Matt Barr, quietly (mostly) helped shape what UK snowboard culture, and the wider worldwide culture, looked like over the last three decades.

Matt recognised his own talents early on, realising he wasn't going to be a pro snowboarder, set about making it his life in other ways. Learning a few tricks from the master of the blag, Chris Moran (he won't mind me saying that) Matt used snowboarding as a means to travel the world on someone elses budget, finding the interesting stories and bringing them back with him, sharing them in the pages of Whitelines and laterly, Transworld Snow.

You might think after all those adventures, you might have gotten your lot out of this great lifestyle, but Matt went to on pioneer action sports podcasts with Looking Sideways (https://wearelookingsideways.com/) and took that to the great and the good of snowboarding, then into the wider surf, skate and outdoors communities, finding the interesting stories and important issues.

As well as this, Matt is owner of All Conditions Media (https://allconditionsmedia.com/) going about helping brands deliver their message in a non shit way.

As always, we are supported by the lovely people at The Snowboard Asylum, tell them I sent you: https://www.snowboard-asylum.com/

I mention that Matt came over to my studio to record this, I work as a music producer and mix engineer out of my own studio space, if you are interested you can find that here: https://goldtone.co.uk/

If you'd like to get in touch with us, share a story or just tell us what snowboarding means to you, then email [email protected] or find us on Instagram @thank_u_snowboarding_podcast and you can get us on Facebook and Youtube by looking for @thankusnowboarding

Peace, out x

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When I first thought of the podcast, Oggys story is one I wanted to tell. This guy hasn't lived the life per se, but he has lived, and continues to live, his life in snowboarding. As a shop owner, Oggy made sure he treated his customers in a way that helped them become lifelong snowboarders, making sure they had the right kit, knew what to expect, what to take, what NOT to take, and all the good shit you'd know if you have some experience.

Everyone I've ever met who shopped with Oggy were slightly in awe of this legend of a man, and I"ve never heard a single bad word about him. My own direct experience is one of positivity, interest, and learning. Whilst working for Airwalk he would always spend the time learning about the kit, so he understood what he was selling, and from the days with the chalet, he always recommended us to his customers, and his customers became our clients (and staff in one example)

Selling snowboard kit isn't an easy gig, esepcially as a small independant and indeed we have lost most of our shops, for many reasons, but the sad factor is, they were the unsung heroes, quietly getting people stoked on snowboarding, creating scenes, riding dryslope and making it their lives, miles from the snow.

These are the heroes IMHO...

The film I mention in the outro of this episose is 1999, you can watch it now on our Youtube Channel @thankusnowboarding

If you want to check out our Instagram, which has loads of stuff on there that I'm unearthing every day, check it out instagram.com/thankusnowboarding

You want to get in touch? Email me [email protected] or DM me on Insta, tell me why you love snowboarding.

If you are looking for kit, then go see out friends at The Snowboard Asylum, they've been looking after UK riders since day one, so they can certainly help you find what you need. https://www.snowboard-asylum.com/

If you need some gloriously printed images for your walls or need something to look at whilst you take a dump, then go check The Reason mag, a lovingly put together tome, designed to make you want to go snowboarding... https://thereasonmag.com/

Thats it for now, keep it real. xxx

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Its quite funny how UK snowboarders have spread themselves around the globe, I mean, its not funny per se, but UK snowboarding, for a small country, has a bigger influence over the world of snowboarding than you might think. I was chatting with Matt Barr this moring and both he, and Ed Leigh are on Travis Rices Natural Selection selection committe, which is quite mad, then you have Tom Willmott who is the coach of the New Zealand Ski and Snowboard teams.

From a humble beginning up on Telford Dryslope, which. by the way, produced its fair share of talented shredders, to travelling the world coaching some of the worlds best athletes, Toms journey is really one of a true love f snowboarding and the many facets of it. He takes time off from coaching to guide up in Alaska, indeed, as we talk about, would bail on a night of drinking to go hike a summit to rude down at sunrise. At the time, I couldn't get with that, but now I understand, Tom has been chasing as many experiences on a board as possible, and he has crafted a life doing so.

Its been nearly 20 years (and btw, how the fuck does time move so quickly?) since I last got to hang out with Tom, but we managed a few laps and laughs together in Laax, nicely followed by a couple of beers outside the Indy Bar, which, really sums up snowboarding for me, good mates, some fun runs, a few beers... Good times.

