Tim Warwood ex professional snowboarder, sport events commentator, TV, radio and podcast host and Founder of the game show Famous First Words.

Tim Warwood is a British TV presenter known for his energetic style and entertaining hosting skills. Tim started snowboarding at Britain’s first indoor snow centre, the Tamworth Snowdome. It was there that he met his best friend Adam Gendle and they have been on a thousand adventures since.

Tim started doing seasons and became UK Snowboarding Champion by 20. Travelling and filming with Gendle he got into commentating snowboarding events in the UK which lead to being part of the BBC's Winter Olympics commentary team. He's co-hosted Red Bull's Soap Box Race travelling all around the world. He presented the legendary Winter Sports show Ski Sunday and also the Animal Impossible TV series for BBC Studios.

Find out about how Tim got into Snowboarding, going off on seasons, filming snowboard movies, commentating at the Olympics, how he and Gendle started Famous First Words and what they have in store for the show.

You can follow what Warwood is up to on Instagram at tim_warwood

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Hugo Tagholm, Environmentalist, Speaker, Campaigner, Surfer, Executive Director and Vice President of Oceana in the UK. 

Committed to protecting and restoring the world's oceans, Oceana is a global organization dedicated to this cause. Prior to his current role, Hugo led the charity Surfers Against Sewage, where he took action from the beach front to Parliament, securing crucial government legislation across 4 environmental pillars: plastic pollution, water quality, climate change, and rewilding the ocean.

A captivating speaker, Hugo has delivered speeches at prominent venues worldwide, including the House of Commons, the Cambridge Institute of Sustainable Leadership, and the UN Ocean Conference where we met in Lisbon last year.

Hugo gives us the lowdown about his new role at Oceana, what campaigns they have in store, being a board member of Save The Waves Collation, what surfing means to him and so much more!

You can follow what Hugo is up to on Instagram @Hugotagholm and be sure to check out the Oceana website oceana.org

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Teddi Dean grew up in Huntington Beach, California where he was deeply involved in surfing and skateboarding culture. He competed extensively and was sponsored by Vans and Powell and Peralta. He was a member of the iconic Bones Brigade team during the late 70's and early 80s along side Tony Hawk, Mike McGill and Steve Caballero. Teddi had a deep interest in spirituality, which led him to yoga and mindfulness meditation and has deep appreciation for the Dharma and the teachings of the Buddha. 

Currently, Teddi leads the Mindfulness component at the Modern Elder Academy in Southern Baja, Mexico, a middle-age wisdom school started by The Making of a Modern Elder best selling author Chip Conley. Along with his work at the academy, Teddi has done multiple workshops at Clif Bar and healthcare companies like Vocera. 

Tune in to find out what it was like being on Stacy Peralta's Bones Brigade, addiction, how he got introduced to yoga and mindfulness, the ups, downs and lessons learnt along the way. 

We talk about...

→ Early years growing up surfing and skateboarding in California
→ Getting sponsored by Powell Peralta and being on Bones Brigade
→ Sobriety and a change of path 
→ Becoming a Yoga and Mindfulness Teacher
→ The Modern Elder Academy

You can follow what Teddi is up to on Instagram at teddidean and be sure to check out their website teddidean.com

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Brett Clarke is the Chief Commercial Officer of newly formed action sports media, events and lifestyle company Thrill One Sports & Entertainment. Brett started his career in the sports industry in Australian Rugby League and then went on to Nitro Circus as Head of Business Development and Marketing which lead to his role as Chief Commercial Officer at Nitro Circus.   

Thrill One has combined three major brands within the action sports entertainment industry: Nitro Circus, Street League Skateboarding (SLS) and Rob Dyrdek's Superjacket Productions, producers of shows such as Ridiculousness and Fantasy Factory.  

Tune in to find out how Brett got into the sports industry and the challenges and opportunities he faces as CCO of Thrill One. We discuss how the events and media company has been focusing on their digital strategy during the pandemic as well as the direction of Nitro Circus, SLS and Superjacket and what projects they have coming up.

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Stix otherwise known as Steve Nilsen is the Vice President of Lifestyle Marketing at Liquid Death Mountain Water.

Stix started his career off in the world of action sports at Airwalk as a Snowboard Boot Developer then Snow Division Manager. He then went on to be Sports Marketing Manager at Red Bull followed by creating the Lifestyle Marketing program for Pabst Brewing Company pushing the limits on creative branding. He is now VP Lifestyle Marketing Liquid Death canned water taking the drink to the action sports, music and lifestyle segments. Liquid Death Water is canned water from the Austrian Alps that debuted January of 2019. With savvy marketing campaigns they have gone full throttle in the CPG space and beyond.

Tune in to find out how Stix started his career in action sports, his journey in marketing and what future projects he has in the mix.

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Jamie Barrow is Britain’s fastest snowboarder and Guinness World Record holder for the fastest speed on a snowboard being towed by a vehicle.

Back in 2013 Jamie had a serious accident at a Snowboard Cross event which saw him bow out of the British Snowboard Cross team and dashed his hopes of competing in the Winter Olympics. Doctors told him that he wouldn’t be able to snowboard again and he was set on not only proving them wrong but seeing what could be achieved on a snowboard. Jamie turned to snowboarding speed records. Earlier this year in Gol, Norway he set the Guinness World Record for the fastest snowboarder towed by a vehicle with a speed of 183kph (113.71mph).

In the summer months to keep busy Jamie restores apartments in Bath, UK until it’s time to head back to the mountains for winter. He’s got some big plans to hit over 200kph on his board this season. Tune in for some of Jamie’s best snowboarding travel stories on pushing the limits on how fast you can go on a snowboard. 

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Mike Corey is an adventure traveler, YouTuber, BBC TV Host and seeker of crazy experiences. Mike has always had an interest in the more unusual parts of the world. After finishing a Marine Biology Degree in Canada in 2007 Mike took his backpack and volunteered on ocean conservation studies as a research assistant. He brought his camera with him and documented his travels which led to a new career path focused on filmmaking and photography capturing these incredible destinations.  

