The winds of summer are whipping on in, ushering along days packed with beers, skateboarding, pool loungin', and inevitably, too much mindless internet time. But if you are going to choose to spend your summer ogling a screen, give pause to the endless posting and porn, if only for a few moments, and feast your eyes on the most marvelously trivial ceremony of the year! We present to you, our contribution to snowboard levity, the 2014 Method Awards!
Awards by: Goodwin, Chriso, TAG, ADT, K-LO. Next time the jokes will be on us. Now go get your award!
Graphics by PWEE f*in 3000
(Anti-) Gravity Award – Ståle Sandbech – An award bestowed to a master of mid-orbit destruction, Ståle’s board prowess is not bound by the laws of the natural world.
Steve Rogers Award - Sage Kotsenburg - Flaxen-haired Keeper of the Flame. Indomitable Defender of the Holy Crail. Mirthful Licker of all Cats. The latest Wheaties coverboy even had President Barry O. dropping his name, and it was more than well-deserved. The new Captain America is one seriously radical dude.
Miley Cyrus Award – Kevin Bäckström – Granted to Sir Bäckström for navigating the fine line between art and smut.
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Award – Will Smith - Will is white and lives one hell of a swim from Bel-Air, but his choice to be a boarder in the UK is a bit like a Philly teen being transplanted to an LA mansion. Let's not resort to making an obvious namesake joke… Oh, shit, too late!
M.C. Escher Award – Kas Lemmens – Like his Dutch compatriot, Kas is a master of impossible constructions as demonstrated in his body (and mind) twisting BS 270 boardslides to fakie.
CKY AWARD – Coonboy - Every crew needs a dude who is “fuckin’ down” regardless of consequence, or in Coonboy’s case, plausibility. Like the infamous Camp Kill Yourself Crew trailblazers, Coonboy is willing to put personal safety (and common sense) on the bench in the pursuit of the ultimate thrill. We love it!
Breaking Bad Award – Nico Müller - A calculated formula and heaps of experience are imperative in the creation and replication of consistently jaw-dropping meth(ods).
Chris Brown Award – Tyler Flanagan – Well, yeah. This one speaks for itself. Total bummer cuz the dude ripped..
Dolph Lundgren Award - Nils Arvidsson - For being a Swedish badass with a skill set so versatile and raw it makes Sly, Arnie and JCVD blush like little schoolboys. 
Dennis Rodman Award – Brendan Gerard – Diplomacy is a tricky business but "Gerry" navigated dark Russian back alleys with grace and style, winning great favor in a hostile land. Plus, he has some pretty wild outfits of his own.
Leon: The Professional Award – Arthur Longo - For his sharpshooter-like precision in destroying everything in his path and and an innate ability of always knowing what to do.
Rodney King Award – Caroline Degardh - For taking a hell of a beating (in “Scandalnavians”) and emerging a hero. 
Tonya Harding Award – Jaeger Bailey – We love Jaeger, and it seemed like he was onto something good when he exploded onto the scene a few years ago with an unorthodox attack on everything in front of him, but that pushup maneuver at Superpark might take it a bit too far.
Gruyere Award - James Niederberger - Unlike some other cheesy Swiss exports, this shredder's game has no holes. Solid as a fucking rock, more like.
Bear Grylls Award – Wyatt Stasinos – Some folks just don’t have time for modern tech and amenities. Wyatt Stasinos is a wizard of the woods—a pioneer of the Aspen Valley, able to live off the land for weeks at a time and seek out lines unfathomable to others.
Clark Kent Award - Alex Fischer - For his unassuming ways and that Superman-sized method on the cover of 14.4!
Axl Rose Award - I-Pod - For claiming his run with plenty of pipe still to ride, throwing his shit everywhere and making a scene. Congrats on the big W, Iouri!
Michael Jackson Award – Nils Mindnich – This one goes out to young Nils for being able to grab in places he really shouldn’t.
Salvador Dali Award – Mike Rav - What Scotty Steves so originally dreamt up, Mike has picked up and deftly expanded on with a style all his own.
Duane Peters Award – Nate Bozung – Quite simply, because he doesn’t give a fuck what you think and is always doing it his way, just like the Master of Disaster. Snowboarding needs more people who don't give a fuck.
Blue Dream Award – Jared Jordan – What goes great with Blue Dream? Our man Juicy J says lean and ain’t no one got lean like the Minneapolis-born, Trollhaugen-destroying Jared Jordan.
