Keir Dillon was a fixture on the snowboard scene for over a decade. You saw him in halfpipes, on podiums, on the mic and traveling the world with his “Frends” crew. There is so much to Keir’s story and on the podcast we talk about a lot of snowboard success, the letdown of not making the Olympics, starting a snowboard technology business with friends, taking that company and making it a brand that focuses on women, how the friends reacted to that, why he had to sell the business, drugs, and a lot more. It’s a good one
Keir Dillon Show Notes:
2:00: ADD, the Poconos, and family
7:00: Vert ramp in the backyard, starting snowboarding, and Nationals
12:00: High School, dropping out of college and sponsors
21:00: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code powell30
Evo: The best online experience in action sports with retail to back it up
686 Technical Apparel: The best outerwear in the world
23:30: Breaking up with sponsors, Jake Burton, and pro living at home
29:00: Traveling, friends before frends, and lifestyle and drugs
34:00: Race, Religion, and not making the Olympic team
48:30: Spy Optic: Get 20% off on their site Spyoptic.com using the code TPM20
10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone
50:15: Frends Crew, creating a product, being the CEO and manufacturing headaches
64:00: Changing the company to a women’s fashion brand and what do the frends think?
70:00: Shark Tank, getting sued, and losing frends
76:00: Selling the brand, going through some stuff, what he’s up to now, and snowboarding again
82:00: Inappropriate Questions