Mike went on to produce short films for tourism boards and travel brands before creating his own YouTube adventure travel channel Fearless and Far focusing on unique experiences in interesting cultures and strange places around the world. 

Tune in for some of his best travel stories over the years. We talk about taking part in the Exploding Hammer Festival and Bulls of Fire in Mexico as well as the epic Battle of the Oranges Festival in Italy. We also dive in to why Mike seeks these bizarre experiences and find out what other places are still on his travel list.

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Mike Powell is a ski industry veteran, action sports podcast host and producer of the Powell Movement Podcast. Powell grew up in Washington, DC and went to Radford University in Virginia studying speech communications. He moved to Vail, Colorado after college and got hooked on snowboarding.

He spent 16 years in marketing, action sports management and working with the world’s best skiers in the world at K2 Skis. At K2 Powell started as International Team Manager then on to Global Marketing Manager and Partnerships. He got the opportunity to MC at skiing and snowboarding events around the world for Red Bull, K2 and Powder Magazine.

Powell went on to produce and host the Sponsored Podcast for Powder Magazine finding the stories behind the skiers. In 2017 he started the Powell Movement Podcast featuring skiing, snowboarding and other action sports legends.

Tune in for some of Powell’s best stories over the years including how he got his first job at K2, crazy antics and beer pong at action sports events and how he started and grew the Powell Movement Podcast. 

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Don Meek is a media, marketing and entertainment executive and the Global Chief Content Officer and GM North America at FUEL TV.  

California native Don started his career at Prime Ticket Network managing a number of sports events including the US Open of Surfing. He then went on to Sony Pictures where he launched international television networks and headed up sales and marketing for one of the pioneering online video platforms at iFilm.  

Don then became the President of Primedia’s Action Sports Group looking after websites, events and magazines including SURFER, POWDER and SKATEBOARDER and was then head of digital at Tribune Company.  

Don is currently steering the ship at FUEL TV in the US and is in charge of content going out to 103 countries around the world. He is also an avid surfer, chair of the content committee and board member at the Surfing Heritage and Culture Center.  

Tune in for some of his best stories over the years in the action sports industry and what projects FUEL TV has in store and how he sees the landscape of action sports media changing. 

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Courtney Gresik is the Vice President and General Manager of Dew Tour. Coming from a financial background Gresik started her career in the action sports industry in 2005 working at TransWorld Media and the World Surf League. Gresik now oversees the business, partnerships, event operations, marketing and content strategy of Dew Tour's contest series of skateboarding and snow events.

Prior to being the GM she was Director of Business and Partnerships on the Tour which saw her partner with nonprofits, schools and the action sports community. She has been pivotal in relocating Dew Tour Winter to Cooper Mountain and including women to the Tour Team Challenge and Streetstyle Winter 2020 competitions. She is also a member of WISE—Women In Sports and Events.

Tune in for some of Gresik's best stories over the years at Dew Tour, what challenges they are facing and projects Dew Tour are working on and how she sees the future of action sports events.

Find out when the next events are happening on the Dew Tour.

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 Alistair Gosling is an investor, entrepreneur and founder of EXTREME. With a passion for extreme and adventure sports Alistair set out on a mission to build a TV distribution company and in 1998 at the age of 27 he had created The Extreme Sports TV Channel which was televised in more than 60 countries worldwide and by doing so The EXTREME brand franchise was born.

Today, EXTREME spans across events, media, marketing and real estate. Alistair sits on the advisory board of Qiddiya, an entertainment mega project being developed in Saudi Arabia. Alistair is still an extreme sports fan and regular skier, diver, pilot and sailor.

Tune in for some of Alistair's best stories over the years running EXTREME, how it all began and what he sees for the future of action sports and adventure sports media and industry.

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Find out more about what EXTREME are up to here.

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Chris Coté is an action sports events host, musician, broadcaster, writer and podcast host and one of the most recognisable voices in the action sports community.

Hailing from Southern California, Chis grew up skating and surfing and had a short stint at competing before moving behind the scenes in the surf industry. In the late 90’s he got his big break as the Editor in Chief at Transworld Surf Magazine which he held for 14 years. As well as the host of Fuel TV and playing in punk bands.

Nowadays Chris can be seen and heard on the World Surf League’s Work Surf Weekly and WSL Surf Breaks. He also gets amongst it as an on air announcer. He is on the board of directors for Yew Media based out of San Diego and Editor of Encinitas Magazine in his hometown as well as hosting his own podcast ‘the Monday M.A.S.S’ along side Todd Richards. He’s still involved in the skate scene as the commentator on the Vans Pro Park Series and is the one-man-media powerhouse of content and production company Cote Media Group.

Tune in for some of Coté’s best stories including traveling around the world for surfing and skateboarding events and what future action sports projects he has in store.

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Andrew Lockhead is a Canadian travel and entertainment entrepreneur, CEO and co-founder of Stay22. In 2016 native Montrealers, Andrew and co-founder Hamed came up with the concept of Stay22, a location-based and interactive map that helps event-goers and travelers book accommodations and travel experiences near events or destinations.

The challenge for event and festival goers is there are so many accommodation sites to choose from. The goal was to make travel easy so they created a map to search and compare the hotels and Airbnb’s near the event location.

Andrew is passionate about revolutionizing the events industry. Tune in to find out how Stay22 got started and get the industry insight from Andrew on how he sees the future of event travel moving forward post-pandemic.

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Find out more about Stay22 here and check out their podcast Pod22 to hear from CEO's and Entrepreneurs in the travel industry. 

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Beau Nixon is a Stand Up Paddler, SUP Coach, Podcaster, Commentator and Founder of Travel With A Paddle.

Nixon was born in NSW, Australia and before he could walk his dad had him on the nose of his longboard. Growing up by the coast he got into competing at longboarding, winning the Australian Junior Longboard Championships. He was then introduced to Stand Up Paddling in 2002 and the rest is history. Nixon would compete in as many SUP events as he could and became Australian Open Stand Up Paddle Champion. He qualified for the SUP World Tour and competed for a number of years along with honing his skills as a Stand Up Paddle Coach and surf guide.

