Chris Rogers, Brian Donovan, and Matt Larson return to recording in the garage after a difficult Hawaii remote episode, sharing stories of extreme island weather, a missed volcanic eruption, and Matt surfing alone on a standup paddleboard in a big swell. They then do a first-time watch-along of the Red Bull Yeti Natural Selection Snowboard Finals Day at Revelstoke, providing timestamps, reactions, and commentary on logistics, terrain, snow conditions, tricks, and scoring as Zoe and Sarka battle in the women’s finals and Nils Mindich and Brin Alexander compete in the men’s finals, with Zoe and Nils winning. They discuss how Natural Selection allows imperfections like butt checks compared to other contests, touch on melting conditions in Montana canceling plans, and end with a listener question debating whether frontside or backside boardslides are harder.
Use this link to queue up the video they’re watching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePt3-udc8Tc
02:13 Big Swell Surf Story
04:01 Natural Selection Watchalong Setup
06:22 Womens Finals Run One
07:25 Run One Reactions And Scores
12:32 Mens Finals Nils Vs Brin
17:24 Replay And Method Debate
19:37 Muted Mic And Scoring Talk
24:11 Gear Nostalgia And Winter Roots
25:37 Women’s Finals Lap Two
26:42 Run One Reactions
27:30 Why Vests Unzipped
28:17 Switch Five And Recovery
29:44 Run One Scores And Revelstoke Hype
31:54 Community And Access Talk
32:18 Mens Finals Run Two Setup
34:11 Brin Bold New Line
35:56 Nils Ninja Run
37:53 Judges Recap And Winner
39:37 Why Natural Selection Rules
45:00 Hot Take Board Slides
57:38 Wrap And Next Episodes
59:36 Post Show Email Tease
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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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