Season 6, Episode 94Dr. Kevin Stone has become a real friend of the show, now making his third appearance on the podcast. He is one of the world's leading orthopedic surgeons and the founder of the Stone Clinic in San Francisco. He's a pioneer in biological knee restoration, a surgeon trusted by Olympic athletes and everyday skiers alike. He's a voice who's been pushing sports medicine for decades. Every time Dr. Stone comes on, we walk away smarter and usually a little more hopeful about the future of knees. Today, we're diving into the newest advances in joint repair, what he's seeing on the cutting edge, and all of us mountain athletes should know if we want our bodies to last.

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Season 6, Episode 93

Denis Lee is a Co-Founder of AirFlare, a company built around a simple idea with lifesaving potential – turning the smartphone people already carry in their pockets every single day into a powerful search and rescue tool, and a powerful tool to help ski patrol save time and energy. He left his traditional corporate career to pursue his passions in the outdoors, motivated in part by the passing of a friend who went missing during a winter trip in Washington state. That experience sparked a desire to rethink how technology could help rescuers locate people faster and more accurately.

Working with his co-founder, Lee developed AirFlare into an accessible safety platform that allows adventures to share their location with friends and family and give ski patrols and search and rescue teams new tools that work even without cell service.

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Season 6, Episode 92

Sasha Berkovich grew up in the Soviet Union at a time when nothing came easy, and nothing in skiing was handed to you. If you wanted gear, you had to barter for it. If you wanted to ride a rope tow, you had to build it, you had to scrap together old engines, scavenged parts, and whatever rope you could find. Sometimes the only currency that worked was vodka. Skiing wasn't a hobby for Sasha back then; it was something you earned piece by piece in a world where there was never enough of anything.

Sasha chased skiing anyway. He built lifts out of scraps, traded bottles of vodka to get bindings, he found a way. And then, in 1988, he did something even harder – Sasha, his wife, and their two young children escaped the Soviet Union to make a life for themselves in the United States. No guarantees, no safety net, just a belief that freedom and skiing were worth risking everything for.

Today, we get to hear what he did, what skiing meant to him during those years, and how his story unfolded once he reached America. And I'm grateful to Sasha because one of his young children, whom he brought from the Soviet Union, is my very best ski buddy, Greggy, with whom I just spent 10 weeks in Patagonia ski mountaineering.

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Season 6, Episode 91

Brian Lazar is the Deputy Director of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. He's been studying snow and avalanches for more than two decades, working as a forecaster, guide, educator, and researcher across Colorado, Alaska, all of the mountain west, all over South America, including Patagonia. At the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, he's one of the people responsible for the avalanche forecasts we all rely on throughout the winter. Brian's background spans snow science, hazard mitigation, backcountry travel, and the human factor side of avalanche accidents. He's taught with AIARE and has helped shape how we understand risk in the mountains.

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Season 6, Episode 90

Andrew Gast is the General Manager of Mt. Ashland ski area in southern Oregon. This is a very special ski resort because it is not-for-profit. Its one and only goal is to serve its community to the best of its abilities. This episode explores everything Mt. Ashland, along with how non-profit ski areas work in general.Follow The SnowBrains Podcast:On FacebookOn Instagram On ThreadsOn SnowBrains.comThis episode was edited by Liam Abbott.Hosted by Miles Clark.

Season 6, Episode 89Dan Abrams is the Co-founder and CEO of Flylow. Dan started Flylow with a simple idea—make ski gear that can actually survive the kind of abuse real skiers are putting it through. What began as a garage project between ski buddies has become one of the most respected independent outerwear brands in the mountains, built by skiers, for skiers. Dan is a lifelong skier, gear nerd, and entrepreneur who has helped define what modern freeride culture looks like, blending backcountry function with everyday style. On this episode, SnowBrains CEO & Founder Miles Clark talks to Dan about how Flylow grew from duct tape prototypes to global recognition, what it means to build an authentic brand in the outdoor industry, and how skiing still drives everything he does. Follow The SnowBrains Podcast:

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Season 6, Episode 88Mike Rogge is the editor and owner of the Mountain Gazette, one of the most iconic outdoor publications ever made. Rogge revived the Gazette from dormancy in 2020 and turned it into something truly special - a huge format, beautifully written, unapologetically independent magazine that celebrates mountain life in its rawest form. He is also a lifelong skier, storyteller, and creative force who has helped shape ski culture through work at Powder Magazine, Ski the East, Ski Journal, Newschoolers, Freeskier Magazine, Meathead Films, and his own production company called Verb Cabin. In this episode, Miles Clark talks with Mike about how he brought Mountain Gazette back from the dead, what "independent media" really means in 2025, and where the soul of mountain culture is headed next. Follow The SnowBrains Podcast:On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/snowbrainspodcast/On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/snowbrainspodcast/?hl=enOn Threads: https://www.threads.com/@snowbrainspodcastOn SnowBrains.com: https://snowbrains.com/category/podcast/This episode was edited by Liam Abbott.Hosted by Miles Clark.

Season 6, Episode 87Madison Rose Ostergren is a ski racer turned big mountain charger, redefining what it means to ski with style, power, and soul. She's starred in Warren Miller films, Teton Gravity Research films, she drops massive Teton lines, and she's built a life that blends art, grit, and fearless creativity.

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Season 6, Episode 86Matt Sterbenz is the guy who lit a fire under modern freeskiing. He founded 4FRNT skis, built a brand out of a Salt Lake City garage, and proved that when riders design the gear, the whole sport changes. Matt turned rebellion into innovation, built a cult following, and helped define the look and feel of independent skiing. This episode of the SnowBrains podcast is brought to you by Mt. Bachelor.Mt. Bachelor is North America’s 7th largest ski resort, located only 30 minutes from Bend, Oregon. Known for its many breweries, scenic river trails, and year-round festivities, Bend isn’t your typical sleepy ski town. Bend’s upbeat adventure lifestyle, paired with Mt. Bachelor’s epic volcanic terrain and world-class tree skiing, make for the perfect winter getaway. Lift tickets start at $99, or scan your Ikon Pass.Book your trip today at mtbachelor.com.Follow The SnowBrains Podcast:On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/snowbrainspodcast/On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/snowbrainspodcast/?hl=enOn Threads: https://www.threads.com/@snowbrainspodcastOn SnowBrains.com: https://snowbrains.com/category/podcast/This episode was edited by Liam Abbott.Hosted by Miles Clark.

Season 6, Episode 85

Kilian Jornet is one of the greatest mountain athletes in history, a world champion sky runner, legendary alpinist, and endurance icon who keeps redefining what's possible in the mountains. His latest project, States of Elevation, is a staggering 31-day journey linking 72 14,000-foot peaks across the continental United States, all under human power. He crossed some of North America's most rugged terrain, including Colorado's endless mountain ranges and the Nolan's 14 route, to the rugged Sierra Nevada of California, to Washington's volcanic giants like Mt. Rainier. It was a monumental test of endurance, resilience, and spirit, but it was also reflective of Kilian's deep connection to wild places and his ongoing search for meaning through effort and exploration.

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