In 2019 Nixon created his own SUP Travel Company called Travel With A Paddle. They offer epic SUP Holidays to locations like Costa Rica, The Maldives and Mozambique. He is also a writer and contributor for SUPboarder Magazine and commentates for the APP World Tour.

Tune in to find out about how Nixon got into SUP, advice for getting into Stand UP Paddling, what trips he has planned and loads more!

You can follow what Beau Nixon is up to on Instagram at beau_nixon and be sure to check out his website travelwithapaddle.com

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In the next episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to Risto Kalmre, designer, event producer, founder and organiser of Simple Session one of the world's premier action sports events for skateboarding and BMX. Simple Session had it's 20th Anniversary in February 2020 just before the pandemic hit and the events world changed forever.  

Risto, grew up in Tartu, southern Estonia. During the 90's there was only a handful of BMX and skaters in the country. In Tartu they built a new skatepark and with his brother Mario they launched the first ever Simple Session event in 2000.  

In 2004 Risto moved to the Estonian capital of Tallinn, along with Simple Session. Over the years the event has grown and housed some of the biggest names in BMX and skateboarding. The riding is next level and the parties are legendary.  

Tune in for some of Risto's best and worst moments from Simple Session and what future events projects he has in store.

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Darren Berrecloth otherwise known as 'the Claw' is a professional Canadian mountain biker. Hailing from Parksville, British Columbia, Canada. Berrecloth exploded onto the freeride mountain bike scene as a punk kid with a third in Red Bull Rampage 2002. He is one of the world's leading mountain bikers and pioneers of the sport bringing insane tricks into the backcountry. 

Pushing the limits in freeriding and competing, taking on crazy lines that other riders wouldn't consider.  Berrecloth's sheer determination and resilience saw him returning to riding competitively in 2012 after breaking his back in 2011.  

Traveling around the world has seen Berrecloth taking to the screen in 'Where The Trail Ends' and 'North of Nightfall' in search of the biggest rides and biggest lines. He also keeps busy designing mtb courses such as the Bearclaw invitational on Vancouver island.   

We talk about growing up in the outdoors how he started off riding BMX and the evolution of taking those early tricks to the mountains. Tune in for some of Claws best big mountain stories and some of the craziest mountain biking moments from Rampage, Crankworx and freeriding around the world.

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Matt Musgrove is an action sports and motoclimb events promoter  Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, Matt Musgrove always had a fascination with action sports, motorcycles and the outdoors. Matt graduated from Business School and decided to launch straight into building his own company Elevated Action Sports.

Wearing many hats from managing partnerships, running and promoting live motor racing events to filming and photographing athletes. Not to mention growing one of the world’s oldest extreme motorsports. The sport of motoclimb, (motorcycle hill climb racing) has not been recognized on a global scale, and it’s Matt’s mission to help get the sport and it’s athletes on a mainstream level.

Matt calls his race trailer home and spends the majority of the season on the road documenting the insane sport of motoclimb. In his spare time, you can find him crafting custom bike frames, surfing, dirt biking, mountain biking and snowboarding somewhere epic in California.

Tune in for some of Matt’s best motoclimb stories and his craziest event moments and what projects he has coming up to promote the sport of motorcycle hill climb.

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Find out more about the motoclimb tour, events and athletes on Elevated Action Sports. 

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Brett Turcotte is a multi talented action sports athlete and outdoor enthusiast from British Colombia, Canada. Brett is known throughout the Winter X-Games world for competing in the Snowmobile Freestyle and Snow Bike Best Trick. In 2018 he was the Winter X-Games Double Gold Medalist and 8 Times Winter X-Games Medalist in Snowmobile.  

Hailing from Clearwater, British Columbia, Canada Brett grew up competing in Sno Cross races and hill climb events from the age of 13 and riding snowmobiles since he was 6 years old. He went on to push the sport of backcountry mountain riding and snowmobile freestyle.

Brett is always challenging himself to be the best action sports athlete he can be. From multiple sports including Freestyle Motocross, Free-Ride Mountain Biking, UTV Rally Cross, Sno-Bike Freestyle Backcountry Mountain Snowmobiling and Freestyle. He also manages to sneak in time to go hunting and fishing in the summer months and is heavily involved in the Freestyle Moto Industry.

We talk about growing up in the outdoors, how he stated racing Sno-Cross and the progression into Snowmobile Freestyle and Freeriding. Tune in for some of his best snowmobile freestyle adventures, worst crashes and greatest event moments.

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Julian Carnall is an adventurer, tuk tuk enthusiast and Co-Founder of the adventure travel company Large Minority.

In 2008 with the intent of getting people out of their comfort zone the concept of Large Minority was born. From tuk tuk driving in Sri Lanka, India Cambodia and Italy to sailing around the Philippines, they created bucket list adventure challenges you will remember forever.

We talk about how Large Minority started back with the first tuk tuk adventure in Sri Lanka. Tune in for some of Julian’s best travel stories, worst and funniest tuk tuk challenge moments and what locations and projects he has in store for his next adventure challenges.

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Find out more about tuk tuk adventures on largeminority.travel and hear from past participants on what it's really like to go on a trip on The Large Minority Podcast.

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In this episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to Jim De Paoli, an Adrenaline Junkie and Athlete from Geneva, Switzerland who competes in Red Bull Ice Cross and Ice Cross Downhill. 

Crashed Ice or Ice Cross Downhill is insane, dangerous and probably the wildest sport ever. What goes on in someone’s mind to skate on ice up to 50 miles per hour around tight corners and obstacles? We will find out from Jim.   

We talk about how Jim grew up playing sports when he started skating and Ice Cross and his favorite destinations on tour. Tune in for some of his best stories, worst crashes and how he trains for this competitive rad winter sport, the craziest thing on ice. 

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Jeff McKee is a pro wakeboarder who specializes in water entertainment taking the buzz of ‘lake life’ to the next level.

Growing up in Orlando, Florida Jeff had the ideal stomping ground to get into water sports. He now lives in Charleston, SC and takes his family out on the water at least once a day. When his twins were 2 years old, they wouldn’t stay in the boat while he went wakesurfing and wakeboarding. So they joined him for a ride, on his shoulders!

