50 years of snowboarding

Words cannot do justice to an event that had to be experienced to be truly understood. What went down January 13-15 at Powder Mountain, Utah was an unforgettable collision of forces that cemented snowboarding as a colossal force in the lives of so many and secured Winterstick’s legacy as the founder of modern snowboarding. 

50 years of family

From our forefathers who first built these snow-surfing freedom machines, to the next generation of groms who are lucky enough to have mothers and fathers that are legends in the sport. Winterstick is a tribe. A family. And it’s open door results in a cross pollination of cultures from various segmented inside of snowboarding as whole. Over the weekend we had multi generational families riding together. Young olympic athletes teaching legends about modern binding systems and legends sharing stories about inventing the high back. Our history would not be as rich without the cast of characters to color outside the lines and make a lifestyle out of what was a moonshot idea. Welcome to the tribe.   

Ride with the legends

We are fortunate to have riders in each generation who are legendary in their own right. Tom Burt, an on snow athlete for over four decades is our north star in this regard, and a major part to the 50 Years of Snowboarding event was providing our snowboard family with access to our pro-team and those lesser known Winterstickers responsible for birthing aspects of this sport before a method had a name.

Big Thanks: Tom Burt, Rob Kingwill, Mikey Marohn, Noah Elliott, Mark Winkelaar

Mob the Powder Mountain

Our history in the Wasatch runs deep, but there’s no resort partner whose history is coupled as deeply to ours than Powder Mountain. 

Also founded in 1972, Powder Mountain was one of the first lift access mountains Dimitrije Milovich used to test his various prototypes. 

For the Winterstick 50 Years of Snowboarding event, Powder Mountain did not disappoint. With 24 inches dropping the day before kick off and another 12+ inches over the course of the weekend, we were all jockeying for the 183 Swallowtail demos. 

The weekend culminated with the entire posse of Winterstickers riding together, channeling our tribe’s shared stock into one cohesive snow sliding MOB. 

50th Anniversary Event Video

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Rewriting 50 years of history

With our first patent in the snowboarding industry dating back to 1972, Winterstick Snowboards has the unknown history of sparking a snow surfing revolution. While most core snowboarders know this fact, what, or who rather they don’t know are the characters who developed the brand. At our gala event, we heard from a small selection of legends who paved the road for the rest of us within the snowboard industry. Shout out to: 

  • Dimitrije Milovich
  • Don Moss 
  • Rene Session
  • Mark Winkelar 
  • Tom Burt
  • Roger Baird 
  • Dave Lundquist 
  • Marty Bodell

And then there was snowboarding

With gratitude

50th EVENT SPONSORS

Powder Mountain

Fat Tire 

Lucky Slice Pizza 

Liquid Death 

Laird Superfood

OG RIDERS AND FACTORY CREW

Mark Winkelaar

Mick Thueson

Chris Gochner

John Ramer

Eric Miller

Scott Estes

Don Jarvis

Regis Rolland

Phil Sereika

Brad Smith

Andy Brewer

TRAILS OF GLORY FILM

Roger Baird 

Eric Miller 

Dave Lundquist

John Ramer

WINTERSTICK CREW 

Rob Lu

Joey Davis

Jonathan Warren

Bob Dea

Zoe Bendy

Max Polo

Cody Wilder

VINTAGE BOARD COLLECTORS 

Marty Bodell 

Pombo

Tom Fremont-Smith

Eric Miller

Kevin Eubanks

POWDER GUIDE 

Gabe Ciafre

50th EVENT MUSIC

Comatoasters

50th EVENT PRODUCTION 

Colin Boyd 

50th PHOTO/VIDEO

Lance Koudele 

Dylan Totaro

THE ORIGINAL WINTERSTICK COMPANY 1972-1988

Dimitrije Milovich

Renee Sessions Evanhoff

Don Moss

WINTERSTICK SNOWBOARDS INC. 1994-1999

Duane Bush

Johnny Bush

Scotty Philips

Eric Tietje

Mick Woodworth

Matt “Ox” Maloley

Richard Palmer

BIGELOW MOUNTAIN PARTNERS LLC

WINTERSTICK SNOWBOARDS 2000-Present

Tom Fremont-Smith

Christopher Lorenz

Augustus Lookner

Tom Burt

Seth Wescott

Rob Kingwill

Carol Fremont-Smith

Alice Ingrahm

John Shilkin

Troy and Kisty Lindquist

Ned Merrick 

Jason Agren

Dan Pearl

Lee Silverman

Chad Lorenz

Seb Tooker

POWDER MOUNTAIN CREW

JP Goulete 

Greg Covello 

Denise Hadley

Nate Dilbeck 

Mickey Folsom 

Sara Wayman

Jamie Lythgo VanMeter

WINTERSTICK TEAM RIDERS 

Tom Burt

Rob Kingwill 

Mikey Marohn 

Noah Elliott

Seth Wescott

Winterstick tribe members

Dan Higgins
Corey Fleming
Eric Roskelley
Jim Grub
Micheal Reid
Chrisee Brown
James Whitchurch
Joanie Berrett
Mick Thulson
Austin Rupp
Micheal Pombo
Erica Miller
John Raymer
Peter McDowell
Ben Shanks Kindlon 

Don Moss
Renee Sessions
Andy Brewer
Phil Sereika
Brad Smith
Allan Johnson
Cass Johnson
Mike Albee
Marty Bodell
Roger Baird
Neil Eschenfelder
James Cornwall
Nathn Mack
Jeff Jones
Matt Harman
Kristy Lindquist

Mick Woodworth
Mark Rusin
Lori Kelly
Dan Hartigan
Lola Hartigan
Jess Hartigan
Wayne Ruemmele
Joeseph Bradley
Nico Vilgiate
Rider Seal
Sean Smith
Lee Powell
Nathan Poulin
Scott McClarin
Alexandra Mcllath Allard
Jim and Vicky Fitlow

 

Respect the past, inspire the future

In the past half-century, a Winterstick shred down every epic line on planet earth. From our roots in the powdery backcountry of Utah, we’ve grown to welcome thousands of new Winterstickers to the family. As we’ve grown, we’ve always stayed true to our core — and today, that’s you.

See you on the mountain.

50 Years of Winterstick

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