZAK HALE

What are you up to?

I am in Hawaii. I just came here just

for vacation, me and Gabby came

down. My girlfriend.

Right on dude, l ittle couples

retreat?

Yeah, well her sister lives down

here, so we are staying with her

and just relaxing.

Do you surf?

No, well I try. I suck.

You went to Alaska a bunch this

year didn’t you?

I went four times. I went three

times and then the fourth time was

to shoot our intros there.

For the new Burton project?

Yeah, 13 is the name of the movie.

How was filming for that this year?

It was really fun, man. It was me,

Ethan (Deiss), and Jeremy (Jones)

mostly all year, and Mark Sollars

went on one trip with us. It was

really productive, I mean for how

harsh the snow season was. Alaska

doesn’t have a lot of options, we

had to use the winch and we got

really creative. So it was a tough

year, but it worked out really good.

How cold was it up there?

One night it was -30. I t was

horrible. The first trip was pretty

bad, it was dark and cold.

It is always tough to get moving and

motivated when it’s cold like that.

Yeah, for sure. And you don’t wantto snowboard in a huge jacket or

anything. So you’re just in your

sweatshirt like freezing.

Did you end up in Denver for any

of the storms around SIA?

Nope, not at all. The only places

w e w e n t w e r e A n c h o r a g e ,

Houghton and Northstar. I wanted

to, but it just didn’t work out.

Was the Burton project the only

thing you were working on this

year?

Yeah, full commitment to that one.

This was your first year living in

Colorado right? How does that

compare to the So-Cal scene at

Bear?

Ha. It is a lot different man; it’s

crazy. It’s fun; the mountains are

so fun there and Bear will always

be my home. So I miss it. But it is

just funny how much dif ferent itis. There is just like your weekend

warrior central place and Breck

and Keystone are more l ike

kids that are trying to like get

sponsored, up-and-comers, you

know what I mean?

It is an interesting scene at Breck

and Keystone, as well.

It was interesting, for sure.

What made you want to move to

Colorado? Gabby was living here?

Yeah, me and her live together

And that was kind of the main

reason I moved there, but also

just because it is open early and is

easy to travel in and out of.

INTERVIEW:

MIKE GOODWIN

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Are there more chicks in Big Bear

than there is in Summit?

(Laughs) I mean, I don’t know. I

don’t think so. Probably not.

Your chick is a snowboarder. Do

you like snowboarding with girls?

Yeah, I mean I go snowboardingwith her when I am home and stuff.

I think she is one of the better girl

snowboarders. So I think it is a lot

easier to, you know? But, I mean,

me and her, we don’t go and film

with each other; We kind of just

snowboard for fun together and

then go home and just do regular-

couple stuff.

Like play Call Of Duty?

(Laughs). She hates that shit. I

love it.

You play that shit a ton?

Oh yeah.

Would you consider yourself

good?

Uh, depends. Once I get a couple

days in. Third day in I will start

killing people, whooping some ass.

Where exactly were you living this

past winter?

I lived in Breck. Right up from the

7-Eleven.

That’s legit. Did you end up going

out a bunch there?

I went out a couple nights. I went

out on my birthday and I went out

during Dew Tour and stuff. That

was it. When I was home I was just

chilling. I wasn’t trying to party or

anything.

No Cecilia’s?

I went to Cecilia’s a couple nights.

I went to Cecilia’s for my birthday

and Liquid Lounge. That was

fun. That is where me and Gabby

actually met two years ago, was at

Cecilia’s.

You guys have been dating for

that long?

Yeah since, not this last Dew Tour

but the Dew Tour before, so like a

year and a half.

All the traveling doesn’t fuck that

up?No, not at all. I think it almost

makes it better because it makes

us appreciate our time at home

more. We are not down each

others ’ throats when we are

together everyday because she is

pretty stubborn and so am I so ...

How does fi lming for a team

video l ike the Burton video

compare to filming with a random

group of riders put together by a

production company?

Our project this year is going to

be sick just because I mean, we

were so dedicated to making a

good movie and it’s cool because

all of us ride for Burton. I think it’s

almost easier because you deal

with like one person, like Knox or

Keller. They kind of coordinate the

whole trip. It’s kind of not a shit

show; everything is put together

really well.

Mike Wick was telling me you guys

are out of Colorado this year and

moving on to Salt Lake?

I think we might move to Park City.

Just you, Mike and Gabby?

I think it might be me, Michael,

Gabby and one of Gabby’s friends.

Any idea what you will be working

on next year?

Probably the Burton video again.

They are gonna keep ‘em coming?

My guess is yeah, they bought Red

cameras so...

Yeah, they are in it for the long

haul.

Their movies are so good too ya

know, so I don’t see why not. The

team videos make life so much

easier.

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SHOW, EVERYTHING IS PUT

TOGETHER REALLY WELL”




I’M ON A BOAT

My friend Avery Karas and I have a saying for young men like Matt Ladley,

“Dynamite comes in small packages.” That pretty much explains Matt in

a nutshell. Quiet, collected and then - explosive!

Matt is a very focused, clever, and strong young man who can naturally

tear apart any discipline of snowboarding. You could spot him one

minute at major pipe events and the next find him ripping his sled in the

backcountry, hunting lines.

Working with Matt, as far as professional snowboarders go, is pretty

much a breeze. We both understand our roll and what we are here to do.

There is never any stress or pressure, just lots of laughing and positiveenergy. I’m just saying, as much as each day we ride is just another day

on the board, the fact remains that this artistic expression of life can still

eat you alive when you’re least expecting it. Matt knows that I am here

to not only photograph him properly, but also that I have his back in any

situation that could arise.

I was just in Lake Powell for Matt’s 21st birthday, accompanied by 56

of his people - some invited and some who were not. We were on two

houseboats with nice beds in them and covered decks up top. On these

three nights we celebrated with Matt, he could be found having the best

of times with everyone. When it was time for people to sleep, I found

it very admirable that Matt was more concerned with his guests than

himself. I asked to give up my room so he could have a good night’s rest.

He proudly told me that he had everything he needed as he gave me a

hug (no homo) and asked if I was having a good time. I replied that I

was having a great time and everything was very entertaining, like an

episode of Wild Kingdom. The next morning I found Matt sleeping in a

hole he had dug and shaped into a Matt Ladley-sized beach bed. This

kid’s all heart.

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THE NEXT MORNING I FOUND MATT

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AND SHAPED INTO A MATT LADLEY-

SIZED BEACH BED

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PREMIERE SEASON

So, looks like I am writing again this year. The last two years I wrote about

the “backcountry.” Well last year there wasn’t much of a backcountry in

Colorado, and to tell you the truth, I am kind of over writing about it. I’m

not really just a backcountry dude. Snowboarding has too much to offer

to just be into one aspect of it.