Jeff is the Co-Founder of AdventureIO, an app where you can find next-level outdoor adventures and experiences hosted by verified pro athletes and local experts. Being a Professional Athlete for Slingshot Wakeboards, he is also their brand manager. For Jeff, it’s all about adventure inspiration and spending time outdoors with his family and friends.

Tune in for some of his best adventures how he grow up and started wakeboarding in Orlando. We go in depth about how Adventure IO began and we talk about some of his favorite off the beaten path adventures from paddle boarding in Hawaii to surfing in Central America.

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Nick Butter is the first person in history to run a marathon in every single country in the world. Nick completed 196 marathons in all 196 countries in less than 2 years. That’s 3 marathons a week, every week!  

8 years ago Nick decided to quit his office job in finance and entered the world of running and adventure. He is fascinated by the crazy things, the things no one else does. 

Nick crossed the finish line after 674 days with a few friends and hand in hand with Kevin. The two met at Marathon Des Sables a few years ago. Kevin has prostate cancer but keeps running until he physically can’t. He is Nick’s inspiration for this incredibly physical and mental challenge. Finishing his journey after 2 years Nick raised over £100,000 for Prostate Cancer UK.   

Tune in for some of Nick’s best running and travel stories, worst moments and how he got fit to run 3 marathons a week. We go in depth about the logistics of planning a marathon and traveling to every country in the world and how he got a team involved in his challenge. We also discuss what make the trip special and what running challenges he has coming up.

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You can follow Nick's journey on nickbutter.com

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Chip Conley who helped Airbnb’s founders become a global hospitality brand. Airbnb hired him as a teacher and mentor for his hospitality experience running Joie de Vivre Hospitality (JdV) for 24 years. Chip transformed an inner-city motel into the second largest boutique hotel brand in America. At Airbnb Chip reported to a CEO young enough to be his son and most other employees were half his age. He succeeded by combining his wisdom and experience of the hospitality industry with the curiosity to learn about new technology. This experience led Chip to write New York Times bestseller Wisdom@Work: The Making of a Modern Elder and start his new company, the Modern Elder Academy: the world’s first “midlife wisdom school”.

Tune in for some of his best stories about learning to surf at age 58, mentoring six young CEO founders in the hospitality/tech world, his time on the board for Burning Man founding Fest300, his most craziest festival moments and his experience at Airbnb. 

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You can find out more about Chip on his website chipconley.com 

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Robin Esrock is  a best selling author and travel writer who has traveled to over 100 countries across 7 continents.

After a motorbike accident back home Robin decided to quit his job and travel with some insurance money from the accident. What started off as a one year journey of living dangerously turned into a new career of travel journalism. His stories have since been published in many publications like National Geographic Traveler, The Guardian and Chicago Tribune and he has been featured on television including CNN, Huffington Post, MSNBC, ABC and 60 Minutes.   

Robin developed and co-hosted the TV series ‘Word Travels’, revealing the real story of professional travel journalism and created the adventure-culinary show ‘Get Stuffed’. He spoke at Tedx about the lessons of travel and started to write books. The books ‘The Great Canadian Bucket List: One-of-a-Kind Travel Experiences’, The Great Global Bucket List, The Great Australian Bucket List and 75 Must See Places to Take the Kids (before they don’t want to go) became national bestsellers.  

Tune in for some of his best travel stories and bucket list experiences, worst moments and what he thinks will be the future of travel and tourism in the 'new norm'.

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Find out more about Esrock on his website robinesrock.com and on the great global bucket list.

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Oliver Percovich is the founder and executive director of Skateistan, a nonprofit organization that uses skateboarding as a means of empowering youth and promoting education in Afghanistan, Cambodia and South Africa.

Percovich was born in Australia and grew up skateboarding in the streets of Melbourne. In 2007, he moved to Kabul, Afghanistan. He decided to turn his passion for skateboarding into a way to make a difference in the lives of young people. In 2009, Percovich founded Skateistan, which initially operated out of a small skatepark in Kabul. The organization quickly gained popularity and expanded to include a school that provides free education to children in grades 1 through 9. Skateistan now providing skateboarding and educational programming to over 4,000 young people each week.

Percovich has received numerous awards including the World Skateboarding Federation's Humanitarian Award and the Australian Youth Mentorship Award. He has also been recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader. Percovich is also a member of the International Olympic Committee's Athletes' Commission and a board member of the Tony Hawk Foundation, which supports the creation of public skateparks in underserved communities around the world.

Tune in to find out about how Percovich started Skateistan, how they have been dealing with the Taliban Government, plans for the organisation and how you can support.

You can follow what Skateistan is up to on Instagram at skateistan and be sure to check out their website skateistan.org

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Tommy Walker is an adventure traveller, news journalist and photographer  who has traveled to 72 countries. Tommy reports from Asia, Europe and South America including stories on narco-tourism meeting Roberto Escobar (Pablo’s brother) and interviewing Medellin business owners in Colombia, visiting the special economic zone Rason in North Korea and the on-going pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.  

Tune in for some of Tommy's craziest travel stories on dark tourism, worst moments when travelling in Southeast Asia, South America and India and why he likes to travel off the beaten path. We also cover the political situation in Hong Kong where he is currently based reporting. 

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Andrew Cotton is one of the world’s most respected professional big wave surfers. After being a plumber and beach lifeguard Andrew started his professional surfing career in 2013 after surfing massive winter swells whenever he could. Chasing the biggest waves in the world has been his goal ever since. How big of a wave can someone surf? What’s the limit?  

Tune in for some of Cotty's best stories. Growing up surfing in Devon, England to doing winter seasons in Ireland and Nazaré, Portugal riding 70+ foot waves, worst moments and major wipeouts from big wave surfing. We dive into how he stays fit both physically and mentally to continue paddling out in conditions when no one else would put a foot in the water? 

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You can find out more about Cotty on his website - andrewcotton.co.uk and get the lowdown on surfing Nazaré. 

