Episode 006: Xavier de le Rue - The Endless Quest For Innovation

Full episode info and show notes: www.wearelookingsideways.com For episode 006 of the Looking Sideways podcast, I paid a visit to legendary freerider Xavier de le Rue at his Verbier home. Where to start with Xavier? Universally considered one of our greatest freeriders, he began his career racing boardercross, picking up four world titles. Then he switched his attention to freeriding, winning three Freeride World Tour titles. He followed this by embarking upon some of the greatest and most ambitious snowboarding expeditions ever, hitting up Antarctica and Svalbard, among others. And along the way, he found the time to create era-defining film parts, produce countless films and win endless plaudits from the snowboarding and adventure media. The thing about Xavier though, as you’ll hear while listening to our conversation, is that there's much more to him than one of the most storied CVs in the history of snowboarding. He's a very intelligent, very focussed and insightful individual, who has constantly been driven by evolution and the need to progress, whether that’s through his various projects or his entrepreneurial involvement with at least five different companies. Now, as he explained during our fascinating conversation, Xavier’s next evolution is about where he takes his snowboarding as he hits 40. Thanks to Scott Nixon (www.scottnixon.co.uk) for post-production help and Matt Ward (linguistine.com) for the theme tune.