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Matt Macduff
Matt's attempt to share the incredible story's of his guests toughest times. In hope that their story's will help you get through yours.
50 JAKE FOX OVER COMING A SPINAL INJURY AND MAINTAINING A POSITIVE ATTITUDE In this podcast Episode, I seat down with the incredible Jake Fox as we take a deep dive into his life and recovery of a spinal injury.
Feel free to follow Jake and reach out to him on his IG
https://www.instagram.com/fake.jox/
#48 Overcoming Injuries With Professional Mountain Biker Tyler McCaul
Tyler McCaul is a professional mountain biker who’s led a remarkable career competing at some of the industry’s most prestigious events. He’s competed at Crankworx and Red Bull Rampage, while also being part of some pretty impressive film projects. Recently, Tyler experienced the worst injury of his career— and it didn’t even happen while competing. This injury rocked Tyler’s world. His journey to recovery is filled with tough challenges, valuable lessons, and moments filled with grit and inspiration. This episode is for anyone who’s currently going through a tough time and isn’t sure they’ll be able to make it out ahead— Tyler did and his story is one for the books.
Conversation Topics:
- Tyler’s recent ankle injury: How it happened and his road to recovery
- Overcoming negative self-talk
- How to make it through impossibly tough times
- What it was like moving into his dream house right before a life-altering injury
- How it felt to finally see the light at the end of the tunnel after a gruelling recovery
- His experience at Red Bull Rampage
- Tyler’s exciting new film project
… and so much more!
Want to connect with Tyler?
Follow him on Instagram and Facebook.
Recommended Movies:
Evolution
Recommended Books:
Lucky from Virgin: An Unlikely Story
#27 Finding Balance With Pro Mountain Biker and YouTuber Jeff Lenosky
Jeff Lenosky is a professional mountain biker and YouTuber who’s had one of the most tremendous careers in the industry. Jeff’s been riding for a living for over 25 years and he’s been featured in some of the most inspiring video parts in BMX history. I’ve looked up to this guy for years due to the sheer longevity of his exciting career. Jeff’s a guy who’s stayed authentic and true to himself consistently while he’s navigated the exhilarating BMX industry and his rise to YouTube fame. In this episode, Jeff shares an intimate glimpse into his life with stories that are sure to inspire any aspiring athletes out there!
Conversation Topics:
- The freestyle show that changed everything for Jeff
- Jeff’s top highlights throughout his 25 year career
- Sponsorships
- A deep dive into the value of social media
- Youtube: How to get started and stand out on this popular platform
- Managing injuries and having the courage to get back on the bike
… and so much more!
Want to connect with Jeff?
Follow him on Instagram and Facebook
Check out his YouTube
Recommended Books:
The Time Traveler by Joseph R. Stefano
46 Walking the Walk With BMX Legend Morgan Wade
Morgan Wade is a pro-BMXer, builder, artist, father, and winner of 3 NorCups and multiple X Games. Morgan has had a tremendous career and is still thriving to this day. Though he’s accomplished so much, Morgan is a man who doesn’t find his identity in what he does. He’s someone who truly walks the walk, instead of just talking the talk— an admirable characteristic in someone who’s risen to his level of fame. In this episode, Morgan shares the inspiring story of his rise to BMX fame and how he isn’t stopping anytime soon.
Conversation Topics:
- The intriguing backstories to many of Wade’s exciting projects
- Drew Bezanson’s Uncontainable project
- Art
- Staying authentic on and off the bike
- Contests
- Morgan’s philosophy on competing
- Injuries
- Fitness
- How morgan has seen action sports change over the years
… and so much more!
Want to connect with Wade?
Follow him on Instagram and Twitter
Check out his website
Wade’s Top BMX Movies of All time:
Etnies Forward
Criminal Mischief
Recommended Books:
The Bible
Fearless by Eric Blehm
45# Chelsea Kimball: How She Went From Parties and Raves to Pro-Mountain Biker and Queen of Dark Fest
Chelsea Kimball is a professional freeride mountain biker based in the United States. She travels around the world to events, races, and competitions in pursuit of adventure. Chelsea recently took home the first-ever Queen of Dark Fest award in April 2022. Her passion for mountain biking sprouted a lot later than most bikers—though you’d never know it when you see her outstanding skills. Chelsea’s first love of sports began with rock climbing where she had some ambitious goals to climb El Capitan before her newfound fascination with mountain biking steered her in a new direction. Surprisingly, before getting into the sports world, Chelsea was an avid party-goer who went to some of the biggest raves in the United States. Tune in to hear all about Chelsea’s exciting journey from raving to rock climbing, to pursuing a thrilling career in mountain biking.
Conversation Topics:
- Chelsea’s love of rock climbing
- What it’s like to live on the road
- The freedom and balance that comes with her work
- Her transition into mountain biking from rock climbing
- Overcoming fear in sports
- Chelsea’s inspiring advice to her younger self
Want to connect with Chelsea?
Follow her on Instagram
Check her out at Darkfest
Recommended Books:
The Mountaineering Bible
#44 The Intricacies of Weightlifting With coach Jeremy Martin
Jeremy Martin is a life-long competitive athlete and fitness coach. His experiences range from team sports to combat sports and individual strength sports such as powerlifting. Jeremy’s love for coaching began when he was just a young man in high school writing strength and conditioning programs for friends and family. Fast forward to 2022, and Jeremy has now been a professional coach for over 15 years. He and his wife own Loaded Athletics— a fitness studio dedicated to showing people just how strong they are and how much stronger they can be. Jeremy’s expertise in his field is truly inspiring— this episode will leave you exhilarated and motivated to pursue your passions.
