The Polaris Adventures Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Mount Rushmore, Sturgis and Deadwood all rank as top locations in South Dakota. Let's add another to the list with Spearfish Canyon Lodge. Join Polaris Adventures Content Manager Jared Christie on a visit to the Black Hills of South Dakota. 

Book your next adventure @ www.adventures.polaris.com 

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 © 2025 Polaris Industries Inc.

It's the #1 spot on almost everyone's bucket list and we're headed this week. Join Polaris Adventures Content Manager Jared Christie on a ride to Moab, Utah with Epic 4x4 Adventures. 

Book your next adventure @ www.adventures.polaris.com 

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 © 2025 Polaris Industries Inc.

Join host Jared Christie, Polaris Adventures Content Manager, for a trip to Northern Wisconsin. It’s a playground for all seasons conveniently located in the back yard of Lake Superior and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. 

Book your next adventure @ www.adventures.polaris.com 

Unless noted, trademarks are the property of Polaris Industries Inc.
 © 2025 Polaris Industries Inc.

Winter can be hard on everything, including your Off-Road Vehicle. Polaris Service Engineer Guy Bernt stops by the podcast to share his expertise on a variety of topics, from fuel quality to poor starting to battery maintenance to actually operating your vehicle in the cold and snow. It won’t change the forecast, but it will make your ORV’s life easier in the winter.

Stop by the Polaris Help Center to find more cold weather tips:

https://atv.polaris.com/en-us/self-help/article/KA-01393/

If you’re new to ice fishing, new to using your Polaris vehicle to go ice fishing or new to all of the above, this is the episode for you. Polaris Product Leaders/Minnesotans/seasoned ice fishermen Matt Anderson and Clint Johnson stop by the podcast to offer tips and suggestions for operating your vehicle on the ice, accessorizing your vehicle and ice fishing safely and efficiently.

Consult your local authorities for ice safety tips and weather conditions before heading out on the ice. And make sure to conduct a full pre-ride inspection on your vehicle. Find the full details in your Owner’s Manual.

https://www.polaris.com/en-us/owners-manuals/

The full range of accessories — ice fishing and otherwise — is available at Polaris.com.

https://www.polaris.com/en-us/shop/

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It’s the very first snowmobile-centric episode of the podcast! We start 2020 with a lesson from Polaris Service Engineer Neil Kluempke about proper pre-ride inspections. An avid rider himself, Neil tells us not only what we should check before we ride but why. Track, suspension and belt maintenance are among the topics discussed.

Find model-specific pre-ride inspection instructions in your Owner’s Manual:

https://snowmobiles.polaris.com/en-us/owners-manuals/

And look for pre-ride inspection videos on the Polaris Help Center. Search for “Pre-Ride Inspection” and find the video that applies to your snowmobile.

https://snowmobiles.polaris.com/en-us/self-help/

Put your Polaris Off-Road Vehicle to work this winter. On this month’s episode, Kyle Liesenfeld of the Polaris Help Center and Polaris Product Specialist Mitch Craven discuss all things plowing, from safety tips to plow system adjustments. A new Ride Command feature that will help you with plowing is Plow Mode. So to cap off the episode, Software QA Manager Joe Bottensek drops by to tell us all about Plow Mode.

Make sure to read the Snow Plowing Tips article on the Polaris Help Center:

https://ranger.polaris.com/en-us/self-help/article/KA-01421/

And for more on Plow Mode, check out Plow Mode Basics on the Help Center:

https://ranger.polaris.com/en-us/self-help/article/KA-01604/ 

“Everyone’s Favorite RedNek,” Hubert Rowland of Nitro Circus, stopped by the Glamis Beach Store on the first day of Camp RZR. Part III of our Glamis series is a wide-ranging chat with the racer, track builder and mechanic for Travis Pastrana. Hubert discusses Nitro Circus, riding in the dunes and his powersports safety awareness initiatives.

Follow Hubert on Facebook and Instagram @NitroRedNekHubert

Find more content on his YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOx1ihe4mrJDfVzRXnmAtdA/feed

To find out more about Hubert’s safety initiatives, visit Let’s Ride online:

http://letsrideamerica.com/ 

There’s no better place to learn about Glamis, California, and the Imperial Sand Dunes than the Glamis Beach Store. For 40 years, it’s been a one-stop shop for duners. In Part II of our Glamis series, Mama Jeannie and the rest of the store’s friendly faces tell the stories of the store and the dunes. Plus hear from the one and only Joe Fab. It’s all live from Camp RZR.

Follow the Glamis Beach Store on Facebook @Glamisbeachstore.

Live from Camp RZR in Glamis, California! Part I of our Glamis series tells you everything you need to know about riding in the dunes. If you’re heading to the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area for the first time, this is your primer. A plethora of experts stop by to educate us on how to best enjoy the dunes. Hear from Polaris product planning director Pat McArdle (0:45), Michelle Puckett of the Bureau of Land Management (11:48), first-time Glamis visitor Annie Simons (20:33), the Polaris Help Center’s Kyle Liesenfeld (23:54), Polaris service engineer Charlie Mills (27:29), Polaris accessories marketing specialist Annemarie Mills (31:15), vendor row manager Devin Adkins (36:45), and the American Sand Association’s Nicole Gilles and Lloyd Misner (39:20).

For more dune-riding tips, watch the following Riders Guide video on the Polaris Help Center:

https://rzr.polaris.com/en-us/self-help/article/KA-01402/

For more information on the Imperial Sand Dunes, visit the Bureau of Land Management website:

https://www.blm.gov/visit/imperial-sand-dunes

A map of the area can be found here:

https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/maps-avenza-california-imperial-sand-dunes-recreation-area.pdf

The BLM also can be found on Facebook @blmcalifornia and @BLMImperialSandDunes. On Instagram it’s @mypubliclands.

To join, donate to or learn more about the American Sand Association, visit https://www.americansandassociation.org/

Follow the ASA on Twitter at @ASA_sand, on Facebook @AmericanSandAssociation and Instagram @asasandassoc.