Powder and Rails
US Open
Crusty old snowboarders were pissed about it when, for the first time in 30 years, the Burton US Open Snowboarding Championships were not held in Vermont, but rather in Vail, Colorado. In the end, moving the Open to Vail was a good deal: they built the...
US Open
The Burton US Open is one of the most storied events in snowboarding and has been traditionally held at Stratton, VT for the past 30 years. A lot of things have happened at the USO: old school downhill racing, the first machine-dug halfpipe, keg...
US Open
The Burton US Open is one of the most storied events in snowboarding and has been traditionally held at Stratton, VT for the past 30 years. A lot of things have happened at the USO: old school downhill racing, the first machine-dug halfpipe, keg...
Chuck Barfoot
In Part 2 of the Barfoot Snoboards tale, Chuck dusts off some classic creations, including the first ever twin tip snowboard that Neil Daffern designed for the Barfoot team. Jon Boyer talks about how his original pro model was the maiden Canadian pro...
Chuck Barfoot
We find Chuck Barfoot sidewalk-surfing on one of his hand-made boards in front of his Barfoot Customs Boards depot in Rincon Point, CA . Chuck, originally a surfboard-shaper, was there at the very beginning of snowboarding, first constructing boards...
Tom Burt
Tom Burt, the original TB, continues his big mountain destruction in part 2. Jim Zellers and Tom go further into their big mountain accomplishments, and since they were first to do pretty much everything and not die, they became the guides that people...
Tom Burt
In the early years of professional snowboarding, Tom, along with Jim Zellers and Dave Hatchett, were the first snowboarders to hike and ride remote backcountry lines in Lake Tahoe. They were also some of the only snowboarders in the world to ever go to...
Standard Films
The last part of the Standard Films series opens with some select Kevin Jones moments, like the first-ever frontside 1080 in the backcountry. From there, Mike Hatchett discusses the $100 per three-minute money-burning monster that is shooting 16mm film...
Standard Films
The epic story of the Hatchetts and their crew of riders continues in part 3. Instead of letting a broken hip and a snapped femur end his snowboarding career in 1994, Dave Hatchett, under the guidance of brother Mike, picks up a 16mm camera and gets...
Standard Films
In celebration of 20 years of Standard Films, we head out to Red Rocks, Colorado to see the release of TB20 (Totally Board 20). The first of its kind to join together big mountain back country boarding with freestyle hi-jinks, Standard Films' Travis...