This podcast is made with the help of the Snowboard Asylum, who have more knowledge and experience, to make sure you get the right kit for whatever snowboarding you want to do. Give them a shout here, tell them I sent you: https://www.snowboard-asylum.com/

If you want to get in touch, hit me up at [email protected] or head over to Instragram @thank_u_snowboarding_podcast

See you next week xxx

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I was stoked to find out that Lesley was in Laax last week,she was there doing research for her PHD, with maybe a little family holiday thrown in, as her partner and daughter were there too.I'd been planning on going to the Upbattle weekend and doing this interview then, but I feared that would be a heavy weekend, so I thought I'd nab the opportunity to get Lesleys story earlier than expected...

Lesley has so many facets to her personality, she is an activist, works in her community in Aviemore, works for Team GB, has just put out a short film with Patagonia called Thrawn (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO3CkZDT9iw) is a mother and not least of all, a snowboarder...

A fascinating chat which, in a way, sits alongside Episode 2 - Melanie Leando as they share part of their journeys, but Lesley has used all her skills to help build the future rippers and help them win world class events, so I was stoked to hear her insights and get her take on snowboarding as it was, and as it is now...

Sadly I forgot to get onto her alternative career as a disco dancer! Enjoy.

If you need kit, call into The Snwboard Asylum and tell them you listen to this podcast: https://www.snowboard-asylum.com/

Hopefully, you'll have a copy by now, but if you haven't, instead of looking at your phone whilst you take a shit, look at this: https://thereasonmag.com/

If you'd like to share something, please get in touch [email protected]

Peace out x

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I've been waiting to do this one.... Rob invited me over to Bourg St Maurice to record this episode, but I couldn't make it work. I told him I was gonna be in Laax and he messaged me to say he'd drive over, sleep in his car, we'd go riding, do the podcast, have some beers, he'd sleep in his car then drive another 9 hours back to Bourg, I mean, what a legend, as well as this, our lives through starting businesses at the same time, and the journeys we both went on and supporting each other through, mean Robs friendship is something I hold dearly in my life... Through his company The Coolbus thecoolbus.co.uk offering transfers into the Alps, he has given employment and seasons to so many people, the amount of good snowboarding times Rob has been the catalyst for is incredible, and thats why I wanted to get him on the podcast...I hope you enjoy this one, Rob is an incredible guy and somehow commands an amazing level of loyalty among his staff and friends, one of the only people on the planet whom I doubt I would find someone to say a bad word about...

So we recorded this live in Laax, where I am enjoying the first snowboarding I've done in 5 years, as well as the Laax open, the biggest competition in European snowboarding, so lots of people here and lots of people hyped to be on the podcast, you can check the live stream here: https://open.laax.com/laax-open-live there is a live stream via the Bomb Hole with their own commentary, but why not stick the offical feed with our own Ed Leigh and Tim Warwood...

I"m out in Laax with The Reason mag, which you should check out: https://thereasonmag.com/

And of course, I'm kitted out and supported by the folk at The Snowboard Asylum, they know their shit and I'd have sore feet if it wasn't for them, go check em out: https://www.snowboard-asylum.com/

If you want to get in touch, please email us at [email protected]

Peace x

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Seeing a grom grow into a really great adult sums it up for me with Tom. Our paths first crossed at a dryslope in SE London way back in the 90's when Tom was a mere 11 years old, but already quite a character. We, of course, treated him like a grom, gave him plenty of shit, but also encouraged him, always chatting to his family and I think from there, his parents could see a good community of people their son could be part of.

Fast forward many years and Tom is now the owner of Transform gloves, a great brand doing cool things in its own way, in its own time. Its got style and a sensability that isn't chasing fashion or hype, just going about business making great products for snowboarders, by snowboarders. He still has a SE London sensability but is more worldly than that, I'd like to think he would say the same thing about me, not interested in entertaining the bullshit, but getting on by doing...

If you'd like to check out Transform Gloves, you can find them here: https://transformgloves.com/en-gb There is a cool 10% off your first order or, of course, you can order them from The Snowboard Asylum who are also doing a discount off your first order: https://www.snowboard-asylum.com/

The movie Odd Man Out is on the Shred Flicks playlist on our Youtube channel, you can check that here: https://www.youtube.com/@ThankUSnowboarding

Hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did...x

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In my opinion, one of the most stylish riders to come out of the UK, and yeah, that might have a little family bias attached, but I'm claiming it. I've been lucky to ride all over with him, I've taken him to hospital a couple of times, we have had a fair few adventures and drunken escapades and so far, we've made it through...

