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Dark Starts Backcountry Splitboard Podcast

Maxwell Morrill & Darrin Milne

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Join your hosts Maxwell & Darrin as they talk with splitboarding and backcountry industry pros, gear manufacturers, and certified mountain guides. No matter how much experience you have in the backcountry, you'll learn everything there is to know along with us to take your tours and shredding to the next level. New episodes drop weekly - subscribe to get notifications when new episodes are Dropping.
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EPISODE 101 Rain Felkl is an Alaska Native born and raised in Juneau. After making the move to the Wasatch Mountains, she was quickly captivated by the freedom and adventure of human-powered splitboarding. She has had the opportunity to explore many corners of her home range as well as longer adventures in mountain ranges in Alaska and the lower 48…
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EPISODE 99 Ruedi Beglinger, a man of the mountains. To be more specific, the Selkirks in British Columbia, Canada where, for the last few decades, he and his family have lived, in fact, his kids grew up on the Durrand Glacier. Ruedi’s story begins in the Swiss Alps where he was born and raised. He first traveled to North America in 1978 and eventua…
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EPISODE 98 Alex Andrews of WNDR Alpine is a rad dude with experiences ranging from skating bowls and jibbing the streets of Ogden, UT. He eventually started riding and working for Burton as a young ripper. Alex’s “powder panic” and love for the mountains have him aligned with Wonder Alpine as their snowboard marketing and product manager. His passi…
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EPISODE 97 McKinley grew up on the icy hills of New York, learning to ride in the Catskill Mountains. He made his way west in 2013 and began exploring the snow-filled mountains around Utah, Montana, and Colorado. His love of backcountry riding brought him to the Snow Science program at Montana State University, where he studied the applications of …
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EPISODE 96 2022 Freeride World Tour Junior World Champion, Lila Yeoman. Started snowboarding at the young age of 3, began competing at 11, and splitboarding at 14 Athlete for Jones Snowboards, ambassador for POC Sports, and snowboard instructor at Snowbird Currently working on riding all 90 lines in The Chuting Gallery Some would view Lila as a tee…
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Alex Gavic is a photographer, adventurer and splitboard mountaineer. Discovered his love for photography over 15 years ago while skateboarding around with his friends Skating evolved into snowboarding, and as an athlete, he started finding himself in front of the lens as much as behind it His content drew a huge social media following, bringing man…
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Stratton (a.k.a. Cascade Connections) dedicates his time in the backcountry to raising awareness of the impact of carbon emissions and the effect of increased traffic in the alpine wilderness along the Pacific coast. Based in Bend, Oregon and calls the Cascades Volcanoes his home range Snowboards without the assistance of any fossil fuel vehicles, …
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EPISODE 93 Pro rider Marissa leads by example, is passionate about getting the dawn light, and spends as much time in the mountains as possible. Born and raised in the northern woods of Michigan Moved to Oregon to become a wildland firefighter for the Mt. Hood National Forest She has been splitboarding all over North America, Eastern British Columb…
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After a long hiatus, we're back! Introducing a familiar voice back to the Dark Starts program - Maxwell J. Morrill. Max brings 3 decades of experience to the show, plus a huge rolodex of friends that he met along the way. In this mini-episode, we chat about where the podcast came from and where it's going. One thing's for sure, we are making the sp…
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Episode 91 Guide and Athlete Will Kovacic talks foot powered filming and backcountry safety with Chad & Darrin. For the full show notes visit: https://www.darkstarts.ca/guests Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.ca/partners Groundswell Marketing www.instagram.com/groundswell_fm/ Valerie Black The A…
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Episode 90 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents Split Decisions, with Mike Lewis of Zeal Optics. For more information, visit https://www.darkstarts.ca/zeal Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.ca/partners Groundswell Marketing www.instagram.com/groundswell_fm/ Valerie Black The Art…
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Episode 89 Sponsored Athlete Shawna Paoli talks about health, life and lines with Chad & Darrin. For the full show notes visit: https://www.darkstarts.ca/shawna-paoli Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.ca/partners Groundswell Marketing www.instagram.com/groundswell_fm/ Valerie Black The Artist Beh…
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Episode 88 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents Split Decisions, with John Keffler of Phantom Snow Industries. For more information, visit https://www.darkstarts.ca/phantom https://www.phantomsnow.com/ Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.ca/partners Groundswell Marketing www.insta…
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Episode 85 Surfer, splitboarder & board shaper Chris Christenson chats shapes with Chad & Darrin. For full show notes visit: https://www.darkstarts.ca/guests Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.ca/partners Groundswell Marketing www.instagram.com/groundswell_fm/ Valerie Black The Artist Behind The L…
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Episode 86 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents Split Decisions, with Jack Beighle of Backcountry Access. For more information, visit https://www.darkstarts.ca/bca Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.ca/partners Groundswell Marketing www.instagram.com/groundswell_fm/ Valerie Black…
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Episode 85 Splitboard Guide Isaac Laredo from Truckee California educates Chad & Darrin. For full Show notes please visit https://www.darkstarts.ca/guests Show links: https://www.instagram.com/ilaredo/ https://www.instagram.com/alpenglowexpeditions/ Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.ca/partners G…
