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Dark Starts Backcountry Splitboard Podcast — 99 episodes

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Rain Felkl - Freedom of Splitboarding - Juneau Alaska Native

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Ruedi Beglinger - Selkirk Mountain Experience - True Man of the Mountains

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Alex Andrews - WNDR Alpine - Frothing & Stoked

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McKinley Talty - Utah Avalanche Center - Know Before You Go

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Lila Yeoman - Turning is a sign of fear - Freeride Junior World Tour

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Alex Gavic - Adventure Content Creator Extraordinaire @splitboardmountaineer

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Stratton Matteson - Bike-to-Board Cardiff Athlete

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Marissa Krawczak - Big Mountain Marissa - Jones Team Rider

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Taking it to the Max

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Will Kovacic - Foot Powered - Guide, Athlete and Film producer

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Zeal Optics - Mike Lewis - Marketing Director

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Shawna Paoli - Health, life & lines - She just gets after it!

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Phantom Snow Industries - John Keffler - Owner & lead engineer

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Chris Christenson - Shaping his Lifestyle - Surf & Snowboard Shaper he has spend his life sanding sideways

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Backcountry Access - Jack Beighle - Marketing Specialist

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Isaac Laredo - Elevated education - AERIE Instructor and Guide

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Blake Keogh - Decision fatigue is real - Ski guide & POW Ambassador

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Sans Meal Bar - Corey Caffrey - Co-founder

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Temple Cummins - Empty chairs - Four time Mt. Baker Legendary Banked Slalom Champ

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Thirty Two Boots - Jon Takao - Foot wear designer

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Joel Loverin - Riding the slide - A Whistler local wild man

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Big Sky Mountain Products - Jackson Keogh - Owner

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Manuela Mandl - Just be you - Freeride World Tour Athlete

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Wolverine Snow Products - Joey Vosburgh - Owner & designer

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Todd Heath - Get One - Owner of Bomb Snow Magazine!

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Somewear Labs - Jonathan Besquin - Marketing Manager

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Hampus Cederholm - Cutting Edge - Owner & co-founder of Furberg snowboards.

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Spark R & D - Will Ritter - Owner Lead Engineer

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Ryan Hudson - Streets 2 Peaks - A splitboarders story that will inspire you!

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Alenka Mali - Keeping Her Heritage - Splitboarder & photographer

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Simone Le Grand - It’s a lifestyle - Swiss splitboarder and big aspect rider

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Max Holzman - From the ground up - founder of MTN Local Snowboards

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Zak Mills - Captain Crunch - Splitboard athlete & lover of everything that nature offers!

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Taylor Godber - Do Your Homework - Lifelong pursuit of standing sideways and eating clean

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Jordan Keeth - Shredding the bar - Splitboarder and all around shredder

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Nick LaToof - Dirt Bagging it - Splitboarder, filmmaker, author

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Scott Seward - Behind the scenes - Burton’s one & only board engineer

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Megs Pischke "Porcheron" - Pura Vida - Wellness & Community Director for Boarding for Breast Cancer

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Judson Wright - It's not if! It's when! - Founder and owner of Kootenay Backcountry Guides.

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Mark Fawcett - Look ahead - Two time Olympian, guide & currently Canada Snowboard Coach

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Krister Kopala - Shredding in Hard Boot - Furberg Ride from Tromsø in Northern Norway

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Nick Russell - The Mountain Man - Backcountry shredder out of Truckee California

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Antti Autti - Turns for the soul - Professional Snowboarder & creator of Artic Lines Video series

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Jake Sullivan - Free your hands - Owner of Hand Out Gloves

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Briony May Johnson - Mother Nature Always Wins - Out of Australia, Pro YES Rider & Guides in Japan

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Adam Zok - Powder Hound - ACMG Splitboard guide out of Revelstoke BC

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Mikey Franco - Discover your shape - Owner of Franco Snowshapes - Snowboard Coach & Guide

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Rafael Pease - Respect the mountains - Pro Snowboard, documentary filmmaker.