Conversation Topics:
- How Jeremy discovered his passion for weightlifting and coaching others
- The basics of how to get stronger: what really matters and what doesn’t
- Which characteristics are vital when searching for a coach to help take your performance to the next level
- The complex relationship between student and teacher
- Transcending limiting beliefs
… and so much more!
Want to connect with Jeremy?
Check out the Loaded Athletics website
Follow Loaded Athletics and Jeremy on Instagram
Recommended Books:
The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge
Embrace The Chaos by Darren Roberts
#34 Recovering & Dealing With Injuries With Davi Birks
Davi Birks is an entrepreneur, podcaster, and avid mountain biker. He co-founded HKT products, a sporting goods manufacturing company run by bikers. He’s also the host of The Ride Companion Podcast where he talks all things mountain biking with incredible people in the industry. Davi has been a guest on the show many times, but we’re covering a brand new topic— injuries. Last year, Davi suffered a life-changing crash. He battled broken bones, head injuries, and severe pain, and still has a long recovery ahead of him. In this episode, Davi and I both talk about the injuries we’ve faced as bikers and our intense experiences recovering from them.
Conversation Topics:
- The story of his life-altering crash
- His tough time in the hospital
- Navigating the need for pain killers
- Davi’s experience with physio
- Navigating the health care system and advocating for himself
- The Ride Companion Podcast
- Davi’s rebrand and new podcast with Olly Wilkins
- All the trauma, BS, hard feelings, and emotions that come up through a long recovery
… and so much more!
Want to connect with Davi?
Follow him on Twitter
Check out The Ride Companion Podcast
Never Stop Learning and Following Your Dreams With Vaea Verbeeck
Vaea Verbeeck is a phenomenal professional mountain biker from Vernon, BC. She’s been making waves in the biking world since beginning her professional athlete career just a few short years ago in 2018— winning 2 Queen of Crankworx awards and 3 DH National Championships. Vaea received her diploma in sports marketing and management in 2012 and then decided to turn her passion for sports into a career by pursuing professional mountain biking. What makes her story even more impressive? Vaea didn’t even discover mountain biking until she was 17!
Conversation Topics:
- Vaea’s fierce determination and her rise to turning pro
- The multiple injuries she’s overcome and how she battled adversity to make her dreams come true
- How she navigated racing and holding down a part-time job
- Building momentum in her career
- Vaea’s inspiring advice to her younger self
- Her challenging, yet rewarding training regimen
… and so much more!
Want to connect with Vaea?
Follow her on Instagram | Facebook
Recommended Accounts:
Paul Nicklen
Coral Gardeners
Recommended Podcasts:
Downtime Podcast
The Andrew Neethling Podcast
The Joe Rogan Experience
**#41 Ramp Building Action Sports Hero Ryan Corrigan**
Ryan Corrigan is a master ramp builder and carpenter who’s widely considered to be one of the best in the history of the BMX industry. He’s been a driving force behind the action sports scene for over 2 decades. Ryan grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas where his love for BMX first sprouted when he was just 10 years old. Now, Ryan’s flown all over the world to build skate parks and build ramps at a wide range of radical events including everything from X Games to Red Bull Rampage.
Conversation Topics:
Ryan’s fascinating journey into BMX
The crazy story of how he started building ramps
Head First: Ryan’s favourite BMX video and how it changed his life The T1 Ramp: The most legendary ramp of all time
Tips for building your own backyard ramp set-up
Mistakes Ryan’s made throughout his life and career
Burnouts
The Perfect Quarter Pipe
... and so much more!
Want to connect with Ryan?
Follow him on Instagram | Facebook
Watch the #1 BMX Video of All Time: Head First
Recommended Reads:
March Trilogy by Andrew Aydin (writer) and Nate Powell (artist) The Jungle by Gary Wiener
**#40 Seeing Beyond Your Circumstances with Josh Perry**
Josh Perry is a former professional BMX athlete who moved on to become a high- performance coach and optimization strategist after a severe health condition altered the course of his life. In 2010, Josh was diagnosed with his first brain tumour. After several further brain tumour diagnoses, Josh made the decision to leave BMX to serve his higher purpose: helping others see beyond their circumstances.
Josh is now an international speaker, the founder of The Perry Foundation, and host of The Grey Matter’s Podcast. Josh is also a published author who shares his personal story of how chasing his dream saved his life, literally.
Conversation Topics:
Josh’s upbringing and why he left high school at the ripe age of 17
His strong and unyielding work ethic and how this characteristic allowed his mother to feel confident in him leaving school to pursue his passion
Focus and determination—the driving forces behind his unparalleled work ethic Competing at X Games
Josh’s first brain tumour diagnosis
How his diagnosis led him to become a high-performance coach
His newfound drive to serve others
How he helps people overcome limiting beliefs
... and so much more!
Want to connect with Josh?
