On the Cover: Dominik Wagner; shot by Markus Rohrbacher
Inside the mag: Conversations with Dominik Wagner, Danny Kass & Zeb Powell , Livia Tanno Youngblood, Jonas Gasser Gallery & Interview, The Uninvited EURO OPEN by Jennifer Lang, Escape Closing Cup by Lou Staub, a history lesson with Ed Blomfield & Raised on the Skintrack by Mike Meru
Summer gets a bad rap from snowboarders. We call it the enemy, the thief, the season that melts our playgrounds and sends our boards into storage like retired greyhounds. The mountains lose their winter coats, the air smells like hot asphalt and the only ice we see is in a glass containing an Aperol Spritz. We think to ourselves, how do I entertain myself until the season starts?
But summer’s not really the villain, sure, it steals our snow, but it gives our knees a break, we get on bikes, skateboards and surfboards and honestly how good is it that it’s no longer dark at 4pm? A beer certainly hits differently on the beach at sunset.
But by August, you’ve had one too many burnt sausages on the BBQ, you get sunburnt for the 5th week in a row and you’ve just woken up with yet another mosquito bite on your face. The heat is intense, and you imagine how refreshing a powder faceshot would be right now. And that’s how it starts, your mind begins drifting and dreaming of winter. Suddenly you are halfway down an imaginary line in August, grinning like it’s mid-January.
And that’s the thing with us: winter never leaves our mind for long. A cold breeze, a transition you find on a summer hike, a rail outside a supermarket and a photo from the southern hemisphere, it all snaps you right back to winter. That rain we got nonstop in July makes you secretly excited about riding the glaciers in October.
Which is why the first issue of the magazine always hits the hardest. The lifts are just about to start turning and the countdown is on. The snowline is creeping lower, the mornings are getting colder, Whilst the rest of the hemisphere is dreading the cold days of winter, we are shopping for down jackets with a smile on our face, the tilt of the planet is back in our favour.
So, here’s to the first awkward day back on the hill, to creaking knees and catching an edge as you exit the chairlift, we can yet again hopefully experience face shots, both failed and landed tricks, and that perfect turn that makes the wait all worth it.
Summer had its moment, but winter is back and maybe, just maybe, it will be the best winter ever.
Fingers crossed you turn your summer fantasy powder turn into a reality real soon.
Tom
On the Cover: Dominik Wagner; shot by Markus Rohrbacher
Inside the mag: Conversations with Dominik Wagner, Danny Kass & Zeb Powell , Livia Tanno Youngblood, Jonas Gasser Gallery & Interview, The Uninvited EURO OPEN by Jennifer Lang, Escape Closing Cup by Lou Staub, a history lesson with Ed Blomfield & Raised on the Skintrack by Mike Meru
Summer gets a bad rap from snowboarders. We call it the enemy, the thief, the season that melts our playgrounds and sends our boards into storage like retired greyhounds. The mountains lose their winter coats, the air smells like hot asphalt and the only ice we see is in a glass containing an Aperol Spritz. We think to ourselves, how do I entertain myself until the season starts?
But summer’s not really the villain, sure, it steals our snow, but it gives our knees a break, we get on bikes, skateboards and surfboards and honestly how good is it that it’s no longer dark at 4pm? A beer certainly hits differently on the beach at sunset.
But by August, you’ve had one too many burnt sausages on the BBQ, you get sunburnt for the 5th week in a row and you’ve just woken up with yet another mosquito bite on your face. The heat is intense, and you imagine how refreshing a powder faceshot would be right now. And that’s how it starts, your mind begins drifting and dreaming of winter. Suddenly you are halfway down an imaginary line in August, grinning like it’s mid-January.
And that’s the thing with us: winter never leaves our mind for long. A cold breeze, a transition you find on a summer hike, a rail outside a supermarket and a photo from the southern hemisphere, it all snaps you right back to winter. That rain we got nonstop in July makes you secretly excited about riding the glaciers in October.
Which is why the first issue of the magazine always hits the hardest. The lifts are just about to start turning and the countdown is on. The snowline is creeping lower, the mornings are getting colder, Whilst the rest of the hemisphere is dreading the cold days of winter, we are shopping for down jackets with a smile on our face, the tilt of the planet is back in our favour.
So, here’s to the first awkward day back on the hill, to creaking knees and catching an edge as you exit the chairlift, we can yet again hopefully experience face shots, both failed and landed tricks, and that perfect turn that makes the wait all worth it.
Summer had its moment, but winter is back and maybe, just maybe, it will be the best winter ever.
Fingers crossed you turn your summer fantasy powder turn into a reality real soon.
Tom
