Let’s Talk Snowboarding

CALEB HAMILTON | LET'S TALK SNOWBOARDING EPISODE 24

CALEB HAMILTON AKA @destoylife IS ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED SHAPERS IN THE GAME! SHAPING TERRAIN PARKS ALL ACROSS THE WORLD CALEB HAS BEEN KILLING IT IN THE CAT AND WITH THE RAKE AND SHOVEL FOR YEARS!  NOT ONLY IS HE A BOSS IN THE CAT, HE ALSO IS A MASTER WOODWORKER SHAPING SOME OF THE MOST AMAZING PIECES YOU WILL EVER SEE!

I FIRST MET CALEB AT MOUNT HOOD ALMOST 10 YEARS AGO.  I REMEMBER AN ART EXHIBIT HAPPENING IN WELCHES, IN THE FOOTHILLS OF MOUNT HOOD. HIS WOOD ART PIECES WERE AND STILL ARE TO THIS DAY INCREDIBLE.  SINCE THEN, HE HAS TRAVELED THE WORLD! WHETHER IT BE BRINGING HIGH CASCADE TO JAPAN OR RUNNING SUPPLIES IN A CAT IN THE ARCTIC CIRCLE CALEB HAS DONE SO MANY COOL THINGS YOU WILL JUST HAVE TO LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE TO HEAR IT ALL!

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO CALEB FOR JOINING LTS AND WE HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYS THIS EPISODE! WE GET DEEP INTO THE BANTER ON THIS ONE!

RHEN LYDEN | LET'S TALK SNOWBOARDING EPISODE 23

BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER WITH AN ALL NEW EPISODE ON AN ALL NEW RELEASE DAY OF LET'S TALK SNOWBOARDING! WE WILL NOW BE BRINGING YOU ALL NEW EPISODES WEEKLY ON MONDAYS AT 8 AM PACIFIC TIME! THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE OVER THIS BREAK WE HAVE TAKEN OVER THE SUMMER!

WITH THAT, THIS EPISODE OF LET'S TALK SNOWBOARDING PROVES TO BE A BANGER! WE SIT DOWN WITH RHEN LYDEN, MANAGER OF THE SKI SHACK LOCATED IN HAYDEN, IDAHO AND A STAPLE IN THE NORTH IDAHO SKI AND SNOWBOARD COMMUNITY FOR DECADES!  OPEN SINCE 1974 THE SKI SHACK IS CUT FROM THE DAYS OF YOUR LOCAL SKI AND BOARD SHOP.  WE TALK WITH RHEN ABOUT GROWING UP IN THE AREA AND HOW HIS GRANDMOTHER OPENED THE SHOP, AND HOW HIS FAMILY IS RUNNING IT TO THIS DAY.  WE ALSO TALK ABOUT HIS TIME LIVING IN TAHOE AND HAVING SOME AWESOME BANTER ABOUT TRADE SHOWS AND ALL THINGS SNOWBOARDING!

THANK YOU TO RHEN FOR HIS TIME AND FOR ALLOWING LTS USE AN AMAZING VENUE FOR RECORDING THIS EPISODE AND MORE IN THE FUTURE!

MALIA AND ZADOK STEFFEN | LET'S TALK SNOWBOARDING EPISODE 22

FROM THE SKI SHACK IN HAYDEN, IDAHO WELCOME BACK TO ANOTHER EPISODE OF LET'S TALK SNOWBOARDING! AFTER AN EARLY SUMMER WE ARE STOKED TO BE BACK FOR ALL NEW EPISODES EVERY OTHER TUESDAY FOR THE REST OF THE SUMMER!  IN THIS EPISODE WE SPEAK WITH A BROTHER AND SISTER WHO ARE GOING TO DO BIG THINGS! NOT ONLY IN THE WINTER SPORTS INDUSTRY BUT ALSO AS ENTREPRENEURS! MALIA AND ZADOK STEFFEN HAVE BIG IDEAS AND DREAMS! NOT TO MENTION THEY BOTH THROW DOWN ON THEIR SNOWBOARDS AND SKIS!  WE TALK WITH THEM ABOUT THEIR PASSION FOR ALL THINGS OUTDOORS AND THE COMPANY THEY HAVE CREATED ALONG WITH THEIR YOUNGER BROTHER!  CHECK THEM OUT @smalltown3kids and smalltown-kids.com ALONG WITH CO-HOST JESSICA WOFFINDEN THE CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH MALIA AND ZADOK WAS AWESOME AND ARE SO STOKED FOR WHAT THE FUTURE IS GOING TO BRING THESE TWO!  THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL THE LISTENERS AND HOPE EVERYONE IS ENJOYING THEIR SUMMER!

DEVANTE JOHNS | LET'S TALK SNOWBOARDING EP.21

WE ARE SO STOKED TO HAVE MOUNTAIN VIBEZ RIDER DEVANTE JOHNS ON THIS EPISODE OF LET'S TALK SNOWBOARDING! DEVANTE GREW UP IN MARYLAND AND HAS TAKED HIS TALENTS IN SNOWBOARDING AND SKATEBOARDING TO THE RENO/TAHOE REGION!  IF YOU FOLLOW DEVANTE ON IG @DJOHNSZ YOU WILL KNOW THAT THE DUDE IS A PROBLEM IN THE TERRAIN PARK! HIS PROGRESSION HAS BEEN ISANE AND IS SUCH A TALENTED RIDER!  WE TALK ABOUT HIS TIME AT MOUNT HOOD AND WHAT THAT EXPERIENCE MEANT TO HIM AND WHAT IS IN STORE FOR THE FUTURE!  THANK YOU SO MUCH TO DEVANTE FOR HIS TIME AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE LISTENERS!

