FNRad Snowboarding Podcast

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George Pappas was the first Jamie Salter sponsored team rider for Kemper a distinction he earned by placing 8th at the Snwoboarding World Championships in Breckenridge CO. He grew up riding with his brother Chris Pappas, Dave Dowd, Kevin Delaney, and many other legendary pro snowboarders from Colorado and around the world.In December of last year when this was recorded George was piecing together his life after serving 5 years of a 13 year sentence for the attempted murder of his girlfriend at the time. Shortly after arriving in prison George enrolled in everything he could to try and spend as little time in jail as he could and luck (which he reminds me is the meeting of preparation and opportunity) landed him in programs that actually reached him and changed his life forever. Now, as we're nearing a year of George being out of prison, he's reno'd a home he's living in into a recovery house. He's qualified to compete in the in World Skate Games slalom events in Argentina by beating  the 8 time world champion Joe McLaren at the Texas Sizzlera few weeks ago. He's in the process of being granted early release from parole. And he's reconnecting with his son Geoy. Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Kris Swierz was a pro snowboarder on the Sims team when the team included Todd Richards, Chris Roach, Terry Kidwell, and Shaun Palmer. Kris competed in halfpipe and eventually landed a solid contract with Liquid Snowboards. He traveled the world with the Ride, Liquid, and 5150 pro team which included more heavies like Brushie, Ranquet, and Rocket Reeves. Kris is now living in Baja Mexico, surfing everyday and running Topia Retreat in Pescadero. When my wife and I took a trip to Mexico in February I made sure to bring a handy recorder to get an interview with Kris Swierz about his life in Snowboarding.Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Jamie Lynn is one of the most recognized legends of snowboarding, I mean, the guy's method has it's own Instagram. Jamie Lynn has influenced more pro snowboarders than just about anyone, his pro model on Lib Tech has been going for almost 30 seasons. His pro model boot on Vans in the early 90's was a game changer and he's still on Vans to this day. His Volcom Powder Pajamas are exactly the kind of quirky fun goretex outerwear that showcase what authenticity looks like. Jamie and his partner Dini just had a baby so I'm putting out this older conversation (which I thought I was going to slice into short episodes to pepper throughout the next few seasons) in its entirety right here right now to celebrate! Welcome to the world little baby Lynn.Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Tony Welch was Craig's neighbor and close friend. Tony and Craig rode BMX bikes together and stayed friends through Craig's meteoric rise to the top of the snowboard world. This conversation with Tony is a celebration of the one and only Craig Kelly who's life impacted everyone of us who considers them self to be  a snowboarder.Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Seth Huot is a professional snowboarder who rode for Volcom, Northwave, Drake, Nixon, and Bear Mountain among others. Seth's signature style landed him in three Mack Dawg films, countless magazine shots, and filming for the original X-Games Real Snow.  Seth transitioned to behind the lens and became the Volcom Snow Global Team Manager, where he still works today.Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Jeff Davis is a legendary pro snowboarder from Utah who's signature move, The Crippler, is still being used in snowboarding halfpipe contests today. Jeff was a stand out talent in a deep pool of Utah pros and eventually had a signature board model with Nitro. After a major car crash and recovery, Jeff found himself helping the contest scene by reforming judging, being among the first wave of competitive snowboarders to judge along side other greats like Jeffrey Fulton. Jeff has remained passionately dedicated to snowboarding and still snowboards more than most people.Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

