Every year since 1998, ESPN The Magazine has recognized an elite group of emerging athletes to watch in the year ahead -- athletes they call NEXT. This year snowboarding's own Mark McMorris and Arielle Gold are up for consideration in the action spo...   Read More

Japanese snowboarder Kazuhiro Kokubo has represented his country twice in the Winter Olympics. He's been a mainstay in the halfpipe at Winter X Games since 2004, firmly planted his flag with back-to-back wins at the Burton U.S. Open in 2010 and 2011...   Read More

In today's hyper-speed, ultra-slick digital world it may seem counterintuitive to make an online snowboard edit with actual film. The amount of time it takes to shoot action with, say, a Super 8 camera, get that film developed and then transferred i...   Read More

Snowboards and surfboards have, without a doubt, enjoyed the benefits of modern materials like P-tex, foam and fiberglass. Take a look at the walls of any snowboard or surf shop and you'll see the products of modern design and fabrication lined up i...   Read More

Having traveled to South America for summer snow since he was 13, Vancouver, British Columbia-based pro snowboarder Tamo Campos has always possessed a strong connection with the continent. But during a volunteer mission to Peru in 2011 as part of hi...   Read More

Oh Black Friday, the annual holiday where those of us who didn't strike out after Thanksgiving dinner to sleep on mall sidewalks so we could be first in line for those "one day only" deals traditionally like to gather around the evening news broadca...   Read More

Will Lavigne is a key player in the new French Canadian powerhouse crew known as Déjà Vu. He may have less tattoos than LNP and less ESPN money than Louif Paradis, but his skills are nothing to shake a stick at. In his recent '"ONE OFF" Quiksilver p...   Read More

Lucas Debari, Kael Martin, Blake Paul and Alex Yoder are making a movie this winter. Sam Tuor, the man behind the movie "Manifest," about the late Aaron Robinson, will be in tow to film all the antics as the five of them live their snowboarding drea...   Read More

Random Bastards is a crew of highly motivated and talented urban-focused snowboarders from Sweden that just released one of the best free online full-length movies ever. The production quality is on point, the riding is amazing, and the spots they h...   Read More

Burton has been around for well over three decades, but one pro model in particular has always been missing from their line: a board from founder Jake Burton. Now, with the release of a limited, 100-unit run of "Stone Hut" decks, Burton has added hi...   Read More

As one of pro snowboarding's only Native American riders, Lonnie Kauk is far from the privileged, suburban prototype that seems to dominate the shred scene. Born and raised beneath the majestic monoliths of Yosemite Valley, Kauk got his big break af...   Read More

What is Nike's Snowboarding Project? It's a series of short films put together by current and future legends of shred cinema, featuring the Nike Snow riders, of course. Freeze Frame Behind the scenes of Nike's Austria park shoot Gallery The edit t...   Read More

Shayne Pospisil is an East Coast backcountry powerhouse straight from the Jersey Shore. Pospisil bases himself out of Mammoth, and travels the world banging out video parts, most recently for People's movie "Pretty Wise," but his roots will always r...   Read More

An early season storm hit California's mountains last week, greeting revelers headed to Mammoth Mountain for the resort's opening weekend with 12-24 inches of fresh snow. A taste of El Niño Want to see what you missed this weekend? No you don't. ...   Read More