Study Proves: Snowboarding Saves Lives!

It's true. One of the many, many reasons I started Automaton is because after all these years and what snowboarding has done for me, I feel that I owe something to snowboarding. Once upon a time, I was much like the 'average' American kid. Going to college, wanting to become a lawyer, make the parents happy. I didn't know that this path wasn't the one I truly wanted. I simply didn't know. One trip to Mammoth changed everything. It took 1 day to rewire 18 years of programming. I didn't find snowboarding so much as snowboarding found me. From that point on, everything I've done is in some way intended to increase my time on the snow. When there wasn't any, I turned to surfing and global travel in the search for experience. It had become apparent to me that I'd rather spend my youth under the sun and in the natural world, rather than in an artificial coffin constructed of other people's choices. All my travels, adventures, and new friends I've made are in some degree a result of snowboarding. Snowboarding saved my life. It can save yours, too.