Episodes
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Colorado Snowsports Hall Of Fame 2026 - FNRad S12E5
Send us Fan Mail Jeff Grell, Chris Pappas, Tracey and Tim Canaday, and Trent Bush are 4 of the 5 inductees into the Hall of Fame for 2026. Each one has their own unique contribution to snowboarding and all of them are certified legends. I travelled to Colorado thanks to an invite from Rick Alden...
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Peter Strom - FNRad S12E4
Send us Fan Mail Peter Strom is a legendary Swedish snowboarder who's gap at Alberg Austria deserves a search in your phone or computer... Peter rode for Allian during the golden era of snowboarding and he absolutely crushed halfpipe, big air, and freestyle in general. I caught up with him at the...
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Pericles Perdomo -FNRad S12E3
Send us Fan Mail Pericles Perdomo helps run the brand new Burton flagship store in New York City. He discovered snowboarding through the Chill program which eventually sent him to Camp of Champions in Blackcomb. Ken asked him to join camp as an employee. Next he built a sustainable business…
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Ingemar Backman - FNRad S12E2
Send us Fan Mail Ingemar Backman is a gift to snowboarding. We all got together to celebrate the air he did back in 96. Here is a short interview with him before all the festivities and events. Support the show Check us out at https://www.fnradpodcast.com FNRad 12 is presented by Linestry...
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Pavva - FNRad Season 12 Episode 1
Send us Fan Mail Pavva is a Sami Joiker from Northern Sweden, well actually he's from Sapmi a land that used to cover much of Scandinavia and Russia. The Sami are Reindeer herders and Pavva is no exception. He was my room mate at Ricksgransen during the King Of The Hill 30th anniversary. I was...
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Jose Fernandes - FNRad S12B2
Send us Fan Mail Jose Fernandes is a legendary snowboarder from Switzerland who could probably be the first pro snowboarder ever... He's definitely the first pro snowboarder on Swatch... and he influenced the way the snowboarding grew from it's infancy into where we are now in a big way. Jose ran...
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Gigi Ruff - FNRad S12 Preseason
Send us Fan Mail Gigi Ruff and Erik travel through the time portal opened by Ingemar, Abbe, and Theo and land at KOTH30 on the border of Norway and Sweden. Welcome back to FNRad Snowboarding. Big News coming down the pipeline. Stay tuned to this feed for more!! Support the show Check us out at...
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Gigi Rüf - FNRad S11E24
Send us Fan Mail Gigi Rüf is an Austrian legendary pro snowboarder whose smooth style and powerful riding got him featured in dozens of movies. Gigi spent 12 years on Burton working with the Seven guys and helping to build Un Inc. His first international sponsor was Volcom so when they started...
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Brin Alexander - FNRad S11E23
Send us Fan Mail Brin Alexander is a Whistler raised pro snowboarder who's been crushing it for years. Last season Brin was brought on to the Natural Selection Tour and this year he finished 2nd. He's a well rounded snowboarder who can crush it in the back country or the park. He was a real...
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Circe Wallace - FNRad S11E22
Send us Fan Mail Circe Wallace is an agent to the stars... Torah Bright, Travis Rice, P-Rod, style stars. And she produces Movies (like The Art Of Flight), TV shows, and documentaries... All this while being a key part of the core team at Natural Selection... Oh yeah, she used to be the Michael...
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FNRad - Craig Kelly Post 2026
Send us Fan Mail This year for Craig's birthday I give you the gift of Going Off! A history of snowboarding podcast from best friends Tricia Byrnes and Jen Sherowski. Going Off dives deep into the history of snowboarding and has some pretty epic episodes under their belts. Be sure to check them...
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Carter Westfall - FNRad S11E21
Send us Fan Mail Carter Westfall is the CEO of Natural Selection and a snowboarder. He grew up in New Jersey and graduated Princeton before working in finance in New York. Meeting Travis Rice at the signing event at The Art Of Flight Premiere in New York set his life on a different path. Today…
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Blake Moller - FNRad S11E20
Send us Fan Mail Blake Moller, AKA BMO The Barrel Seeker, is a pro snowboarder for Salomon whose win at the 2022 Freeride Wold Tour makes him a top contender for the Natural Selection Championships. Blending big back country with smooth freestyle, Blake's snowboarding is a dream to watch in real...