Check out his website
Follow him on Instagram | Facebook | Twitter
Recommended Reads:
Grain Brain by David Perlmutter, MD How to Do the Work by Dr. Nicole LePera Atomic Habits by James Clear
Recommended Podcasts:
Huberman Lab with Dr. Andrew Huberman The Joe Rogan Experience
Dissect—A Serialized Music Podcast
#39 Timeless Wisdom And Stories From The Legend Aaron Chase
Aaron Chase has been on the forefront of action sports media for nearly two decades and is considered to be one of the pioneers of freeride mountain biking.
Over his career, Chase has had major network media exposure and viral video success in all cycling disciplines ranging from dirt jumping to trail riding. Having started his career as a pro downhill racer, Aaron transitioned to freeride where he went on to win some of the biggest competitions in the world.
Conversation topics
- Great story from late jordie lunn, R.I.P
- Prototyping bikes and innovating the sport
- Movie segments (NWD Stories, all the way back to the early days of chain reaction)
- Media and action sports
- Sponsorship (cultivating long tern relationship with brands)
- Events
- injuries
Follow Aaron on instagram
#38 Dr.Wade Nelson On Canadian Bmx History And Action Sports Media
Wade is a Professor of Communication Studies in the Department of Social Science at The University of New Brunswick in Saint John. He teaches a variety of courses in the Department of Social Sciences, among other topics Dr. Nelson’s published research includes work regarding media, sport, celebrity, professional athletes, and promotional culture.
Conversation topics
- BMX history
- Aging and riding
- The Bro show of BMX and action sports
- Corporate interest in action sports
- Role Models
- The importance of Participation and compared to competing
And much more!
Follow wade on Instagram
#37 Professional Athlete and Cinematographer Christian Rigal
Christian Rigal is a Director, Cinematographer, Photographer, Builder and Professional action sports athlete. Working from brands like MTV, ESPN, Red Bull, Nike, Levis, Pixar, Vans, Monster Energy, Haro Bikes, and many more Christian has really established himself in the action sports world over the course of his career. conversation topics
- His first MTB ride with legend Dennis Enarson
- Introduction to cinematography and BMX
- Approach and Physiology to film and riding projects
- hard work, nothing beats it
- Philosophy on Training
- Career advice
And so much more
Follow Christian
Check out his latest edit
**#36 The Front Lines of the Bike Industry with Terence Giesbrecht**
Terence Giesbrecht is the co-founder of Skyride, a bike shop located at the base of Silver Star Mountain resort in Vernon, BC. Terence started Skyride back in 2004 with his father, Mike Giesbrecht. Since then, this incredible father-son team has established themselves as a premier mountain bike business in the Okanagan Valley.
**Conversation Topics:**
- The story of why this father-son duo started Skyride
- Skyride’s early challenges and the hard lessons they learned about building a business
- Terence’s advice to his younger entrepreneur self
- The importance of building a community around your business
- How the bike industry has shifted over the last 18 years
- The unique and inspiring customers that visit Skyride
- Terence’s first-hand recount of the impact COVID-19 has had on the bike industry
- Where Terence sees the bike industry going in the future
and so much more!
Want to connect with Terence?
Follow Terence on Instagram: www.instagram.com/terencegiesbrecht/
Follow Skyride on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skyride_/
Head to his Facebook: www.facebook.com/terence.giesbrecht
Join him on Twitter: twitter.com/tgiesbrecht85
35 Hard Work vs. Natural Talent with Mountain Biker Rémy Métailler Rémy Métailler is a professional mountain biker and YouTuber hailing from Nice, France. In 2013, he made the decision to move to one of the best places on earth for mountain biking - Whistler, BC. Rémy pursued his passion for mountain biking and quickly became known as the face of Whistler Mountain Bike Park. He’s known in the biking community for his rad YouTube videos. He films his videos using a GoPro camera while conquering some of the most wicked trails in BC. Head to the links below to check out a few of his top videos!
Conversation Topics:
- How Rémy discovered his love for mountain biking
- The inspiring story of how he picked up and moved his life from France to Canada
- His unusual rise to professional mountain biker fame
- The idea of hard work vs. natural talent
- Authenticity in the world of professional athletes
- Training for YouTube
- Risk management
- Burnouts
... and much more!
Check out a few of Rémy’s awesome videos:
RACE DRONE Chases PRO MOUNTAIN BIKER down INSANE Trails:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84TVef_P9yw
This 3 Wheel Mountain Bike is Crazy!: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=ZNo7MFjr_CE
Remy Metailler destroys Squamish Bike Trails - Raw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQcV_5Mch-U
**Want to connect with Rémy?**
Check out his YouTube Channel:
w w w . y o u t u b e . c o m /c / R % C 3 % A 9 m y M % C 3 % A 9 t a i l l e r
Follow him on Instagram: www.instagram.com/remymetailler Head to his Facebook: www.facebook.com/remymetailler
Join him on Twitter: twitter.com/remymetailler
Reach out to him on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/r%C3%A9my- m%C3%A9tailler-b3161b58/
Recommended Podcasts
Gypsy Tales: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/gypsy-tales/id1335551721 Unclicked: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unclicked/id1447198515
#34 Building Momentum And Finding Your Process With Bas Van Steenbergen
Bas Van Steenbergen is a professional Mountain biker based in Vernon BC and current king of CrankWorx. With more than 20 crankworx Podiums and 8 golds, Bas has been building some unpresented momentum into 2022.
