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    AJ Skypes in from Portland to chat with Todd Canipe and me. We delve deeply into the state of skate and snow retail. We also gain an understanding of which parts of Star Wars media are considered to be "Cannon" (official).

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    This episode covers the following topics:

    • Nate's dyslexia and how to pronounce Todd’s last name.
    • Trouble connecting on Skype - plus we had  5 drops during the call
    • Windstream communications and the new phone number at Vertical Urge
    • 42 years old
    • The Vertical Urge Origin story
    • Hanging insulation and repo
    • Skype drops
    • Grey Marketing
    • The golden age of skate snow retail
    • Talking in front of middle school career days
    • Skateboarding industry trends
    • Bike shops
    • Consumer loyalty
    • Scaling up and down
    • The new Vertical Urge
    • Investing in your brand
    • Vintage Snowboard Trader - VST BAY
    • POP marketing material
    • Star Wars
    • Todd's Star Wars Podcast
    • Ewok Movie
    • Star Wars continuity issues
    • Star Wars and Chill
    • Star Wars skateboards and snowboards
    • Board Retailers Association (BRA)
    • Sports Authority
    • Terminator X
    • Instagram businesses
    • Skate shop life

    Quotes from Todd:

    "I’m not going back to school - I’m actually going to stay and work in the surf shop.”
    “I just kinda had a knack for commerce in general.”
    “I always believed in what we were doing.”
    “I didn’t mind eating ramen noodles and drinking cheap beer.”
    “The education that I got…was well beyond anything that that I could have got from a book.”
    “Anytime something gets bigger - it’s more work and you have to take it more seriously.”
    “What’s always worked best for me is a hell of a work ethic and a passion for what you do. For me that’s always trumped having a diploma.”
    "We’re talking 70 and 80 hour work weeks - it’s not a 30 hour a week job.”
    “We have and still have one of the best skateboard teams around.”
    “The industry is not as healthy as it used to be and it probably never will be.”
    “Skateboard companies are cash poor - have been forever, even since the glory days.”
    “We have to learn to evolve and do more with less - you can’t have 600 boards on the wall anymore.”
    “The kid coming up is not as brand loyal and retailer loyal as the generation before them.”
    “I was a skatepark owner for 10 years… we’re one of the only industries where your core consumer base expects you to not make any money.”
    “I remember buying a complete in the 80’s, it was $150.00…. Our margins have not gotten better, but the manufacturers margins have.”
    “I can’t remember the last time I had kid come through the door and ask for a specific pro deck.”
    “2006-2011 everything hit on all cylinders for us it was overwhelming, but every facet of our business was doing incredibly well during that period."
    “We were one of the really early online adopters - one of the first small shops to really go after it."
    “We read books on Dreamweaver and Photoshop - we knew enough to customize it and make it look good.”
    “We didn’t have an inventory management system that spoke to the store’s POS until 2011.”
    “We wanted people in NY or CA to look at us like Dogfunk.”
    “Some night’s I’d go home with the family, put the kids to bed, then work until 4:00 AM  and get up at 7:00 AM.”
    “It’s much harder to scale down than is it to scale down - a lot more people will help you scale up.”
    “Investing in your own brand is the most important thing that every retailer that’s going to be around in five years is going to have to do.”
    “We want to sell the stuff that we would wear.”
    “There’s not many reps anymore - there are a few really good reps left… The good ones are getting older."
    “When the Supreme video came out - with-in weeks the way that kids looked changed.”
    “The cool thing about VST bay is that you know that your product is going to a good home.”
    “I got banned because I forgot to pull my auctions down (on VST bay).”
    “I think for Start Wars fans - die hard Star Wars fans, it was a relief (the new movie).”
    “I’ve never been to a Star Wars fetish party. Katrina and I are not in the cosplay scene.”
    “I’m not afraid to tell it like it is and some people don’t really like that.”
    “Let it go - that would be the best advice that I’d give myself. Don’t get so emotionally wrapped up in things that I can’t control.”
    “If it’s your passion, take a chance. Be willing to sacrifice everything for that chance.Don’t be scared to jump off the cliff if you think you can make it work.”

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    The Degenerati | NU Foods | Pranks | Flesh Offering | Ice Augers | Bucket Mouse

    The Degenerati | NU Foods | Pranks | Flesh Offering | Ice Augers | Bucket Mouse

    Episode #60

    We recorded this episode shortly after the Rome Founders Episode. Aj was patched in via Skype - I sat down with Matt Stillman, Mike Paddock and Devun Fernandez. We drank Pennsylvania's finest brews and discussed:

    • How The Degenerati came to be
    • Controversial Graphics
    • Office pranks
    • Weed culture in snowboarding
    • Energy drinks
    • The flesh offering 
    • Jeff Hopkins on blast
    • Fishtails and ice augers
    • Bass Holes
    • Vermont mud season
    • The boards
    • The Cult Compound
    • The Gremlins Episode
    • Green Mountain Pickles and a secret clubhouse
    • The Degen squad 
    • Splitboarding and the human condition.
    • Bucket Mouse

