Snowboarder Mag's Superpark 16: Day 5

Monday, May 14, 2012 4:45pm PDT (1 year ago)

Words: T. Bird

Most years, the last day of Superpark is mellow; a farewell to friends that you may not reunite with until the flakes start flying. Not today. Up on Mt. Bachelor, Oregon, Superpark played host to some of the most progressive and innovative days of all-time.

It was a bit of a late start, what with it being the last day and the riders were starting to feel the fatigue that accompanies four straight days of intense park shredding, but it picked up...and..

New documentary features snowboarding in...Africa?

Contributed by David Strege

Wednesday, February 13, 2013 2:29pm

Here's something you don't see often: A snowboarding video that features lions, giraffes, and hippos in the wild. Sound a bit strange? Yes, until you learn that the video originated from Africa. Then again, snowboarding in Africa? Who knew?

A short travel documentary called "Africa Bamboardin!: A Snowboard Journey to the Land of Lions" gives a pretty good overview of what snowboarding and skiing are like at a ski resort called AFRiSKi in Lesotho, a small kingdom surrounded by..