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COVER RIDER: Andrew Brewer PHOTOGRAPHER: E-Stone LOCATION: Denver, CO

Years ago, MFM hit this gap in downtown Denver while filming

with Absinthe Films. I remember seeing a really sick photo that J2 shot from an obscure angle that inspired Cole (Taylor) and I to put this on our "to do" list. MFM and J2 were part of our original crew back in the Vail days when we were all young shredders 22

"I am stoked that I am on a road trip right now. We are snowboarding snowboa rding everyday everyday until until it gets dark, and even when

it's dark, under the moon."

with nothing on our mind but shredding. Classic spots like this dig up lots of good memories. Props to Andrew Brewer for stepping to this dope feature and busting some really sick grabs. Following in the footsteps of a legend like MFM is not easy, but leave it to Brewer to make that shit look good.

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VIDEO STASH

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STYLE POINTS

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OUTSIDE THE BOX

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WE’VE GOT COMPANY

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TODD RICHARDS

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LENSMEN

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NEW TECH

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TRICK TIPS

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THE CHOP HOUSE

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PRODUCT SHOWCASE

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SOMETHING.NICE

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Last year, during the Dew tour, I sat down with Todd Richards

dude to find and we spent a good bit of time this f all trying

to record a short interview for a 500-word piece we wanted

to get a hold of him. His part in the latest Givin video, Too , is

to do for the magazine. When the conversation continued for

incredible, and because we were sitting on some insane p hotos

over an hour and a half, I realized that Todd had a lot more to

of him, we figured what better place to unleash the Wyatt

share than we could jam in a little one-page piece.

profile than SIA. This dude is truly on another level.

So, late this past fall, we got a hold of Todd agai n, this time

With this February issue of Snowboard Colorado, we would

looking to shape a much larger interview. Again, Todd had

like to welcome all of our SIA visitors, and thank our local

plenty to say, weighing in on the Olympics, the prevalence

supporters for making snowboarding in Colorado so rad.

and effect of energy drink sponsors, the overall so ftening of

Please, enjoy this issue and all that Colorado has to offer.

the snowboard world - you name it. Because I felt strongly about what Todd had to say, this piece was put asid e to be our feature interview in the February issue of Snowboard Colorado Magazine, an issue we are stoked to share with the entire industry at SIA.

Our opening Blue Ribbon story is also a piece that' s been a longtime coming. Wyatt Stasinos is one of the today 's most intriguing riders and it just so happens that Colorado has been, and looks to always be, his home. As a guy who spends a great deal of his time in the woods, Wyatt isn't the easiest

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I CAME BACK FROM NEW YEAR'S IN NEW JERSEY TO AN

So you can understand my nonchalance in hearing the news

ODD, BUT FITTING DECLARATION. "WYATT "WYATT HAS BEEN MISSI NG

of Wyatt's absence, yet now, with deadli nes drawing near, the

SINCE THE WINTER SOLSTICE," I WAS TOLD. NOT MILK-CARTON

revelation revel ation carried a little more consequence than the other times

MISSING OR MISSING IN ANY TRAGIC SENSE, BUT HE HAD BEEN

I had missed him.

OUT OF TOUCH - WYATT WYATT HAD ONCE AGAIN, AS HE PREFERS, SLIPPED INTO THE EXPANSE OF THE ROARING FORK VALLEY. VALLEY.

"It's kind of my base and my roots," Wyatt tells me later, describing the area he's always called home.

I spent a good bit of the fall in and out of contact with Wyatt, running into him sporadically, each time briefly di scussing the possibilities for a magazine story, with each encounter ultimately amounting to nothing. He surfaced at Summit Music Hall this past

Aspen, and the terrain it affords, shaped the way Wyatt

September for the Givin premiere, but I just couldn't get myself

learned to ride his board, idolizing the likes of Doran Laybourn

to hassle him that night. Wyatt is naturally soft spoken, rightfully

and Ryan Lougee. It is where he emerged on the Burton program,

garnering him the nickname Quiet Wyat Wyatt, t, and having just come

and it's where he landed shots as a teen in Grenade's legendary

out of the woods, I didn't anticipate him being too ecstatic about

Smell the Glove. The valley, more in a literal sense now than ever,

an interview.

is Wyatt's home.

He lives in and off these woods, regardless of season, sleeping in a hammock as the mercury rises and retreating to a sheepherders tent when the snow falls. As his longtime fri end,

"Is it weird to be in seclusion for that long and t hen come down into the city," I ask him. "Is it overwhelming?"

"Uh huh," he replies, decidedly. "When you first start seeing people, like a crowd of people, it gives you anxiety almost."

