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WHAT’S UP WITH JAPAN?

Reports from Nial Romanek, Blake Hamm, Aaron Sababba Lebowitz about the conditions, the onsen, the ramen, and the Freeride World Tour.

GLOBAL CHECK INS

Harry Winnard from England about Snow Domes

Rinchen Wangyal about being a monk in Nepal

Mike Baker about his own Banked Slalom

Jason ‘Bas’ Basarich from the parking lot of Mt Baker during their dumpfest. Sshhh’ don’t tell anyone.

THIS WEEK IN SNOWBOARDING

Grouse bought by agliardi family - owners of Revelstoke

-20C temps in interior BC this week

Amirsoy - Uzbekistan’s newest resort

https://www.snow-forecast.com/whiteroom/a-new-ski-resort-opens-in-uzbekistan/

Books

Hold Fast, Tweak Hard - 25 years of European Snowboarding - Method Mag.

https://www.methodmag.com/features/order-hold-fast-tweak-hard-book-now.html

Being Green - Tanner Pendleton - Dillion Ojo Photo Book

Events

Vans Hi Standard Series

January 18 – Beijing Nan Shan Mellowpark, China

January 18 – Les Sommets Saint-Sauveur (Versant Avila), Canada

January 18 – Phoenix Snow Park, South Korea

ROXY MAKE WAVES MOVE MOUNTAINS TOUR Ride Day with Robin Van Gyn January 18 - whistler

Movies

Narcis https://vimeo.com/383514704movie - Elias Elhardt in Kosovo (released Jan 8 - already a vimeo staff pick)

All Ways Down • Rome Team in the Midwest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_Ld2ZHPlGM

Jones snowboards presents ‘where land ends’ in chile

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0tm_SWU4-s

Braincage - Rocksand - whistler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxZvO62-6Zg

Immolate2 - NZ crew in Saas Fee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gls6IzfE8ig

Rooster Tail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzYaQwaFfJI

1st Annual Snowboarder Awards - February 6th at Copper

RIDE MORE POW!!!!!!!!!

THE SNOWBOARD PROJECT

Real Talk: This Week in Snowboarding 1/13/20

Hosted by Mark Sullivan and Dustin James

Produced by Mark Sullivan

Associate producer Dustin James

Art by Aaron Draplin and Sarat