A snowboarder descends an extreme off piste route down Mont Blanc, Chamonix, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Young male snowboarder (Steve Whelan) in the air over cloud-shrouded valley at Fernie Alpine Resort, Fernie, British Columbia, Canada.

Joe Curtes jumps a cliff in Vail Colorado's Back Bowls

Young man dropping into couloir at Kirkwood ski resort near Lake Tahoe, CA.

Young Snowboarder (Steve Whelan) catches big air at Fernie Alpine Resort, Fernie, East Kootenays, British Columbia, Canada.

Snowboarding In Powder Snow, St. Moritz, Graubunden, Switzerland

Extreme Snowboarding On A Snow Covered Slope, Haines, Alaska, United States Of America

Snowboarding In Powder Snow, St. Moritz, Graubunden, Switzerland

A professional, freeriding snowboarder on a wide open snowy slope making new tracks, British Columbia, Canada

A teenage boy snowboarding on Mount Seymore, North Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

A professional, freeriding snowboarder on a wide open snowy slope making new tracks, British Columbia, Canada