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Opinions, as the old saying goes, are like arseholes: everybody’s got one, and they often stink. Over the course of this Winter Olympics, and the six freestyle snowboard events that involved judging, plenty of people saw fit to share their opinions about the judges and their decision-making. But no event kicked up as big a…

For anyone who’s somehow missed the memo, Cooper Whittier is one of the most exciting personalities in modern snowboarding and a major force behind the renewed global obsession with street riding over the past few seasons. Hailing from the East Coast, Cooper’s love of the streets runs deep. It led him to co-found The Dustbox:…

If you’ve watched any of the Winter Olympics, you can’t miss the coaches. They’re the people standing at the top of the drop-in, giving Proximo from Gladiator energy as they prepare the riders for battle. On the BBC, Ed Leigh and Tim Warwood have namechecked a few of them, including Danny Kass (a veteran of…

Working at a snowboard magazine naturally comes with a fair bit of travel – and, as much as I hate to burst the bubble, it’s rarely the champagne-and-hot-tubs lifestyle you might imagine. More often than not, it’s shared “Austrian doubles” and bunk beds rather than private rooms and bellboys. So when we had the chance…

Working at a snowboard magazine naturally comes with a fair bit of travel – and, as much as I hate to burst the bubble, it’s rarely the champagne-and-hot-tubs lifestyle you might imagine. More often than not, it’s shared “Austrian doubles” and bunk beds rather than private rooms and bellboys. So when we had the chance…