SOURCE paid a visit to The Pill Base Camp, a snowboard/ski onsnow demo that takes place in Sestriere, Italy.
The first day was mostly clear, while day two was mostly snowing with low visibility. The Italian industry was out in force, with more retailers in attendance than the previous year.
Enjoy the gallery!
The Test Village - right by the main liftStraight on to the slopesQueue into the villageAround the villageAround the on snow demoAround the on snow demoAround the on snow demoAround the on snow demoAround the on snow demoBack of the test villageAround the on snow demoAround the on snow demoThe organising team, with Tommaso Bernacchi and Denis Piccolo to the rightThe buffet on the 1st nightMonkey Sound provided the music after the buffet32's booth32's Team 2 Jones with soft highback, and gaiter for splitboarding 32's top of the range heat mouldable Team 2, with double Boa32's Friends Distribution's Lucca AngelucciAmplid's boothAmplid's Aloha Vibes with swallow tail and new lightweight Kodama splitboard Amplid's Kevin Cassera and Max BorellaArbor's boothArbor's unisex freeride, The Carter, with eucalyptus top sheet and the Terra Twin with 3D shape base Bataleon's boothBataleon's Fabrizo Giusto and Lucca Chiarle Bateleon's unisex freeride, Thunderstorm, and Bataleon's 20th anniversary GoliathBent Metal's low flex Solution with new snowboard construction base plate Borealis' Leviathan powder monster and best selling Koi with poppy bamboo constructionBorealis' Guido BagnoliBurton's boothBurton's crew Burton's Grillmaster, a freeride and freestyle boardBurton's Ion Step On with split Boa and speed lacing Capita & Union's boothsCapita's Aeronaut is Arthur Longo's signature model with setback systemCapita's new Mega Death is a pumped up update of the Black Snowboard of DeathDrake's Supersport with carbon composite highback and new double injection straps for maximum power transmission Drake's The Tao, a unisex park boardEasy Snowboards' Folk, a mid flex carving board, and The Peak with rocker back and frontEasy Snowboards' Marc Antoine Funky's boothFunky's classic tapered all-mountain Derby, and the Wave powder board Funky's Nicolo, Isacco, Chiarra, and ElioGnu's Cheeter Speed entry bindingGnu's the Money, a price point board, and Head Space, with C2 hybrid Jones' new Free Carver range has 2 models; the 6000 and the stiffer 9000 Jones now has a full range of women's bindings - this is the AuroraJones, Yes and Nidecker's boothsJulbo's boothJulbo Razor Edge offers frameless vision and 5cm wide strap Julbo's Luca Bergamini, Marta Ripamonti, and Stefano CronstK2 & Ride's crewK2's freeride all-mountain Excavator, and the Hypnotist, a high performance freestyle board Libtech's all natural constuction, Apex Orcha, and the Cold Brew with C2 camberLibtech's Bernado Cioni, Roger Cioni, and Valero CicchettaNever Summer's boothNever Summer's freeride and carving Cougar. and Easyrider all-mountain twinNever Summer's Simone BiondoNidecker's Lorenzo, Alex, Fred, and MatteoNidecker's dual entry Supermatic step inNidecker's Escape - their bestselling all-mountain boardNitro's boothNitro's Andrea Ferrari, Lucca Roma, and Ettore RusenaNitro's freeride asymetric twin board the Basher, and the all-mountain freeride Alternator Northwave & Drake's boothNorthwave & Drake's Davide Smania, Miuro Bosil, and Omar Bonsembiante Northwave's Ethan Morgan Decade Pro with classic lace closure system and power strap, and the Decade SLS with popcorn heal outer sole Oakley's boothOakley's Flight Deck with Argon lenses for greater contrastOakley's Romolo ColucciPlum's Prems, a splitboard for beginners, and the new Fario, a board for middle to experienced riders Plum's Thomas DenaisRide & K2's boothRide's redesigned freestyle all-mountain Deep Fake, and the retro style Peace Seeker Rossignol's boothRossignol's Marzio Cogrossi and Ramella Massimo Rossignol's XV Xavier de la Rue model with a new shape; it's made from a paulownia and bamboo wood core. Alongside it, the Juggernaut, with a new graphicRoxy's Raina with banana construction is set at an entry level priceSalamon's boothSalomon high performance Huck Knife, and all-mountain freestyle Dance Hall Salomons Lucca Colombrita and Jacopo Lazzari Stranda's Biru is a high performance, full camber board for experienced ridersStranda's Mats Drougge and Rio CostelloUnion's new Force binding for 2023 is a cleaner design and has a more flexible, softer spoilerUnion & Capita's Claudio DistasiUnion's Trilogy is a womens version of the ForceYes' & Pyzel Surfboards' directional twin collab, and the All In, an all-conditions board
