TPM Episode 166: Keir Dillon, Pro Snowboarder, Entrepreneur

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