A special series brought to you by The Snowboard Project where we sit down with industry players to discuss the machine that runs snowboarding. Today’s Episode: Shop Survival 101 with Jason Borgstede. We met up with Borgstede at his snowboard shop, Blue and Gold, in Anchorage Alaska and asked him how he has managed to run a successful snowboard shop for the last five years
A look at our six unique shows. Chad Otterstrom and Bjorn Leines co-host REAL TALK. We play an excerpt from the Clip Show with Bjorn and Chad looking at a clip from Fridge. Mason Aguirre takers us into our Pro Files episode with a candid look at a professional career. Lift Ticket: Resort Riding in COVID Times takes an in depth look at resort riding this season. Christian Knapp takes on co-hosting in this look behind the velvet rope of ski area operations. In The Splitboard Project, our first magazine style show, Mark is joined by the founder of Spark R&D Will…
In episode 2 we take a look at how the resort industry has planned and prepared for the upcoming winter and what changes riders can expect to see at their resorts. We also get the local perspective on the changing face of ski towns and discuss the effects of the virus on snow media.
We talk about there newest movies in the sport and do a deep dive into sponsorship and filming in the 20/212 season. We finish with our new Instagram Clip Show. Check it out on YouTube!
In this episode we check in with Will Mayo, the man behind the Towpro rope tow. Although we did this interview before Tow Pro was fully funded on Kickstarter - they haver shot past their funding goal and are now selling remaining units that will be available. From beginnings building his own winch - to creating the world's first commercially available backyard rope tow, Will's contribution to the sport - and the engineering behind is not insignificant.
In our first episode we follow along as Mark and Dustin ask themselves what it really means "to go snowboarding" and along the way way they end up convincing Jeff Pensiero and Mike Arzt to join them as co hosts for an exciting new winter exploring the do it yourself spirit that exists across all of snowboarding. Jake Aaronson (@east.bumfucc) has a phone call with Mark about rope tows which ends up helping to inspire this new podcast. Mike Chantry recounts snowboarding in 1965 and working with Tom Sims to bring freestyle to snowboarding in the 1980s - and how Craig Kelly was always…
Movies and teasers, resorts news, Snowboarder Magazine, upcoming products, Nicolas Mueller, upcoming gear & tech, and our new V3.0 lineup.
Mason Aguirre was one of the most celebrated halfpipe riders in the world, he had X-Games and Dew Tour Medals, got 4th at the Olympics and even beat Shaun White. Consistent results along with being an original member of the Frends crew along with Kevin Pearce, Scotty Lago, Kier Dillon, the Mitrani brothers and Danny Davis opened the door to big time deals with sponsors. Then the double cork changed everything. Soon Mason found himself on the outside looking in. When the contracts dried up, the substance abuse began. This week we go deep with Mason - about his rise - his…
For our first Pro-File episode of the season, we tapped Jerry Dugan, founder of Fall Line Films - not only did he make the first 16mm snowboard movie, he was the first guy to film in Alaska and Japan. Jerry Dugan was an important figure in early snowboarding - he created Fall Line Films - and with it the first 16mm snowboard films ever made. Known for plot - traveling the world with unruly snowboarding pros of the era - guys like Farmer, Ranquet, Damian Sanders and others. His films were the first ‘hero makers’ from the 1990s. In fact, many of…
Welcome to the first edition of Lift Ticket. In this monthly series, Christian Knapp (former Aspen CMO) and Mark Sullivan explore what resort opening will look like in COVID times. In the past six months the resort industry has had to do a Complete 180 - hence the name of this episode.This is essential listening for every rider. In this episode we talk with Woodward Park City’s Jeremy Jones, Big Snow American Dream owner Joe Hession, Ski NZ’S Paul Anderson and Highland Mountain’s Mark Hayes.