E-Stone is a co-host of The Bombhole Podcast. He spent 20 years as a senior photographer for Snowboarder Magazine. Ethan and his Dad started Technine Bindings in the early 90's and owned it the whole way through to making boards and outerwear. This is a fun conversation recorded in the Bombhole studio in Salt Lake City Utah. Make sure to go to www.e-stonephoto.com and support a rad guy by buying some prints to liven up your living space.Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Jeremy Jones is an absolute legend out of Utah who's snowboarding landed him in Mack Dawg movies, on the Forum 8, on the Burton Pro team, and in pretty much every snowboard magazine on the planet. Jeremy was one of the first pros to make a career outside of competitions by focusing on filming video parts. He pushed the progression of street riding, winning a silver at X Games Real Snow in 2015. It was a real pleasure to sit down with the one and only Jeremy Jones.Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Jeremy Jensen is a legendary pioneer in powsurfing and the owner of Grassroots Powdersurfing out of Logan Utah. His three decades as a sponsored snowboarder helped him create product and footage bringing powsurfing into the mainstream. Jeremy's passion for powsurfing shines in his footage which is widely held to be the best in the world. I met him at my Airbnb shortly after landing in Salt Lake City.Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Quinn Sandvold is one of the most influential pro riders of the 1990's. He helped usher in the era of fat pants and wide stances and the no bullshit attitude that persists to this day.  Quinn worked with Nitro and Wave Rave designing the next generation of boards and outerwear. He pushed the limits of riding fakie often doing fully backward runs at contest alongside other legendary competitors like Craig Kelly, Shaun Palmer, Mike Jacoby, Brushi, Duckboy, Noah Brandon, Todd Richards, and the like.  I recorded with Quinn at his home in Boulder where he had some of the iconic boards I'd seen him riding in the magazines and movies.Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Sam Bertolino is a snowboarder from Long Island who worked at the Burton store in Vail before joining Burton's Rocky Mountain Rep Team and eventually scoring a dream job at Burton's headquarters in Burlington Vermont. Not afraid to speak up about the problem of not representing marginalized groups in product development and marketing material at Burton, Sam found herself emailing important people at work about these issues. After years of speaking up, Sam sent the email that is most likely credited with Burton letting Terje go. This is an episode with strongly divisive content. Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Todd Franzen was a pro snowboarder in the early 90's starting when he won the Jr. Nationals at age 15. Todd travelled the world snowboarding andd was featured in Transworld Snowboarding and Snowboarder Magazines as well as videos and other media. Todd has survived cancer twice and shares his experiences on his youtube channel Todd Franzen Internalarchitect. He also runs an non-profit strapinforlife.org  raising money to bring families and couples dealing with cancer to the mountains.Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Trent Bush and his brother Troy have had their hand in designing outerwear for just about every generation of snowboarding. Based out of Colorado Trent continues to help direct the Colorado Snow Sport Museum with priceless artifacts including personal board from the collections of legends like Tom Sims, Craig Kelly, Ernie DeLost, and Quin Sandvold. Trent started his career at Wave Rave in Boulder just down the street from where he's got his office for a new company, Artilect, which specializes in technical first layer and outerwear.Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Annie Boulanger is one of Whistler's all time greatest pro snowboarders. She's got a pro model on Salomon, an honour bestowed on her because she rips harder than just about anyone. Annie knew she was going to move to Whistler from the young age of 15. She's directed her career with a determined precision and it shows in her contest winnings and video parts.Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Tracey Canaday is one of the two brothers who founded Never Summer Snowboards in  Colorado. Tracey was the sales manager who pioneered a specialty shop based philosophy focused on keeping Never Summer profitable by balancing supply and demand. Several Never Summer employees have had long careers with the company which speaks to the Canaday brother's ability to run a snowboard manufacturing facility in the United States. Tracey's credits his team with much of the success of Never Summer but I'm sure he's a big part of their continued prosperity.Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Dave Dowd is a professional snowboarder from the 80's through to the 2000s who still snowboards a lot today at his home in Colorado. Dave made it through the neon era with tons of coverage in magazines and early movies before racing Boardercross at the X-Games for the better part of a decade. He went on to coach such notables as Nate Holland essentially coaching himself out of a job. The breakfast his wife cooked was incredible and sitting for an hour in his beautiful backyard talking about snowboarding was a rad way to spend a morning,Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Chad Otterstrom is a 27 veteran of professional snowboarding. If you follow Chad on instagram you know he's still snowboarding as much as any pro out there. He rode for Silence, M3, Forum, Rossignol, and Academy Snowboards where he's a part owner today. Living in Breck allows him access to snow almost year round. I visited his home in early December before significant snow had fallen but we still got up early and hiked in the sun and sessioned a classic picnic table. Chad is the ultimate snowboarder's snowboarder.Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Kevin Kinnear is a boardsports historian, a dedicated surfer, and the founding editor of Transworld Snowboarding Magazine. His experience working for surfing and skateboarding magazines secured the future of snowboarding by creating beautiful magazines that drew in the second wave of snowboarding enthusiasts (myself included). Kevin has a keen eye for style and integrity which translated into a beautiful reader's experience with the early Transworld Snowboarding issues.Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Ernie DeLost caught the snowboarding bug in the 70's and immediately started improving on Bob Weber's early plastic board design. I saw one of the original Snowtec plastic boards at the overstock for the Vail Ski And Snowboard Museum and it was rad! Ernie is the real deal and has been innovating snowboard technology longer than pretty much anyone else. He took me on a tour of his factory and sat down for an interview in San Diego California early in December.Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Keir Dillon is one of my favourite humans. We tried to record at his place in San Diego almost two years ago but the recorder crapped out and I vowed to come back. Keir was a halfpipe wizard and podiumed or won World Cup, X Games, and US Opens. His story took some twists and turns over the years since and we talk about his foray into the business world with several other pro snowboarders and their company Frends. Enjoy this conversation with the Legend, Keir DillonSupport the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Emanuel Krebs is a Senior Health Economist and legendary Canadian Pro Snowboarder who rode for Limited Snowboards and a bunch more companies in the 90's. Emanuel moved to France to run Salomon's snowboarding program. Back when he was in high school he started one of the first skateboard shops in Quebec City. Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Jamie Salter is one of the founders of Ride Snowboards along with Tim Pogue and Jason Ford. He is one of the key money guys of early snowboarding, rubbing shoulders with the founders of Burton, Sims, Kemper (Jamie's involvement in the early days of Kemper is huge!), Barfoot, Mervin, Nitro, and many more. In 1995 Ride Snowboards made headlines by going public, Jamie tells the story behind the hype and lets us in to a world of financial decisions that lead him to own a lot of companies. Today Jamie Salter's company ABG owns brands like Reabok, Above The Rim, Aeropostale, Airwalk, Elvis, Forever 21, IZOD, Juicy Couture, Nine West, Sports Illustrated, Tapout, Vision Street Wear, and Volcom.Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Marie France Roy is featured in a movie by Patagonia about her traverse from the Bugaboos to Rogers Pass. I caught up with her after the World Premiere in Vancouver.Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Donna Carpenter met Jake Carpenter in 1979 and the two began working together on Burton Snowboards, Jake's get rich quick scheme. By the mid 80's Donna was in charge of European sales and the Euro's on the pro team. Donna took the position as Burton's CFO in 1989. Throughout the years Donna and Jake had 3 kids and grew Burton into a B corporation aligned with profits and purpose. This interview took place in Donna's office in Burlington Vermont, a city transformed by the Carpenter's decision to build snowboards there. Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Mikey Ciccarelli is an Ontario transplant living in Whistler. He started competing in halfpipe at 8 years old. He started competing in slopestyle and won the Junior Olympics and a World Cup Slopestyle contest when he turned 18 ( the year his father passed). Mikey went on to compete in X-Games before deciding to film in the Whistler backcountry with some of the world's best. After scoring a couple of shots in Burton's One World movie he decided to go full time filming with Kingsnow which led to an IF3 Backcountry part of the year award. Mikey joined me at Boardroom's Whistler chalet for this interview about his life in snowboarding.Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Matt Belzile is a Quebec transplant living the Whistler dream. His longtime affiliation with K2 Snowboards has landed him in countless snowboarding films over the years. Matt's snowboarding parts are loaded with world class backcountry freestyle.Recently becoming a Dad, Matt and his small family are operating out of Squamish BC. His pleasant demeanor and laser focus have brought him success in many factors of life as you'll hear in the show.Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Seth Wescott is one of the greatest to ever strap on a board. He started competing at the New England Cup against the likes of Brushie, Todd Richards, and Mark Fawcett. Seth competed in world cup halfpipe into the 2000's. He also took an empty spot at an early X-Games Boardercross event and launched the most successful Boardercross racing career to date competing in 18 X-Games and winning two Olympic gold medals. He's won the last two pro men's Baker LBS's and may go on to be the first pro man to win three in a row!!Seth Wescott kicks off Season Seven with an epic conversation from his house in Pemberton Meadows.Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