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Lora Bodmer - FNRad S11E19
Send us Fan Mail Lora Bodmer is the PR agent for the Natural Selection Tour. A hardcore snowboarder and a former Whitehouse intern to Bill Clinton, Lora's story is a peak behind the scenes of NST and the small team that's creating big things around the world. Support the show Check us out at...
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Paul Fidrych - FNRad S11E18
Send us Fan Mail Paul Fidrych was the director of hardgoods product management for Burton during snowboarding’s golden era. Paul oversaw production of the Brushie trouts, Terje swords, and was a key player in the development of the Burton custom. And this year the Burton Custom turned 30 and the...
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Brad Heppner - FNRad S11E17
Send us Fan Mail Brad Heppner is a hometown hero snowboard photographer who's been snapping great shots since the golden age of snowboarding. Working with the Wildcats, Skids, and Partysnakes at Seymour got his foot in the door to shoot with some heavy hitters in the Whistler back country and all...
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Paul Culling - FNRad S11E16
Send us Fan Mail Paul Culling was a pro snowboarder in the late 80's and early 90's scoring sponsorship contracts with Gnu, Nitro, and K2 before starting his own snowboard brand, Luxury Snowboards. He was also the first pro on Westbeach outerwear. Paul's entrepreneurial spirit found an outlet in...
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Shane McKinney - FNRad S11E15
Send us Fan Mail Shane McKinney created Invasion snowboards in the early 90's and kept the ship sailing for over ten years. During the course of Invasion Shane went from being a snowboarder with sponsors to a brand owner sponsoring some of the best north shore rippers around. Invasion was the…
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Smelly (NOFX) - FNRad S11E14
Send us Fan Mail Smelly is the drummer in NOFX. He's been shaping surfboards for a while and within the last 6 years or so has started selling those surfboards to the public. That's how Carl from Upline Brewing got to know him and introduce him to me. Smelly's surfboard brand, Picklestix, did a...
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Remembering Don Szabo - FNRad S11E13
Send us Fan Mail Don Szabo's passing last week sucked. He was a pillar of joyous excitement in the action sports world. Don started his career as professional skateboarder and fell in love with snowboarding in Southern California. His pro model on Nectar snowboards out of San Diego was one of the...
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Chris Steeves - FNRad S11E12
Send us Fan Mail Chris Steeves was a North Van local and a pro snowboarder for Invasion Snowboards who had a factory there. As a part of the Invasion team Chris travelled filming and taking photos, two of which wound up as cover shots!! The cover of January 1999 Transworld Snowboarding was a…
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Jeff Patterson - FNRad S11E11
Send us Fan Mail Jeff Patterson is living an incredible life in snowboarding. He has groomed park features all over the world, he has droned the Natural Selection Tour, he shot photos for mags, and he's got one of the world's best collections of vintage snowboards. I sat with him for almost 4…
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Murray Siple - FNRad S11E10
Send us Fan Mail Murray Siple is a Snowboard Filmmaker from the golden era of snowboarding who was based out of Vancouver and went to Emily Carr art institute. His unique films stood out and started the careers of some of the other BC film crews like Treetop. In 1996 Murray was in a car accident...
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Matt Standish - FNRad S11E9
Send us Fan Mail Matt Standish is a Golden Era North Shore Pro Snowboarder. Matt was a part of a crew up Mount Seymour that took the torch from the likes of Devun, Kevin Sansalone, Cashen, and the Wildcats. Matt helped with the Coastal Movies and continues to be a part of the vibrant Seymour...