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Episode 84 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents ski guide & POW Ambassador Blake Keogh. For full show notes and details on the products visit https://www.darkstarts.ca/blake-keogh Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.ca/partners Groundswell Marketing www.instagram.com/groundswell_f…
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Episode 83 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents Split Decisions, with Corey Caffrey of Sans Meal Bar For full show notes and details on the products visit https://www.darkstarts.ca/sans-meal-bars Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.ca/partners Groundswell Marketing www.instagram.c…
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Episode 82 - Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents snowboard legend, Temple Cummins. For full show notes visit https://www.darkstarts.ca/temple-cummins Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.ca/partners Groundswell Marketing www.instagram.com/groundswell_fm/ Valerie Black The Artist B…
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Episode 81 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents Split Decisions, with Jon Takao of Thirty Two Boots For full show notes and details on the products visit https://www.darkstarts.ca/thirty-two Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.ca/partners Groundswell Marketing www.instagram.com/gr…
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Episode 80 - Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents legendary rider Joel Loverin of Whistler, BC. For full show notes visit https://www.darkstarts.ca/joel-loverin Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.ca/partners Groundswell Marketing www.instagram.com/groundswell_fm/ Valerie Black Th…
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Episode 79 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents Split Decisions, with Jackson Keogh of Big Sky mountain products. For full show notes and details on the products visit https://www.darkstarts.ca/big-sky Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.ca/partners Groundswell Marketing www.insta…
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Episode 78 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents Freeride World Tour athlete Manuela Mandl. For full show notes visit https://www.darkstarts.ca/manuela-mandl Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.ca/partners Groundswell Marketing www.instagram.com/groundswell_fm/ Valerie Black The Ar…
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Episode 77 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents Split Decisions, with Joey Vosburgh of Wolverine Snow Products. For full show notes and details on the products visit https://www.darkstarts.ca/wolverine Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.ca/partners Groundswell Marketing www.insta…
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Episode 76 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents Todd Heath of Bomb Snow magazine. For full show notes visit https://www.darkstarts.ca/todd-heath Show links: https://www.instagram.com/bombsnow/ https://bombsnow.com/ Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.ca/partners Groundswell Market…
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Episode 75 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents a Split Decisions episode, with Jonathan Besquin of Somewear Labs HotSpot Device. For full show notes visit https://www.darkstarts.ca/somewear-labs Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.ca/partners Groundswell Marketing www.instagram.c…
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Episode 74 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents Hampus Cederholm, owner and co-founder of Furberg snowboards. For full show notes visit https://www.darkstarts.ca/hampus-cederholm Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.ca/partners Groundswell Marketing www.instagram.com/groundswell_fm…
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Episode 73 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents Split Decisions, with Will Ritter of Spark R&D. For full show notes and details on the products visit https://www.darkstarts.ca/sparkrandd Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.ca/partners Groundswell Marketing www.instagram.com/ground…
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Episode 72 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents pro snowboarder, Ryan Hudson. For full show notes visit https://www.darkstarts.ca/ryan-hudson Show links: https://www.instagram.com/rhudsonsb/ https://www.instagram.com/patagonia_snow/ https://www.instagram.com/jonessnowboards/ https://www.instagram.com/kodiakcakes/ https://www.insta…
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Episode 71 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding Podcast Presents Freeride snowboarder, splitboarder & photographer Alenka Mali. For full show notes visit https://www.darkstarts.ca/alenka-mali Show links: https://www.instagram.com/alenkaamali/ https://www.instagram.com/spline_snowboards/ https://www.instagram.com/pocsports/ https://www.instagram.co…
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Episode 70 Swiss splitboarder and big aspect rider, Simone Le Grand. For full show notes visit https://www.darkstarts.ca/simone-legrand Show links: https://www.instagram.com/le_grand/ https://www.instagram.com/le_grand_design/ https://www.instagram.com/haglofs/ https://www.instagram.com/jonessnowboards/ https://www.instagram.com/karakorambc/ https:…
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Episode 69 Founder of MTN Local Snowboards, Max Holzman.Show Notes: www.darkstarts.ca/max-holzmanShow links:https://mtnlocalsnowboards.com/https://www.instagram.com/mtnlocalsnowboards/Special thanks to:Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors:www.darkstarts.ca/partnersGroundswell Marketingwww.instagram.com/groundswell_fm/Valerie Black Th…
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Episode 68 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents splitboard athlete Zak Mills. For full show notes visit: www.darkstarts.ca/zak-mills Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.ca/partners Groundswell Marketing www.instagram.com/groundswell_fm/ Valerie Black The Artist Behind The Logo www…
