Chatter Marks EP 103 Northern Boarder’s presents: A Conversation with Local Legends

Crude Conversations

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5 • 884 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2025

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Jason Borgstede is one-half of JB Deuce, a local snowboard and skateboard video that ran from the late-1990s to early-2000s. It was funded by Boarderline Alaska Snow and Skate shop — a retail business host Cody Liska's dad owned — and featured snowboarders and skateboarders from Alaska. Jesse Burtner was the other half of JB Deuce, and together he and Jason filmed their own video parts for it. They also produced all seven videos: Polar Bears, Dog Sleds and Igloos was the first. Then came Northern Exposure, 100%, Survival of the Tightest, The 49th Chamber, In For Life and Steezin’ For No Reason. At first, the video premieres were small — projected onto a screen outside of Boarderline in Dimond Center. But as they grew, so did the venues. Until they were selling out the 4th Avenue Theatre in downtown Anchorage. To this day, Jason and Jesse have continued to pursue their love of snowboarding and skateboarding. Jason is the owner of Blue & Gold Boardshop in Anchorage and Jesse is the co-founder of Think Thank, a series of snowboard videos with the motto "Progression through creativity." Skater Micah Hollinger and snowboarder Andre Spinelli also join this conversation. Micah is one of the most celebrated skaters from Alaska. He filmed for all seven JB Deuce videos and went on to bring a unique, creative and artistic vision of progression to skateboarding. Andre, also known as Big Air Dre, filmed for numerous snowboard videos, including JB Deuce and Think Thank. His signature style involves hitting big jumps in the backcountry. This conversation was recorded in front of a live audience in the Anchorage Museum Auditorium on Friday, January 17, 2025. That event was brought to you by the Northern Boarder’s exhibition. The exhibition celebrates snow and skate culture and community in Alaska through art. A lot of people helped make this episode possible. Julie Decker, Alex Tait, Danni Crombie and Max Kritzer at the Anchorage Museum. DJ Spencer Lee, and everyone on the panel. A quick note about the episode: About 42 minutes in, DJ Spencer Lee asks a question, and at the end of the episode there’s an audience Q&A. There, you’ll hear questions from Ollie Burtner, Sharon Liska and Les Burtner. Photo by Hank Davis

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0:00.0	I think the key is finding something that you fail at, and there's really not much that
0:19.0	maybe every sport person says this, but skateboarding, snowboarding, we chose this
0:25.9	pursuit or fell in love with this pursuit of something that you fail at constantly.
0:30.9	And if you can learn to deal with that, I think it's a huge character builder.
0:35.1	I think that that's, you have to have some adversity in things to find your
0:41.6	character and to value what you get out of it. If you, if you walked up to a, they had never
0:49.0	drawn anything before and you picked up a pencil and you, you drew a masterpiece you probably wouldn't care.
0:56.3	Yeah.
0:56.9	But if you went half mad trying to do that to figure out how to get to that point, then there's a
1:03.0	whole different, that's a whole different realm that opens up. It's a whole different level of
1:07.7	pride. It's, like you said, you find yourself in those moments of being tested and failing.
1:17.2	I really think that skateboarding teaches kids something amazing because they can fall in love with something that they don't complete.
1:25.6	That was Jason Borgstead.
1:32.4	He's one half of J.B. Deuce, a local snowboard and skateboard video that ran from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. It was funded by Borderline
1:42.0	Alaska Snow and Skate Shop,
1:44.2	a retail business my dad owned,
1:46.7	and featured snowboarders and skateboarders from Alaska.
1:52.6	Jesse Burtner was the other half of J.B. Deuce,
1:56.7	and together he and Jason filmed their own video parts for it.
2:04.5	They also produced all seven videos.
2:08.2	Polar Bears, dog sleds, and igloos was the first.
2:12.3	Then came Northern Exposure, 100%, survival of the tightest, the 49th chamber,
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