Zach Hooper, puts it, "He has been sleeping outside every night

Beneath a thick beard, dark and fully connected to his

for the last 11 months. He is on a different level, a completely

mustache, and a Stetson-style hat, he had a hybrid gaze about

different path … he is never really intrusive. If he cam e to stay at

him that night, a wide-eyed blend of excitement and unfamiliarity.

my house, he would go sleep on the balcony. He likes being under

As we sat on the floor in the back of Summit Music Ha ll, I turned

the stars and is really comfortable being by himself."

to him with half a thought of trying to record a few questions

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over the drone of drunks stepping around us. When I couldn't

take those out in a few days here. We were splitboarding today

make out a word of his first response, I just let it go.

near Brighton, got a few shots. It was cool because it was all

I caught him briefly again in Aspen during The Meeting, which seemed promising as a more disarming setting, only to lose him in

windy and we didn't know if it was going to break and we still went for it. You can never listen to the weatherman."

a legion of white, dreaded Stephen Marley fans outside Belly Up.

Until recently, Wyatt's been biding his time in Aspen as

I have not known Wyatt for all that long, but when I've been

Colorado eases slowly into its win ter ter,, alternating between stints

around him, he has struck me as one of the most humb le, honest

in the woods and jaunts into civilization, washing windows or

and good-hearted dudes around. So having sent him an e-mail

taking up other odd labor to put some cash away for travel. On

expressing my concern about the story, I sat there thinking, "if

the 10th of January, along with his brother Corey, he packed up

anyone is going to come through for me, it's probably Wyatt."

the Tundra and nosed west - out to film the follow-up to his

And sure enough, a couple of days later, later, Wyatt calls me from the

captivating part in Givin's most recent video, Too .

Mind you, this year's Givin flick is fucking heavy - certainly a

road on his brother's cellphone. "Where are you?" I ask with resounding relief.

tough video to standout in. Yet, the first ti me I had the pleasu re

"We are in Salt Lake," he answers. His placid inflection

of viewing it, albeit through clouded eyes, at Givi n's Summit

makes hearing him on speakerphone difficult enough but the

Music Hall premiere earlier this year, Wyatt's part floored me.

intermittent barking in the background renders it near impossible.

The slashes, the pan-flute solos, the wizard hat - each part adding

I reach for the little plus button on the side of my iPhone knowing

to a sum of mysticism about the part appropriate of a modern

full well I have already maxed out the volume.

frontiersman.

"Where did you find that hat you wear in your entire part?"

"You riding resorts?"

"A little bit of both. We hit a resort and did a lot of splitboarding and we just got the sleds fixed. We are going to

I ask.

"Found that at a mountain thrift store," he replies. "We were out in Baker and I was like, 'Oh!' It went from there."

In addition to the heavy Givin segments he's assembled the past WHEN YOU FIRST START SEEING PEOPLE, LIKE A

couple seasons, Wyatt has spent time, a long with his brother, behind

CROWD OF PEOPLE , IT GIVES YOU ANXIETY ALMOST

the lens of his 16mm, capturing in their own way, their travels and conquests. (You may recall the powder killer, Blood , they released a few years back). "That is kind of a soulful thing," says Wyatt of

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the project with his brother. "It is just a passion for snowboarding and to just go r ide with my brothe r, chasing powder." Though Wyatt couldn't say whether we would see a Blood 2, they've got the camera with them on the road. Maybe we will get lucky.

"You're still in the woods I hear?" My mind wand ers back to the

"How long do you spend in the woods each time you h ead out?" I ask.

"I always try to spend my age in days traveling through the mountains," he says. "But I always end up spending more, just in the mountains, not seeing anybody really."

wilderness. (Let it be noted that the average daily temperature in

"And what do you hunt with?"

Aspen for the week following December 21, 2012 was a shade above

"Small game, like a 22 or a bow," he answers. "Then I use either

12 degrees Fahrenheit).

"Yeah, we got all the gear to camp in the winter," he says. "These last few days we haven't been doing that much camping. Just trying to keep the gear all good and the cameras working and keep morale up. It was like -11 for a few days."

"So, if you were back in Aspen and not on the road, you would try to be camping no matter how fucking cold it is?" I ask.

a bow or muzzleloader for some bigger game and I carry some fishing line and catch trout."

"So say you're out there in December December,, like you just were, do you bring your board and whatnot? How does that usually go?"

"I am just out there relaxing. But I am stoked that I am on a road trip right now. We are snowboarding everyday until it gets dark, and even when it's dark, under the moon."

