How do you improve a board that has boasted itself as the “sick stick” for ten whole years? You bring Wolle Nyvelt onto the project.
This year in honor of the anniversary of the Salomon Sick Stick, Salomon has partnered with Wolle for the Hillside Project, a collection of Sick Sticks, that have abandoned the traditional philosophy that size is a reflection of height, for the new-school quiver theory, in which each different length rides differently and has a slightly different shape. Tag along with Wolle, Nils Mindnich, Annie Boulanger, and Desiree Melancon at Island Lake Lodge in British Columbia for soft turns and the full story of the new Sick Stick.
Watch also: Salomon Snowboards: Summer vibes 2017
As Salomon celebrates the 10-year anniversary of the Sick Stick, Salomon and Wolfgang Nyvelt (Wolle) continue their tradition in shaping true powder boards. Working in conjunction with Wolle, who has been a team rider for over 20 years, Salomon has contributed knowledge and design recourses to the passion project AESMO, and in return with Wolle’s deep knowledge of shapes, construction, and skill have been applied to the 2017 Hillside Project. All Salomon Hillside prototypes were produced in Wolle’s factory in Austria and are held up to the highest standard of quality and creativity.
Salomon Snowboards has formed a Partnership with Island Lake Lodge Catskiing in Fernie BC Canada, based on sharing their roots, passion, and focus on the soul of powder riding and providing the growing powder slashing market a board and place that are unmistakably sick. As passion for carving lines in snow continues to thrive, so does the need for a board that meets the endless opportunities of freeriding, each guest at Island Lake Lodge has the opportunity to ride Salomon’s Hillside boards with custom Island Lake Lodge graphics. The Hillside Project promotional video has been filmed in its entirety at Island Lake Lodge.
