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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1000023518 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'&gt;&lt;figure class='gallery-item'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;div class='gallery-icon '&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t&lt;a href='http:\\/\\/snowboarding.transworld.net\\/news\\/terry-kidwell-on-stepchild\\/attachment\\/SN0206_STY03\\/'&gt;\\/snow\\/content\\/images\\/v19n7\\/s\\/SN0206_STY03.jpg&lt;\\/a&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;\\/div&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;\\n\\t\\t&lt;\\/div&gt;\\n\\u00a0\\n&lt;p&gt;Terry Kidwell influenced a lot of key people in the early days of snowboarding. It&amp;#8217;s those early days that helped make snowboarding what it is today. That is why Stepchild Snowboards is proud to announce a collectable TK Edition Terry Kidwell pro model that will be available in stores September 2007. &amp;#8220;We have a young up and coming team right now but we still respect what the pioneers have done to get us to where we are today. Kidwell has always been my hero-I used to have a fake ID with his name on it.&amp;#8221; \\u00a0 Says Sean Johnson-StepChild founder. If you look at some of the photos of Terry from the mid eighties, they are still legit by today&amp;#8217;s standards. &amp;#8220;Terry was able to do mctwists and 540&amp;#8217;s that looked good by today&amp;#8217;s standards only he did it in a 5 ft deep halfpipe with banks for transitions.&amp;#8221;-Tom Burt.\\n&lt;p&gt;Terry was one of the people that was able to make riding look good in a time when there were no highbacks, pipe dragons or metal edges on a snowboard. They were very talented people that used what little resources they had to make snowboarding look good-they were not making near the money that even an average pro makes today. &amp;#8220;Its funny&amp;#8221; says Terry &amp;#8220;when I look back at it cause when I won the first worlds in 1984 I got $150 for first place.&amp;#8221; Terry Kidwell was the top dog of the early day snowboarders. He was the world halfpipe champion from 1984-1987 a span of 4 years.\\n&lt;p&gt;Terry still resides in Lake Tahoe and is usually out doggin&amp;#8217; it up in the powder during the winter months. If you are lucky enough to see him ride you&amp;#8217;ll recognize that classic Kidwell style that he&amp;#8217;s still got. It&amp;#8217;s easy to say that the pioneers did it for the pure love of the sport-not for the money, the fame or the fashion and that&amp;#8217;s what StepChild is all about-so pull out your 4 year old stinky snowboard boots, your moms mittens and do whatever you can to get to the hill this winter-cause in the end its just about having a good time and hooking up with friends-isn&amp;#8217;t that sweet.\\n&lt;p&gt;StepChild is entering into its 5th year of brodution. The Pro Team currently consists of Simon Chamberlain, Stian Solberg, and Fredu Sirvio.\\n&lt;p&gt;Bigger Hearts Than Brains-StepChild Snowboards\\n&lt;p&gt;www.stepchildsnowboards.com&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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