"I do a bunch of camping out there, but it's easier because you

There was never a more indicative statement. Wyatt may keep

know the zones and the little cabins you can go to. There is a bunch

to himself most of the time, but in what he chooses to share, he

of that out here in Utah, too, like lookouts that you can go to."

leaves no doubt where his passion rests.

"Give me a picture of your camp area."

"It's a really nice valley with nobody in it, just all the wildlife and peace and quiet. It's very enjoyable to me."

The awesome part about Wyatt is that when he talks about his being, it's devoid of any naturalist elitism, or holier-than-thou

WHEN YOU FIRST START

sentiment you might find at a Boulder coffee shop. It's pure. No

SEEING PEOPLE, LIKE

front. No bullshit. "Wyatt is a really, really humble soul," says

A CR OW D OF PE OP LE ,

IT GIVES YOU ANXIETY

Hooper.. "He got dubbed the nickname Quiet Wyatt for a while Hooper

AL MO ST

because he doesn't really talk. It is not because he is stupid; it is that he likes to let his actions speak louder than his words. He is jus t o ne of tho se du des ."

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You can actually go sideway sideways s now?

Have you done any Think Thank

TERM FOR WAY TOO DRUNK - CHEROKEE FADED.

Yeah, because Ted (Borland) and

stuff yet? Who you on the road

Scott (Stevens) (Stevens) both got killed on

with this year?

Are you into snowboarding

people that put in a lot of hard work

it. So that thing is pretty buttery

Well, hopefully I will be on a trip

naked? I just saw an interesting

to snowboard before the resorts

now. What else? We have two Jersey

next week. I was waiting until I

photo of you.

open. It's just a cool place where

barriers up there and Bennee and

finished up classes. We filmed here;

Um, not too much. You know Shawn

you don't have to deal with paying

Deadlung pretty much did every

Ted has already filmed, like, four

Gruenhagen? (Vans rep). He sent

for a pass. I don't get to snowboard

trick over them, like nollie tricks.

me boots and I sent him a photo

during the summer that much, so it

They killed it.

wearing them in my boxers - pretty

is a good thi ng to have before we

Sounds awesome.

Who is doing the Salt Lake

much naked. Then I went outside

go out and start filming for the year year..

Yeah, dude, there have been so

filming?

and Bundy took a photo and posted

Tell me about some of the new

many people there this year. Scotty

Sean Lucey and Ross Phillips. Jesse

it on Instagram. Most of the time, I

things you have built up there.

Wittlake was there one day with

(Burtner) is pretty busy with all of his

am not into snowboarding naked.

Everyone helped, but Alex (Andrews)

Mikey Leblanc and Jed. He was

shit going on. He is the new Mervin

Is a trick more badass if you do it

and I built like a 15-foot-tall

hitting this red down-flat-down and

TM or whatever. Between them and

with your shirt off?

quarterpipe. It is like 11-feet tall and

I watched him do a boardslide and

Pika (Burtner), the three of them

Kind of, I guess. Gives you that

then it's got a four-foot extension. So

it was probably the sickest thing I

pretty much make it happen. Jesse

that has been pretty sick. We built a

shots or something. In the fall, we jus t d id a b unc h o f p remi ere stu ff.

have seen there this year.

is still killing it, he just has a lot of

People that read this magazine

jump that is about 10 -feet tal l out of

Where did Bone Zone come from

other stuff going on also.

probably don't know what the

wood and a landing out of wood, so it

anyway? Have you penetrated a

Every time I hear Sean's name, I

Bone Zone is. Why don't you give

is pretty much good to go. We don't

chick up there?

think of this one time in Salt Lake.

me a brief rundown?

need, like, four feet of snow. The Lick

Uh, that's the goal, but it hasn't

We went to some bar, Willies

Well, the Bone Zone is a spot that

the Cat kids built a pretty sick snake

happened. It just came about. I

maybe?

has moved a bunch of times. It

run and we fixed the wooden down-

don't know exactly how the name

Yeah, Willies. That's funny. I

is just somewhere for a bunch of

flat-down from last year.

came up.

thought about that place today.

street credit.

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There was huge brawl that night.

drunk and just, wherever I am, I

enjoyed it and I have been to

A group of people I was with got

will somehow find a way home. We

Denver before and thought the

into it with some ex-Marines or

IT IS NOT A PLACE

were in Seattle and I did the same

city was awesome. I mean, I hear

YOU GO TO HANG

exact thing at one of the premieres.

good things about Colorado,

I got super drunk, blacked out and

maybe it's just it's own little

somehow got a ride from Seattle to

world. But Salt Lake is its own

my homie's house that was, like, 30

little world. People probably say

minutes away.

the same shit about it.

something like that. I remember Matt Guess was there - it was some

OUT. IT'S A PLACE

kind of Signal trip. I just remember

TO GO SEND IT

supergluing this cut on someone's face together.