    Follow on insta: @thedegenerati 

     

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    Some quotes from the episode: 

    "I think those guys were like the degenerate illuminate - they just knew all things dirtbag.” 
    “We came up with the food pyramid of bad kid stuff.”
    “Drink deeply, live freely deviate and discover.” 
    “We did an entire series based on serial killers.” 
    “They didn’t like the Gangplank - because the base said, gang.” 
    “It turned into a passion project for us - we were given the opportunity to work on this (The Degenerati) during our own time.”
    “I could hear a fart from a mile away in this office.” 
    “…it started on a coaches jacket.” 
    “Paddock, I think your car’s on fire!” 
    “I think that stigma of it (weed) as being a rebellion thing is gone.” 
    “…Slopestyle bong hits post-X-Games run.” 
    “Everything in snowboarding is so image conscious - along with skate and surf. We can smell bullshit a mile away.” 
    “I can smell weed right now!” 
    “It’s a start-up mentality. There’s no sense dumping a ton of money into something that’s unproven…. We did what we could with the resources we were provided.” 
    “It’s a pyramid scheme!”  
    “Yo Dev - you get your (fishing) license? Nah, I’m not that worried about it.” 
    “We’ll fish before work. I fish on my lunch break. We’ll fish after work.” 
    "We’re slowly trying to become the hill people.” 
    “It’s muddy as hell here - you gotta have your shit kickers.” 
    “We had an elaborate plan for the unveiling… that involved robes, a bum barrel fire, and sacrifices…” 
    “Riding powder and fly fishing are very similar in my mind…” 
     
     

    Rome Snowboards Founders | Shepard Fairey X Guerilla Marketing | Spray Skiers | European Pow | Retail

    Rome Snowboards Founders | Shepard Fairey X Guerilla Marketing | Spray Skiers  | European Pow | Retail

    Episode #59

    Today we chat with the founders of Rome Snowboards, Paul Maravetz and Josh Reid . Paul and Josh share the story behind leaving Burton and founding Rome, they discuss guerrilla marketing tactics that were directly inspired by Shepard Fairey, their share their love for European resort pow we touch on their thoughts on industry wide pricing challenges and much more.

    Photo Credit for featured image: Shem Roose

    Follow Paul and Josh on Instagram at: @romefounders

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    This episode's topics include:

     
    Rome’s roots in friendship and snowboarding
     
    Getting certified to ride in the 80's and 90's
     
    Dealer Councils
     
    Board design and The Agent
     
    Stiffness vs. price
     
    Launching Rome in 2002 - how Shepard Fairy influenced their marketing
     
    Gorilla snowboard marketing
     
    God Bless Snowboarding
     
    Balancing the friendship and business relationships
     
    Nate applies for a job at Rome
     
    The Burton rumor
     
    Snowboard design
     
    Listener questions
     
    European lodge
     
    Sales cycles
     
    Sneaky Powder Days
     
     
    Getting kids on snow
     
    Props to Burton on the riglet parks and LTR program
     
    The Lodge and the European office
     
    Spray Skiers
     
    Quotes from the episode: 
     
     
    We bought a couple of cheap computers and eventually went for it.” -Josh 
     
    “There’s Kemper, Look, Sims and Burton - there’s too man companies in the industry…”-Josh
     
    “There weren’t a lot of other brands that really drew us in at the time…. the other point was how big the ski companies were at the time.” -Paul
     
    “The ski industry was slow to embrace snowboarding.”-Josh
     
    “We officially started paying ourselves and other people here in November of 2002.”-Josh
     
    “…. the boards were all designed around a size 8 foot. The average size in America is 10.5.” -Paul 
     
    “To hear that a graphic is good or a graphic is bad from the people that have to sell it is huge.”-Josh
     
    “I can make a super expensive board soft or stiff - it doesn't cost an iota more.” -Paul
     
     
    “Before 2004, we didn’t have any money to advertise at all.”-Josh
     
    “We don’t have any money to advertise in a magazine… So we made our own magazine and advertised in it.” -Josh
     
    “Taking the step to start doing fun shit together again.”-Josh
     
    “It’s so much easier to disagree when we fundamentally get along.”-Josh
     
    “Weekly meetings get scheduled after 10…. On powder days meetings get moved back.” -Paul 
     
    “We don’t have any connection with them (Burton), we both worked there and we did stuff well early on. I think that fueled the rumor.” -Josh
     
    “Shift deliveries later an hold price longer…. We can’t uninvent Christmas.”-Josh
     
    “There’s all these structural barriers for young kids in snowboarding.” -Paul
     
    “If you have the free time and it’s fitting over there (Europe), in terms of resort riding (Alaska not included) it’s the best in the world…. You can scare the shit out of yourself inbounds.”-Josh
     
