FNRad Snowboarding Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Jamie Meiselman was the managing editor at Transworld from 1993 to 1995 (my favourite snowboarding era). From his early life all the way through Jamie has been tinkering and inventing in snowboarding and surfing. He helped get snowboarders on chairlifts in New England. An he continues to innovate today with his company Solite heat moldable surf booties. We met up with him in Shenz...

Send us Fan Mail Go to our website www.fnradpodcast.com and buy one of our $5 imaginary items and that's your ticket to the draw! Simple 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 Opt...

Send us Fan Mail This week was crazy with Ingemar asking in the Facebook group Vintage Snowboard Estimates "How much is this board worth" about the actual Atlantis board he rode at Riksgransen in 1996 for that epic backside air. When I reach out to ask him what was up, he told me he was wrapping his head around what was happening and that we could record a short podcast to explain to the...

Send us Fan Mail Sean Kearns answers listener questions! Sean's life sounds like ten of my lives. He's been a sponsored skater, professional snowboarder, international snowboard filmer, movie producer, talent manager, studio director, and registered therapist. And that's an incomplete list. Kearns is infamous for living the Whiskey movies and holding Whistler hostage during snowboar...

Send us Fan Mail Fun times over the past ten years. Picked some of the best ones and put them here. Check it out! FNRad Season 10 is Presented by Flojoy Artesian Mountain Water Social: https://www.instagram.com/flojoyh2o/ Website: https://www.flojoyh2o.com Sponsored by: *   Wired Snowboards Social: https://www.instagram.com/wiredsnowboards  Website: https://wiredsnowboards.com *    Fix Snowboard B...

Send us Fan Mail This week I recount some of my favourite FNRad moments from the past ten years. FNRad Season 10 is Presented by Flojoy Artesian Mountain Water Social: https://www.instagram.com/flojoyh2o/ Website: https://www.flojoyh2o.com Sponsored by: *   Wired Snowboards Social: https://www.instagram.com/wiredsnowboards  Website: https://wiredsnowboards.com *    Fix Snowboard Bindings Social: h...

Send us Fan Mail TK is the man! Working at Burton, taking people on factory tours, and maintaining the archives (the largest collection of snowboarding nostalgia in the world...) Todd Kohlman started his career at Burton as a customer service rep and was hand selected by Jake to care for the ever growing collection of all things Burton. More than 20 years into his career, Todd's energy might...

Send us Fan Mail Mark Sollors is a pro for Burton whose smooth style permeates everything his does. Mark was on a Burton trip to Fernie Wilderness Adventures for cat boarding that I was invited on so we sat down and spoke about snowboarding the night after some great riding. FNRad Season 10 is Presented by Flojoy Artesian Mountain Water Social: https://www.instagram.com/flojoyh2o/ Website: https:/...

Send us Fan Mail Phil Tifo is a snowboarding photographer whose 20 year career documented some of the best snowboarding done around the world. Phil is a big mountain snowboard photographer and his images are mind blowing. We talk about his life in snowboarding, parenting, and a whole lot more! Thanks for tuning in! FNRad Season 10 is Presented by Flojoy Artesian Mountain Water Social: https://www....

Send us Fan Mail Jeff Keetley is a Seymour Kid turned Skid whose contributions as a pro snowboarder include board and boot design as well as running his own pro camps up Seymour. Jeff's an accomplished pro having ridden for Sims, Invasion, Atomic, and Rossi as well as 32 boots and Intuition liners (plus many more sponsors). These days you can catch him up Mt. Seymour, still ripping, and talki...

Send us Fan Mail Mikey Rencz has been on the Burton team for 30 years!! Since he was 8 Mikey's been a snowboarding phenom, crushing halfpipe, jumps, park, and back country. Now, he's bringing the best in the world into his backyard (The Whistler Backcountry) on sleds to continue the progression. Soon to be a father of 2, he's one of the raddest snowboarders to ever dedicate their li...

Send us Fan Mail NIls Mindnich is a professional snowboarder and mechanical engineer for Salomon  Snowboards in France. He started in Vermont with his brother Hans and their dad was college room mates with the legendary Burton board shaper JG. The Mindnich brothers grew up riding Burton prototypes and both have very successful snowboard careers. Nils has crushed a few genres at this point taking o...

Send us Fan Mail Dani Kiwi Meier is a New Zealander who moved to Switzerland and became a huge part of the European snowboard community. As a pro rider Dani had parts in videos, covers of magazines, and wrote features and columns influencing the culture and style of the scene. He's an absolute gem of a human and I remember his name being on Rad Air Soul snowboards, the asymmetrical free carve...