This year we came up with an idea to write a monthly article about a

sweet thing to do that month in Colorado. Starting out in September,

I figured writing about premiere season would be perfect. We coined

the term “premiere season” a few years ago when it seemed like every

weekend from September to November there was a snowboard movie

premiere somewhere. Fifteen years ago, there were only two to three

movie premieres a year at all, and most of them you had to go to San

Diego to see. With new technology coming out, making it easier to make

videos, and snowboarding blowing up, along with it came the “bro video.”

Every kid with a video camera and a Mac started making movies, myself

included. This gave every snowboarder out there a chance to show the

world how sweet of a boarder they are. Snowboard movies saw a spike

from maybe five to 10 major videos coming out to over 100 snowboard

videos coming out in a season. Every pro snowboarder thought it was

mandatory to have a video part to keep their deals going, not just for thelove of snowboard videos. It got to the point where I personally got sick

of watching snowboard movies because instead of having the three I knew

were gonna be good, I had to watch 20 videos just find the three I liked.

My eyes were burnt.

Well anyway, things have mellowed out since then, thanks to corporate

America, the Internet, Dancing With the Stars, and the Olympics.

Snowboarders don’t have to film a video part anymore. Even though I feel

snowboarders who film good video parts deserve way more credit than

any other pro snowboarders, I don’t think it will ever happen. Snowboard

videos are the main thing that motivates me to snowboard every year. You

always hear people talk about progression at contests. Yes, there might be

progression going on, but all it is is just another 180 or another flip, which

is sweet. But it’s easy to see there’s no magic. Snowboard videos are where

the snowboard magic happens- progression is infinite outside the world

of fresh-cut halfpipes and perfectly-groomed park jumps. The real good

snowboard movies film riders who are pushing snowboarding to the next

level, in every aspect.

Most pro snowboarders you talk to will tell you that they got their

inspiration from other snowboarders in videos. You can be a kid from

Minnesota and see what it is like to snowboard in Austria, Whistler,

or Quebec. You can see the potential of what you can do on your

snowboard without leaving your house, which actually motivates you to

leave your house and go out and do something. Good snowboard videos

are all about true snowboard style. If you watch a Videograss movie, you

will see the best of the best and most creative jibbing that went down

the year before - hands down. Or if you buy an Absinthe Films movie,

you will be able to watch experienced snowboarders like Gigi Rüf and

Nicolas Müller at their best.

I’ve been a snowboard movie addict pretty much since I started

snowboarding and always will be. So this September, try and go out to as

many snowboard premieres as you can. Help support the heart and soul of

snowboarding. Even though most of the time you end up drinking a little

too much and don’t really even see the movie due to throwing high-fives

all night, it will still be worth it to just see part of the movie and make a

few friends. It’s easy enough to just download it on iTunes the next day

anyway. Then you can watch it on your iPhone on the way to the hill if you

are into getting that serious.

WORDS:

CHAD OTTERSTROM

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S O M E T H I N G . N I C E

THE LEGENDARY VAIL PASS QP

A long, long time ago, at a place called Vail Pass, something amazing

happened. A group of professional snowboarders and photographers

found a large banked wall at the top of the pass and took a few days

to shape what would become one of the most memorable natural

quarterpipes ever in the history of Colorado snowboarding.

At the time, the only natural quarterpipe people were hitting in Colorado

was the one right off the side of the road at the top of Loveland Pass, but

with the progression of the sport going strong, the old Loveland quarter

was beginning to get outdated.

I was 16 at the time when my good friend and staff photographer at

Snowboarder magazine, Chris O’Connell, called me and said, “Hey, I think

you should probably meet me at Vail Pass tomorrow at 8 a.m. to come

with us to hit this quarterpipe.” Naturally, I objected and told him I had

to hang out with my girlfriend or something lame like that, and he put

me into place by tempting me with the possibilities of cover shots and

double-page spreads!

Thank God I listened, because when we reached this beauty of a QP the

next day at 9 a.m., I couldn’t believe my eyes! There in front of me was

this 22-foot-tall highway hit of a quarterpipe that Adam Merriman, Ninja,

and Blotto were shaping to perfection.

The sessions that went down that next week were amazing. I’ll never forget

Adam Merriman blasting the largest Mctwist at the time and stomping it

perfectly so Chris could get the sequence. The scene at the QP was just

awesome. There was always a ghetto blaster blaring, barbecues going, and

every time you looked up you would see your friend straight-lining into this

monstrosity of a jump trying to get the shot.

The quarter got sessioned until it literally melted away and our bodies

couldn’t take any more poundings. It was a great time for the sport and

for the history of Colorado. The photos that came out were amazing, as

well. There were two different covers and countless single-and double-

page spreads. The funny thing is that it never really happened again like

that. People have gone back and built it, and gotten some shots, but the

party-type atmosphere and buzz that went down on the jump is now a

sacred part of Colorado’s snowboarding history!

WORDS:

JJ THOMAS

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V I D E O S T A S H

THINK THANK - MIND THE VIDEO MAN

What inspired the title, “Mind The Video Man?”

“Mind The Video Man” is a dual-meaning title. There’s a guy we named

Mind and he represents the snowboard video; he’s like the institution of

the snowboard video brought to life. He’s the video man and his journey is

our journey. Also, it’s saying “mind the video, man.” Everything is changing

so quickly with communication and snowboarding that it was important

to us to take this opportunity to draw attention to the snowboard video,

its legacy, and its continued importance in defining snowboard culture.

As the communication industry shifts and everything with it, we have to

be aware of the effects that will have on the culture we love. Change is

inevitable, we want snowboarding and snowboard videos to come about

better than before and with a solid understanding of what made it so f’n

rad to begin with. So mind the video, man.

How do you go about choosing a soundtrack?

Christina (Burtner) and I find stuff that works. (We) try and match it up

with what the riders see themselves riding to, try and look for new bands,

unsigned, if possible. Sean Lucey picked a track this year, as well. Some

riders bring me a song, if I like it and we can get rights, then I use it. As

long as the movie has a good overall flow and isn’t too heavy in any one

direction musically (unless that’s part of an overall theme). Also we try

and introduce people to music rather than use stuff that they recognize

and have preconceived notions about.

How did the new guys, Woodman, Hammid, Romanek etc., Fit into the

crew this year?

Everyone involved stepped up to the plate in a major way. What looked

like a possible problem at the beginning of the year turned out to be our

strongest asset, that is some new blood coming in to Think Thank and

mixing it up. It was a lot of fun to see unfold, and I’m glad we took the risk.

My only regret is not being there myself for more of it.

Do you have different filmers in different locations all contributing to

the film?