Conversation Topics
- Family
- How Bas discovered mountain biking
- Transitioning to Canada from the Netherlands
- Becoming a professional athlete finding his own process
- Building momentum
- Preparation, training and performance
- Fitness
- Racing and freeride the 2 parallel worlds
- Film projects
- Where the sport is now and where is it going
- The perfect year
And Much more
Follow Bas on Instagram
Check out Bas on Youtube
The Imitation Game
#33 Live Your Life Like You Want To Remember It With Brett Tippie
Brett Tippie is considered one of the founding fathers of the Mountain bike freeride movement. helping found the term Freeride in the 90s and pioneering many first descents. His contribution to the sport is massive and will forever be remembered in MTB history. Brett Tippie is currently a professional mountain biker, brand ambassador, commentator, producer, podcaster and of course Director of Good Times
Topics
- Mountian bike history
- How Brett discovered mountian biking
- Brett’s Snowboarding carrer
- Untold stories from early mountain bike movies
- Why freeride was born in Kamloops
- Concussion prevention
- How action sports have changed from the 90’s
- Advice to younger self
- Choosing a life partner
- Risk Management
- Injuries
And much, much more!
Follow Brett Tippie on instagram
Check out the Brett Tippie Podcast
Show Notes
The moment
Recommend Reads
Ishmael
Unlimited Power
32 Financial Freedom With Ken Gaskell Financial Portfolio Manager
Ken Gaskell is a certified Financial Planner, Chartered Investment Manager, Derivatives Markets Specialist, Financial Management Advisor and Chartered Strategic Wealth Professional. Ken currently works with CIBC Private Wealth Management.
Conversation Topics
- What does a healthy relationship with money look like
- Budgeting and Spending plans
- Strategies for saving
- Master accounts
- Retirement
- Career Transitions
- Strategies for paying debt
- The Differences Between good debt and Bad Debt
- Risk Tolerance
- Investing
And much more!
Recommend Reads
The wealthy barber
Taming the money monster
Recommend Podcasts
Seeking Alpha - Wall Street Breakfest
Investments Unplugged
31 Food for thought With Sports Nutritionist Sierra Wright
Sierra is a Registered Holistic Nutritional Practitioner (RHNP) Who specializes in gastrointestinal health and SportsNutrition. Sierra also has her Pranayama Certificate And Yoga teacher training.
Conversation Topics
- How Sierra Fell in love with food and nutrition
- Healing your relationships with food
- Alcohol - What happens to your body when you drink?
- Free Radicals
- Sprouts and sprouting
- Bioavailability
- Intuitive eating
- Local and seasonal eating
- Emotional eating and strategies for emotional eaters
- The Dirty Dozen 12 non Organic foods to to avoid at all costs
- Suppléments
- Bioavailability
- Healing
And much more!
Follow Sierra on Instagram @cultivate.roots
Check out www.cultivateroots.ca
Recommend reads
Breath - James Nestor
The Mind Gut Connection - Emeran Mayer
How Not To Die - Dr. Greger
Oh She Glows - Angela Liddon
Crossroads - Tal Ronnen
A Taste Of Haida Gwaii - Susan Musgrave
31 Food for thought With Sports Nutritionist Sierra Wright
Sierra is a Registered Holistic Nutritional Practitioner (RHNP) Who specializes in gastrointestinal health and SportsNutrition. Sierra also has her Pranayama Certificate And Yoga teacher training.
Conversation Topics
- How Sierra Fell in love with food and nutrition
- Healing your relationships with food
- Alcohol - What happens to your body when you drink?
- Free Radicals
- Sprouts and sprouting
- Bioavailability
- Intuitive eating
- Local and seasonal eating
- Emotional eating and strategies for emotional eaters
- The Dirty Dozen 12 non Organic foods to to avoid at all costs
- Suppléments
- Bioavailability
- Healing
And much more!
Follow Sierra on Instagram @cultivate.roots
Check out www.cultivateroots.ca
Recommend reads
Breath - James Nestor
The Mind Gut Connection - Emeran Mayer
How Not To Die - Dr. Greger
Oh She Glows - Angela Liddon
Crossroads - Tal Ronnen
A Taste Of Haida Gwaii - Susan Musgrave
#30 Athlete Marketing with Chase Garrett Athlete Sports Marketing Specialist
Chase Garret is a Athlete Marketing specialist with 15 years plus years of experience in sports marketing with 6 spent at the world's largest energy drink company Red Bull. He has managed athletes and agents across Tennis, NFL, MLB, NBA, Cycling, Olympic, Snow, Moto, Skate. Chase is currently the CEO and founder of Icon Source a Sports Marketing company and runs the Icon Sports Podcast.
Conversation Topics
- What is athlete marketing?
- Actions sports vs Team sports
- How athletes can aligning with brands
- Red Bull’s Impact on actions sports
- Why companies invest in athletes
- Being a proactive athlete
- Authenticity
- Influencer marketing
- Social Media
Links
Follow The Icon Source Podcast
Follow Icon Source on Instagram
Recommend Listens
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5OqHiaAhUY7twSjsDUuupX
Recommend Reads
Raising The Bar
Malcolm Gladwell
Kevin Kelly 1000 True Fans
This is Marketing
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
blockbuster
#29 Trust The Process With Simon Dumont
Simon Dumont is a professional American free skier, With multiple Xgames golds, bronze and silvers. Dominating the ski world for many years, and well known for his amplitude. On April 11, 2008, Simon set the current world quarter-pipe height record, airing 35.5 feet out of a 38-foot quarter-pipe.
