Snowboarding legend Craig Kelly leads fellow snowboarder Tom Burt in the Alborz Mountains of Iran in 2000. In his book The Darkest White, author Eric Blehm describes Kelly’s rise to snowboarding fame and his death in an avalanche in BC’s Selkirk Mountains in 2003. Published April 24, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/24/Darkest-White-Excerpt/

A Pilgrimage to the Place We Lost Snowboard Pioneer Craig Kelly

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