Names like Sage Kotsenburg, Ståle Sandbech, or Sebbe De Buck may be common on rider lists from X Games to Dew Tour, but it isn’t often they appear on a backcountry roster. These days, snowboarders are often boxed into their specialties: e.g. halfpipe, slopestyle, backcountry, and big mountain. But that’s unfortunate. Because who doesn’t love a pow day?
If there’s anything to be gleaned from the edit above, it’s that the love of cranking turns in open fields of light snow is universal – no matter what type of rider you are. So, without further ado here’s Sage Kotsenburg, Ståle Sandbech, Carlos Garcia Knight, Sebbe De Buck, Zak Hale, Will Jackways, and Sven Thorgren on a heli trip in New Zealand. It’s the type of edit that makes you want to go ride good snow.