Snowboarding is dead. Or maybe it’s thriving. Or maybe it’s just spinning itself into oblivion, fuelled by energy drink sponsors and the ever-tightening grip of Olympic overlords. Whatever the case, if there’s one man who truly understands what’s happening beneath our boots, it’s Australia’s own Charles Beckinsale.
Beckinsale… park builder extraordinaire, sculptor of send, Michelangelo of the snow cat – just graced The Bomb Hole with his presence, and it’s a must-listen. In between dropping knowledge bombs on what makes a jump actually good and why smaller features matter more than you think, he wades deep into the murky waters of contest snowboarding. Is the sport losing its soul? Have jumps become lifeless launchpads for robotic spinning? Are we all just ungrateful heathens who take perfect park builds for granted?
Beckinsale pulls back the curtain, exposing the madness, the physics, and the artistry that go into crafting the perfect setup. It’s an episode that’ll make you appreciate park builders a hell of a lot more… or at least make you question why anyone would willingly shape landings for a living.
