The Reset crew, along with riders Doran Laybourne and Alex “Littlest” Sherman, explored Japan, from Sapporo to Asahidake, and on to Neisko, to rip up the backcountry and take on some urban jibbing. Check out this behind the scenes video of the glorious shredding that went down, and make sure to pick up the latest issue of Snowboard Mag, on shelves now, to check out an incredible photo essay on the trip, shot by the very talented Tim Peare.

Women’s Grand Prix halfpipe qualifiers went off last night under the lights in Copper, with Kelly Clark taking the top spot heading into Saturday night’s finals. Arielle Gold, who qualified through to finals in Heat 2, took the second place score of the day, breaking into the 90s and leaving third place’s Gretchen Bleiler behind with a score in the low 80s.

Check out Didier Godbout & Guillaume’s full parts from Brothers Factory’s “Jamais Vu.” Style, creativity, and supreme riding. Boom.

Wildlife Part 2, featuring riding from Eric Poulin, Matt Wallace, Kyle Stainton, Mike Senger, Craig Beaulieu, Andrew Burns and Andrew Geeves.

On the latest episode of Every Third Thursday, they build the world’s first modular snowboard. Now you can swap out the top sheet, the base, or the core. This is a revolutionary idea. And it works. Lee and Ashbury founder Lance Hakker tested the modular snowboard at Bear Mountain and Hakker thought the board had even more pop than a normal Signal deck.

Continuing their celebration of 20 years, “Off the Wall, On the Snow,” Vans has debuted the new Mountain Edition hyprid apparel collection, a line of

A little throwback for you — check out the official trailer for Absinthe Films’ 2005 movie, “Future Proof.” Pure snowboarding gold, no HD necessary…

After 3 full heats, the men’s Copper Grand Prix halfpipe qualifiers are a wrap, and the finals roster is set. Coming hot off of last

In episode 1 of “Through My Eyes” we follow Dutch professional snowboarder and mother, Cheryl Maas from her home life in Biarritz, France to her start of the 2012 Olympic lead-up winter season at the Dew Tour in Breckenridge, Colorado. Here Cheryl faces new challenges both physically and mentally as she works together with the Dutch National Snowboard team, fighting for the first qualifying points for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games. Heartbreakingly, Cheryl is struck down in practice resulting in a traumatic knee injury that ends her 2013 winter season and forces her into recovery.

Episode 1 of our series “Land of the Rising Snow” – Featuring Andy Stern during our first trip to Hokkaido, Japan, in search of deep powder and good times.