Afterforever. I’d set it up with Justin [Hostynek] and we knew from the beginning that I was gonna film with them. I put everything into that part, trying super hard. Before leaving Europe, we hit this crazy road gap. Jaeger hopped up there to help me build the lip and at the end he’s like, “Dude, I’m not gonna hit this.” So I hit this road gap into these trees and Vlady’s like, “Sick, man. I’ve looked at this forever and nobody ever wanted to do it. You’re the first one that I got to do it.” And I hit that Camel Toe Jump. That year I was putting it on the line. We went up to Alaska. I was going out with Nicolas [Müller]. We touch down and our guide tells us, “Whatever you do, don’t go near that cornice,” then Nico literally goes and rides right off the end, does a nollie backside rodeo seven off the edge. Our guide looks at us and says, “Or you can just not listen to me at all and do that.” That set the tone for the whole trip. I was following Nico and I was super scared the whole time. But Nico left and Mark Sollors and Vlady came up. We’re circling this Spinese Dragon thing that Manuel [Diaz] coined. At the top, I started doing exactly what I saw Nico do. I wasn’t scared. I started digging at the cornice and then I was ready to go. I dropped in and fucked it up. I fell at the bergschrund twice. But something clicked in my brain. LEFT TO RIGHT “On a March powder day at Mt. Baker Ski Area, WA, I was cruising with Max Djenohan and Hans Mindnich when we bumped into Garrett for a few laps. We didn’t plan to build Home Run Gap, but we rolled past it during a moment of sunshine and it looked too nice. An hour later and the crew was sending in the clouds. Front 7 while Austen Sweetin and Sean Lucey document from the sidelines.” Photo: Colin Wiseman Backside 720 near South Sister in the Bend, OR backcountry. Photo: Andrew Miller So, you got the Absinthe experience. After that you did a couple seasons with Bode Merrill for Pepper and Melodrama , then you went and did your own thing, Tenderfoot . You went more into the storytelling side with that one. What was your motivation? At the time, it seemed wack that we were all putting so much emphasis on strictly getting the shot. You’d end the day and were either psyched because you did your crazy trick, or you were super bummed because you didn’t. With Tenderfoot I wanted to shine a light on the other side of snowboarding and that the coolest snowboarders I know are multidimensional people. Of course, we’re snowboarders, but we’re not only snowboarders. GARRETT WARNICK 047
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