Chris Grenier | Real Snow | Hockey | Massholes | Welding | Snowmobiling | Near Beer
Episode #21
AJ and I caught up with Chris Grenier right after he finished up watching a Bruins hockey game.
We discussed:
- Bruins hockey
- Black Snow snowboards
- Massholes
- Backcountry snowmobiling mishaps
- 12 O’clock boys
- Real Snow
- Motorcycles
- Mountain biking
- ES game of skate
- SFK crew
- Furniture building
- Fuck one, marry one, kill one (Oprah, Ellen and Martha Stewart)
- Duck Hunting
- Drake Meme’s
- NA beer
Some of my favorite quotes:
“I play (hockey) lefty, golf righty, skate goofy, snowboard regular.”
“I think I started (snowboarding) regular because I had a Black Snow that was set-up regular.”
“I tried to be just like Lane (Knaack), I spray painted my bindings rasta colors to try to be like him as a kid.”
“We’re trying to find the snow in North America for jumps right now.”
“I want to earn my turns too, I earned a bunch of money, bought a snowmobile and now I’m going to get some get some fucking turns.”
“I love that splitboarding is gaining in popularity… there’s no one at the trailhead snowmobiling anymore!”
“The video part still means so much more than the Real Snow….Like when I got surprised with last part last year.”
“Judging a video part is just so subjective.”
“I’ve taken a bunch of winters off drinking… It’ helps me to snowboard.”
“I think being sober is cool…. I look at guys like Guy Marino and Reynolds… It’s something that should be looked up at.”
“I love drinking beers – that’s why I drink fake ones.”
Follow Chris on Instagram at: https://instagram.com/chris_grenier
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Lane Knaack | Boreal | Splitboarding | Weddings | Japan | Motorcycles
Episode #16
Aj sits down with Lane and Mini (the dog – see pic below) at Boreal for a chat about the following:
- A day in the life and Lane’s role as a snow surfaces specialist
- Split-Ski-boarding and splitboarding solo.
- The Mammoth, Grenade and Kingvale days.
- Nate’s buddy Joe Wallace – Joey’s garage sessions & Todd Falcon.
- The Dang Shades Oakley Lawsuit
- Making boards at Smokin and swapping bindings with AJ.
- Becoming an ordained minister and marrying his friends.
- Lane’s wedding night dinner at Del Taco.
- Japans 7-11’s and warm canned coffee machines.
- People of Boreal Instagram account
- Lanes 8th grade graduation at Manchester Elementary and Middle School.
- Lane’s Motorcycle Gang the Death Diggers.
- Snowboarding psychology with Danny Kass and Rodney Mullen.
- Urban splitboarding
Some of my favorite quotes:
“If I ever have it (splitboard) on the mountain I have it split in ski mode – for shits and giggles.”
“There’s a million things that can go wrong while you’re out there…. I’ve just always enjoyed snowboarding by myself.”
“Snowboarding’s been my life since I was a child… it’s something I will do as long as my body will let me.”
“I’ve listened to Brooke’s (podcast episode) quite a few times… that chick is amazing…. I love what she does with Yobeat”
“That place is the shit (Kingvale), Rest in Peace.”
“I’d just go put my VX on a tripod and hit record and film until I’d run out of tape.”
“If you eat shit and no one is there to see it, you didn’t eat shit.”
“When you’re doing things on your own it’s because you love it.”
“That’s one of the best things about Smokin – Jay’s a diehard snowboarder.”
“If you’re not that much of a religious person having a random stranger marry you is weird.”
“After about five minutes of surfing the web and 10 minutes of figuring out how to pay for it – I was ordained”
“I went through the whole ceremony and married them without actually asking them if “they do”…. I was so embarrassed until the entire crowd started laughing.”
“I ate 7-11 twice a day there (Japan) and I ate better food that if I ate at Trader Joe’s here.”
“Hopefully my dad doesn’t hear this… We were about as smooth as sandpaper… we got busted for drinking vodka.”
“Crotch rockets are so much fun, but they are just a deathwish”
“I saw too many Juvenile videos on MTV and wanted a street bike.”
“We got our own motorcycle club out here… The Death Diggers.”
“Never worry about am I going to get hurt… Rodney Mullen breaks everything down to the most simplistic plan of events.. your brain can’t tell the difference between visualizing and doing.”
“Danny Kass would say think of the worse case scenario and try to think of a way out of it before it happens.”
“It’s something that I fucking love so if i hrt myself doing it fuck it, I hurt myself doing it.”
“Bring your splitboard to a rail in the park.. Hit it, Split-it…”
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Aj Lawson & Nate Musson – Introduction to The Not Snowboarding Podcast
Episode #1
Thanks for checking out the first episode of The Not Snowboarding Podcast.
In this episode we try to explain what the goal of the podcast is and why it’s named The Not Snowboarding Podcast.
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In addition to hearing about AJ’s summer at Windells this episode covers the following:
- Aj’s personal hygiene secrets/peeing in the shower
- Is Danny Kass a pothead scumbag? See the photo below:
- Is there a secret Olympic conspiracy against snowboarding
- Cross-country skiing vs. cross country snowboarding
- Nate’s childhood trauma revisited
- The Podcast episode (How to Start a Lifestlye Business by John Peden) that was the catalyst for The Not Snowboarding Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-4-interview-nate-musson/id932141453?i=320405766&mt=2
- Link to little Finn’s IndiGoGo campaign: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/save-finn-help-a-runt-get-a-2nd-chance-at-life
- Nate accidently misspells AJ’s Instagram account – Follow AJ at @Jamalsideways
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