Ah, the ice coast. A conglomerate of traffic, inconsistent temperatures, and extremely expensive lift tickets. Where the ride to the mountain is just as long as the wait in the lift line. A place where the powder is fully tracked out before the snow has even finished falling. Who wouldn’t want to snowboard here?

Frustrated over the struggles of shredding on the east coast the idea of the Sendmobile was born, a season of traveling North America via vanlife to catch the very best of winter. Starting in January we will be quitting our jobs to live in our blue Sendmobile and be full-time Senders for a whole season! With the help of the Ikon pass our 2019 will be spent living in the parking lots of some of the best resorts across the country. We’ll be ready for fresh tracks bright and early every morning.

After searching craigslist every day for months we finally found a cheap van capable of making a 15,000 mile trip without breaking down. There were a lot of renovations that needed to be done, starting with insulating the van correctly. Next step was building bunk beds and storage cabinets to make it a home on wheels. Before hitting the road our goal is to be able to keep the van 40 degrees inside over night.

With Canada, California, Colorado, Washington, Michigan, Montana, Wyoming, and Utah as potential stops on the trip we’ve got a long winter ahead of us. Stay tuned for more stories from the road. We are Mike Shaw and Cooper Setter, and together we are the Sendmobile crew! Check out @sendmobile on instagram to follow our travles!

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