Snowboarder Jake Blauvelt on Risk, Confidence, Flow

Jake Blauvelt (0:00)

There's no right or wrong way to snowboard, you know? If you just want to go out and build cheese wedges and do that, that's sick, man, as long as you're having fun. But for me, it's more about getting to a new face, a new mountain, a new location, and just seeing how you can work with kind of what Mother Nature's given you, and try and have a good time and inspire others.

Michael Gervais (0:28)

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Okay, this week's conversation is with Jake Blauvelt, and he's one of the best all-around snowboarders in the world. He's just really smooth when you watch his videos of what he's been able to do. He's got this creative, effortless looking style.

And, you know, it's that approach that's lifted him into being one of the best flat out and recognizes the best in the world. Jake's career started like most other snowboarders, traveling from contest to contest around the world, riding half pipe and slope style events, and eventually even winning the Burton US Open Slope Style in 2004 It's one of the most prestigious and recognized events in snowboarding. It's legit. But then there was a transition.