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• Thank U Snowboarding - S3 - Ep6 - Russ Shea

  Russ has been quietly shaping and documenting the best of British Snowboarding for as long as I can remember. I didn't really know what Russ did entirely, he was just everywhere, at every event or happening for ever. I assumed he had something to do with organising things, maybe the Brits, maybe dryslope things, then of course, I noticed he started shooting snowboarding as more and more of his photos appeared in magazines. It felt like he worked with Snowboard UK and Document magazine mostly, and certainly whoever was coming off dryslope and turning their attention to bigger things, but I didn't realise just how involved he was in representing British Snowboarding to the wider world.He is well tarvelled because of this, totally grounded and prior to the interview I enjoyed a ride or two dwon from the Kaurnatal glacier, chatting about all sorts of things, including his love of Lambrettas (definitely not Vespas)He is planning to release a book of some of his fine images next year, which we'll keep you updated about. and is still frothing for snowboarding after all this time.Its people like Russ that make the British scene, just regular people, with relatively regular lives, but with a deep love of snowboarding and the people within it.Keep on shredding Russ. xIf you want to know more about the Thank U Snowboarding Community Camp in March 26, there are details here: https://thankusnowboarding.wixsite.com/spring2026 or you can email us at [email protected] are supported by the rad crew at The Snowboard Asylum, and their new website with all this seasons product is online now: https://www.snowboard-asylum.com/We are also looked after by Dan and Lizzie at Burton https://www.burton.com/gb/en and Tom at High Days for Volcom https://highdaysltd.com/I'd like to take a moment to introduce FourTwenTea, which is delicious tea embibed with CBD oil, which I have been drinking over this summer, just to help keep my brain from overheating. Its completely natural, Jemma, the owner, is a snowboarder and total legend and I can't recommend this stuff enough, so go check it out: https://fourtwentea.com/Peace x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Thank U Snowboarding - S3 - Ep5 - James Stentiford

  James has probably ridden more powder than any other UK rider (except Neil Mcnab probably) and has hard earned his repuatation as one of Europes best freeriders. From his early skate style snowboarding, to the big peaks of Chamonix, his career has taken him around the world to many far flung places, a bug for adventure he still services with his own camps.Eschewing the usual pro snowboarder turned industry bod, which to be fair, he tried for a bit, he realised that actual snowboarding was way better than talking snowboarding, but instead of just persuing a solo pursuit, he shares his love of adventure and powder with his clients, making sure they have a good time, ride epic lines and come away safely to enjoy a beer at the end of the day.If you want to know more about James' camps, you can find his website here: https://www.stentifordsnowboarding.co.uk/If you want to know more about the Thank U Snowboarding Community Camp in March 26, there are details here: https://thankusnowboarding.wixsite.com/spring2026 or you can email us at [email protected] are supported by the rad crew at The Snowboard Asylum, and their new website with all this seasons product is online now: https://www.snowboard-asylum.com/We are also looked after by Dan and Lizzie at Burton https://www.burton.com/gb/en and Tom at High Days for Volcom https://highdaysltd.com/I'd like to take a moment to introduce FourTwenTea, which is delicious tea embibed with CBD oil, which I have been drinking over this summer, just to help keep my brain from overheating. Its completely natural, Jemma, the owner, is a snowboarder and total legend and I can't recommend this stuff enough, so go check it out: https://fourtwentea.com/Peace x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Thank U Snowboarding - S3 - Ep4 - Martin Drayton

  Martin Drayton is one of UK snowboardings founding fathers. There it is. Simple. A kid from London who found skateboarding and then snowboarding, got himself to the Alps to do seasons, helped set up a frame work for teaching snowboarding, helped set up The Snowboard Asylum, was a pro for Burton back when no-one was pro, raced internationally, was a major part of Chalet Snowboard, even tried to qualify for the Olympics with no support from anyone, then tried again to represent Trinidad.So many of my guests stories go back to Martin, he has quielty and modestly help shape UK Snowboarding, and there he is, 24 seasons deep in Park City, teaching people of all levels the finer aspects of snowboarding.The word legend gets bandied about a lot (by me, I know) but this guy is one, at 66 stilll going strong, surviving a hit and run on the mountain, back on it, riding as many days as he can.Thank U Martin for everything you've done for us. xHere are some links to articles and whatnot Martin sent over, there will be loads of photos on the Instagram and the Youtube version will have a photo gallery.https://unofficialnetworks.com/2024/03/06/utah-snowboard-instructor-spine-fracture/https://www.skiutah.com/blog/authors/khai/60-the-new-30?brid=OkqpvVvKtAtIHbnAAqWTmQhttps://youtu.be/RYW9TywjzPIhttps://www.facebook.com/share/v/19bWedAQfd/?mibextid=wwXIfrhttps://www.facebook.com/share/v/17mV19jQUZ/?mibextid=wwXIfrIf you want to know more about the Thank U Snowboarding Community Camp in March 26, there are details here: https://thankusnowboarding.wixsite.com/spring2026 or you can email us at [email protected] are supported by the rad crew at The Snowboard Asylum, and their new website with all this seasons product is online now: https://www.snowboard-asylum.com/We are also looked after by Dan and Lizzie at Burton https://www.burton.com/gb/en and Tom at High Days for Volcom https://highdaysltd.com/I'd like to take a moment to introduce FourTwenTea, which is delicious tea embibed with CBD oil, which I have been drinking over this summer, just to help keep my brain from overheating. Its completely natural, Jemma, the owner, is a snowboarder and total legend and I can't recommend this stuff enough, so go check it out: https://fourtwentea.com/Peace x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Thank U Snowboarding - S3 - Ep3 - Ian Trotter

