The Snowboard Project

Bonus Episode - Danny Kass Daniel "Danny" Kass (born September 21, 1982) is an American professional snowboarder who has competed at the Olympic level. Kass was born in Pompton Plains section of Pequannock Township, New Jersey . He grew up in New Jersey where he began snowboarding at the age of twelve. His home slopes are what are now known as Hidden Valley and Mountain Creek ski resorts both loca...

Episode 101 - the Year in Review. This week we take a look back at our first season of The Snowboard Project. Plus Skolf Finals, Hannah Teter at Cochella, Banked Slalom races and more. About: The Snowboard Project is a new podcast about snowboarding featuring snowboarding former editor of Snowboarder Magazine and SNOWBOARD Magazine founder Mark Sullivan and filmmaker, innkeeper and event announcer...

JP Solberg - legendary Norwegian rider - ten year veteran of Burton snowboards - and member of the Burton 7, JP was featured in numerous Absinthe Films. Following a similar path, Swiss rider Romain De Marchi is known for his hard charging approach to riding - and life. Together they started Yes Snowboards a decade ago. We sat down with both of them in Alaska to talk about the Burton 7, Yes, riding...

The Dingo, at only 33 years old, is a bit of a living legend. From Danny Kass' right hand man with Grenade Gloves and with the Danny and the Dingo show on Fuel TV. He has gone on to other, larger media gigs, like hosting the MTV Music Awards, before getting involved with mentoring high school and college kids with Find your Grind. Success is a fickle beast, as we found out, taking to Dingo about t...

Real Talk - episode 98. This week we talk about a number of events, like the Bode Merrill Quarterpipe Classic, and the Stuben Long board Classic,a break in our season, Terje slip up, Stale's Lines, marketing of the sport, trivia, and much, much, more.   About: The Snowboard Project is a new podcast about snowboarding featuring snowboarding former editor of Snowboarder Magazine and SNOWBOARD Magazi...

In this episode we focus on building a good team for backcountry missions. Crewing up - everyone needs a crew when taking on the backcountry. Here, we talk about approaching self guided backcountry missions, Alaska, how 'the pros' think about missions and much more, plus the individual careers of the riders who make up this crew - Nial Romanek, Colin Langlois, Jeff Sponzo and Mike Burton.   About:...

Kelly D. Williams got his start in the industry with his own brand, Compatriot Snowboards. When that didn't go to plan, he went on to become the art director for Analog clothing DVS shoes, before starting an advertising agency in his home state of Idaho.   About: The Snowboard Project is a new podcast about snowboarding featuring snowboarding former editor of Snowboarder Magazine and SNOWBOARD Mag...

95 Episodes - this one is coming to you from Thompson Pass in Alaska and Sun Valley in Idaho. This week we talk about a few events, like SKOLF finals, and are joined by a special guest - Drayden Gardner, who got third. We talk about one of the craziest lines ever - and Beav gets pregnant.   About: The Snowboard Project is a new podcast about snowboarding featuring snowboarding former editor of Sno...

Patrick Burgener is a Swiss snowboarder who competed in the men's halfpipe at the 2018 Winter Olympics. He finished 5th overall. He also earned a bronze medal in the halfpipe event at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 and 2019. The 24 year old rider also has a record deal with Universal Records.      About: The Snowboard Project is a new podcast about snowboarding fea...

Bob Klein is an OG of snowboarding - from being one of Burton's first west coast team riders to competing in the first Mt. Baker Banked Slalom, Bob was there. He went on to run Palmer Snowboards as well as being an athlete agent for the likes of Danny Kass and Shaun Palmer.   About: The Snowboard Project is a new podcast about snowboarding featuring snowboarding former editor of Snowboarder Magazi...

In this weeks Real Talk we discuss X-Games Real Snow, Absolut Park Spring Battle,  Freeride World Tour finals, the Launch, Alaska, new trivia and much, much more.   About: The Snowboard Project is a new podcast about snowboarding featuring snowboarding former editor of Snowboarder Magazine and SNOWBOARD Magazine founder Mark Sullivan and filmmaker, innkeeper and event announcer Mark 'The Beav' Oli...

Now in his forties, Chad Otterstrom has had an amazing career in the sport. From pro rider, to photographer, film maker and judge, Chad has worn a lot of hats in the sport - perhaps none more important than being a dedicated rider.   About: The Snowboard Project is a new podcast about snowboarding featuring snowboarding former editor of Snowboarder Magazine and SNOWBOARD Magazine founder Mark Sull...