All time legend Jamie Lynn tells the story of his first time snowboarding and the very first board he bought. Recorded at the Langley penta-track. Enjoy!Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Marie France Roy is a professional snowboarder who many professional snowboarders look up to. Her style and attitude are a wonderful representation of what can be done in the realm of professional athletes. I reached Marie France at her cob home on Vancouver Island.Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Robin Van Gyn is a back country legend who's been filming in the Whistler back country and around the world. Her video parts are numerous and have won her the coveted Transworld video part of the year award. And Robin just won the Natural Selection tour finale in Tordrillo Alaska, so sick. I caught Robin in quarantine in Pemberton as she settled in to regroup after a crazy winter season.Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Hana Beaman joins the show this week for a conversation about her life in snowboarding including competing in this year's Natural Selection tour stops in Jackson Hole and Alaska. Hana embodies what it means to be a snowboarder which is why she's accomplished so much in her 20 year professional snowboarding career.  She has won the US open slopestyle 3 times and has several x-games medals in slopestyle as well. Plus, she's been pushing the progression of back country snowboarding since 2003 when she bought her first snowmobile after learning the ropes from Travis Rice.  Hana Beaman has been riding for Vans snowboarding boots for 20 years! So rad.Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Etienne Gilbert was a professional snowboarder with unmatched style. He grew up in Quebec and eventually moved to Whistler where his pro career on Nitro also included filming with Alterna, Sandbox, and Mack Dawg. Etienne's taste for style helped inform the Deja Vu crew making him one of the most influential snowboarders of his era. Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Craig Kelly was born on April 1st. In this very special bonus episode film maker Jacques Russo talks about filming with Craig.Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Wes Makepeace is the kind of snowboarder that stokes me out on doing this podcast. He's a legendary pro snowboarder who rides mostly at Whistler and Mt. Baker but he's also got a gap at Mt Seymour named after him. He had pro models with Aggression and Lamar. He's won at the Mount Baker Legendary Banked Slalom. And he's an accomplished singer song writer. Stoked to have him on the show.Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Jay Balmer is an important snowboarder in the early Canadian snowboarding community. Have a listen to a little bit of his story and important memories from his life in snowboarding. Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Trevor Graves was a snowboard photographer who shot with the greats. His career was kicked into high gear when he moved from Syracuse to Oregon in the late 80's. Trevor shot some of the most iconic images of guys like Craig, Terje, Brushie, and so many other snowboarders... Stoked to have him on the show!!Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Patrick McCarthy has to be the most stoked snowboarder I've ever interviewed. At 41 he still shreds at a professional level despite taking a position as team manager for 686. His ten year pro career includes magazine and video credits with a the majors. This year he's on a permanent staycation at Mt. Baker. I caught up with him in his home office a few days ago.Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Tucker Fransen is an OG Tahoe Snowboarding Legend. He grew up in the Grass Valley home of the Grasser. Tucker rode for Sims and then left to join Morrow where he continued his pro career and learned how to design snowboards before eventually being hired as a designer at MLY and M3 (the Yoshida factory). I'm still in awe of the fact that I get to talk with the snowboarders I looked up to as a teenager and Tucker Fransen is someone I look forward to snowboarding with and talking more about the origins of our snowboarding culture with in the future. Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Brian Savard is a backcountry legend who grew up skateboarding in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island and went on to travel the world as a professional snowboarder for K2. Brian's powerful style landed him in the pages of snowboarding magazines around the world including Transworld and Snowboarder who sent him to places like India to be the first to shred their epic mountains. Some listeners will remember a Craig Kelly trip to Iran, Brian was a featured rider on that trip. It was an honour to have Brian Savard as this week's podcast guest. Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Don Szabo is a Pro Snowboarder from southern California who rode for Nectar, Airwalk, Life's Beach, Lamar, Blackfly's and a handful of other companies in the 90's. Don was integral to creating the modern day snowboard pro career. Don Szabo could be seen in Transworld, Snowboarder, The Creatures of Habit movies, gracing the pages with his freestyle snowboarding and comical shenanigans. I was stoked to catch up with Don and I'm sure we will be talking again at some point as we only scratched the surface of his snowboarding career in this episode.Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Gwyn Howat is the CEO of Mt Baker. I interviewed her back in 2015 and lost the audio for 6 years! Gwyn's family moved to Mount Baker when her father Duncan took the job of Operations Manager in 1968!! Ever since the Howat's have operated Mt Baker off the grid, creating one of the world's greatest snowboarding mountains. 1985 saw the invention of the Banked Slalom at Mt Baker, Snowboarding's longest running tradition and competition.Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Blaise Rosenthal is a pro snowboarder who shaped this wonderful thing we call snowboarding with his creativity, imagination, and hard work. Please watch his part in Mack Dawg's Simple Pleasures movie for some insight in what made Blaise one of the top pros of his era. Blaise made the jump into the world of fine art as a painter. And he's one heck of a nice guy, enjoy! Support the show (https://paypal.me/fnradfoundation)

