In episode 100 of “All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Snowboarding,” hosts Matt Larson, Chris Rogers, and Brian Donovan celebrate reaching 100 episodes in about two years, share podcast milestones (over 65,000 plays, 745 subscribers), and announce a new merch store at learnedfromsnowboarding.com. The episode is a “deep dive on DIRT”—Duration, Intensity, Rate, and Timing—used as a framework for describing and analyzing snowboarding movements, especially for instruction and certification. They define each element, discuss how DIRT is about manipulating movements rather than specific movements, and explore how the elements interact, including common confusions between rate, duration, and intensity. Examples include a quick center-of-mass drop, spinning different rotations on the same jump, and pushing empty vs. loaded boxes. They also discuss individuality, power vs. finesse style, timing coaching tools like Cardo headsets, and end with hot takes on non-snowboard brands that fit snowboard culture plus listener shout-outs and calls for reviews and hot take submissions.
01:41 Snow Future Talk
03:37 Merch Store Drop
04:09 Why A Dirt Episode
05:09 DIRT Framework Explained
08:36 Duration
10:22 Intensity
11:28 Rate
16:04 Timing
19:58 Mixing DIRT Elements
23:47 Rate Vs Intensity Examples
30:32 Instructor Coaching Pet Peeves
33:43 Context and Quantifying Rate
38:36 Reference Riders and Alignments
41:14 Bias and Tailoring Demos
44:52 Cardboard Box DIRT Example
47:33 Biomechanics and Style
54:09 Individuality in Certification
57:38 Common Coaching Mistakes
59:54 Timing Tools and Sequence
01:03:51 Dynamic vs Prepared Movement
01:09:26 Hot Takes Brand Debate
01:13:18 Wrap Up and Merch
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The snowboard podcast All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Snowboarding is a weekly podcast with AASI Snowboard National Team Members Chris Rogers, Matt Larson, and Brian Donovan. Tune in each week as we discuss snowboarding, snowsports instruction, instructor certification, and how, well, basically, we learned everything we need to know from snowboarding!
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