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When snowboarding starts being your job, does it stop being your escape? Can it ever be both? If you ever start walking down that path to burnt out, can you ever come back? A few Finnish pros tell us what's up.-J.S.
Riding Style? I would say my riding style is just a wee bit left of center. Except on Wednesday of course. And um, powder.
"Stay positive and have fun. If you're doing that, things are gonna work-it's gonna be good. And when you're out on the slopes, make sure you keep that git 'er done mentality and give it your all."
Riding style: I don't know ... I like it all. It's all snowboarding. Right now I think I have the most fun on rail trips, it just seems like the possibilities are endless. It's not just jumping down handrails anymore-you get to be a little more creative bonking stuff, drops, wallrides.
Every time I'm hiking up the side of the halfpipe and almost get my eye poked out by a ski pole, I think, "Argh! What the hell are they doing in our park!" And then I think, "Man, that's exactly what they used to say about us." History works in mysterious ways, huh?-J.S.
ow would you classify your riding style: I like a bit of everything. I love pillow lines, park jumps on sunny days, hitting a street rail at night with friends, riding the pipe in the spring when it's all slushy-Everything is so freakin' fun!
Jordan Mendenhall shows you how to slowly rotate your way through one of snowboarding's simplest and sweetest tricks.
e ask more of our bindings than to simply keep our feet attached to our board. We need them to be supportive and efficient at transmitting power, but still flex when we need to tweak; to be durable, but not too heavy; and to be easy to use and adjustable. Here're some winners that fill a big order.-A.F.
I've been a rider and subscriber for the better part of twenty years. I never thought I'd see the day you can open a TW SNOW and make it 84 pages before seeing one photo of someone riding on a mountain (with the exception of two small ads). What has this sport come to?
His precision, finesse, and creativity on a snowboard are matched by few; his flair for style and awesome attitude is matched by none. But more than anything, he makes snowboarding look like partying, and that's the ticket". -E.L.
