First of all it’s the early 80’s and this guy has red speedos and a white baywatch nose, hmmm. He’s pretty large and the commentating has a SNL tone to it. Then whole interview thing on the ladder before the jump seems to be a joke. Its makes the whole skit seem crazy. At 3:05 one of the most insane jumps ever goes down… Cool. Impressive. Classic, nice hats on the judges and whats with the 7.5? Enjoy this sweet piece of history.

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Sean Pettit closed out what many experts are predicting could be another Powder award-winning year by throwing down more hammers than a Wilt Chamberlain season in his prime. Case-in-point, just as Steve Winter was preparing to put the cherry on top of the Matchstick Productions’ sundae, Sean elected to head out to some deep and fresh not-so-light and white in Montana in mid-May to unveil an awe-inspiring SWITCH DOUBLE-CORK in pow (time for another - whaaaaaaaaaaat). That trick capped off a season that saw the still (gulp) 17-year old Pemberton, BC resident victorious at the mother of all backcountry comps, RB Cold Rush, and the Orage Masters. Sean even headed to Mammoth to throw a little park shoot on the stove with a stack of other world-class park jumpers including Simon Dumont and one Bobby Brown. The shoot was called, “Off the Planet” and its participants have told us that it was just that!

PHOTO: Sean Pettit feeling comfy in his Mons Royale first-layer bottoms (Blake Jorgensen)

Xavier De Le Rue may as well be a fictional character, and could in fact be a member of the X-Men. But in reality he’s a legendary snowboarder who recently represented France at the olympic level in boardercross. He arrived in Vancouver as a favorite but was unluckily knocked out early in the quarter final round. Xavier is an amazing all round rider and may be most famous in snowboarding for being alive after an avalanche, documented in Standard Films 2008 release Aesthetica, washed him 3 km down an entire mountain face in the french alps. Last week he competed in a big mountain comp in Squaw Valley and won. Here’s his winning run on youtube

James ‘Bubba’ Stewart is another hero of mine. Check out the sweet photography captured at his backyard compound. Dope-ass.

Here’s a very cool video showcasing a few classic trails at Whistler’s Bike Park. Its great to ride along with Sage and see whats its like to hit perfect transitions on Freight Train and A-Line! Sage Cattabriga-Alosa is a new age super hero and one of the greatest humans on planet earth.