FNRad Snowboarding Podcast

Send us Fan Mail 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 P...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Check us out at http...

Send us Fan Mail Seth Huot is a professional snowboarder who rode for Volcom, Northwave, Drake, Nixon, and Bear Mountain after helping create the huge buzz of the original CaPita Snowboards team with Jason Brown and TJ Schneider. Seth won TWS's Rookie Of The Year. And his signature style landed him in three Mack Dawg films, countless magazine shots, and filming for the original X-Games Real S...

Send us Fan Mail 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 t...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 l...

Send us Fan Mail 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 leg...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 no...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 o...

Send us Fan Mail 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 sn...

Send us Fan Mail 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 tra...

Send us Fan Mail 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 to...

Send us Fan Mail 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 snowb...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Check us out at https://www.fnradpodcast.com FNRad 11 i...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 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 Rent...

Send us Fan Mail 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 p...

Send us Fan Mail 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. A...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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-Game...