Sidehit Podcast

50 Episodes!!! That's some crazy shit!!!! So we decided to get a perspective on NZ snowboarding from one of the G.O.A.Ts of snow sports!!

Jossi Wells drops by tune in while we talk about Zoi Synnott, Will Jackways, Sochi Olympics, Snowpark, The JWI, and so much more

Carla Carlson (Simcox) drops by. Tune in while we talk about Rachel Newton, Mt Ruapehu, Fun Times in Vegas, Summer camps in Alaska, The Nitro women's snowboard programme and so much more...enjoy!!!

Dave Suckling drops by tune in while we talk about The NZSBA, Spy Dunbar, The Mt Ruapehu Snowboard Festival, The World Quarters, The First NZ Junior Snowboard Team, Running Events and so much more!!! Enjoy!!

Sam Lee drops by , tune in while we talk about...well...everything SnowPark...

New Zealand's first snowboard Olympian Pam Bell drops by. Tune in while we talk about the 1998 Nagano Olympics, Riding on an active volcano with no snow, Alpine racing, Starting your own brand, Women's snowboard camps and so much more...enjoy!!!

Jamie Bassett drops by, tune in while we talk about all things retail and demo, The cost of a night out on Ohakune, Nearly not getting sponsored for being Goofy stance, Sam Deavoll, Running from the cops in Austria, RMB, The Queenstown scene in the late 90s and so much more...enjoy!!

Morgan Schofield drops by, tune in while we talk about Ghostriding the whip, Mahi Mains, Getting banned from snowplanet, Riding urban in Alaska, Getting regulated by Lucas Magoon and so much more...enjoy!!

p.s This episode was recorded 2 summers ago...bear with us!!

Dave Barrell drops by, tune in while we talk about The Infamous Queenstown Cavemen, Steve Dunstan, Chris Blain, John Cardiel, Peninsula Bay Forest Dwellers, Phil Frost, The daggers and so much more...enjoy!!

Stefi Luxton drops by. Tune in while we talk about, Sochi Olympics, Possum Torr, Being a grom in the era of Snowpark, Beach Thurlow, Wanaka Skate Crew, What it takes to be a professional snowboarder, Life after competitive snowboarding and so much more...Enjoy!!

Haidee drops by, tune in while we talk about, Wanaka back in the day, Ju Bray, Early competing days, Tim Jackways, Downtown Big Air Competitions, The MLO and so much more...Enjoy!!

Haley Ashby drops by tune in while we talk about Snowboard Photography, Documenting snowboard culture as well as stunts, Girl gangs, Print media and its demise, What goes into getting a good shot and so much more...Enjoy!!

Dan Fountain drops by, tune in while we talk about all things Ohakune, Utah, Logan Holt, Ross Lind-Mitchell, Johnny Mac, Transitioning into building and so much more...enjoy!!

p.s. this episode was recorded last summer so some of the 'current events" we talk about are a year or so old.

Jamie Anderson drops by, tune in while we get a perspective in New Zealand snowboarding from one of the Greatest Of All Time!! We talk about Zoi Synnott, Snowpark, Sochi Olympics, Christy Prior, Will Jackways, Current state of Snowboarding, Abby Jackways and so much more...Enjoy!!! 

Dion Newport one of the most respected judges of where the ptex hits the snow drops by. Tune in while we talk about Freeride and freestyle judging, The Mount Olympus Freeride Open, The New Zealand Jr Freeride Tour, Riding with Tom Burt, Snowboarding's influence on Ski Culture, Abby Jackways, Zoi Synnott and so much more...enjoy!!

Steve Dunstan drops by, tune in while we talk about Vespa Roadies, Tony Woolston, Being Mike Ranquets Stunt Double, Dave England, Sub 20, All things Huffer and so much more...Enjoy!!

Pat Nepia drops by, tune in while we talk about IHI Syndicate, Brad Galloway, Mt Ruapehu, Atlantis Snowboards, Rachel Newton, Leon Eru, The North Island Posse and so much more...Enjoy!!

P.s this episode was recorded in 2021 some things we talk about might be a bit dated...

Bilzy drops by...tune in while we talk about coaching Zoi Synnott, Snowpark, Christy Prior, Getting kicked out of Switzerland, Airplane Kareoke, Playboy shoots, Being Mark Mcmorris's stunt double and so much more...Enjoy!!!!

Ed leigh drops by, tune in while we talk about Natural Selection, The Olympics, Zoi Synnott, Riding in King of the Hill, Will Jackways, RMB, Get an outsiders perspective on NZ snowboard culture and so much more...Enjoy!!!

Ladies and Gentlemen...Robett Hollis!!! Tune in while we talk about NZ Snowboard.com, Fast times in Tahoe, Stef Z, Snowpark, The Jackways bros, Snowboard Media in the 2000s, Following your goals and so much more...Enjoy!!!

Richie Johnston (King of Mt Roy!!) joins us, tune in while we talk about all things snowboard instructing, Growing a scene in China, Banked Slaloms, Keith Stubbs, Riding Technique, Will Jackways, Janey Johnston and so much more...Enjoy!!

Sharon parker drops by, tune in while we talk about self service lifts at TC, Dean Hunt, Ju Bray, Springfield Boarding Mongrels, The Barracudas, Abby Jackways and so much more. Enjoy!

Tim Pierce drops by, tune in while we talk about Snowboard photography, Filmmaking, The Beards, Will Jackways, Mates in Alaska, Jossi Wells and so much more...Enjoy!! 

Heath Patterson drops by, tune in while we talk about all things Dero, THAT Career Ending Injury, Kitchen Mosh Pits, Antics in Utah, Night Fury, Hidden Mountain, Diaries Down Under and so much more!!!!

