Story // Jake Sullivan. Cover Photo Above // Joey Leon Shot by Max Lyons. May 22, 2026.  Jake Sullivan. Photo: Paddock. Snowboard Mag. Nov 2007."The Shop Kid Perspective" I can remember nearly every detail from the first time I heard about Rome Snowboards. It was upstairs at the original Darkside in Killington sometime during the winter of 2003. I was walking through the board zone toward the boot room in the back when Doug Letendre, the shop...

Story & Photos // Jake Sullivan. Video // Julian Focareta. March 25, 2026.  The Smith Optics Grudge Match returned to Dark Park for the first time since 2015—and it did not disappoint. A head-to-head, bracket-style showdown, the Grudge Match keeps things raw: riders roshambo, the winner sets the feature and the trick, and the next has one job—one-up it. This year’s field was stacked with local rippers, the Okemo Mountain School crew, and even Lucas Magoon rolled...