Snowboarding is inherently adventurous. We’re not talking about the people that go to the ends of the Earth, either. The lust for discovery keeps us going one chairlift higher or one hike further, to the top of your home mountain or to remote wilderness. The point is, adventure is what we make it. What we looked for in the Scenic portion of Exposure was a photo that inspired us to take that first step out the door. Natural grandeur, familiar scenes, brilliant light. All represent the incredible world we can discover with a snowboard as our vehicle.
This past October, we first introduced our new photo competition, Exposure. Over the course of one month we accepted photo submissions from 804 unique photographers, ultimately totaling a staggering 4,060 photographs. Photos were submitted into one of four categories: Action, Lifestyle, Scenic, and Abstract, to be judged by a panel of Snowboard Magazine editors. One winner was chosen from each category, with a fifth People’s Choice category winner selected that spanned all four stylistic disciplines. While each of the four demanded a unique set of criteria and expectations for said group, one requirement spanned the photo competition: the photos needed to make us want to snowboard. We can say with confidence that these images brought us to great days on a snowboard, real or imagined, and we hope they can do the same for you.
From the selection of winners and standout submissions we blew off some steam during our party at X-Games in Aspen, before getting back to the grindstone to create Exposure: The Photo Competition Issue. Now, it’s time to share the photographs that became immortalized on the pages of that magazine.
Ryan Creary
Location: Revelstoke, BC, Canada
Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Lens: EF 70–300mm f/4–5.6L IS USM
F-stop: f/6.3
Focal Length: 300 mm
Shutter: 1/1000
Sean Kerrick Sullivan
Location: Golden, BC, Canada
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: EF 70–200mm f/2.8L IS USM
F-stop: f/14
Focal Length: 200 mm
Shutter: 1/250
Meg Haywood Sullivan
Location: Hakuba, Japan
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: 70–200 f/2.8
F-stop: f/9.0
Focal Length: 200 mm
Shutter: 1/800
Ben Gavelda
Location: Jackson, WY
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens: EF 70–200 f/2.8L IS II USM
F-stop: f/5.6
Focal Length: 120 mm
Shutter: 1/500
JP Schlick
Location: Mt. Bachelor, OR
Camera: Canon EOS 6D
Lens: EF 24–105mm f/4L IS
F-stop: f/13
Focal Length: 67 mm
Shutter: 1/320
Erik Hostetler
Location: Mt. Thielson, OR
Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Lens: EF 70–200mm f/2.8L USM
F-stop: f/13
Focal Length: 200 mm
Shutter: 1/1000
Todd Easterbrook
Location: Whistler, BC, Canada
Camera: Nikon D3
Lens: 80–200mm f/2.8
F-stop: f/11
Focal Length: 185 mm
Shutter: 1/160
Jeff Patterson
Location: Revelstoke, BC, Canada
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Lens: 70–200mm
F-stop: f/6.3
Focal Length: 110 mm
Shutter: 1/3200
Adam Moran
Location: Valdez, AK
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens: EF 24–70 f/2.8L II USM
F-stop: f/5.6
Focal Length: 54 mm
Shutter: 1/1600
Ryan Creary
Location: Rogers Pass, BC, Canada
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: EF 28mm f/1.8 USM
F-stop: f/10.0
Focal Length: 28 mm
Shutter: 1/800
Andrew Strain
Location: Whistler, BC, Canada
Camera: Nikon D810
Lens: 70–200mm f/4.0
F-stop: f/5.6
Focal Length: 200 mm
Shutter: 1/1000
See also: Announcing the winning photographs in our photo competition, Exposure
