#3 of 501

Still the best style in snowboarding?

We’re going back a little further for part number three, to the turn of the century and what for many will always be snowboarding’s ‘golden age’. The Forum 8 was the most progressive team of riders ever assembled, and even in such illustrious company Devun Walsh often stood out.

As the intro to his part in Mack Dawg classic ‘The Resistance’ explains, Dev smashed himself up pretty bad right at the start of the season with only six days of footage in the can. Fortunately for him (and for us) it was all bangers – if we had to pick a highlight, we’ll go for that switch backside 180 at the 1:14 mark. Still the best style in snowboarding?

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Video parts are an essential component of the people that love snowboarding. As big as contests are in the moment, these are the artifacts that will survive each generation of rider and be passed down to the next as gospel.

From wearing out favourite sections on VHS, taking great pains to keep treasured DVDs scratch free to counting down the minutes to a new online release, everyone has cherished memories of their favourite era.

In keeping with ethos we present to you 501 video parts that define the length, breadth and depth of snowboarding and its special culture. From park to pipe, urban missions to powder explorations, Betamax to Youtube, Sims to Halldor – these are the parts that form the DNA of shred, miss them at your peril.