Fawcett Photo Design

High Cascade Photo Workshop and Trevor Graves invited me to present my history of snowboarding photo slideshow again this summer at Government Camp, OR. Here it is in case you missed it.

Ken Achenbach on the cover of Int’l Snowboard Magazine – January 1987

Another classic issue of ISM with Ken Achenbach leading the tour of Mt. Bachelor as well as the first ballsy board test by Tom Hsieh and the crew of ISM. “This was the friskiest board tested, the Barfoot was as loose as a goose. Well who can forget those comments from the original board test. And of course the bonus of this issue was the one and only Keith Kimmel interview, not to be missed. This issue closes with a classic ad of Shaun Palmer on the back cover.

Check out the full magazine on my issuu homepage.

Jim Zellers at Donner Ski Ranch Lake Tahoe, ISM, Season Annual, Winter 1987 (Photo by Larry Prosor)

Now this is truly a classic issue of ISM. Their first 4-Color cover in 52 pages; there was no turning back. Check Out the following snowboarding stars of the eighties. You can look at the mag in flip-format here!

Shaun Palmer, ISM Cover, October, 1986 (Photo by Tom Hsieh, Jr)

Originally known as Absolutely Radical in March 1985, International Snowboard Magazine was the first seasonal snowboarding magazine and proclaimed the “last word” until 1991 when it discontinued publication.

Brainchild of Tom Hsieh, Jr. of San Francisco, the October 1986 issue can be seen in its entirety in flip-format. Thanks for checking it out!

Snowboard pioneers from a 1985 roadtrip from Lake Tahoe to Park City to Jackson Hole.

(l-r) Chris Karol, Evan Feen (with Grell prototype high-backs), Terry Kidwell (father of freestyle), Matt “Boy Aggro” Vining, Jeff Grell (high-back inventor), Jim Sechrist, Steve “007″ Link and seated is Bob Klein (Octagon sports agent).

Andy Hetzel, Donner Lake, 1995

More to follow, but you can watch the real time video here on the U-tube.

Toms Sims, 1985, Soda Springs Halfpipe (Lake Tahoe), Sims World Championships

Tom Sims invented his own brand of snowboarding and was the original competitor in the early days of riding. His “layback, look back” is one of my favorite images.