Send us Fan Mail Duncan Howat was the president and CEO of Mt Baker Ski Area from 1968-2024. He is FNRad's first Octogenarian guest and he's the man responsible for allowing snowboarding at Baker in 1984! Duncan worked with Tom Sims on the 1985 Slalom contest that morphed into the Legendary Banked Slalom and he continues to build features for the course 40 years and 35 competitions later...

Send us Fan Mail Matt Cummins  had the first pro model Lib Tech snowboard back in the early 90’s and Lib Tech still puts the MC branding on boards every year  making it the longest run of pro model boards in the world which probably won’t never be outdone. Matt started One Ball Jay wax in the eighties and still sells his quality wax and accessories to all the best snowboard shops… The MC wayfinder...

Send us Fan Mail Roberta Rodger is an amazing human and one of the foundational pioneers of women's snowboarding. Roberta rode for and did design work for Westbeach, Thirty Two, Soloman, Chorus (the first women's only snowboard company), and Foursquare. Her impressive career included winning the Westbeach Classic and filming parts. She's married to JP Walker. She has survived being...

Send us Fan Mail conversation. Mike is the founder of Gnu snowboards, cofounder of Lib Tech snowboards, and an inventor whose groundbreaking ideas have shaped the way we ride. What’s really inspiring is that he’s on the autism spectrum, which gave him a hyper-focused perspective that helped him turn his visions into reality. His story is a powerful reminder that being different is often a superpow...

Send us Fan Mail Mike Olson is an absolute legend of snowboarding. Arguably the individual responsible for the most innovation, Mike brought us modern sidecut, torsion wrap, tri-axial woven fibre glass, sublimated graphics, lifetime team riders, magna-traction, banana-tech rocker, a company that doesn't do ads, and trade show booths that are remembered 30 years later. Mervin Manufacturing is...

Send us Fan Mail Mikkel Bang started his career as a 12 year old on the Burton team. He won contests without coaches, learned double corks without airbags, and chose to not do the same run twice, such a badass. Mikkel started snowboarding at Hemsedal Norway during the era of huge snowboard features built by Lars Ericksson, who took him under his wing. Mikkel's career continues today with Burt...

Send us Fan Mail Happy New Year! Jesse Burtner hails from Alaska and became  a well known pro rider for Lib Tech with a pro model. He's in a band with his wife and together they are raising their kid! Being from Alaska, Jesse chose a jibber's life, forsaking his birthright back country skills and showcasing his creativity in the streets. He's the brain behind Think Thank and he&apos...

Send us Fan Mail Josh Rosen is a pro snowboarder from the Pacific Northwest whose career in the late 90's included video and magazine content. There's a famous jump called The Rosen below a power line... Just a couple of years back Josh filmed a part for Wash'd Up, a movie by Kurt Jensen featuring a big group of talented snowboarders from Washington in their 30's and 40's....

Send us Fan Mail Devun Walsh is the Seymour Kid turned Seymour Legend. His unmistakeable style has graced countless films including Mack Dawg, Treetop, Mouse, Wildcat movies and too many more to list. He's had a long amazing pro career on Barfoot, Never, Shorties, Forum, and DC snowboards plus a dozen or so more sponsors over the years including Boardroom and The Source. He's started com...

Send us Fan Mail Justin Lamoureux is a snowboarder's snowboarder. Based out of Squamish and crushing lines in the Whistler backcountry as an ACMG guide, Justin's entire adult life has been centred around snowboarding. He competed at two Olympics in Halfpipe, placing 7th in Vancouver in 2010. He's also the guy behind Spline snowboards. Plus he built his kid Xavier a split board when...

Send us Fan Mail Peter Line, one of the most iconic freestyle innovators of all time, joins the show again for a Season Ten episode! I reached out to Peter to join me for Baker opening day (thank you Gwyn Howatt for the support!!) and was so stoked when he said sure. Peter's been quietly innovating the snowboard industry since he was a teenager. His contributions to trick innovation cannot be...

Send us Fan Mail Jeffrey Fulton is an original MBHC (Mount Baker Hard Core) and the guy behind the resurgence of MBHC merch. He had a pro career on Gnu before becoming one of the first sanctioned snowboard judges to have experience as a pro rider. Jeff was a judge at that iconic TDK battle in Breck between Craig and Palmer. Jeff was the person who introduced Craig to snowboarding. He has been a le...