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#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

#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

#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

What’s black and white and now streaming on AppleTV Plus? Why it’s Joel Coen’s solo directorial debut, The Tragedy of Macbeth, starring Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand as a couple with big dreams and no chill…well, maybe they have a little chill in this version? Up for debate. How does this Macbeth measure up in categories like: Bloodlust! Justifying its existence! Cool-looking Birnam Woodl! Plus, our hosts each submit and defend their Hall of Excellence candidate for Most Badass Denzel Performance.  

What’s Good Mentions
Alonso - Former guests doing cool stuff (Nathan Rabin’s new book, River Butcher’s new special, and Mary Jo Pehl’s new Twitch show)
Drea -  Amanda Gorman’s book, Call Us What We Carry
Ify - Sundance 2022

ITIDIC

The Batman is gonna be a long one

Ana de Armas fans are suing Universal

Peter Dinklage not thrilled with the concept of live -action Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

 

Vote for your Hall of Excellence winner on our Facebook page

Buy Alonso's book - I'll Be Home for Christmas Movies

Staff Picks:
Ify - In the Heat of the Night
Drea - Definition Please
Alonso - Kurosawa’s Shakespeare, especially Throne of Blood

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Ify Nwadiwe
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde

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Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

#35 Hard Work vs. Natural Talent with Mountain Biker Rémy Métailler

#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

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