FNRad Snowboarding Podcast

By Erik Traulsen

What's FNRad Snowboarding Podcast about?

FNRad Snowboarding Podcast brings you interviews with Snowboarders. New episodes drop every Wednesday from November until April with a special Elmer episode every April 1! 

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FNRad Snowboarding Podcast episodes:

05.22.2024
Scott Clum - FNRad S9BONUS6
Scott Clum designed the iconic Sims Triangle logo for Sims Snowboards in the 1980's. He's an original east coast Sims rider who moved to California to work for Sims.Support the Show.
05.15.2024
Mike Chantry - FNRad S9BONUS4
Mike Chantry was involved in most major snowboarding contests beginning with the 1983 Worlds (featuring the first snowboarding halfpipe ever) all the way through the US Open and Olympics games. Mike scored 17th at that first contest and is a...
05.08.2024
Don Bostick - FNRad S9BONUS5
Don Bostick is the Godfather of the N-Men (go watch the documentary right now!!) Don created the x-games, the Norther California amateur snowboard series, and too many events to list! Don is snowboarding royalty and I was stoked to finally...
05.01.2024
Austen Sweetin - FNRad S9E25
Austen Sweetin is an absolute legend of a pro snowboarder. He's been creating amazing snowboard media for almost 15 years. He started Boardslide Worldwide Media with his friend Sean Lucey and he's married to pro snowboarder Robin Van Gyn. Austen...
04.24.2024
Mike Jacoby and Laurie Asperas - FNRad S9BONUS3
Two legends of snowboarding join us for short interviews from the Legends of Tahoe event at Donner Ranch. Mike Jacoby is an OG Burton A team rider from the era of the Mystery Air. Laurie Asperas set out to show...
04.17.2024
Tom Hsieh - FNRad S09Bonus2
Tom Hsieh is the godfather of snowboarding media. He started Absolutely Radical Magazine in 1985 years before Transworld. Here we have the story of how he started the world's first snowboard mag and why he eventually changed the name to...
04.10.2024
Jimi Scott - FNRad S09E24
Jimi Scott dug the pipe at Donner Ski Ranch while we all rode powder. Some things never change. Jimi was 5 times world halfpipe champion. He had iconic pro models on Apocalypse, Lamar, and Ice Age. And he was the...
04.03.2024
Darrah Reid McLean & Andrew Geeves - FNRad S09E23
Darrah and Geeves are two Winnipeg legends of professional snowboarding that moved to Whistler after growing up together at Forest Mountain, a converted gravel pit with a rope tow. The two are old friends and their careers happened together almost...
04.01.2024
April 1 - FNRad Craig Kelly Episode 2024
Craig is important to all of us. Last week a few of his friends gathered at the PacWest Banked Slalom (an event that Craig helped start) and spoke about how Craig was important to snowboarding and to them. Happy Birthday...
03.27.2024
Chris Nichols - FNRad SE09E22
Nix is a Whistler legend born and raised in Calgary. He named and invented the frontside rodeo (after Calgary) and was trying to land it the day Kevin Young first put it down. He worked at 4 star Distribution and...
03.20.2024
Rube Goldberg - FNRad S09E21
Rube Goldberg is a Whistler pro snowboarder from the 90's and 2000's whose smooth style landed him in movies and magazines. Rube is a snowboarder's snowboarder who also had some success in competitions, when I met him at The Baker...
03.13.2024
Jason (Bas) Basarich - FNRad S09E20
Bas is the man. He's from Mt Vernon. You've probably seen him driving the Baker shuttle in the White Salmon Day Lodge parking lot. His pro model on Gnu sold a lot of units!! Jason Basarich is a true snowboarder...
03.06.2024
TJ Schneider - FNRad S9E19
TJ Schneider is a badass pro snowboarder from the 2000's (and Red Deer Alberta where the local hill is a valley not a hill or mountain...) who rode for Capita for 12 years. He was one of the original Capita...
02.28.2024
Eric Blehm - FNRad S9E18
Eric Blehm snowboarded in the San Bernardino Mountains as a kid in the early eighties. He became a sponsored amateur on the Look team for a season and then His passion for snowboarding lead him to become a writer for...
02.21.2024
Sean Sullivan - FNRad S9E17
Sean sullivan is a professional snowboard photographer from Snowboarding’s golden age. Sully joined Snowboarder magazine before they had a senior photographer program and took some of the most iconic snowboard photos of all time. Sully was there for the transition...
02.14.2024
Josh Dirksen - FNRad S9E16
Josh Dirksen is one of the nicest pro snowboarders I've ever met. Hailing from Oregon and riding out of Mt Bachelor, Josh developed amazing surf style snowboarding through a career of competing, filming, and freeriding. Living with his family in...
02.07.2024
Megan Pischke - FNRad S09E15
