Rad Season Podcast

In the next episode of the Rad Season Podcast Oli Russell-Cowan chats to Stix otherwise known as Steve Nilsen 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.

In the next episode of the Rad Season Podcast Oli Russell-Cowan chats to Jamie Barrow, 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.

In the next episode of the Rad Season Podcast Oli Russell-Cowan chats to adventure traveler, YouTuber, BBC TV Host and seeker of crazy experiences Mike Corey.  

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.

In the next episode of the Rad Season Podcast Oli Russell-Cowan chats to ski industry veteran, action sports podcast host and producer of the Powell Movement Podcast, Mike Powell.

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.

In the next episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to media, marketing and entertainment executive Don Meek 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 95 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.

In the next episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to Vice President and General Manager of Dew Tour, Courtney Gresik.

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.

In the next episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to investor, entrepreneur and founder of EXTREME Alistair Gosling.

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.

In the next episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to action sports events host, musician, broadcaster, writer and podcast host Chris Coté, 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 the host of his own podcast ‘the Monday M.A.S.S’. 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.

In the next episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to Canadian travel and entertainment entrepreneur, CEO and co-founder of Stay22 Andrew Lockhead. 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.

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.

In the next episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to professional Canadian mountain biker Darren Berrecloth otherwise known as 'the Claw'. 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.

In the next episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to action sports and motoclimb events promoter Matt Musgrove. 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. 

In this episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to multi talented action sports athlete and outdoor enthusiast Brett Turcotte 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.

In this episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to Julian Carnall, 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.  

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. 

In this episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to pro wakeboarder Jeff McKee. He 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. 

In this episode, Oli Russell-Cowan chats to Nick Butter, 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. 

In this episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to 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. 

In this episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to best selling author and travel writer Robin Esrock 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'. 

In this episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to adventure traveller, news journalist and photographer Tommy Walker 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. 

In this episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to Andrew Cotton, 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? 

In this episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to Julia Galvin, a novelty sports enthusiast. After a car accident when she was 27 years old, using a 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! Listen to her stories about bouncing back and what it takes to win.

Find out more about how Julia got into Wife Carrying and Bog Snorkelling events around the world and what she loves about novelty sports. 

In this episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to World Surf League commentator Joe Turpel, the voice of professional surfing. He travels to places you would never imagine to go, building friendships with some of the best surfers in the world on the dream tour. He loves the adrenaline rush of going live, especially when it’s pumping! Tune in for some of his best stories from the World Surf League and how he sees the future of surfing events unfold.

Find out more about how Joe got into surfing, where he grew up and his favorite moments from the surf tour. 

In this episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to his childhood friend Carl Paoli. Oli remembers Carl as an elite gymnast with a passion for action sports. Carl would run down the beach doing 10 backflips in a row. The love of sport and fitness shaped Carl’s personality. Through determination and hard work he arrived at who he is today: Helping others to improve their life 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. Join us for some of his best stories.

Find out more about how Carl got into gymnastics growing up, why he started coaching and how he transitioned into lifestyle design. 

In this episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to trail runner Edward Chapman. Edward's an ordinary guy, well as ordinary as a recovering accountant can be, but has achieved extraordinary things through running. At the young age of 40 a grave health warning resulted in his first tentative running steps. It took some time, but he eventually became hooked and has completed over 200 marathons and ultra marathons. Edward has done something amazing; finishing the Kalahari Augrabies Extreme Marathon, a 250km desert self-sufficiency stage race, 12 times. More people have walked on the moon than done that, not bad for an ex fat bloke. He will always be a trail runner, but is currently enjoying a new lease of life as an adventurer, hiker and wild camper.  Find out how Edward got into trail running, what keeps him going and what he loves about marathons and ultras.

In this episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to US TV host, commentator, musician, actor, journalist, producer, entrepreneur and action sports enthusiast Sal Masekela. Sal is best known for his work presenting ESPN's Summer and Winter X Games for 13 years as well as being the host for the Red Bull Signature Series. He's reported on the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa; and hosted E!’s Daily 10 and was the executive producer on the hit documentary series VICE World of Sports.

Sal talks about his time growing up surfing in California. How he got his start in action sports as an intern at Transworld Skateboarding and Snowboarding Magazine, which lead to a career in the action sports industry working with ESPN and Red Bull as well cofounding companies Alphanumeric and Stoked.org. We also dig into Sal's best moments from X Games in the run up to the 25th X Games anniversary. 

In this episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to photographer Sol Neelman. Sol is an unusual sports photographer and addicted traveler. Besides traveling he loves sports, strange events and crazy stuff. He is working on his third book about weird sports around the globe which is cleverly titled, 'Weird Sports 3' and will share some of his epic adventures.

Find out more about how Sol got into photographing weird sports and what his favourite weird events are in the US and around the world. 

In this episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to Wade Gravy, former editor of Australia's Surfing Life and life-long part of the Stoke Travel menagerie of misfits. He is usually cutting across Spain in search of the country's weirdest and wildest Spanish Festival and he's constantly on the hunt for the best sub €5 bottles of vino tinto. Tune in for some of his best festival stories and what he thinks the festival culture will be like in Spain going forward. 

#spain #festivals 

In this episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to Neil Rutter, 3 time World Bog Snorkelling Champion and Guinness World Record holder for the fastest time in the Bog. Neil talks about how he got into bog snorkelling, the most hilarious event in world. How he trains and what's in store for the future. 

In this episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to Chris Thomas, a film director from London who created an award winning short film called 'Let's Roll.' 

The film is based on the eccentric tradition know as Cheese Rolling in Gloucestershire, England. Chris talks about how the film idea came about. In their conversation Chris dives deep on his experience rolling down this incredibly steep hill and how much this event means to the community around Brockworth in the UK. 

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.