Quite a few contributors this year. Ross Phillips and Sean Lucey are our

staff guys, but they can’t be everywhere always. We were lucky to work

with some super-talented contributors who came up big for us. Paul Heran

and Cole Taylor were huge, also all the dudes that filmed Jaeger.

Did you have a favorite location to shoot this year?

My season came down to three big trips, two to Japan and one to Alaska,

because I was hurt leading up to that. Japan is always my favorite. Lib

Tech’s Holy Bowly in Hakuba in March was all time. (It’s the) best event

I’ve ever been part of. I could have ridden that bowl for a week straight.

Going into the season, do you have a lot of spots planned out, or do you

just go to a certain zone or city and start exploring?

We just explore. You like to write down some ideas and sort of have a plan,

but the best stuff happens by accident. I love stumbling upon a spot, even

just an “OK”- looking spot and then making it into something magical .

That’s what it’s all about.

Are you often the oldest guy on the trips? How does that dynamic

work? Do you end up playing dad?

Yeah, I’m usually the oldest. There’s still a few days when I won’t be, but

usually I am. That’s nothing new; I feel like I’ve been the oldest for 10 years

now and I feel like I’ve been the “dad” since I was 17. So it’s all good. I try

and work with easy-going, self-sufficient, glass-is-half-full, fun seekers, so

it stays mellow but productive and I don’t have to do too much “dad” stuff.

What is the toughest part in your opinion about producing a video year

after year?

Having a message that means something, staying relevant and passionate.

Other than that, the hardest part is the vicious cycle of it all. The second

you’re done, you need to start again. There is literally no down time. It’s

simultaneously exhilarating and exhausting. You don’t even have time to

get your hand over to your back for a pat before it’s time to secure your

crew, concept and sponsors. It’s been great though and now with Christina

helping even more, it’s getting better.

INTERVIEW WITH: JESSE BURTNER

BY: MIKE GOODWIN

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Rider List: Scott Stevens, CurtisWoodman, Jesse Burtner, BrandonHammid, Chris Beresford, Nial Romanek,Ted Borland, Sean Black, Brandon Reis,Ryan Paul, Sam Hulbert, Jaeger Bailey and friends.

Filmed On Location at: Summit At Snoqualmie, Japan, Alaska, Denver Colorado, Lake Tahoe, Michigan, New Hampshire, Utah and more.



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SLINGIN’ THE SAUCE

If you want to go fast, like our friend Ricky Bobby, then stop. Read. And

wax. The Sauce was developed to feed the need for a wax that gets you

cruising, is universal with changing weather patterns, and isn’t going to

rape your wallet.

It all began in 1933, when Americans were given the liberty, once again,

to consume our favorite alcoholic beverages. A small café called the

Columbine was awarded its liquor license, providing the fine folks of

Golden, Colorado with their first local watering hole. Passed down from

generations, this hidden gem provides the means for Chris Artemis and

his family to make a wax that “provides a world-cup ride without having

to pay for a world-cup ride.”

Wax maker by day, bartender by night, Chris got his degree in chemistry,specializing in thermal chemistry. If you get him going on what makes

his wax the superior race, he will begin to rant about the coefficient of

friction, paraffin, and a bunch of other terms that seem alien, like the

logo. What it all boils down to is a secret recipe with the highest quality

ingredients, a 100% locally-made product, and the testimonial of tons of

riders and racers swearing on the durability and quickness of “the Sauce.”

He began testing out different recipes for wax in his basement over a

decade ago, right after the birth of his daughter. Continuously receiving

positive feedback from family and friends, he decided to take his creation

to the streets shortly thereafter. Eleven years later, Saucer Wax is in over

30 shops here in Colorado and over 50 stores nationwide, and it is known

in the racing community as the “secret weapon.”

Staying truly local, Saucer Wax has been brought on by Never Summer to

be used as their factory wax. For this upcoming season, they are working

on a special recipe, to be sold as a Never Summer-branded wax. The

Sauce also sponsors Team Summit, where team manager Sasha Nations

uses nothing but the Sauce for any riders she trains because “it makes

such a difference.”

If you would like to give Saucer a try, swing by the Columbine at 15630

S. Golden Rd. in Golden for Waxing Wednesday, every Wednesday nightthroughout the winter and spring. Chris will personally give you the

smoothest wax job and then serve you a frosty Coors Light. And if you

are lacking a grill and a backyard in the summer, feel free to grab some

grill-ables and friends and head over to Golden, where his grills, including

the grill built from an old ‘69 Spitfire, and backyard are free to use,

provided you buy your beverages from the snazzy bar.

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JESSICA DEAL



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N E W T E C H

NOW BINDINGS - THE IPO

The 2012-2013 season will be the first winter we see Now Bindings

on the market, with their inaugural release, the IPO. Co-owner JF

Pelchat and crew took eight years of brainstorming and designing to

put together this binding, a binding developed with the transfer of

energy and energy efficiency in mind that works much in the way a

skateboard truck does.

The tech in the IPO is centered around a hinged baseplate, a kingpin of

sorts for a snowboard binding. The hinge allows the baseplate to rock

back and forth with the boot as a rider turns, transitioning from heel

edge to toe edge or vice versa.

“The hinge is just essentially a floating baseplate,” says Yes Rocky

Mountain rep Joe Timlin. “The baseplate is hinged up on the inside and

outside of your arch, midway across your foot, and while it provides a

rolling movement toe to heel, it’s not as dramatic as most people think.”

The baseplate movement is only a few degrees - enough to achieve the

energy benefits that are the focus of the binding, without making for too

drastic of a transition from other bindings.

Much of the rolling movement is also dependent on which dampeners a

rider chooses to use. The dampeners are essentially bushings that rest

between the base of the binding and the top of the snowboard andcome in three varieties, titled simply, soft, medium, and hard. Depending

on your riding style or existing conditions, you could switch out the

different dampeners to find an optimal balance. Someone who prefers

a more conventional binding may choose to run the hard dampeners,

which equate to a fairly stiff baseplate. Or if the conditions are chunky,

maybe throw the soft ones in to absorb some of the chatter. You could

even run soft in the back and hard in the front if you felt like you needed

a firmer toe-side turn and a softer heel. The dampening system, like other

features of the IPO, allows for a lot of rider customization.

There is also a good deal going on with the highback of the IPO that

furthers this turning and efficiency interest. “Most bindings, the bottom

of your highback overlaps your heel cup,” says Timlin. “So basically, when

you put your boot into a standard binding, you are not against the heel

cup, you are against the highback. Therefore your energy transfer is

actually going from boot to highback and then split between the hinge

bolt and forward lean adjuster and on to the heel cup.”