Topics
- World record Quarter pipe
- Management
- Personal growth
- Road blocks
- Injuries
- Addiction to painkillers
- Depersion
- Retirement
- Fear
- The importance of feeling your feelings
And much more!
Check Out Simon’s Podcast ‘Ascension Podcast’
Kia Lenny Podcast
Matt Macduff Simon Dumont Podcast
World record Ski Quater Pipe Air
Recommended reads
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Think Again - Tim Grant
Strange Death Of Europe
Live Not By Lies
28 Overcoming RoadBlocks, Building Big Jumps, And Doing What You Love With Nico Vink
Nico Vink is a professional Mountain biker, trail designer, consultant, machine operator and world renown builder.
Conversation Topics
- Nico’s rise to becoming a professional Mountain biker
- BMX and how it laid the foundation for future success in down hill mountain bike racing
- Inspiration and roadblocks
- How and why The Fest series was born
- Building
- Lessons learned
- Longevity
- Staying open minded
- The future of Big Air
And Much More!
Follow Nico On Instagram
Check out Vink Creations
Recommend Reads
Why We Sleep
Brave New World
The Great Reset
#27 Having Fun And Working Hard With Dennis Enarson
Dennis Enarson is a professional bmx athlete, entrepreneur, and father. With 10 plus X Games medals, multiple Nora Cups, and countless innovative video parts. Dennis is widely considered to be one of the most influential BMX athletes of all time.
Conversation Topics
- Bar Spins
- Person growth
- Mindset and philosophy
- Quick rise to turning pro
- X Games and strategies for competing
- Maintaining mental health and physical health on the road
- Filming process
- Risk management
- Injuries
And much more!
Follow Dennis on instagram
Links
Jed Mildon Podcast
Unclicked - Fast and Loose
Unclicked - Garret Reynolds
Unclicked - Nathan willaims
Recommend Reads
Celestine Prophecy
Key To Yourself
The Four Agreements
#26 Injuries And Personal Growth With Kyle Jameson
Kyle Jameson is a professional mountain bike Athlete, Father, builder and machine operator. A two time former competitor of Red Bull rampage and now head judge
Conversation topics
- Kyle’s life story
- Learning disabilities
- His approach to coaching
- The birth of the coastal crew
- His professional building career
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- Great behind the scenes story featuring the legend brandon semunk
- His experience competing at rampage
- His experience battling injuries
- Social media
- His approach to judging rampage
And much more!
Follow Kyle on instagram
Check out audible
Recommend reads
Diaper Dude
#25 Life Lessons With Nic Macdonald
Nick Macdonald is a father welder and action sports enthusiast. At age 50, Nick landed his first backflip on a bicycle to dirt. At age 57 Nick enjoy’s racing his dirt bike and continues to exceed his race results every year.
Conversation Topics
- Who is Nick Macdonald
- How Nick maintains a high output, and manages his energy as he grows older
- Risk management
- Good days and bad days. (The Theory that, will keep you safe and injury free)
- Meditation
- Peak Performance
And much more!
Recommend Reads
Force Of Nature - Laird Hamilton
Tuesdays With Morrie
Recommend Author
Louis L’Amour
24 Big Air, Pure Darkness, And Good Times With Sam Reynolds
Sam Reynolds is a professional mountain bike athlete, builder, build consultant and Youtuber.
Conversation topics
- How Matt’s and Sam’s friendship devolveloped
- Sam’s early years
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- His battle to turn pro
- Many amazing behind the scenes stories.
- Sam’s approach to competing
- Master’s of dirt
- Pure Darkness
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- In detail 1,2,3
- LOTS of untold stories
- Crazy times and BIG mistakes
- Sam explains in detail how Darkfest was born
- The future of big air
- Nine Knights
- Sam’s youtube channel
Follow @samreynolds26
Subscribe to Sams YouTube
Links
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/Sam-Reynolds-is-BACK-Video.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hJIi83Wj5c&ab_channel=TomGrundy
23 Gettin' Booked Featuring 'Mindset' By Carol Dweck
Gettin’ Booked is a monthly or bi monthly book club, with Davi Brooks from the KKT Podcast Cast. Mountain biking’s most popular podcast.
This episode features the book Mindset - Carol Dweck
Conversation Topics
- The lock Down
- Relationships
- Journaling
- Books and practices
- Mindset (key takeaways) 50 minutes into the conversation
And much much more
Follow the HKT podcast
Past Episodes
- Breathe
- Mind Hacking
- War Of Art
Recommend Books
Think Again - Adam Grant
Leading With Character - Jim Loehr (Author), Caren Kenney
Mindset - Carol Dweck
Wake up - by Sam harris
Contagious - Jonah Berger
The way of the Seal - Mark divine
Alex Is a Mental Performance Consultant helping athletes and organizations optimize performance. Training the way they think about and within their performances.
