On the Cover: Kennedi Deck, Shot by Oli Gagnon
In the Mag: A conversation with Rob Roethler, Iris Pham Youngblood, Gallery: For a Friend, Tracing the Tracks: A Timeline of Women’s Snowboarding by Mia Danielle & Isabella Gomez, Bearings by Enni Rukajärvi, Yearning for Turning: Spring Break, A Total Make: Nils Midnich by Colin Wiseman, Spike by Nitro Snowboards
At times, being a woman in snowboarding can feel like you’re standing inside an elite club, staring at an exclusive table in a fenced-off area that you need to be cordially invited to.
So you work harder, try to be nicer, try to be smaller, and shape-shift into three different versions of yourself all at once. Yet the people seated at the table still don’t look like you, and whether it’s conscious or subconscious, only those who do seem to get invited. Or maybe, they don’t even feel like they need an invitation at all.
When a spot finally opens, one seat quietly reserved for “diversity”, it can feel like everything depends on holding onto it. Like it could be taken away at any moment if you don’t fit perfectly into the box someone else built for you. Or perhaps you’ll get replaced by someone who may fit into that box a little easier than you.
But here’s the truth, that single seat is just an illusion. There is plenty of room to add another table, to build more seats, and to reflect the real diversity of our community.
Because when we work together, share our perspectives, and widen the lens, the entire culture gets better.
I want to use the seat I’ve been given to create more of them. To do that, we have to acknowledge and highlight the past that’s been so underrepresented. When Mia Lambson set out to trace the tracks of women’s snowboarding history for her film Wayward, we were reminded of how many milestones were never celebrated. For this issue, she and Isabella Gomez pieced together a list of these moments. It isn’t a complete list, but it’s a beginning, and we invite everyone to contribute to it.
As a magazine, we’re committed to ensuring that moments like these no longer go unrecognized simply because a person doesn't fit an outdated mold for a seat at the table.Kennedi Deck landing on the cover of this issue is a reflection of that, allowing us to recognize an incredible photo of an incredible nosepress, no matter what letter marks the ‘gender’ section of their passport.
Every time we take up space unapologetically, we’re building a bigger table. And every time someone sees themselves in these pages, the next generation gets a little more room to breathe, to dream, and to sit down in their seat without ever asking for permission.
— Veroniqi
On the Cover: Kennedi Deck, Shot by Oli Gagnon
In the Mag: A conversation with Rob Roethler, Iris Pham Youngblood, Gallery: For a Friend, Tracing the Tracks: A Timeline of Women’s Snowboarding by Mia Danielle & Isabella Gomez, Bearings by Enni Rukajärvi, Yearning for Turning: Spring Break, A Total Make: Nils Midnich by Colin Wiseman, Spike by Nitro Snowboards
At times, being a woman in snowboarding can feel like you’re standing inside an elite club, staring at an exclusive table in a fenced-off area that you need to be cordially invited to.
So you work harder, try to be nicer, try to be smaller, and shape-shift into three different versions of yourself all at once. Yet the people seated at the table still don’t look like you, and whether it’s conscious or subconscious, only those who do seem to get invited. Or maybe, they don’t even feel like they need an invitation at all.
When a spot finally opens, one seat quietly reserved for “diversity”, it can feel like everything depends on holding onto it. Like it could be taken away at any moment if you don’t fit perfectly into the box someone else built for you. Or perhaps you’ll get replaced by someone who may fit into that box a little easier than you.
But here’s the truth, that single seat is just an illusion. There is plenty of room to add another table, to build more seats, and to reflect the real diversity of our community.
Because when we work together, share our perspectives, and widen the lens, the entire culture gets better.
I want to use the seat I’ve been given to create more of them. To do that, we have to acknowledge and highlight the past that’s been so underrepresented. When Mia Lambson set out to trace the tracks of women’s snowboarding history for her film Wayward, we were reminded of how many milestones were never celebrated. For this issue, she and Isabella Gomez pieced together a list of these moments. It isn’t a complete list, but it’s a beginning, and we invite everyone to contribute to it.
As a magazine, we’re committed to ensuring that moments like these no longer go unrecognized simply because a person doesn't fit an outdated mold for a seat at the table.Kennedi Deck landing on the cover of this issue is a reflection of that, allowing us to recognize an incredible photo of an incredible nosepress, no matter what letter marks the ‘gender’ section of their passport.
Every time we take up space unapologetically, we’re building a bigger table. And every time someone sees themselves in these pages, the next generation gets a little more room to breathe, to dream, and to sit down in their seat without ever asking for permission.
— Veroniqi
