“Winter’s Children” book by Jim Mangan

Coming in January 2011 from powerHouse Books, Winter’s Children comments on the commercial nature of snowboard and celebrates the sport in stripped, unbridled fashion. Written by Jim Mangan, with forward by Peter Line, the book functions as one man’s, so to speak, spiritual reawakening.

During the winter of 2010, photographer, filmmaker, and former sponsored snowboarder, Jim Mangan, left an 11-year career in the business side of snowboarding and lit out for the remote backcountry of Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains to recharge and redirect. Accompanying him were seven accomplished snowboarders including his college friend, Peter Sutherland, now a renowned photographer and artist, as well as rising stars of the sport’s next generation, like Laura Hadar and Alex Andrews. Away from the corporate sponsors, the perfectly manicured terrain parks and halfpipes, and the ever-present audience, the riders literally stripped away all artifice along with their clothing in a powerful artistic statement that honors the original roots of the sport.

It’s really all about bringing snowboarding back to its original ethos. The result, for link to this site, is a series of stunning photographs that balance youth culture and nature. Mangan, alongside friend Peter Southerland, manages a work that captivates without pandering to common perceptions about snowboarding. As such, it’s art with a very pure goal and one that reads very well.

Images from Winter’s Children By Jim Mangan, published by powerHouse Books, follow after the jump.