A true Icon of snowboarding. Not everyone may know of Craig Kelly but if you love the sport as much as we do, you’ll soon learn.
He has set the standard for all of the riders to this date. Even Terje Haakonsen called Craig Kelly, the best snowboarder of all time.
Over his 15-year professional career which consists of winning 4 world championships and 3 U.S. championships. He also won the Mount Baker Banked Slalom in 1988, 1991, and 1993.
The distinctive fluid manner in which he rode is recognized and acclaimed in the snowboarding community.
“Let it Ride.” The feature-length documentary spans over 25 years and follows snowboarding biggest icon and World Champion Craig Kelly from his early rides as a Mt. Baker Hardcore(MBHC) all the way to his final days and the events that lead him to his death with six others in an avalanche in January 2003 while studying to become the first accredited mountain guide on a snowboard.
The movie starts today in select theaters. Hopefully you’ll be able to check it out and see one of Snowboarding’s finest.
Transworld Snowboarding just released their 2008 Buyer’s guide. Get the best, freshest, most expensive, and most futuristic gear now.This only gives us all about 2-3 months before we’ll all start shredding the frozen H20 again, but at least checking out all the new gear will hopefully satisfy your appetite a bit.
The TWS Good Wood Test has been around for Nine years and has become an industry standard of some of the hottest picks for the year. If a range of experienced riders are giving them the seal of approval, you might want to check em out.
Transworld Snowboarding devised the Good Wood board test to help determine which freestyle board (or boards) perform the best.
Now in its ninth year, the annual assessment has become the definitive board test in the biz. These results are worthy of your trust.
They use more than two-dozen testers to put multiple boards from 25 brands through the rigors. They should call it “hard work,” but that sounds horribly pretentious.
Sure, the days were long, and there was a lot of paperwork involved, but it’s a labor of love and one that every rider is happy to be a part of.
In a stunning development this week, FSM confirmed that JP Walker, an original member of the venerable Forum 8 has chosen not to renew his contract with Forum Snowboards. As one of the most successful professional riders in history with a style all his own, JP has been a leading cornerstone of the Forum brand for 10 years.
While comments from JP or Forum officials were not immediately available, JP’s next steps will be closely watched not only by the industry at large but his fans as well. What makes this development even more stunning is that it follows closely the departure of Devun Walsh, Ikka Backstrom, and Lauri Heiskari from the Forum team earlier this winter. Devun, Ikka and Lauri have since signed on with DC Snowboards and one has to speculate that DC’s new team could be an option for Mr. Walker.
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