Megan Pischke Porcheron is a Legendary Pioneer Women's Pro Snowboarder. She filmed for tons of movies and competed in seven X-games. Her reputation as a back country snowboarder is all time. She's been married to DCP for 25 years and...
01.31.2024
Tyler Nichol - FNRad SE09E14
Tyler Nichol is a cat driver from the Yukon. He was the guy behind the 2010 Olympic SuperPipe and then he did a few years building the Mount Seymour Park. Tyler's story is fascinating and his take on the snowboarding...
01.24.2024
Damian Buckley - FNRad Snowboarding SE09E13
Damian Buckley is a 90's Canadian Pro Snowboarder from the Calgary scene. Damian's involvement with Powderstick Snowboards lead to him working for Never Snowboards briefly in Vancouver (the original Vancouver based snowboard manufacturer where Wired owner Rob Dow designed boards...
01.20.2024
Sean Kearns 2024 - FNRad SE09E12
Retirement is going well. Thanks in a big way to this week's guest Sean Kearns. The story I'm telling myself is that you are lucky to have this conversational snapshot of where Sean is in his life today for many...
01.10.2024
Kevin Lee Royes - FNRad SE09E11
Kevin Royes is the inventor behind Bakoda accessories. In the 90's Kevin innovated leashes, stomp pads, locks, waxing and binding tools. He took accessories to another level by signing Devun Walsh and half the Forum 8 to the Bakoda team....
01.03.2024
Estelle Pensiero - FNRad SE09E10
Estelle Pensiero is a pro snowboarder for Arbor Snowboards who is also sponsored by Volcom, DB Bags, and BCA. She cut her teeth in the backcountry growing up at Baldface Lodge in the Selkirk mountains riding with some of the...
12.27.2023
Court Larabee (Siginaak/Blackbird) - FNRad SE09E09
Court Larabee, or Blackbird, the English translation of his anishnaabe name he uses when doing spiritual work, is a snowboarding powerhouse who is dedicated to raising spirit in the indigenous community . He won Whistler’s rising star award,...
12.20.2023
Jussi Oksanen - FNRad SE09E08
Jussi Oksanen is a Finnish retired professional snowboarder who went to the olympics, won the x games, and secured15 years of International Pro Team status at Burton Snowboards including 9 pro models. Jussi's son is completing the circle moving from...
12.13.2023
Arthur Longo - FNRad S09E07
Arthur Longo is a professional snowboarder from France known for his seemingly magical ability to turn in-bounds features into pure gold. His quiet, smiling demeanour is so disarming it’s easy to forget you’re in the presence of one of the...
12.06.2023
Jeff Pensiero - FNRad S09E06
Jeff Pensiero worked for Glissade snowboards and spent the early nineties shredding in Tahoe before migrating to BC Canada to follow his heart and his passion for back country snowboarding. In 2002 Jeff opened Baldface with a group of investors...
11.29.2023
Michael McDaniel - FNRad S09E05
Michael McDaniel is a professional snowboarder who rides for Gnu, Oakley, Airblaster, Coal, FatTire, and JBL audio. His smile and energy are infectious and his style is powerful and smooth. We recorded in a restaurant up on hill at...
11.22.2023
Fabien Rohrer - FNRad S09E04
Fabien Rohrer is one of the longest running pro snowboarders on the Nitro team. He won The Innsbruck Air And Style competing against the best snowboarders in the world at the time. He went to the olympics and then boycotted...
11.15.2023
Andrew Hardingham and Jonas Guinn - FNRad S09E03
Andrew and Jonas are Canadian Pro Snowboarders from the province of Alberta. This means they grew up in the Canadian Rockies. Both rode contests before following their passion into the backcountry. Andrew's unique personality matched the you'd unique style in...
11.08.2023
Schoph, Jamie Lynn, Scottie Daniels - FNRad S09E02
Schoph, Jamie Lynn, and Scottie Daniels join FNRad from the Denver Meka 1910 art show.We talk about snowboarding, friendship, and art...Support the Show.
11.07.2023
TGR's Flying High Again Premiere at The RIO Theatre November 9th
FNRad will be at the TGR Flying High Again Premiere November 9th at the Rio Theatre. Go to Tetongravity.com for tickets!! There will be an early (6:00) and a late (8:00) show. This is the latest film from Mike Hatchett...
11.02.2023
Ethan Fortier - FNRad S09E01
Ethan Stone Fortier ran Tech Nine for years where they invented the baseless binding and the toe cap strap. Then he was one of the most successful snowboarding photographers of all time. Ethan was the cohost of The Bombhole Podcast...
11.01.2023
Fnrad Season 9 - Short Delay
The long awaited Ethan Fortier Episode 1 of season 9 is ready and going to drop tonight at midnight...Stonie's Buds Podcast has put it out exclusively for their Patreon listeners today.Stay tuned. We're ready to roll with Season 9 of...
10.18.2023
Kendra Scurfield - FNRad Season9 - Preseason
Kendra Scurfield grew up at Sunshine Village and her love for the snowboard community runs deep. An accomplished snowboarder herself, Kendra never lost sight of what it means to a snowboarder to have a resort that genuinely cares about their...
