I Shot this photo of champion snowboarder Nicolas Muller just after he won an incredible 3 day contest in Saas Fee , Switzerland put on by the Popcorn hotel and bar and hosted at 11,000 feet amongst the icy glaciers of the Popcorn Plaza. The contest took place at the end of the season and it was based upon slopestyle tricks off of park style jumps on the first day and then a 5 meter high wall ride on the 2nd day. While most of the riders were doing there best to show off their tricks that they had been perfecting on similar park style jumps with groomed landings , Nicolas was off in Alaska perfecting all of his tricks off of natural terrain features like cornices and cliffs. The natural terrain presents its own set of challenges with bumpy landings and uncertain obstacles under the snow. Nicolas is the best at what he does though and when he is on his game and it would be hard to find anyone that knows anything about snowboarding that will disagree with that statement. So ,needless to say when Nicolas arrived in Saas Fee fresh from the AK backcountry it was almost an effortless performance as he systematically completed lines of tricks on the groomed slopes that excelled in both technical difficulty and style. It was truly a pleasure to witness. So on the final awards day came none were all that surprised when Nicolas was crowned the King of Popcorn and handed his magical staff, his crown , and his Bloomingdales sized bag of popcorn. Not to mention the 2500 dollars of credit in the bar which he diligently shared among his subjects.
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