Brad Alband | The Bomb Hole Episode 250

The Bomb Hole

Chris Grenier

News, Sports, Sports News

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 164 minutes

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Summary

Today we’re talking business. From some of the biggest brands in snowboarding like Volcom, down to smaller brands like Holden and everything in between, Brad Alband has done it all. From marketing to sales to design he’s been in the game for a long time and continues his legacy working with ThirtyTwo and starting Autumn. We discuss shops, tariffs, and the snowboard eco-system as a whole on this week’s episode of The Bomb Hole! Follow Brad Alband on Instagram Follow Chris, Jeff & SILK Chris Grenier Jeff Richards SILK This episode is sponsored by Woodward Park City Bubs Naturals (Use BOMBHOLE at checkout for 20% off) Yeti Turtlebox Audio Coal Headwear Joey’s Footbeds For all things Bomb Hole Website | https://thebombhole.com/ Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/thebombhole/ Main Channel | https://www.youtube.com/@TheBombHole Clips Channel | https://www.youtube.com/@BombHoleClips Product Channel | https://www.youtube.com/@BombHoleProductChannel Chapters 00:00 Intro 1:16 Finding Snowboarding In Arizona 5:14 Getting Into Sales 16:48 Holden 29:34 Music & Design 34:57 ThirtyTwo 44:29 Small vs Big Brands 52:16 Volcom 1:03:49 Ads (Bubs Naturals, Coal) 1:05:34 Pros, $$$ and Influence 1:22:30 NTVP 1:25:43 KR3W 1:36:49 Starting Autumn 1:47:32 Tarrifs & Shops 1:59:18 Returning to 32 2:15:41 Ads (Joey’s Footbeds, Woodward, Yeti) 2:18:19 Hot Takes 2:31:32 Patreon Questions 2:38:08 Set Ups / What’s Next / Thank Yous Copyright Bomb Hole Media Inc. 2026

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0:00.0	You are listening to...
0:01.5	Bob hole podcast.
0:03.7	Hey, MFM.
0:04.8	See you on the lips.
0:06.8	Back attack, dude.
0:09.4	Funfoyah!
0:10.5	Get that damn car off of the hill.
0:13.3	Slide down in big hills.
0:15.2	You know what I mean?
0:15.7	On the big nice burgundy snowboard.
0:18.3	All right, folks, welcome to the bombhole.
0:20.3	Today in studio, we got Lil Jeff co-hosting fresh from Texas right off the plane.
0:25.0	What are you doing out there, Hefe?
0:27.3	T-Bone, Trevor Brady, Chris DeMarco, myself decided to pull a rogue one and go see Bruce Springsteen in Austin.
0:34.4	You put on a good show?
0:35.6	Hell of a show.
0:37.1	The dude's like 77 played for three hours straight back-to-back bangers. Yes. It was insane. The boss. Maybe the best show I've ever seen, actually. Love that. We got Silk D on production. What's happening back there, Silk? Happy to be here. You're drinking an energy drink that's been sitting outside for, I think, six months. Yeah, this is the Call-Duty Black Op 6 edition. It's just been, it's been frozen and also 140 degrees in the sun. Yeah, I gave the top of this thing, quite the rinse for opening her up. The white monster is supposed to be like the good one, right? It's the only one I'll drink. And the man of the hour today, we got Brad All Band in Studio. What's happening, Brad?
1:13.7	Not much. Happy to be here.
1:15.6	Love that. Well, let's run it back to the beginning. Let's just start off.
1:18.8	You're originally from Arizona, right?
1:20.5	I am. Originally, well, born in Detroit. So I got some Midwest roots. And then the family moved out.
1:29.9	What? Three, four years old. So I can some Midwest roots and then the family moved out, what, three, four years old.
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