Thank U Snowboarding Podcast - S1 EP2 Melanie Leando

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 Episode 2, host Chris Cracknell talks to Melanie Leando, former British Champ and pro rider on the international halfpipe circuit. Melaine talks us through her journey from growing up on the island of Jersey with no mountains to speak of to becoming a true trailblazer in the sport who continually broke the status quo to carve out her well-deserved place in UK snowboarding history.