Style may be the single most important factor in snowboarding but due to its subjective nature, it can be difficult to incorporate into a competitive setting. There is no easy way to judge one style to another for everyone has a different way to tweak grabs, slide rails or spin. Yet when someone has good style, you know it, the person next to you knows it, everyone knows it. That’s why it became a central component to how Community Cup chose its winners.

Historically, style follows progression. When big tricks are landed for the first time it proves that it can be done, then the riders that follow are able to fine tune to make them look effortless. But sometimes it takes style to push snowboarding forward, to inspire other riders to do simple maneuvers extraordinarily well, then move on to the things that scare you. For Community Cup, style is what became the driving force behind progression with each lady pushing one another to bring their riding to the next level. One of the best sessions ever in women’s snowboarding was the result.

What is the Community Cup? It is a place for female riders to join together to intertwine snowboarding, music, community and sustainability is interwoven into one single experience. The concept was created from professional riders Chanelle Sladics and Kjersti Buaas to show that it was time for a progressive event based that is designed by women, for women. By bringing together some of the best riders in the world on a course meant specifically for them, it resulted in positivity, progression and a zero-waste mentality that made the Community Cup a truly remarkable experience.

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If you would like to watch the full Community Cup documentary it is now streaming for free on Hulu.

Watch it here.

Thank you to the sponsors of the Community Cup: Volvo, Kicker, Keystone, GoPro, World Snowboard Tour, Clean Water Tour and the non-profit sponsors of Protect Our Winters, B the Change, The 1 to 1 Movement, High Country Conservation Center, and the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute.

Watch also: Community Cup – Jamie Anderson and pushing progression of women’s snowboarding