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Jose Fernandez is a legendary snowboarder from Switzerland who could probably be the first pro snowboarder ever... He's definitely the first pro snowboarder on Swatch... and he influenced the way the snowboarding grew from it's infancy into where we are now in a big way. Jose ran the very first snowboard camp based on the Swedish skateboard summer camps. Some of his first campers were Craig, Windell, and Ken Ach... so yeah. Join us for this second early season Bonus episode... Season 12 proper starts next episode...

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Gigi Ruff and Erik travel through the time portal opened by Ingemar, Abbe, and Theo and land at KOTH30 on the border of Norway and Sweden. Welcome back to FNRad Snowboarding.

Big News coming down the pipeline. Stay tuned to this feed for more!!

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Gigi Rüf is an Austrian legendary pro snowboarder whose smooth style and powerful riding got him featured in dozens of movies. Gigi spent 12 years on Burton working with the Seven guys and helping to build Un Inc. His first international sponsor was Volcom so when they started making boards he rode those for a couple of years after Burton and then went on to make his own company, Slash. If Gigi isn't in your top ten snowboarders you need to go back and watch his parts. He's a truly wonderful human and I...

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Brin Alexander is a Whistler raised pro snowboarder who's been crushing it for years. Last season Brin was brought on to the Natural Selection Tour and this year he finished 2nd. He's a well rounded snowboarder who can crush it in the back country or the park. He was a real pleasure to talk to.

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Circe Wallace is an agent to the stars... Torah Bright, Travis Rice, P-Rod, style stars. And she produces Movies (like The Art Of Flight), TV shows, and documentaries... All this while being a key part of the core team at Natural Selection...

Oh yeah, she used to be the Michael Jordan of women's snowboarding... her Band pro model outsold the Jamie Lynn, Shaun Palmer, Daniel Frank, and Rob Dow pro model Vans combined...

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This year for Craig's birthday I give you the gift of Going Off! A history of snowboarding podcast from best friends Tricia Byrnes and Jen Sherowski. Going Off dives deep into the history of snowboarding and has some pretty epic episodes under their belts. Be sure to check them out. In this mini episode I talk expertly about Jake, Tom, and Craig... mostly drawing from what I've heard over the years from guests of FNRad. There's a full Craig episode of Going Off on the horizon and I need thank Jen and Tricia...

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Carter Westfall is the CEO of Natural Selection and a snowboarder. He grew up in New Jersey and graduated Princeton before working in finance in New York. Meeting Travis Rice at the signing event at The Art Of Flight Premiere in New York set his life on a different path. Today he's wearing a lot of hats at Natural Selection and he heads up the small team that runs the whole thing. Stoked to get to sit with him at Revelstoke.

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Blake Moller, AKA BMO The Barrel Seeker, is a pro snowboarder for Salomon whose win at the 2022 Freeride Wold Tour makes him a top contender for the Natural Selection Championships. Blending big back country with smooth freestyle, Blake's snowboarding is a dream to watch in real life. His cool personality makes him cool to interview in real life too. Enjoy

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Lora Bodmer is the PR agent for the Natural Selection Tour. A hardcore snowboarder and a former Whitehouse intern to Bill Clinton, Lora's story is a peak behind the scenes of NST and the small team that's creating big things around the world.

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Paul Fidrych was the director of hardgoods product management for Burton during snowboarding’s golden era. Paul oversaw production of the Brushie trouts, Terje swords, and was a key player in the development of the Burton custom. And this year the Burton Custom turned 30 and the story behind its development highlights a commitment to progression, of materials, building techniques, art, and the culture of snowboarding. The custom was a catalyst for change and in no small way that change was driven by Paul’s engineering sensibility and his direct communication with some of the...

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Brad Heppner is a hometown hero snowboard photographer who's been snapping great shots since the golden age of snowboarding. Working with the Wildcats, Skids, and Partysnakes at Seymour got his foot in the door to shoot with some heavy hitters in the Whistler back country and all over the world. Brad's a great example of a snowboarder who's heart is all the way in it!

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Paul Culling was a pro snowboarder in the late 80's and early 90's scoring sponsorship contracts with Gnu, Nitro, and K2 before starting his own snowboard brand, Luxury Snowboards. He was also the first pro on Westbeach outerwear. Paul's entrepreneurial spirit found an outlet in snowboarding first through an innovation for boots, eventually in running the world's first adult snowboard camps on Mt. Seymour, and ultimately through flying around the world with a team of Luxury pros that included Mike Estes and Shin Campos. Eventually Paul joined the "internet" sector of the money...

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Shane McKinney created Invasion snowboards in the early 90's and kept the ship sailing for over ten years. During the course of Invasion Shane went from being a snowboarder with sponsors to a brand owner sponsoring some of the best north shore rippers around. Invasion was the first brand to gain a big community acceptance at Seymour, paving the way for Dinosaurs Will Die and other local brands to build a great following there. We recorded this episode at Shane's house in North Vancouver.

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Smelly is the drummer in NOFX. He's been shaping surfboards for a while and within the last 6 years or so has started selling those surfboards to the public. That's how Carl from Upline Brewing got to know him and introduce him to me. Smelly's surfboard brand, Picklestix, did a colab with Dave Lee and the boys at Signal Snowboards creating a Picklestix series in 153, 157, and 161cm... The boards look amazing and according to Smelly ride amazing too. I never dreamed I'd get to meet much less interview a huge celebrity like Smelly. It...

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Don Szabo's passing last week sucked. He was a pillar of joyous excitement in the action sports world. Don started his career as professional skateboarder and fell in love with snowboarding in Southern California. His pro model on Nectar snowboards out of San Diego was one of the very first pro models in snowboarding. His pro model on Lamar (all 4 of them) were among the best selling boards of the era. Double O Szabo were skits in the Creatures of Habit series of movies and are hilarious. Don's sense of humour shone through...

