SNOWBOARDER Magazine December 2007 Volume 20.5: MS. SUPERPARK ISSUE IN STORES NOW

ON THE COVER:
TORSTEIN HORGMO & KEN BLOCK jump into history
DC Shoes co-founder Ken Block jumps his Subaru Rally Car off a snowboard jump at Snowpark New Zealand as Torstein Horgmo does a front seven tail alongside on his snowboard.
Photo: Tim Zimmerman

“I admire Ken’s skills. I never even thought something like that could be done with a car. Right after we both landed, it felt so surreal, like, “What just happened?” I just couldn’t stop laughing; it was so amazing. Jumping next to him was both fun and scary—a crazy thing to do, when I think about it. But I’m stoked I did.”
-Torstein Horgmo

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FEATURES

089 Ms. Superpark 3: Fun in the Sun
by Tom Monterosso
“The quarterpipe had a small peppering of females hiking and dropping when a decision was made to take ten standout girls from the previous two days and showcase their skills in an afternoon session/photo shoot. We didn’t know exactly what to expect, but we would soon find out.”

102 Inside the Lines
“In the winter of 2006, Axel Pauporté spent six weeks in Alaska with Justin Hostynek and his Absinthe Films crew documenting the realities of capturing snowboarding within this limitless environment.”

114 Travis Kennedy: “The Kid” Mans Up
“We were chillin’ in our car at a party when a dude rolled up to our window and put a .40 cal to my head and Cronk’s head and pistol-whipped both of us. He took our money, our cell phones, and the keys to my car.”

127 Pierre Diaries:
The Making Of DC Mtn. Lab 1.5
“Breaking your neck the first week of March combined with a really bad snow year is not a good recipe for a snowboard movie. Add taking a tumor out of my head in June, and now you have a really sh*tty recipe for a snowboard movie. The movie will still be cool…I hope.”

188 Twenty Paces
Tara Dakides and Victoria Jealouse:
“What’s the biggest misconception about women’s snowboarding? ‘That we all like to shower together.’”

062 No Man’s Land with Erin Comstock
“You know I’m twenty-nine. I used to feel pressure to lie about it, but then I became proud of it. I think it’s great for the younger riders to see they will not be forced to retire at twenty-five if they are still able to do the job.”

DEPARTMENTS
010 Cold Front
026 Genuine Draft by Pat “the eYe” Bridges
038 Sicktionary “Tailpressing down a flight of stairs so your tail slaps each and every step on the way down, making it sound very similar to firecrackers exploding.”
044 Fresh & Tracked with Molly Aguirre
046 Hot Air Gray Sky At Morning, Snowkiters Take Warning by Pat “the eYe” Bridges
048 Hot Air Pusher Man by Tom Monterosso
052 White Noise with Hana Beaman
076 Up For Grabs Win Torah Bright’s Gold-Medal Garb
082 On Deck Tim Humphreys: “LARPing stands for Live Action Role Playing. It’s something that you shouldn’t do in public, or let anyone else know you do. I stay away from that stuff, for serious.”
084 On Deck LNP: “He’s a tall dude with really big hands. He follows me everywhere, and rubs my legs when I get cold riding!”
172 Elements
198 Global Warning by Tom Monterosso
200 InTune by Ryan Coulter
202 Ride The White Heat with Ben Fee
205 Minor Threat Ellery Hollingsworth
206 Trick Tip How to Backflip
214 Oh Canada: From Eh To Zed with Pete Anderson: After All, Our National Animal Is The Beaver “Long winters and incredible terrain combined with talented, strong-willed, and driven riders will continue to propel Canadian women to the forefront of snowboarding the world over for years to come.”
216 Snowjob: Irie Cook Mon by Ben Fee
218 Peter’s Colon by Peter Line
220 Forecast