Jeremy Jones: Protect Our Winters

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🗓️ 22 January 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Shelby and Jeremy Jones talk shop on snowboarding and outdoor adventures, as well as how he started working on the climate crisis and how you can get involved and make an impact.

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0:00.0	For many of us, the winter season is an exciting time.
0:09.0	While it means shorter days, it also means the chance to enjoy fresh powder and time on the slopes or in the backcountry.
0:14.8	As someone who's been enjoying winter sports for many years, it's hard to ignore the impact
0:19.8	climate change is having on the places we all love to play.
0:23.3	Extreme weather and warmer winters sometimes means shorter seasons.
0:27.9	That's why I think it's important to talk to people doing something about climate change. Today's guest Snowboarder and activist Jeremy Jones
0:36.0	is one of those people.
0:38.0	I'm Shelby Stanger,
0:41.0	and this is wild ideas worth living.
0:49.0	Jeremy Jones is a pro snowboarder.
0:51.0	He's known for pioneering Big Mountain Free Riding and for founding Jones
0:54.8	snowboards. Jeremy is a pension for going after challenges that aren't the easiest to tackle.
0:59.9	As a snowboarder he often travels to places only accessible by hiking in or helicopter so he can
1:06.9	snowboard down fresh untouched snow.
1:10.0	As an activist, he tackles environmental issues that we as people who play outside are confronted
1:15.3	with regularly.
1:16.3	While he comes off as a casual guy, he makes things happen.
1:21.1	In 2012 National Geographic magazine nominated Jeremy for
1:25.4	Adventure of the Year. He's been a big part of the sport of snowboarding and for
1:30.2	advocating for protecting the environment. We'll get more into his career and activism later in the
1:35.2	episode, but I wanted to start back where it all began with Jeremy's childhood on the East
1:40.7	Coast. He grew up in Cape Cod and as a kid he and his older brothers
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