Justin Hostynek is one of the most influential and pivotal snowboard filmmakers to have ever participated in the craft. From his humble beginnings making snowboard themed calendars to creating Absinthe Films: one of the biggest filmmaking companies snowboarding has ever seen. Hostynek shares many stories about filming some of the most influential snowboard parts with some of snowboarding’s most iconic riders. All this and more on this week’s episode of The Bomb Hole!

Tune into absinthe.tv

Show notes with links to videos, riders, and more we talk about with Hostynek:

• • Purchase your Absinthe Films DVDs here
  • Photo of Hostynek’s helicopter hang/dangle cam set up from VIVID
  • Will Forte (aka MacGruber)
  • For Cassius art and beanies DM @cash_abh_graphics
  • Avalanche Snowboards Archive IG
  • Evan Hecox
  • Bode Merrill’s Bomb Hole Episode
  • Brusti aka Patrick Armbruster
  • Tribal (2000) trailer
  • Absinthe spirit
  • Saturation (2003)
  • Absinthe Films’ POP (2004)
  • Travis Rice’s Bomb Hole Episode
  • Jason Robinson’s Bomb Hole Episode
  • Tina Basich’s Bomb Hole Episode
  • Baldface
  • JP Auclair Street Segment (from Sherpas Cinemas’ All.I.Can)
  • Gigi Rüf’s Bomb Hole Episode
  • Garret Warnick’s Bomb Hole Episode
  • Jeff Pensiero’s Bomb Hole Episode
  • Watch all the Flipside videos on the Absinthe Films YouTube channel
  • Watch all the Microdose videos on the Absinthe Films YouTube channel
  • Romain de Marchi
  • Gigi falling out of the sky clip

Follow Absinthe Films on social media:

AbsintheTV

Absinthe Films Instagram

Absinthe Films YouTube

Absinthe Films Website with movies, merch, and more

Follow Chris, Shane & SILK

Chris Grenier

Shane Charlebois

SILK

This episode is sponsored by

Pacifico Beer

Arbor Snowboards

Run Through A Wall

Bubs Naturals (Use BOMBHOLE at checkout for 20% off)

Woodward Copper

Yeti

Nidecker Snowboards

CAPiTA Snowboards

Coal Headwear

Ikon Pass

Momentous (Use BOMBHOLE at checkout for 35% off)

Vans Snowboarding

ShadyRays (Use BOMBHOLE at checkout for 30% off)⁠

Mammoth Mountain

Herschel Supply

Kodiak Cakes

Turtlebox Audio

Chapters

00:00 Intro 2:25

Favorite Clip He’s Ever Shot

6:34 Finding Snowboarding

19:15 Twist

23:11 Ads (Pacifico, ShadyRays, Nidecker Snowboards)

26:02 Getting Stranded in The Backcountry

31:49 Becoming a Photographer / Videographer

37:49 Going All In On Film

45:18 Editing The Films

49:47 Ads (Arbor Snowboarding, Bubs Naturals, Turtlebox)

53:27 Editing The Films (Cont’d)

57:23 Absinthe’s Philosophy

1:04:34 Ads (CAPiTA Snowboards, Coal Headwear)

1:06:19 Filming In Alaska

1:15:35 Pop

1:19:02 Cable Cams

1:30:03 Ads (Momentous, Kodiak)

1:31:54 J Rob

1:37:52 NTVP

1:39:38 Ads (Mammoth Mountain, Vans Snowboarding)

1:41:44 Music

1:50:56 Grief

1:53:18 Nelson / Baldface

2:09:27 Ads (Woodward, Ikon Pass, Yeti)

2:12:08 Fuel TV / Premier Tours / Microdose / AbsintheTV

2:24:57 Gunpoint / Being A Team Manager

2:30:27 Hot Takes

2:39:54 Set Ups / What’s Next / Thank Yous