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G U I D E<br />
TRAIN LIKE A PRO<br />
“I J<strong>US</strong>T LIKE<br />
FLYING THROUGH<br />
THE AIR”<br />
Snowboarder Zeb Powell reveals<br />
how he prepares for his gravitydefying<br />
acrobatics.<br />
“I don’t really do the<br />
standard tricks,” Powell<br />
says. “I like to try less<br />
traditional tricks—and<br />
then see if I can make<br />
them crazier and harder.”<br />
Known for his innovative, stylish riding, Zeb<br />
Powell, 20, became a snowboarder out of<br />
adversity. A self-described “crazy child,”<br />
Powell learned to snowboard at age 8 after his<br />
local skatepark closed. On the mountain, when<br />
an instructor tried to force Powell, a goofy-foot,<br />
to ride regular, he nearly gave it up. Still, the<br />
passionate skateboarder took to snowboarding<br />
quickly. “It came naturally, and I didn’t really<br />
have a learning curve,” he says. “I just like<br />
flying through the air.” While attending<br />
Stratton Mountain School (in Vermont),<br />
Powell began competing nationally in<br />
slopestyle events. Intensely creative, he<br />
constantly experiments and takes a “ride<br />
everything” approach. As he invents tricks and<br />
puts his spin on the sport’s signature moves,<br />
Powell pushes his body into ever more extreme<br />
positions. In January <strong>2020</strong>, he won the X<br />
Games Knuckle Huck, which rewards stylish<br />
and innovative aerials. ”I want to do something<br />
that people have never seen before.”<br />
84 THE RED BULLETIN
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