Shannon Dunn-Downing is a pioneer. She was an early halfpipe rider who pushed the limits of women's snowboarding constantly. She was the first American woman to win a snowboarding medal at the Winter Olympics when she took bronze in the halfpipe in 1998. On top of that, she then had the first successfully marketed and supported women's pro model snowboard. She joins us to tell her story and share some insight into how she made such progression possible and everything that happened in-between on this week's episode of The Bomb Hole!

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Chapters

00:00 | Intro

2:17 | Is Halfpipe Dead?

11:20 | Finding Snowboarding In The Late 80s

29:00 | Ads (Pacifico, ShadyRays, CAPiTA)

32:15 | Turning Pro / Meeting Tina Basich / Early Competition

48:12 | Ads (Mammoth, Momentous, Arbor)

51:32 | A Visit From Alex Andrews

55:42 | The First Air & Style

1:10:45 | Prom

1:16:45 | Ads (Mountain Hardwear, Turtlebox, Bubs Naturals)

1:20:26 | The First Women's Pro Model

1:31:51 | Switching From Sims to Burton

1:59:50 | NTVP

2:03:22 | Ads (Union, Vans, Coal, Snow League)

2:06:56 | Equal Prize Purse

2:13:41 | The Olympics

2:46:39 | Ads (Yeti, Woodward, Ikon, Nidecker)

2:50:03 | Motherhood

2:56:52 | Writing A Book / Faith

3:07:26 | Boarding For Breast Cancer

3:13:36 | Hot Takes

3:18:58 | Coming Back to Snowboarding

3:31:50 | What's Next / Set Ups / Thank Yous

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