Tips on How to Ride Squamish Rock Slabs

Squamish slabs can be fickle beasts. At a glance, they seem like unassuming rock ramps, but feather the brakes just wrong and you might get the cheese grating of a lifetime. Thankfully, local freeride legends Jesse Melamed and Wide Simmons know a thing or two about riding them and are eager to share their tips and tricks with us. In their latest edit, they sample some of the area’s finest slabs while breaking down how to approach the line. Regardless of all their helpful tips, I’m fully okay never riding the last slab they ride. It looks more like a 5.9 rock climbing project than something you’d want to actually ride. Talk about gnarly!