FNRad Snowboarding Podcast
FNRad Snowboarding Podcast brings you interviews with Snowboarders. New episodes drop every Wednesday from November until April sometimes with a special Elmer episode April 1!
Episodes
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 consi...
Fun times over the past ten years. Picked some of the best ones and put them here. Check it out!
FNRad Season 10 is Presented by Flojoy Artesian Mountain Water
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This week I recount some of my favourite FNRad moments from the past ten years.
FNRad Season 10 is Presented by Flojoy Artesian Mountain Water
Social: https://www.instagram.com/flojoyh2o/
Website: https://www.flojoyh2o.com
Sponsored by:
* Wired Snowboards Social: https://www.instagram.com/wiredsnowboards
Website: https://wiredsnowboards.com
* Fix Snowboard Bindings Social: https://www.instagram.com/fixbinding...
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 me...
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.
FNRad Season 10 is Presented by Flojoy Artesian Mountain Water
Social: https://www.instagram.com/flojoyh2o/
Website: https://www.flojoyh2o.com
Sponsored by:
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!
FNRad Season 10 is Presented by Flojoy Artesian Mountain Water
Social: https://www.instagram.com/flojoyh2o/
Website: ht...
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 sh...
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 cont...
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 aggre...
Duncan Howat was the president and CEO of Mt Baker Ski Area from 1968-2024. He is FNRad's first Octogenarian guest and he's the man responsible for allowing snowboarding at Baker in 1984! Duncan worked with Tom Sims on the 1985 Slalom contest that morphed into the Legendary Banked Slalom and he continues to build features for the course 40 years and 35 competitions later.
The Tenth Season of the FNRad Podcast...
Matt Cummins had the first pro model Lib Tech snowboard back in the early 90’s and Lib Tech still puts the MC branding on boards every year making it the longest run of pro model boards in the world which probably won’t never be outdone. Matt started One Ball Jay wax in the eighties and still sells his quality wax and accessories to all the best snowboard shops… The MC wayfinder shape came out of the MC Blank DIY sn...
Roberta Rodger is an amazing human and one of the foundational pioneers of women's snowboarding. Roberta rode for and did design work for Westbeach, Thirty Two, Soloman, Chorus (the first women's only snowboard company), and Foursquare. Her impressive career included winning the Westbeach Classic and filming parts. She's married to JP Walker. She has survived being hit by a truck.
The Tent...
conversation. Mike is the founder of Gnu snowboards, cofounder of Lib Tech snowboards, and an inventor whose groundbreaking ideas have shaped the way we ride. What’s really inspiring is that he’s on the autism spectrum, which gave him a hyper-focused perspective that helped him turn his visions into reality. His story is a powerful reminder that being different is often a superpower. To any one out there with autism, ...
Mike Olson is an absolute legend of snowboarding. Arguably the individual responsible for the most innovation, Mike brought us modern sidecut, torsion wrap, tri-axial woven fibre glass, sublimated graphics, lifetime team riders, magna-traction, banana-tech rocker, a company that doesn't do ads, and trade show booths that are remembered 30 years later. Mervin Manufacturing is shrouded in mystery and lore so there ...
Mikkel Bang started his career as a 12 year old on the Burton team. He won contests without coaches, learned double corks without airbags, and chose to not do the same run twice, such a badass. Mikkel started snowboarding at Hemsedal Norway during the era of huge snowboard features built by Lars Ericksson, who took him under his wing. Mikkel's career continues today with Burton, Dragon, and Nixon supporting him i...
Happy New Year!
Jesse Burtner hails from Alaska and became a well known pro rider for Lib Tech with a pro model. He's in a band with his wife and together they are raising their kid! Being from Alaska, Jesse chose a jibber's life, forsaking his birthright back country skills and showcasing his creativity in the streets. He's the brain behind Think Thank and he's got a hell of a story abou...
Josh Rosen is a pro snowboarder from the Pacific Northwest whose career in the late 90's included video and magazine content. There's a famous jump called The Rosen below a power line... Just a couple of years back Josh filmed a part for Wash'd Up, a movie by Kurt Jensen featuring a big group of talented snowboarders from Washington in their 30's and 40's. He’s still a part of the Mervin manu...
Devun Walsh is the Seymour Kid turned Seymour Legend. His unmistakeable style has graced countless films including Mack Dawg, Treetop, Mouse, Wildcat movies and too many more to list. He's had a long amazing pro career on Barfoot, Never, Shorties, Forum, and DC snowboards plus a dozen or so more sponsors over the years including Boardroom and The Source. He's started companies like Iris Goggles (IS), Wildcat...
Justin Lamoureux is a snowboarder's snowboarder. Based out of Squamish and crushing lines in the Whistler backcountry as an ACMG guide, Justin's entire adult life has been centred around snowboarding. He competed at two Olympics in Halfpipe, placing 7th in Vancouver in 2010. He's also the guy behind Spline snowboards. Plus he built his kid Xavier a split board when X was only 7 years old. Enjoy this epi...
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