Our first mag of the winter, Issue #56,  has hit the news stands TODAY so make sure you grab yourself a copy while stocks last!

Dane Tiene scored the cover shot by Ryan Anderson from our NZ Heli trip with Roland Morley-Brown and Damon Hayler. Inside you’ll find interviews with Billy Hayman, Charles Beckinsale and Nic Harvey. We have a Loon Mountain spotcheck, tricktips with Jed Davidson and checkouts with Greg Murray and Jordan Crockford. There’s Mile High and Stylewars wrap-ups, a huge Gallery of banging photos, and a bunch of giveaways for ya too!

Included in this issue (and with separate print-runs for snowboard shops) is the Huge Board Buyers Guide. We’ve stuffed it full with the most products we’ve ever featured, so feast your eyes and feed your brains on the latest boards, boots, bindings, goggles, helmets and point-of-view cameras!

Grab your copy NOW and get yer froth on!

Damon Hayler, Roland Morley-Brown and Dane Tiene getting the goods with Methven Heli. Photos: Ryan Anderson.

The first Mile High comp saw a bunch of local and international riders ripping apart the course at Thredbo. Photos: Alex Roberts.

The best Stylewars yet? A big call we know, check the shots from the bird and see for yourself. Photos: Alex Roberts.

We catch up with Billy Hayman after a rail-slaying trip to Sweden. Photos: Alex Roberts.

Charles Beckinsale got busy in the Whistler backcountry this season, hear what he has to say about the life in the aussie scene. Photos: Ryan Anderson.

Get all the info on the best boards, boots, bindings, goggles, helmets, and POV cameras this season! Rocco Rachiele got the cover, photo by Ryan Anderson!

The Gallery, a collection of hammer shots for you to drool over

Nic Harvey tells us how he swapped the bat and pads for boards and rails and Little Demons. Photos: Alex Roberts

We get over to the East Coast of America for a Loon Mountain spot check with Cohen Davies, Jed Davidson, Rocco Rachiele and Jordan Crockford. Photos: Ryan Anderson.

Jed Davidson takes you through inward cab 270 wallrides at Park City. Photos: Alex Roberts.

When in Whistler – Episode 204: Last but not Least

Well, that’s a wrap! LAST BUT NOT LEAST is the final episode of our 2013 WHEN IN WHISTLER series presented by Boardworld. It’s been a great end to the season.

In this fourth and final episode, we join Geoff Brown and 3CS Comrade Gordon Emery in the backcountry once again. We hit urban locations with Geoff, 3CS Comrade Mat Galina, FYVE team rider Marc Triffitt, and welcomed Braden Dean and Spencer Kaleb to the crew.

To top it off we have the FYVE trio of Ryan Manning, Greg Murray and Marc Triffitt join David Kinskofer and Canadian jump slayer Charles Reid in the Whistler Blackcomb Terrain Parks for some of the best times we’ve ever had shooting sunny spring shred.

Supported by 3CS Outerwear, FYVE Snowboards, Mint Tours, Ashbury Eyewear Australia, Drift Innovation, No Limits Motorsports Squamish, Underground Tuning and Aus/NZ Snowboarding Magazine.

Additional Filming by Benjamin Webb, Vanessa Chan & Tajima Keiji

Intro graphics : Luke Mallinson @ Giraffe Visual Communication Management

Intro track : ‘Monsters’ by Woodrowgerber
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Edit Track : “Peking” by Jakarta Criers
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March in Whistler is typically nothing short of pow, pow, pow and more pow, but this winter wasn’t so typical. The crew chased after it hard this month, hitting a number of jump spots, urban locations and lapped the always enjoyable Whistler Blackcomb blue and grey park lines.

Proudly presented by Boardworld, this series showcases epic snowboarding in the parks, streets and backcountry of the Whistler area.

Supported by 3CS Outerwear, FYVE Snowboards, Mint Tours, Ashbury Eyewear Australia, Drift Innovation, No Limits Motorsports Squamish, Underground Tuning and Aus/NZ Snowboarding Magazine.

This episode features the riding of Geoff Brown, Ryan Manning, David Kinskofer, Jeremy Melanson, Erik Gelling, Logan Farrow, Will Snowball and Greg Murray.

Additional Filming by Benjamin Webb and Vanessa Chan

Intro graphics : Luke Mallinson @ Giraffe Visual Communication Management

Intro track : ‘Monsters’ by Woodrowgerber
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Edit Track : “Your Words” is off Debut Mini Album “To You” Available on iTunes.

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When in Whistler – Episode 203: Here for it All from Boardworld on Vimeo.

A brief journey into the depths of HEL(sinki). Australian snowboarders Louis Macindoe, Beau Williams, Big Dan Crean & Tom Reillywent on a “walkabout” in Helsinki for 13 days. They got smoked, got hams and went home. They did have a Hell time though!

Filmed by Matteo Maggi. Also featuring cameos from Stefano Bergamaschi & Risto Ruokola.

Billy Hayman’s enjoying the spring sunshine and getting all over the parks at Breckenridge, stomping a big bag o’ tricks!

And look out for his photos from his recent trip to Stockholm coming out in ANZ Snowboarding Mag this winter!

- Edit by Wet Socks.

Perfect Park, BlueBird weather, stoked to be back at Mammoth. Featuring Team Rider: Lou Macias, Colin Clarke and Ryan Linnert

FRIENDS:
Chuck Evans
Per Forslund
Bobby George
Jeremy Page

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FYVE EP:05_WE LOVE Mammoth Mtn Ca from FYVE_SNOWBOARDS on Vimeo.

When in Whistler – Episode 202: Febtastic from Boardworld on Vimeo.

February was nothing short of fantastic! We scored sunshine, heaps of snow, and it was bloody good times with the crew.

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One Day in Brighton featuring Cohen Davies, Nic Harvey and Rocco Rachiele 

JAPAN JOURNALS EPISODE 4 2013 – What Lies North of Niseko? from Japan Journals on Vimeo.

We have left the best until last! Episode 4 is the final for the 2013 season and the crew made sure we ended with a bang.

After being piled into the Rhythm Van for far too many hours the crew are able to escape for long enough to experiment with some One Foot shenanigans and double corks all while scoring some incredible snow in the northern most parts of Japan.

The crew, consisting of Nick Hyne, Nick Brown, Connor Harding and Alex Stewart make their way from Niseko as far north as the Japanese roads will let them go, Wakkanai. In fact just another 5 hour ferry ride and they would have made it to Russia.

An epic road trip to see off the 2013 season.

Japan Journals is a snowboarding web series based out of the fluffy depths of Japan’s snow covered wilderness.

Better Luck Next Year from BigHugs on Vimeo.

The Big Hugs crew are throwing hams at Bear Mountain. Crushing and Dominating!

Film/Edit: Hannam

In order of appearance:
Ant Haddrick
Louis Macindoe
Christoph Schwarz
Robert Toste
Beau Williams
Richie Carroll
Dan Crean
&
Tom Reilly.