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The 2nd stop of Snake & Hammers took place at Mt. High in California on Saturday. Murphy’s Law normally states: when you have a snowboard event on the calendar you can almost guarantee that the weather will be bad. This formula doesn’t apply for Southern California. Instead you get a beautifully clear sunny day with people snowboarding in tee shirts, shorts and sports bras in slushy 70° weather.
With plenty of sun screen on their faces and turkey corndogs in their bellies, the competitors of the first Snake & Hammers event in North America battled it out through a very fun and challenging course.
Antoine Boisselier has stared across at the Belledonne Mountains his whole life. He’s always dreamed of laying ski tracks on their difficult-to-access slopes. Two years ago, he and a group of close friends launched their paragliders from across the valley and took a chance.