They say never meet your heroes. And it’s often good advice. Especially in sports where exalted youth grow up in a bubble to often become stunted adults peddling conspiracy theories and racist, sexist, and anti-queer sentiments. Sadly we’ve seen this in snowboarding time and time again.
Turning a literal lens away from these destructive and disappointing individuals to focus instead on a group of perpetually overlooked yet heavily influential riders is Heroes, a new hardcover book by veteran French photographer and filmmaker Jérôme Tanon celebrating the most dedicated female snowboarders round the world.