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Julia Galvin is a novelty sports enthusiast. After a car accident, Zimmer frame for 3 years and reading the Guinness World Records Book in hospital Julia learned to swim and bog snorkel. She became the Ladies World Champion Mountain Bike Bog snorkeller and soon went on to the Wife Carrying World Championships in Sonkajärvi, Finland.

Food for thought:

• How injuries drive you to learn to swim and compete in weird sports competitions 
• The strangeness of the sports and the community around them creates a sense of belonging
• Life is too short. Make the most of it

Check out the World Bog Snorkelling Championships, Wife Carrying World Championship and Julia Creek Dirt n Dust Festival some of Julia’s favorite events.

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Joe Turpel is a Sportscaster from Hawaii and commentator for WSL, the World Surf League. Joe travels to places you never imagine to go to and builds friendships with some of the best surfers in the world. He loves the adrenaline rush of going live, especially when it’s pumping. 

Food for thought:

• Growing up in Hawaii and his love of the ocean
• Favourite spots on tour
• The new WCT format for 2021

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Check out the J Bay Open and the Pipe Masters some of Joe’s favorite events.

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Carl Paoli is a lifestyle coach helping others to improve their lives through movement, language, philosophy, and ideal lifestyles. He is the founder of Freestyle and has written the New York Times Best Seller Book free+style. As a former elite gymnast with a passion for action sports, his determination and hard work got him where he is today. 

Food for thought:

• The love of sport and fitness shapes your personality
• Know your purpose 
• Movement helps you focus and is the enabler to achieve your goals

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Check out Carl Paoli's amazing work on freestyleconnection.com and check his book free+style: maximize sport and life performance with four basic movements.

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Edward Chapman is a UK trail runner. Starting to run when he was 40, Edward got into trail running and has completed over 200 marathons and ultra-marathons since. The Kalahari Augrabies Extreme Marathon is his favorite, Edward completed this 250km desert race 12 times! 

Food for thought:

• Why you should start running at 40
• Training and nutrition
• Focus on your own goals and enjoy the journey

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Get advice and inspiration for an active life on trailrunningman.com. Check out some of the races, Edward has completed like the Comrades Marathon, the Two Oceans Marathon and the Kalahari Augrabies Extreme Marathon. 

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Selema Masekela is a US TV host, commentator, musician, actor, journalist, producer, entrepreneur and action sports enthusiast. Mostly known for his work presenting the Summer and Winter X Games for 13 years he was also the host for the Red Bull Signature Series. Selema reported on the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, hosted E!’s Daily 10 and was the executive producer on the hit documentary series VICE World of Sports. 

Food for thought:

• Starting out on commentating before storytelling was really a thing
• Witnessing Tony Hawk’s 900 on top of the vert, Travis Pastrana’s Double Backflip and Jake Brown’s Skateboard Big Air Crash
• The art of storytelling is built on relationships and knowledge of the subject

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Sol Neelman is a former professional sports journalist and most unusual sports photographer. Over the past 10 years he has been traveling around the world capturing the best moments from bog snorkelling to shin kicking. His 3rd book in the ‘Weird Sports’ series is about to be published.

Food for thought:

• Sol’s experience photographing weird sports and how he finds them so much more entertaining than pro sports competitions
• Weird sports competitions create a sense of belonging
• You can’t even find out about them unless you know someone that’s been there

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Check out Sol Neelman’s photos on solneelman.com and order your copy of ‘Weird Sports’ and find out about some of our Strange events coming up.

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Wade Gravy is a big Aussie guy based in Barcelona. The former editor of Australia’s Surfing Life and life-long part of Stoke Travel knows Spain’s weirdest and wildest fiestas. Having been to more than 50 festivals in Spain, he knows how to have a good time.

Food for thought:

• Almost every single village in Spain has a fiesta where they party for days, a tradition that dates back hundreds of years
• Whether people are covered in oil and paint at Cascamorras, wine at the Haro wine fight, tomatoes at La Tomatina, turnips at Jarramplas, flour at Els Enfarinats or whatever it may be, the locals in the village board up their windows because they simply love the festivals. 
• Spanish people have a greater sense of fraternity 

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Check out La Tomatina, the La Rioja wine festival in Haro and Cascamorras near Granada.

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Neil Rutter is the fastest man in the bog. The three-time Bog Snorkelling World Champion also holds the Guinness World Record for the fastest time. The World Bog Snorkelling Championships are a strange competition held in Wales. Participants from around the world join this eccentric English experience every year.

Food for thought:

• Neil’s experience snorkelling through murky water
• Neil’s training, different techniques and kit 
• Don’t take things too seriously

Enjoy and get rad!

Check out the event on Rad  - World Bog Snorkelling Championships

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Sophie Everard is a journalist, consultant, entrepreneur, adventurer, amplifier and storyteller of Women in Sport.

Growing up by the sea in Greece and Portugal Sophie then moved to the UK for high school and University. After studying she took a year out and did a season learning to snowboard in the Alps. Sophie decided to move to London to seek out her first job in the action sports industry. She started off doing sales for Cooler Magazine but her passion was always to write. She would write stories on the side which lead to her next role working as PR Manager at Oakley.

Being obsessed with sports Sophie became a personal trainer and would teach classes in the evenings at a female only gym. She saw a gap in the market and started Mad To Live, a media and travel brand putting on adventure and action sports retreats around the world.

Sophie is currently the women’s editor at Wavelength Surf Magazine and hosts the Drop In Sessions podcast a show which covers amazing women in sport. She is also on the board of trustees for the Wave Project Charity and has just launched a new CBD brand called Lunalixir.

Tune in to find out about how Sophie got into the action sports industry, her career in marketing and communications and her entrepreneurial journey starting her own businesses plus loads more!

You can follow what Sophie Everard is up to on Instagram at sophiemadtolive and be sure to check out her website wearemadtolive.com

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Past guests on The Rad Season Show include Chris Berkard, Gerry Lopez, Stacy Peralta, Bob Haro, Ingrid Backstrom, Bob McKnight, Wim Hof, Garry Fisher. Graham Jarvis. 