    “We do feel that a snowboard company should be owned by snowboarders.”-Josh
     
    “It’s a rounding error… Snowboarding’s not giving us (Nike) the return.” -Paul 
     
    “You can’t just sit there and plan forever…”-Josh
     
    “When we started, nobody was telling us that it’s a good time, except one guy.” -Paul

     

    Nick Geisen | TNSP Camp | Twins | Roadtrips | 27 Days in Japan

    Nick Geisen | TNSP Camp | Twins | Roadtrips | 27 Days in Japan
    Episode # 58
     
    I was first introduced to Nick and his twin brother Chris by my friend Justin Majeczky who was filming the Nick and Chris in the Tahoe area about six years ago. He said, "you should sponsor these dudes, they’re winning every contest out here."
     
    Since then, Nick and I have stayed in touch, but mostly through the internet or text. We’d occasionally get to chat a bit in person at Seven Springs if our paths crossed, but I didn't really get to know Nick well until I drove across country with him last fall - we get into that road trip, his relationship with his twin brother, the secret to instagram success in snowboarding and a very sobering story about being jailed in Japan for 27 days.
     
    As a quick note, as you’ll hear at the start of the podcast - this was recorded during the first Podcast Camp at Seven Springs - link to David Zemens article on the camp. If you have interest in attending next year’s TNSP Camp - please listen to the end of this episode for more info.
     
    Follow Nick on Instagram for more amazing POV shots and videos like these:
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    https://www.instagram.com/p/BTVPixvB_Sk/?taken-by=nickgeisen
     
     
    Topics discussed:
     
    Winter snowfall 16/17 in Tahoe
    Living in an MTV Trap House
    Driving across the country with Nate
    Nick’s decision making logic
    Thoughts on growing up and finding individuality as a twin
    Thoughts on money
    Ian’s ability to decipher Instagram content
    The secret to Instagram success in snowboarding
    POV GoPro filming
    Controlling his own content production timeline
    What it takes to get the shot
    Video editing in the blood
    Breaking down jumps
    Learning skateboarding through trick tip videos
    The key to the 1080
    Backflips and chicks - the flip frenzy!
    Locked up in Japan for 27 days and staying positive about the experience
     
     
    Pictures and videos from TNSP Camp at Seven Springs:
     
    Kayla was one of three girls at Camp... She ripped harder than many of the dudes.
    AJ mini-golf tree pose Mike Talley Photo
    DJ ate all the bananas - many of them he didn't even have to bite once!
    I rode David Z's vintage GNU - Fast as hell and little to no sidecut. It was a blast!
    I rode David Z's vintage GNU - Fast as hell and little to no sidecut. It was a blast!
    I caught up with part of the gang at lunch and made them pose for a group picture. It was hard to get a couple of them to come out of the bar...
    I caught up with part of the gang at lunch and made them pose for a group picture. It was hard to get a couple of them to come out of the bar...
    Zack had a blown knee but he still powered through this tail press.
    Zack had a blown knee but he still powered through this tail press.
    DJ found a huge snowbank - so he posed for a picture with Colleen. He was using this as evidence of the massive amounts of snow on the backside #fakenews
    DJ found a huge snowbank - so he posed for a picture with Colleen. He was using this as evidence of the massive amounts of snow on the backside #fakenews
    Rayna killed it in The Streets - look out for her full part coming soon!
    Rayna killed it in The Streets - look out for her full part coming soon!
    Last day of camp - the sun came out!
    Last day of camp - the sun came out!
     
    Quotes from the episode:
     
    "A lot of kids have been jumping off the lift into the halfpipe this year."
    “My name’s DJ and my truck is still stuck at Assateague.”
    “Every time I come home to Virginia - it’s calming.”
    “A lot of people ended up knowing us as "the twins" - I’ve realized now that it became a hinderance.”
    “We did everything the same up until three and a half years ago.”
    “A lot of people go through life and they feel lonely, but they don’t admit it…”
    "Knowing somebody so well that you know everything, just by one quick glance.”
    “My problem is learning just to be ok with being you… as long as you didn’t die you learned something.”
    “I hate money… We can’t eat it, we can’t roll a joint with it.. (DJ - I think we can)”
    “The first fifty to one hundred videos I put out didn’t get a lot of views.”
    “I’m not going to warm up with a back 10 and then go do a back 3…”
    “You do a back 10 perfect and it feels like a straight air…. I consider it a petty safe and easy trick”
    “I’m gonna get girls if I can do a backflip.”
    “I made a really stupid choice…”
    “No socks, no shoes no bed - the only walking I did was in a an eight by ten cell.”
    “I lost twenty five pounds and I was already skinny.”
    “Handcuffed to your waist and your feet with six police officers…”
    “I will always be a skateboarder.”

