Dave Gibson, Nederland. A “method” is a snowboarding maneuver where the rider brings his or her board behind them while airborne and grabs ahold of its side rail. At professional snowboarder Pat Moore’s Methodology event at Eldora Mountain Resort last Saturday, eighty snowboarders paid twenty-five dollars apiece to test their skill on the banked slalom course. At the end of the run, a double-sided hip gave entrants an opportunity to show off their finest methodology. Sometimes launching 25-feet into the air, the best tricks earned up to a one second reduction from their times. An impressive variety of prizes donated by sponsors were awarded in the different classes with one of the winners receiving a new electric guitar.

“The mission of Methodology is to support the prosperity of vital snowboarding communities and the lives of those in them. We strive to create an event series that goes beyond competition, by enhancing the environment of these communities and bringing the people and initiatives in them closer together. This has a profound impact that reverberates long after we leave town.”

100% of the proceeds from Methodology go towards funding the Green Block Project in Boulder, CO.

(Originally published in the December 19, 2019, print edition of The Mountain-Ear.)