Blister Speaker Series: Jeremy Jones

One of the greatest big-mountain snowboarders of all time came to Western Colorado University for another installment of our Blister Speaker Series. But Jeremy isn’t simply one of the best to ever ride a board; by founding Protect Our Winters, Jeremy has had a massive impact on the broader snowsports world, and is working to address one of the biggest issues of our time: climate change. So we talked to Jeremy about filming, snowboarding, founding POW, the ‘outdoor state’; and more. TOPICS & TIMES: When were you last in the Gunnison Valley? (3:56) Relevance today of Jeremy’s film, Purple Mountains (6:41) Size of the ‘Outdoor State’? (8:30) Starting Protect Our Winters (10:34) How has the mission of POW stayed the same or evolved? (16:55) The road not taken (20:39) Social media attacks (22:35) How much are you snowboarding these days? (24:50) Clarify POW’s position on Individual Behavior vs Policy & Voting (28:07) Will individual behavior ultimately move the needle? (32:59) Hilaree Nelson (36:58) Have you talked to a legislator who made you reconsider a position? (40:47) Pessimism and the Future (42:40) Scariest moment snowboarding? (46:07) How does POW decide which objectives to tackle? (49:05) Are you seeing funding coming in to support climate action? (50:16) How do you feel about ‘carbon neutrality’? (52:48) How to convince officials to care about climate action if they are funded by parties against it? (55:26) How were you thinking about climate while filming Art of Flight? (58:12) Climate Leadership: federal government vs small communities (1:00:18) Upcoming elections (1:01:55) What's your favorite place to snowboard? (1:03:04) Jeremy’s new book The Art of Shralpinism: Lessons from the Mountains (1:04:06) RELATED LINKS: SPECIAL OFFER: OpenSnow.com/Blister Protect Our Winters Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.