    Avran Lefeber | The Angry Snowboarder | NSFW | SIA | Russian Hacking | Favorite Snowboards

    Avran Lefeber | The Angry Snowboarder | NSFW | SIA | Russian Hacking | Favorite Snowboards
    Episode #57
     
     
    For this episode we sat down with Avran Lefeber during the SIA trade show in Denver. Avran is the founder of the longest running independent snowboard review website, The Angry Snowboarder.
     
    We hear his thoughts on the SIA trade show which I’ll give a quick trigger warning for industry folks listening - he pulls no punches. On the other hand as you likely know, the SIA show was recently purchased by Outdoor Retailer, so in some way Avran’s thoughts on this may have been vindicated by the marketplace.
     
    We also get into his reading habits, workflow, Russian hacking, just in time learning verses the legacy education system and how that applies to staying relevant in the digital world, dating in a ski town, how to get banned for life from Vail Resorts, and much more.
     
    This episode touches on the following topics:
     
    • SIA and the state of trade shows.
    • Avran's love for swivel bindings
    • Denver VS. Las Vegas for SIA
    • Made in Japan (Justin at Old Man Berkins Bookstore) - the Sony story.
    • Reading books - Barb and the girls at the Breckenridge Library
    • The Four Hour Work Week - Tim Ferriss 
    • Thoughts on college and making time for reading.
    • Fighting with his brother.
    • Turing his home town into a cult or burning it down
    • Book writing - How to be a snowboard bum sucessfully
    • Tinder VS. Bumble - “dating” in a ski town.
    • How to get banned from Vail Resorts
    • Getting fired and going full bore on Angry Snowboarder.
    • The struggle of working at and living at a resort
    • Product reviews
    • Wordpress hacking
    • Is Twitter still relevenat - Snapchat and Insta
    • Blogging’s peak and how to adjust and survive
    • Fake Tinder Accounts and Sock Puppets
    • Ask a Black Snowboarder with Marcus Stevens 
    • Is Beaver Creek the whitest resort in America?
    • System for video producion
    • The YouTube Creators Academy
    • Subtle lingustic ninja moves
    • Pickle Dicks and Snow Carnies
    • The History of Snowboarding FB group
    • How being the designated driver led him to get rid of his drivers license.
    • Near death spleen injury
    • Celebrity Death Match on Morphine
    • Hospital sponge baths
    • Avran’s favorte boards
    • Developing the Marhar Lumberjack  

    Quotes from this episode:

    "This is the smallest SIA for snowboarding I’ve ever seen…and I’ve done 12 or 13” 
    “When you walk in you have to go through the ski side - which is like dead mans zone.” 
    “They have death valley - where they put all the crappy brands that will be out of business by fall.” 
    “This is the the most pathetic SIA I’ve ever seen, thank god it will be my last….I’m just going to go to on snow.” 
    “Trade shows for me have changed so much” 
    “It’s the biggest industry circle jerk…I used to have to register as a fake buyer or go to Kinkos and copy a badge.” 
    “I don’t drink because I’m missing organs and stuff.” 
    “Fuck SIA. I’m over it.” 
    “The regional shows are destroying SIA.” 
    “We have most of our buying done by the beginning of January (at The Lumber Yard in Breckenridge).” 
    “Sony tried to make plasma TV’s in 1982.” 
    “You gotta keep your mind fresh, you’ve gotta be reading.” 
    “I’m banned from Breckenridge..”  
    “I have a photographic memory… and I also have an audio graphic memory.”  
    “We’ll if you’ve ever been to where I’m from there’s nothing exciting about it - that town should just burn to the ground.” 
    “Amoxicillin is a great drug.” 
    “Theres not a lot of dating in ski town, but there’s lots of adult sleep overs.” 
    “I’m just contemplating what would be worse, having nipples for thumbs or dildos for fingers.” 
    “You supplex one person in the lift line and you’re the asshole.” 
    “I’ve watched Vail ruin the mountain for locals.” 
    “Amazon Prime and commitment.” 
    “I started Angry on September 11th.” 
    “Like a steak knife fucked a banana and it was a piece of shit (first skate banana review).” 
    “A fat cat doesn’t hunt.” 
    “Anyone can start a snowboard website… How far are you willing to take it?” 
    “I got hacked by Russia and they turned my site into a viagra porn store.” 
    “You’re a cock juggling thunder cunt.” 
    “I’m actually a really private person.” 
    “I don’t have a spleen.” 
    “My brother has about 10,000 photo’s from the US OPEN around 92-94.” 
    “I’ve been hit by four cars..” 
    “KY tastes awful… they check for internal bleeding by putting a finger in your ass.” 
     
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    Thanks in advance -Nate and AJ 
     
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    Joe Sexton | Parts & Labor | Public Snowboards | Minnesota | Family | Marketing | 1817

    Joe Sexton | Parts & Labor | Public Snowboards | Minnesota | Family | Marketing | 1817
    Episode #56
     
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    Nate and AJ got to sit down, in person with Joe Sexton during the Parts and Labor all snowboarding trade show in Denver. 
     