10.04.2023
Mark Kowalchuk FNRad Preseason
Happy Birthday to one of the best artists in the business!! Stoked to have Mark Kowalchuk on the podcast finally! Mark's residing in Calgary right now and is absolutely crushing it as a designer and artist. MArk did the art...
08.14.2023
Ingemar Backman - FNRad Season 8 Raffle Bonus
Megajoink made three art pieces and had them signed by three legends: Peter Line, Ingemar Backman, And Terje Haakonsen.I asked Megajoink to donate one of his signed masterpieces to the FNRad Season 8 Raffle and he agreed. So I set...
07.04.2023
Peter Line - FNRad Season 8 Fundraiser
It’s time for the FNRad Fundraiser! This year we are raising money to support indigenous communities in need of clean water infrastructure and to help get kids on the snow with Indigenous Life Sports Academy a local organization that brings...
05.03.2023
FNRad Jess Kimura Interview - Season 8 Episode 27
Jess Kimura, is a pioneer in women's snowboarding and has been working for over a decade to elevate the sport. She created the Uninvited Invitational, a women's snowboarding event that has attracted talented snowboarders from around the world. We'll be...
04.26.2023
FNRad Season 8 Recap - Bonus episode
The final guest of season 8 will be Jess Kimura, I'm just putting the finishing touches on it this week... In the meantime enjoy this recap that includes a little snippet from said future episode!!I have had an incredible season...
04.19.2023
FNRad Svend Andersen Interview - Bonus Episode
Svend Andersen is the CEO of GHG Accounting, a company that specializes in helping businesses, local governments, and not-for-profit organizations get a handle on what their green house gas emissions are and solutions for reducing them. He's my daughter Emma's...
04.12.2023
FNRad Mike Hatchett Interview - Season 8 Episode 24
Mike Hatchett is the guy behind standard films, the company that produced the totally bored series of snowboard movies. Tb2 through Tb10 were the soundtrack to my early adult life working at the Boardroom. Mike’s ability to combine progressive snowboarding...
04.05.2023
FNRad Jim Rippey Interview - Season 8 Episode 23
Jim Rippey had the best selling pro model in the world for seven years during my favourite era, the early 90’s. As a top Burton pro he filmed with Standard and Mack Dawg and his parts were highly anticipated. He...
03.29.2023
FNRad Schoph Interview - Season 8 Episode 22
Schoph is a British pro snowboarder turned promoter turned artist who made a huge impact on the snowboard scene in the alps. You've probably seen his artwork as he's done projects for LibTech (like Travis Rice's 2023 graphic), Volcom, Vans,...
03.22.2023
FNRad Jason Ford Interview - Season 8 Episode 21
Jason Ford was on the Burton Pro Team aside Brushie, Craig, Jacoby, Alex Warburton, Jimi Scott... you get the picture. And he was one of the competitors who really gave Craig a lot of pressure on the World Champion Title...
03.15.2023
FNRad DCP Interview - Season 8 Episode 20
David Carrier Porcheron AKA DCP is a Canadian Pro Snowboarder who cut his teeth competing in halfpipe. DCP spent 14 years riding for Burton before starting YES Snowboards with his friends. And now YES Snowboards is 14 years old and...
03.08.2023
FNRad Ken Achenbach Interview - Season 8 Episode 19
Ken Achenbach is a Canadian snowboarder who changed the course of history by opening the world's first Snowboard shop in Calgary in the early 80's. Ken was friends with Jake Carpenter, Tom Sims, Craig Kelly, Regis Rolland, Chuck Barfoot, Evan...
03.01.2023
FNRad Krush Kulesza Interview - Season 8 Episode 18
Krush Kulesza is a snowboard event creator and director of Snowboy Productions who are the people behind Holy Bowly, DUH. and “It’s Tits” among other iconic snowboard community gatherings.Krush’s slogan “making shit radder than it was yesterday… since 1997” refers...
02.22.2023
FNRad Bud Fawcett Interview - Season 8 Episode 17
Bud Fawcett was among a handful of snowboard photographers whose images in early magazines made you look to see who took them. He shot with guys like Terry Kidwell, Shaun Palmer, Andy Hetzel, Tina and Mike Basich, Ranquet, and Craig....
02.15.2023
FNRad Travis Wood Interview - Season 8 Episode 16
Travis Wood was a pro snowboarder on the joyride team before crossing over to the company side of the equation with Forum. Travis was the marketing guy at four square distribution during the absolute heyday as you’ll hear. As an...
02.08.2023
FNRad Mike Basich Interview - Season 8 Episode 15
Mike Basich has been a huge part of snowboarding for over 30 years. From winning pro contests to his unforgettable and unique selfie series of snowboard photos, not to mention building his own off grid paradise complete with snowcat...

