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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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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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.

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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. 

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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

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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

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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.  

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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. 

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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

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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

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

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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. 

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Frederick Schuett is an ice climber, extreme expedition leader, professional volcano zipliner and the founder of ONE AXE Pursuits and ONE AXE Extreme. Frederick was part of a National Geographic documentary ziplining the ‘Door to Hell’ crater in Turkmenistan. He’s done world first stunts like lowering VIP clients into a volcano crater and led ziplining expeditions over an active lava lake in Ethiopia and Sir Richard Branson’s urban zipline stunt to launch Virgin Mobile. 

Food for thought:

• Started climbing when he was 10 years old
• Run ONE AXE Pursuits for the past 20 years teaching thousands of people to rock climb, ice climb and runs ziplining and mountaineering courses
• Be persistent and follow your passion

Enjoy and get rad!

Check out ONE AXE Pursuits and ONE AXE Extreme.

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Crystal Hilsley is the founder of Crystal Clear Nutrition Group and Crystal Clear Kids which provides the step-by-step guide on how to transition families to incorporate mindfulness practices and improve nutritional choices for performance, recovery and to strengthen family bonds. She also sits on the board of the Global Action Sports Federation and is a Mentor at San Diego Sports Innovators.  

Crystal was recruited to develop the Food Guidelines for the US Olympic Surf Team as they prepare for the Games and spearhead the recent Olympic Athlete Training Camp to discuss proper nutrition for athlete peak performance and recovery. She has worked in nutrition, meal planning and consulting for numerous action sports athletes, sports academies and is currently designing the meal plans and agriculture programs for training facilities around the world.   

Tune in to find out more about healthy eating habits, athlete nutrition, wellness and what projects Crystal has coming up this year.

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You can find out more about what Crystal is up to on Crystal Clear Kids. 

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Friends Bob Carlson and Chris Jensen launched Arbor Snowboards in 1995 with the focus on sustainability. They were the first snowboard company to replace the plastic top snowboards with responsibly sourced Koa wood, sustainably harvested from Hawaii veneer and pioneered the use of renewable alternatives changing the industry forever. Then came along Arbor Skateboards initially built from old snowboards to bomb hills in the dry season. Bob was set on a mission to give back to conserving the environment and since it's initial launch Arbor donates to protection groups.  

This year marks Arbor's 25th Anniversary and they are releasing a documentary film, “Crossing the Grain" that tell's Bob and Chris's story of starting the company and their journey along the way.  

Tune in to find out from Bob about those early days starting a sustainable company in the 90's. We chat about how the snowboarding and skateboarding industry has changed since then, the financial ups and downs, staying an independent action sports brand and what future projects Arbor has coming up.

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You can find out what Arbor are up to on Arbor Collective, Arbor Snowboards and Arbor Skateboards. 

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Florian Klaass is the Founder & Managing Director K&CO and ex Head of Global Music, Entertainment & Culture Marketing at Red Bull. 

Florian Klaass shares his journey from a punk rock musician to a senior marketing strategist at Red Bull, where he spent 15 years shaping the brand's cultural and entertainment marketing. He discusses his early influences in action sports, the innovative projects he led at Red Bull and the challenges he faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. Including a public controversy that led to his departure from the company. Florian reflects on the lessons learned from his experiences and his transition to running his own consultancy, where he focuses on leadership coaching and brand strategy.

Florian discusses: 

• Background in punk rock shaped his creative approach to marketing.
• His early career involved merging music with action sports.
• Red Bull provided a unique environment for innovation in marketing.
• The Red Bull Music Academy a project that fostered creativity.
• COVID-19 creating a pressure cooker environment for brands to take a stance.
• Facing public scrutiny during a controversy at Red Bull.
• Learning to not take the media backlash personally.
• The transition to consultancy allowed him to explore new opportunities.
• Building a strong network is crucial for future success.
• Success requires resilience and hard work, especially in creative fields.

You can follow what Florian Klaass is up to on LinkedIn.

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Ben Baker is the Managing Director of EXTREME's International Sports and Leisure Destinations. Growing up Ben had a fascination with travel and adventure having lived all over the world from the Middle East to South East Asia the Americas and Africa. He graduated with a degree in Hotel and Tourism and started his career in tourism as a tour operator in the UK. 