Alex has a Masters of Sport and Exercise Psychology - from the University of Ottawa and works full time with Canada Soccer with the Women's National Team as the Mental Performance Lead
Alex also has his own practice ‘Apex Consulting’ Clients include World Champions in variety of area’s across the board in Slopestyle MTB, Downhill MTB, Surfing, Olympics, artists and even corporate clients
Conversation Topics
- The positives and negatives of sports culture
- The cultural differences between action sports and Team sports
- Training to performances environments
- The key practices that separate the 1% of high performers
- The comfort zone
- Social Media - Effective Tools and strategies
- Comparison
- Visualization
And much more!
Follow Alex on twitter
Recommended Reads
Man's Search For Meaning - Viktor E. Frankl
The Culture Code - Secrets Of Highly Successful Groups - Daniel Coyle
Atomic Habits - James Clear
Links
The Man In The Arena - Teddy Roosevelt
John Herdman
https://www.cspa-acps.com/professionalmembersbritishcolumbia
#21 Healthy Mind, Body And Soil With Josh And Kelly From Dragonfly Earth Medicine
Josh and Kelly are the founders of DragonFly Earth Medicines. Dragon Fly Earth Medicines or DEM is a family owned farm dedicated to the regeneration of the earth and it’s humans.
In 1993 they set out together on a mission to gain as much practical and cerebral knowledge of regenerative food, medicine and human health. Together they have founded several NGOs and set up clinics (which are still active today) in disaster and war torn areas around the world. In 2007 They founded Dragonfly earth medicines, in 2012 they founded DEM Pure. A internationally recognized regenerative cannabis education certification.
Josh and Kelly have dedicated their lives to learning and are both considered experts on many topics.
Conversation Topics
- The DragonFly Earth Medicine founding story
- Soil quality and soil regeneration
- Food quality and human health
- Homesteading
- Closed loop farming
- Natural medicine
- Longevity
- Hemp and Cannabis
- CBD
And SO much more!
Follow on Instagram Dragonfly Earth Medicine
Follow hashtag #DEMPURE
Follow On YouTube
www.dragonflyearthmedicine.com
Recommended Reads
Integrated Forest Gardening: The Complete Guide to Polycultures and Plant
Guilds in Permaculture Systems
Permaculture: A Designers Manual
Guide to Composting
The Ruth Stout No-Work Garden Book: Secrets of the Famous Year-Round Mulch Method
Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World
Terence McKenna
The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural
Healing with Whole Foods: Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition
Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year
https://rodaleinstitute.org/
#20 Be Your Authentic True Self With Ryan Nyquist
Ryan Is a father, Professional BMX rider, team USA Coach for the olympic BMX freestyle team. Ryan has approximately 16 X-Games medals, 39 X-Games competition starts and 60 Dew Tour finals appearances. Nyquist is widely considered one of the greatest and diverse BMX riders ever.
Conversation Topic
- Ryan’s life story and discovery of BMX
- Very first experience competing in ‘Pro’ class
- Great untold story featuring the late legend Dave Mirra
- His approach to competing
- Including his first 60 minutes of the day on a typical contest day
- We cover his experience throughout the legendary event Red bull skyline
- First experience with melatonin
- Ryan’s physiology on Exercise, training, and routine
- Injury
- Fear
- Cultivating longevity
Follow Ryan on Instagram
Recommend reads
The catcher in the rye - J. D. Salinger
Author - Malcolm Gladwell
'Nothing Is Given, What You Put In, Is What You Get Out'
#19 Nothing Is Given With Andrew Neethling
Andrew Neethling is a professional Mountain biker, announcer and podcaster. At 36 Years old he is widely considered to be a South African Mtb Legend.
Conversation topics
- Covid 19 and how Andrew is dealing with the pandemic
- Andrews life's story and introduction to Mountain biking
- The challenges of becoming a professional athlete living in south africa
- The death of his father
- The lesson he learned in his youth that lead to his later success
- Training routine during his racing days
- Coaching
- Confidence and consistency
- Untold story featuring Travis Pastrana
- His podcast ‘Moving the Needle’ - The andrew neethling podcast
- Favorite books and much much more.
Follow Andrew Neethling on Instagram
Follow ‘Moving the Needle’ - The andrew neethling podcast
18 Over Coming Limiting Belief Systems With Claudia Sorensen
Claudia is a Structural integration Rolf Practitioner, Also associated member of the Ortho-Bionomy, and a certified yoga instructor.
This conversation covers many topics, including.
- The feet
- How complex they are and why they are often overlooked
- Fascia, What is Fascia?
- Trauma
- The body, and how it stores information and emotions.
- Posture
- The nervous system,
- Matt's more personal challenges and road blocks
- Meditation
- Shadow work
And much more…
You Can find Claudia At The Little White House
Recommend Reads
When the body says no
Power vs force
Finding your own north star
Born to run
Power of one
17 New Year, New Man, My Personal Yearly Review Process For 2020
Join Me as I press pause and share my yearly review process.
Questions
- What happened this year? (Make a list of memorable events)
- What went well this year?
- What didn’t go well this year?
- What did I learn?
- What is my purpose?
- What are my dreams?
- What do I want to accomplish in my life time?
- What do I want to accomplish in 10 years
- What do I want to accomplish in 5 years
- What do I want to accomplish in 2021?
Books
The One Thing
80/20 Principle
Mentors
Pual Chek
Tim Ferris
16 Leadership And Life Lessons With Darcy Wittenburg
Darcy Wittenburg is a creative director and partner at Ant Hill Films.
Starting from nothing and following his passion Darcy continues to live an incredible life inspiring thousands of people with his films and love of bikes.
