Giacomo Kratter is one one of Italy’s most famous snowboarders. In the 2002 Olympics he missed the bronze medal by .01 points. Giacomo went on tho represent Italy again in 2006 at the Olympics in Italy, representing in front of his hometown crowd - who went nuts every time he dropped in. Giacomo’s career, cut short by injury forced to to reinvent himself, this time as a coach. In this interview we spend an hour with The Italian Stallion himself.

Silverton Mountain was founded by Aaron and Jen Brill and opened for business on January 19, 2002 with one double chair that had been purchased from Mammoth Mountain Ski Area. Known for lift accessed backcountry skiing, Silverton Mountain also maintains educational programs such as Avalanche Level I, Avalanche Level II, and Backcountry 101. The ski area is designed to have minimal impact on the environment. Based purely on skiing and not on development Silverton Mountain has no plans of building condos or high-speed chairlifts. Voted Best of the West: Skiing in Colorado, Utah, California and Nevada for Extreme Terrain by USA Today. We sat down with Jen at Silverton’s historic Grand Imperial Hotel with an audience of almost 100 people. This is that show.

Jeff Fulton is one of the most legendary living snowboarders today. He was one of the first people to ride at Mt. Baker - perhaps being the very first. He introduced Caig Kelly to the Sport, helped start the Mt. Baker Banked Slalom and was there founder of the MBHC. (Mount Baker Hard Core). It was a great honor to record some real history of the sport - and there are few people more directly connected with the roots of the sport than Jeff.

When Jeff Pensiero (owner of the Baldface Lodge came by Ketchum. we sat down with him and did a live Q&A with him - the video was broadcast via instagram and facebook and this audio is the final result. We cover a bunch of subjects and this proved to be an interesting conversation.

Serge is a True legend in european snowboarding. In this episode we talk the origin of sidecut and neon, about the brands he started, Hot and Dupraz, and the evolution of shape - the Dupraz D1. Herte is a hint, think sails and wind.

Michael Akira West started Jib 686 Enterprises in 1992 as a college project. Influenced by the early skate culture in SoCal and the Big Bear snowboard scene Mike launched a small collection of denim, technical outerwear, and accessories and never looked back. In 1995 Jib 686 became just 686 and that's when Mike launched the Smarty 3-in-1 layering system spawning more than two decades of innovation in snowboarding outerwear. We stopped by their headquarters in Compton, CA. to talk with Mike about what it takes to start a company and grow it into one of snowboarding's powerhouses, the business philosophy of Kaizen, and the importance of cultural influence in product design.

This week we talk with veteran professional photographer Bud Fawcett. Bud was snowboardinbg’s original photographers documenting the sport’s original legends - guys like Craig Kelly and Terry Kidwell. Bud has shot a ton of cover photos as well as some of the sports most iconic images. Take a walk down memory lane in this episode.