With record low snowfall across much of the Western US this year, it is easier than ever to feel the potential threat of the diminishing habitat of the snow enthusiast. And with this apparent loss of habitat is a loss of morale. An overall loss of stoke. A small group of individuals in SouthEast Idaho has set out to keep their stoke alive, and in doing so has created their own snow dance for the spirits. How do you say? Ah, yes... Cha Cha! Panda Poles Bamboo Ski Poles PandaPoles.com @PandaPoles #PandaPoles
Panda co-founders Oakley White-Allen and TanSnowMan spend the day tagging along with Panda strap seamster Shayne Metos for a rendezvous at Brighton Resort on Jan. 23... Panda Poles Bamboo Ski Poles PandaPoles.com @PandaPoles #PandaPoles
The first day of the season may have ended after only 3 runs, and it may have rained to the top of the mountain the following night... There may have only been a 36" base for most of the season, and the mountain may have closed a month early... Regardless of the conditions, a few passionate individuals managed to make the most of Pebble Creek's "worst season on record", and had an absolutely radical time with their friends and fellow Panda Tribe members at "The Rock"! It's not the conditions that dictate the quality of the season. It's the amount of stoke one can cultivate that creates the richness of anyone's on-snow experience...
In a world where honor has been replaced by greed. And in a time when the heart has been stifled by fear. There exists a tribe of skiers and snowboarders, whose only goal is to ensure their own happiness?And the happiness of those who surround them? These are the masters of play and the tellers of truth? Living in a place of fearlessness, and in a time of trust? They have no enemies outside of their own minds? They have no doubts in the goodness that exists? And they never take themselves too seriously... This is the Panda Tribe? These are spirits of Honor and warriors of the Heart... #TRIBEUP! Panda Poles Bamboo Ski Poles pandapoles.com @Panda Poles #PandaPoles
We are all kids! Part 1 of the 2017 Panda Poles Season Highlight Reel... #TribeUP "KIDZ"! Panda Poles Bamboo Ski Poles www.PandaPoles.com @PandaPoles #PandaPoles
The season is well under way at Panda's home mountain "The Rock"! Join Panda High Council members Bo Ferro, Sander Hadley, TanSnowMan, and Kody Kirkland for some early season shredding on their home turf in SouthEast Idaho... #TribeUP "Kings Season"! Panda Poles Bamboo Ski Poles www.pandapoles.com @PandaPoles #PandaPoles
Oakley White-Allen spends a couple days shredding around Snowbird this last May.
Another installment of Oakley White-Allen and the Panda-Cam. Get Hyphy-nated...
As the snow stacks up here in SE Idaho, the build crew takes the day off from the Dojo, to cut loose at their home mountain, "The Rock"! Panda Poles Bamboo Ski Poles pandapoles.com #PandaPoles @PandaPoles
Tansnowman skiing Snowbird's Forbidden Zone last March.
Tansnowman spends the day spinning his way around Snowbird.
Take flight into blue skies with Panda Tribal Council members Sander Hadley, Tyson McDonald, and TanSnowMan. Panda Poles. Intergalactic Bamboo Ski Poles.