Ben has 20 years experience in project management and business consultancy in sports, entertainment and leisure destinations.  Ben is currently running EXTREME Destinations who consult, design, develop and operate extreme and adventure sports parks, hotels and complexes around the world.  

Tune in to find out how Ben got into the travel industry and what projects EXTREME Destinations are working on. 

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Mikey Taylor is a skateboarder, investor, entrepreneur and Founder of Commune Capital a real estate investment fund. Growing up in Thousand Oaks, Southern California, Mikey was hooked on skateboarding and turned pro when he was 17. For two decades his whole world was skating with multiple sponsorship deals, he was part of the original Street League Skateboarding crew and was one of the most recognizable pro skateboarders on the planet. However, there was always an itch for what happens after his skateboarding career?

Mikey co-founded Saint Archer Brewing, a San Diego based craft beer company bringing skate, surf and the art’s world together. In 2015 Saint Archer was acquired by MillerCoors in a multi-million dollar deal. At the same time Mikey went on to co-found Sovrn Skateboards as well as the entrepreneur education platform AVNI Intelligence with the core purpose of educating people how money works. With a passion for investment and business he set up Commune Capital a real estate investing firm.

Tune in to find out how Mikey got into investing and his entrepreneurial journey as well as his favorite moments over the years as a pro skateboarder and what projects he is working at the moment.

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Find out more about what Mikey is working on at Commune Capital. 

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Gordon McArthur is a professional Canadian ice climber . Ever since being introduced to climbing 24 years ago it has been his passion and obsession to climb whether it’s sport, mixed or ice climbing. He’s won the North American Ice Climbing Championships two years in a row in 2014 and 2015, went to the Olympics as a demonstration sport for ice climbing in Sochi and came 4th in the World Cup on one of the hardest dry-tooling routes in the world.

Gordon made his dream a reality and built his own climbing facility in his backyard in Cranbrook, British Colombia called ‘The Machine’. Balancing running a climbing gym, training, family life and traveling the world with Team Canada to compete in ice climbing, there’s never a dull moment.

Tune in to find out how Gordon got into climbing, his decision to come back out of retirement. As well as his favorite moments from traveling and competing and what projects are driving him at the moment.

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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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In this episode of Group Y Live, Oli Russell-Cowan is joined by legendary snowboarding photographer and the Founder of Nemo Design, Trevor Graves.

Graves shares his journey from skateboarding in a small town in New York to becoming a key player in the snowboarding industry. He discusses the evolution of snowboarding, the importance of authenticity in action sports, and how technology, particularly AI, is reshaping creative work. Trevor also reflects on the challenges and triumphs of running an agency, the significance of networking, and offers valuable advice for aspiring creatives and athletes.

Trevor discusses: 

• His transitioned to snowboarding after being inspired by early snowboarders.
• Photography became a way to document his passion for snowboarding. 
• Networking played a crucial role in his career development.
• Nemo Design founded to create a collaborative agency environment.
• Authenticity as a core value in action sports and photography
• Evolution of the outdoor industry
• AI changing the landscape of creative work.
• The importance of grit and perseverance.
• He encourages aspiring creatives to take initiative and be proactive.

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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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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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Follow what Turcotte's up to on brettturcotte.ca

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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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Join us for new season of Group Y Live as host Oli Russell-Cowan sits down with Nick Tran, a renowned marketer known for transforming brands into cultural icons. With a wealth of experience as the former global head of marketing at TikTok and executive roles at Taco Bell, Hulu, and Samsung, Nick shares his insights on brand transformation, crisis leadership, and audience engagement.

In this episode, Nick reflects on his journey from a quiet upbringing in Orange County to leading innovative marketing strategies for some of the world's most recognized brands. He discusses the importance of adapting to the fast-paced changes in consumer behavior, especially in the wake of crises, and how to leverage creativity and community to drive brand success.

Discover how Nick navigated challenges at Taco Bell, Stance, Samsung, and TikTok, and learn valuable lessons on marketing in a post-TikTok world. He also shares his thoughts on the impact of AI in marketing and the importance of fostering a culture of experimentation within teams.

Whether you're a marketing professional, entrepreneur, or simply curious about the world of branding, this episode is packed with actionable insights and inspiration. Don't miss out!

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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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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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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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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 

Enjoy and get rad!

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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