Spring Break Snowboards

May 10

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It didn’t snow in Tahoe for almost the entire month of January. Out of curiosity and boredom Corey Smith decided to attempt to build some handmade snowboards. He was interested in long boarding style in surfing and exploring similar concepts on snow. He wanted to deconstruct contemporary snowboarding down to its simplest element and find beauty in simply turning.

So he ended up building some experimental snowboards. When it finally did snow record amounts in Tahoe he was glad it did. These boards provided a completely unique snowboarding experience and opened up a world of terrain previously inaccessible on traditional snowboards. Some of the boards were incredibly functional and some were purely conceptual. All the boards also serve as one of kind pieces of functional artwork.

“I’ve always wanted to explore and experiment with snowboarding as a physical outlet of creativity.”
-Corey Smith

Handmade Wooden Snowboards by Corey Smith
Video by Kevin Castanheira
Photography by Kealan Shilling

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  • Justin

    Why not make Pow Skates??? you’re half way there just take off the bindings! You don’t need them. Especially for pow slashin’! Keep ripping homies!

  • matty

    one of the few edits I have seen in the past 10 years that I did not want to end. thank you corey for revisiting basic innovation and sharing it with us.

  • Justin
  • matty

    yea thats alright…if you have a long mellow pow run. Id rather have a noboard for when i drop some ledges

  • joMamma

    These guys know whats up. No binders, no cheater leashes. Everything from cliff drops to kickflips.
    http://youtu.be/n6iMQk8aTg4

  • stewartt

    def loved every second of this. i think its sick wht ur doin

  • Pierre Wikberg

    Loved it. Great looking boards and great filming.

  • Sean W

    This video really captures snowboarding at its roots when things were just about going out and trying it to see if it worked, shit that was well before I was even born.

    But I’m wondering how any of these spots in the video were “inaccessible on traditional snowboards” ?

  • Fucking horrible

    Bad video bad music bad idea even worse boards, hey cory those boards arent going to get u much heroin

  • Shaun

    Great vid and even better ideas. Those boards could go a long way, keep up the awesome vids SnowBoarder Mag!

  • clash of the flash

    Looks like Wolle Nyvelts boards only with bindings. Seems like youve been feeding off what hes been doing with his ASMO pow surfers. Your boards would ride easily without bindings. Good that people are catching on i guess. Tight pants and pow surfers look funny together. Overly conscious clothing meets “dont give a damn” rootsy shred attitude.

  • Lifted Civilian

    hilarious!

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