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    Communicate Directly with Joe at his Tumblr page: http://publicimpressions.tumblr.com/ or stay up on insta: JoeSexton1817
     
    This episode covers: 
     
    VX Filming 
    The first Double Cork 
    Why Parts & Labor as opposed to SIA 
    Building Public quickly 
    Thoughts on brand marketing and the art direction of Public 
    Jason Borgestede’s business questions to Joe 
    Being burned by a pro snowboarder as a kid and the impact that it had on him
    Facebook Live questions: David Thacker of Thacker’s Transmission 
    How Bradshaw got on Public 
    The power of language 
    The board development process at Public 
    The Jed Anderson question 
    Leaving StepChild Snowboards 
    Listener questions (Halldor, Alex Dunn AKA - BLOWUP Skateboards,  Jason Borgstede, Noah Vincent, Mike Happy Bauer, Daniel Cochrane, Cody Nesbit)
    Thoughts on the future of street snowboarding 
    Hitting his head resulting in a TBI 
    Snoring and sleep talking 
    Minnesota snowboarding 
    How your outfit impacts your snowboarding 
    The importance of family 
    Growing up with a twin brother
    Hockey 
    Facebook pokes and phone hacking  
    Crashing JP Walker’s motorcycle
    Don Brown and the tough guy shot
    Send artwork and VHS tapes to: publicsnowboards@gmail.com
    Backcountry snowboarding with Sean Johnson 
     
    Quotes from the episode: 
     
    “If you try it and if fails, at least you tried it.” 
    “A lot of younger kids can fire up a great text conversaion, but when you see them in real life you can hardly get a word out of em.” 
    “There’s been some talks - Jed’s a good friend.” 
    "We have a team board called the General Public - that one has two wide sizes.”
    “There’s something cool about 3am with the generator on.” 
    “If I’m not feeling it - it’s ok to walk away. I need to listen to my body more.” 
    “For like two weeks -the whole world would spin and then I’d throw up.” 
    “That’s the hard thing with injuries, you have to get obsess with being patient.” 
    “When I lived at that house I was such a pile.” 
    “I don’t want to sit on a chairlift for a half hour and go down the hill once. I want to ride a rope tow for an hour and a half and feel like I’ve been there all day.” 
    “If my pants are a certain size and I wear some that are one centimeter bigger, I’m like, I have baggy pants on.” 
    “I like to be a able to tell people how I feel and not hold anything back.” 
    “I don’t have a Facebook… There was a fake one of me though.” 
    “Getting a compliment from guys that you really look up to is kind of the end goal.” 
    "When JodyHighroller (Riff Raff) face palmed me - that was a bit aggressive." 
     
     

    Victor Daviet | Uno | Mortality | Jump Building | Lomography | Skydiving | AK Avalanche

    Victor Daviet | Uno | Mortality | Jump Building | Lomography | Skydiving | AK Avalanche

    Episode #55

    Cover photo shot by: Alban Jehlen Photography

    So how to describe victor - he's a Frenchman, a student working on his master's degree, he's a surfer, a skydiver, a photographer  and most of all he's someone that has tapped into the ability to appreciate every second that he is experiencing in life. To quote Victor, "I'm a city boy, but I love camping, I love hiking, I love sleeping in sketchy igloos... I don't care.... Snowboarding is my true passion."

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    Quotes from this episode:

    “Fuck Red Bull!”

    “They bring alot of money onto our industry - for some stuff they do great. But for all that - to sell more poison, don’t forget it!”

    “Snowboarding is not that cool anymore - we passed the cool trend… The snowboarders who are left are way more core and cool.”

    “I cried five times the first time I watched it from laughing so hard.”

    “Sick,Sick,Sick,Sick,Sick”

    “The other Victor had to spit on my face.”

    “Life is a kind of game and we’re all paling the same game.”

    "On this life you never know - anything can happen.”

    “I’m really passionate about building jumps. It’s like a kid game - you build your castle and then you play inside.”

    “Because I dress a little bit nicer all my friends are calling me dandy.”

    “In general, in snowboarding, people love to make fun of each other.”

    "We'll need to find some more Grandmas..."

    "I have some really tragic memories of POGS games.....your kid was just a looser!"

    "I went to a funeral last week and I want to shoot funerals - the vibe was kind of weird."

    "Snowboarding is a real passion for me - it's not a job."

    "I did an internship with Nixon (marketing)... I don't think I can work in an office all of my life."

    "We have one life, we need to live every fucking second."

    "I realized that I'm not scared to die. Life is made up of birth and death and between both you have to enjoy as much as possible."

    "I'm not really into religion at all.... When you see all of the wars for religion - it's retarded."

