At the height of his freestyle snowboarding career, SoCal-bred Bryan Iguchi traded snowboard park notoriety for mountain man obscurity by permanently relocating to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Most of his sponsors dropped him as a result, leaving him, as Pat Bridges said, left quite literally alone in the wilderness. As the sponsorship checks disappeared Iguchi made ends meet by printing t-shirts for Bluebird and taking an apprenticeship as a sushi chef. But The Guch was now able to pursue his own mountaineering agenda, resulting in the pioneering of 90% of the filming spots now used in the Jackson Hole backcountry. He soon went on to band with some locals and mentor a previously unknown rider by the name of Travis Rice.

Part 2 of Powder & Rails' interview with pro snowboarder Bryan Iguchi. To see more Powder & Rails, head over to: vice.com/powder-and-rails

We were so intimidated by Bryan Iguchi's mountaineering man-skills in Part One that we made him do the sit-down interview in a fluffy white chair so we wouldn't feel like such sissies in Part Two. He takes us back to his Southern California roots as an up-and-coming skateboarder introduced to snowboarding at Big Bear Mountain. Around that time, Bear had become the first resort to let snowboarders, with the help of Mike Parillo's chainsaw, build their own jumps, rails, and halfpipes. In this D.I.Y. terrain park setting Iguchi flourished, emerging as one of the leaders in the new snowboard park agenda. In turn, Bryan's career with Burton took off and soon he became a staple of video parts with FLF Films, Mack Dawg, and Volcom. The culmination of this work came when Bryan and a bunch of friends camped out in Sonora Pass, CA with a few super 8mm cameras, their snowboards, and some serious bro vibes, yielding Volcom's The Garden, one of the most classic videos of all time.

Part 1 of Powder & Rails' interview with pro snowboarder Bryan Iguchi.

The Season Three finale of Powder & Rails catches up with pro snowboarding legend Bryan Iguchi in the backcountry of Jackson Hole, Wyoming (i.e. the middle of nowhere). We found him with his head stuck in a snow pit boning up on his knowledge of snow pack densities. You see, The Guch has become an experienced backcountry guide and all-around snow wizard while maintaining his reputation as a pro snowboarder. Later we find out what the heck you're supposed to do with a loop, a crystal screen, a big saw knife, and a snow pit.

A cast consisting of Travis Rice, Kevin Jones, Dave Downing, Bjorn Leines, Mike Ranquet, Billy Anderson, Pat Bridges, and Jackson Hole O.G. Willie McMillon throw in their take on Iguchi and why he's become so important to snowboarding. Oh, and we also dig up some dirty ole hoars—surface hoars, that is. Like, frost.

Der Winter war intensiv. Petrus, well done dude! Das viele Powderstampfen der letzten Saison hat und bestimmt alle mit guter Beinpower ausgestattet. Das endlose Shapen und Umformen von Tonnenweise Schnee hat uns bestimmt alle mit Popeye Armen ausgestattet. Mit anderen Worten: Wir sind alle verdammt gerüstet für einen kleinen Surftrip. Als Inspiration dieser kleine Video zum 60 Jahr Jubiläum von O'Neill. Wir gratulieren!

1 freeride day at home, 10 in Chile

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Long long time ago, when winter was still active and  everyone was rejecting the nice and warm weather, three skiers where enjoying a good freeride day!

Florent and Nico making the way, me following and taking a few pictutres. Without looking for a cover shot, simply enjoying this half-cloud day. Pur white gold, smooth and regular turns, sweet slashes of Florent… what do we need more ?! Listening to our freestyler instinct, we only needed a bit of jumping. Naturally our track brought us to this well-know lip, perfect for Nico’s cork 720. Definitly one nice freeride day !

Who could guess that, two years later this one day in Swiss snow could maybe bring me to ten days in the Chile mountains. Not me ! What are we talking about ? 1 day against 10 day that’s, in different words, a good deal ! Thanks to the Swatch Skier Cup, who needs somebody to cover this memorable event. Remember last autumn, on every social networks, we could follow team America against team Europe. Two groups of the world best skiers to celerbarate the begining of the season, in the deep snow of the biggest mountain of south America. This year, they want someone new, so let’s send Switzerland, in the word of Twin Magazine!

Off course there is a price, and you guys are part of it. So if you want to see one of Twin magazine photographer go to Chile, vote for me. Help me to bring live coverage of the Swatch Skier cup and a big story for Twin magazine .

Feel free to make it happen, go and vote !

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Thanks you and see from Chile

Der Nike Chosen Video Contest hat ja wirklich ein paar saugeile Filme hervorgebracht. Da lohnt es sich tatsächlich sich die Zeit zu nehmen und ein paar auserwählte Perlen nochmals genauer anzusehen.

Hier eine Beitrag aus den Staaten. "This must be the Place"... Viel Spass!

Der Contest der Superlative. Travis Rice hat in erfunden, organisiert und bestritten. The Supernatural! Jetzt endlich das Footage zu diesem Megaevent! Eine Stunde und 20 Minuten Snowboarden der Superlative. Bier öffnen, Chips fassen und zurücklehnen. Viel Spass! 

Snowboarden ist natürlich nicht nur ein Sport, nein, es ist auch die Gelegenheit Schnappschüsse zu generieren. Beim Anstehen am Lift, beim Shapen, beim Essen, ja sogar beim Snowboarden selbst, wer hätte das gedacht.

Nun, eine interessante und höchst sehenswerte Collection guter Snapshots aus dem gesamten Snowboarduniversum haben wir hier gefunden. Enjoy!

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Die Farbe rot steht unter anderem für Leidenschaft, Liebe und Willensstärke. Und was wollen und lieben wir  mehr als Snowboarden! Und auch wenn es gelegentlich schief laufen kann und ja, wir manchmal dafür auch ganz schön leiden, so könnte diese Bindung das Leiden in diesen Momenten etwas lindern und uns an unseren Füssen daran erinnern, wieso wir die Strapazen von Snowboarden auf uns nehmen! Nämlich weil wir es lieben und - verdammt noch mal – wir es wollen!