Let’s Talk Snowboarding

JOINING LET'S TALK SNOWBOARDING THIS WEEK FOR HIS SECOND EPISODE WE HAVE LUCAS FOSTER IN THE BOOTH!  TO SAY LUCAS HAD A BUSY SEASON LAST YEAR WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT!  AT DEW TOUR HE LAYED DOWN A RUN THAT EARNED HIM A PODIUM, THE REAL STORY OF THAT RUN WAS HOW SICK HIS FINAL TRICK OF THE RUN WAS!  THE ALLEY OOP DOUBLE MCTWIST IS NOT A TRICK YOU SEE EVERYDAY!

WE CHAT WITH LUCAS MORE IN DEPTH ABOUT WHAT THAT TRICK DID FOR HIM LEADING INTO THE COMING COMPETETIVE SEASON AND WHAT THE NEW VIBES ARE ON THE U.S. SNOWBOARD TEAM.  THERE HAVE BEEN ALOT OF CHANGES HEADING INTO THIS YEAR AND ARE STOKED TO HEAR LUCAS' PERPSPECTIVE ON THE TEAM AND THE FUTURE OF SNOWBOARDING.  SO STOKED TO HAVE LUCAS JOIN AND THANK HIM SO MUCH FOR HIS TIME!

IN THIS ABSOLUTELY ENORMOUS EPISODE OF LET'S TALK SNOWBOARDING IN COLLABORATION WITH STAMINAPRO AND CO HOSTED BY TAYLOR DISTLER, WE WELCOME ONE OF THE SICKEST RIDERS IN THE GAME, JULIA MARINO JOINS THE PODCAST! 

JULIA HAS BEEN AT THE TOP OF THE SPORT FOR YEARS NOW WITH A SILVER MEDAL IN SLOPESTYLE AT THE 2022 WINTER OLYMPICS, AS WELL AS A SEVEN TIME X GAMES MEDALIST TO SAY JULIA IS A TOP LEVEL COMPETITOR WOULD BE A MASSIVE UNDERSTATEMENT!  JULIA IS A STRAIGHT UP WEAPON ON THE SNOWBOARD!

ORIGINALLY FROM CONNETICUT WE TALK ABOUT JULIA'S CHILDHOOD, HER MOVE TO QUEBEC AND THE SICK BACKYARD ROPE TOW WHERE SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THE REPS IN AND VIBE OUT WITH THE HOMIES.  

CURRENTLY RECOVERING FROM A KNEE INJURY SUSTAINED AT LAST SEASONS X GAMES, WE CHAT WITH JULIA ABOUT HER FITNESS AND HEALTH REGIMENT AND HOW STAMINAPRO PLAYS INTO HER CURRENT AND FUTURE RECOVERY.  SHE PUTS US ON SOME CRAZY GAME IN REGARD TO HEALTHY LIVING!  WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO JULIA FOR HER TIME JOINING THE PODCAST AND ARE STRAIGHT STOKING TO SEE WHAT THIS SEASON AND THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR HER!

LET'S GET INTO IT! THE JULIA MARINO INTERVIEW!

WE ARE SO STOKED TO BE BACK WITH ANOTHER EPISODE OF LET'S TALK SNOWBOARDING AND THIS WEEK WE HAVE KAYLIE NEAL JOINING THE PODCAST!  KAYLIE IS A RIPPING SNOWBOARDER, ESPECIALLY IN THE HALFPIPE! SHE HAS COME UP THROUGH REV TOUR AND NOW HAS HER SIGHTS SET ON PROGRESSING TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL AND GETTING SOME RESULTS THIS SEASON IN COMPETITION AND WHAT BETTER GUEST CO HOST TO HAVE ON THIS EPISODE THAN OUR BOY LUCAS FOSTER JOINING IN!  LUCAS AND KAYLIE CHAT ABOUT THE COMPETITION CIRCUIT AND WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR HALFPIPE RIDERS.  WE ALSO CHAT ALL THINGS SNOWBOARDING AND HOW KAYLIE HAS GROWN UP IN THE SPORT AND HER JOURNEY MOVING OUT TO MOUNT HOOD AFTER GROWING UP ORIGINALLY IN GEORGIA.  THANK YOU TO KAYLIE AND LUCAS AND HOPE YOU ALL ARE STOKED ON THIS EPISODE!

WE APPRECIATE THE LISTENERS AND YOUR PATIENCE AS WE KNOW IT HAS BEEN A FEW WEEKS SINCE OUR LAST EPISODE.  EDITING SOFTWARE ISSUES ARE ALWAYS THE BEST TO FIGURE OUT, NOT! WE ARE DIALED IN NOW AND WILL BE BRINGING YOU BANGER EPISODES EACH WEEK FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON!  

PROBABLY ONE OF MOST BADASS RIDERS IN THE STATE OF IDAHO, WE HAVE EMMA HALL JOINING THE PODCAST THIS WEEK!  TO SAY THAT SHE IS AN ABSOLUTE WEAPON ON THE SNOWBOARD IS AN UNDERSTATMENT!  EMMA IS KILLING THE SCENE IN IFSA AND ALSO IN THE BANK SLALOM WORLD WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE SO MUCH IN THE PNW!  SHE ALSO HAS SOME SOME EPIC STORIES FROM HOOD AND KILLED IT LAST SPRING AT BRAIN BOWL SESSIONS!

A SANDPOINT LOCAL AND NOW TAHOE RESIDENT EMMA IS ALL ABOUT PROGRESSING HER RIDING AND KEEPING THE VIBES SUPER CHILL AS YOU WILL SEE IN WHAT WE FEEL IS ONE OF THE SICKEST EPISODES YET ON THE PODCAST!  SHE IS A 7B RIDER TO HER CORE!

WE TALK ALL THINGS BOARDING AND WHAT IS NEXT FOR HER.  WOULD LIKE TO THANK EMMA FOR HER TIME AND SPREADING ALL THE STOKE!

HOPE ALL THE LISTENERS ENJOY THIS EPISODE!  THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

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!