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Episode 67 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents Taylor Godber from Whistler BC. Full show notes at www.darkstarts.ca/taylor-godber Show links: https://www.createtravelinspire.com/ https://thedrawout.com/ https://www.jonessnowboards.com/ www.thenorthface.com/ https://rpmtraining.com/ https://snowboardcanada.com/whatcha-doing-taylor…
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Episode 66 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents Jordan Keeth from Mammoth California. For show notes visit: https://www.darkstarts.ca/jordan-keeth Show links: https://www.instagram.com/jordankeeth/ https://www.instagram.com/endeavorsnow/ https://www.instagram.com/sandboxland/ https://www.instagram.com/airholefacemasks/ https://www…
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Episode 65 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents Mr. Relentless himself, Nick LaToof. Full show notes at https://www.darkstarts.ca/nick-latoof Show links: https://www.instagram.com/nlatoof/ http://www.nicklatoof.com/ Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.ca/partners Groundswell Marke…
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Episode 64 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents Scott Seward, Burton’s one and only board engineer for the family tree line. For full show note visit https://www.darkstarts.ca/scott-seward Show links: https://www.instagram.com/burtonsnowboards/ Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.…
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Episode 63 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents Megan Pischke of Boarding for Breast Cancer. For full show note visit https://www.darkstarts.ca/megan-pischke Show links: https://www.instagram.com/megsporcheron/ https://www.instagram.com/b4bc/ https://www.instagram.com/gnusnowboards/ https://www.instagram.com/libtechsurf/ https://w…
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Episode 62 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents Judson Wright, founder and owner of Kootenay Backcountry Guides. For full show notes visits https://www.darkstarts.ca/judson-wright Show links: https://kootenaybackcountryguides.com/ https://westonbackcountry.com/ https://www.roamshop.com/ https://www.stateofthesnowpack.com/ https://…
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Episode 61 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents a snowboarding Legend Mark Fawcett. For full show notes visit https://www.darkstarts.ca/mark-fawcett Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.ca/partners Groundswell Marketing www.instagram.com/groundswell_fm/ Valerie Black The Artist Beh…
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Episode 60 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents Krister Kopala from Tromsø in Northern Norway. For full show notes visit https://www.darkstarts.ca/krister-kopala Show links: https://www.instagram.com/kriskopa/ https://www.furbergsnowboards.com/ https://www.instagram.com/furbergsnowboards/ https://www.instagram.com/vertical_playgro…
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Episode 59 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents Nick Russell backcountry backcountry shredder and lover of the mountains out of Truckee California. For full show notes visit https://www.darkstarts.ca/nick-russell Show links: https://www.instagram.com/nick_russelll/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/jonessnowboards/ https://www.insta…
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Episode 58 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents Antti Autti, Professional Snowboarder from Finland and the creator of Artic Lines Video series. For full show notes visit https://www.darkstarts.ca/antti-autti Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.ca/partners Groundswell Marketing www…
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Episode 57 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents Jake Sullivan, owner of Hand Out Gloves. For full show notes visit https://www.darkstarts.ca/jake-sullivan Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.ca/partners Groundswell Marketing www.instagram.com/groundswell_fm/ Valerie Black The Arti…
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Episode 56 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents Briony May Johnson rider for the YES snowboards on the Tasman Team. For full show notes visit https://www.darkstarts.ca/briony-may-johnson Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.ca/partners Groundswell Marketing www.instagram.com/ground…
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Episode 55 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents Adam Zok ACMG splitboard guide out of Revelstoke BC. For full show notes visit https://www.darkstarts.ca/adam-zok Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.ca/partners Groundswell Marketing www.instagram.com/groundswell_fm/ Valerie Black T…
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Episode 54 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents Mikey Franco, shaper and owner of Franco Snowshapes. For full show notes visit: https://www.darkstarts.ca/mikey-franco Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.ca/partners Groundswell Marketing www.instagram.com/groundswell_fm/ Valerie Bl…
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Episode 53 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents Pro Snowboard mountaineer and filmmaker Rafael Pease. For full show notes visit https://www.darkstarts.ca/rafael-pease Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.ca/partners Groundswell Marketing www.instagram.com/groundswell_fm/ Valerie Bl…
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Episode 52 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents Kate Ediger, founder of Pit and Peak Avalanche Skills Training. For full show notes visit https://www.darkstarts.ca/kate-ediger Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.ca/partners Groundswell Marketing www.instagram.com/groundswell_fm/ V…
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Episode 51 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents Ty Mills, founder and owner of All Aspects Alpine. For full show notes visit: https://www.darkstarts.ca/ty-mills Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.ca/partners Groundswell Marketing www.instagram.com/groundswell_fm/ Valerie Black Th…
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