Role model to all women, mentor and Owner & Chair of the Board, Burton Snowboards, i have always admired Donna Carpenter and finally got a chance to sit down with her for a quick chat about women in action sports.

Donna and her husband Jake Burton Carpenter founded Burton Snowboards in 1977. Burton is credited (amongst others, see interview with Brad Steward) with launching the modern snowboard and turning a largely unknown underground sport into what it is today.

Friend and Seattle fabricator and metal worker by day, base jumper by night, shares his story about this fringe sport and how he got into it. From owning a bridge in Kentucky that he and his friends bungee jump off of (and you can to) to his late night mis-adventures, you won't want to miss this one!

Join me as i sit down to talk Action Sports Careers With Legendary Snowboarder Maxx Von Marbod

This episode unpacks the roots and history of snowboarding, the sport that shaped my life and career. Brad Steward is a living legend, amazing human and entrepreneur. Brad made his mark by helping to bring snowboarding on to the world stage. Inspiring a generation, employee countless dreamers, and would be career shredders. He's since moved on to quite the career in film and creative production, co-create Caravan Outpost, based in Ojai, California. Caravan Outpost is an experiential lodging company, dad and mentor.

Kim Woozy is a legend in action sports, and a game changing contributor for women in skateboarding. She is a skateboarding industry alum, Founder of Mahfia.com, former Director of Partnerships for Skate Like a Girl, TedX panelist and an incredible human. Enjoy this early conversation with her!

For our very first episode, we sat down with two industry shapers to take stock of a shifting moment. Bryce Phillips, founder of evo, and Jesse Burtner, creative director behind Think Thank and longtime Mervin Mfg collaborator, unpack how the action sports world has changed: retail moving from core shops to omnichannel, media jumping from DVDs to YouTube and rider-driven content, and brands learning to trade hype for community. We get into what it took to build culture while selling product, why storytelling beats stunts, and how independent thinkers kept the scene inventive as the industry professionalized. It’s a time capsule of smart risk taking, creative grit, and the early blueprint for how action sports would evolve over the next decade.