Episode 060: Neil McNab - The Purity of the Turn

Full episode info and Show Notes: www.wearelookingsideways.com Now this one has been a long time coming. I get a lot of requests to feature specific guests from listeners to the show, and one name has been coming up consistently since I started: Neil McNab. Why? Because among the European and global snowboarding community, Neil McNab is a legend, respected as a rider and above all somebody who has always trodden his own path. From the early days bashing gates as a racer, to the progressive decision to set up his freeride-focussed company McNab Snowboarding back in the mid 90s, Neil McNab has always been a visionary, shaping his lifestyle to enable him to concentrate on what has really been his life’s work - a dedicated quest in pursuit of the purity of the turn. And in a way there’s another theme at work on Neil’s story - how your relationship to action sports and the pursuits you love changes as you get older. And about how, if you’re lucky, that relationship will deepen and mature with each passing season. As you will hear, Neil seems to have it figured out. It is why he’s such an inspiration to so many people, and why he’s my guest for episode 060. Thanks as ever to Matt Ward for the theme tune.