A recap of the latest Soy Sauce Nation Stir Fry with some phrases from the hosts:

March 27-29, 2024 – Woodward Tahoe at Boreal Mountain, California – Soy Sauce Nation proudly wrapped up the week of Stir-Fry, an occasion that transcended the boundaries of snowboarding right into a vibrant celebration of variety, neighborhood, and inclusivity. It was every week of reunion in addition to new faces. The week kicked off with the non-public park off the 49er raise. The park featured an in-run banked slalom, sizable hip-jump, rainbow rail, Kikkoman quarter-pipe zone, all with ebb and move all through the entire course.

Raibu Katayama grabbing stalefish above the nation.

Stir-Fry promised a novel expertise for all attendees, with a concentrate on offering a platform for underrepresented people and teams throughout the snowboarding neighborhood, and the park employees at Woodward Tahoe helped ship that actuality! As a part of Stir-Fry’s bigger mission, the occasion aimed to foster a way of belonging by curating an area the place everybody, no matter background, may come collectively to benefit from the sport with out boundaries. The Woodward Subaru x Skullcandy Woody cellular DJ sales space that stored the power excessive and tunes bumping to be heard all through the park. Mom nature supplied a foot of snow in a single day for the second day and the crew received to tear some powder laps. As soon as the recent tracks ran out, everybody returned to lapping the park and getting after it. The late afternoon concluded in a gaggle meal the place attendees savored a meal catered by Boreal Mountain and Kikkoman the place everybody tasted new merchandise and loved a meal with one another. After the group meal began to taper, awards got out and as co-founder AK reminded all that, “Your legacy – is our legacy. You didn’t present up so you have got that means in your life, you confirmed up so others have that means of their life. We’re actually all on this collectively.” In the event you didn’t stroll away with an award, Soy Sauce Nation aimed to have everybody stroll away with not less than a prize.

Iris Pham scoring some powder earlier than heading to the park. Photograph: Luke Tokunaga

On the ultimate day, Stir-Fry opened its doorways to the broader Group Day and everybody was invited to snowboard by means of the park and be a part of within the camaraderie. Group Day featured a spread of actions, together with Burton Snowboard demos, and culminated in a night of apres karaoke, the place attendees unleashed and sang their strategy to join with fellow snowboarders. Extra prizing was given and winners walked away with coolers, merch, friendship and extra.

It’s an prolonged household affair. Photograph: Mike Yoshida

This 12 months, Soy Sauce Nation was honored to welcome Japanese skilled skateboarder Yuto Horigome, Olympic gold medalist from the boys’s avenue occasion on the 2020 Summer time Olympics, as a particular visitor on Group Day and Kikkoman consultant.

“We’re stoked to deliver Stir-Fry again for its fifth installment, persevering with our mission of inclusivity and neighborhood assist,” stated Nirvana Ortanez, co-founder of Soy Sauce Nation. “Stir-Fry is greater than only a snowboarding occasion; it’s proof that offering house for individuals, they’ll come and join with one another.”