Dopamine is a naturally occurring chemical in the brain that influences movement and reward. At the core of progressive snowboarding, it is movement and reward that provide a natural motivation for riders like Bode Merrill, Victor De Le Rue, and Brandon Cocard to evolve and innovate. These explorers of mountain and mental landscapes led the charge this year, changing the definition of what can be done on a snowboard, and changing the guard. From the Yukon, Kootenays, Valhallas, Monashees, Dolomites, and Pyrenees, the Absinthe crew proves Dopamine is free, but you have to get out there to earn it.
Victor De Le Rue
Bode Merrill
Brandon Cocard
Jason Robinson
Manuel Diaz
Blair Habenicht
Cale Zima
Nils Arvidsson
Rusty Ockenden
Mathieu Crepel
Danny Kass
Mat Schaer
Sylvain Bourbousson
Forrest Shearer
Wolfgang Nyvelt