After the madness that was Rock A Rail, the organisers gathered the snow from the course set up and encouraged the Dutch natives to hit the local stret spots in The Hague. We teamed up with Taste Snowboard Magazine, who had knowledge of the best spots, found some eager riders and headed to the beach.
Not only is Henna Ikola showing promise snowboarding, she is also handy on a skateboard, winning the Finnish champs in 2012 and second in 2013/14. We’ve heard many of Finland’s finest riders mention her name as one to watch out for in the future and here she is.
Godfather, pioneer, inspiration are just some of the terms we have heard to describe Tarquin Robbins. Here we chat to the man himself to discuss bar fights, riding without highbacks, the good old days and much more. As an extra bonus, for this interview we decided to open up some of the questions to the Vintage Snowboard Trader page on Facebook.
Alek Oestreng is our excessive iphone Slow-Mo Video of the week, with this stylish FS 7 Japan on the slushly slopes of Trysil. Captured by Len Roald Jørgensen.
Ispo will see the launch of Vimana Snowboards, a Norwegian outfit not only boasting an aesthetically pleasing collecting but also a world class team. Here we talk to founder, Trond-Eirik Husvaeg to discover more about the company and its beginnings.
Hailing from The Netherlands, Dylan Norder has relocated to Innsbruck, where he has been showing off his rail game to the locals. Here we discuss riding fridges, life in Innsbruck, plans for the future and more.
Bob Van Unnik packs a mean punch as he showed as last years 686 boxing match, he also is pretty handy on a snowboard. Check out this millerflip captured by Postland.
Rene Rinnekangas is one of many young Finns being shown the ropes by the Finnish team. At just 15, Rene is already showing tons of potential, check out this peach of a front 10 from Saas Fee, captured by Finland’s Coach Koskinen.
We caught up with Scotland’s rising talent Jamie Trinder, to talk Pyeongchang, the current state of the British Champs, Team GB, his pink riding helmet and much more.
Cilka Sadar attempts to answer our ridiculous quiz to talk; wearing lycra, only riding the Sochi pipe, killing kittens and much more.
