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SOS
Rad Matters hosted by Mike Ranquet - February 29, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsOn today’s episode of Rad Matters Podcast I briefly pretend to talk to Todd Richards and I recall a couple stories from my years in AK. Support the Show. Thanks for enduring Rad Matters Podcast Hosted by Mike Ranquet. Donate to see me go down swinging while taking the snowboard industry to wh...
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The Darkest White
Rad Matters hosted by Mike Ranquet - February 25, 2024 19:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsThis episode of Rad Matters Podcast is an impromptu book review of The Darkest White by @ericblehm (it’s about Craig Kelly btw) and also includes why I think airplanes are great bars and how they double as time machines. Go buy the book, it’s a way better interpretation of snowboardings histor...
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Tales from inebriated trips to Japan
Rad Matters hosted by Mike Ranquet - January 28, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsAfter 60+ trips to Japan since 1989, it's safe to say I've seen some funny shit over the decades and I'm alive to report on it. #poundsymbol #powdeRwithahardR #radmatterspodcast #ilikejapan #gocuckyourself #ismokecigs Please support Rad Matters Venmo: https://account.venmo.com/u/MikeRanque...
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Jobs
Rad Matters hosted by Mike Ranquet - December 23, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsRM020Jobs Does the snowboard industry hire from within it’s own pool of pro snowboarders? It’d be a lot cooler if it did. Be it 2yrs, 5, 10 or 25 years as a pro snowboarder either way it’ll get you nowhere. Whether a dude was filming or competing, whatever brand was paying for that is losing out...
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RM020Jobs
Rad Matters hosted by Mike Ranquet - December 23, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsDoes the snowboard industry hire from within it’s own pool of pro snowboarders? It’d be a lot cooler if it did. Be it 2yrs, 5, 10 or 25 years as a pro snowboarder either way it’ll get you nowhere. Whether a dude was filming or competing, whatever brand was paying for that is losing out on their ...
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RM019Roadkills
Rad Matters hosted by Mike Ranquet - December 02, 2022 05:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsRM019Roadkills In this episode I talk about sketchy plane rides in AK; Peter Line and the resurrection of Penthouse Forum; Roadkill turns 30 & I recall gettin high with Terje, Iguchi and Cardiel while filming Roadkill, Glittering prizes and endless compromises, shatter the illusion of integr...
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RM019Roadkills
Rad Matters hosted by Mike Ranquet - December 02, 2022 05:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsRM019Roadkills In this episode I talk about sketchy plane rides in AK; Peter Line and the resurrection of Penthouse Forum; Roadkill turns 30 & I recall gettin high with Terje, Iguchi and Cardiel while filming Roadkill, Glittering prizes and endless compromises, shatter the illusion of integr...
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Ted Martin Talks FISISFTQ+
Rad Matters hosted by Mike Ranquet - August 09, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsRM018TedMartinTalksFISISFTQ+ So this conversation happened seven years ago I think, Ted Was on Maui visiting family, so I contacted him on Facebook or whatever. My neighbor at the time on Door of Faith Road, He was in the field of filming, audio but more lighting. Either way we had a conversat...
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Ted Martin Talks FISISFTQ+
Rad Matters hosted by Mike Ranquet - August 09, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsRM018TedMartinTalksFISISFTQ+ So this conversation happened seven years ago I think, Ted Was on Maui visiting family, so I contacted him on Facebook or whatever. My neighbor at the time on Door of Faith Road, He was in the field of filming, audio but more lighting. Either way we had a conversat...
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The Trans Am w/ Pat & Stan on a Bridge Too Far
Rad Matters hosted by Mike Ranquet - March 12, 2022 03:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsRM017 The Trans Am w/ Pat & Stan on a Bridge Too Far. I guess I’m covering 2 or 3 different people and their situation‘s, they seem to roll into one in my head because it’s all the same BS. Snowboarding has damn near been taken over by Un-vetted industry dudes that don’t give a shit about snowb...
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Jeff Fulton Snowboarder Zero
Rad Matters hosted by Mike Ranquet - February 21, 2022 10:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsRM016- Jeff Fulton Snowboarder Zero. ’Thank Jesus for Kaishu Hirano and his glorious method air. This has been fun for me, For now, I’ll assume my old post of guardian of the gate. Because Basically Pats been asleep at the wheel for 20 years. Snowboard media Is such garbage, so starting today a...
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Jeff Fulton Snowboarder Zero
Rad Matters hosted by Mike Ranquet - February 21, 2022 10:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsRM016- Jeff Fulton Snowboarder Zero. ’Thank Jesus for Kaishu Hirano and his glorious method air. This has been fun for me, For now, I’ll assume my old post of guardian of the gate. Because Basically Pats been asleep at the wheel for 20 years. Snowboard media Is such garbage, so starting today a...
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Stan On The Shoulders Of Giants
Rad Matters hosted by Mike Ranquet - February 07, 2022 08:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsRM015 Hey look! He thinks he’s flying, but it’s just Stan, on the shoulders of giants. I get right into some recent things as I’m starting to really realize I can’t stop the rant. Telos Snowboards Help Support Rad Matters Podcast Support the Show. Thanks for enduring Rad Matters Podcast Hoste...
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Haha! Snowboarding got cucked by Skiers.
Rad Matters hosted by Mike Ranquet - January 31, 2022 16:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsRM014 Haha! Snowboarding got cucked by Skiers. I’ll post weekly asap. Post your thoughts (I feel oddly compelled to say that) Telos Snowboards Help Support Rad Matters Podcast Support the show
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Haha! Snowboarding got cucked by Skiers.
