One of snowboarding’s purest and most epic events, the Legendary Banked Slalom at Mount Baker in Washington state is almost the snowboard equivalent to Mecca, with every true shredder pledging to be there at least once in their life. This year photographer Craig Wetherby made the trip and documented it beautifully for TheGoodLife!. That’s Terje Haakonsen on course above, go here to see the entire story.

Columnist Michael Cohen made the trip out to Mt Baker this year for the 27th annual Legendary Banked Slalom and brought back this rad photo recap. Peep Terje Haakonsen, who won the contest and then jetted before he could get his award, Travis Rice, Kevin Pearce, Forest Bailey, Laura Hadar, Danny Davis and more as well as ESPN’s dope video recap after the jump.