Jon Roth is an amazing human being who was a pro snowboarder in the heyday of snowboarding. His sponsors included Sims, Billabong, and Volcom. His style was admired and he was regarded as an up and coming rider to watch. In this episode we talk about how quickly his career fell away. Jon runsand owns Crowsnest Barbershops one of the sponsors of our show and was one of the first people to accept me into the snowboarding community. His enthusiasm and good spirit is infectious, matched only by his entrepreneurial aspirations.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=NDZ2GQSRQ2BQQ&source=url)

Ross Rebagliati is a former professional snowboarder who's name has become synonymous with weed. At one point Ross was the most famous snowboarder on the planet. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=NDZ2GQSRQ2BQQ&source=url)

Steve Larosiliere is the man behind Stoked.org a nonprofit that takes underserved kids out snowboarding. Steve was chosen to attend an exclusive private high school as a teenager and it helped shape his life in many ways including making him acutely aware of the power of mentorship. After a trip to British Columbia from his home in New York, Steve dedicated his life to building a mentorship program focused on introducing kids to the boardsports culture. His book, LIFE, PURPOSE, SECRETS: 10 Ways to Find Meaning in Times of Uncertainty has a 5/5 rating on Goodreads and was published in September of 2020.To learn more about Steve check out stevelarosilier.com Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=NDZ2GQSRQ2BQQ&source=url)

What happened to the sheep in the Etnie's Ad from Whiskey 2?Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=NDZ2GQSRQ2BQQ&source=url)

Natasza Zurek is a legendary Burton rider who got her start in Vancouver in the 90's. She rode on the Never team with Rob Dow and Devun before being scooped up by Burton at the US Open. Natasza competed for the first part of her career before pioneering women's back country filming. She lives with her two kids and partner in the Okanogan painting amazing art. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=NDZ2GQSRQ2BQQ&source=url)

Leanne Pelosi is a professional snowboarder for K2 and The North Face. She's a back country force of nature and a filmmaker with her production company Full Moon Films. Leanne works with Protect Our Winters and has won several Transworld awards for her video parts and her entrepreneurship! It was a pleasure to have her on the show!Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=NDZ2GQSRQ2BQQ&source=url)

Ben Bilocq is a snowboarder on Dinos Will Die. Ben rode as a pro on Nitro, rode for D-Day, and filmed parts with the Deja Vu crew and Videograss. Ben rides quite a bit at Mt. Seymour and can often be seen building gorilla features that are some of the most fun things to hit on the hill. A true snowboarder's snowboarder, Ben Bilocq tells it like it is in this interview recorded in my bike room.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=NDZ2GQSRQ2BQQ&source=url)

Derek Scott is one of the three OG Seymour Kids and he explains who gave them their name and what it was like to be an am with a model back in the 90's. This is a fun one, nostalgia all the way.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=NDZ2GQSRQ2BQQ&source=url)