On the IPO, the highback actually sits on top of the heel cup, allowing

contact between boot and heel cup and eliminating a chain of energy

that often results in a waste of effort. The highback also has a horizontal

slit that aligns with the bottom of a rider’s calf and acts as a softening

point - the idea being that the rider can crank in some forward lean

without the highback digging into the back of his calf. “This helps you

maintain a more neutral stance while having that forward lean, so you

can increase the energy transfer to the heel edge,” says Timlin. Or if

you’re looking for even more movement and flexibility you can take the

highback off entirely - the taller, stiffer heel cup still provides some heel

edge support.

The IPO is a higher end, more technical binding, and while it is definitely

a freestyle binding and will hold its own in the park, it’s important to

keep in mind that it was designed with the likes of Devun Walsh, DCP andthe rest of the Yes gang - guys who rip the entire mountain. “That’s the

crew that is really sold on that kind of stuff (Now Bindings) right now,”

says Timlin. Just something to keep in mind if you are looking to really

experience and get the most out of this binding.

If you are too lazy to read all the technical talk and are simply breezing

this piece for a one-sentence takeaway, here you have it: The IPO was

designed to turn a snowboard, while a lot of bindings are simply there

to hold your boot to your deck.

WORDS:

MIKE GOODWIN



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WORDS: TIM WENGER

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R: RYAN CR UZ E

P : AAR OND ODD S




THERE ARE SOME RESORTS THAT CONSISTENTLY BEG TO BE YOUR

NEXT BOARD TRIP DESTINATION - THEIR REPUTATION FOR THE BEST

SUPERPIPE OR DEEP POW AND THE SICKEST BACK-GATE ACCESS IS

KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SNOWBOARD COMMUNITY. THERE

ARE ALSO RESORTS THAT CATER TO THE RICH, WHERE A TYPICAL

BOARDER WOULDN’T EVEN BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO SLEEP IN HIS

CAR IN A HEATED PARKING GARAGE WITHOUT HAVING TO HOCK ALL

HIS GEAR.

And then there are places like Purgatory, Durango Mountain Resort

actually, but to the locals it will always be Purg. Sitting on northern-

facing slopes in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado, a

30-minute drive from the epic town of Durango, Purgatory is where

the ski bums of Fort Lewis College and the rest of Durango head to

do the majority of their in-bounds shredding. You’ve probably heard

it called “Traversatory” and that it’s flat and bad for snowboarders. It

can take a bit of traversing to get to the good stuff, but it’s nothing

too bad and once you know where to head, you can have an awesome

day with your friends on a mountain with great conditions and nolift lines.

Durango is nowhere near a major interstate or airport. The closest big

city is Albuquerque, which is still a three-hour drive, so the majority

of the gapers you will see on the hill have ridden up on church buses

from Texas and are easy enough to avoid once you learn the layout of

the hill. Unless, of course, you are there during Christmas break, but

you should know what you’re getting into if that’s when you do your

riding trips.

The resort has 1,360 acres of terrain and 88 runs, and you can get

to know where the good ones are pretty quickly. Due to the resort’s

proximity to Texas (it’s only a 14-hour drive from Dallas), don’t be

surprised if you see a Lee Majors look-alike riding up the chair.

Purg has 10 lifts, but you will probably spend your whole day riding four

of them. Lift 1, the six-pack chair at the base, services the parks and the

best stuff on the front side. If you’re there early, get off the lift and head

rider’s right to rip up Styx and Upper Hades before the crowds tear them

up. On the way back down to the bottom, there are several spots where

you can ride over the flat, summer jeep trail and float a smooth 3 or 5

back onto the incline, as well.

On your first chair ride up the main six-pack lift at the base, you will

notice Paradise Terrain Park on your left. This is where you want to be

if park riding is your thing. The park starts out with a couple small-

to-medium rails, then heads into a jump line. The bottom half of the

park features a handful of different rails, which they alternate and move

around throughout the winter, and a couple more jumps and whateverelse the park crew feels like throwing your way. The Hollywood Park is

another solid place to throw down, conveniently placed near the base, in

full view from Purgy’s Beach. Their smaller park option, Pitchfork Terrain

Park, is located just below the Powderhouse Restaurant off the main

lift. This is where the pipe is, as well as a good mix of small-to-medium

jumps and rails. Thei r parks aren’t nearly as well known as, nor are they

the caliber of, places like Breck or Keystone, but they can definitely offer

some challenging features and they do a good job of keeping stuff fresh

throughout the winter.

DURANGO MOUNTAIN RESORT TO THE LOCALS IT WILL ALWAYS BE PURG





Also off of Lift 1, if you head straight down the lift line for about a minute,

is the top of Upper Catharsis. This run starts off with a couple small-to-

medium cliff drops into the steepest terrain you will find on the front

side and is one of the resort’s most rippable runs - as long as you can

handle the spotlight of everyone on the chair staring at you for most of

it. This is usually a good thing, though, because Lift 1 services everyone

that rides at Purg, and if you pull something slick off one of the drops,

one of the college girls from town might be watching and recognize you

at the bar later.

Lift 3, the first lift you will hit when you traverse to the back side,

services Snag and handful of other sick runs full of lofty rollers and easily

accessible places to duck into the trees. There is a huge cliff drop thatyou will notice right as the chair starts taking you uphill. The thing looks

epic and you will immediately notice four or five different places to hit

it, but it drops straight onto the flats and is roped off for a reason. Every

powder day someone ducks the ropes and you’ll see his line going off.

Then you’ll look down and see the bombed-out spot at the bottom where

he hit the snow and sunk, followed immediately by his boot pack of

shame back to the lift line. If you want to hit some drops, Snag has what

you are looking for and you don’t have to worry about getting laughed

at by everyone on the chair when you eat shit. Or patrol, for that matter.

Runs like Peace and Boogie off of Lift 3 feature nice, big rollers that you

can catch some decent air on; and Lift 8 serves up tree riding at its finest

if you know where to go. My advice, if it’s your first time riding at Purg,

buy a local a Bloody Mary at The Backside Bistro and he (or she) will

gladly take you to some killer stashes. You could also go get a fresh wax

over at Bubba’s Boards, in the base area at Purgatory Village, and makenice with some shops kids. The city of Durango is full of friendly people

and smiling faces, and nothing stokes them out more than shredding

powder with their friends.

Lifts 5 and 8 access the gnarly shit, as gnarly as Purg gets anyway, where

you will find some of the only steeps on the hill and some killer tree

riding and natural hits to practice new tricks with a soft landing. Once

you make your way back to Lift 8, you have ditched most of the gapers

and people that can’t hang, so the flow down the mountain is much

THE RESORT EXPANDED AND BUILT A COUPLE NEW RUNS IN WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY OUT OF BOUNDS

A COUPLE YEARS AGO, MAKING IT PERFECTLY OK TORIDE MCCORMICK’S MAZE AND HOODY’S




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smoother than on the front side. The resort expanded and built a couple

new runs in what was previously out of bounds a couple years ago,

making it perfectly OK to ride McCormick’s Maze and Hoody’s without

having to worry about ducking ropes.

