Let’s Talk Snowboarding

A HEAVY HITTER FROM WHITTIER, CA THIS WEEK ON LTS WE HAVE TRENT SAUCEDO! AKA @1kthep TRENT EATS, BREATHS, AND SLEEPS SNOWBOARDING.  WHETHER IT IS SENDING AN INSANE CREVASSE AT HOOD OR ROLLING WITH ALL THE HOMIES IN THE BAG LAB CREW AT BEAR, THE MAN IS A PROBLEM ON THE SNOWBOARD

WE TALK HIS PASSION FOR THE SPORT IN PARTICULAR THE STREETS, AND HOW FAMILY IS EVERYTHING! ABSOLUTELY STOKED TO THE MOON TO HAVE TRENT JOIN THE PODCAST AND WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS TIME AND THE PASSION HE SHARES.  YOU CAN'T NOT GET STOKED WHEN CHATTING WITH OUR BOY! 

ENJOY THE EPISODE AND AS ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF ALL THE LISTENERS!  YOUR SUPPORT MEANS IT ALL!

WELL KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE SNOWBOARD COMMUNITY OF NORTH IDAHO, NIKO SALINAS AKA @niko.n.idaho HAS MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF!  NIKO GREW UP JUST OUTSIDE OF COEUR D' ALENE AND MOVED TO HAWAII FOR SOME TIME BEFORE RETURNING HOME WITH HIS FAMILY.  WE CHAT ABOUT BEING A FATHER AND INTRODUCING HIS KIDS TO THE SPORT THAT WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE!  NIKO IS ALSO AN AVID GOLFER DURING THE SPRING AND SUMMER.  HE IS NOW IN HIGH DEMAND FOR VIDEOGRAPHY IN THE AREA AND HAS CREATED HIS OWN MEDIA COMPANY.  SO STOKED ON THIS EPISODE AND WOULD LIKE TO THANK NIKO FOR SITTING DOWN! ALSO HUGE THANKS TO FINE BREWED IN DOWNTOWN COEUR D' ALENE FOR ALLOWING US TO RECORD AT THEIR VENUE!

**SPECIAL EDITION OF LTS** THIS WEEK WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME BEN SITTIG AKA @HUGEFLYFISHERMAN TO THE PODCAST!  THIS IS PART OF THE PODCAST BRANCHING OUT AND DISCUSSING OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND THIS WEEK OUR TOPIC IS FLY FISHING!  TO SAY THAT BEN KNOWS FLY FISHING IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.  BEN GREW UP FLY FISHING AND HAS WORKED AS A GUIDE FOR MANY YEARS BEFORE STARTING HIS YOUTUBE CHANNEL.  TODAY, BEN'S CHANNEL HAS OVER 66 THOUSAND FOLLOWERS!  HE CREATES FUNNY AND INSIGHTFUL VIDEOS FOR FLY FISHING WEEKLY!  IT WAS SO AWESOME TO GET TO CHAT WITH BEN AND WE ARE STOKED TO BRING A NEW TOPIC TO THE PODCAST AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS TREND IN THE FUTURE!  HUGE THANKS TO BEN FOR HIS TIME AND TO THE LISTENERS FOR TUNING IN!  ENJOY THIS EPISODE AND WE WILL BE BACK NEXT WEEK WITH ANOTHER BANGER EPISODE!

TO SAY WE ARE STOKED FOR THIS WEEKS EPISODE WOULD BE A MASSIVE UNDERSTATEMENT! WE ARE ABSOLUTELY OVERSTOKING TO THE MOON TO WELCOME CASEY WILLAX TO LET'S TALK SNOWBOARDING EPISODE 26!

CASEY GREW UP IN CONNETICUT AND CALLED THE EAST COAST HOME AS A GROM.  WE TALK TO CASEY ABOUT MANY DIFFERENT TOPICS FROM WHAT MOUNT HOOD MEANS TO HIM TO HIS MOST RECENT SURT TRIPS TO INONESIA AND NICARAGUA.  CASEYS JOURNEY OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE DIVE INTO! LET'S SAY THAT THE BANTER LEVEL IS PEAKING IN THIS EPISODE!