Aldous Snow Award – Shaun White - One minute you’re on top of the world. The next, you’re down and out. Oh, how the mighty have fallen... We are just waiting for Bad Things to drop that “African Child” cover. 
Rob Ford Award – Jed Anderson - Jed is on another level—always has been. Only someone high on the World's Most Famous Mayor’s stash could roll the dice and ride away unscathed the way Jed does.
J. Casanova Award – Ethan Morgan – “Word around town…” This goes out to Ethan for reminding us it’s a hard world out there for a G.
Kanye West Award – Bud Keene – A guy’s gotta take himself pretty seriously to yell “TRIPLE, TRIPLE, TRIPLE” till the veins pop out on his forehead and insist on late night subarctic baths, all in the name of the elusive YOLO Flip. Or whatever we are calling it...
Albert Hofmann Award – Alex Tank - Like the famed Swiss scientist and ambassador of unknown dimensions, Mr. Tank cooks up mind-melting concoctions on his shred blade on the regular. 
Sesame Street Award – Seth Hill – This one goes to Seth for continuously producing family-friendly content and reminding the kiddos that if you’re going to make it, ya “Really Gotta Wanna.”
Haruki Murakami Award - Ayumo Hirano - For making the impossible, possible—
leaving you to wonder, “Can that really happen?” 
Krokodil Award - Denis Leontyev – We imagine the only thing that gets you as dizzy as a front blunt switch up (double) 450 out is a fifth of vodka and an industrial-sized dose of Krokodil, Russia's "flesh-eating zombie drug".
Friend Zone Award – Dominik Wagner – The growing popularity of the “friend zone” reaffirms the cliche that nice guys do indeed finish last. Luckily for this kind-hearted fella, Dom Dom crushes it on a snowboard, which we hope goes a long way in his dealings with the fairer sex.
Cocktails & Dreams Award – Marko Grilc – aka the Richard Branson Award, this goes to Grilo for convincing his sponsors to let him and his posse roam around the world and reap the spoils of luxury on a seemingly unlimited budget.
MacGyver Award - Tim Schiphorst - For taking a shoestring budget and working his magic to produce utterly unexpected results. Enjoy Shithorse’s mastery here. BTW: The typo was an accident, homie!!
David Copperfield Award - Elias Elhardt - Legendary illusionist David Copperfield once made the Statue of Liberty disappear to the bewilderment of the entire world. Elias’ front and cab ones have a similarly stupefying effect on his audience.
Thor Award - Zebbe Landmark - Generally we try to avoid being so literal, but this zebra-striped Scandinavian conqueror was throwing hammers all over that Quik am video.
Thurgood Award – Riley Nickerson - You’d be hard-pressed to find our man Riley more than an arm’s length from his muse Mary Jane. But it’s all good, as no woman (or chronic) will hold this dude back from his journey to master the dark art of frigid terrain destruction—or snowboarding if you want to be a dick about it.
Vladimir Putin Award - Artem Smolin - For running shit from St. Pete to Siberia, and being ready to take on foreign lands if shit gets messy.
Robocop Award – Danimals – Half man, half machine. All killer.
Danny DeVito Award - Michi Schatz - For being a little guy with a big mouth that makes shit happen. We love you, bro!
Ron Jeremy Award - Pat Moore - This New Hampshire killer gets the Jeremy for swinging the biggest set of gonads in the industry in front of the camera and his willingness to get nasty in any location.
Terje Håkonsen Award - Alek Oestreng - A Norwegian who rides with finesse, power and unique style. Plus, he told the FIS to fuck off and bailed from the Olympics. Giving this award to Alek is a total no-brainer, if you ask us.
And finally… (*cue drumroll)
Rookie of the Year: Kas Lemmens - This one goes to Kas for producing two insane video parts (plus some) and his preternatural talents on the stunt plastic. We expect great things in the future from this wacky and lovable young Nederlander.
Video Part of the Year: Halldór Helgason - The sheer size and variety of features that this Icelandic hellion systematically slays in his “Never Not” part earn the creator of RV Juice the dubious honor of being our pick for best segment. Nasty, dawg!
Women’s Rider of the Year: Jamie Anderson - While competitions aren’t really our cup of tea, Jamie’s field-separating Olympic runs, monster flat-spin back fives and generally badass approach to boarding secured her place as our Women’s Rider of the Year.
Men’s Rider of the Year: Gigi Rüf - This legend literally deserves winning Rider of the Year every year. We are lucky to have Gigi defending the way it ought to be. Any objections? Didn’t think so.