Location: Japan, New York City, Big Snow
Snowboarders: LJ Henriquez, Zeb Powell, Selema Masekela
Producer: Selema Masekela
A snowboarder with an origin story straight out of an 80s action sports movie, Henriquez is a 15-year-old phenom from Brooklyn, NY who learned to snowboard on the indoor slopes of New Jersey’s indoor Big Snow facility, and has risen all the way to the Burton team with a bag of tricks riders twice his age needed the world’s best parks to learn. In this segment, we’re taking Henriquez on a bucket list dream trip for any skier or snowboarder: a Japanese powder fest. Surprise guests? Indeed …