Unless you started snowboarding this week, JP Walker is a name that needs no introduction. And even if you did start this week, there’s a good chance JP influenced your decision to pick up the board — whether you realise it or not.
Few riders have left a mark on snowboarding as deep or as lasting as “The Don”. With a video catalogue spanning more than two decades, JP is widely regarded as the godfather of jibbing and a central figure in the rise of urban and street snowboarding in the late 1990s, pushing the sport far beyond traditional terrain.
Over the course of his career, he appeared in 24 full video parts and countless cameos, filmed the first all-switch part in Stepchild’s This Video Sucks, landed the first double cork in the backcountry, and was named one of Snowboarder magazine’s “Top 10 Riders” six times — more than any other rider in the publication’s history.
To mark its 30th anniversary, ThirtyTwo has released In Steel We Trust, a three-minute retrospective edited by Mack Dawg. The film traces Walker’s career from Sallad Productions’ Something Goin’ On in 1995 through to Smoke Screen in 2018, stitching together over 20 years of standout footage into a tight, celebratory edit.
Watch the retrospective below — and if you’re left thirsty for more, JP’s full movie catalogue is listed beneath. Perfect fuel for a Christmas movie marathon.
- “Something Goin’ On” – Sallad Productions, 1995
- “Team Promo” Revelation Snowboards, 1995
- “Warriors” – Kingpin Productions, 1995
- “Forward Into Battle” – Chris Robison, 1995
- “Kingpin Chronicles” – Kingpin Productions, 1996
- “Simple Pleasures” – Mack Dawg Productions, 1997
- “Decade” – Mack Dawg Productions, 1998
- “Technical Difficulties” – Mack Dawg Productions & Forum, 1999
- “The Resistance” – Mack Dawg Productions & Forum, 2000
- “True Life” – Mack Dawg Productions & Forum, 2001
- “Nixon Jib Fest” – Mack Dawg Productions & Nixon, 2002
- “Shakedown” – Mack Dawg Productions, 2003
- “Chulksmack” – Mack Dawg Productions, 2004
- “That” – Forum, 2006
- “Double Decade” – Mack Dawg Productions, 2008
- “This Video Sucks” – Stepchild Snowboards, 2009
- “Cheers” – People Films, 2010
- “Good Look” – People Films, 2011
- “X Games Real Snow” – Pierre Minhondo, 2011
- “Jibberish Vol. 1” – Jibberish, 2012
- “Jibberish” Vol. 2” – Jibberish, 2013
- “2032” – thirtytwo, 2015
- “Visitors” – Videograss, 2017
- “Smoke Screen” – thirtytwo, 2018
Notable cameos include:
- “Mainstream” – 1994
- “Gas Money” – Chris Robison, 1996
- “Picture This” – Mack Dawg Productions, 2007
- “Downloaded” – StepChild Snowboards, 2008
- “For Me” – Oakley, 2014
