Awesome Snowboarding

We’ve already seen skiing on sand dunes, so why shouldn’t sand snowboarding be a thing. Snowboarder Wojtek “Gniazdo” Pawlusiak took to the desert to shred some slopes with a little help from rally driver Kuba Przygoński and his Dakar-outfitted MINI. Photos by Marcin Kin.

While the idea of being towed on your snowboard by a drone sounds like fun on paper, the reality is that today’s consumer flying machines simply don’t have enough power to pull a human at any decent speed. Still, we give the guys who thought of this an “A” for effort.

Casey Neistat and Jesse Wellens of BGvsGF counted on the recent snowstorm to dump tons of powder on New York City so they could pull off this film. The whole thing is surreal. The behind-the-scenes is equally entertaining.

Burton and Mountain Dew helped Danny Davis realize his dream snowboarding event. If you can’t watch the whole thing, at least check out the one take opening sequence of Davis and his friends carving through the custom-made park.

Snowboarder Dan Brisese found himself away from the powdery slopes, so he turned to the power of a winch to propel himself through a variety of unexpected environments. Who needs a half-pipe when you can have a whole-pipe?

Not only can 9-year-old Ian Matteoli fluently speak three languages, he can snowboard way better than most of us. Rusty Toothbrush’s short film is a charming and spirited homage to childhood and badassery.

Snowboarder Mike Basich has fully embraced the outdoor lifestyle, and now lives in a tiny 225 square foot organic structure he built from stone and wood in the middle of his 40-acre property. Naturally, there’s plenty of snow outside.

Yuki Kadono won the 2015 Burton US Open Men’s Slopestyle with this video game-caliber run. The 18-year old smoothly pulled off two 1620º somersaults – that’s 4-1/2 rotations – in quick succession. Does he weigh anything?

Keep it cool ripping the piste this Spring with Bern’s sleek Kingston helmet. 16 air vents and external slider keep you breezy; Zip Mold Plus® technology keeps the low profile lid strong but light. It has a sweet Bluetooth-ready knit liner too.

Snowboarder Jamie Barrow is known for his speed, but this stunt took things to a whole new level. Ultimately, Jamie hit 78mph before letting go. We wonder if he wore a parachute if he could go airborne and then land safely. Probably not.

When he’s not doing donuts in his Ford Fiesta ST, Ken Block is hooning around in his awesome RaptorTRAX, a customized Ford F-150 with huge, tank-like snow treads. Here, he goofs around with snowboarders Zak Hale and Ethan Deiss.

Snowboarder Dan Brisse decided that combining snowboarding and rooftop parkour would be a good idea, as he was towed to the edge of a building, flew through the air while doing a spin, and landed on another roof.

Professional snowboarder Jamie Barrow went up to about 50mph using a handheld thruster currently being developed by Dreamscience. The device has four electric carbon fiber ducted fans, an aluminum frame and a 35kW battery.

To position himself for the perfect powdery run, snowboarder and adventurer Xavier de la Rue rappeled down a treacherous vertical rock face. Fortunately, he captured it all on his GoPro for us to enjoy.

Snowboarder Matt Annetts glides down an insanely steep, 3600+ foot-tall mountainside in this excerpt from Nuit de la Glisse’s feature film IMAGINE: Life Spent on the Edge, an exploration of some of the world’s greatest adventurers.

Another day, another snowstorm on the East Coast. Doing his best to make lemonade from New York City’s snow-covered lemons, Casey Neistat decided to bust out his snowboard and take it for a little ride through the slush.

A team of expert snowboarders and skiers substitute the sidewalks, parks and rails of the urban jungle in place of the slopes in this awesome promotional spot for sports clothing and accessory maker O’Neill.

(NSFW: Language) Jeremy Jones, Zak Hale, Mark Sollors, and Ethan Deiss glide, grind and go over snowy suburbs in various locations around the world. Absolutely sick tricks. From Burton Snowboard’s four-part video series.

Designed by master-piece and P01, the Freeride-V is a vest with a fleece-lined compartment and straps at the back, perfect for carrying a snowboard and other items. It also has four front pockets and is waterproof.

NetworkA sent Signal Snowboards’ founder Dave Lee to an Italian glass factory to watch them build an amazingly gorgeous snowboard from curved, tempered glass. Will it shatter, or will it slide?

Look cool catching lots of air with Nike’s special edition Danny Kass-influenced Zoom DK QS Double Tongue boots, with a unique double tongue system and artwork inspired by classic American aviation.

Designed just for snowboarding, it’s wrapped in waterproof 686 fabric, with outside zipper pockets, GoPro mirrors, swivel seats for quick boot fittings and specialized storage for fast board access.

Snowboarding master Shaun White kicks ass and takes names with the first ever Winter X Games perfect 100 score, nailing every flip on the superpipe with absolute precision and killer style.