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FNRad Snowboarding Podcast episodes:

Scott Clum - FNRad S9BONUS6

Mike Chantry - FNRad S9BONUS4

Don Bostick - FNRad S9BONUS5

Austen Sweetin - FNRad S9E25

Mike Jacoby and Laurie Asperas - FNRad S9BONUS3

Tom Hsieh - FNRad S09Bonus2

Jimi Scott - FNRad S09E24

Darrah Reid McLean & Andrew Geeves - FNRad S09E23

April 1 - FNRad Craig Kelly Episode 2024

Chris Nichols - FNRad SE09E22

Rube Goldberg - FNRad S09E21

Jason (Bas) Basarich - FNRad S09E20

TJ Schneider - FNRad S9E19

Eric Blehm - FNRad S9E18

Sean Sullivan - FNRad S9E17

Josh Dirksen - FNRad S9E16

Megan Pischke - FNRad S09E15

Tyler Nichol - FNRad SE09E14

Damian Buckley - FNRad Snowboarding SE09E13

Sean Kearns 2024 - FNRad SE09E12

Kevin Lee Royes - FNRad SE09E11

Estelle Pensiero - FNRad SE09E10

Court Larabee (Siginaak/Blackbird) - FNRad SE09E09

Jussi Oksanen - FNRad SE09E08

Arthur Longo - FNRad S09E07

Jeff Pensiero - FNRad S09E06

Michael McDaniel - FNRad S09E05

Fabien Rohrer - FNRad S09E04

Andrew Hardingham and Jonas Guinn - FNRad S09E03

Schoph, Jamie Lynn, Scottie Daniels - FNRad S09E02

TGR's Flying High Again Premiere at The RIO Theatre November 9th

Ethan Fortier - FNRad S09E01

Fnrad Season 9 - Short Delay

Kendra Scurfield - FNRad Season9 - Preseason

Mark Kowalchuk FNRad Preseason

Ingemar Backman - FNRad Season 8 Raffle Bonus

Peter Line - FNRad Season 8 Fundraiser

FNRad Jess Kimura Interview - Season 8 Episode 27

FNRad Season 8 Recap - Bonus episode

FNRad Svend Andersen Interview - Bonus Episode

FNRad Mike Hatchett Interview - Season 8 Episode 24

FNRad Jim Rippey Interview - Season 8 Episode 23

FNRad Schoph Interview - Season 8 Episode 22

FNRad Jason Ford Interview - Season 8 Episode 21

FNRad DCP Interview - Season 8 Episode 20

FNRad Ken Achenbach Interview - Season 8 Episode 19

FNRad Krush Kulesza Interview - Season 8 Episode 18

FNRad Bud Fawcett Interview - Season 8 Episode 17

FNRad Travis Wood Interview - Season 8 Episode 16

FNRad Mike Basich Interview - Season 8 Episode 15

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