COLD RHYTHM

Rob Machado and Craig Anderson, mind-surfing some lefthand runners.

RM:There’s something about the snow that’s very soothing. Maybe it’s the color. We’re pulling up at these beaches just covered in fresh snow, and it’s totally empty. Not a person in sight. It’s rare these days to be looking at nature that is pure and untouched. We’re always surrounded by humans. There’s always so much going on. To be able to remove yourself now and again…I guess that’s why we do this.

I’ve never seen this much snow before. It’s, like, glowing white out. A couple days ago I was in Australia and it was 40