Enjoy!!

Deni Bevin joins us, tune in while we talk about Queenstown before snowboarding, Whistler Seasons, Dylan Butt, Ju Bray, The Mt Baker Banked Slalom, Volcom Family Moments and so much more. Enjoy!!

Jay Smith drops by tune in while we talk about all things Burton, Skating in Christchurch, Guy Alty, Life on the road, Jake and Donna Burton, Burton  vs Forum and so much more!! 

Jack Spence joins us, tune in while we talk about, Snowpark, Terrain Park Construction, Japan with Will J, Big Air Jump Mishaps, Skating, Superpark and so much more...Enjoy!!

Nick Hyne drops by, tune in while we talk about Guiding Travis Rice in Japan, Diaries down under, Travelling with Nick Brown, Heath Patterson, Trick progression, The Office and so much more...Enjoy!!

Ladies and Gentlemen...Dean Hunt!!! Dean drops by to talk about your favourite snowboarders as skateboarders, The Daggers, Springfield Boarding Mongrels, Ju Bray, Snowpark , The Qt summer of 99 and so much more...Enjoy!! 

RMB drops by tune in while we talk about hitting the Pyramid gap, Filming for mates in Alaska, The Dero crew, Freeride Competitions, The Mayrhofen scene, Snowpark and so much more...Enjoy!!

Ladies and gentlemen...Guy Alty!!!

Tune in while we talk about "Wooly Fishing", The Ohau Cake bake Off, The Burton NZ Open, Jake and Donna Burton, Terje's first trip to NZ, THAT Travis Rice story and so much more. Enjoy!!

Cardrona Parks head honcho Matt Slocombe drops by. Tune in while we talk about what goes into creating a world class park, comparisons between New Zealand and Scandinavia park scenes, Why 2004 was a good year to instruct at TC, Why Cardrona parks hasn't won the parkbattle challenge and so much more...enjoy!!  

Glen Leggett drops by, tune in while we talk about, Sub20, Aaron Jamieson, Queenstown in the 90s, Danny Way and John Cardiel, Rob Johnstone, Recovering from Paralysis and so much more!! Enjoy!!

Shelly Brock drops by, tune in while we talk about, The Burton U.S Open, Sochi Olympics, Support from Ohakune Community, Ruapehu Crew , The Awesome Foursome, Walmart Living and so much more...Enjoy!!

Zoi Sadowski-Synnott drops by, tune in while we talk about Snowpark, Bilzie, The Olympics, Natural Selection, Jamie Anderson, Freeriding, Mitch and Sean and so much more...Enjoy!!!!

Carlos Garcia Knight drops by tune in while we talk about the Olympics, Ruckus2, JJ, Zoi Synnott, Burton, A Weetbix Sponsorship and so much more!

Aaron Jamieson drops by tune in while we talk about Trevor Ponting, Sub 20, Avalanche rescues, Glen Leggett, Olympic qualification sagas, Coronet side hits and so much more!!

Mark Catsburg drops by, tune in while we talk about tight pants, Steve Ferguson, Bluffing a snowboard team, Chump bumps, The shooters rail,  Loci films, Melbourne life and so much more!!

Wiil Jackways drops by, tune in while we talk about Volcom, Japan, Snow park, Jamie Anderson, Getting told off for doing 7s in slopestyle courses, Alaska and so much more!! Enjoy!! 

Brent Screen drops by, tune in while we talk about Madwax, Alex McDonald, The Clubbies, Park rangers at TC, Explore Wanaka, Chey Ataria and so much more!!

Dylan Butts drops by again to talk about Heli runs with Travis Rice, Snaking Pipes with Terje, The Battle, Marcus Wherle, The Dream, What happens when you drop your board in front of Terje, and so much more!!!

Dylan Butt drops by to talk about the early days, Chains from Glendhu Bay, Olly Brunton, Deano Johnston, Niseko in 1995, The world quarterpipe champs, Shamus Butt, US open carnage and so much more. That's right...this is only part 1!!

JJ Rayward the slippery gypsy himself drops by!! Tune in while we talk about Rachel Newton, Volcom, Moving from contests to filming, Zoi Synnott, Will J, Cardrona Park Crew and so much more!!

We talk to Abby Jackways about explore Wanaka, being a rad mum, snow park, Jamie Anderson, Shelly Gotlieb, stopping traffic, tacos in Japan and so much more.

One of the original New Zealand professional snowboarders, Dani "Kiwi " Meier drops by. Tune in while we talk about first descents in Alaska, Rad Air, The evolution of the 4x4 insert pattern, Judging, Style, F.I.S vs I.S.F , Life after pro shredding and so much more. Enjoy!!!

LISTEN PAST THE THANK YOUS!!! Because we talk about Olly Brunton, Dean Hunt, Police Lucifer, Olly Burke, Downtown Brown, Alan Petersen and so much more.

Juliane Bray drops by, tune in while we talk about the Olympics , Rachel Newton ,Boarder cross carnage , Cosmic Surf, Edge technique , Coaching and so much more

DISCLAIMER : I blew it and recorder Spy through the wrong mic. However any questionable audio quality will be forgotten once Spy starts talking. So tune in where we talk about new action fun crew, Tony Woolston , starting snowboard instruction in NZ , F.B.I showing up in Whistler, Hooger Booger and so much more...Enjoy!!

We talk with Mike Hygemann about Quentin Robbins, Unit, Early Methven days, Judging, Trevor Ponting ,Shaping boards , Ju Bray and so much more!

We talk with one of the og's of New Zealand snowboarding to discuss building snowboards, developing snowboard instruction, doughboy shredders, snowboard nationals and so much more. Enjoy!