    "We're all gonna die."

    "First rule at UNO, UNO is a bitch."

     

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    GBP / Gremlins | Burning Man | Sababa Land | Gold Mining | The Awakening

    GBP / Gremlins | Burning Man | Sababa Land | Gold Mining | The Awakening

    Episode #54

    AJ joins Nico, Dylan, Josh, The Kid, Tyler and Max - Nate joins in via Skype and they go right into discussing how to purchase and sell arms on the global market!

    Turn on, Tune in, Drop out! 

     

     

     

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    Bed, shred and breakfast just got more affordable than ever! Our seven progressive parks have something for everyone to enjoy, with 70+ features including jumps, jibs and the ONLY 22’ Superpipe in the East. Seven Springs’ premier parks are calling your name! Slide a handrail and into our bedrails with the Rails to Rails Lodging Package. 

    This episode covers:
     
    War Dogs and Govplanet.org
    Anonymous hackers
    Little Buddy Heaters and the Dakota Pipeline
    The Bus stories and veggie oil logistics
    Commodities trading
    Mayan Calendar and 2012
    Sababa Land
    Gold mining and sluice boxes
    Redneck games and splitting wood

    Handling the rattlesnake situation

    Poison Oak parties
    Human trafficing into Burning Man
    Surfing and not being able to swim
    Splitboarding with Tanner Hall and Moss
    Brunch with Bernard Sanders
    Hillary vs Trump
    Mike Happy Bauer - “What does Miggs do?”
    Sustainiblity and permaculture
    How to build your own GBP crew
    Earthship
    The Awakening
     

    Quotes from this episode:

     
    "The price of oil is going up and down because they know a changes is coming… It’s all speculators.”
    “We just had to get back to Vermont for the end of the world.”
    “The reality of growing enough food - you’ve got to be set-up.”
    “I think you make like ten dollars an hour on the average day of gold mining.”
    “Next Gremlin Games - Axe Throwing?”
    “We had to kill three rattlesnakes, the first one was in the shower.”
    “Most of us don’t eat meat.”
    “There’s no animals to fear in Vermont.”
    “You’ve never been to Burning Man, but you have this bus?!? This is a Burning Man Bus!”
    “Paddling out is the hardest part.”
    “Splitboarding - I had never skied… I just crossed tips and fell over.”
    “If you’re a friend, it doesn't even matter (skiing).”
    “He was the only person against the Iraq war.”
    “Donald Trump has no friends.”
    “As much as people might like a Facebook page - they need to get out and vote.”
     
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    Ted Borland | BoneZone | Trifecta | Chainsaw Safety | Brighton | Cobra Dogs

    Ted Borland | BoneZone | Trifecta | Chainsaw Safety | Brighton | Cobra Dogs

    Episode #53

    AJ and Nate will be out in Denver at the trade shows at the end of this month. If you're a retailer - come visit us at Parts and Labor 

    This episode is brought to you by Seven Springs Mountain Resorts. Join Nate and AJ at Seven Springs for the first TNSP Camp on February 24th -26th.

    Check out their Rails to Rails package:

    [shadowbox]Bed, shred and breakfast just got more affordable than ever! Our seven progressive parks have something for everyone to enjoy, with 70+ features including jumps, jibs and the ONLY 22’ Superpipe in the East. Seven Springs’ premier parks are calling your name! Slide a handrail and into our bedrails with the Rails to Rails Lodging Package.  [/shadowbox]

    AJ loves Seven Springs and he also loves selfies - here's a video he made about both:
     

     

     

     

    AJ met up with Ted and did some manual labor at the BoneZone and then sat down at Ted's place for this discussion.
     
    We chatted about:
     
    Why Ted puts avocados in smoothies
    Soy Sauce Nation Nirvana Ortanez (Ted's GF)
    Landscaping
    Working on the BoneZone early season
    Cool Logs
    AJ helps move logs in the BoneZone
    Log types and names
    BoneZone LOGistists
    BoneZone riding wisdom
    Old BoneZone protocall
    The Original BoneZone crew and how the BoneZone came to be
    Cat and mouse with  the Police
    Chainsaw safety or lack thereof.
    Brighton got purchased
    Brighton webcams
    The Bone Cam
    Scaling the BoneZone
    The BoneZone Chainsaw collab
    Tall guy issues
    Why Ted hates the internet (not really) - Bundy Vision 
    Skateboarders' Instagrams
    Spot Detectives - social media dectives
    Spot sabotage
    DVD vs. VHS vs. Streaming
    Video editing
    Apple holes
    Van Life
    Roof Box talk
    The Trifecta (Snowboard, Skate and Surf in the same day)
    LibTech Surf discussion
    Ted’s board got run over by a semi truck
    The Six Three Mafia
    Listener questions
    Meme culture and dark humor
    Cool jobs
    Life lessons from food service
    Cobra Dogs and the Govy Ninja
    Jeff Holce the Athlete
    Louis loses his balls
    Boardsliding knobbed rails
    Nate forgets his computer charger
    Snowboard prom
    The snowboarding video business evolution
    Ted Talks and Ted Bundy
    Growing up in Pennsylvania skiing and transitioning to snowboarding
    Skier’s VS. Snowboarders
     