Paul’s Park, directly to the rider’s right off Lift 8, is a notorious powder

stash through some thinly-lined rows of trees, and can be one of the

best runs of the day, if you hit it early. On your next ride up, head a litt le

further over to the left and cut into Poet’s Glade for a relaxing tree run.

Bottom’s Chute, and the trees on either side, might be the steepest and

most difficult run on the mountain, even if it only lasts for a moment

before it shoots you out and back into the lift line. And by lift line, I meana handful of dedicated skiers and riders catching their breath before they

jump back on the chair to do it all over again.

Although there are some sick runs there, make sure you check out

Elevator Shaft, Bull Run, Snag, and Styx on a pow day. Elevator Shaft

is not really rideable when there is no powder, so take advantage while

you can. On a non-pow day, Snag will be pretty torn up, but it still has

some nice rock drops and rollers that make it worth hitting, just like Bull

Run and Styx.

If you need to rehydrate, the plaza at the base has plenty of options.

Purgy’s is the most popular, with a full bar and a cafeteria. Creekside

is a little quieter if you just want to have a drink and chill out. On the

mountain, The Backside Bistro, located in Dante’s, features a long bar

with one of the most beautiful mountain views available anywhere. On

your way back to town from the mountain, stop by the Olde Schoolhouse

Café, located on the left side of the highway, inside, of course, an old

schoolhouse. This is a true local’s spot, and you will definitely see some

of the resort employees in there having a post-shift beer. The food is

amazing and is totally worth the 45 minutes you’re going to have to

wait to get a pizza or ‘zone. They rightfully claim that their calzones

are football size, so know what you’re getting yourself into. The wait

just gives you time to down a couple brews and shoot some pool orshuffleboard anyway, so you probably won’t even notice it.

MY ADVICE, IF IT’S YOUR FIRST TIME RIDING AT PURG, BUY ALOCAL A BLOODY MARY AT THE BACKSIDE BISTRO AND HE (ORSHE) WILL GLADLY TAKE YOU TO SOME KILLER STASHES

R : J A S O N L U M

P : S C O T T S M I T H

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When it’s drinking time, there aren’t too many better places to be in

Colorado than Durango. The PBR flows like wine down there, but if you

want my advice, drink Ska Brewing’s Euphoria Pale Ale or Pinstripe Red

Ale. The brewery, one of four in Durango, is located in Bodo Park on the

south side of town and is definitely worth an après-ski visit. You can

sample all of their brews in the tasting room, and they will either have

a band playing live or will be blasting The Toasters, Reel Big Fish, or

some other badass ska band to coincide with the delicious beer you are

drinking. Tell them Oatie Paste sent you.

If live music is your thing, check out The Summit, upstairs at 600 Main

Ave. This place features a ton of touring acts, plus some killer local bands

and always has good beer specials. Also worth visiting is Moe’s Starlight

Lounge at 937 Main. They feature a ton of crazy specialty drinks including

the Beaver - basically a pitcher of different alcohols that comes with

as many straws as you have people in your group. Once you have this

in your hands, make sure you find a place to sit because you and your

friends have to chug it and it can literally knock you on your ass.

Before you do all of this drinking, you should fill your stomach. There is

no better place in Durango to do this than at Cuckoo’s Chicken House

and Watering Hole, across the street from The Summit. This place has

the best wings I’ve ever had in my life. They are huge, breaded, and they

offer up two pages worth of different sauces to try on them.

As far as lodging goes, there are a ton of options ranging from on the hill

to back down in town. The Silverpick Lodge is an awesome place to stay

if you are looking to stay near the hill. In town is definitely cheaper, plus

you can walk to Main Avenue if you want to get crazy at night. You can

find most of the major motel chains, plus some cheap little crack hotels

on north Main if you are really on a budget. Or just find a college hottie

and work your way back to her place, just keep in mind that Durango is

not Summit County - wearing a straight bill might get you not laid. If you

are trying to impress, talk about that overnight camping trip you took to

do an all-day hike for the stash you’ve been eyeing for years, instead of

how you threw a backside cork 9 in the park.

I spent seven years living in Durango and have put in a couple hundred

days of riding at Purg, so I could ramble on and on about where this stash

is and that drop is, but when it comes down to it, just pay attention to the

weather in the San Juans this winter, and get down there when it dumps!

Telluride is just a stone’s throw over the mountains, but in the winter it

is an hour-and-a-half loop around to get there. Wolf Creek is about the

same drive heading east on Highway 160, and Silverton is just over Molas

Pass, making Durango an ideal base camp for a Silverton excursion. All

in all, if you have five or six days, you can plan an amazing trip to the

southwestern part of the state.

R : R Y A N C R U Z E


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s I d r o v e f r o m W o o d w a r d a t C o p p e r t o

B r e c k e n r i d g e , o n a d a y t o o h o t t o e v e n

t h i n k a b o u t s n o w b o a r d i n g , I r e a l i z e d

t h a t I h a d n e v e r s e e n t h e R o c k i e s s o

bare.

It was the middle of July, and their undressing was not

fresh. The peaks had been dry for months - stark brown

and green reminders of how hard everyone took it last

year. The resorts took it; the brands took it; the riders took

it. Though optimism may not always be my calling card, it

was far too nice out to be hung up with anything negative.

I turned down the Electric Wizard, flicked a crutch I had

deadlocked between thumb and forefinger and began making calls all over the

state in the hopes of digging some fresh news - something to excite people forthis coming season.

The answers I received were varied. Some, quite promising - a plan to shuttle

people behind a snowcat to the top of a ridge that was previously only accessible

by foot. Or a pass that can get you on hill for cheap across the globe. Others

were a few babes short of a party - not working on anything due to the building

of a slalom ski run for some ski event I was not paying attention to. Or the

addition of another ritzy, on-mountain eatery that most of us can’t afford.

Hundreds of calls later, after plenty of bullshit-sorting hours, I was bloodshot,

exhausted, and entirely over repeating the same voice message, but nonetheless,

hyped on the things we have coming up in Colorado.

R: BRANDON ROHRBAUGH

P: AARON DODDS

WORDS: MIKE GOODWIN




This year George, in his second year heading up the park at Copper,

and company will further Copper’s effort in recent years to improve the

terrain park, including a heavy focus on the opening months. “He did

a really good job and what we’ve been focusing on is having a really

solid opening park as we continue to focus on the right aspect and

the right elevation to pull that off,” says Pete Woods, Copper’s Vice

President of Mountain Sports. “The goal being - get the Superpipe open

for Thanksgiving weekend, by that weekend or on that weekend, and

then open with a kick-ass park.”

