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When it comes to deciding the top boards of the season, each magazine defines their own lists and how they collect the results.  For Snowboarder Magazine, it means talking to the industry and shop employees to find out their favorites from the industry on-snow demos.  These on-snow demos were hosted  at a mix of mountains [...]

Job Title: Associate Photo Editor Employer: Snowboarder Magazine Years on snow: 19 years Days on snow: 150 a year Currently Riding: Dinosaurs Will Die 158 Genovese Shay: Tell us a little bit about yourself Mike: I was born and raised up in Alaska, and decided to move south when I graduated from High School. I [...]

Each magazine has their own way to define the top boards of the season and for Snowboarder Magazine that means talking to the industry and shop employees to find out their favorites from the industry on-snow demos.  The industry on-snow demos were hosted  at a mix of mountains from Vermont to Colorado to Washington to [...]

When America’s Next Top Pro Model began at Mt Hood yesterday, it was the place for pro snowboarder with pro models to come in order to prove they are the Top Pro.  Plenty of big names came out to ride like Heikki Sorsa, Iikka Backstrom, Austin Smith, Bryan Fox, Marc Frank Montoya, Kyle Clancy, Chris [...]

The crew at Snowboarder Magazine arrived at Mt Hood to bring back America’s Next Top Pro Model contest at High Cascade Snowboard Camp.  The Next Top Pro model is a super fun contest based around pros having fun on their pro models.  Maybe it’s the boards, maybe it’s the rider…the Next Top Pro Model determines [...]

We are living in the age of the internet where anyone with a camera can call themselves a photographer but no matter how many shots you take, that first photo in a magazine is celebrated. Their hard work is paid off in the issue dedicated to snowboard photography, the Photo Annual. I caught up with [...]

It’s easy to imagine that snowboard publications are massive but in reality the people behind our favorite words, photos and events are a lot more home grown than you’d expect.  Snowboarder has a huge name in the industry and continues the tradition of the passion of riding within a mix of written content and photograph [...]

Shay: Tell us a little bit about yourself Pat: Depending upon the situation I sometimes use the aliases Lincoln Terns, Oli Andropov, Helmut Kamn, Kenny Land, Willy Plant, Blackie Diamond, Basher Gates, Cliff Line and in very rare occasions Tara Ligamente. I also spent four years without wearing a single pair of socks more than [...]

Every season the snowboard magazines that hit newstands and mailboxes define in their own way the top boards of the season.  Snowboarder Magazine uses the on-snow industry demos at Mammoth Mountain, Stratton, Mission Ridge, Boyne Mountain, Snowbasin and Keystone to find out which boards rank the highest ranking boards among the shop staffers.   The [...]