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Chris Thomas is a UK film director. Mostly known for his character-focused emotive tales, he recently released the Cheese Rolling Film ‘Let’s Roll’. Cheese Rolling is a dangerous race held every year on Cooper’s Hill in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, UK. Chris dives deep on his experience rolling down the hill chasing the cheese. After a few bruises the film idea came about. 

Food for thought:

• The Cheese Rolling winners are heros celebrated across the whole region
• The community that surrounds this weird event makes it special
• There are many stories still to be told, from the cheese master to the local champion Chris Anderson that has won the competition multiple times

Enjoy and get rad!

Watch the ‘Let’s Roll’ film here, check out Chris Thomas' other amazing work on clthomas.co.uk or check out the Cheesing rolling event on Rad Season.

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Truls Brataas is an engineer, CEO and founder of Db Journey. Growing up in Oslo, Norway, Truls started snowboarding. He got a scholarship to study Entrepreneurship in Utah and spent most of the time on the slopes. When he returned he wanted to continue studying and did a MSc in Mechanical Engineering back home. 3 years into the course Truls went travelling around the world, surfing, hiking and exploring. 

In 2009 on a surfing trip in Norway Truls met freeski legend Jon Olsson. They bonded on action sports and the idea of trying to redefine travel gear and enhance better journeys. Truls worked on a ski bag prototype in his student dorm room using his life savings. He went to China to find the right factory and in 2012 they officially launched Db to the world. 10 years on and Db have produced backpacks, carry bags, luggage and accessories for outdoor lifestyles and travel. They are a 5-time Gaselle award winner and multiple ISPO design award winner with over 60 staff and ship worldwide.

We talk about...

→ The Concept of Db Journey and how the idea was born
→ The ups and downs of bootstrapping a business
→ Product Development and building a team
→ Lessons learnt running the company for 10 years
→ International expansion and what Db have planned

You can follow what Db are up to on Instagram at dbjourney and be sure to check out their website dbjourney.com

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Past guests on The Rad Season Show include Stacy Peralta, Bob Haro, Bob McKnight,  Gerry Lopez, Scott Delorme, Wim Hof, Mike Cessario, Bob Carlson. 

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Kieren Owen, otherwise known as YouTuber Jimmy The Giant or The Internet’s Louis Theroux is a storyteller, musician and sub culture enthusiast.

Kieren got hooked on two things at an early age, parkour and making videos. Growing up he had a group of mates who he would practice parkour with and film. They created a parkour lifestyle brand called Marrero Gang. The company fell apart after a few years. He still wanted to make videos and had built a name for himself as Jimmy The Giant through music. He took over the Marrero Gang YouTube Channel. His first documentary on the new channel called ‘How One Man Nearly Destroyed Parkour’ went viral. 

Jimmy The Giant continued to create documentary style videos about parkour. He then expanded out into content on interesting sub cultures and action sports targeting a larger audience. He’s now gone full time as a content creature building his YouTube channel to 229k subscribers and over 41 million views. 

We talk about...

→ Content strategies he used to grow his YouTube Channel,

→ Covering Action Sports events around the world

→ Advice for starting your own YouTube Channel

→ Content Creation and broadening out by not staying in a niche

You can follow what Jimmy The Giant is up to on Instagram at jimmythegiantuk and be sure to check out his YouTube Channel.

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Past guests on The Rad Season Show include Chris Berkard, Gerry Lopez, Stacy Peralta, Bob Haro, Bob McKnight, Wim Hof, Garry Fisherm, Graham Jarvis, Mike Corey. 

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Martina Russo is the Founder of Action Sports Translator and Co-Founder of Protect Our Winters Italy. Martina grew up in Milan, Italy but always new the city life wasn't for her. She spent her winter and summer months in the Alps. Studying translation at University Martina moved to Germany and Switzerland and hasn't been back for 14 years. 

We talk about...

→ Martina's background and how The Action Sports Translator was born.

→ How they ended up working with some of the world's most iconic actions sports and outdoor brands like Patagonia, Salomon, O'Neill and more.

→ What are the struggles to run such a hyper-specialized translation agency for the outdoor industry (and how outdoor brands struggle with translation).

→ How she manage the entire business remotely while living out of a van/tiny house on wheels for part of the year, and often have meetings while rock climbing or snowboarding. 

→ How she ended up co-founding Protect Our Winters Italy and why.

→ Other bits and bobs about life at the intersection of action sports, adventure, the outdoors and languages.

You can follow what Martina Russo is up to on Instagram at martina_translates and be sure to check out their website theactionsportstranslator.com

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Past guests on The Rad Season Show include Chris Berkard, Gerry Lopez, Stacy Peralta, Bob Haro, Bob McKnight, Wim Hof, Garry Fisher. Graham Jarvis. 

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Mike Cessario is the Co-Founder & CEO of Liquid Death Mountain Water.

Mike always knew he wanted to start his own company. He saw a gap in the healthy beverage market for a water company built around brand humor. In January of 2019 Mike launched Liquid Death Mountain Water an aluminium canned water from the Austrian Alps. With damn right hilarious savvy marketing campaigns and a death to plastic approach they have gone full throttle in the CPG space and produced the raddest merch.

Most recently LD have partnered with Martha Stewart on a Dismembered Moments Candle and Bert Kreischer's Body By Bert. They raised $70 million in a series D round valuing the company at $700 million.

Tune in to find out how Cessario started Liquid Death, getting investment, disrupting the healthy beverage market, building the team in hyper-growth mode and what his plans are for thirst murdering global domination!

You can follow what Liquid Death is up to on Instagram at liquiddeath and be sure to check out their website liquiddeath.com

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Past guests on The Rad Season Show include Steve Stix Nilsen, Stacy Peralta, Bob Haro, Bob McKnight,  Gerry Lopez, Scott Delorme, Wim Hof. 

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Gerry Lopez, Mr. Pipeline one of the greatest surfers and surfboard shapers of all time joins us on the show for our 100th Episode.

