

Air Time Podcast
jody wachniak
A snowboard podcast, hosted by Jody Wachniak. Enjoy !
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Jun 29, 2021 • 2h 21min
Leanne Pelosi
Leanne Pelosi grew up in Calgary, Canada and has been a professional snowboarder for almost 2 decades and is known for being one of the most well-rounded professional snowboarders in the field. She has won Snowboarder & Transworld Magazine's esteemed Female Rider Of the Year Award. From producing commercials, to opening her dream retreat, to navigating the ups and downs of professional snowboarding she's truly done it all. Enjoy the show!

Jun 15, 2021 • 2h 3min
Chris Grenier
Professional snowboarder and host of the Bomb Hole Podcast joins me on the show to chat about childhood, the snowboard world today, achieving greatness, relationships, X-game gold, overcoming addiction, taking accountability for your actions and much more. A very inspiring episode with one of snowboardings greats. Enjoy!

Jun 8, 2021 • 2h 23min
Pat Bridges
Pat Bridges has been the creative director/ photo editor at the largest snowboard magazine; Snowboarder Magazine for 20+ years. Truly someone who has helped shape the culture we all know and love today. He now started his own magazine called Slush The Magazine. Pat is a highly respected figure in the community for his sheer passion and dedication to the “sport”. Enjoy!

Jun 1, 2021 • 2h 22min
Kevin Griffin
Kevin had to be one of the most stylish boarders to come out of Canada in the early to mid 2000s winning contests, landing covers, filming parts until one day he just disappeared, moved to an island in Indonesia and never looked back. We cover growing up in the prairies, lil bastards , skateboarding, the importance of good shops and reps, breaking onto the scene, guinea pig boarder at Superpark, filming for sandbox/ 8milelife / dope industries , the importance of learning the basics, why he left, mental health and much more. Enjoy!

May 25, 2021 • 2h 16min
Todd Richards
Legendary professional snowboarder from Massachusetts. From Hollywood movies, to the olympics, video games, pro model gear, landing covers, to becoming an action figure Todd has seen and done it all over his long career. Tune in and enjoy !

May 18, 2021 • 2h 47min
Gigi Ruf
Christian 'Gigi' Rüf the Austrian professional snowboarder known and respected as one of the best freestyle backcountry riders of all time joins me on the show. Famous for his segments in Absinthe films, 9191, Kingpin productions, The Pirates and many others. Rider of the year, Ultra Natural winner in 2014, covers, pro model gear, product designer, rad dad, Gigi has done it all over his long career. Tune in and enjoy!

May 11, 2021 • 2h 54min
Sean Pettit
The freestyle skiing goat and the godly talented; snowboarder, skateboarder and artist joins me on the show! Tune in for this tell all episode.

May 4, 2021 • 2h 25min
Simon Chamberlain
Simon has done it all over his long career. He exploded on the scene in the mid 2000's after winning the iconic contest the Nixon jib fest and filming his legendary part in Promo Copy. He was a kid with a dream one year and a rockstar the next. Oh yeah, he also started the massively successful clothing company NOMIS with his brothers, what happened to it? What happened to Simon? We cover it all, enjoy !

Apr 28, 2021 • 1h 47min
Benny Urban
The street boarder from Germany has been crushing it for years, with his style and grace both on and off the board it would be hard to find something not enjoyable about his riding. He's accomplished a lot over his career and we cover it all. I have a good feeling the best is yet to come for this insanely talented individual. Enjoy !

Apr 21, 2021 • 1h 51min
Rusty Ockenden
Rusty is one of the hardest working, self-made pros I know. His story is one of dedication, rather than right place right time AKA luck. Rusty is a vet in the backcountry and has earned his stripes over the course of his long successful career. Rusty has recently switch rolls and picked up a camera to document snowboarding and surfing, a new found passion of his. He also started the snowboard production company; "The Manboys" ! Enjoy the show!