Did your opening part bring you

Yeah, same shit. You'll hear, "no

You go there often?

before we got to Denver. Ended

into favor with any Denver chicks?

beer and Mormons," and we've

It depends. If I am trying to send it

meeting up with Tony Perez, the

Uh, maybe? I think I probably blew

all been there. You can rip in Salt

and just get crazy, I will go there. It

Arbor rep, and hung out in his van

my chances when I was on stage

Lake if you want to rip.

is not a place you go to hang out.

right outside the premiere and just

screaming.

Exactly. So it's like everywhere

It's a place to go send it.

got really hammered.

I think I have a good video of you

has its good things and its shitty

You much of a Karaoke dude?

Where did you guys go after the

yelling something. I don't think

things. I went to Crested Butte and

Shit, I wish. Not as big as Sean

premiere?

you were shouting anything in

I thought that was the sickest place

(Black). The best one I have seen

I don't even remember. I blacked

particular, just yelling.

ever.

him do is probably Rammstein, like

out. I don't really remember

It was so fun. That was a cool

Ok. Well, I will shoot you an e-mail

that "Du hast" song. Maybe I should

anything after 11:00. I remember

venue. I want to spend more time

if I need any clarifications. What's

do more Karaoke.

seeing Tucker Andrews and Ben

in Denver. It was only one night that

your e-mail? Sorry, little stoned

So, your last little Colorado trip,

Lynch and that is kind of where the

we got to walk around, downtown

over here.

how did th at treat ya? You were

lights started getting dim.

Denver just seems so rad.

Oh yeah, that's another thing. I

pretty loose at the premiere.

Yeah, that was when we split up. I

You can speak honestly. What do

have to come out to Colorado

It was so fun. Jesse bought us

rememberr there was a lot of strip remembe

people in Salt Lake City think of

because you guys got all the

this sick hotel room, I don't even

club talk at that point. But I didn't

Colorado?

dispensaries. Everyone has to be a

know what the name was. It was

have the cash.

Shit man, all I hear is, like, 'Never

stoner out there.

a weekend trip because I was in

Might have. I seriously don't

Summer and people just get

Eh, it's good and it's bad. I could

school, so I was like, "All right,

remember. I think what happened

s u c k e d i n , ' a n d w h a t e v e r, r, b u t I

do without a lot of the whole

we're partying." Like two hours out,

was I blacked out, Cherokee faded,

feel like anywhere you are you're

weed culture.

we started drinking beers - I was

and walked back to the hotel. I

always going to hear the worst

All I hear is chill. Colorado is so

probably six or seven beers deep

am notorious for that. I will get

about it. When I was there, I

chill, ya know? Chillorado.

That place is kind of a shitshow.

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ROAD SICK SHIT TRIP

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If there's one thing that never gets old, it's traveling and exploring

do my work, as are Ritch and Ryan. We end up being out all day day,,

with your friends, in search of ad venture. Every year, year, crews gather

until dark, sledding around looking for safe zones and features to

together in search of the best snow, the best features and the best

spend our time on, but it never really came. We called it a day and

of times. Sometimes you may find it all, and sometimes, not so

went back to rest up for the next day. Returning to a busy house

much. You never know.

is never ideal when all you want to do is eat and sleep after a less-

TERRY RATZLAFF

than-successful day.

On this particular trip, I set out with friends, Ryan Cruze and Ritch Colasanti for a trip down to Silverton, Colorado. Ryan called Silverton

That night, I could not fall asleep for the life of me. Again! Now I'm

home base for the year, so we decided to head down and see what

upset. No sleep for two nights, shitty snow and a loud house led to

we could make happen. The snow down there, as we all knew, was

a very unhappy photographer, which is never good for any crew crew..

not the greatest and the avalanche threat was high. Nonetheless, the

But despite it all, we headed out once more into the backcountr backcountry y

backcountry is where we wanted to be. So, sleds loaded, we headed

and ended up having a little better result. But with the lack of

down. When we arrived at Ryan's house, we found there had been

sleep, and the amount of time spent out in the cold, I ended up

at least 15 random people staying there (building jumps for the Red

catching a bug and spent the next couple days in bed, missing

Bull Cold Rush event), so the house was buzzing with people for the

the action.

next couple of days. That night, we all crammed into Ryan's room to sleep and rest up for the long day ahead. With Ryan and Ritch

There is no better medication tha n sleep. Take Take all the vita mins and

sleeping soundly, I could not manage to catch any sleep. I lay awake

health food you want, but if you don't sleep and you work in the

the entire night, trying as hard as I could to sleep, but it never came.

cold, you're going to get sick and have a shitty trip, just like I did.