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Kate Ediger - The flow state - Founder of Pit and Peak Avalanche Training, Tail Guide & Burton Ambassador

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Ty Mills - Wherever it's snowing! - All Aspects Alpine Guides & Avalanche Training out of Gold BC

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Brittney Dickson - Dig Deep! - Owner operator of Stay Wild Backcountry Avalanche Skills Training

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Jon Miller - The mountains connect us all With - Developer of Backcountry United

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Chandler Kane - It's Cheating! - Owner of Stealth Backcountry Tours out of Japan

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Corey Stecker - Manager of getting after it! - Smartwool's International, Global Sales manager

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Jonathan Penfield - Bell to Bell - Freeride World Tour Competitor

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Erika Vikander - ECO Friendly is the future! - Pro rider on the Freeride World Tour

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Kelian Duplain - Have a Plan B - Avalanche awareness instructor out of Whistler BC

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Leo Tsuo - Can’t we all just sled along? with - Owner of Weston Backcountry

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Meg Matheson - Fake it 'til you make it! - Cardiff athlete & aspiring backcountry guide

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Aaron Lebowitz - 10 Feet Further - Owner, Shaper of Elevated Surfcraft

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Dave Downing - 30 years of split with - The ever-humble, super rep of all things Burton

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Dropping out to Drop in with Gareth Van Dyk | Ex-Big Mountain competitor turns powsurfer & Splitboarder

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Right in your backyard with Bjorn Leines | brand & business development manager at Cardiff Snowcraft

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The oh shit puffy with Izzy Lazarus | Wyoming mountain guide

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Smashing Boards with Dave Crerar | ACMG Guide & Owner of Golden Powder Guides, out of Golden BC

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The Process with Jessa Gilbert | Epic Artist, tail guide & currently out of Revelstoke BC

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We are just tobogganing with Christine Feleki | The first woman to pass her ACMG exam on a splitboard

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TASTING Snow with Don Schwartz | Former Snowboarding Pro, Powder Mountain Guide and all around bad ASS.

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Why he is the fastest with Neil Provo | the snowboarding half of the infamous Provo Brothers out of Salt Lake City Utah

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Spark your stoke with Will Ritter | founder of Spark R&D

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Don’t be stupid with JP Martin | currently out of Nelson BC

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Constantly Thinking Critically with Ryan Irvin | Splitboarder, Gardener and Photographer

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Why Bamboo!!! with Abe Greenspan | of Tahoe Lab Snowboards

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Come catskiing - we have bacon! with Jeff Pensiero | owner operator of BaldFace Lodge and all around RAD DUDE out of Nelson BC

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Avalanche Hunting with Craig Gordon | of the Utah Avalanche Center...

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Teaching Next Gen with Justin Lamoureux | 2x Olympian, ACMG guide and owner of Spline Snowboards out of Squamish BC

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The Snoda with John Buffery | snow safety Wrangler, ACMG guide and much more out of Nelson BC.

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YES. we have splitboards with DCP | summers surfing in Costa Rica, winters riding in Squamish, British Columbia - could life get any better!

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Alpine punk riding with Mats Drougge | of Stranda Snowboards out of Engelberg, Switzerland!

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Seb Grondin - Without A Paddle - A crazy Quebecer who relocated to Revelstoke BC

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Ankle Deep in Hard Boots with John Keffler & Alex Gelb | of Phantom Snow Industries

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To the CORE with Steph Nistch | Owner of Pallas Snowboards out of SLC Utah

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Stuck in winter with Seth Wescott | Partner/shaper at Winterstick Snowboards and 2x Olympic Gold medalist

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The Wasatch Wolf with Maxwell Morrill | of Cardiff Snowcraft out of Utah

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Embrace the Suffer with Cam Fields | Founder of Front Country Foundation out of Jackson Hole WY

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Born into Guiding with Marty Schaffer | 2nd generation guide & Owner Operator of CAPOW Guides

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Joey Vosburgh - Hard Boot'n - ACMG guide out of Revelstoke BC

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Jeremy Jensen - Surf the pow! - Owner of Grassroots Powsurfing (all handcrafted original Powsurfers)

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Michael Wigley - Broken Bones & Bike Riding - The Splitboarding Gypsy

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Ken Talks! Meet Ken Achenbach | The man who brought snowboarding to Canada!

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Fighting to be a Guide with Matt Haines | CAPOW Tail Guide and Fire Fighter!

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Shoot'n & Split'n with Mark Tremblay | Pro Snowboarder out of Whistler, BC

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Bindings built by Bulawa | Ross Bulawa of Karakoram talks bindings

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Planning your next mission with Sean Callan | Jackson Hole Splitboarder and world Traveler

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Stoke is Stoke! With Valerie Black | Artist, Nomad, Splitboarder, Lover of winter and Happy Joy POW!

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20 Years of Gear with Dean Whitehead | Owner Operator of The Splitboard Shop

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Avalanche Safety with Guillaume Otis | of Coast Mountains Guides in the Sea to Sky area

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Who are Darrin and Chad and why did they create the Dark Starts podcast? Find out here as Scott Martin | founder of Heliskiing Canada and Catskiiing Canada interviews us!

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The Trailer | Dark Starts Backcountry Splitboarding Podcast