IT WAS A GREAT PRIVILEDGE TO SPEAK WITH CASEY AND WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS TIME, HIS OUTLOOK AND POSITIVITY.

HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY THE EPISODE AND AS ALWAYS THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN!

STYLE PERSONIFIED. THATS WHAT THIS WEEKS GUEST JOSH NISHIMOTO AKA @gearpilot EMBODIES! THE STEEZ FACTOR IS REAL IN JOSHS RIDING AND HIS STYLE ON AND OFF THE MOUNTAIN! ANYTHING BOARD RELATED WHETHER IT'S SKATING, SNOWBOARDING, OR WAKE SKATING JOSH CAN THROW DOWN!

WE CHAT ABOUT THE CULTURE SHOCK OF MOVING FROM SOCAL TO THE PANHANDLE OF IDAHO AS A KID.  JOSH HAS DONE A LOT IN LIFE AND HAS EVEN MORE TO CHASE! IT WAS SO SICK TO GET TO SIT DOWN AND LEARN MORE ABOUT HIS STORY AND WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS!

WE LOVE THE SUPPORT THAT THE PODCAST HAS BEEN GETTING FROM YOU ALL! YOU ARE THE REASON WE KEEP TRYING TO PUT OUT BANGER EPISODES! THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS WEEKS LTS!!! 

CALEB HAMILTON AKA @destoylife IS ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED SHAPERS IN THE GAME! SHAPING TERRAIN PARKS ALL ACROSS THE WORLD CALEB HAS BEEN KILLING IT IN THE CAT AND WITH THE RAKE AND SHOVEL FOR YEARS!  NOT ONLY IS HE A BOSS IN THE CAT, HE ALSO IS A MASTER WOODWORKER SHAPING SOME OF THE MOST AMAZING PIECES YOU WILL EVER SEE!

I FIRST MET CALEB AT MOUNT HOOD ALMOST 10 YEARS AGO.  I REMEMBER AN ART EXHIBIT HAPPENING IN WELCHES, IN THE FOOTHILLS OF MOUNT HOOD. HIS WOOD ART PIECES WERE AND STILL ARE TO THIS DAY INCREDIBLE.  SINCE THEN, HE HAS TRAVELED THE WORLD! WHETHER IT BE BRINGING HIGH CASCADE TO JAPAN OR RUNNING SUPPLIES IN A CAT IN THE ARCTIC CIRCLE CALEB HAS DONE SO MANY COOL THINGS YOU WILL JUST HAVE TO LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE TO HEAR IT ALL!

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO CALEB FOR JOINING LTS AND WE HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYS THIS EPISODE! WE GET DEEP INTO THE BANTER ON THIS ONE!

BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER WITH AN ALL NEW EPISODE ON AN ALL NEW RELEASE DAY OF LET'S TALK SNOWBOARDING! WE WILL NOW BE BRINGING YOU ALL NEW EPISODES WEEKLY ON MONDAYS AT 8 AM PACIFIC TIME! THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE OVER THIS BREAK WE HAVE TAKEN OVER THE SUMMER!

WITH THAT, THIS EPISODE OF LET'S TALK SNOWBOARDING PROVES TO BE A BANGER! WE SIT DOWN WITH RHEN LYDEN, MANAGER OF THE SKI SHACK LOCATED IN HAYDEN, IDAHO AND A STAPLE IN THE NORTH IDAHO SKI AND SNOWBOARD COMMUNITY FOR DECADES!  OPEN SINCE 1974 THE SKI SHACK IS CUT FROM THE DAYS OF YOUR LOCAL SKI AND BOARD SHOP.  WE TALK WITH RHEN ABOUT GROWING UP IN THE AREA AND HOW HIS GRANDMOTHER OPENED THE SHOP, AND HOW HIS FAMILY IS RUNNING IT TO THIS DAY.  WE ALSO TALK ABOUT HIS TIME LIVING IN TAHOE AND HAVING SOME AWESOME BANTER ABOUT TRADE SHOWS AND ALL THINGS SNOWBOARDING!