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Chris Steeves was a North Van local and a pro snowboarder for Invasion Snowboards who had a factory there. As a part of the Invasion team Chris travelled filming and taking photos, two of which wound up as cover shots!! The cover of January 1999 Transworld Snowboarding was a Scott Serfas shot from Cypress Mountain (back when they attracted world class pros with their sky chair park builds!! nudge nudge... Liam, let's get a sky chair park going again!!) 

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Jeff Patterson is living an incredible life in snowboarding. He has groomed park features all over the world, he has droned the Natural Selection Tour, he shot photos for mags, and he's got one of the world's best collections of vintage snowboards. I sat with him for almost 4 hours and we barely scratched the surface. Jeff Patterson will be a returning guest, that's for sure.

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Murray Siple is a Snowboard Filmmaker from the golden era of snowboarding who was based out of Vancouver and went to Emily Carr art institute. His unique films stood out and started the careers of some of the other BC film crews like Treetop. In 1996 Murray was in a car accident that left him paralyzed. Over the last 33 years he's navigated his new life in a way that can only be described as awe inspiring. His film Carts Of Darkness showcased his continued growth as a film maker and his latest project is...

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Matt Standish is a Golden Era North Shore Pro Snowboarder. Matt was a part of a crew up Mount Seymour that took the torch from the likes of Devun, Kevin Sansalone, Cashen, and the Wildcats. Matt helped with the Coastal Movies and continues to be a part of the vibrant Seymour snowboarding community.

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Clayton Larson filmed for Skids and Sandbox movies, shot with legendary snowboarders during the golden years of independent snowboard movies. His life path was set the day he saw his first two snowboarding movies, Whiskey and Whiskey 2. Clayton just co-directed and edited his first full length feature documentary film, Our Kind Of Chaos. It's a deep dive into the Whiskey franchise and the lives of the people behind it, namely Sean Kearns and Sean Johnson. Our Kind Of Chaos breaks new ground thanks to the deep honesty and transparency of the people behind...

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Lucas Beaufort is a French Artist whose latest snowboarding project, The Common Line, debuted in Whistler last weekend. Featuring keynote speeches from countless Canadian Snowboarding Legends past, present, and future followed by a day of riding together. The Common Line is touring the globe giving away tons of product and connecting snowboarders from around the world with industry and each other.  I sit down with Lucas and talk about his vision. I also include some key moments from the speaking event.

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Alex Lee runs the Burton store at the Snow World Mall in Shenzhen China. Snow World has the largest indoor snowboard hill in the world. I say that it's a snowboard hill because snowboarders outnumbered skiers 10 to 1 when we visited. Alex helped us navigate getting set up and then I sat with him and Frank Hao, the man behind the manufacturing of Ken Ach's Pro Standard Quick Release for Step On Bindings. This is a wild one to listen to but hopefully gives you a peak into what's happening in China around snowboarding...

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Pear was my coworker and boss at The Boardroom for the better part of 15 years. Pear's sensibilities lead the charge on a lot of cool Boardroom stuff like snowboard contests, events, movie premieres, and tons of free booze parties for the Boardroom staff. As a career shop rat turned general manager Pear was a mentor and friend throughout the golden years of snowboarding. Enjoy this episode with Pear.

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Da Godfather, Martin Gallant, passed away from pancreatic cancer this week. My condolences to his family and friends at this very sad time. I hope hearing his voice again will remind you of his light and energy. He will be sadly missed.

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Ben Bilocq is a pro snowboarder who filmed many video parts with crews like Deja Vu and Videograss. His unmistakable smooth style partners with his quiet demeanour to let his snowboarding do the talking. It's common these days to see Ben at Seymour. And when you're lucky you might get to ride a Ben-built feature. He mostly builds for big events like the Uninvited Invitational or Natural Selection but he's also know to build stealth side hits at Seymour so keep your eyes peeled. Stoked to have Ben back on the show. Enjoy<...

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Mark McMorris, Russel Chai, and Brock Crouch joined skier Max at the UBC Ski and Snowboard Club presentation of Redbull's Paved Q&A. I set up in the background, recorded it and am putting it out as a McMorris episode... I've been working on getting the great Canadian Superpro snowboarder on the show for over ten years and even after meeting him at this event I'm not holding my breath. As an x-game, olympic, and Natural Selection medal winner Mark McMorris is a busy guy. Wish me luck on landing a one on...

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Natasza Zurek makes her second appearance as season 11's second guest. She's got two kids and went to the olympics two times and even though she doesn't get out snowboarding very much these days she's taken the passion and dedication she had for snowboarding and put it into her art. You can check that out at www.nataszazurekart.com why not buy a print of commission a portrait? Natasza's years on Burton overlapped with dozens of the best snowboarders ever to do it. This episode has a psychedelic heavy theme... Enjoy!

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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 Shenzhen China! What a trip.


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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 overwhelming number of people who'd reached out to him what was going on.

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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 snowboardings boom years. And I consider him one of the most caring people you could ever meet.

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Fun times over the past ten years. Picked some of the best ones and put them here. Check it out!

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This week I recount some of my favourite FNRad moments from the past ten years.

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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 just be the best of anyone I've met through snowboarding. Please enjoy this week's FNRad featuring the legendary Todd Kohlman.

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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.

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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!

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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 talking about his career in snowboarding.

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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 life to it. Stoked to have him on the show!! Enjoy!

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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 on halfpipe, filming, back country contests, and banked slalom. His incredible talent on a snowboard and his openness to talk about his experience in snowboarding make him an awesome interview!!

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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 boards I talk about riding with aggressive angles every once in a while on the show. Enjoy this interview from his camper down at Baker.<...