FNRad Snowboarding Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Tyler Nichol is a cat driver from the Yukon. He was the guy behind the 2010 Olympic SuperPipe and then he did a few years building the Mount Seymour Park. Tyler's story is fascinating and his take on the snowboarding community may just be the antidote to all the corporate craziness going on in the snowboard industry. Sit back and relax as Tyler teaches us all a lesson in bott...

Send us Fan Mail Damian Buckley is a 90's Canadian Pro Snowboarder from the Calgary scene. Damian's involvement with Powderstick Snowboards lead to him working for Never Snowboards briefly in Vancouver (the original Vancouver based snowboard manufacturer where Wired owner Rob Dow designed boards in the 90's). After a move to Southern California Damian returned to Calgary. I met him...

Send us Fan Mail Retirement is going well. Thanks in a big way to this week's guest Sean Kearns. The story I'm telling myself is that you are lucky to have this conversational snapshot of where Sean is in his life today for many many reasons. One of the intentions of this conversation is to engage at least one person that needs to hear Sean's story right now. Sean is an amazing frie...

Send us Fan Mail Kevin Royes is the inventor behind Bakoda accessories. In the 90's Kevin innovated leashes, stomp pads, locks, waxing and binding tools. He took accessories to another level by signing Devun Walsh and half the Forum 8 to the Bakoda team. Then he sold Bakoda to Northwave and Drake in 1998. 20 years later when I tried to track him down Kevin was no where to be found. So when I...

Send us Fan Mail Estelle Pensiero is a pro snowboarder for Arbor Snowboards who is also sponsored by Volcom, DB Bags, and BCA. She cut her teeth in the backcountry growing up at Baldface Lodge in the Selkirk mountains riding with some of the best snowboarders in the world. Estelle has been featured in Volcom snow videos like NewFangled Phenomenon which just came off a few days ago, go check it out...

Send us Fan Mail Court Larabee, or Blackbird, the English translation of his anishnaabe name he uses  when doing spiritual work, is a snowboarding  powerhouse who is dedicated to raising spirit in the indigenous community . He won Whistler’s rising star award, competed in The Amazing Race Canada 8, become a celebrated actor, all while helping run The Indigenous Life Sports Academy, an organization...

Send us Fan Mail Jussi Oksanen is a Finnish retired professional snowboarder who went to the olympics, won the x games, and secured15 years of International Pro Team status at Burton Snowboards including 9 pro models. Jussi's son is completing the circle moving from their comfortable home in Southern California back to Scandinavia to play competitive soccer.  Please support our patreon for ad...

Send us Fan Mail Arthur Longo is a professional snowboarder from France known for his seemingly magical ability to turn in-bounds features into pure gold. His quiet, smiling demeanour is so disarming it’s easy to forget you’re in the presence of one of the great forces in pro snowboarding. Arthur’s career has seen X-Games and Olympics but his creation: Side Hits Euphoria is some next level content...

Send us Fan Mail Jeff Pensiero worked for Glissade snowboards and spent the early nineties shredding in Tahoe before migrating to BC Canada to follow his heart and his passion for back country snowboarding. In 2002 Jeff opened Baldface with a group of investors that included Craig Kelly and John Buffery as well as a handful of others, some you’ve heard of, like Dave Grohl and some you haven’t. 20...

Send us Fan Mail Michael McDaniel is a professional snowboarder who rides for Gnu, Oakley, Airblaster, Coal, FatTire, and JBL audio.  His smile and energy are infectious and his style is powerful and smooth. We recorded in a restaurant up on hill at Holy Bowly  Sunshine Village. The Ninth Season of the FnRad Podcast is Presented by Skyview Campers Social: https://www.instagram.com/skyviewcampers W...

Send us Fan Mail Fabien Rohrer is one of the longest running pro snowboarders on the Nitro team. He won The Innsbruck Air And Style competing against the best snowboarders in the world at the time. He went to the olympics and then boycotted them... I was overjoyed to get an invite to Greenwater (Mike Michalchuk's AirBNB getaway up in Pemberton) to interview Fabien. He and his son Jeremy are c...

Send us Fan Mail Andrew and Jonas are Canadian Pro Snowboarders from the province of Alberta. This means they grew up in the Canadian Rockies. Both rode contests before following their passion into the backcountry. Andrew's unique personality matched the you'd unique style in their home terrain. They were olympic hopefuls in halfpipe riding the train that is the olympic process. They rod...

