Northern Boarders Presents: A Conversation with Local Legends

Schedule

Fri, 17 Jan, 2025 at 06:30 pm

UTC-09:00

Location

625 C Street, Anchorage, AK, United States, Alaska 99501 | Anchorage, AK

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Join us for a dynamic live conversation as part of the Northern Boarders exhibition, exploring the unique snowboard and skateboard culture of Alaska. Hosted by Cody Liska, this event will feature discussions with influential local skateboarders and snowboarders. Together, they’ll dive into stories, challenges and inspirations that shape Alaska’s thriving board culture. Don’t miss the chance to connect with the voices behind Alaska's skate and snow scene. Free; Registration recommended.
6:30 doors, 7 p.m. start. Friday, Jan. 17, in the Auditorium
Image: Photo by Chris Miller
About the Speakers
Cody Liska grew up in the 1990s and early 2000s Alaska snow and skate scene. He's an independent journalist and the host of Crude Conversations, a podcast about Alaskans. He is also the producer and host of Chatter Marks, a podcast of the Anchorage Museum.
Jesse Burtner is a video creator, snowboarder, and general creative communicator who grew up in the Glen Alps neighborhood of Anchorage and has spent decades in the snowboard community. In Alaska, starting in his late teens, Jesse released seven films under JB Deuce Productions with co-founder Jason Borgstede. At the age of 25, Jesse co-founded Think Thank with his wife, Christina, and collaborator Sean Genovese. Think Thank released 15 full-length snowboard videos and continues to create snowboard-focused videos to this day. Jesse is currently the global marketing director for Mervin Mfg. working with brands Lib Tech, Gnu and Bent Metal Binding Works on all communications, team riders and marketing campaigns.
Micah Hollinger is arguably the most prolific and influential Alaska skateboarder to date. He filmed seven video parts for JB Deuce Productions and went on to bring a unique, creative, and artistic vision of progression to the entire skateboard industry. Micah was highly influential to all Alaska skaters and snowboarders, setting the gold standard for what was possible. He’s well known globally for getting the cover of Big Brother Magazine with a 180 nose grind down LA’s Staples Center ledge. Micah had a heavy influence in the Colorado and Arizona skate scenes before taking his talents behind the lens working in LA as a videographer and director on various skate-adjacent T.V. programming.
Andre Spinelli is an Alaska snowboarder who has starred in numerous seminal snowboard films and competed at the professional level. His parents started strapping him into skis to slide down the mountains when he was eighteen months old, and he never stopped. That and an obsession with skateboarding naturally led to a transition to snowboarding. On film, Andre first appeared in the Turnagain Hardcore movies and was instrumental in connecting snowboarders to that burgeoning freestyle snowmachine scene. Andre’s snowboard style is archetypal for Alaskan snowboarders; go huge, ask questions later. He got the closing part in JB Deuce’s last video, “Steezin For No Reason,” and filmed around the world with Think Thank.
Jason Borgstede Owner of Blue & Gold Boardshop, X-Games Gold Medalist, skateboard/snowboard lifer, father of three.
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625 C Street, Anchorage, AK, United States, Alaska 99501

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