WORKIN FOR THAT SNOW

"If we stop creating and stop dreaming - things go away"
Marketing & Brand Manager for Snow Operating - Mountain Creek/Big SNOW American Dream📍Lenape Land  (New Jersey)

Pat's done pretty much every job in the business - from dishwasher to MC to bacon-steak flinger. Holding us down in the Tri-State area - Pat celebrates all snow fiends despite our loudness. 😂🔈🔉🔊

Pat talks:
being a moose,
Western New York -Ellicottville/ HoliMont/Holiday Valley,
running the Forum Young Blood Series,
white corduroy pants,
Rad Dads,
figuring out park builds,
when snowboarders were rock stars,
Buffalo Bills,
Hell Track & Big Boulder,
hot tub world championships,
RedBull & the Ride tattoo party,
upcoming Park Affair, Shred Foundation, and Hoods to the Woods partnerships,
bacon bits pocket snacks, 
& life long friends. 

Recorded 5.27.21

No guests on this episode
hosts Grandma, Pizza, and Yuri talk:

Parent Trap the Zamboni addition (twin switcharo),
spring daze on the volcano,
slip n slide - tomahawk summer camp,
avoiding beat downs for being sick,
Kansas City murals,
crying time in the Pokey pool,
Adaptive summer work,
fur coats and black eyes,
Tetons in the summer,
shooting Coalition Snow's new product,
The Big Wave Challenge with Gerry Lopez,
Mt. Bachelor parking lot parties & getting off the Summit chair,
running from lava,
Gnarlotte's butt,
filming lolo naked,
Art or Fart,
&
new products - gold teeth & tearaways


Recorded 05.04.21
WorkinForThatSnow

Buyer and  Shop Manager for RudeGirlsSnow&Skate & RudeBoysSnow&Skate Banff.

Abby Furrer rides everyday - so she KNOWS - knows what heads really want on the hill and street. She does this, and builds an inclusive community that thrives on learning.

During the pandemic, Rude Girls created the Virtual Ride Day and gave us all something to get super stoked about.  With the help of some amazing heads across the continent - we were all united into the RUDEGIRLS family.

Abby talks:
a one way ticket to Hawaii & a ride share to Banff,
shops being "too cool" - you should never be too scared to ask a question.
her go-to pocket snacks,
what the Banff kids are rocking,
the snowboarding community and learning everyday,
a porcupine dog party,
became buyer/manager & learning how to budget for a shop,
calling out brands for using fit models that aren’t athletes,
Virtual Ride Day - how it came to be and all that went into the online event,
AND
Giving people a reason to try something new!

Shout out to Rude Girls team riders that make the Ride Days possible, as well as all the brands that back each event. A big shout out to Ellie Bergeron, Ally Watson, Kelsey Boyer, Melissa Riitano for all the help organizing the Virtual Ride Day, every rider that jumped at the opportunity to help out, and of course all the brands that made it what it was. Shout out to the SRD & BLP Crews.

Stay tuned for Rudegirls only website and Virtual Skate Day.

and 
Who's got the purple Salmon Arms Mitts?!!!

Recorded 4.20.21

CEO of Coalition Snow, Editor of Sisu Magazine, Founder of Zawadisha, and Juicy Bits Co-host. Jen is actually five people.
We bow down, and are not worthy.

Gurecki talks:
still being a dirtbag,
Zawadisha (providing small loans to rural Kenyan women to help finance their livelihood),
naked ski parties at Arizona Snowbowl,
tuning skis & being told - "Girls can only sell clothes." #TahoeGregSucks,
using your voice on social media,
building a ski & snowboard company as a social experiment - and creating a movement
The Coalition Snow movement,
meeting fans in the bathroom,
Riding on Mount Kenya,
and Orgasms being the closest thing to Powder Daze - introducing Aprés Delight (a CBD sexual intimacy essential) .

"If the photo is bad - you weren't close enough" Hubert Schriebl
No guests on this episode
hosts Grandma, Pizza, and Yuri talk:

Spring a Ding Ding sessions,
the truth about being a human vending machine,
grass riding in VT,
Surf Classic at Grand Targhee,
from the hill to Fashion Week,
cat rides after hours,
building a custom board,
Girl Gang Spring Break blower pow shoot,
horror movies on the hill,
US Open tennis troll time,
doing a bad job,
& aprés done right.

Wordsmith and staple in the snowboard community,  Burritos and Snow is an editor at Arkade Magazine, an underground music connoisseur, and a finder of really rad shit. 

Burritos talks:
writing for Arkade,  Transworld, Yobeat, and the world,
warehouse life - forkin the meatballs,
Brighton,
free mags - how they work & perks of the gig,
non stop venue action,
golden tickets and golden toilets,
writing for the internet,
musicians and  visual artists,
Snowbird & Ned Flanders, 
and never not Utah

Shred Mango's art comes  in all mediums -
obsessed with Morgan's drawing, painting, photos, films, and park builds.
We bow down to THE SHRED MANGO!

MORGAN talks:
concussions and creativity  
all the arts
workin park crew - driving the cat & rakin it flat
family shred time
tattoos
Foundation 725 
and of course, pocket snacks

RECORDED 2.3.21
 

Beaming in from Vermont and Wydaho - it's just the three of us in this one!
We (Grandma, Pizza, and Yuri) talk:
need for more speed &  hatin over rotatin,
creating paid snow content (for @coalitionsnow, @elevatedlocals, #MountainTop, @msa_snowboard, & @powderdayphotography)
showcasing BIPOC snow eyes,
white balance vs heel slips & havin the drops,
hiking  toilet bowl, breakfast club, and the hill at night, 
vlogging - BTS  deep thoughts w/Yuri,
cameras & lenses,
and broken toothpaste plus being the garbage. 

Founder of The Shred Foundation, champion corn husker, life changer, and all around the coolest guy in school.

Danny talks:
creating a urban and rural youth development program
learning to ride later in life
Almond Joys aka Ticks 
snowboard culture
building hits in the projects
Travis Rice 
Ice Coast Kills
and the necessity of failing and falling. 

CoDirector of  Women's Park Camp, Park Affair and Area Manager for Burton East Coast
RADARONI person of the year

Mercedes talks:
never not being in the industry
the NY hardcore scene
fashion school
opening a skate shop in Long Beach at 21
running an all women's Park Camp with her bestie - Hailey Ronconi
building a skate park in Panama 
Out Cold
and
MORE THAN ENOUGH PIECES OF THE PIE! 
Equality on and off the mountain. There is more than enough room for all slaydies in snow sports. 
 
Recorded 12.22.20