Air Time Podcast

Professional snowboarder/ close friend Matt Belzile joins me on the podcast. We chat covid-19, the future, AI, Tesla, moving to whistler, the early days of filming, partying, how he stays so motivated to film, why he is investing for the futrue and much more. Enjoy the show!

Norwegian park god joins me on the show! Stale and I talk about the frustrations of contest riding, the olympics, xgames, partying, gimbal god, growing up in Norway, future filming, back triples, upcoming dreams and much more. Enjoy the show!

This Swedish Egyptian has transferred from pro snowboarder to full-time “soul boarder”. Life after professional snowboarding is a difficult road for most, you seem to lose not only your identity but your beloved travel budget. It’s time to join the 5-9 world? For some yes, but not for Kareem. He found away to juggle work and play by starting a successful food truck business Laolita and soon to be restaurant. This allows him to take the winters off and enjoy boarding, with no outside pressures from brands. Kareem’s first sponsor was Forum Snowboards and that presented an opportunity of a lifetime to film for the iconic Forum movie - THAT (2006) where he shared a part with now close friend Stevie Bell. A few seasons later Kareem found himself in the middle of Forum’s big switch over, new ownership, new team managers and somehow got lost in the mix. Kareem had a string of annoying mishaps throughout his career but the guy never seemed worried. He has been involved in countless videos from Video Grass, Factor Films, Dope Industries, Blue Tomato, Helgason's and many many more. Mark Frank Montoya even handpicked Kareem to be apart of his outerwear company SOUND. The guy has always focused his time and energy on what feels right and what looks dope to him, in his own words “soul boarding” a term used by Kareem when someone is doing a trick that expresses their own unique vision of how that trick should be done with no expected outcome but filling ones soul. That vision of “soul boarding” lead him to start one of Europe’s biggest rail jams - The Frontline rail jam named after his clothing company in which he wanted to get the community together to have a more fun and style focused contest showcasing that simple tricks can place you at the top when right. His event/ clothing company have helped shine spotlights on the careers of e-man, halldor helgason, eiki helgason, felix remington, kevin griffin the list goes on, even myself. Kareem has so many amazing stories, excited to share this one. Much love everyone

John Jackson has been at the top of the game for almost 2 decades. There’s only a few that have pushed snowboarding like john j in my opinion, Travis Rice and a handful of others. I watched every one of his parts and damn, what a strong, confident, good trick picking legend. From what I would say was his break out part in White Balance (2003) to many more years along side Standard Films (that heli shot Front 7 melon off the toes in Paradox), to his iconic parts with Forum Snowboarding, being included for Travis’s smash hit That’s It That’s All, and I should highlight his F’ it two song ender part plus having a full part in the iconic movie - Art of Flight (his back 10 double and massive line to crail air), having potentially one of the strongest seasons in snowboard history weighting in at around 10 minutes of A+ footage that year, transitioning over to Burton Snowboards then blowing his knees back to back seasons, filming his own web series/ tv series like brothers on the run with his bro Ejack, the book of John j, air time, etc., john has had one of the longest careers out and he’s still going strong and as he mentions on the show “I love it more than ever”, he’s happy to have found a home with Sims Snowboards and is currently filming with the Pirate Crew , keep posted for that 2 year project. He’s won it all, rider of the year, video part of the year, xgames medals, jumper of the year, covers; the photo from Scott Serfas/ TWsnow air in Alaska was a stand out to me. Scott was actually side slipping down the mountain and was lucky to have captured that frame/ cover. I can confidently say every single backcountry rider has drawn a lot of inspiration from John Js riding over the years. 

Undoubtly one of the best to ever strap into a snowboard. Mark McMorris has achieved what most could only dream; winning 17 X-games metals, 2 olympics metals, first boarder to land a triple cork 1440 and well pretty much being able to do any trick he can image. Being born in the middle of nowhere AKA Saskatchewan may be an unlikely place to produce a snowboard prodigy but Mark doesn't really beleive in set backs. In fact he thrives under pressure. He has shown his ability to focus and come back from massive set backs both mentally and physically, again and again. Being the best in the world at any action sport comes at a high cost and Mark has paid the price, with an array of injuries the kid is walking proof of just how powerful the human mind is. Year after year he continues to push not only himself but the entirety of snowboarding. Tune in as we chat about the power of the mind, manifestation, riding for Burton, Jake Burton's passing and the impact he left on him and snowboarding, the importance of video's and video parts, childhood hero's, growing up in Regina, his older brother Craig, giving back, upcoming plans, where he draws inspiration from and much more. Enjoy the show! 

Without a doubt one of the best boarder’s, period. Mikkel has accomplished pretty much everything in his long career and has easily one of the best styles. He’s won video part of the year, rider of the year, US opens, xgames, even some of those mountain dew metals. He’s riden with everyone from Travis Rice to Nicolas Muller to Keegan Valaika, I think he’s checked most the boxes. It was amazing to catch up with Mikkel and chat about; his plans for snowboarding, Burton, growing up in Norway, turning down offers from Nike, his favourite places to snowboard, tuning tips, drunken plane rides, bike rides with Iikka, his biggest inspirations, his upcoming project with the Powder Hounds, some backcountry tips on riding lines and much more. Enjoy!

Chris and I talk about the ever changing times in professional snowboarding, health, filming with Travis Rice, The Manboys, growing up in Vancouver, hydro foiling?, back country filming/ riding, what it takes to film a video part, World War 2, mushrooms and much more! Enjoy the show.

Maria Thomsen, originally from Denmark who now lives in Pemberton, BC. She started snowboarding rather late in compared to most. After achieving complete boredom at university she decided to come over seas with some friends and try snowboarding at the age of roughly 20. She fell in love with the mountains, whistler and snowboarding. Although she did end up going back home to finish her degree she soon returned to Whistler to continue snowboarding. Maria has accomplished a lot in her short time in the mountains. She went from not knowing how to carve to becoming a well respected professional boarder in a very short period of time. She's won the highly coveted "women’s video part of the year" award with TWsnow, not something many can say they've done. All this while being a full time mother and over coming injuries. This podcast is about following your dreams and doing your thing, life is short and if you were to ask Maria she would probably say “whatever you want to do, you can do.” 

I interview Brian McClatchy, Pro Snowboarder from the early/ mid 2000's. Brian and I talk about growing up in Wakefield, Quebec, living on Gambier Island, overcoming injuries, growing over 700 pounds of weed in the USA, why "everything happens for a reason", being axed in Poland.. no like a real axe, the Whistler starter pack -> Domino’s pizza driver/ snowboard school instructor, riding for Stepchild / Mission Six in the early days, how Grayden and Trevor Andrew started the beginning of his career, needing music festivals in his life, psychedelics, starting a fanny pack company?!, Area 51, not being afraid to ask for help, mind control and much more! 

I chat with Harrison Gordon about growing up in California, the importance of older cousins, rail contests, the adult film industry, riding for a Monster, Video Grass, what's instore for Brown Cinema, Zak Hales upcoming project TRASH, homie videos, Crapneto and much more! Enjoy.