66 THRASHER MACAINE
SNOWBOARD PRIMER
FOR THE NINETIES
50 REASONS TO SLIDE
SESSIONS
ESSIONK
ESIMSE
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Snowboarding has crossed international borders.
transcended seasonal barriers, cracked the big resorts,
garnished mass media exposure and been commercialized,
incorporated and bastardized. Before launching into another
winter season we thought it would
be appropriate to gather a list of
reasons why we slide.
Ultimate Crossover: Mad Munich filmmakers
and Swiss skater Paul Heurberger hauled a two-
ton steel halfpipe (above) 10.000 feet up the
Kaunertal glacier in the Austrian Alps for the
film "Collage in White". A man and his model.
It starts with: clean mountain air Shaun Palmer (left) not only skates, he's wild
and he wins. Out of bounds and off-road,
Crazy Jim (opposite page) floats off Big
Daddy at Loveland Pass, Colorado.
panoramic views neck-deep
powder head-high moguls 22-
foot ollies 300-foot halfpipes a smooth quiet ride *
frantic tree runs trail cruising summertime glacier
runs. And then there's: vertical measured in miles airs
measured in meters sixty m.p.h. standing up no cars