THANK YOU TO RHEN FOR HIS TIME AND FOR ALLOWING LTS USE AN AMAZING VENUE FOR RECORDING THIS EPISODE AND MORE IN THE FUTURE!

FROM THE SKI SHACK IN HAYDEN, IDAHO WELCOME BACK TO ANOTHER EPISODE OF LET'S TALK SNOWBOARDING! AFTER AN EARLY SUMMER WE ARE STOKED TO BE BACK FOR ALL NEW EPISODES EVERY OTHER TUESDAY FOR THE REST OF THE SUMMER!  IN THIS EPISODE WE SPEAK WITH A BROTHER AND SISTER WHO ARE GOING TO DO BIG THINGS! NOT ONLY IN THE WINTER SPORTS INDUSTRY BUT ALSO AS ENTREPRENEURS! MALIA AND ZADOK STEFFEN HAVE BIG IDEAS AND DREAMS! NOT TO MENTION THEY BOTH THROW DOWN ON THEIR SNOWBOARDS AND SKIS!  WE TALK WITH THEM ABOUT THEIR PASSION FOR ALL THINGS OUTDOORS AND THE COMPANY THEY HAVE CREATED ALONG WITH THEIR YOUNGER BROTHER!  CHECK THEM OUT @smalltown3kids and smalltown-kids.com ALONG WITH CO-HOST JESSICA WOFFINDEN THE CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH MALIA AND ZADOK WAS AWESOME AND ARE SO STOKED FOR WHAT THE FUTURE IS GOING TO BRING THESE TWO!  THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL THE LISTENERS AND HOPE EVERYONE IS ENJOYING THEIR SUMMER!

WE ARE SO STOKED TO HAVE MOUNTAIN VIBEZ RIDER DEVANTE JOHNS ON THIS EPISODE OF LET'S TALK SNOWBOARDING! DEVANTE GREW UP IN MARYLAND AND HAS TAKED HIS TALENTS IN SNOWBOARDING AND SKATEBOARDING TO THE RENO/TAHOE REGION!  IF YOU FOLLOW DEVANTE ON IG @DJOHNSZ YOU WILL KNOW THAT THE DUDE IS A PROBLEM IN THE TERRAIN PARK! HIS PROGRESSION HAS BEEN ISANE AND IS SUCH A TALENTED RIDER!  WE TALK ABOUT HIS TIME AT MOUNT HOOD AND WHAT THAT EXPERIENCE MEANT TO HIM AND WHAT IS IN STORE FOR THE FUTURE!  THANK YOU SO MUCH TO DEVANTE FOR HIS TIME AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE LISTENERS!

ANNOUNCEMENT!

FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS LTS WILL BE RELEASED EVERY OTHER WEEK ON MONDAYS AT 8 AM PACIFIC STANDARD TIME! WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE FOR YOUR PATIENCE DURING THIS SCHEDULE CHANGE.  WE ARE STOKED FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS AND WHAT CONTENT WE WILL BE SEEING FROM OUR COMMUNITY AS IT GROWS! STAY SHREDDY!

EPISODE 20 EVERYONE!!! THIS WEEK WE SIT DOWN WITH A LOCAL LEGEND WHO HAS BEEN TEACHING SNOWBOARDING AND SKIING FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS! MARTY ANDREWS HAS LIVED IN NORHTERN IDAHO FOR SOME TIME AND BEFORE THEN HE WAS BUILDING THE LEGEND AT STEVENS PASS IN WASHINGTON. WE TALK GROWING UP IN SHORELINE AND SHREDDING STEVENS AND MOUNT BAKER AND WHAT HIS DRIVING FORCE WAS TO MOVE TO SANDPOINT, IDAHO!  MARTY IS AN AMAZING RIDER AND PERSON AND WE ARE SO STOKED TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO CHAT WITH HIM!  ALSO, SPECIAL THANKS TO JESSICA W. FOR CO HOSTING AND PRODUCING THIS EPISODE AS WELL AS FINE BREWED CAFE FOR ALLOWING US TO RECORD IN AN AMAZING SPACE!  HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY THIS ONE!