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Clayton Larson - FNRad S11E8
Send us Fan Mail Clayton Larson filmed for Skids and Sandbox movies, shot with legendary snowboarders during the golden years of independent snowboard movies. His life path was set the day he saw his first two snowboarding movies, Whiskey and Whiskey 2. Clayton just co-directed and edited his…
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Lucas Beaufort - FNRad S11E7
Send us Fan Mail Lucas Beaufort is a French Artist whose latest snowboarding project, The Common Line, debuted in Whistler last weekend. Featuring keynote speeches from countless Canadian Snowboarding Legends past, present, and future followed by a day of riding together. The Common Line is…
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Alex Lee - FNRad S11E6
Send us Fan Mail Alex Lee runs the Burton store at the Snow World Mall in Shenzhen China. Snow World has the largest indoor snowboard hill in the world. I say that it's a snowboard hill because snowboarders outnumbered skiers 10 to 1 when we visited. Alex helped us navigate getting set up and…
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Pear - FNRad S11E5
Send us Fan Mail Pear was my coworker and boss at The Boardroom for the better part of 15 years. Pear's sensibilities lead the charge on a lot of cool Boardroom stuff like snowboard contests, events, movie premieres, and tons of free booze parties for the Boardroom staff. As a career shop rat...
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Remembering Martin Gallant
Send us Fan Mail Da Godfather, Martin Gallant, passed away from pancreatic cancer this week. My condolences to his family and friends at this very sad time. I hope hearing his voice again will remind you of his light and energy. He will be sadly missed. Support the show Check us out at...
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Ben Bilocq - FNRad S11E4
Send us Fan Mail Ben Bilocq is a pro snowboarder who filmed many video parts with crews like Deja Vu and Videograss. His unmistakable smooth style partners with his quiet demeanour to let his snowboarding do the talking. It's common these days to see Ben at Seymour. And when you're lucky you…
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Mark McMorris - FNRad S11E3
Send us Fan Mail Mark McMorris, Russel Chai, and Brock Crouch joined skier Max at the UBC Ski and Snowboard Club presentation of Redbull's Paved Q&A. I set up in the background, recorded it and am putting it out as a McMorris episode... I've been working on getting the great Canadian Superpro...
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Natasza Zurek - FNRad S11E2
Send us Fan Mail Natasza Zurek makes her second appearance as season 11's second guest. She's got two kids and went to the olympics two times and even though she doesn't get out snowboarding very much these days she's taken the passion and dedication she had for snowboarding and put it into her...
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Jamie Meiselman - FNRadS11E1
Send us Fan Mail Jamie Meiselman was the managing editor at Transworld from 1993 to 1995 (my favourite snowboarding era). From his early life all the way through Jamie has been tinkering and inventing in snowboarding and surfing. He helped get snowboarders on chairlifts in New England. An he...
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Win A PJ Gustafsson Snowboard!!
Send us Fan Mail Go to our website www.fnradpodcast.com and buy one of our $5 imaginary items and that's your ticket to the draw! Simple Support the show Check us out at https://www.fnradpodcast.com FNRad 12 is presented by Linestry https://linestry.com/ FNRad 12 Sponsors: Burton Snowboards...
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Why Ingemar Backman Was Considering Selling One Of The Most Famous Snowboards
Send us Fan Mail This week was crazy with Ingemar asking in the Facebook group Vintage Snowboard Estimates "How much is this board worth" about the actual Atlantis board he rode at Riksgransen in 1996 for that epic backside air. When I reach out to ask him what was up, he told me he was wrapping...
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Kearns - FNRad S10E25
Send us Fan Mail Sean Kearns answers listener questions! Sean's life sounds like ten of my lives. He's been a sponsored skater, professional snowboarder, international snowboard filmer, movie producer, talent manager, studio director, and registered therapist. And that's an incomplete list.…
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Top Ten Moments Part 2 - FNRad S10E24
Send us Fan Mail Fun times over the past ten years. Picked some of the best ones and put them here. Check it out! FNRad Season 10 is Presented by Flojoy Artesian Mountain Water Social: https://www.instagram.com/flojoyh2o/ Website: https://www.flojoyh2o.com Sponsored by: * Wired Snowboards Social:...
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Top Ten Clips - S10E23
Send us Fan Mail This week I recount some of my favourite FNRad moments from the past ten years. FNRad Season 10 is Presented by Flojoy Artesian Mountain Water Social: https://www.instagram.com/flojoyh2o/ Website: https://www.flojoyh2o.com Sponsored by: * Wired Snowboards Social:...
