One of the most impactful riders in the halfpipe realm, now rising to new heights (no pun intended) in the backcountry and on the Natural Selection Tour, the Hawaii-born, Tahoe-native Elena Hight breaks down her early experience snowboarding in the first episode of her Microdose with Absinthe Films.

“You could tell how good she was riding just by how she turned and how she held her edge in the snow.” – Chris Owens, former Burton staff photographer on Elena as an up-and-coming snowboarder.

From Absinthe:
Elena Hight is one of the most accomplished women in snowboarding history. Little does anyone know, her talent and passion for boardsports culture originated in her home state of Hawaii on the island of Kauai. Here is how the Elena Hight Microdose begins.