Checking in with Jamie Lynn

Jamie Lynn stopped by the office to decorate our mini ramp, we also got him to talk about art, deep pow turns at Baldface, and more. Footage provided by John Laing.

Jamie Lynn designed his Phoenix Series power banana for highspeed power freestyle in all terrain. A smooth open sidecut, Jamie’s own mellow version of Magne-Traction for aggressive riders and firm flex make this board unbelievably solid and stable. Jamie’s riding style is full speed all the time, check turn as needed for safety and hit it. His board is designed to get you there in style and keep you on your feet when coming in hot trying to cash that check. Jamie does all his own art.

lib-tech.com/snowboards/jamie-lynn-phoenix-series/

Jamie is rad. That is a fu*cking man-sized backflip.

I have a print of one of his paintings (courtesy of asymbolgallery.com). Just snapped this pic:

That’s rad. There’s a few prints I really want to buy from Asymbol Gallery. Love the Craig Kelly print and a few others.

I thought after buying one that the desire for snowboard art would die down. Nope. There are 1-2 other paintings I’d like (one that I’m seriously considering) and 1-2 of the photos are really nice too. I really hope the project keeps going, I’d like to think that snowboarding is mature enough that we can view these graphics as art and pay the artists appropriately.

i almost bought some prints off there…until i went to checkout and saw the prices

That’s the thing - that’s what artwork costs. It’s cheaper than buying a full-priced snowboard with the graphic on it. They’re high-quality, limited edition prints.

But because it’s just a painting that’s on a snowboard (not a great painting on its own) people expect it to be discounted like all other snowboard stuff. There’s a disconnect that I hope they can bridge somehow.

I would pay $190 for some of those prints. People sell much worse artwork for a lot more money.