     
    Quotes from the episode:
     
    “There’s one chainsaw, one hammer - so it’s kinda hard to have people help.,,,Moving logs is a huge help!”
    “Not everyone just dives into a boardslide (on wood), but every now and then it happens - people catch and edge and eat shit.”
    “…It’s like boning so it’s kinda funny.”
    “Welp - everything is chopped down (by the Forest Service).”
    “I barely touched the chaps (with the chainsaw) - I was like glad I was wearing chaps.”
    “There’s so much that people could see as being wrong with the BoneZone - luckily, Brighton has cool people.”
    “This year we have two zones on Brighton.”
    “We build everything so that it’s moveable - if people want to move things that’s fair game.”
    “We just want to get people psyched to go snowboarding - that’s the main goal.”
    “I didn’t know shit about chainsaws last year - we used em so irresponsibly.”
    “I’ll just make DVD’s and hand em out to my friends”
    “It’s so hard to figure out the whole like instant social media vs. saving things for a part… There’s no right way.”
    “Better not post that. Better not leak that. Don’t post that - we don’t want people to know where we are today.”
    “So many people are guilty of this - they go to spot and see that it was set-up and then they try to see who was there… Alright, what does that boot print say? Is that a 32 logo? SPOT DETECTIVES!”
    “I’ve been into video editing since like sophomore year of highschool.”
    "Me and Nirvana lived in the van all summer up at Hood.”
    “I’m six four - she’s five two.”
    “The van is ballin on a budget. I bought it for 1300… I’ve done over 30K miles across the country twice and no issues - knock on wood.”
    “I think everyone should work in a restaurant at some point.”
    “Don’t be mark, don’t be buster and defiantly don’t be a mark ass buster.”
    “I thought - nobody’s really done a board slide through a knobbed rail.”
    “There’s a glory hole in the bathroom!”
    “No joke, my former roommate is dating Amy Schumer”
    “I skied until I was eleven. I was a racer, but I didn’t wear speedos or anything.”
    “I really like surfing, but I get my ass kicked out there.”
     

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    Joel Rerko | Seven Springs | Superpark | Laurel Mountain | US Open | Wakesurfing

    Joel Rerko | Seven Springs | Superpark | Laurel Mountain | US Open | Wakesurfing

    Episode #52

    Paul and I trucked it up Joel’s office to talk with Joel about park building, his unique path in the industry, motorcycle racing, the Pittsburg surf scene, Laurel Mountain, and much more.

    We also got a surprise visit from an earlier podcast guest, Jon Kramer.

     

    This episode is brought to you by Seven Springs Mountain Resorts  

    Bed, shred and breakfast just got more affordable than ever! Our seven progressive parks have something for everyone to enjoy, with 70+ features including jumps, jibs and the ONLY 22’ Superpipe in the East. Seven Springs’ premier parks are calling your name! Slide a handrail and into our bedrails with the Rails to Rails Lodging Package.

    STARTING AT $142 PER PERSON, PER NIGHT, BASED ON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY

    AVAILABLE SUNDAY-THURSDAY, JANUARY 1 – MARCH 23, 2017

    Package Includes:

    • – One night’s lodging
    • – A limited edition Seven Springs Parks & Pipes t-shirt
    • – Unlimited skiing/snowboarding at Seven Springs from 4 p.m. the day of your arrival until close the day you check-out
    • – Breakfast each morning
    • – Overnight ski/snowboard check
    • – Access to the indoor swimming pool and fitness center

    For more information or to make your reservations, please call (866) 437-1300.

     

     

    The Streets at Seven Springs
    The Streets at Seven Springs
    Springs Snowboarder Cover
    Seven Springs Parks are FIRE
    Springs Forum Build
    Super clean!

    This episode covers:

    Ski Patrol

    Joel's background

     

     

    Leashes

    Starting new trends in snowboarding

    Getting top down commitment to make a great park and pipe

    Gaining national recognition for the snowboard parks at Seven Springs

    Paul gushes about how much he loves Springs (Nate and AJ agree)

    Woking in the skateboarding industry pressing skateboards

    First time in a snow cat

    Working hand crew at Keystone

    Working with Snow Park Technologies 

    Chris Gunnarson and jump science

    How SPT helps off the snow as much as on

    The secret of Seven Springs success

    Starting at the bottom and working up.

    Working hand in hand with the other departments on the mountain

    Jon Kramer visits because he heard that we would be shooting guns.

    Joel’s most impressive build ever.