Gerry grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii and would go to Waikiki Beach with his family at a young age. He honed his surfing skills at Ala Moana bowl winning state and national surfing titles. Gerry is a pioneer at Pipeline and multiple Pipeline Master winner. His calmness under pressure and ability to surf waves that can kill you is linked to his yoga practice on land.

Tune in as we talk story about Gerry's involvement in the shortboard revolution, starting his surfboard company Lightning Bolt, the birth of pro surfing, being one of the first surfers to visit Bali and G Land, snowboarding in Oregon, the Ying and Yang Documentary and so much more!

We sat down to record this episode in Ericiera, Portugal after the European Premiere documentary on his life, 'The Yin and Yang of Gerry Lopez' directed by Stacy Peralta.

Special thanks to all the people involved in making this 100th episode of the Rad Season Show:

Patagonia, Powell Peralta Archives, Zucalli Media, Mind Act, Susana Metzger, Henrique Escopelli, Fernanda Zandavalli, Hotel Vila Gale, Ericeira

You can follow what Gerry is up to on Instagram at gerrylopezsurfboards

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Past guests on The Rad Season Show include Stacy Peralta, Ian 'Kanga' Cairns, Shaun Tomson, Pat O'Connell, Chris Burkard, Selema Masekela. 

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Stacy Peralta, Co-Founder of Powell & Peralta, award-winning film director and one of the most influential skateboarders of all time.

To say Stacy Peralta had an impact on skateboarding and action sports culture as a whole is a bit of an understatement. Stacy grew up in Venice, California. At the time when he started skateboarding, it didn't even exist as a sport. He joined the Zephyr Surf Team along with Jay Adams and Tony Alva. They formed a skateboard team and the rest is history. Stacy went on to tour the world as one of the first ever pro skateboarders.

Stacy knew that having a career as a pro athlete wouldn't last forever. He wanted to remaining in skateboarding and started a skate company with George Powell called Powell Peralta. He created the Bones Brigade, a team of rat bag amateur skateboarders including Tony Hawk, Rodney Mullen, Steve Caballero and it became the greatest skateboard team ever. At the same time he pioneered the action sports video with the Bones Brigade Video Show and the Search of Animal Chin.

Always evolving Stacy decided to moved career paths into film directing. His documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys based on his life won the Audience Award and Directing Award at the Sundance Film Festival.

We sat down to record this episode in Ericiera, Portugal after Patagonia's European Premiere of his latest film documentary, The Yin and Yang of Gerry Lopez.

Special thanks to all the people involved in making this 99th episode of the Rad Season Show:

Patagonia, Powell Peralta Archives, Zucalli Media, Mind Act, Susana Metzger, Henrique Escopelli, Fernanda Zandavalli, Hotel Vila Gale, Ericeira

You can follow what Peralta is up to on Instagram at peraltastacy 

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Past guests on The Rad Season Show include Greg Lutzka, Mikey Taylor, Pierre André Sénizergues, Brett Clarke, Selema Masekela, Bob Haro, Bob Carlson. 

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Steven Kotler, New York Times Bestselling Author, Award-Winning Journalist,  Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective and Park Skier.

Steven Kotler is an acclaimed author and journalist renowned for his expertise in flow states, human performance, and action sports. He has dedicated his career to exploring the frontiers of human potential.

Kotler is widely recognized for his groundbreaking work on "flow," the psychology of optimal human experience. His 11 bestselling books, including "The Rise of Superman," "Stealing Fire," and "The Art of Impossible," blend meticulous research, personal anecdotes, and insightful analysis to illuminate how individuals can unlock their full potential.

Beyond his writing, Kotler is a highly sought-after public speaker. His remarkable insights into human potential, combined with his passion for adventure, have solidified his status as a thought leader in psychology, neuroscience, and human performance. His writings continue to empower people to unleash their full potential and redefine the boundaries of what is possible.

Steven gives us the lowdown on his latest book about peak performance aging, Gnar Country: Growing Old & Staying Rad, which exploring the frontiers of human possibility and how he learnt to park ski in his 50s, we're gonna be talking flow research, and loads more!

You can follow what Steven is up to on Instagram @stevenkotler and be sure to check out his website stevenkotler.com

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Past guests on The Rad Season Show include Chris Berkard, Stacy Peralta, Bob Haro, Gerry Lopez, Gary Fisher, Ingrid Backstrom, Graham Jarvis. 

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Declan Brooks is a professional BMX rider and BMX Freestyle Olympic Bronze Medalist. Declan grew up in Portsmouth, UK. His Dad was into motorcycling but Dec had other ideas. He got his first BMX at 9 years old and started skipping football to ride his bike. From then on he spent every minute at the skate park. At 16 he thought that he could take BMX further and make it a career.

He worked as a plasterer on the side to get money to go to competitions. British Cycling came along and Dec became a full-time BMX Freestyle athlete with the goal to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. He was the first British athlete to get a medal in BMX Freestyle with a Bronze in 2021. Dec now has his sights set on the next Olympics, Paris 2024.

Tune in to find out how Dec got on Team GB, winning Bronze and the whole Olympic experience, his time working at Cirque du Soleil, events, training at Adrenaline Alley, injury & recovery and his goals for the future.

You can follow what Declan Brooks is up to on Instagram at declanbrooks and be sure to check out his website declanbrooksbmx.com

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Past guests on The Rad Season Show include Bob Haro, Daniel Dhers, Matt Burgess, Gary Fisher, Rebecca Rusch, Terry Adams, Hans Rey,  Caroline Buchanan. 

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Beaver Fleming is a pro skateboarder, Nitro Circus rider, author and motivational speaker.

Beaver Fleming grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee. His brother had the Tony Hawk Pro Skater Game and that was his introduction to skateboarding. His parents were really supportive of his new found love of skating and got an 8 foot halfpipe built in the backyard. Beaver started competing and going to Camp Woodward in the summer months. When he was 17 he moved to Woodward West in California for his final year of High School. Travis Pastrana saw him skate there doing crazy tricks in the foam pit and invited him to join the Nitro Circus Tour.

