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Going Off Snowboard History Podcast

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October 20, 2026 · 1 hr 26 min

As the 90s dawned, a team of artists, designers, writers and riders operating at the top of their game made some of the most iconic creative in snowboarding. Tricia and Jen sit down with Michael Jager, founder of JDK Designs, to discuss…
The Birth And Glory Of Snowboard Magazines

October 6, 2026 · 1 hr 60 min

Every great subculture needs somewhere to tell its stories. In snowboarding’s early days, magazines like Thrasher, Action Now and ISM called it like they saw it. Later, Transworld and Snowboarder entered the chat. These raw and analogue…
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September 22, 2026 · 1 hr 52 min

40 years ago, when racers were rockstars and carving ruled the day, an experimental technology was taking hold of snowboarding—born from the quest for the perfect turn. In this episode, Tricia and Jen dive deep into the explosion of…
Snowboarding’s Crusade To Invade Ski Areas

September 1, 2026 · 1 hr 33 min

In the ’80s, a dispersed subset of renegade youth used all possible tactics to storm the gates of ski resorts amidst widespread snowboard bans. Today’s episode is that story. Tricia and Jen sit down with Brad Steward, one of the great…
How Snowboarding Showed Up in a Famed ’80S TV Ad

August 12, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

The 1987 Juicy Fruit Gum TV ad is an essential time capsule. The stars of 80s snowboarding—Craig Kelly, Terry Kidwell, Tom Burt, Jim Zellers and more—rip on proto-freestyle equipment, juxtaposed against footage of beautiful people having…

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Summer Snowboarding in Whistler, B.C., R.I.P

July 21, 2026 · 1 hr 28 min

This is an origin story and ode to the gone-but-not-forgotten summer snowboarding scene on the Blackcomb Glacier in Whistler B.C. How did the summer camps emerge? Who ruled the day, back in the day? Tricia and Jen dive in after downloading…
1996 Cult Classic: Behind Kingpin’s The Warriors

June 17, 2026 · 1 hr 36 min

In the snowboard timeline, ’96 was a heyday. The scene was popping in Salt Lake City, where a newly relocated filmmaker known simply as “Whitey” documented a gang of talent riding under the radar—including soon-to-be-god-tier Brighton…
When Inverts Were Illegal: The History of Getting Upside Down

May 20, 2026 · 1 hr 34 min

In 1992, pro snowboarder Dave Seaone did an inverted aerial at a world-cup halfpipe comp in Japan. He was DQ’ed and fined $100. Welcome to the prohibition era, when riders had to hide their McTwists and triple check for ski patrol before…
The Snowboard History Variety Show

April 21, 2026 · 46 min

Get prepped to go down the snowboard history rabbit hole in this casual, made-for-the-heads spring special. Jen and Tricia go BTS on the birth of jibbing in Colorado, do recon on an alleged parking lot brawl with the Burton A team, and…
Why do people say “Craig Kelly is my copilot”?

April 7, 2026 · 1 hr 32 min

In historical snowboard time, “B.C.” stands for “Before Craig.” A god-tier talent in snowboarding’s early years, Craig Kelly helped forge the path of style, gear tech, and where riding could go. In this episode, Tricia and Jen examine the…
Pioneering “Skate Style” Snowboard Art: Jon Boyer & Geoff McFetridge

March 24, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

In 1992, Canadian pro Jon Boyer hired his friend Geoff McFetridge to create some unlike-all-the-other-shit graphics for his new pro-model snowboard on Barfoot. They were loud, expressive and created to hang on the snowboard shop wall. In…
Behind the Boned Out Era: Snowboarding in 1990

March 10, 2026 · 1 hr 12 min

Once upon a time the colors were freaky, and tuck-knees and tweaks ruled the day. Going Off dives behind the scenes on an iconic 1990 photo of Jason Ford shot by Rod Walker—to learn from one of the masters what it took to be a snowboarder…

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About the show

As the early days of snowboarding begin to slide into the long past, Going Off documents its oral history. Tricia Byrnes and Jennifer Sherowski trace back what made it so strange and explosive, why it changed all those lives and still bonds people for life. From the history of snowboard fashion to how halfpipes were born, from the birth of jibbing to pivotal movies, music and magazines, each episode drops in on a new topic. Find us Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goingoff_podcast/ Find us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWKZ3OdeSRmd-b4HX8GcSJQ