Rad Season Action Sports Podcast – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Alex Sasha Unwin is the Founder of Moana Surf School in Cascais, Portugal. 

Alex shares his unique journey from growing up in Papua New Guinea to becoming a passionate surfer and owner of Moana Surf School in Portugal. He discusses his early experiences with the ocean, the thrill of big wave surfing and the importance of balancing family life with his love for adventure. 

Alex reflects on the adrenaline rush associated with action sports and how it connects to overcoming fear. He also shares memorable stories from his travels, including snowboarding adventures and the joy of teaching others to surf.

You can follow what Alex is up to on Instagram @moanasurfschool and be sure to check out the surf school website moanasurfschool.com

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Past guests on The Rad Season Show include Chris Berkard, Stacy Peralta, Chad Nelsen, Gerry Lopez, Tiago Pires and loads more.

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Chris Friend is the Co-Founder & CEO of Liveheats a tech platform that enables action sports communities to experience better competitions.

Chris Friend shares his journey from competitive surfing to creating a technology platform that revolutionizes grassroots action sports events. He discusses the challenges faced in developing technology for sports, the impact of COVID-19 on the business, and the future aspirations for LiveHeats, including innovations in data analytics and streaming solutions. Chris emphasizes the importance of staying connected to the action sports community and the need for tailored solutions in competition management.

Topics Covered: 

• From competitive surfing to technology
• LiveHeats born out of a need for better competition management
• The platform aims to modernize grassroots action sports events
• COVID-19 forced LiveHeats to innovate with virtual competitions
• Investment allowed LiveHeats to expand its offerings
• Focus remains on action sports communities and their needs
• Data analytics will enhance athlete performance tracking
• Platform is adaptable to various action sports formats
• The importance of community engagement

You can follow what Chris Friend is up to on LinkedIn

Connect with Liveheats:
Website: Liveheats 
Instagram: live_heats

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Past guests on The Rad Season Show include Kevin Lyman, Adam Wilson, Nick Tran, Stacy Peralta, Monica Medellin, Wim Hof, Mike Cessario, Iain Cairns, Circe Wallace, Selema Masekela Gerry Lopez and more.

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Nik Strong-Cvetich is the CEO at Save The Waves Coalition and Commissioner, Parks and Recreation Commission at City of Santa Cruz. 

Nik Strong-Cvetich shares his journey from Washington to Santa Cruz, his passion for surf conservation, and the evolution of the Save the Waves Coalition. He highlights the importance of community collaboration in protecting surf ecosystems and shares innovative approaches like surf break insurance. The conversation also touches on future projects and how individuals can get involved in conservation efforts.

Nik discusses: 

• Save the Waves Coalition, focusing on surf ecosystem conservation.
• Save the Waves growth from a 2-person team to 15, impacting surf ecosystems in 15 countries.
• Surfing deeply connected to local economies and conservation efforts.
• Community collaboration is essential for successful conservation projects.
• Innovative solutions like surf break insurance being developed to protect surf economies.
• The World Surfing Reserve program recognising and protects outstanding surf breaks.
• Nick's personal journey in conservation began with his childhood experiences in Washington state.
• The importance of storytelling and social media in raising awareness for conservation efforts.
• Future projects: Expanding conservation efforts in Mexico & the Azores, Portugal. 
• Individuals can get involved through donations, the Save the Waves app, and local campaigns.

You can follow what Nik Strong-Cvetich is up to on LinkedIn.

Like what you hear?  Please consider subscribing on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a short review. It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference.

The Group Y Live Podcast come out across all podcast players with a new episode every two weeks on Thursday. 


Past guests on The Rad Season Show include Stacy Peralta, Wim Hof, Chad Nelsen, Hugo Tagholm, Gerry Lopez and more.

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• On LinkedIn at olirussellcowan

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David Hellard is an adventurer, ultra marathon runner, obstacle race enthusiast, running journalist, founder of Caffeine Bullet and presenter on The Bad Boy Running Podcast.

Londoner David has taken part in marathons, ultras, unique and quirky running events all over the world. He is the founder of Caffeine Bullet a concentrated caffeine sweet, packed with electrolytes, organises the Great British Beerathon and hosts the Bad Boy Running Podcast interviewing guests about “the weird and wonderful world of running you didn’t know existed“ as well as organising the Bad Boy Running Club. 

Food for thought:

• What makes strange, unusual and wacky running events so fun
• Lessons learnt from running Bad Boy Running Podcast for 5 years
• Why he started Caffeine Bullet

Enjoy and get rad!

You can follow what David's up to on the Bad Boy Running Podcast and if you fancy a boost during a race you can get your Caffeine Bullets here. 

The Rad Season Action Sports and Adventure Show goes live every week on Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. Every Monday, the Show drops as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Like what you hear? Read more by following this link: radseason.com

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Circe Wallace is a former pro snowboarder, pioneering action sports agent, entrepreneur, producer, mother and ceiling smasher. 

Circe started her career as a pro snowboarder in the 90's and then went on to represent athletes as an action sports agent for the past two decades and today as the Executive Vice President at Wasserman.  She manages and mentors some of the biggest names in action sports such as Travis Rice, Torah Bright, P-Rod and Jagger Eaton. She also runs her own company Hot Nife, a Californian Cannabis brand. 

Food for thought:

• The snowboarding boom and rise of the action sports agent
• Balancing two careers and striving for new challenges
• The future of action sports and the Olympics 

Enjoy and get rad!