Hours later we were up and heading out.

I guess trips just don't always pan out the way you hope. That's ju st how it go es som eti mes .

Working in the cold, on no sleep, is just part of the job sometimes. You just keep smiling. Regardless of my condition, I'm ready to

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So, it's February and the winter is pretty much half over already. It's

most of the rocks are just about covered up, so the whole mountain is

around this time every year year I get burnt on riding the same runs I've been

perfect. As for the budgeted road tripper, there are plenty of passes

cutting loose on since mid-November - whether it's powder or not, I just

around Colorado you can hit up.

CHAD OTTERSTROM

need a change.

Around Summit County and the Front Range, there's Berthoud, This month is the perfect month for a road trip. Road trips, for me,

Loveland and Vail Pass. All of them allow you to access amazing terrain

are one of the reasons I still love snowboarding. When you get in your

if you're willing to hunt for it. There's also Monarch Pass, down near

car and hit the road, you're in for an adventure - whether you like it

Salida, that can be hiked if you work for it. And again, back down south,

or not. This i s what makes snowboarding and skateboarding different different

there are a couple other passes you can hike.

than any other sport. You never see football players driving halfway across the country to check out other football fields. Road trips usually

Red Mountain Pass is one of the better ones. There are plenty of lines

consist of eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, sleeping in cars

to hike with skin tracks going everywhere and it's also booter central. If

and either hiking off the passes to snowboard or milking tickets for

you're looking to do that new gymnastics maneuver you've been waiting

cheap to ride other resorts. At least, that's what they are for me. You

to try, but are too scared to do it on a park jump, this is the place to

can go the high-end route if you want, but I like to keep things cheap.

go. Finally, Wolf Creek Pass has some hikeable terrain, but is a little

It's a lot easier that way.

harder to access without a snowmobile.

It's been a rough year in Colorado so far, but there are still plenty of places

There are other places in the state that make for good road trips this

to go explore if you're motivated. Silverton Mountain, for one, is claiming

time of year, as well. These are just a couple I think would be good

a 50-inch base so far this winter. It is a seven-hour drive from Denver, so

now. There is also some serious spectating going on this month, if

if you leave at night, you could be dropping into Gnar Couloir early the

you're into it. The Burton U.S. Open is coming to Vail for the first time,

next morning. This mountain is guide-only the w hole month, so make

starting on the 25th. It's perfect if you're into going to a fancy town to

a reservation before you make the commute because you never know

watch fancy snowboarders send the latest and greatest maneuvers. maneuvers. If

if they are fully booked or not. The whole experience of this town and

that gets you going, this is where you want to be. From watching Shaun

mountain is an adventure. The crusty locals, the old railroads and mines -

White and Louie Vito battle in the halfpipe to potentially seeing the best

you definitely get the Wild West feeling when you go there.

slopestyle contest on the planet, this is the place. Vail also happens to

be my favorite resort in Colorado because of the terrain, but I'm not Wolf Creek is claiming over 140 inches, year to date. This is actually

going to tell you about that. You're going have to find me on Instagram

the perfect time to go down there. All the gullies are still deep and

to find out where the goods are.

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SOMETHING.NICE

P R : : A F N O DR R R E E W S T M S I L H L E E A R R E R

@ F O J L J T L H O O W M J A J S _ O N T W I T T E R

A CHA CHAT WITH WITH FORRES FORREST T SHEARER SHEARER

WORDS:

JJ THOMAS THOMAS

A lot has changed in snowboarding since the mid-to-late '90s, but one

couple of years ago, I just said the hell with it and got rid of it.

of the most common switches I have noticed over the past few years is

Utah is a spot where all the areas we ride are very accessible by

the change from snowmobiling to splitboarding. Ten years ago, when the

foot, so I just went for a change of pace and haven't looked back.

snow would start to fall, I couldn't tell if my friends that were fellow pros

Is it scarier hiking these giant lines than actually going down

were more excited to snowboard or drive around on the new snowmobiles

them?

they had just bought.

scared hiking up the mountain. Once I strap my board on, I feel

I know when I'm in the backcountry, I'm always more

better because I k now I can just bomb down to safety.

