It is so hard to explain what happen today so I will just stick to the facts. We drove for three hours up a valley that culminated with 12 switchbacks carved into the side of a 70-degree mountain face. At the top of the gnarliest road I have ever driven on sits a small village that is surrounded by fields of upon fields of perfect powder.
Like most of the towns in Turkey, it is older than my country, but that is not why it is special. It is the first place people started standing sideways on boards and gliding down hills over 150 years ago. 
Old man Snowboading, Celime, 62 years of riding and going strong.
90% of the town rides, no one has ever skied there and the equipment and the style has stayed true to its origins. We met up with the oldest rider in the village, Celime.
He is seventy years old, and started riding in 1946. He has been riding almost daily for 62 years and it shows. Gimpl and I dropped in next to him he took of effortlessly, standing tall and proud as we did all we could to hold on.
It took a little while but Gimpl and I started to get the hang of it.
The sport was started out of necessity to get around the village in deep snow. The boards are so perfect for the terrain and snow conditions that the equipment had hardly changed in 150 years.
We sessioned the local hill for awhile and then headed up to the mosque for some aprs tea around the fire. I couldnt get the questions out fast enough.
Are there any contest? Yes. Do you hit jumps? Yes? When was the first time you saw a modern snowboard? Three years ago. Do you have any desire to use new equipment? No.
Has anyone in the town ever skied? No.
What really overwhelmed me was how content they were. There seemed to be little desire to progress the equipment or their riding. They hit jumps but do not have specific tricks. 
You never know what you will find when you travel. Once again, the bond of sharing a few powder turns breaks down language barriers and cultural differences. Big thanks to the locals for letting us into there lives for the day.
All photos Bernard Ritzer.
This is the coolest story. The origin of snowboarding, but the fact that they don’t care about progressing the equipment. They have fun on the boards they ride and that’s all that matters. That is snowboarding! Great story!
Comment by Ben September 14, 2008 @ 1:46 am
Wow, that’s awesome.
Comment by Ryan September 14, 2008 @ 6:41 am
Screw NO-Boarding, I am going with the Turkish Plank this year….
Killer food there I imagine…?
Beautiful pictures and words….Thanks Jeremy
I saw a video of this on FuelTV this year, was it the same trip? Your a rock star dude.
…damn I have to get on the mtn.bike more..its already snowing here in CO…
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Comment by James September 18, 2008 @ 2:27 pm
ya, thats awesome, gettin to tha roots, expanding your perspective of the world you in which you live. great photography too.
Comment by scotty September 21, 2008 @ 7:12 am
Greatest story ever !!
Comment by motyl October 1, 2008 @ 7:34 am
Damn, that is sick! I need to travel more.
Comment by justin October 1, 2008 @ 6:07 pm
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Great piece!! Makes me feel like I am not the oldest man on the mt.
Anybody know where I might buy a photo of JJ in action?
Comment by murph October 3, 2008 @ 5:27 am
Murph, I want the third photo in this piece….I would like to have prints for sure….some of the shots are amazing.
Comment by Matt October 6, 2008 @ 4:39 pm
This is truly the essence of “keeping it real”. Today I’ve learned something so I can go on living another day. Thank you Jeremy.
Comment by Marc October 8, 2008 @ 7:01 pm
All I can do is chuckle. Traveling is an education and I would love to meet these people. Born out of necessity, snowboarding is ingrained in their culture… I thought my life revolved around snowboarding… these cats got it goin on and talk about sustainability… those boards look like they last 20 seasons.
Comment by Dan Anadio October 8, 2008 @ 7:14 pm
hi guys.i live in turkey/trabzon.my name’s samet.i’m 22 years old.i start 2 years ago with snowboard and i loved it a lot
i think,it’s big pleasure 
while the research do, i saw this web page.it’s nice.i think,j.jones go to the place in rize.they are very sweet.but it’s old snowboard :p…i slip in Turkey(zigana-sar?kam??-palandken) and i think,in turkey best map PALANDOKEN.i don’t have board :p i want to buy but i can’t see,if you help,i’m pleased for board.cu again,i will come again here bb…
mail adress;sametbasdag@hotmail.com
Comment by samet October 10, 2008 @ 9:45 am
snowboarding anthropology … you’re the new Levy Strass !
btw, youre Ready Section is awesome, as usual
Edd
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Beautiful story!!!
Comment by Tariq Abdul-Wahad November 2, 2008 @ 3:47 pm
Woa! captures the whole “living the dream” idea and props for that 72 year old its pretty insane. awesome stuff!
