Today we’re talking business. From some of the biggest brands in snowboarding like Volcom, down to smaller brands like Holden and everything in between, Brad Alband has done it all. From marketing to sales to design he’s been in the game for a long time and continues his legacy working with ThirtyTwo and starting Autumn. We discuss shops, tariffs, and the snowboard eco-system as a whole on this week’s episode of The Bomb Hole!

Show Notes

• T-Bolting snowboards
• Sims Snowboards
• Travis Wood
• Dean “Blotto” Gray
• Marc Frank Montoya
• Watch MFM in Kingpin Productions’ Back In Black
• Blitz Distribution
• Earth Products (Planet Earth, Audio, Hawk Shoes, etc)
• Eric Wise departs Adidas, joins Bucketsquad as President
• Chris Miller
• Mikey LeBlanc
• Kidsknow LOVE/HATE
• Kidsknow Burning Bridges
• Bryan Fox
• Vans LANDLINE
• Brown Cinema presents “Knights of the Brown Table”
• Mack Dawg Technical Difficulties
• Fuel TV
• Ashbury
• Thirtytwo
• Jon Kooley
• Nima Jalali
• Chris Bradshaw
• Scott Stevens
• Simon Chamberlin
• JP Walker
• Marie-France Roy
• Joe Sexton
• Autumn MTN Collection
• Beyond Medals
• Souvenir
• HOWL Supply
• Watch Billy Anderson’s Bomb Hole Episode
• Gigi Ruf
• Mikkel Bang
• Pat Moore
• Pat Moore’s Mr. Plant
• Pat Fava
• Dusty Hendricksen
• Cooper Whittier in straight fit pants
• KR3W
• Dan Rhoades
• Mike West (Founder of 686)
• Brad’s LinkedIn
• Modest Mouse
• Scott Stevens’ Pro Model ThirtyTwo Snowboard
• Artist Todd Bratrud
• Billy Anderson
• Jack Stevens

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This episode is sponsored by
Woodward Park City
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Turtlebox Audio
Coal Headwear
Joey’s Footbeds

Chapters
00:00 Intro
1:16 Finding Snowboarding In Arizona
5:14 Getting Into Sales
16:48 Holden
29:34 Music & Design
34:57 ThirtyTwo
44:29 Small vs Big Brands
52:16 Volcom
1:03:49 Ads (Bubs Naturals, Coal)
1:05:34 Pros, $$$ and Influence
1:22:30 NTVP
1:25:43 KR3W
1:36:49 Starting Autumn
1:47:32 Tarrifs & Shops
1:59:18 Returning to 32
2:15:41 Ads (Joey’s Footbeds, Woodward, Yeti)
2:18:19 Hot Takes
2:31:32 Patreon Questions
2:38:08 Set Ups / What’s Next / Thank Yous