Story & Photos // Jake SullivanVideo // Julian FocaretaMarch 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...

Story & Interview // Jake SullivanPhotos // Peter MirandoMarch 16, 2026 Growing up with Killington as my home mountain, I never thought the words “Let’s do a snowboard trip to Connecticut” would come out of my mouth. But like I said in the first Small Mountain Missions article, the whole point of this series is to break away from the norm. Sure, Connecticut has been a longtime destination for crews filming street parts. But there was...