Kevin Backstrom | The Bomb Hole Episode 208
The Bomb Hole
Chris Grenier
5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2024
⏱️ 147 minutes
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Summary
Kevin Backstrom is a style icon on and off the snowboard. He turned what many might consider a nightmare into a thriving business and now helps design and produce outerwear and streetwear for some of the best snowboarders in the world. Beyond Medals is where good times meets rebellion. Paving their own, unique path through the industry, Kevin and the rest of the team are making a lasting impact on the culture. Find out how Kevin got to where he is today and everything in between on this week’s episode of The Bomb Hole!
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Thanks to Special Guest
Show Notes
Our CAPiTA's MotherShip Factory Tour Video
Standard Films' White Balance (2003)
Kevin Backstrom: X GAMES REAL SNOW 2021
Kevin Backstrom DB Video Interview
Travis Rice vs. Kevim Backstrom Natural Selection Qualifier
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Chapters
00:00 Intro
3:45 Finding Snowboarding In Sweden
6:34 The Contest Scene
14:01 Style
6:28 Getting Kicked Off The National Team
25:47 Ads (Melin, Pub Beer, Shredbots)
28:11 Beyond Medals
55:00 Less Is More / LAAX
1:04:19 Ads (Oakley, Yeti, Vaer)
1:06:20 Doing It All / The Beyond Medals Team
1:12:04 NTVP
1:14:17 Swedish GOATs /Lewis Hamilton
1:20:43 Filming In America vs Europe
1:24:06 Ads (Woodward, Kodiak Cakes, Arc’teryx)
1:27:16 Blue Montgomery Joins the Show: Kevin Getting on CAPiTA / The Mothership
1:50:08 Sponsors & Designs
1:56:34 Ads (Mammoth, Bubs Naturals, Mint Tours)
2:02:10 Natural Selection
2:14:37 Driving
2:17:42 Hot Takes
2:22:17 Set Ups / What’s Next / Thank Yous
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, guys, we are really excited about this episode. It's our first European remote podcast, doing it from the Capita Mothership. |
| 0:08.3 | It's a beautiful thing. This week's episode is Kevin Baxter. If you don't know who he is, he's a style icon. He makes everything on his snowboard look fantastic. |
| 0:19.2 | And more than that, he's got his own brand beyond metals. It started as |
| 0:22.8 | a web series evolved into these awesome blockbuster snowboard videos with incredible intros, big tricks. |
| 0:30.1 | And they've since evolved into streetwear and outerware and they have a skateboard team. So |
| 0:34.7 | not only does he have the pro rider perspective, perspective, but he has the brand-building perspective. |
| 0:39.0 | So it's a really great chat with Kevin, |
| 0:41.2 | Salt of the Earth, human being. |
| 0:43.1 | We had Henry Jackson co-hosting, |
| 0:44.9 | the voice of European snowboarding. |
| 0:47.3 | He's got away with the English language. |
| 0:49.0 | It's a beautiful thing. |
| 0:50.4 | So it's a great show. |
| 0:51.3 | I think you're going to enjoy it. |
| 0:52.2 | Before we get into that, I just want to say, |
| 0:54.3 | if you're looking to devour some more snowboard content, |
| 0:56.8 | bookmarkbomhole.com. |
| 0:58.8 | We're uploading the latest and greatest snowboard videos |
| 1:00.8 | always on our website. |
| 1:02.2 | So be sure to bookmark that. |
| 1:03.7 | And if you want to do us a huge, huge solid favor, |
| 1:06.6 | just subscribe. |
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