Splitboards have been around since skiing first started. They are still used

On one side, you are learning a lot more about the snowpack and

by military and recreational users around the world to negotiate through

what you are about go down versus getting dropped off in a heli

deep powder. Splitboards are made up of two skis that you skin on -

and not being sure what the snow is like. We take the time to learn

basically cross-country ski with. Once you get to the top of the peak, or

about what we're going to ride and just have a closer relationship

wherever it is you are going, you join the skis together and you have your

with the terrain. We take photos of the lines we're going to ride

old snowboard back to cruise down the run on!

and then we really study them and memorize the terrain. Talk me through that avalanche you got into in Japan and what

I am a snowmobile owner myself, and I've had the same sled for 10-plus

it feels like to be in that situation?

years. I can't say I drive it a whole bunch anymore now that I don't film

When you're hiking these lines and studying the ter rain, the

video parts, but I couldn't help but notice the explosion and popularity

only thing you're thinking about is making it down the mountain

of splitboards these days. It really seems to m e that splitboards have

and you know that falling isn't an option. We also know that

become the new snowmobiles. I can't lie, I want to get a sp litboard. Maybe

avalanches and sluff come with the territory, so it's something we

it's the idea of owning a new toy, or maybe it's just that it's something

all go through. In that particular scene, it was a giant sluff that

totally new to me.

came down behind me, took me for a ride and beat me down. Basically, it felt like I was in a washing machine and, all of the

After watching the film Further last night, starring Jeremy Jones and friends,

sudden, it seems to be one of the favorite scenes in the film. For

it's apparent that this trend is the real deal and looks like it will be around for

us, it's important to show that those things do happen to us and

a long time. I was so blown away by the measures these guys take to ride

the risk is real.

lines that I took it upon myself to call my friend Forrest Shearer, who has

Are you guys doing another film and how we can follow you?

a part in the film, and ask him some questions about this new movement.

Yes, we are going to do another film and we're taking our time with it. We don't have a set release or time frame yet, but Jeremy

(JJ) Do you still own a snowmobile?

plans on doing another, as far as I know. Feel free to follow my

(FS) I used to sled a ton. It's still such a useful mode of

adventures on the sites of Jones Snowboards, TGR, C lif Bar,

transportation to get out there and build jumps and film, but a

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P R : : P M H A I L T T H I I F E O U C R E P E L Riders: Mathieu Crepel, Frederik Kalbermatten, Gulli Gudmundsson, Ethan Morgan, Xavier de Le Rue, Tim Humphreys, Nils Ardvisson, Kimmy Fasani, Victor De Le Rue, Chas Guldemond, Anne-Flore Marxer Location: Iceland, Norway, Austria Sweden, Washington, Red Mountain BC Whistler BC, Alpine Meadows, Northstar Mammoth Mountain, Haines, Alaska Sponsors: Burton,GNU, Oakley, Nike, Quiksilver, Billabong, The North Face, Bataleon, Flow Contour, Under Armour Rip Curl, Swatch, Squaw Valley, Rossignol, Buff Valhalla Design, Alpine Meadows, Snowboarder, Onboard, Transworld Japan

STAND ST ANDARD ARD - 2112 2112

QUESTIONS WITH: MIKE HATCHETT (MH) AND TRAVIS ROBB (TR) BY: MIKE GOODWIN

What cameras were used to film 2112 ?

those spots, we are always trying to find new places and new things

TR: We used a wide range of cameras on the film this year. For most of

to film. Sometimes it's d ifficult to resist hitting the same feature again

the timelapses, we used a specialized Canon 7D and 5D. For the action,

and again. We do try and wait at least a couple of seasons if we have

there were Sony FS100s, a Red Epic-X, and Panasonic HVXs, as well as

filmed a certain jump a bunch that last winter. When we travel, we are

Contour cameras for the POV shots.

finding new spots, at least new spots for us. Lots of the time though, no

Did anyone really surprise you?

matter where you are in the world, the spots have all been sessioned by

MH: Victor de Le Rue did very well this season. He got a lot of great

other crews or even our crew 15 years ago. Alaska is one spot that you

footage to work with and that is impressive since this was his f irst year

can still find new places and new lines to ride, but even that is getting

filming with us.

more difficult. When you travel to new spots and find new stuff to film,

Dubstep in snowboard films. What's your take on i t?

it is always the best feeling. It keeps the new movie fresh and keeps

Toronto, and as TR: Well, I like dubstep, especially Zeds Dead from Toronto,

you motivated as a filmer.

a director, I need to be open to all music and the moods they create

What factors go into choosing an ender? Is it strictly whose riding

visually in my head. I am not opposed to dubstep in movies, it just has

was the gnarliest?

to be done right. Music is always the most subjective thing in any film.

