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WHAT’S UP WITH JAPAN?

 

Reports from Nial Romanek, Blake Hamm, Aaron Sababba Lebowitz about the conditions, the onsen, the ramen, and the Freeride World Tour. 

 

GLOBAL CHECK INS

 

Harry Winnard from England about Snow Domes

 

Rinchen Wangyal about being a monk in Nepal

 

Mike Baker about his own Banked Slalom

 

Jason ‘Bas’ Basarich from the parking lot of Mt Baker during their dumpfest. Sshhh’ don’t tell anyone.

THIS WEEK IN SNOWBOARDING

 

Grouse bought by agliardi family - owners of Revelstoke

 

-20C temps in interior BC this week

 

Amirsoy - Uzbekistan’s newest resort

https://www.snow-forecast.com/whiteroom/a-new-ski-resort-opens-in-uzbekistan/

 

Books

Hold Fast, Tweak Hard - 25 years of European Snowboarding - Method Mag.

https://www.methodmag.com/features/order-hold-fast-tweak-hard-book-now.html

 

Being Green - Tanner Pendleton - Dillion Ojo Photo Book

 

Events

Vans Hi Standard Series

January 18 – Beijing Nan Shan Mellowpark, China

January 18 – Les Sommets Saint-Sauveur (Versant Avila), Canada

January 18 – Phoenix Snow Park, South Korea

ROXY MAKE WAVES MOVE MOUNTAINS TOUR Ride Day with Robin Van Gyn

 

January 18 - whistler  

 

Movies

Narcis https://vimeo.com/383514704movie - Elias Elhardt in Kosovo (released Jan 8  - already a vimeo staff pick)

 

All Ways Down •  Rome Team in the Midwest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_Ld2ZHPlGM

 

Jones snowboards presents ‘where land ends’ in chile

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0tm_SWU4-s

 

Braincage - Rocksand - whistler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxZvO62-6Zg

 

Immolate2 - NZ crew in Saas Fee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gls6IzfE8ig

 

Rooster Tail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzYaQwaFfJI

1st Annual Snowboarder Awards - February 6th at Copper

 

RIDE MORE POW!!!!!!!!!

 

THE SNOWBOARD PROJECT

Real Talk: This Week in Snowboarding 1/13/20

Hosted by Mark Sullivan and Dustin James 

Produced by Mark Sullivan

Associate producer Dustin James

Art by Aaron Draplin and Sarat