002 UP TOP Fifteen Hits and Invasions from the East. 098 102 106 110 CONTRIBUTORS Creative Chemistry. CONTEST Artist Point and Shoot. 020 024 026 030 MASTHEAD Formatting Fortitude. REWIND An Even Bigger Cliff. NOTES Poetry in Motion. CODA Synchronized Side Hits. LINES Burlington High. NEW FAVORITE GUY Brett Tippie. 034 044 056 068 082 GALLERIE EASTERN EMBODIMENT Nathanael Asaro and the Vermont Wilderness Words Tomas Ruprecht PROFILE HOLD YOUR LINE Beau Bishop’s Broken Script Words David MacKinnon TRAVEL THE FLAVOR OF THE MOUNTAINS Fresh Lines in Yuzawa, Japan Words Colin Wiseman INTERVIEW CONNECTIVE TISSUE Elena Hight and the Joy of It All Words Colin Wiseman PHOTO ESSAY Words Blake Paul EMBEDDED IN CHAMONIX “Spencer O’Brien joined our crew in Japan for a little over a week in February. After crashing at X Games Aspen and arriving in Hokkaido with two black eyes, we nicknamed her ‘Panda.’ Her recovery program consisted of a healthy diet of pow turns and Sapporo Classics. Some of her best and deep-est turns of the trip happened on her last day—as seen here, emerging from the cloud after several heavy slashes.” Photo: Aaron Schwartz