Send us Fan Mail Schoph, Jamie Lynn, and Scottie Daniels join FNRad from the Denver Meka 1910 art show. We talk about snowboarding, friendship, and art... 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...

Send us Fan Mail FNRad will be at the TGR Flying High Again Premiere November 9th at the Rio Theatre. Go to Tetongravity.com for tickets!! There will be an early (6:00) and a late (8:00) show.  This is the latest film from Mike Hatchett and it's already won IF3's Snowboard Movie of The Year, Best Backcountry Part, and Best Urban Part. This is one movie I have to see on the big screen, it...

Send us Fan Mail Ethan Stone Fortier ran Tech Nine for years where they invented the baseless binding and the toe cap strap. Then he was one of the most successful snowboarding photographers of all time. Ethan was the cohost of The Bombhole Podcast up until a few months ago, we tell that story in this episode... Be prepared for some difficult subject matter... The Ninth Season of the FnRad Podcast...

Send us Fan Mail The long awaited Ethan Fortier Episode 1 of season 9 is ready and going to drop tonight at midnight... Stonie's Buds Podcast has put it out exclusively for their Patreon listeners today. Stay tuned. We're ready to roll with Season 9 of FNRad! The Ninth Season of the FnRad Podcast is Presented by Skyview Campers Social: https://www.instagram.com/skyviewcampers Website: ht...

Send us Fan Mail Kendra Scurfield grew up at Sunshine Village and her love for the snowboard community runs deep. An accomplished snowboarder herself, Kendra never lost sight of what it means to a snowboarder to have a resort that genuinely cares about their experience. So often the old guard harbours some resentment towards the snowboard community that was founded in the conflict  brought on by a...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Birthday to one of the best artists in the business!! Stoked to have Mark Kowalchuk on the podcast finally! Mark's residing in Calgary right now and is absolutely crushing it as a designer and artist. MArk did the art for Devun Walsh's Wired Snowboards Pro Model this season and Mark is the longest running artist at Yes Snowboards, a resident artist for Remind Insol...

Send us Fan Mail Megajoink made three art pieces and had them signed by three legends: Peter Line, Ingemar Backman, And Terje Haakonsen. I asked Megajoink to donate one of his signed masterpieces to the FNRad Season 8 Raffle and he agreed. So I set about to record short interviews with the three legends. As fate would have it, only two were available for an interview, this is the second one. I am...

Send us Fan Mail It’s time for the FNRad Fundraiser! This year we are raising money to support indigenous communities in need of clean water infrastructure and to help get kids on the snow with Indigenous Life Sports Academy a local organization that brings indigenous youth skateboarding and snowboarding on their traditional lands. Peter Line is featured in an art print trio by Megajoink. And we a...

Send us Fan Mail Jess Kimura, is a pioneer in women's snowboarding and has been working for over a decade to elevate the sport. She created the Uninvited Invitational, a women's snowboarding event that has attracted talented snowboarders from around the world. We'll be discussing her love for snowboarding, her journey in the industry, and the impact of her work on women's snowb...

Send us Fan Mail The final guest of season 8 will be Jess Kimura, I'm just putting the finishing touches on it this week... In the meantime enjoy this recap that includes a little snippet from said future episode!! I have had an incredible season this year, with 25 amazing guests. I added the YouTube video component, visited High Cascade summer camp and Blaise Boot camp, rode epic Tahoe powde...

Send us Fan Mail Svend Andersen is the CEO of GHG Accounting, a company that specializes in helping businesses, local governments, and not-for-profit organizations get a handle on what their green house gas emissions are and solutions for reducing them. He's my daughter Emma's boss and she thought he would make a great guest and he does! It's not my normal snowboarding interview stu...

Send us Fan Mail Mike Hatchett is the guy behind standard films, the company that produced the totally bored series of snowboard movies. Tb2 through Tb10 were the soundtrack to my early adult life working at the Boardroom. Mike’s ability to combine progressive snowboarding with heavy metal music has never been replicated. Mike Hatchett put together the most epic crews of pro snowboarders and broug...

Send us Fan Mail Jim Rippey had the best selling pro model in the world for seven years during my favourite era, the early 90’s. As a top Burton pro he filmed with Standard and Mack Dawg and his parts were highly anticipated. He is a World Champion, a US Open Champion, a three time Vans Triple Crown Champion, an Innsbruck Air & Style Champion and has won countless other titles. He’s the first...