This episode covers the second stop of the Natural Selection Tour at Baldface. We recorded this one live in Clubhouse and had feedback from an international panel including Gavin Jocius, Mike W., Frank Pedretti, Dustin James and Jeremy Jones.
In this episode we cover day one of the Natural Selection Tour in Jackson Hole. In this episode we talk with Canadian legend Ken Achenbach, Mt. Baker Hardcore Bas, street rider TJ Homan, Jackson Hole OG Rob Kingwill, course builder Sam Phillips and ops guy Tim Carlson for a wrap up of the instantly legendary Natural Selection event.
In this episode we cover day one of the Natural Selection Tour in Jackson Hole. In this episode we talk with Nic Drago about the evolution of the event, Romain De Marchi and John Cavan about their takes on day one. Then we dig deeper with ops crew member Tim Carlson for a perceptive from the Hill. Finally we wrap up with Bob Klein to hear about the first World Championships of Snowboarding - the sport's first major event - and have him compare it to perhaps the sport's best.
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. We discussed turning weaknesses into tools, the competitive advantage of a local skate shop, how MAP pricing works, should shops carry Burton, are independent shops at war with the brands, and how he has adapted to the global pandemic. This is an episode everyone can learn from, whether you run a small business yourself, or you’re just curious about what goes on behind the scenes of the snowboard industry.
