Pat Bridges got his start as a rider in central Vermont in the mid-eighties. He went on to become a sponsored athlete, working at renegade Eset Coast zine, East Infection before moving west to work at Snowboarder Magazine. Nineteen years later and pat has had an integral role in shaping the public perception of the sport to the recreational public as Editor then Creative Director of the Magazine.

In this week’s Real Talk: This Week in Snowboarding, Andrew Hardingham has the week off to run his Whisky festival in Banff and associate producer Dustin James steps in to talk snowboarding. We also have a special guest midcover by the talented Allyson Wade (@sweetcheeksmerie).

This is the second of a two part series featuring snowboarding legends Stevie Alters and Jason ‘J2’ Rasmus. The first episode relates some pretty funny stories. This episode talks about dealing with cancer. This is a heavy episode. Be warned there is some ‘adult, not P.C.’ content in this episode.

This year Andrew Hardingham joins the Snowboard Project team as the new co-host of Real Talk. This week we talk about snow conditions around the world, new video releases and take a deep dive into the role of sponsorship in the sport. This was Andrew Hardingham’s first session on the Real Talk couch and we look forward to trying to make sense of what goes in that mind of his. (Cover artwork inspired by an original portrait of Sigmund Freud.) We would also like to give to thank Snowboarder Magazine and Stan with their new segment called The Weekly Snowboarder Forecast.