If Travis Rice, Jeremy Jones, and Danny Davis all agree that you are pushing the envelope of what backcountry snowboarding is... you are either doing something right or a complete psychopath. After sitting down with Nick Russell for our latest episode, we can happily report he just seems to be doing it right. Pushing the limit of his ability and what is possible on a snowboard, Russell is one of the most respected riders out there currently. Although he has a similar path of pros all over the wo...
Apr 01, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 23
ANOTHER BIG GUEST! For the latest episode, our two hosts sit down with The Snow League's Chief Operating Officer Ian Warda. Getting his start in the event world with the Burton U.S. Open back in the day and ushering it through its global dominance, Warda has done his time and has now partnered up with Shaun White at the Snow League to launch the new series. The episode covers how it all came to be, future plans, and where all the action will be going down for the inaugural year. Enjoy!
Feb 25, 2025•59 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Fresh off his latest project, The Quiver, launching on Youtube, longtime pro snowboarder Bryan Fox sits down with Mark Clavin and T. Bird for the latest episode of Mark My Bird. The Snowboard Mag podcast talks movies, media, career, and plenty more with the California native as he gears up for another winter spent between his home in the PNW, Japan, and anywhere else that gets a good storm.
Jan 28, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 21
A true guest that needs no introduction. We have been lining this one up for a while between travel schedules and the holidays! Travis Rice (super pro, star of "Art of Flight", and founder of the Natural Selection) kicks off 2025 with Mark Clavin and T. Bird for the latest episode of Snowboard Mag's "Mark My Bird" podcast. They chat about the upcoming Natural Selection Tour, the Olympics, Shaun White, competitive leagues, life outlooks and plenty more. This episode covers a quick look into Travi...
Jan 07, 2025•1 hr 8 min
A gift for the holidays from Mark My Bird! We recorded this one with Mike Yoshida, one of snowboarding's top photographers, a few months ago and figured we will give the gift of Yosh this Christmas! From his start up in Alaska to his career taking off around Mt. Baker, Yosh worked his way from the kitchen up at Hood to the photo editor of Snowboarder Magazine. Some other highlights from his career include snagging an X Games gold, working on The Fourth Phase, topping the karaoke charts, and bein...
Dec 27, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 19
A VERY SPECIAL EPISODE. Clavin lost a bet a while ago and T.Bird made him wait for a true Boston sports fan to cash in. We have pro snowboarder and host of the biggest podcast in the snowboarding (The Bomb Hole), Chris Grenier, on the show today. We have been trying to get him on Mark My Bird since the first episode not because we thought he would be a great guest, but so we can learn how to become a successful podcast. Hoping this would catapult us into immediate success, we are sorry to report...
Dec 17, 2024•57 min•Season 1Ep. 18
The underground MVP? Nik Baden has been pro snowboarder's favorite pro ever since he won Transworld Snowboarding's Rookie of the Year back in 2018. Whether it is because of his style, approach to the sport, or just natural ability he brings to any feature in front of him, Nik is one of the most respected riders out there currently doing it. At just 26-years-old, Baden has done everything from competing on the world stage to filming video parts with some of the biggest sponsors in and out of snow...
Dec 09, 2024•57 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Our most serious episode yet... well, Clavin put on a suit but that is about the extent of the serious portion. We wanted more than just what could fit in the latest Snowboard Mag print issue with Joe Sexton so we decided to have him on as a guest as well! From filming iconic parts over the past 15+ years to helming his own brand, Public Snowboards, Joe sat down to chat about it all. He covers how he went from being a snowboarder trying to get signed to now signing riders, having a twin brother ...
Nov 25, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 16
One of the busiest people in snowboarding. We have been trying to get Erik Leon on the podcast since the first episode and it only took 15 to get him! Hailing from Southern California, Leon gives us a look into a career he has created with some of the biggest brands in the outdoor space (including The North Face and Ford) without an agent! You read that correctly. Erik does his deals the old-fashioned way, by being an extremely talented snowboarder and an equally enjoyable human to be around. It...
Nov 14, 2024•51 min•Season 1Ep. 15
"The coolest name in the history of snowboarding," according to T. Bird. Norway's Mikkel Bang has been on the Burton Snowboarding team for longer than Lebron James has been playing profesional basketball in the NBA. Needless to say, he has seen it all. For the latest episode of the Mark My Bird podcast from Snowboard Magazine, Mikkel chats with hosts Mark Clavin and T. Bird about his start, filming, Burton, Olympics and plenty more! We are still working through different recording platforms so b...
Nov 08, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Justin "Stan" Leveille checks in for the latest episode of the Mark My Bird podcast with Mark Clavin and T. Bird for a chat about all things Stan... which is what he mostly talks about anyways. If you aren't tired of seeing him on the internet yet or announcing at various contests, you will probably enjoy this one! A respected "snowboard journalist" and most notably the host of The Last Resort and Editor of Slush Magazine, the former Snowboarder Magazine editor and Yobeat writer breaks down his ...
