Chris "Gunny" Gunnarson | The Bomb Hole Episode 66
Over the past two decades Chris “Gunny” Gunnarson has been one of the people behind the scenes of snowboarding that helps make it the amazing sport that it is. Starting with building the snowboard parks at Snow Summit and Bear Mountain and then forming S.P.T. having his hand in building over 250 snowboard parks for every cool event in snowboarding to now currently working for Powdr Corp running the Woodward Experience team it’s undeniable Gunny is truly making snowboarding rad. In this episode we talk barrier of entry, the evolution of park building, The Forum 9, building snowboard parks, Navy Seals, outliers, Snow Park Technologies, jump physics, Shaun White, the perfect 100, The Bomb Hole Cup, making snowboarding more affordable, learning from failure, Real Snow, life balance, drumming and so much more. Join us as we sit down with Gunny and learn about his journey from pushing snow and building parks in his early days to become the most decorated park builder in snowboarding history to where he is now with Powdr Corp and Woodward on this weeks episode of The Bomb Hole!
0:00:00 | Intro | Powdr Corp. & Woodward | The Evolution Of Park Building | Snow Summit & Bear | The Forum 9 | Imagineering |
0:18:10 | Legends Working At Woodward | W.I.P.S. | Feeling Comfortable At Woodward | The Early Days | Building Confidence | reading |
0:34:21 | Climbing The Mountain | Pub Beer Break Out Moment | Snow Park Technologies |
0:57:19 | Rider Meetings | Jump Physics | Liquid Death Spinning Wheel Of Death | Forum 8 Shit Pants | Shaun White Project X |
1:21:05 | What Would C.K. Do? | Fame | The Perfect 100 | Restructuring Contests | A Bomb Hole Event |
1:39:40 | Name That Video Part | Making Snowboarding More Affordable | Snowboarding Membership | Learning From Failure | Real Snow | Life Balance |
2:01:59 | Fallen Soldiers | Drumming | Executive With No Degree | Work Ethic | Rush | Hot Takes |
2:24:46 | DC Mountain Lab | Mountain Movers | “Gunny” | Thank You’s |