Outside of their early-season endeavors, Copper is looking to “focus on

the continued progression of the overall Woodward at Copper model,”

says Woods, learning tricks in foam pits and on trampolines and taking

them to the airbag to actually snowboarding and taking the tricks to snow.

The new 14-by-14 foot Super Tramp they just installed, one of only three in

the country, is part of this progression and will be open year round inside

The Barn. You should also keep an eye out for a winter version of the

digital media camps that have been running up at Woodward this summer.

The camps are an opportunity for kids to learn how to shoot and edit their

own material, and though exact details of what this camp may look like in

the winter are not available, it is likely that there will be a chance for kids

to receive media coaching in some capacity.

Copper will also be mixing up the on-snow setup a bit for the 12/13

season including a new medium-sized park to facilitate a more gradual

transition from small to large features. There will be a basic, first-timer

sort of park at the top of the Union Creek chair and as you move towards

the main Catalyst park there will be a zoned-off area, with features just

off the ground. From there you move into the top part of the park, lined

with intermediate features, eventually leading to the big lineup, which

they hope to have open by the first of 2013.

This year George, in h

nd company will further

terrain park, including a heav

really good job and what we’v

solid opening park as we continue

the right elevation to pull that off,” sa

resident of Mountain Sports. “The goal be

for Thanksgiving weekend, by that weekend

a kick-ass park.”

early-season endeavors, Copper is looki

rogression of the overall Woodward at Cop

rning tricks in foam pits and on trampolines an

ag to actually snowboarding and taking the tricks to

4 foot Super Tramp they just installed, one of only three

art of this progression and will be open year round inside

hould also keep an eye out for a winter version of the

THE GOAL BEING - GET THE SUPERPIPE OPEN FOR THANKSGIVING

EEKEND.... AND THEN OPEN WITH A KICK-ASS PARK

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Arapahoe Basin has long been the go-to spotfor ripping park early season, usually opening

somewhere in the beginning to middle of October.

Though the traffic on the early, lank strip of snow

is sketchier than a kinked rail at Echo Mountain, it’s

usually the first place with a decent park open, and

people are anxious to just ride something. The park

masses tend to flock to Breck and Keystone next,

but Copper, under the guidance of Jason George,

is primed to get after a piece of the late-fall mix,

striving for a proper early season setup that includes

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Parks aside, Loveland is turning it up a notch this year, making a healthy

section of their best terrain far more accessible than in years past. They

have taken a snowcat and attached a 20-passenger cabin to the back

of it that will shuttle riders from the top of Chair 9 to the north to one

of the furthest reaches of the Continental Divide in the Loveland area,

at 13,010 feet.

“Chair 9 goes to the top of the Continental Divide and from there we

have a gigantic expanse of terrain both to the north and the south,” says

Duncan Maxwell, the events and promotions coordinator for Loveland.

“It’s a giant horseshoe bowl. All of this terrain is open to the public for

hiking, but it doesn’t get used as much because we have so much great

terrain and people don’t need to hike to get fresh turns.”

The snowcat ride will take approximately 15 to 20 minutes

and riders will be shuttled on a first-come, first-served

basis. “We will bring skiers and riders to some of the best

terrain Loveland has to offer,” adds Maxwell. “Wide open

bowls, lots of deep powder, cornices, rock chutes, and

cliffs. It’s definitely not for the beginner.”

Loveland will start running the snowcat as soon as mother

nature allows, hoping to be in operation by Christmas.

Maxwell also noted that the additional traffic on this

area of the slope will make it easier to control. “We are

hoping we can keep it open a lot more, and as long as the

conditions are in our favor, we will be running.” There is no

additional cost to access this terrain via cat - it is included

with any valid day or season pass.

P : T RI P P F AY




There is a good bit happening in the southwest

as well. Down in the San Juans, Telluride is taking

steps to turn their snowboard school program into

more of a camp-oriented experience for their young

riders who may know how to ride but are looking

for help progressing in the terrain park. As of now, it

seems that a lot of the new implementation will be

focused on creating an interactive environment for

the “campers,” helping them to move past the idea

of ski school and get comfortable riding as a group

and trying new tricks.

Noah Sheedy, Director of the Telluride Ski and

Snowboard School, says they are looking to set up

a separate meeting place as well as a hangout area

for the snowboarders involved and potentially aseparate rental area, as well. Having this designated

section close to a beginner progression park is

also a priority so “they can kind of go right out

the door and work on low-level stuff, if that’s what

they are into, and obviously have that be their own

home base, separate from the rest of the ski school

classes,” says Sheedy.

Telluride will not be hiring new coaches to run said

camp, instead providing additional training to some

of their younger snowboard instructors who are

already on staff. Though it should not be considered a camp in the same

way that Windells or High Cascade is a “camp,” any separation from

skiing is a positive step and will help foster some community among

the young boarders at the mountain.

Silverton Mountain is increasing their days of operation, which will

fare well for those who are always caught up at work. “Around the

Christmas season, for two weeks, we are going to be open seven days

a week except for Christmas day,” says co-owner Jen Brill. Unlike many

resorts that assume a deluge of tourists around the holidays, Silverton

is pretty mellow, allowing for a powder escape if you’re up to it.

Monarch Mountain padded their season pass deal this year adding

British Columbia’s Red Mountain and Spain’s Masella to their already

universal pass, getting you on hill at 31 different resorts across nine

states, as well as a grip of mountains in Canada and Europe. Most of

Monarch’s pass partners offer three days of free tickets, but some of

the offers vary - the pass grants unlimited days at all five cooperating

mountains in Germany and Austria.

“We actually had a guy that lives around here spend a month there last

winter and skied all month for free, stayed in hostels,” says Eric Ramsey,

Monarch’s marketing and events coordinator. Monarch is currently

working on adding a 32nd option to the pass,

Crested Butte.

Speaking of which, regardless of whether or not you have a Crested

Butted pass or if Butte days are added to the Monarch pass, Crested

Butte is free for anyone and everyone on their opening day, November

21st, with bands and DJs and all-around good times.

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P : AAR OND ODD S




AL O INCLUDED IN THE ADDED 550 ACRES

AR 142 ACRES OF HIKEABLE TERRAIN.

There are a couple deals presently in motion that will shake

up what two Colorado resorts have to offer. Breckenridge

is looking to add a fifth peak to their foursome, currently

awaiting a United States Forest Service approval of their

proposal to open Peak 6. The Peak 6 bid has been in the works for about

two years now and it looks as if a final decision will be made by the Forest

Service within the coming weeks. There is also an available appeals process

should the proposal, or parts of the proposal, be turned down.

The opening of Peak 6 would provide an additional 550 acres of rideable

terrain, 408 of which would be lift served by the Imperial Express and the

Peak 6 lift. Also included in the added 550 acres are 142 acres of hikeable

terrain. The Peak 6 proposal also includes backcountry access points for

guests looking to leave the developed riding area.

