A ton of really cool stuff has come out of The Nines this year. There were some wild firsts, including the first 2160 on a snowboard, and plenty more wicked lines. Since The Nines’22 ended several weeks ago, I was under the assumption that we’d already seen all of the sweet edits from the event, but, as I now know, I was quite wrong.

It feels as if the colored smoke is exactly what this course was designed for. The weird features, like the downward spiral, create such a beautiful canvas for the skiers and snowboarders to make art out of.

Strapping Colored Smoke Flares To The World's Best Snowboarders & Skiers

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Nolan Deck is a writer for Unofficial Networks, covering skiing and outdoor adventure. After growing up and skiing in Maine, he moved to the Denver area for college where he continues to live and work...