Circe has launched a Sports Management Mastermind course educating athletes and parents on how to build an athlete brand and successful sports career. Check it out to find out how to get signed by an agent and get sponsors.

You can follow Circe on instagram at circesportsagent

The Rad Season Action Sports and Adventure Show goes live every week on Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. Every Monday, the Show drops as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Like what you hear? Read more by following this link: radseason.com

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Josh Stinton is a Charity Adventurer on a mission to take on some of the world's hardest adventure challenges to raise awareness and money for small charities. 5 years ago Josh set out on a 90km cross country skiing adventure in Vasaloppet, Sweden despite never having skied before. This was the first charity challenge that would change the course of his life forever. He has represented Australia in the downhill unicycle world championships in Spain,  hand-cycled across the  length of Japan, bicycled across the Atlantic Ocean (6,434 kilometres) 14 days straight and taken part in a 700km mountain bike race through the Arctic. All in the name of raising funds for small charities Josh chooses a new charity for each challenge. As a motivational speaker Josh encourages people to 'write a life story they would love to read'. 

Food for thought:

• How Josh became known as the 'Charity Adventurer' 
• Think of one way you can help someone today 
• Next challenge Running in the Sky to raise awareness for Right to Play

Enjoy and get rad!

You can follow Josh on his website JoshStinton.com and if you would like to donate to his next challenge the Sky Run Challenge it would be massively appreciate with all funds going to Right to Play raising money for 10,000 children.  

The Rad Season Action Sports and Adventure Show goes live every week on Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. Every Monday, the Show drops as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Like what you hear? Read more by following this link: radseason.com

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Ian Taylor is an adventurer, Everest summiteer, expedition leader, entrepreneur and founder of Ian Taylor Trekking.  In 2008 Ian Taylor became the youngest Irishman to climb to the top of the world and upon doing so raised €100,000 to build the Mt. Everest primary school in Uganda with Irish charity Fields of Life. Ian found his purpose and set out on building his own trekking company helping people achieve their goals of climbing to some of the world's highest mountain ranges. He has over 20 years expedition experience, led over 150 treks and has climbed Kilimanjaro 37 times with the goal to summit Kilimanjaro 50 times! 

Food for thought:

• How to train for Everest
• The importance of acclimatisation and physical preparation 
• Stepping out of your comfort zone 

Enjoy and get rad!

You can follow Ian and find out about his expeditions on Ian Taylor Trekking. 

The Rad Season Action Sports and Adventure Show goes live every week on Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. Every Monday, the Show drops as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Like what you hear? Read more by following this link: radseason.com

Contact Oli Russell-Cowan

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• On LinkedIn at olirussellcowan

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Jamie 'MoCrazy' Crane-Mauzy is a former pro skier, motivational speaker, ambassador, ski guide and talk show host.  At 22 years old on April 11, 2015, Jamie MoCrazy's life changed forever. She crashed at the skiing world tour finals in Whistler and fell into a coma for 10 days. She went from being one of the best skiers in the world to relearning how to walk and talk. After her unexpected trauma she had to relearn everything in life. 

Food for thought:

• What you can control is what you're doing right now
• Enjoy the process to get back to a life you love after an unexpected trauma
• By setting attainable goals you can create your own luck

Enjoy and get rad!

You can follow MoCrazy  on her website MoCrazyStrong.com and make sure to check out her podcast Life Gets MoCrazy

The Rad Season Action Sports and Adventure Show goes live every week on Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. Every Monday, the Show drops as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Like what you hear? Read more by following this link: radseason.com

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Ian Cairns is the original power surfer, surf coach, entrepreneur and co-founder of World of Waves TV Show and Surfing.com. Growing up surfing in Western Australia provided Ian 'Kanga' Cairns as a 13 year old with the perfect training ground for the huge waves in Hawaii where he moved in the early 70's.  Ian formed the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP), the first ever rule book and the foundation of the global surfing tour which became the WSL. Kangas love of coaching saw him win titles with the US Surf Team and he won a world title with Sean Poynter in SUP. 

Food for thought:

• There's a home in surfing for misfits
• Anything you dream is possible. You’ve gotta get off your ass and go for it 
• It's much more important to do things that has a positive social impact than it is to talk about them on Instagram

Enjoy and get rad!

Join the stoke at Surfing.com for your next surfing adventure. 

The Rad Season Action Sports and Adventure Show goes live every week on Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. Every Monday, the Show drops as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Like what you hear? Read more by following this link: radseason.com

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Dan Wedgwood is the Marketing Director of Adventure Travel Company, The Adventurists. They create what can only be described as the most insane events on the planet such as the Ricksaw Run across India, Mongol Rally and Monkey Run through Morocco on a tiny motorbike to name a few.  In 2005 Dan took part in the Mongol Rally. A year later he packed in his sensible job and helped launch The Adventurists focused on fun, crazy events and adventurous experiences around in the world. 

Food for thought:

• Offshore sailing is an under appreciated action adventure
• If we launched an adventure, and some people don't complain, we've got it wrong
• Choose your teammates wisely

Enjoy and get rad!

Check out The Adventurists to join in on the chaos. 

The Rad Season Action Sports and Adventure Show goes live every week on Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. Every Monday, the Show drops as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Like what you hear? Read more by following this link: radseason.com

Contact Oli Russell-Cowan

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Thanks for listening & keep it rad!