In this mini-episode of “All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Snowboarding,” Brian Donovan, Chris Rogers, and Matt Larson recap the Vert Derby, which didn’t come together as planned but still happened independently across the country. They share storm-related travel cancellations, solo ride days, and wildly different winter conditions, along with ride stats, splitboarding laps, and speed/vert goals, and they total 124,490 feet of vert submitted by participants with clips on @learnedfromsnowboarding. The crew tees up a deeper discussion on four-and-aft pressure through the progression of certifications and edge-change movement patterns, with Matt noting that moving too far toward the nose can create problems and make retraction look lengthwise instead of moving the center of mass across the board. The episode ends early when Matt gets paged to the hospital, with a promise to continue, plus calls for listener questions, hot takes, and upcoming merch updates.

00:00 Cold Open Banter

00:23 Episode 93 Setup

01:06 Vert Derby Plans Change

02:42 Storm Cancellations Recap

04:33 Splitboard And Vert Stats

07:30 Spring Conditions Talk

09:37 Layering And Winter Gear

12:23 Vert Derby Totals

13:06 Four And Aft Teaser

14:31 Matt Gets Paged

15:24 Wrap Up And Next Steps

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The snowboard podcast All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Snowboarding is a weekly podcast with AASI Snowboard National Team Members Chris Rogers, Matt Larson, and Brian Donovan. Tune in each week as we discuss snowboarding, snowsports instruction, instructor certification, and how, well, basically, we learned everything we need to know from snowboarding!

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