FOREWORD vol. 3 • Barret Christy introduces Maria Thomsen • BONUS EPISODE
In this week's Foreword Barrett Christy introduces her favorite interview from The Snowboard Project - Maria Thomsen.
In this week's Foreword Barrett Christy introduces her favorite interview from The Snowboard Project - Maria Thomsen.
Paths is a new series from The Snowboard Project covering people who dedicate their recreational time to snowboarding - but have a ‘real world’ job. Steve Fisher was a pro rider - a pipe jock - who won the X-Games in 2004. Fast forward a few years and Steve was sponsor less and trying to figure out what would come next. After a few gigs in sales and marketing around the Denver area, Steve moved back to the mountains and took up selling real estate - a decision that has given him plenty of time to enjoy the mountains of Colorado.
This week on our new series - FOREWORD - where we approach respected people from the sport and ask them to talk about their favorite episode. In books, a foreword covers a general overview, their opinion about the book and why someone should consider reading it. This is the audio version - and our guest is Jeff Pensiero, founder of the Baldface Lodge - who introduces - favorite episode - Pat Moore (Originally episode 137). Enjoy!
Paths is a new series from The Snowboard Project covering people who dedicate their recreational time to snowboarding - but have a ‘real world’ job. Pat Parnell is a dedicated snowboarder - and has a bad ass job - television host. Find out about more than a decade of working at NBC Sports, Fuel TV host and the pursuit of following a career path you enjoy.
This week we introduce a new series - for mud season - FOREWORD - where we approach respected people from the sport and ask them to talk about their favorite episode. In books, a foreword covers a general overview, their opinion about the book and why someone should consider reading it. This is the audio version - and our first guest - Mike Arzt - picked Chris Coulter (Episode #55) as his favorite. At first I thought it was because of the personal connection to Coulter - I found out it goes deeper than that.
In this Real Talk we take a wide ranging view on the 2019/2020 season. We interviewed more than 137 snowboarders and brought their stories to you each Monday on our Real Talk shows. In this Year in Review Episode, we share more than 40 interviews - including Jake Carpenter, Scott Stevens, Joe Sexton, Mon Roisland, Zeb Powell, Skyler Gallardo, Rene Rinnekangas, Scotty James, Sage Kotsenberg, Dustbox, Leanne Pelosi, Nora Beck... and the list goes on. Former Snowboarder Magazine Rider of the Year Bjorn Leines Co-hosts - and even offers ‘sage’ wisdom to the current Rider of the Year, Sage Kotsenberg.
A lifer is someone who dedicates their life to something. Bobby Meeks has done that to the sport of snowboarding. First as a pro rider - for 5150, Joyrider, Subtle and K2. He was one of the founders of the Robot Food crew - a story he tells here.
In today’s year in review we look back over our 35 interview episodes. We also broing in some clips featuring J2 and Stevie Alters, Lucas Debari, Bud Fawcett, Blue Montgomery, Jen Brill, Bjorn Leines, Fridge St and Gigi Ruf. We also do a little talking on the state of snowboarding, but mostly we talk about the interview episodes of The Snowboard Project.
Brad Jay has been announcing action sports events since the early 2000s. More than 40 X-Games later and Brad’s voice has become a hallmark of most major action sports events- in snow, water or skatepark. Brad has a great attitude and a booming voice that has earned him the moniker, “Dr. Mahogany.”
Wille McMillon has been a Jackson Hole local for more than two decades. After a pro career, he went on to start Bluebird Wax - sponsoring some of the best riders in the world. He is still a dedicated local at Jackson and in his spare time is the frontman for the band Risky Livers. On a recent trip to BC he caught the Coronavirus. We talk about his experience having - and recovering from Coronavirus. This is a pretty heavy episode, enjoy.