FNRad Snowboarding Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Two time snowboarding giant slalom world champion and 1996 overall world champion Mike Jacoby talks to us in Hood River Oregon. Mike's passion for snowboarding helped legitimize competitive snowboarding in the 90's and 2000's. We talk to him about his early days on Burton, the Olympics in 1998, his earliest memories of snowboarding, and his signature move, the J-Tea...

Send us Fan Mail The Canadian Godfather of snowboarding, Ken Achenbach runs a Catboarding and Heli operation, a summer snowboard camp, and a GoPro accessory company. How did he become so successful? Listen to the episode! We interview Ken at his home overlooking Whistler and Blackcomb resorts in amazing British Columbia Canada to find out more about Ken's contributions to snowboarding's...

Send us Fan Mail While cruisin' Mt. Baker looking for Ranquet we bumped into Jeff Fulton! Jeff's OG MBHC and we talk about how that whole group came to be. Now in his mid 50's his smooth style is indicative of the years he's spent at Baker riding the best in bounds terrain in the Pacific Northwest. Recorded on the chairlift, you can hear the happy skiers and boarders in the bac...

Send us Fan Mail Tom Burt is one of the most important snowboarders of all times. He's been a team rider, a brand ambassador, a company owner, a judge, a designer, and an adventurer. His early 90's footage showed snowboarding as it had never been seen before, big, scary, gnarly, and beautiful all at once. Tom Burt paved the way for riders like Johan, Jeremy, and Travis. He and his good f...

Send us Fan Mail Chuck Barfoot talks about his early roots in snowboarding, his snowboard collection, and his days working with Tom Sims.   Support the show Check us out at https://www.fnradpodcast.com FNRad 11 is presented by Flojoy Water https://www.flojoyh2o.com FNRad 11 Sponsors: Burton Snowboards https://www.burton.com Bluebird Coffee Tuning and Rentals https://bluebirdsquamish.com Anon Optic...

Send us Fan Mail We interview Farmer on the chairlift at Mt Baker Washington He talks about his first board, tons of pro riders, and his board design preferences. Listen closely for the hoots of powder day bliss and the avalanche control bombs.     Support the show Check us out at https://www.fnradpodcast.com FNRad 11 is presented by Flojoy Water https://www.flojoyh2o.com FNRad 11 Sponsors: Burton...

Send us Fan Mail This is the first episode of our first season. It is comprised of two short phone interviews with the two earliest pioneers of snowboarding. Sherman Poppen invented the snurfer in 1965 for is daughters. He talks about how he began snowboarding almost 20 years later after being harassed by a group of his fans for skiing at an event that honoured him for inventing the earliest versi...