Darcy covers many topics including
- Darcys principles that guide his creative process,
- Films that have impacted his life,
- Details into the legendary film collect,
- over wheeling moments,
- His deep love for Bikes
And much more…
Follow @Anthillfilms
https://anthillfilms.com/
One Shot: Brandon Semenuk's unReal Segment
Recommended reads
Childhood Under Siege - How Big Business Targets Children
How Cycling Can Save the World
15 Getting 'Booked' Featuring 'Mind Hacking' Learn To Hack Your Mind With Davi Birks and Matt Macduff
Davi Birks Is the host of the HKT podcast. Mountain biking’s most popular podcast.
Check out the podcast Here
This is the 2nd episode of a monthly book club called ‘Getting Booked’. Getting Booked covers important books that have influenced both Davi and Matt’s life for the better.
In this episode the featured book is Mind Hacking by Sir John Hargrave
During this episode we discuss meditation, purpose, the tools promoted in this book, My new partnership Norco Bikes and much more.
Mind Hacking by Sir John Hargrave
Breath The New Science of a Lost Art By James Nestor
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
HKT Podcast
https://www.hktproducts.co.uk/blogs/podcast
14 The Cost Of Winning With Jamie Bestwick
Jamie Bestwick is perhaps the best professional BMX vert rider to have ever lived. Dominating contest’s around the world for over 10years.
Some of his accomplishments include
- 14 Xgame gold medals
- 10 Dew Tour wins
- 2014 world sports award winner
A must Listen for any action sport athlete or enthusiast, Enjoy just under 2hrs of priceless wisdom and untold stories with action sports legend Jamie Bestwick.
Follow Jamie on Instagram and twitter
Favourite Books
50 cent - Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter
The dictionary of Sarcasm
Daily stoic - ryan holiday
Genghis Khan - Making Of The Modern World
13 Mindset, Injuries, And Acceptance With Jed Mildon
Jed Mildon is a professional BMX rider from New Zealand. He is the first man to land a tripple and quad back flip on a BMX bike.
in this episode Jed covers a wide range of topics including; Franklin farm, Nitro Circus, injuries, Mind set, Failure, acceptance and much more.
Enjoy never before told stories and great wisdom from Jed.
Be sure to follow Jed on Instagram @Jedmildon
Favorite books
Power Of Now
How To Practice, Way To A Meaningful Life
Other Links
The biggest week in Action sports
Tripple flip
Quad Flip
12 Getting 'Booked' Featuring 'Breath' A MUST READ With Davi Birks and Matt Macduff
Davi Birks Is the host of the HKT podcast. Mountain biking’s most popular podcast.
Check out the podcast Here
This is the first episode of a monthly book club called ‘Getting Booked’. Getting Booked covers important books that have influenced both Davi and Matt’s life for the better.
In this episode the featured book is Breath by James Nestors
Breath The New Science of a Lost Art By James Nestor
Next Months Book
Mind Hacking by Sir John Hargrave
Follow the HKT Podcast
11 What I Have Learned Crashing The Loop Of Doom And What It Takes To Do Something No Man Has Done Before With Matt MacDuff
This is a solo cast with Matt Macduff
Matt speaks frankly to his attempt of the Loop Of Doom in 2016. Covering key take aways through out his 4 year recovery. Including the years leading up to the attempt.
This episode is a direct result of years of deep personal reflection and learning.
You can Follow matt on Instagram @matt_Macduff
Ray Dalio - Principles
10 Be The Change You Want To See In The World With Casey Brown
Casey Brown is a professional mountain bike Athlete from Revel Stoke, British Columbia. Among her tremendous accomplishments and results Casey is wildly regarded for paving the way for women in the mountain bike freeride movement.
certainly no stranger to injury, failure, and success. In this episode Casey leaves us with great wisdom and covers many topics. Including her dog snuff, the death of her brother, the importance of trusting your gut and Her incredible life story.
Follow Casey on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/casey__brown__/?hl=en
Sam Brown wheel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBD1nuN4JCs
Recommend reads:
How would love respond
Sapiens
The sports Gene
9 Cyclings Forgotten History, The Loop Of Doom, And The Incredible Untold Story's Of The First Loopers With Louis Lhomel And Matt Macduff
Louis Lhomel is a commercial director and co owner of The Rise MTB. Also the master mind behind the up and coming documentary film on The loop of doom and Matt's life.
The topics of this episode include
-
Cyclings forgotten history and the awesomeness of mankind.
- Early circus acts 1900’s - 1915
- Who where the original Loopers and what do we know about them?
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The Loop of Doom Project
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Never before told stories
- How it came to be and what the future holds.
- The upcoming film
Loop Of Doom Teaser
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4i7aE6BJe8
Loop Of Doom Press Release
https://www.the-rise.com/loopofdoom-2
8 Fall In Love With Your Goals And Never Stop learning About Yourself With Mike Christy
Mike Christy is experienced in the art of physical assessment and holistic functional health and fitness. His certifications include
-
European Degree of Monitor of Sport
-
CHEK Institute: Practitioner ||
- CHEK Institute: HLC |||
- CHEK Institute: Golf Biomechanics
- ELDOA: General and Specific
- Therapist Assistant
- BCRPA Yoga Fitness
Mike covers his life story, how he founded his practice, Problems with traditional physio, meditation practices, holistic health and much more!
