The people of Petran, Turkey, have been snowboarding for roughly 300 years. It's not snowboarding as we know it, but you'll recognize it. In this film by WRKSHRT, we follow Alex Yoder and Nick Russell into Turkey's Kakar Mountains on a quest to unearth the heritage of snowboarding and have some fun in the process.

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The Unlinked Heritage of Snowboarding
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