    The back story to Superpark at Seven Springs 

    When builds go bad and perfectionism

    How snowboard park building is actually construction

    Tremble units and man cards

    Laurel Mountain 

    The perfect halfpipe

    Taking smaller features and making them look huge

    Paul wears diapers - bathroom breaks

    Enduro Motorcycle racing

    Wake Surfing / River Surfing

    Listener questions:

    Does Tom Dickey still have a job?

    Why does Seven Springs not have a skatepark?

    When will the Wagner headwall become an official terrain park?

    Colleen Musson - please bring the apple grogs back to the top lodge.

    Who is the best contest announcer ever?

    The Angry Snowboarder asks….

    Scott Darr - Why not more snake runs and hold bowls set-ups.

    Transworld TransAM

    Seven Springs world record

    The Motown Throwdown

    Nate in the Seven Springs Superpipe: 

    Quotes from the episode:

    "We’ve always had a great staff, besides AJ!” 

     

    “I worked there (retail) for about seven days, but I really wanted to be a outside.”

     

    “We have support (for the parks) from the top down.”

     

    “Seven Springs is never going to grow 1000 feet vertical… There’s no reason why our terrain parks can’t be as good as anyone’s in the country.”

     

    “I really try to build everything like a skatepark.”

     

    “I want to travel, build rad jumps and run a tractor.”

     

    “The building of the terrain parks is one of the easier things at this point. It’s hiring the right staff, logging what you’re doing, testing the features, involving ski patrol, snowmaking - there’s so much behind the scenes…”

     

    "My second Super Park, I think I worked 48 hours straight.”

     

    “Don’t say anything, but we’re having Superpark here.” -Paul

     

    “I got my man card pulled.” -Jon Kramer

     

    “We’re not gonna have 40 foot halfpipes.”

     

    “It’s a lot easier to leave the hip connected than it is to put the channel in it… you have to clear that 20 foot gap.”

     

    “You can build the greatest feature on the world and if the riders don’t succeed - you might as well not have even of built it.”

     

    "Riding dirt bikes on terrain that you shouldn’t ride dirt bikes on.”

     

    “I wish I had a mini snowcat.”

    Shooting guns after the podcast:



     

     

    Post podcast adventures!

     

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    Will Ritter | Spark R&D | 3D Printing | Scaling Up | Parenting | Splitboarding

    Will Ritter | Spark R&D | 3D Printing | Scaling Up | Parenting | Splitboarding

     

    Episode #51

    In this episode we connect with Will Ritter, Founder of Spark R&D Splitboard Bindings  to discuss family, parenting, entrepreneurship, scaling a business, problem solving, education, rapid prototyping and of course splitboarding. 

    Shout out to Dan Ventura  for connecting us with Will. Check out the newly launched Spark R&D podcast here: http://www.sparkrandd.com/podcast/

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    This episode covers the following topics:

    Family dinner at the Ritter house
    Parenting skills
    Baby Sylvia’s premature birth story 
    Limiting screen time and reading with the kids 
    3D printing and computer assisted design (CAD)
    Scaling up a business 
    3d printed pancakes 
    Rapid prototyping 
    April Fools pranks 
    Working with his wife, Becca Ritter. 
    Sharing a shop with Tyler Jaroz of 26 products 
    Killing birds with wind turbines in college 
    Getting a Masters Degree at MSU Bozeman 
    Trials and error - Danny Harrison 
    Skype Drop 
    The initial Spark 
    Apple iPod 
    Market reserach
    Split-boarding fitness   
    The story behind the name Spark R&D 
    Tesla 
    Updates on the binding line 
    The wammy bar 
    Backcountry sketchy situations 
    Avalanche Safety 
     
    Will and Becca Ritter
    Will and Becca Ritter

     

    Quotes from this episode:

    "Dinner time manners are something we’re trying to work on at the Ritter house.
    "The two year old will throw food across the house.
    “Kids are just programed to find out where the boundaries are… As their parent - they’re always experimenting on you.
    “We crash landed into parent hood.”  
    “The screens come in handy - it’s like you hit the deactivate button on your kids…” 
    “They’re smart, they know how to steal a phone and unlock it (the 2 and 4 year olds).”
    “Getting my Masters really taught me how to get into a big problem, slice it into small problems and go after the small problems.” 
    “If there’s something you want to do - just start doing it…. There’s a small step you could take every day…” 
    “If you want to get after something epic - you’re going to have to work for it.” 
    “For us, it’s always been about how much more of this can we do ourselves”
    “The mega growth can be a huge problem - you can grow yourself to death.”  
    “You gotta take your hands off the wheel a little bit when you have people working for you.” 
    “I’m a former park rat from Minnesota.” 
    “I lost my Ice landing steez out here pretty fast.”
    “The day I turned 30, I was out (splitboarding) with some friends…. As soon as we dropped in, everything just started sliding out… I went in the washing machine and was buried up to my waist.”  

     

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