Rad Matters hosted by Mike Ranquet - January 31, 2022 16:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsRM014 Haha! Snowboarding got cucked by Skiers. I’ll post weekly asap. Post your thoughts (I feel oddly compelled to say that) Telos Snowboards Help Support Rad Matters Podcast Support the Show. Thanks for enduring Rad Matters Podcast Hosted by Mike Ranquet. Donate to see me go down swinging ...
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Hate Mail to Snowboarding Part 2 w/Pat Abramson
Rad Matters hosted by Mike Ranquet - January 11, 2022 23:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsRM013 Call me crazy, but you’d have to be blind to not see that we’ve been played by skiing/skiers and the fanboys parading as sports journalists isn’t helping. To act as though snowboarding is a youth market for the last 20+ years while giving away our language and culture is embarrassing. Whe...
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Hate Mail to Snowboarding Part 2 w/Pat Abranson
Rad Matters hosted by Mike Ranquet - January 11, 2022 23:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 29 ratings#013 Call me crazy, but you’d have to be blind to not see that we’ve been played by skiing/skiers and the fanboys parading as sports journalists isn’t helping. To act as though snowboarding is a youth market for the last 20+ years while giving away our language and culture is embarrassing. When...
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Nate Bozung and I discuss some funny travel stories.
Rad Matters hosted by Mike Ranquet - December 17, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsRM012 I talk to Nate Bozung about any and everything Telos Snowboards Help Support Rad Matters Podcast Support the Show. Thanks for enduring Rad Matters Podcast Hosted by Mike Ranquet. Donate to see me go down swinging while taking the snowboard industry to where it ought to be.
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012 Nate Bozung
Rad Matters hosted by Mike Ranquet - December 17, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsI talk to Nate Bozung about any and everything
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Hate Mail to Snowboarding
Rad Matters hosted by Mike Ranquet - December 13, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsRM011 Telos Snowboards In this episode of Rad Matters I’m at venting my hate love relationship with Snowboarding by way of the hate mail I should’ve been sending to the industry the entire time. When you step away from something like I have with Snowboarding and come back you’re more susceptible...
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011 Hate Mail to Snowboarding
Rad Matters hosted by Mike Ranquet - December 13, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsIn this episode of Rad Matters I’m at venting my hate love relationship with Snowboarding by way of the hate mail I should’ve been sending to the industry the entire time. When you step away from something like I have with Snowboarding and come back you’re more susceptible to notice glaring chan...
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Rad Matters 010
Rad Matters hosted by Mike Ranquet - November 25, 2021 22:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsHere’s my story of how I Inadvertently made the Dalai Lama laugh by way of pranking Adam Yauch. Besides a chance for total consciousness on my death-bed, this is one of the fun things that can happen when your buddy is down with ‘the Lama’. RIP Adam, I miss you man.
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Adam Yauch, The Dalai Lama & Me
Rad Matters hosted by Mike Ranquet - November 25, 2021 22:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsRM010 Here’s my story of how I Inadvertently made the Dalai Lama laugh by way of pranking Adam Yauch. Besides a chance for total consciousness on my death-bed, this is one of the fun things that can happen when your buddy is down with ‘the Lama’. RIP Adam, I miss you man. Telos Snowboards Help s...
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010 Adam Yauch & The Lama
Rad Matters hosted by Mike Ranquet - November 25, 2021 22:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsHere’s my story of how I Inadvertently made the Dalai Lama laugh by way of pranking Adam Yauch. Besides a chance for total consciousness on my death-bed, this is one of the fun things that can happen when your buddy is down with ‘the Lama’. RIP Adam, I miss you man.
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Rad Matters 009
Rad Matters hosted by Mike Ranquet - November 15, 2021 02:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsIn this episode I ramble about Pro snowboarders entitlement issues. At the end of the day you fucking pussies need to go to Alaska, that’s all the fucking matters. Did the last generation push the bar too high up there? They didn’t think so about the generation before them so why the fuck haven’...
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009 Snowboard AK You Pussies
Rad Matters hosted by Mike Ranquet - November 15, 2021 02:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsRM009 Telos Snowboards In this episode I ramble about Pro snowboarders entitlement issues. At the end of the day you fucking pussies need to go to Alaska, that’s all the fucking matters. Did the last generation push the bar too high up there? They didn’t think so about the generation before them...
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009 Snowboard AK You Pussies
Rad Matters hosted by Mike Ranquet - November 15, 2021 02:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsRM009 Telos Snowboards In this episode I ramble about Pro snowboarders entitlement issues. At the end of the day you fucking pussies need to go to Alaska, that’s all the fucking matters. Did the last generation push the bar too high up there? They didn’t think so about the generation before them...
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008 My Journals From 2007
Rad Matters hosted by Mike Ranquet - October 20, 2021 23:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsIn Rad Matters podcast #008 (hosted by me) I am reading my journals from between 2004 and 2008. What I wrote about snowboarding then is as applicable now as it was when it was written. There are a few pauses as I’m trying to decipher what I wrote over a decade ago. Support the Show. Thanks fo...
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Rad Matters 008
Rad Matters hosted by Mike Ranquet - October 20, 2021 23:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsIn Rad Matters podcast #008 (hosted by me) I am reading my journals from between 2004 and 2008. What I wrote about snowboarding then is as applicable now as it was when it was written. There are a few pauses as I’m trying to decipher what I wrote over a decade ago.
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Rad Matters 007
Rad Matters hosted by Mike Ranquet - October 16, 2021 19:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsTerje canceled? The snowboard industry eats its own, what a bunch of kooks.
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