The NY Times Declares Snowboardings Coolest Scene… The Yawgoons!

 

It’s a little strange when The New York Times is producing some of the best and different snowboard content out there. Even more cool that they are focusing on some of the more obscure corners of snowboarding like the Snow Beach golden style of the nineties and this new feature on The Yawgoons and their unlikely Rhode Island sanctuary.

As long as they stop blowing out our surf spots they can keep this up.

 

“Everyone has seen video of snowboarders roaring down the steepest, snowiest descents in Alaska and Switzerland. Somehow, watching a Yawgoon land a backside 180 to switch 50/50 while gliding down six corrugated tubes is even more impressive.

“To me, they’ve pushed snowboarding in a very important direction, showing again that you do not need the biggest mountain, park or even film budget in order to stand out,” said Christian Haller, an Olympic snowboarder from Switzerland.

I had seen their videos and wanted to see the terrain for myself and meet the Yawgoons — Brendan Gouin, Marcus Rand, Dylan Gamache and Brian Skorupski. I arrived on a crisp, clear mid-December day, and the snow guns had been working hard to get the ski area open for the season. (Mother Nature’s 34 inches a year isn’t sufficient.)”

 

Click over to The New York Times for the profile on The Yawgoons and their Rhode Island paradise.

 

 

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