TR: Sometimes, but this year it was about the aesthetic of the segment

It just comes down to what you are into as a viewer and the mood

as a whole. Xavier had an amazing year and gathered insane footage

you're in when you watch stuff.

that translated really well when cut to the Hot Chip track. We almost

Are you a personal fan or is that what the masses want to hear?

had Victor as the ender because of the all-around throwdown throwdown his part

MH: I am not a personal fan. I think Travis is a fan, ha! I am not sure

is, but after some deliberation, I realized I can watch Xavier's part a

if the masses like it or not. I have heard both positive and negative

thousand times and still be stoked on it. It is a timeless segment and

feedback on it. I, myself, am over it, and I think it's been overdone. I

one of the edits I am most proud of in the film!

do try and have an open m ind and appreciate all types of music when

Do you decide that you want a certain s ort of ender, say street or big

it comes to editing. That is why our soundtracks are always changing

mountain, ahead of time?

style-wise. Everyone has their own opinion and taste when it comes to

MH: No, not usually. But this year was a bit of an exception. There

music. My hat's off to any artist making good music, no matter whether

were a few parts that were ender-worthy. We decided to feature big

I happen to like it or not.

mountain and Xavier since Standard Films has been known for its big

Do you often have zones/spots zones/spots already picked out for trips or do

mountain footage over the years. One time in the past, when we made

you prefer to travel to a certain area and f ind the spots once you've

the film Paradox, Jeremy Jones clearly should have had the ending

arrived?

part but I did not give it to him since he did not have any freestyle in

MH: It's a b it of both. In Tahoe and Whistler, for example, we have spots

his part. I won't ever make that mistake again. Whoever gets the best

already picked out that we know will p roduce good footage. But within

footage gets the ender.

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WE’VE GOT COMPANY

P R : : T A H U O S M T A I N S J M U I N L I O K R -H E I N E

HOBO HEADWEAR

WORDS:

In an industry where carbon-copy gear and mass-produced styles

diggers you take. Though legally dubbed Hobo Shred Wear, in order

quickly grow stale, Hobo Headwear is one grassroots brand breathing

to leave room for the crew to dabble in producing different gear,

fresh air into the snow market. A true testament to the soul of the

Walters is currently changing the na me back to Hobo Headwear.

scene, this up-and-coming company draws on a deep-rooted passion

“Hats are our forte. We’re not trying to become an outerwear

for riding and a serious pension for creativity. Born in 2004, the

company. We’re not going to be the next Burton.”

KELLI LYNN HARGROVE

company is the brainchild of Colin Walters and two high school friends, who started making hats for no real reason beyond wanting

In addition to a solid product, Hobo boasts an insanely talented

to wear their own designs. Walters has been steadily developing the

family of riders who hold down the roster with explosive style and

brand ever since, bringing on Dylan Alito and Riley Doyle - who is

serious stoke. Riders Billy Mackey, Chris Sypert, Josh Bishop and Kyle

also the brand’s art director - as co-owners.

Hay have been repping the brand since 2008, with Blake Rhodes Reid, Jared Jordan, Michael Wick and young ripper Red Gerard

The boys behind the brand are motivated by three things:

joi nin g t he t eam the foll owin g w inte r. Fas t fo rwa rd t o 20 12 and Hob o

snowboarding, creativity and doing their own thing. Walters clarifies,

is rolling 28 riders deep, capped off by recent addition, Jaeger Bailey.

“When I get to put a one-of-a-kind hat on a one-of-a-kind boarder

With passion, personality and tricks for days, these snowboarders

like Froni (Justin Fronius) or whoever, I'm hyped. This business help s

are what the company is all about. In a sea of corporate sponsors

us do exactly what we love, snowboard.” In order to keep the brand

and soul-selling contracts, here’s one team you want to be a part of.

fresh, only about two dozen hats are produced per design. Handdyed and acid washed, with leather patches created by Doyle himself,

Already sold in over 20 shops nationwide, the company is looking

these bad boys are perpetually OG. Every hat goes through Walters’

to get hats in core spots that act as solid support systems for those

hands before landing on a rider’s head, Hobo quality assured. While

fanatical shred-heads who breathe life into the industry. Looking

these hats have gained notoriety for their style, it’s the innovative

ahead, Walters’ goal is simple: “running a business that allows my

extra features that make them truly stand out. Take, for instance,

friends and I to live a life where we all are doing what we love and

the ‘cap-snatcher’: a leather tie that hooks your hat to your hoodie,

living a life that is driven by personal motivation everyday because I

keeping that SOB attached to your body, no matter how many

fucking love what I do.” Can’t argue with that.

