Jill grew up in SoCal, getting a relatively late start at snowboarding - quickly racking up a number of impressive AM parts. She lives in Salt Lake City today and has quickly become a fixture of the street scene there. An avid skateboarder - Jill has arrived but has just begun to show her true potential. This episode is a candid look at following your dreams in the sport.
Recorded at Chad Otterstrom house, edited and uploaded from a car on the way to the Dark Matter premiere. Check ins from: Maxwell J Morrill - Utah Mikey Ciccarelli - Yukon Dustin Craven - Revelstoke Pat Bridges - Mt. Baldy Alexey Matveyev - Kamchatka More notes to come...
Nik Baden is on fire. Winner of the last Rookie of the Year title from TRANSWORLD Snowboarding and featured in the Joy Snowboarding Movie, he is the envy of riders around the world. After turning his back on a promising career in Olympic and World Cup Slopestyle competition, Nik has been refining his signature style. Something that has the world of snowboarding focused on Nik - and for good reason.
We start off with Clip of the Week and we are giving away a Spark R&D swag pack this week. Next we review around 30 different snowboard videos that dropped in the past two weeks, using ingle sentences to describe each movie. We finish by going behind “Behind the Beam” with an extended interview with Joe Sexton about 50-50ing the world’s longest street rail. Our last block is a check in with seven different riders around the world.
Lucas was a phenom growing up in Glacier, Washington. Early in his career he rode for Burton and even won the title of Rookie of the Year from Transworld. He was featured in many an Absinthe Film and then walked away from professional riding and his contracts. On this episode we had a break on our ISDN line part way through - unfortunately you will not hear the part about his new passion of rock climbing, growing up in Glacier and walking away from lucrative contracts at the end of his career.
Steve Nilson is accomplished in the world of sports marketing. From humble beginnings as a product line manager for Airwalk. After he moved onto a sports marketing role at Red Bull, lifestyle marketing for PBR and his current position as marketing guy for Liquid Death canned water. This one is chock full of valuable career advice from a guy who has done it.
Real Talk: Remembering Jake Burton Carpenter • Episode 127
Red Gerard leapt onto the world stage - by winning the Slopestyle Gold Medal at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. After he became a sensation in the media, quickly becoming known for his easy going attitude on shows like Jimmy Kimmel. But there is life after gold for the nineteen year old professional snowboarder. He has gone on to discover the backcountry and sledding. It is safe to say, this is Red’s most in depth interview to date.
Featuring interviews with Pat Moore, Max Tokanaga, Mons Roisland, Ralph Kucharek, Chad Otterstrom and Billy Anderson. This week we discuss contests that are coming up, clip of the week and rider check-ins from Austria, Vermont, Colorado and California.
Victor is a legend in the making - like his brother before him (Xavier). Originally Victor pursued freestyle before being taken under the wing of his older brother and introduced to the joy of big mountains and free riding. We cover a lot of ground in this episode - including an avalanche that took him out in the movie Defiance.