Stonie's Buds

Hailing from a small town close to the rope tows of 2 of Minnesota's finest shred destinations, Benny holds it down for the mid west! Hosting event's like Red Bull's Heavy Metal puts the spot light on the mid west shred scene and thank's to Red Bull really doing it right that spot light makes the mid west look really really good. And yes Benny does shred in these events and yes...

I sat down with Nate a couple years ago and we did a full interview about his origin story and career.  You can check this out in Episode 84 of The Bomb Hole Podcast.  This episode is not a full interview, instead its a check in with Nate to see what he has been up to since we last talked on air.  If you did not catch our first interview and do not know who Nate Bozung is or do not know about he w...

In High School Young Marco would walk the hall's with a chip on his shoulder.  He learned fast you had to look out for number 1 and that was it.  Everyone had their own agenda, there was no real reason to say much to others as he walked the halls as the other people had nothing to offer him nor did he have anything say to them in the first place.  Inner city life in Denver did not have much t...

Join in on the conversation as it starts with MFM AKA Marc Frank Montoya talking about shooting snowboarding in Alaska.  The conversation continue's on with us discussing plan's for the MFM interview.  Marco did not want some 6 hour interview that was just to hard to digest but he had lots to share with the snowboard community.  Not just his story as a pro but also his story beyond snowb...

For anyone immersed in skateboarding during the late 1970s, Tom "Wally" Inouye remains an indelible figure. Among his numerous magazine covers, his three iconic Skateboarder covers stand out as hallmarks of his influence. Born in Los Angeles on January 22, 1959, Wally's journey into skateboarding began in 1967 when he repurposed his sister's roller skate wheels into a makeshift...

With Snurfing being invented just 40 miles from his childhood home in the Midwest and having access to an abandoned ski hill down the road from his house its not surprising Chris Engelsman known as E-Tree in snowboarding circles fell in love with snowboarding and would feel the pull of the west coast as he became of age to make his own moves.  It started with trying to find a good collage but of c...

As a pro snowboarder Chris locked down amazing video parts with  Kingpin Productions, F.O.D.T and Absinthe Films.  His early parts showcased him ripping urban terrain and large jumps but once Absinthe helped get him to new terrain in places like Haines his eye's were opened to a whole new type of riding and once he rode these huge mountains there was no turning back.  His love for the back co...

Some of you might not have heard of this next guest while others grew up drooling over your TV watching his snowboard Movies.  Eddie lived in SLC for a nice chunk of years putting out really sick snowboard movies, each season pushing himself to out do the last until the season he moved east where he actually produced 2 movies in one season.  A couple months ago I was going down the rabbit hole on...

Welcome to Episode 3 of Snowboarding's hottest new podcast/YouTube show!!!  In today's episode our Host E-Stone sits down with legendary snowboarder Mikey LeBlanc and discuss his recent cover of Slush Magazine. With only four issues of Slush being released a season it is no small feat to lock down the cover.  To lock down a cover at 50 years old shot in an urban setting like the cold mor...

Check Out Part 2 Of this seasons opening topic's.  Wellness!! Welcome to Stonie's buds! In this episode, we dive deep into the exciting launch of our new podcast, the road leading up to the launch as well as the road to recovery! Join host Ethan Fortier as he explores the intersection of snowboarding and personal growth, sharing stories with Erik Traulsen From FNRad Podcast.  Stonie Buds...

Welcome to Stonie's buds! In this episode, we dive deep into the exciting launch of our new podcast, the road leading up to the launch as well as the road to recovery! Join host Ethan Fortier as he explores the intersection of snowboarding and personal growth, sharing stories with Erik Traulsen From FNRad Podcast.  Stonie Buds talks about his plan for the new podcast and talks about how this...

As luck would have it I forgot to press record on the Rode caster pro unit for the first hour of recording.  So no audio was recorded except for what the camera's picked up.  When you re record after something like this happens the conversation goes a different direction and will be nothing like what we have here.  So if you feel like it check out the hour that ended up on the cutting room fl...