  Ian came over to my studio with Jonny Weeks (S3 Ep1) to record their interviews, obviously I had known Jonny for some years although it had been some years, but Ian I'd never met. I knew Ian had started Chalet Snowboard, as far as I'm aware, the first Snowboarder specific chalet holiday company, which, at the time would have seemed like lunacy as the numbers were still quite small, but they hit a sweet spot in the sports growth and enjoyed quite a success, which certainly opened the door to young snowboarders such as myself, to open more places for snowboarders to stay and be unashamably snowboard-centric.He bought along some literature to look at, including old Burton catalogues (CSB was a Burton Test Centre) and a copy of some mens mag where he went on a sandboarding trip, fair enough, he was a handsome fella and still is!Most of all, I loved Ians laid back and considered character, immediatly feeling at ease in his company and like we must have known each other for years.Ian is still shredding having bought a season pass for Western Switzerland which gives unlimited days for over 100 resorts, I hope he gets a good return on his investment, and I hope I get some make some turns with him soon.If you want to know more about the Thank U Snowboarding Community Camp in March 26, there are details here: https://thankusnowboarding.wixsite.com/spring2026 or you can email us at [email protected] are supported by the rad crew at The Snowboard Asylum, and their new website with all this seasons product is online now: https://www.snowboard-asylum.com/We are also looked after by Dan and Lizzie at Burton https://www.burton.com/gb/en and Tom at High Days for Volcom https://highdaysltd.com/I'd like to take a moment to introduce FourTwenTea, which is delicious tea embibed with CBD oil, which I have been drinking over this summer, just to help keep my brain from overheating. Its completely natural, Jemma, the owner, is a snowboarder and total legend and I can't recommend this stuff enough, so go check it out: https://fourtwentea.com/We'll be back every week for the next 22 weeks with interesting stories from the world of UK snowboarding, so see you then!Peace x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Thank U Snowboarding - S3 - Ep2 - Mia Langridge

  Mia is one of the current crop of young UK riders who are blazing a path into the wider European and Worldwide scenes, and its quite incredible to watch. I've talked about how the UK punches above its weight in snowboarding, and I think its amazing to see a rider from humble beginnings, Knockhatch dry slope, which is quite local to me, and tiny and I certainly didn't think there would even be a scene there, let alone a scene which produces world class riders. Mia stood out in the crows at the Spring Break this year, her riding was incredible to watch, and given that Spring Break is mostly populated by balding middle aged dudes, seeing some young blood hanging out in the bar then slaying the mountain reminded me of my early seasons and its great to see snowboarding still has that spirit, that it isn't all gyms and training, because for most, its a fun thing to do, then to sit and talk about it afterwards. She rides for Dragon Europe and Yes Snowboards as well as the TSA, clearly her talent and enthusiasm for the shred is being noticed and with such a level head on her shoulders and strong work ethic, I can't see how she isn't going to go far... If you want to know more about the Thank U Snowboarding Community Camp in March 26, there are details here: https://thankusnowboarding.wixsite.com/spring2026 or you can email us at [email protected] are supported by the rad crew at The Snowboard Asylum, and their new website with all this seasons product is online now: https://www.snowboard-asylum.com/We are also looked after by Dan and Lizzie at Burton https://www.burton.com/gb/en and Tom at High Days for Volcom https://highdaysltd.com/I'd like to take a moment to introduce FourTwenTea, which is delicious tea embibed with CBD oil, which I have been drinking over this summer, just to help keep my brain from overheating. Its completely natural, Jemma, the owner, is a snowboarder and total legend and I can't recommend this stuff enough, so go check it out: https://fourtwentea.com/We'll be back every week for the next 22 weeks with interesting stories from the world of UK snowboarding, so see you then!Peace x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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