Todd Franzen grew up in Breckenridge. By the age of 16 he was consider a pro rider prodigy, and had a career as a pro rider.  Todd never left Breck and stayed in his hometown - still does. Then one fateful trip to his doctor, Todd got news that would change the course of his life forever - Todd had cancer. After a long - and successful - battle, Todd decided to try to give back to people like him...

Real Talk: This Week in Snowboarding 3-18-19 This week there were a lot of contests including 10 banked slaloms, two world cups, King of the North and the Collegiate Championships. There were also some great edits, Jake Phelps passed, an interview with Dustin James who took over Tailgate Alaska and much, much more.   About: The Snowboard Project is a new podcast about snowboarding featuring snowbo...

Chris Corning (born September 7, 1999) is an American snowboarder . A badass American snowboarder to be more exact. In 2018,  he competed in big air and slopestyle at Winter X Games XXII . He also got second to Mark McMorris at the US Open and took home the world championship. He sewed up that title again at Mammoth, where we talked to the 19 year old rider about competition, the quad 18, new tric...

In this episode we have a discussion with a panel of six of the top snowboarding judges in the world. Julien Haricot (FRA), Joachim Eltvik (NOR), Jonas Brewer (USA), Andrin Regli (SWI), Matthew Jennings (USA) and Phil Pilon (CAN) talk about their passion for snowboarding, how judging works and the future of competitive events and creative formats. @larrogs @deigen @foto_ghoulag @andrinregli  @1mat...

The end of Transworld, FIS in Mammoth, Supergirl, More powder, Freeride World Tour and more n this week's Real Talk.   About: The Snowboard Project is a new podcast about snowboarding featuring snowboarding former editor of Snowboarder Magazine and SNOWBOARD Magazine founder Mark Sullivan and filmmaker, innkeeper and event announcer Mark 'The Beav' Oliver. The Snowboard Project will feature multip...

Elias Elhardt recently released the Movie "Contraddicition,"  a complicated reflection on snowboarding's beautiful simplicity.  Watch it here... https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/320329893v Already the movie is gaining critical acclaim from the snowboarding community and beyond. name:                Elias Elhardt D.O.B.                       February 27th 1988 Hometown:                    Ober...

Christian Knapp has worked in ski resort marketing for more than twenty years, cutting his teeth at Breckenridge and then Keystone before heading over to Aspen a number of years ago. He is also a life long snowboarder. Today, he is the Chief Marketing Officer for Aspen, host of the X-Games, he also created the Mountain Collective pass, making season passes an affordable option for riders everywher...

Real Talk - This week we talk about events - like the Shaper Summit, US Open, Ash and Steel and more, videos like Sunday in the Park, BTS and Contraddiction plus Who's on Drugs, This Week in Shaun White, Trivia and more...   About: The Snowboard Project is a new podcast about snowboarding featuring snowboarding former editor of Snowboarder Magazine and SNOWBOARD Magazine founder Mark Sullivan and...

Drayden Gardner is a name you should know - if you don't yet, you will. As one of Big Bear's top up and coming riders, he is regularly featured in the popular Sunday in the Park series. When not riding the park at Bear, you can find him slaying the street, filming or skating. As a kid who graduated high school with a 4.0 GPA, he has already proven the determination needed to succeed in both snowbo...

Mike Arzt has had a diverse and interesting career - starting at a snowboard shop, before helping out his regional Burton Rep. From  there a college education, jobs at Burton HQ, in media, for Airwalk before starting his own creative and fabrication business. Today, Mike works with a number of clients to ensure their authenticity of their brands.   About: The Snowboard Project is a new podcast abo...

Real Talk Freeride World Tour Lord of the Ropes JLA Banked Slalom Shaun White on Adidas Forefathers of Snowboarding Triva and more...   About: The Snowboard Project is a new podcast about snowboarding featuring snowboarding former editor of Snowboarder Magazine and SNOWBOARD Magazine founder Mark Sullivan and filmmaker, innkeeper and event announcer Mark 'The Beav' Oliver. The Snowboard Project wi...

Legendary snowboarder Mike Basich has done a lot in the sport of snowboarding - but this interview really has a focus on creativity - and developing the creative in you. This was the very first interview we ever did for The Snowboard Project. About: The Snowboard Project is a new podcast about snowboarding featuring snowboarding former editor of Snowboarder Magazine and SNOWBOARD Magazine founder...

This is an interesting interview with a fascinating character from the sport of snowboarding. Bud Keene got his start riding in Vermont in the early '80s. He went on to be a sponsored rider for Sims and competed in one of the first Mt. Baker Banked Slaloms. Since riding he went on a number of 'expedition' type snowboarding adventures - but what Bud is best known for is coaching. He coached Shaun W...