“Picking a cover shot isn’t easy, but when I came across this photo from Dominic Zimmermann it was pretty much an obvious choice. The silhouetted black and white composition of this shot makes it timeless, and the scene itself delivers an emotion that fully embodies what we as snowboarders seek every time we strap in. Plain and simple, snowboarding is PURE FUN!” — Brandon Parrish, Photo Editor

Snowboarding is indeed pure fun. At the end of the day, if we have inspired at least one person to think about the feeling of pointing it to the bottom, launching off a side hit, or a powder turn, then we have done our job. We hope this image of Deniz Cinek backflipping over DBK and Shayne Pospisil in Hoch-Ybrig, Switzerland while filming for projectDETOUR does exactly that.

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