Movies and teasers, resorts news, Snowboarder Magazine, upcoming products, Nicolas Mueller, upcoming gear & tech, and our new V3.0 lineup.

Real Talk 3.1: We’re back! Hosted by: Chad Otterstrom Bjorn Leines, and Mark Sullivan Produced by: Mark Sullivan & Dustin H James We’re back for season 3 and welcoming our new Real Talk co-hosts Chad Otterstrom and Bjorn Leines and jumping right into snowboarding news covering: Movies and teasers, resorts news, Snowboarder Magazine, upcoming products, Nicolas Mueller, upcoming gear & tech, and our new V3.0 lineup. We finish with our new Instagram Clip Show. Check it out on YouTube!

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.

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.

The Chin updates us on what is happening in Salt Lake during the age of Covid. Interview with Steve Kimura, expert Seamster and Founder of United Shapes and OwnerOperator outerwear, about sewing masks. Interview with Will Ritter, founder of Spark R&D, about retooling his binding factory to develop “Montana Masks.”

First up Travis Wood gives some advice on the Coronavirus, then Thunder Tindall talks about Nidecker Snowboards as well as telling a story from Summit Counties past. Mike Chantry tells about setting the world’s first halfpipe and weighs in o n Tom Sims curse setting, Nate Holland talks about an USO tour in Afghanistan and John Cavan fills us in on some entertainment for the week. 

Real Talk featuring Ingemar Backman, Bob Klein & Rob Kingwill • Episode 164 • 3/30/20

Featuring Joey B. HOWADOIN, GIACOMO KRATTER, IZTOK SUMATIC, ERIC LUTHARDT, LT. SULIVAN AND JOHN CAVAN Coronavirus updates from Long Island, Italy, Slovenia, Michigan, Vermont and California.

TODAY’S GUESTS: Marc Frank Montoya - Legendary pro rider checking in with us from Carlsbad, CA talks about building your immune system up. Ken Achenbach - Founder of Camp of Champions in Whistler and one the first snowboard shops in the world - “The Snoboard Shop”. Ken talks about hunkering down in Whistler. Jeff Fulton - Founder of Mt Baker Hardcore tells us what’s going on in Glacier, WA. Mike Chantry - One of the Tahoe OG’s and organizer of the “Retro Worlds” event in Tahoe talks about what it’s like to cancel for public safety. Ricky Melnick - Runs Nitro Circus and Street League. He talks about having a positive outlook on the situation. Trond Dyb - Trond is a Norwegian snowboarder and he clues us in on what’s going on across the Atlantic. Lockdown. Mike Gagliardi - Gags is the Sales Manager for Never Summer and he talks about the effects of the coronavirus on the wintersports industry. Christian Knapp - Christian is the CMO of Aspen Resorts and we discuss the closing of ski resorts with him.