#23 May/June 2000

RIDER: Dylan Butt
LOCATION: Whistler, BC
PHOTOGRAPHER: Grant Hutchinson

Dylan Butt is all over the cover, and backs it up in a dual interview with good buddy Deni Bevin, two of the most influential snowboarders in the country. Sonny Fisher does a frontside rodeo 5 in “Trick Tip”, and in “Edge” Mark Seddon gives avalanche advice. Dave Suckling takes the kids to France for the “Junior World Champs”. Readers are reminded about “Mt. Ruapehu, The Secret Spot”, seemingly forgotten after the eruption years. Shots include Steve Ferguson, Carla Simcox, John Pickens, Jimmy Hunt, Dan Fountain, Patrick Nepia and Steve Edgecombe. The “Photo Gallery” has shots of Cleay Perham, Quentin Robbins, Terje Haakonsen and Karl Soulos, “Boardercross” looks at the event taking over snowboarding, and four Kiwis competing internationally. The “Buyer’s Guide” is followed by an “Area Guide” and a “Contest Review”. We catch up with ex-pat Andrew Mikkelson in “Kiwis”, while “Fast Forward” covers Neils Ijpelaar and a 12-year old Mitchell Brown. Quent gets the final say in “Haere Ra”.

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