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Todd Kohlman - FNRad S10E22
Send us Fan Mail TK is the man! Working at Burton, taking people on factory tours, and maintaining the archives (the largest collection of snowboarding nostalgia in the world...) Todd Kohlman started his career at Burton as a customer service rep and was hand selected by Jake to care for the ever...
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Mark Sollors - FNRad S10E21
Send us Fan Mail Mark Sollors is a pro for Burton whose smooth style permeates everything his does. Mark was on a Burton trip to Fernie Wilderness Adventures for cat boarding that I was invited on so we sat down and spoke about snowboarding the night after some great riding. FNRad Season 10 is...
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Phil Tifo - FNRad S10E20
Send us Fan Mail Phil Tifo is a snowboarding photographer whose 20 year career documented some of the best snowboarding done around the world. Phil is a big mountain snowboard photographer and his images are mind blowing. We talk about his life in snowboarding, parenting, and a whole lot more!...
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Jeff Keetley - FNRad S10E19
Send us Fan Mail Jeff Keetley is a Seymour Kid turned Skid whose contributions as a pro snowboarder include board and boot design as well as running his own pro camps up Seymour. Jeff's an accomplished pro having ridden for Sims, Invasion, Atomic, and Rossi as well as 32 boots and Intuition…
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Mikey Rencz - FNRad S10E18
Send us Fan Mail Mikey Rencz has been on the Burton team for 30 years!! Since he was 8 Mikey's been a snowboarding phenom, crushing halfpipe, jumps, park, and back country. Now, he's bringing the best in the world into his backyard (The Whistler Backcountry) on sleds to continue the progression....
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Nils Mindnich - FNRad S10E17
Send us Fan Mail NIls Mindnich is a professional snowboarder and mechanical engineer for Salomon Snowboards in France. He started in Vermont with his brother Hans and their dad was college room mates with the legendary Burton board shaper JG. The Mindnich brothers grew up riding Burton prototypes...
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Dani Kiwi Meier - FNRad S10E16
Send us Fan Mail Dani Kiwi Meier is a New Zealander who moved to Switzerland and became a huge part of the European snowboard community. As a pro rider Dani had parts in videos, covers of magazines, and wrote features and columns influencing the culture and style of the scene. He's an absolute…
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Duncan Howat - FNRad S10E15
Send us Fan Mail Duncan Howat was the president and CEO of Mt Baker Ski Area from 1968-2024. He is FNRad's first Octogenarian guest and he's the man responsible for allowing snowboarding at Baker in 1984! Duncan worked with Tom Sims on the 1985 Slalom contest that morphed into the Legendary…
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Matt Cummins - FNRad S10E14
Send us Fan Mail Matt Cummins had the first pro model Lib Tech snowboard back in the early 90’s and Lib Tech still puts the MC branding on boards every year making it the longest run of pro model boards in the world which probably won’t never be outdone. Matt started One Ball Jay wax in the...
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Roberta Rodger - FNRad S10E13
Send us Fan Mail Roberta Rodger is an amazing human and one of the foundational pioneers of women's snowboarding. Roberta rode for and did design work for Westbeach, Thirty Two, Soloman, Chorus (the first women's only snowboard company), and Foursquare. Her impressive career included winning the...
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Mike Olson Pt. 2 - FNRad S10E12
Send us Fan Mail conversation. Mike is the founder of Gnu snowboards, cofounder of Lib Tech snowboards, and an inventor whose groundbreaking ideas have shaped the way we ride. What’s really inspiring is that he’s on the autism spectrum, which gave him a hyper-focused perspective that helped him...
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Mike Olson - FNRad S10E11
Send us Fan Mail Mike Olson is an absolute legend of snowboarding. Arguably the individual responsible for the most innovation, Mike brought us modern sidecut, torsion wrap, tri-axial woven fibre glass, sublimated graphics, lifetime team riders, magna-traction, banana-tech rocker, a company that...