In this episode, we mention his investment and work with Greystone Action Sports, which is a facility in Manchester providing training for action sports athletes, it is a rad place, I Djed at the UK Skate Champs there a few years ago and it was great, so you can check them out here: https://www.graystoneactionsports.co.uk/

I couldn't find much about the Snowboard Generation Cd that Dave was on the cover of, but there is some info here: https://www.discogs.com/release/3306386-Various-Snowboard-Generation Maybe I'll make a playlist for it?

I also mention The Ultimate Snowboard Movie Soundtrack which I put together for The Snowboard Asylum and a premiere of a shred flick, some years ago, which you can listen to here, when I recreated it for my radio show: https://soundcloud.com/chriscracknelldj/november-podcast-the-ultimate-snowboard-movie-soundtrack-live-from-cargo-london

Talking of the Snowboard Asylum, they have been repping some nice stuff from Volcom recently, so if that sounds like what you need for an upcoming shred mission, go here: https://www.snowboard-asylum.com/volcom

Dave now runs a company installing solar and battery storage, if you'd like to now more about that, click here: https://sopoco.co.uk/

Hope you enjoyed the episode, see you next week xx

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No-one has influenced the UK scene, and driven it in its current direction than Eddie Spearing. OK, that might be a bit of hyperbole there, but certainly Eddie's impact on the UK scene is notable in many ways.

From starting the first snowboard magazine (Snowboard UK) to presiding over the British Snowboard Association. to being at nearly every competetion, Eddie was everywhere and gave everything to snowboarding, and certainly done so in the face of no money, no road map, loads of booze and good times, its staggering he is still with us!

I think as a snowboarder in the UK, we all owe Eddie a salute (and/or a pint) for the work he put in, to keep snowboarding exactly what it is and should be, anti establishment, anti corporate, a means of self expression and a reason to have a good time with your friends. Personally I'd have liked Mia Brookes to give Claire Balding the middle finger at last weeks Sports Personality of the Year awards, maybe when she wins the whole fucking thing, and I hope I'm sitting with Eddie when that happens... Thanks Ed, you are a bone fide legend. x

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Fairy unknown in the history of UK snowboarding, a name lost to time. Maybe due to the fact that he sort of existed outside the UK scene to an extent. From skating and building his first snowboards, to decamping to the Alps to persue this 'sport', from meals with Jake Burton to hanging out with Shawn Farmer et al at the King of the Hill in Alaska, Graeme has had a pretty wild ride and is still frothing for the shred.

Graeme heard about the podcast and got in touch to see if I'd like to chat with him, he sent me some career 'highlights' and I was blown away, so of course we needed him on! Such a great chat, so humble, so stoked on snowboarding (and skating) and I feel priviledged to have helped him share his story...

We talked about the Standard movie TB5, which you can find here: https://youtu.be/_W3Vl4prN_I?si=wcLxcuR1tge17lE8

We also talk about the King of the Hill in Alaska, which was the first of its kind, a free ride/extreme contest in Alaska, you can see what this looked like here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOwuITAXN3g

Of course, if you need kit, or advice on kit, the go check our partners The Snowboard Asylum here: https://www.snowboard-asylum.com/

And if you need something other than your phone to read whilst you take a shit, then grab a copy of the excellent The Reason Mag, a beautifully put together shred mag:

https://thereasonmag.com/

Lastly, if you missed Mia Brookes winning the Young Sports Personality Of The Year award, head here to about 43.30 https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001tl2t/bbc-sports-personality-of-the-year-2023

Until next time x

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I've not really ever chatted that much with Becci before, a few short conversations here and there at various events, but she feels like someone I should have been great friends with and this was as easy and relaxed a conversation as I think I've ever had.

Becci grew up skiing, coincidentally, at a dry slope I later worked in the snowboard shop at (maybe thats the connection) and became very good at snowboarding, very quickly, started winning national comps, along with her then partner, Neil Mcnab. Between them they had the UK competition on lock and they we offered lots of opportunities.

After competitive life started to wane and a new charge of younger riders came to the fore, Becci moved to Morzine in France and founded BASS https://www.britishskischool.com/bassresorts/morzine and hung up her snowboard boots, as she puts it, because she had acheived everything she had wanted to do on a board.

I'm happy to report Becci has refound her love of snowboarding, hooking up with her old sponsor Nitro https://nitrosnowboards.com/en and looking forward to shredding again this winter...

In the episode I mention the TSA Shred Week which you can find out about here: https://treelinechalets.com/tsa-x-treeline-shred-week/

Also, don't forget to spend your money on shred kit wisely, as I say in this weeks podcast, even if they weren't supporting the podcast, I'd still recommmend you go visit them for the best advice you'll get anywhere for snowboarding kit: https://www.snowboard-asylum.com/

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