Echo Mountain, a resort that has never quite been able to get it right, has

been auctioned off, and the future of the place is anyone’s guess, as bids

are being reviewed. Finding it a little odd that season passes for this winter

are currently on sale when the future of the hill is so uncertain, I pushed

the issue a bit and received an expectedly-indeterminate response from the

pleasantly-pitched woman on the other end of the line. “The mountain being

open to the public is the most likely scenario,” but nothing is certain yet. So

you can buy passes if you like, there is just no guarantee what it will get you.

In true Echo form, some pretty sketchy shit.

Already possessing a dominant reputation as a competition state, the 38th

state is going whole hog, playing host to not only the lone Winter Dew Tour

stop for the year, but also the newly transplanted US Open.

Leaving its Vermont home of 30 years, the Burton US Open Snowboarding

Championships will go off on Vail’s Golden Peak this coming winter,

February 25th through March 2nd. Chris “Gunny” Gunnarson has been

enlisted to design and build the park and the Open’s 22-foot Superpipe will

be the first ever at Vail.

Though sources at Stratton and Vail were reluctant to answer questions

on the change of venue, often referring me to the other party, Burton’s

Chief Creative Officer, Greg Dacyshyn, made the motive behind the move

pretty clear in a written statement, citing Vail’s “resources and amenities”

as incentives, among other things. Like we are seeing with other snowboard

contests, Burton is looking to make the US Open a much larger spectacle,

one that Stratton could not accommodate, and Vail, with their “extensive

experience in hosting world-class events,” was

determined the best location to host the “week-long

celebration of snowboarding” that Burton is looking

to build. No doubt this is excellent news for Colorado

boarders, especially those who call Vail home, as they

will get to ride the perfect pipe all year. However,

the recent news of broken tradition is a bit tough to

swallow for many on the Atlantic side of the nation.

“I respect the fact that the Open moved although I

am pretty bummed at the same time,” says Vermont’s

own Jack Mitrani. “I feel like they should have kept

something on the East Coast because you know, that’s

where the roots are and that’s kind of what that event

was. It was a tradition in the Northeast, especially for

New Englanders, to go out and be a part of where

snowboarding started and all that stuff.”

For many East Coast riders, the event was just as

much about hanging in Vermont with all the homies

and having a good time as it was about winning the

actual event. “We have a house at Stratton,” says

Jersey native Shayne Pospisil, referr ing to the Stratton

house he had gone to with his family for years. “That’s

why I loved it. I think the last year I competed I got

ninth in slopestyle and did the quarterpipe and had a

great time. I had all my buddies come up from Jersey

and I actually heard a few people pretty pissed off

about that (the move to Vail) around here. You know

East Coast people aren’t happy.”

I have heard no doubts, however, from snowboarders

on either coast, about the quality or potential of the

upcoming Open at Vail. “It’s a fun town,” says Mitrani,

who was recently in Vail healing up after some surgery.

“I think it has good potential for an event and, of course,

when the Vail Sessions was there, it went off and that

was one of the best contests. As far as the new contest

goes for the Open, it’s going to be insane.”

R: IOURI PADLADTCHIKOV

P: CHRISTIAN PONDELLA

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Steamboat’s Matt Ladley was stoked on the announcement, as well,

especially now that he doesn’t really have to leave the home state for

most of the winter. “I am stoked to have another event there,” Ladley

says of Vail. “I think they do really well, and I think Colorado has a pretty

big following for snowboarding already just having the Dew Tour and X

Games there, and it’s just going to make that even better. And to kind

of have an event later in the year in Colorado, it’s going to bring a lot of

attention up to the mountains again, as well.”

I, too, agree that Vail will put together an amazing U.S. Open, yet

reading the words, “The village’s posh Solaris development will serve

as a headquarters for the nation’s premier snowboarding competition”

in a Denver newspaper regarding Vail as the new host, was a slapping

reminder that the Open, as I always knew it, was certainly gone.

Breckenridge also landed a mammoth event, having been named the

host mountain for the only Winter Dew Tour stop this year. If you

have yet to hear, the Dew Tour will be switching from a seven-stop

format to a three-stop tour, with an event at the beach, the city and

the mountain. Though multiple calls and e-mails to Alli Sports and The

Dew Tour were never returned, based on statements made by Dew Tour

representatives to ESPN and other media, the motive for the switch

seems to be similar to the change in the US Open - a move towards

larger, “must-see” events. A number of factors influenced the decision

to slim down the tour, including rider feedback, overcrowded contestschedules, expired sponsor contracts and the tour’s inability to garner

the stop-to-stop following originally planned for.

Fewer stops will give guys like Ladley a shot to get out of the contest

grind. “I am kind of looking forward to maybe having a week here and

there to take my sled out,” says Ladley. “Go do some backcountry stuff

here in Colorado you know, which I would love to do.”

Not much will change on Breckenridge’s end of the deal; they will

continue to produce the high-level event expected of Breckenridge,

according to Senior Communications Manager Kristen Petitt Stewart.

“We are just going to attack it like we do everything

else here.”

Rounding out the contest bulletin, Aspen is coming

in with a new event they’re dubbing the “Colorado

Freeride Championships” that will be held in Highland

Bowl, January 28-30. The event is invite-only and should

land some big names as the contest falls between the X

Games and the SIA trade show.

And yes, the X Games and SIA are no longer on the

same weekend, a move you think would have been

straightened out when the trade show moved here from

Vegas. Regardless, it will now be far easier for those

looking to let Randy loose at both parties.

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HARDWAY CAB 270, 270 OUT

WITH AUSTIN JULIK-HEINE

THE KEY TO THIS TRICK IS BEING ABLE TO SPIN CAB OFF YOUR TOES

BEFORE YOU TRY IT, FIND A MELLOW LITTLE BUMP AND RIP SOMECAB THREES OFF YOUR TOES TO GET THE FEELING IN YOUR HEAD.

A COUPLE GOOD TRICKS TO WARM UP WITH BEFORE DOING THE

HARDWAY CAB 270 ARE SWITCH FRONT LIP 270 AND HALF CAB 50-

50. ALSO DOING A COUPLE BACK LIPS AND BACK LIP 270 OUT WILL

HELP WITH THE SECOND PART OF THE TRICK. YOU WILL BASICALLY

BE PUTTING ALL THESE TRICKS TOGETHER IN ONE. SO IF YOU HAVE

ALL OF THEM, IT WILL HELP.

Approach the rail switch, with the

rail at your frontside. Come in flat-

based with your back leg loaded

up ready to pop up and over the

rail. For me, this part is the scariestpart. You want to make sure you

get your tail up and over the rail,

otherwise you will clip and possibly

ruin the rest of your day. The snap

and pop you get off of the jump

is also going to al low you to have

momentum for the 270 out.

