It’s time to slide down them big hills, you know what I mean? On your very own big, nice, burgundy snowboard.
Listeners of the Bomb Hole podcast have heard that quote hundreds of times, if they’ve been with the show from the very beginning. The quote comes from the Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah. He famously uttered the phrase in what was supposed to be a shoutout to Burton. Fast forward years later, and the snowboarding podcast from Chris Grenier has made it synonymous with its brand by including it in the show's intro.
So it’s only right that Grenier has his own big nice burgundy snowboard to ride down the big hills (or let’s be honest, handrails) on.
Capita Snowboards released a special edition of its popular Indoor Survival shape in a fresh shade of burgundy over the weekend. The top sheet figures the hand drawn Bomb Hole logo, and the base has a cartoon drawing – possibly of producer Silk? – with a speech bubble that reads “the big nice burgundy snowboard.” The artwork was done by Grenier himself.
“The wait is over! CAPiTA and The Bombhole have teamed up to bring you a limited run of the elusive Big Nice Burgundy Snowboard,” Capita said in an Instagram post. “Handcrafted at the renowned CAPiTA MotherShip and built on the versatile Indoor Survival 156 shape — Chris Grenier’s personal favorite — this board is designed for ultimate performance and IYKYKness.”
The board is only available in a 156cm length. It was teased on episodes earlier this season, and was mentioned for the first time on episode 208, which featured Kevin Backstrom and a guest appearance from Capita’s President Blue Montgomery.
Photo: Capita Snowboards
It is nearly sold out on TheBombHole.com, and already sold out on Capita’s website. It is available, however, in local shops. That list includes World Boards in Bozeman, Montana, Recess in Boone, North Carolina, Snowboard Jones in Manchester, New Hampshire, Milosport in Salt Lake City, and Donut Shoppe in Truckee, California. The complete list of local shops selling the board is available at Capitasnowboarding.com.
It isn’t the first time that Grenier has designed a board graphic. He and Jed Anderson shared a pro model with Salomon called the Salomonder. That board featured photos of drunk Bode Merrill, sketches of friends on golf carts, and several doodles of someone holding a camera. Later came the six piece, which featured pond hockey games, concrete skate bowls, and Wendy’s chicken nuggets.
“You may think this was done by a professional artist, but this was actually done by myself,” Grenier says in a YouTube video from 2014 showing off the board.