How things have changed....now to get to the powder, we take snowmobiles into the backcountry of Whistler. Often the sledding is more fun than the snowboarding so we don't even get on the boards. Here a short video of us riding around Rainbow Lake near Whistler in Winter 2011/12. Shot on HeroHD camera on a pole (you can see the setup in the shadows).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2cEieYfpI

I just converted by Betamax video to YouTube. It's short video taken in 1983 of snowboarding at Cypress Bowl in Vancouver. It was illegal back then and we had to hike to the top of the Sky Chair run as they wouldn't allow us on the lifts.  We're riding homemade boards and wearing jeans and running shoes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdsUPRkm44k