ANNOUNCEMENT!

FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS LTS WILL BE RELEASED EVERY OTHER WEEK ON MONDAYS AT 8 AM PACIFIC STANDARD TIME! WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE FOR YOUR PATIENCE DURING THIS SCHEDULE CHANGE.  WE ARE STOKED FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS AND WHAT CONTENT WE WILL BE SEEING FROM OUR COMMUNITY AS IT GROWS! STAY SHREDDY!

MARTY ANDREWS | LET'S TALK SNOWBOARDING EPISODE 20

EPISODE 20 EVERYONE!!! THIS WEEK WE SIT DOWN WITH A LOCAL LEGEND WHO HAS BEEN TEACHING SNOWBOARDING AND SKIING FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS! MARTY ANDREWS HAS LIVED IN NORHTERN IDAHO FOR SOME TIME AND BEFORE THEN HE WAS BUILDING THE LEGEND AT STEVENS PASS IN WASHINGTON. WE TALK GROWING UP IN SHORELINE AND SHREDDING STEVENS AND MOUNT BAKER AND WHAT HIS DRIVING FORCE WAS TO MOVE TO SANDPOINT, IDAHO!  MARTY IS AN AMAZING RIDER AND PERSON AND WE ARE SO STOKED TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO CHAT WITH HIM!  ALSO, SPECIAL THANKS TO JESSICA W. FOR CO HOSTING AND PRODUCING THIS EPISODE AS WELL AS FINE BREWED CAFE FOR ALLOWING US TO RECORD IN AN AMAZING SPACE!  HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY THIS ONE!

EP.19: JESSICA WOFFINDEN

THIS WEEK WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BRING YOU OUR VERY FIRST IN PERSON INTERVIEW ON LET'S TALK SNOWBOARDING!  WE SIT DOWN WITH JESSICA WOFFINDEN! JESSICA IS MAKING A NAME FOR HERSELF LOCALLY IN THE SPOKANE/COEUR D ALENE AREA AS A PHOTOGRAPHER AND VIDEOGRAPHER.  FROM HER TIME COMPETING IN USASA TO PROGRESSING HER SNOWBOARDING AT BLUEWOOD MOUNTAIN. JESSICA HAS BEEN STEADILY DOING BIG THINGS ALL OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST FOR YEARS! WE ARE SO STOKED TO HAVE HER ON THIS EPISODE OF THE PODCAST! ALSO, WE NOW WILL BE BRINGING YOU A NEW EPISODE EVERY FRIDAY! THATS RIGHT! NEW EPISODES DROPPING EVERY WEEK! HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYS! 

EP.18: IAN BARKER-CORTRECHT

LET'S GO! THIS WEEK WE HAVE IAN BARKER-CORTRECHT JOINING THE PODCAST! IAN IS TALENTED IN MANY ASPECTS OF LIFE, BESIDES BEING AN INSANELY TALENTED SNOWBOARDER HE ALSO IS EXCEPTIONAL AT SHAPING BOARDS AND IS NICE WITH IT ON THE SLED! WE TALK ABOUT GROWING UP IN SOUTHERN OREGON AND HIS JOURNEY TO PORTLAND AND NOW BEND WHERE HE CURRENTLY LIVES AND IS RENOVATING A HOUSE HE RECENTLY BOUGHT! ALWAYS GREAT CATCHING UP WITH IAN AND WE APPRECIATE THE TIME HE TOOK TO JOIN THE PODCAST!

EP.17: JASON GARMANY

JASON GARMANY IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY TALENTED SNOWBOARDER, ADVENTURER, AND ALL AROUND AWESOME HUMAN! WE ARE SO STOKED TO HAVE JASON THIS WEEK ON LET'S TALK SNOWBOARDING! WE DISCUSS EVERYTHING FROM HIS TIME AT MOUNT HOOD AND HOW HE BECAME A WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER TO MOVING TO BEND AND WHAT WENT INTO THAT DECSION TO HIS LOVE OF SKYDIVING! WE HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY THE EPISODE AND HUGE THANKS TO JASON FOR SITTING DOWN AND JOINING THE PODCAST!

EP.16: PETE ALPORT

Get Ready! We have a straight up legend joining us for this episode of LTS!  Pete Alport is an OG within the Snowboard and Ski Community! From his time with Poor Boy Productions to being a staple in the Snowboarding scene in Bend, Pete has done it all!  We talk photography, backcountry stories, projects he has worked on and how he grew up going to Hood as a youngster!  It was so awesome to sit down and chat with Pete, and we thank him for his time and amazing wisdom!  Please enjoy this episode because it is definitely a personal favorite!

EP.15: JOSH WORTMAN AND TANNER SPAID

**WARNING** EXPLICIT CONTENT IN THIS EPISODE!

Lets just say this episode of LTS gets rowdy and there are some pretty raunchy stories in store for the listeners! This is courtesy of Josh Wortman and Tanner Spaid two of the first people in the Gilson Snowboard family! We talk crazy stories from their makeshift Airstream camper! We get into how they both got in with Gilson and what the company is all about!  Needless to say, everyone needs to buckle in for this one because it was a doozy!  Thank you so much to Josh and Tanner for their time and giving some amazing snowboarding stories!