Follow Mike @FuildPower
https://fluidpowerkelowna.com/
Recommended Reads
The Complete Conversations with God
How To Eat Move And Be Healthy
https://chekinstitute.com
7 Ego Is The Enemy With Brett Rheeder
Brett Rheeder is one of the most accomplished mountain athletes of the last 10 years. 7 time Crank Worx champion, 4 time Slopestyle world champion and X games gold medalist.
In this wide ranging conversation Brett covers many topics. Including never before told stories, his recovery from a broken back, great advice to any up and coming athletes and much more.
Instagram @brettrheeder
Title MTB https://titlemtb.com/
2013 xgames winning run
http://www.xgames.com/video/9438990/brett-rheeder-wins-first-mountain-bike-slopestyle-gold
Movies
Interstellar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSWdZVtXT7E
Books
Let My People Go Surfing
https://www.patagonia.ca/product/let-my-people-go-surfing-revised-paperback-book/BK067.html
Shoe Dog
https://www.amazon.ca/Shoe-Dog-Memoir-Creator-Nike/dp/1501135910
On Fire
https://www.audible.ca/pd/On-Fire-Audiobook/B07XZJ4QMS?source_code=GDGGBRF0814170003&ipRedirectOverride=true&gclid=CjwKCAjw5vz2BRAtEiwAbcVIL0KNHi0oMjOcmzpIOEaAhWz31PrahbR1HequJWrjlrQq7jTIlZKYyBoCjkwQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
Our House Is On Fire
https://www.amazon.ca/Our-House-Fire-Thunbergs-Planet/dp/1534467785
Draw Down
https://drawdown.org/
6 Overcoming Injuries, Dealing With Chronic Pain, And Mastering Kyphosis With Aidan Horn
Aidan Horn is one of the best Street and Park mountain bikers ever do it.
Aidan shares his incredible journey and self discovery throughout his many injuries and recovery's. Leaving us with many gems, most notably the important's of perseverance and how he copes with kyphosis.
Be sure to follow Aidan on IG and always wear your helmet
https://www.instagram.com/aidanhorn/?hl=en
For More information on Kyphosis
https://www.osmosis.org/learn/Lordosis,_kyphosis,_and_scoliosis
2019 Party Master Tour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn5B483JIM0
The Rise
www.The-Rise.com
5 What I Do Every Morning And Why You Should Too
Morning routines
How do you start the day?
What dose the first 60 min of your day look like?
This is a solo podcast outlining why building a personalized morning routine is so important. Also included is Matt’s personal morning practices.
Learn why you need to start building keystone habits, what they mean to your future success and why injuries are the perfect opportunity to start implementing them.
Tim Ferris Show
Own The Day Own Your Life by Aubery Marcus
Morning mineral cocktail
1 quarter lemon squeezed, 1 tsp soon of pink himalayan salt
The Power Of habit by Charles Duhigg
The Wim Hof Method - I recommend you check out his 10 week course
Mind Hacking
The One thing
4. How To Cultivate Longevity And Focus On Whats Important With Tyler Medaglia
Tyler Medaglia in a legendary Canadian motocross rider. Some of his accomplishments include
• 2X Canadian National Champion
• 5X Member of the Motocross Des Nations Canadian Team
• AMA Arenacross Lites Champion
Tyler covers all sorts of amazing topics in this interview, including his approach to social media, training, cultivating focus and experiences throughout his more serious injuries. Overall Tyler lives by example and leaves us many gems in this conversation.
You can reach out to Tyler on Instagram @T_Medaglia
Recommended reads and listens
In The Pursuit Of Excellence
https://www.amazon.ca/Pursuit-Excellence-5th-Terry-Orlick/dp/1450496504
Training Periodization
https://trainingpeaks.com/coach-blog/what-is-training-periodization/
3. How To Conquer Fear And Live Your Best Life With Remy Morton
Remy Morton is a professional Mountain bike rider and Professional trail builder.
In 2017 Remy had a terrible crash that resulted in 21 broken bones and a 6 week coma. Starting from the very beginning, we hear the incredible story of Remy's life leading up to his crash and the terrible experiences through out his recovery, making him the inspiration he is today.
You can follow Remy Morton here
Remy's Crash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR2BCOBrTrc
Fest series: https://www.fest-series.com/
Loosefest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo0TN9UjVlU
Gorge road dirt jumpshttps://www.pinkbike.com/news/the-future-of-queenstowns-gorge-road-jump-park.html
2. Excepting The Reality Of Your Life Situation And Maintaining A Positive Attitude With Alan Mandel
Alan Mandel is a professional trail builder, sponsored mountain biker and has most recently become a student of the Chek institute.
Alan discusses his experience recovering from a badly broken leg with long term effects. Alan shares how this injury changed his life forever. Including, The struggle of relying on others, excepting your life situation and how to maintain a positive attitude throughout your healing.
You can Follow Alan here
Enjoy :)
Drew Bezanson is a professional BMX rider from Canada.
2x Nora Cup ramp rider of the year, And 5 Time winner of famed Simple Sessions (One of Bmx’s largest international events)
Drew tells his life story, Speaks to challenges growing up in a small town, injury's, darkest moments, including never before told stories.
You can follow drew @drewbezanson
Drew's recommended reads
Secrets To The Million Air Mind
