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• Thank U Snowboarding - Chairlift Chats 3 - Ian Samson (The Reason Magazine)

  Ian is one of the guys in snowboarding who has helped shape the UK scene, but who never craves the spotlight, indeed, he is unlikely to want his own full episode of the podcast, so it was a pleasure to get, at least, a little conversation on the P60 chairlift in Laax during the open.Ian was editor at Snowboard UK, then Document, and helms The Reason magazine, an annual behemoth of a publication, full of interesting articles and the most stunning pictures you'll want to look at. He has stuck with print when everyone said print was dead, not on his watch...I also talk about the Thank U Snowboarding Community Building Camp 26, if that sounds like something you want to get involved in, then head over to https://thankusnowboarding.wixsite.com/spring2026 for more details and how to reserve a space. Its going to be RAD!See you again soon for more chairlift chats in the run up to full episodes this autumn... x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Thank U Snowboarding - Chairlift Chats 2 - Dave Lee

  Dave is undoubtedly one of the GOAT's of snowboarding, and even more so because he really likes hanging out with the British scene! In fact, he will be one of the very few non UK born people to get an episode of Thank U Snowboarding (coming late in Season 3 or early Season 4) He is the owner of Signal Snowboards, as well as a bunch of other creative endeavours, turns up with an infectious energy and still throws down a beautiful backside air that has inspired me to get fit for next winter to get my own backside airs back, there is life in this old dog yet!Here we talk about Signal and his journey, in a short cable car ride, and we'll be digging deeper when we sit down for the full interview sometime next year hopefully.If you want to register your interest for the Thank U Snowboarding camp, then send me an email [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Thank U Snowboarding - Chairlift Chats 1 - Dan Crichton

  A random chat in a gondola (ok, not a chairlift) with friend of the podcast and Burton guru, Dan Crichton. I only got to know Dan at Spring Break last year and immediately knew we would become firm friends. He is such a positive, funny, insightful guy. I haven't got him on the main pod just yet, but had a fun few laps with him and some chat out in Austria (not to mention a glorious evening in Innsbruck to top the trip off) and in this gondola ride, we talked injuries and getting older in snowboarding... enjoy.if you’d like to be the first to know about the camp/trip thing we are plotting, email [email protected] and you’ll be on the first lift! X Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Thank U Snowboarding - S2 - Ep24 - Steve Bailey

  Not many people can legitimately claim the title GOAT, but Steve is on that short list, in fact he might BE the short list.The influence on UK snowboarding that Steve has had cannot be denied, whilst most people were trying 360's and 540's, Steve was blasting 7's and 9's way over their heads, on dryslope, which is fucking hardcore and not something that most people ever got to.Steve is a cat, I've followed him round Les Arcs enough to see his natural ability to spring over rocks, blast massive and stylish airs, spin like a top and generally rule the mountain, first hand, and it is rare qualities he posseses as not many other riders have that. I think there is a reason why Chris Moran and Steve were friends and riding buddies because Chris has that ability too (when he isn't skiing obvs) but Steve really pushed it. Picked up by Burton and championed round Europe, Steve was at home riding snow, dryslope, even shitty Ski Show quarter pipes where he sent methods more than head height out. Steve is very happy in his own skin and lives life on his terms, sadly we don't see him snowboard much these days, but I'm hoping that changes with a trip to Austria in the calendar. He spends time manning the Snowboard Asylum in Chester and climbs as often as possible in North Wales, he is a man of few words and many cigarettes, and I"m looking forward to seeing himblast a backside air higher than ever soon... As always, we are kindly looked after by The Snowboard Asyum https://www.snowboard-asylum.com/Lizzie and Dan from Burton https://www.burton.com/gb/en/home?regionSelector=trueTom from Transform Gloves https://transformgloves.com/en-gbChris from Canoe Inc for Oakley Goggles https://www.oakley.com/en-gbAnd a shout out to Tom from Volcom https://highdaysltd.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Thank U Snowboarding -S2 - Ep23 - Mike McWatt

  In my humble opinion, its guys like Mike who made our culture of snowboarding. Sure, there were plenty of pro riders who shone bright, but, and I"ve said this before, its the guys like Mike, who love the sport with all their hearts and devote their lives to it, not in the pursuit of powder, but to getting people into it, understanding it, living and breathing it, which in turn has turned so many people onto the sport we hold so dear. Making communities that spread far beyond the bricks and mortar of the physical shop, lending boards, teasing the next seasons kit, letting groms watch videos in their shops for hours, going for a pint to talk about the next shred trip. Mike embodies this more than most, his shed is now a homage to his life converting people into snowboarders and I sincerely hope, arthritis withstanding, that his days on a board haven't come to an end and that The Lecht gets a day soon that goes down in living memeory, I think Mike deserves that...As always, we are kindly looked after by The Snowboard Asyum https://www.snowboard-asylum.com/Lizzie and Dan from Burton https://www.burton.com/gb/en/home?regionSelector=trueTom from Transform Gloves https://transformgloves.com/en-gbChris from Canoe Inc for Oakley Goggles https://www.oakley.com/en-gbAnd a shout out to Tom from Volcom https://highdaysltd.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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