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NEW TECH

K2 ULTRA SPLIT

WORDS:

K2 , champion of the Clicker technology of years past, is bringing

with a mitt on. Not even debating doing it with a glove, you can

the step-in binding back. Realizing that with some kinks worked

literally do it with a mitt."

MIKE GOODWIN

out, a step-in system would be attractive to the splitboard world, they began reworking the setup, beginning with the boot. "Really

Just as keeping the boot light was imperative, the Ultra Split was

the whole concept came around due to the fact that the boot

designed to be K2's lightest split yet. Built with a bamboo core

technology has just gotten to the point where we can make a

and without a top sheet, it is a strong, responsive deck that is

boot that is relevant in the backcountry," says John "JP" Pinnick,

still incredibly light - about four pounds lighter than the average

territory sales rep.

splitboard setup, according to K2. (Using Kwicker system boots and bindings).

A major emphasis was put on developing a boot that could perform well without a highback or ankle strap, all while remaining

K2 is also offering a separate Kwicker-system binding that is

sleek and light. "The Endo construction in the back of the boot

compatible with the new boot for customers who want to use the

gives us our highback and our flex and the rotation that we need,"

same pair of boots when they are not riding their splitboard. "It's

says JP. JP. The "Endo construction" is basica lly a urethane insert

basically a four-hole pattern disk that fits three hole, fits slots," says

in the back of the boot designed to act i n place of a highback.

JP. "Really, the system is meant for that split customer and he can

"It keeps you from pressing out backwards but gives you the

now mount that binding to his other, regular board and doesn't have

flex forward that you need," he adds. The K2 BoaConda la cing

to worry about getting another boot or setup."

system, which they have run for a while now, allows for quick boot adjustments and helps with ankle support, eliminating the need

The new system has won the praise and approval of splitboard pioneers

for an ankle strap.

Voilé, who will also be offering the Kwicker setup. "You can actually buy it from Voile," says JP. "And anybody that has an old Voilé setup

With a lighter, revamped boot, the rest of the Kwicker system (the

can put this system on their board and just roll right along with it." The

new, improved Clicker system), and the Ultra Split it is featured

Kwicker system is also compatible with the old Clicker technology, for

on, were designed with absolute q uickness and ease of conversion

anyone that might be holding onto those boots or bindings.

remaining top priorities. "With the old system, with pins and all that, you really couldn't function with a glove on," says JP. "When

In addition to the new board and step-in system, K2 is running a

you are in the backcountry and you have to pull your glove off,

whole line of backcountry gear to match: the Shaxe - a compact and

it's just a negative rig ht out of the gate. Literally, Literally, with this system,

sturdy shovel/axe, shovel/axe, self-collapsable speed-link poles, probe, backpack

you can pull and do everything you need to do in your swap-over

- the whole kit.

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CRESTED BUTTE

ONE OF THE LAST GREAT MOUNTAIN TOWNS

CRESTED BUTTE WAS THE FIRST PLACE I EVER STRAPPED INTO

we do have a bunch of good bars, but I don't think your wallet

A SNOWBOARD. ACTUALL ACTUALLY Y, I CLICKED I NTO MY SNOWBOARD.

and liver would appreciate that too much.

THIS WAS 1999, WHEN CLICKERS WERE PRETTY RADICAL, OR AT LEAST THEY WERE FOR ME , ACCOUNTING FOR THE FACT

So if you're reading this hoping I'll give you a play-by-play on

THAT I RENTED A BOARD AND BOOTS FOR THE FIRST THREE

what to do if it just so happ ens to snow three feet the first night

YEARS I SPE NT ON A S NOWBOARD. I WAS ONLY ONLY EIGHT YEARS

you visit Crested Butte, I'm sorry, amigo, but that's just not going

INTO THIS VOYAGE CALLED LIFE AND I CAN REMEMBER THAT

to happen. What I will let you know is that it doesn't take much

DAY LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY.

brain power to have a good time at the Butte, if mother nature decides to work in your favor.

Now, it took me a while to get the nuts and bol ts up in my old noggin turning, but while I was waiting for that to happen, I decided I didn't want to write something about Crested Butte that would give away all the secret places that I've been shown. And I sure as hell didn't want to piss off all the local ski and board bums that call Crested Butte home, which is the majority of the town during the snowy months. During the winter in

THERE'S ONE FULL FULLY-MAINT Y-MAINTAINED AINED ROAD THAT WILL

Crested Butte, Butte, if you don't own a pair of skis or a snowboard

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AND THE SAME ONE WILL GET YOU OUT

yourself some nice, sharp hockey skates or snow shoes because

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