Andy Hetzel | The Bomb Hole Episode 263

Andy Hetzel is an OG: a living legend of our sport. He's a pioneer who helped shape what early snowboarding looking like and influenced what direction it went in. If you love snowboarding and need a history lesson (which you do) then this week's episode of The Bomb Hole is going to be a must watch for you.

Find show notes with videos, riders, and more that we talked about with Andy on our website (thebombhole.com/podcasts/andy-hetzel)

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This episode is sponsored by

Yeti | yeti.com

Turtlebox Audio | turtleboxaudio.com

Volcom | volcom.com

Union Binding Co | unionbindingcompany.com

Rome Snowboards | romesnowboards.com

Bataleon Snowboards | bataleon.com

Vans | vans.com/en-us/c/snowboarding

BOA Fit System | boafit.com/en-us/snowboard

Coal Headwear | coalheadwear.com

Oakley | oakley.com/en-us/category/snow

Flowline | flowlinemountain.com

Outdoor Research | outdoorresearch.com

Nidecker Snowboards | nidecker.com

Find Nidecker boards and more at World Boards | worldboards.com

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Chapters

00:00 Intro

5:47 Getting Shot

11:09 Skating

19:15 Finding Snowboarding

32:49 Ads (Coal, BOA, Oakley, Yeti)

36:43 Early Snowboarding

53:54 Kemper

1:13:34 NTVP

1:17:27 Ads (Bataleon, Flowline, OR)

1:20:51 Shaun Palmer Joins

1:34:12 Racing

1:41:00 Train Gap

1:46:29 Partying

1:53:41 Ads (Nidecker, Vans, Turtlebox, Union)

1:57:21 Sobriety

2:06:59 Filming

2:30:33 Hot Takes

2:42:22 Outro

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