Air Time Podcast

This Swedish Egyptian has transferred from pro snowboarder to full-time “soul boarder”. Life after professional snowboarding is a difficult road for most, you seem to lose not only your identity but your beloved travel budget. It’s time to join the 5-9 world? For some yes, but not for Kareem. He found away to juggle work and play by starting a successful food truck business Laolita and soon to be restaurant. This allows him to take the winters off and enjoy boarding, with no outside pressures from brands. Kareem’s first sponsor was Forum Snowboards and that presented an opportunity of a lifetime to film for the iconic Forum movie - THAT (2006) where he shared a part with now close friend Stevie Bell. A few seasons later Kareem found himself in the middle of Forum’s big switch over, new ownership, new team managers and somehow got lost in the mix. Kareem had a string of annoying mishaps throughout his career but the guy never seemed worried. He has been involved in countless videos from Video Grass, Factor Films, Dope Industries, Blue Tomato, Helgason's and many many more. Mark Frank Montoya even handpicked Kareem to be apart of his outerwear company SOUND. The guy has always focused his time and energy on what feels right and what looks dope to him, in his own words “soul boarding” a term used by Kareem when someone is doing a trick that expresses their own unique vision of how that trick should be done with no expected outcome but filling ones soul. That vision of “soul boarding” lead him to start one of Europe’s biggest rail jams - The Frontline rail jam named after his clothing company in which he wanted to get the community together to have a more fun and style focused contest showcasing that simple tricks can place you at the top when right. His event/ clothing company have helped shine spotlights on the careers of e-man, halldor helgason, eiki helgason, felix remington, kevin griffin the list goes on, even myself. Kareem has so many amazing stories, excited to share this one. Much love everyone

Pro boarder Ben Bilocq, hailing from Quebec joins me on the podcast. We chat about growing up on the east coast, moving west with LNP, Bandwagon, Déjà Vu, Video Grass, pushing mongo, getting older in snowboarding, snowmobiling, what changes skateboarding and snowboarding have seen since the rise of social media, drunk team managers and much more.

For episode 2 I interviewed Mike Rav. Mike Rav is a pro snowboarder from Shrewsbury, MA. We chat about limitations, haters, his upcoming Capita project, Jamie Lynn, the importance of doing you and much more. Enjoy !

An inspiring conversation with professional snowboarder and guide Robin Van Gyn, who is a two-time Video Part of the Year winner (2016, 2017) and won the Natural Selection tour in 2021. With nearly 20 years in the industry, Robin is now giving back through her event, Research and Development—a community initiative empowering women to get after it in the backcountry. Thanks for coming on the show! Enjoy.

In this powerful and honest episode, we sit down with Kody Williams, the Ontario-born snowboarder whose career took a sudden turn after a traumatic brain injury (TBI) that left him in a coma for 5 weeks. Once the hottest up-and-comer in Canadian snowboarding, Kody’s journey has been one of grit, recovery, and a triumphant return to the sport he loves.

Now back at a professional level, Kody’s also launched DOME PEACE, a helmet brand dedicated to making head protection cooler and accessible. This episode brings out the raw truth behind his journey, featuring a special call from snowboarding legend Stevie Bell.