20 Years of Gear with Dean Whitehead | Owner Operator of The Splitboard Shop
b"Episode 4\\nDark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents Dean Whitehead owner of The Splitboard Shop.\\n\\n Dean started splitboarding during the days of \\u201cshoot a gun at the mountain side and if it didn't slide then it was safe to ride\\u201d\\n\\n After building his own Voile DIY splitboard his engineering education kicked in and he couldn\\u2019t stop himself from getting involved building splitboards and working with companies to further advance the gear.\\n\\n Dean talks about products from SP, Voile, Burton and Gnu. He breaks down how the products work and why he chooses to sell them.\\n\\n\\nDean graduated college in Arizona with a degree in electrical engineering. While in college he got his taste for backcountry just by hiking around the mountains with his board strapped to his back. He took a job in Hillsboro, Oregon where he started riding on Mt. Hood. After building a DIY splitboard he started a mail order splitboard company called Mountain and Terrain Technologies (MNT). Here he started giving companies feedback on the gear they were sending him. In 2007 he moved to Huntsville, Utah where he now runs The Splitboard Shop. This website is a one stop shop for all your splitboarding needs. You can buy new or used boards and even talk to someone who will answer all your questions about splitboarding gear.\\nFollow Dean and The Splitboarding Shop\\nhttps://www.thesplitboardshop.com/\\nhttps://www.instagram.com/theSplitboardshop/\\nSpecial thanks to:\\nVisit our website for great deals from our sponsors:\\nwww.darkstarts.ca/partners\\nGroundswell Marketing\\nwww.instagram.com/groundswell_fm/\\nValerie Black The Artist Behind The Logo\\nwww.instagram.com/valerieblack.art/\\nFollow us:\\nwww.darkstarts.ca\\n@ Darkstarts.podcast\\nhttps://www.instagram.com/darkstarts.podcast/\\n@ Darkstarts.media\\nhttps://www.instagram.com/darkstarts.media/"