Those of you that have been on one of our camps will certainly know, as well as others of you be aware, that we have a quiz each week. Now over the years this has evolved into many different forms, having in the past been accused of being too long, boring, too hard, but always entertaining and I hope informative.
On our latest freestyle camp it had to take on a rewrite due to a number of campers returning from previous weeks and thus having a distinct advantage over the others. In doing so I included a picture round based on defining moments in snowboarding history. I was slightly perturbed that a room full of passionate and dedicated snowboarders could hardly name any of the riders or stories behind the pictures.
So as a small step to rectifying this here is the picture, story and video behind one spring afternoon in Riksgransen Sweden, 1996 and a snowboarder named Ingemar Backman.
Remember this was back in the day before big sponsored events, the quarter was hand built, the run in sketchy and there was no prize money up for grabs.
The 25ft height remained unbroken untill 2001, but then in a perfectly designed and manicured modern quarter pipe.
Any snowboarder at the time will remember the image, it graced 10 magazine covers, despite the poor quality of the filming it made it into a movie, and some say it is the most famous snowboarding image of all time.
Either way I believe that despite snowboarding still being a young sport, it has grown so quickly, that we are already forgetting some of the names and events that have been so defining along the way. And as so many of take influence from this lifestyle it's a sin to let such important moments be forgotten.
Watch it more than once, enjoy.
Next time I get the chance to scribble, just for Ollie Jackson, 'who was Craig Kelly'
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