Old School 1990’s Flashback

An incredible era of snowboarding, snowboard films & music!

Many view the 1990’s as the Golden Age of snowboarding - when it was more fresh, pure, rebellious, uniquely artistic, less mainstream, and the best riders were not really celebrities or household names - the riding was phenomenal, energetic, and inspiring and snowboarding had a big impact on things!

While it was a memorable and thrilling time for the sport, snowboarders did have to contend with some level of discrimination, as a good number of resorts around the U.S. did not allow snowboarding on their mountains! I well remember not being able to board at Aspen, Colorado or ride the Gad2 Chair and access its sick terrain at Snowbird, Utah - they were reserved for skiers only! Fortunately, things changed for the better a few years later at those resorts.

Here are 3 of my favorite snowboard films from the early to mid-1990’s - they capture the spirit of the times well & set the tone to help get me addicted to riding!

The pioneering film footage/style is awesome & these guys ripped! You can find digitally remastered versions on YouTube & the Internet.

1) TB2 - A New Way of Thinking (Standard Films, 1992)

Film by Standard Films / standardfilms.com/

Photo by Sean Sullivan

2) TB3 - Coming Down the Mountain (Standard Films, 1993)

3) Its the Source (RAP Films, 1993)

A playlist of 90’s music from snowboard films - cool & amped up to ride to:

*Quicksand “Fazer”

*Helmet “Unsung”

*Beastie Boys “Pass the Mic”

*Eric B. & Rakim “Don’t Sweat the Technique”

*The Offspring “We are One”, “Session”, “Dirty Magic”, “Get it Right”

*Primus “Jerry was a Racecar Driver”

*Sublime “Same in the End”

*Jane’s Addiction “Mountain Song” (snuck one in from late 80’s)

*Bad Religion “Recipe for Hate”

*Bent on Barbie “Baseball Bat”

*Pennywise “Wouldn’t it be Nice”

Hope you enjoy!