Thank U Snowboarding Podcast - S1 EP1 Ed Leigh

If you’re reading this, there’s a pretty good chance you love snowboarding. We do too, so much so, in fact, that we decided to make a podcast waxing poetic about it. Thank U Snowboarding is a celebration of the UK snowboard scene, a deep dive into its journey from ‘Ban This Killer Craze’ to the mainstream and a nostalgia-fuelled look back at the glory years. Each week we’ll sit down with an influential figure, exploring the past, present and future of the sport and remind ourselves why we leapt headfirst down the snowboarding rabbit hole in the first place.

For the maiden voyage of Thank U Snowboarding, host Chris Cracknell speaks to the one and only Ed Leigh, a stalwart of the scene, the man behind the mic at every comp from The Brits to The Olympics, a lifelong shredhead and one of the funniest people we’ve had the pleasure of sharing a beer with. We hear Ed’s story from groady teenage seasonaire dodging drug dealers in the French Alps to becoming one of the most recognisable and well-respected voices in the global industry and all the unhinged details in between. So, make yourself a brew, put your feet up and get stuck in.