How Mammoth Mountain has revolutionized the development of world-class snowboarders
MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. â Benjamin Wisner wanted to cover the slopestyle course in Mammoth Mountain's famed main park with what looked like the world's largest slip-and-slide. Only one question stood in his way.
"Is it going to be cool?" the Mammoth Mountain chief financial officer asked.
A single-word answer in the affirmative was all it took to secure more than $100,000 for the revolutionary air bag.
"That's Mammoth, you know," Wisner said. "We do what no one else is doing."
In a sport obsessed with pushing limits, the resort's forward-thinking culture and idyllic environment have produced some of 's best snowboarders and free skiers through its celebrated Mammoth Mountain Ski and Snowboard Team. The club directed by Wisner has four alumni on the with reigning gold medalist , halfpipe teammates and and slopestyle snowboarder .