As you come off the lip, throw your

front shoulder and head into the

spin, initiating the momentum that

will carry you through the trick.

Once you are in the air, you will be

able to look at the rail the whole

time. This is the cool thing about

this trick, but don’t get caught

enjoying the view. Make sure you

are doing the 270 in one fluid

motion, so that you carry the

momentum for the 270 out.

Right before you put your board on

the rail, check where the end of the

rail is. Let yourself go blind - look

down at the rail between your feet

and ready yourself for the end ofthe rail.

Now you are on the rail. Enjoy the

ride. The trick is almost over.

You will sense the end of the rail

coming up (remember you saw

it before you landed on the rail).

Keep your head looking into your

shoulder, pop off the rail, and use

the momentum you have been

saving the whole time to complete

the rotation. The landing will be

there. Eye it up, square up those

shoulders and put down the

landing gear.

As you ride away, don’t forget

to pick up all the dripping-wet

panties. Chicks go ape shit for

this trick.

As ou come off the li , throw our

front shoulder and head into the

s in, initiatin the momentum that

will carr ou throu h the trick.

R: A U S T I N J UL I K-HE I NE

P H OT O S : AAR OND ODD S




A R T I N S TA L L M E N T

JEREMY SALYER

If you have been in the Colorado snowboard scene for any period of time,

you already know Never Summer’s Jeremy Salyer. Anyone that meets this

character will quickly learn he loves to rock out to metal, wears a lot of

black, was at one time a phenomenal in-line skater, and is psyched on

anything having to do with kittens. I quickly learned he was down for

anything when he let us sheathe him in plastic wrap for his creepy photo

shoot with the magazine this summer (above). With all of his partying,

hardcore concerts, and practical jokes, do you ever wonder, like I do,

if he actually works? I got to the bottom of this and did a little Never

Summer research.

All joking aside, other than being super personable and fun, Jeremy is

one of the more talented graphic designers in the industry. He started

just like any creative young person, with the choice to pursue art or start

a band. He ultimately decided to go to school for graphic design. This

paid off, as he instantly produced promising creative work, showed a real

passion, and received “good jobs” from the start.

Jeremy logged some solid work experience, then responded to a Never

Summer job ad in the newspaper. Clearly he got the position and has been

with them for over 10 years. He currently holds the title of Creative and

Marketing Director and adores the company he works for, as well as all the

rad people he works with.

For this winter, in his 11th season with the company, and 24th season

snowboarding, he got to design all the boards for Never Summer,

incorporating illustrations from artist Sam Turner in some of them.

One of which, is a favorite of ours, the all mountain, freestyle, Never

Summer Proto CT. For this year’s model, Jeremy wanted a loud graphic

that captures people’s eyes differently than some of his other designs.

They make a ton of black snowboards, so a white board with some

‘70s-themed psychedelic color blocking and splatter paint seemed fun

and new. The design was well received by snowboarders and shops alike.

Jeremy originally didn’t think he deserved an article and didn’t know

why I wanted to write about him. He’s a super-humble dude. Although it

may have been true when he told me, all he had to offer for an interview

was bad jokes and creepy looks, we think this staple in Colorado’s

snowboard community deserves mad props for the creativity and love

he has brought to the industry over the years.

WORDS:

ALEXANDRA LOHR

N E V E R S U M M E R

P R O T O C T

ALL HE HAD TO OFFER FOR AN INTERVIEW WAS

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COCONUT BEACH

“We used to just be like, ‘What’s the dumbest thing you can think of?

Get that tattooed,’” says Coconut Beach’s Mike Katz, dropping some DIY

tattoo insight. “I have a turtle with a top hat and sunglasses, smoking

weed.” He also has an acoustic guitar on his leg, a pretty damn good one

as far as homemade tattoo guns go, might I add, which he claims was

going to be emblazoned with a Rolling Stones lyric, though bandmate

Ryan Simpson jokes that it was probably going to be something from

The Smiths.

Steering clear of both Mick and Morrissey, Katz complemented the guitar

with the name of a fictional paradise created with a buddy, Rich Duff;

a “beach where you could like drunk drive and do whatever you want.

It was just stupid. We kind of like improvised lyrics about the stuff you

could get away with on Coconut Beach.” When Katz and Simpson began

playing music together four years ago, they figured, fuck it. Katz already

had it tattooed on him, Coconut Beach might as well be their moniker.

The pair recorded their first few songs, a handful of breezy tunes about

things like losing the chick you have been hitting on all night at the bar or

getting drunk poolside, in Ryan’s moms garage on a four track a buddy

of theirs had left with them. They split musical duties on the recordings

and released their first songs on the Internet about three years ago.

The production formula was simple - just record the songs and let them

loose. “It’s probably cool that we did it that way to begin with just to get

something out there,” says Simpson of their decision not to add many

post-recording touches.

Listening to Coconut Beach is a bit ironic. They have a genuinely

coastal feel, but are landlocked in Boulder. Their songs, with titles like

“I’m Gone” and “Come Find Me,” might suggest some kind of teenage

bummer, but instead, they leave you with this content, carefree smirk,

like you’re lounging at a Caribbean resort, having just torqued a babe

you had no business taking down.

“The way we did it in the past is we would record the music and be like,

‘Yeah, this song is tight’ and then be like, ‘Let’s write the lyrics in seven

minutes,’” says Katz. “So the lyrics were never that potent or anything.

We would just take a phrase out of the lyrics and name it (the song) after

that. On these songs, we are trying to be more well rounded.”

“These songs,” will be on Coconut Beach’s first full-length release,

displaying a sound that still falls under the lo-fi umbrella, but presents

a fuller, more calculated effort. “We definitely took more time actually

EQing things,” says Simpson, “not just press record like ‘Let’s go for it.’”

They are looking to press vinyl copies this fall featuring 10 or so new

tracks under a title that apparently is still up in the air - Simpson’s

insinuation that the album may be self titled was countered emphatically

with a “Nah, self? Fuck that,” out of Katz.

Thus far in their career, writing and recording have remained at the top

of their list, only playing live a few times. “Two thirds of our career has

been art shows,” they lend, laughing. Part of their shying away from live

performances is because it’s been tough for them to reproduce the live

sound they want with just the two of them.

“Finding someone to fill in and learn the songs and play them the way

we like them and be cool about it is kind of hard,” says Katz. “Right

now, I think I want to try and finish this album that we have going and

maybe try to get a couple more fans before we start playing shows. So

if somebody sees Coconut Beach is playing, somebody would be like

‘Cool I have heard of that.’”

WORDS:

MIKE GOODWIN

“TWO THIRDS OF OUR CAREER

HAS BEEN ART SHOWS”



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