Since the late 1920’s the San Gabriel Mountains have catered to winter enthusiasts with ski jumps and ice skating rinks long before parks were even a thought. Fast forward to present day, Woodworth Gulch, Mountain High’s new ALL NATURAL terrain park, is witness top notch snowboarding that will have you jumping in the car and tearing the rubber of your tires to get here. #WOODWORTH is a snowboarding movie that takes you through a quick history of Mountain High from its humble beginnings to the shredtastic area we know today. So strap in and get ready to shred. Winter is on its way.
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Last winter, the K2 Snowboarding team headed to British Columbia and convened on the snowy slopes of Whistler. There, they filmed for new video series, Seek and Destroy. Judging by the teaser, it seems that Whistler was the perfect destination for this well-equipped group of riders who tackled some of BC’s infamous backcountry terrain with aplomb, and settled natural features and park lines alike. Enjoy this sneak peak of Seek and stay tuned next week for the first episode. Featuring Shaun McKay, Matt Belzile, Lucas Debari, Jake Kuzyk, Alex Rodway, Danny Larsen, Jordan Mendenhall, Leanne Pelosi, Mason Aguirre, Kyle Miller, and Matts Kulisek.
This past winter Elias Elhardt and Jason Robinson traveled to Japan in search of infamous pillows in less explored zones. They found the powder they were looking for and so much more. The lightness of the snow matched the kindness of the people, the softness of their music and the smoothness of their ways.
Unlike most visitors who travel to the North Island, our crew opted to stay on the main island. Hakuba was the destination chosen for their Nippon experience. A few hours drive from Tokyo, the contrast between the most advanced and populated city in the world and the outstanding natural beauty and peacefulness of the Japanese Alps had them traveling in both space and time.
Jason and Elias were joined by Masaki and Sho, an Alpine-board rider, creating this multi-cultural group that proves that passion for snowboarding combines any nation. This is the ultimate warm up for the upcoming season.
Ten-time Big Mountain Rider of the Year winner Jeremy Jones revolutionized backcountry snowboarding with DEEPER, his 2010 ode to splitboarding and human-powered adventure. His 2012 sequel, FURTHER, took him to the planet’s most remote mountain ranges and earned him a nod as a 2013 National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, and his environmental advocacy work with Protect Our Winters won him recognition as one of President Barack Obama’s 2013 Champions of Change.
Now Jones and his crew are elevating their game and taking their quest to the next level for the third and final installment of the DEEPER, FURTHER, HIGHER trilogy. HIGHER–like the chapters that preceded it–is produced and co-directed by Jeremy’s brothers Steve and Todd Jones, who are the co-founders of Teton Gravity Research.
HIGHER traces Jones’ snowboarding journey from hiking Cape Cod’s Jailhouse Hill as a child to accumulating several generations’ worth of wisdom and expertise about thriving and surviving in the winter wilderness.