Oct 07, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 13
We have a special one today! For those who loved snowboarding in the early 2010s, Jason "Hondo" Newman was at the center of snowboarding media. As the online editor over at Transworld Snowboarding, he was the face of the entertaining interviews and was the man who held the Instagram password for the site as it blew up with the app. His list of projects span from Adidas to Shaun White with plenty of highlights along the way. He has never done a podcast and we are still pretty new at it, so we dec...
Sep 23, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 12
We are back after a long break working on the print magazine. We promise Snowboard Mag's Mark My Bird podcast is here to stay and won't go on another break until the winter is over. Our guest to launch off the early season is up-and-coming Burton team rider Rob Roethler. He talks how he got started at the professional level (with a little help from Tik Tok), Minnesota sports, golf and plenty more with hosts T. Bird and Mark Clavin.
Sep 16, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 11
This is why we do this podcast! One quick text from a friend saying they are down and next thing you know, we have an episode. A rising star in snowboarding and ripping piano player, Lolo Derminio aka the future lady John Daly, joins Clavin and T. Bird to chat the past year filming, pseudonyms , golf/PGA aspirations, coming from a big family, and plenty more. It is our 10th "podcast attempt" and it is a good one! Riding for Sims, Monster, 686, Northwave and currently looking for Long Drink or Tw...
Jul 01, 2024•54 min•Season 1Ep. 10
A special episode with the voice of snowboarding, Todd Richards, to discuss the recent announcement of Shaun White's Snow League and the X Games League. As Todd puts it, going from no contests on the horizon to a ton, this is all going to get very interesting. Todd joins Mark Clavin and T. Bird to clarify some of the questions surrounding the new leagues, as well as talk potential impact for riders, fans and more. Will we finally have a mainstream tour that as snowboarders we can call our own? O...
Jun 20, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Sorry we are a bit late this week! But this one is worth it! Do pro snowboarders feel bad for damaging public property? We ask the latest pro snowboarder to join the Mark My Bird podcast, the one-and-only Jake Kuzyk! We also cover Kuzyk's love for Cleveland, Ohio and smaller U.S. cities, why Vancouver is a "golden handcuffs" situation, the epic Landline part, and why he is wearing yellow sunglasses! Listen in to one of the best to ever do it and remember, tell your friends in marketing about it ...
Jun 07, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Climbing the ladder quick among up-and-comers in the streets, Montana-raised Iris Pham is on a trajectory rarely seen these days in snowboarding. Podiuming at rail jams and dropping video parts the last few seasons, Iris takes time from her apartment on wheels to talk to Clavin and T. Bird about van life, her burgeoning career, upcoming projects, and staying calm in the streets. As an anchor on the Never Summer team, Iris' style has caught the attention of just about everyone in snowboarding, so...
May 27, 2024•58 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Longtime friend, filmer and now director, Mia Lambson, sits down with T. Bird and Clavin to talk about her latest documentary project diving into the women who made the modern-day pro possible. The crew talks about the current freelance world in action sports for videographers and photographers, walks down memory lane when all three worked at Snowboarder Magazine, and laughs about the time they sent Mark into a parking garage with a bear. Enjoy.
May 21, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 6
A huge guest for the podcast today! Pro snowboarder Mark McMorris (3x Olympic medalist, 23x X Games medalist) checks in with our editors T. Bird and Clavin for the fifth episode of the Mark My Bird podcast (available to listen anywhere you get your podcasts). McMorris talks about sitting courtside at NBA playoff games, medals vs. broken bones, Jake Burton Carpenter, and plenty more. Jump on in and enjoy!
May 14, 2024•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 5
Surfing, taxes and the secret to a good turn. We sit down with one of the most stylish snowboarders to ever strap in, Blake Paul, and get his take on the list above. A newly-celebrated member of the Ride Snowboards team, as well as a veteran of the Vans Snow crew, Blake has been on top of his game ever since his first major premiere in SNOWBOARDER Mag's Foreword a decade ago. Enjoy a convo with editors Mark Clavin and T. Bird as they talk the upcoming offseason, Blake's career, and much more....
May 07, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Pro snowboarder Jill Perkins joins editors Mark Clavin and T. Bird on the new podcast to talk about her pro basketball career cut short by snowboarding, a Disney illustrator possibly designing her next pro graphic, and plenty more. Huge thanks to Jill for jumping on from Salt Lake City as we figure out what the hell we are doing with this podcast! We finally have all of our episodes over from Youtube, so now you can expect weekly shows coming out.
May 03, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 2
T. Bird and Mark Clavin check in with Bend royalty, Jared Elston, as he waits to see if he is going heliboarding in Alaska. Pardon a few of the audio issues, Jared was using his phone for a hot spot but to be honest, it held up pretty great! They cover working out with Travis Rice, going from Adidas to Arc’teryx, his current trip, Natural Selection, filming for Brown Cinema, the housing market in Bend, and plenty more! Listen in for another episode of Mark My Bird!
May 01, 2024•57 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Olympic gold medalist Red Gerard sits down with Snowboard Mag editors T. Bird and Mark Clavin to talk about family, snowboarding, recent sponsor changes, Natural Selection, X Games, and plenty more! It is our first episode so give us a break!
Apr 24, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 1
