Flow Welcomes Snowboard Legend Mike Basich to the Team

Flow Snowboarding- San Clemente, California April 19th 2010 – Flow snowboarding is proud to announce that snowboarding legend Mike Basich is now riding Flow Boards, Boots, Bindings, pulling his boards through airports with Flow Bags, scrapping wax with Flow Accessories, keeping himself warm with Flow Softgoods, and, well, you get the picture.

You may remember Mike from back in the day when he shocked everyone with his clean double backflips or when he acid dropped 130 feet in Alaska from a helicopter.

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WATCH MIKES FILM: OPEN SPACE- THE UNTOLD STORY OF MIKE BASICH

Now he is known for his fluid style and gnarly attacks in the backcountry on mountains all over the world.

ESPN: Mike Basich A True Origanal

Mike Basich is the most self-sustained snowboarder, pretty much, ever. He built his own ecologically friendly, 300-square foot stone house (known as Area-241), has his own outerwear company of the same name, shoots photos (of himself), takes annual spring pilgrimages to Alaska and is a constant advocate for the environment. Here’s a rider whose creative mind and DIY (Do It Yourself) personality allows him to live our sport’s lifestyle in its purest, most natural form.

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Mike Basich with his best friend “Summit” up at Thompson Pass Alaska. Summit is his 4 year old Siberian Husky. It’s her second visit to AK, first time was at 4 months old for the filming “In Short”.

Mikes new truck as he and Summit scope out “the Books” Valdez Alaska

This is Mikes truck without the sled, it becomes his sleeping/living space when he’s not at his hand built rock home in Tahoe.

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Mike Basich is one of snowboarding’s most iconic legends. His Tahoe roots and career as a competitor and backcountry enthusiast stretches back to the mid 80s. Mike has been in the world of professional snowboarding for almost two decades.

From major contests, traveling the world ten times over, to months on end in Alaska, he’s done it all. Never one to be big into the film side of things he’s found a place among David Benedek’s crew. Taking the opener in last year’s 91 Words For Snow, and putting in work on their upcoming project, Mikey B.

Mike and a self portrait cover of SNOWBOARD Mag

Mike was born and raised in Sacramento. He spent 10 years in Utah riding and shooting photos. He moved back to Donner summit where he has been concentrating on shooting action photos since 2001. His roots in the snowboard industry go back to 1986, where he has spent his time shooting snowboard and motocross photos. His latest venture has been his clothing company 241.

He also has released a new short film out chronicling his life, he has a pretty amazing story and currently lives arguably the best life ever. Open Space: The Untold Stories, a video of his life snowboarding over the last 25 years.