On his 18 birthday he flew over to Australia to join Nitro Circus and has been with them for the last decade as their main skate athlete. Beaver has kept innovating new tricks such as the world's first Cork 720 Christ Air which he calls the “Tennessee Tornado”. He's won Best Trick at Simple Session 3 times and still competes around the world.

Tune in to find out how Beaver has crafted one of the most unique careers in skateboarding, how he is using his voice to inspire kids, what he has in store for the Nitro World Games and loads more.

You can follow what Beaver Fleming is up to on Instagram at beaverfleming and be sure to check out his website beaverfleming.com

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Past guests on The Rad Season Show include  Greg Lutzka, Mikey Taylor, Pierre André Sénizergues, Brett Clarke, Selema Masekela. 

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Todd Richards is a pro snowboarder, action sports commentator, podcaster and entrepreneur. Todd grew up in Paxton, Massachusetts and got into skateboarding and punk rock. Skating was one of the first things Todd was passionate about and he could see progression happening and that was the backbone for everything.

Snowboarding came along initially as something to do in the winter months when the vert ramps got too icy to skate. A friend introduced him to competing right at the time when the birth of snowboard halfpipes started. The rest is history. Todd went on to win multiple X Games medals, two U.S. Open halfpipe titles and was on the first ever US Halfpipe Team at the Winter Olympics in 98.

Nowadays Richards hosts the Monday M.A.S.S podcast with friend Chris Cote, commentates on various skateboarding, snowboarding and action sports events such as Dew Tour, Jackalope Festival and the Olympics for NBC. Works with Quiksilver on Marketing, is part of The Sports Management Mastermind and has a number of investment ventures.

Tune in to find out about how Todd got into snowboarding, what it was like competing in snowboarding's Olympic debut. His career change to becoming a sports commentator and host, preserving snowboarding's culture plus loads more.

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You can follow what Todd Richards is up to on Instagram at btoddrichards and be sure to check out Sports Management Mastermind. 

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Past guests on The Rad Season Show include  JJ Thomas, Circe Wallace, Sue Izzo, Keir Dillon, Chris Cote. 

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Mikey Corker is a film director, cinematographer, photographer, producer and Surfer. Mikey grew up in Cape Town, South Africa and started working as a camera assistant on feature films. He got his break working on 5 big feature films as an assistant which led to becoming a trainee clapper loader and with that experience he was away. He took a break after 5 years and went travelling bought a digital camera and taught himself how to edit. Mikey found himself in Croyde, North Devon and fell in love with the place and surf community there. He started filming his friends surfing and adventure related brand content.

Savage Waters is Mikey's first feature length film as a director. The film follows sailor and adventurer Matt Knight who was given a book which was a treasurer hunters journal published in 1892 about finding treasure on an island in the middle of the Atlantic. One passage in the book describes an incredible wave. Matt was drawn to the challenge of finding this wave in the middle of the ocean and he started hatching a plan to bring along his family, surfer and friend Andrew Cotton and Mikey to document it. Savage Waters produced by Whipped Sea is now touring the world at film festivals.

Tune in to find out about how Mikey got into filming, what it was like directing Savage Waters and what he has planned for the winter season shooting in Nazaré plus loads more.

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You can follow what Mikey Corker is up to on Instagram at mikeycorker and be sure to check out his website mikeycorker.com 

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Past guests on The Rad Season Show include  Andrew Cotton, Chris Burkard, Bob McKnight, Shaun Tomson, Chris Bertish. 

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Ryan Runke is the Co-Founder of Homestead Creative and Vice President of Action and Olympic Sports at evolution management + marketing.

Runke grew up in Kansas City playing traditional sports and soccer competitively. He learnt to snowboard in Snow Creek Missouri when he was 15 and started skateboarding and the rest is history. After finishing school he headed to Southern County to be a snowboard bum and ended up in Breckenridge, Colorado with the goal to snowboard everyday.

Runke got his start in the action sports industry as a buyer and manager of a snowboard shop. He knew the industry was in California so he packed up his stuff and moved to San Diego and was going to figure it out. Ryan got a job with Version. This lead to working at K2 Snowboards overseeing Global Athlete Marketing. He then moved to Rome SDS as Team Director and Global Marketing Manager. Red Bull came knocking and asked Ryan to look after Travis Rice and the Art of Flight Production which became a role managing their skate and snow athletes including Shaun White and Ryan Sheckler.

Staying within athlete management he moved to the agency side first to Prime Athletes and then to evolution management + marketing where he still looks after a roaster of some of the best athletes in the surfing, snowboarding, mountain biking and skateboarding world.

Tune in to find out about how Runke got into managing athletes, what is was like when his client and friend Red Gerard won Olympic Gold in Snowboarding slopestyle at Pyeongchang, South Korea. How he is creating campaigns for some of the world’s biggest outdoor brands through his agency Homestead Creative and loads more!

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You can follow what Runke is up to on Instagram at ryanrunke and be sure to check out his website Homestead Creative. 

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Past guests on The Rad Season Show include  JJ Thomas, Circe Wallace, Sue Izzo, Keir Dillon. 

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Matt Burgess is the owner of Evolve Sports and the Founder of Urban Sport Fest.

Matt grew up in Newcastle, Australia into a sports mad family. He studied law at Bond University and was fortunate enough to connect his career to sport. Matt started working as an Associate General Council at the ASP now known as the World Surf League. He stayed at the WSL for 13 years and became Head of Sports Integrity. 

Bridging the gap between media, sports and entertainment Matt’s knowledge of rights holders, sports events he founded The Athena. A golf concept developed while engaged with PGA and (now) WPGA. Matt later saw a gap in the market to bring the world’s best BMX athletes, action sports lifestyle, music and youth culture to Australia and created the Urban Sport Fest.

Tune in to find out about Matt’s background in law, sports and entertainment and how he is bringing  the world's best BMX Freestyle riders to Australia in December as part of action sports and music festival Urban Sport Fest.

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You can follow what Matt Burgess and USF are up on Instagram at urbansportfest and be sure to check out their website urbansportfest.com

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Past guests on The Rad Season Show include Chris Burkard, Bob Haro, Joe Carr, Shaun Tomson, Daniel Dhers . 

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