Comment by Raymond November 4, 2008 @ 12:50 am
Hey Jeremy. This discovery is truly interesting!!! More than we think I guess. We have a very old skiing tradition in Norway. I am not sure how long people have been skiing/boarding but I believe we are talking thousands! Vikings used one long ski for sliding and one shorter grippy ski for pedaling. I’m not sure if you are willing to let me in on where you found this village but I would love to travel there and meet them and experience riding there on those boards.
All the best,
Stein-Fredrik
Comment by Stein-Fredrik November 14, 2008 @ 11:05 am
You don’t update your blog all that often (not necessarily a bad thing), but when you do, it is always excellent. Fantastic piece and pictures. Looking forward to your future adventures on film or not.
Comment by Jyves November 16, 2008 @ 6:18 am
Nice !!!!
Comment by Rachel November 24, 2008 @ 7:36 pm
Jeremy,
I just caught your blog for the first time off of shayboarder’s blog and I have to say I’m impressed. This is a super cool story and the photos are amazing. I’ve been a fan of your riding, now I’m a fan of the blog!
Thanks,
Jared
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Comment by Jared November 26, 2008 @ 5:08 pm
These are “lazboard”
it doesn’t matter who started this phenomen. Only important thing snowboard that we share. Thanks to ppl who found it and thanks to everyone who brought this sport today’s.
Comment by tolga December 1, 2008 @ 6:15 am
thanx a lot jeremy this is the coolest story . we live in bursa ,turkey and still we dont have any snow park in here so progress are really weak in here so all you guyz maybe you can help us to build a snow park in here and then the next generation will thank you.
cheers
tito
Comment by tito December 1, 2008 @ 8:59 am
Nice story & cool pictures!
In last Feb those locals were competing with some pro’s under Red Bull’s sponsorship, and it looks like they’ll do it again in a couple months. actual boards are called the ‘lazboard’ so if you search ‘redbull lazboard’ you’ll find loads about it.
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Intend to visit in January. Know the name now after looking around on the Turkish web-sites. Thanks for spreading the word.
Comment by Shawn Farrell December 1, 2008 @ 1:04 pm
Redbull made a contest called Lazboard vs Snowboard last winter (2008). You can watch it from the link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjbUx4eOKEg
I think it is awesome!!!
Comment by Cenk Pekiner December 1, 2008 @ 2:10 pm
yurdum insanı olarak dünyayı şaşırtmaya devam edecegiz bizde daha ne numaralar var…andırlı meyhaneden küskülü barış.
Comment by barış December 1, 2008 @ 2:52 pm
hi Jeremy,
I’m glad you came to my country and met these guys. Last year I had the opportunity to meet these guys in Rize. To promote this ancestral extreme sport this competiton was held where one snowboarder competed a Lazboarder. I was lucky enough to be the first man in history to be in such a competition.
Before the race day we both teams had an interview for the documentary. I couldn’t believe when I heard that they had at least 30 years of experience in this sport.
It was the greatest snowy experience of my life. And still willing to visit them anytime possible.
Thank you for your interest about Lazboard. Hope to see you around there soon again…
Comment by Mehmet "Freak" Sarialioglu December 1, 2008 @ 4:43 pm
Dear Jeremy;
Thanks for coming to my country and infom all our snowboarders in the world about this story.. We all snowboarders at Turkey are really proud about this North reagion people..
Thanks for coming to my country and thanks for this cool story that u did…
Comment by meto December 2, 2008 @ 1:24 am
Hi Jeremy,
Bravo for you. Yes i know and we watched it on TV. But there is no one going there for see and live it like you. If you have any videos i can put it on Turkey’ TV’s stations. See you
Comment by Gorkem December 2, 2008 @ 1:37 am
hi!I’m Burc from Turkey,I’m happy to see this issue from a leading snowboarder like j.j. Most of the people in turkey know this as “Laz Board”
last year redbull organized a competition “lazboard vs snowboard” which was really cool.and I’m happy to hear about The ones planning to come over and see the origin of snowboard. Plenty of good food will be the perk of your trip. Try “mihlama” you’ll love it 
Comment by Burc Durmaz December 2, 2008 @ 2:03 am
this is one of the best stories I’ve heard or read in a long time, really cool!
Comment by Victor December 6, 2008 @ 10:58 am
bravo valla cok iiyi
Comment by tarik December 13, 2008 @ 12:30 pm
Hi Jeremy,
this is a great story, beautiful pictures too.
we briefly translated your post into Turkish for non-english speakers and used a few pics and linked it back to this page. here is the link
http://www.sporstudyosu.com/snowboard-ilk-kez-rizede-mi-yapildi/
Ride Safe!
Comment by Spor Studyosu December 24, 2008 @ 6:08 pm
Great story!..
And
Great pictures!..
Thank you for writing about my country and taking those outstanding pictures.
If you want to learn more you can mail me anytime
Best Regards
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I recently read a book about the origins of skiing and it
talked about Mongols and Chinese that used skis centuries ago.
Then a thought occurred to me that the legends about the Arabs
using magic carpets… Could it be that these were really just
misinterpretations of something like the lazboard? From early
European travelers to the Ottoman empire?
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Hello,
I found your forum is jeremyjones.net after I have been surfing the internet to be useful.
Comment by minnickup July 4, 2009 @ 4:20 pm
Hello guys! I am just returned from sea beach and full of energy…
The big water is really amazing. Thanks God who created this element.
So many impressions just overfill me. Well… how all things are doing?
By the way I’ve forget to say hello to everyone.. sorry.
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Comment by alexttrott August 31, 2009 @ 6:54 am
Just an introduction. Glad to be here, I’m new. Saying hi to all you all.
SLK
Comment by StephenLK September 4, 2009 @ 10:47 pm
Dear Jeremy,
We’d like to reach the original copy of your documentary film which was shot on Kackar mountains. We’d like to screen it in our Mountain film festival.(www.dagfilmfest.org)
Could you pls help us to reach the producer/director of the film ?
Thanks in advance…
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Comment by SceraKery September 16, 2009 @ 7:44 pm
this story is astounding. I hope that one of the snowboard magazines could publish it.
Comment by turker September 17, 2009 @ 12:22 am
HEY JEREMY…this is great….what a way to meet and share with people around the world and so nice to see you again.
Is there a documentary about this rendezvous? I would love to show it at school/CVA if possible. Would you pass on screening contact info. Happy trails, Patty
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Has anyone tried acupuncture? My doctor recommended it but I’m really nervous about it.
Any tips? Any dangers I should know about?
Thanks!
JF
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Speechless over here. The pure passion is what gets me. I had no idea about this. I wish Snowboarding wasn’t so filled with the hype and marketing, but it’s the game here. I thought I was being a asshole when I told friends I didn’t care about new catalogs and gear anymore. This is just a reminder of why we ride. for FUN!
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This story made my day
Comment by Lucas Teixeira November 18, 2009 @ 9:23 am
Stoked that I stumbled across your site. That’s such an awesome story.
I didn’t even realise you had a site. I’ll definitely be back to check out your writing again.
Comment by Dave November 24, 2009 @ 5:08 am
snowboarding came a full circle, the human mind pushed our sport till it found the roots and then the limit. I rode with another snowboarding father named Poppen once and he emanated the same passion as the old man from turkey. Snowboarding has changed my life and given me so many killer days with my boys, I am as obsessed as Jeremy and I only wish I have another 50 years, and I crave all the footage to come!
RIDE ON
Comment by wyorider December 2, 2009 @ 10:24 pm
What’s shakin’?
Comment by HectorHW December 13, 2009 @ 10:35 am
Beautiful story, beautiful people, ….
it’s awesome jeremy, like the rest of the site…
if everybody had the respect you have for the mountains and the people of this world…
ride safe…
Comment by Sebastian Beysens December 22, 2009 @ 2:28 pm
Hi is there any romanian around here who lives in the united states or canada? /Este vreun roman pe aicea care locuieste in state sau in canada?
Admin if i posted this in wrong thread plz move it.. thanks
Comment by rositeconstruct December 24, 2009 @ 12:37 am
This article rocked my world tonight… Thank you Jeremy and the crew you traveled with… Awesome…
Comment by Eric Blehm February 22, 2010 @ 8:43 pm
Great to here form you Blehm. Come play with us again!
Jeremy
Comment by Jeremy Jones March 1, 2010 @ 2:13 pm
I am stoked to the max about this story………..
Comment by Chris Eggers March 4, 2010 @ 3:58 am
Hi
Im andrew from queensland and love to join this lovely forums
…
See u guys in board friends
Regards
mahjila
Comment by boysiq March 20, 2010 @ 1:23 pm
You should send this link to Tom Sims and Jake Burton who have had a great idea but did NOT invent snowboarding at all. 150 years old… who could ever tell this?! Great story and pics, congratulations!
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I hear people taking to much about taking the credit for being one of the first snowboarders. This story puts it all in perspective. Snowboarding has been around for ever. This is a great story. When i think about the first snowboarders, what about the kids that tried to stand up in there little red plastic sleds? It does not matter who was first, it is the thrill of riding down that hill no matter what you are on, that was so great you walked back up.
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