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SEASON 6, BONUSOn this speical podcast, Britney Buti Primeau of Crystal Mountain Resort in Thompsonville sits down with John Gonzalez and assures skiers that they DO HAVE SNOW! "Your backyard is not an indicator of our conditions," she says on the show.They anticipate a busy March with awesome deals for skiiing, great restaurants, a busy spa, and popular local destinations like Iron Fish Distillery and Stormcloud Brewery in Frankfort. Also, every Saturday in March will have a Mardi Gras theme with special events every weekend. The slopes will remain open through April 1. If you're curious about the slope conditions, check out the webcams.Learn more about Crystal Mountain, as well as how to book your stay and get those discount deals, go to crystalmountain.com.Don't miss out on the latest in travel, things to do and events throughout the state at amyandgonzo.com.Follow John and Amy:Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/behindthemittenX (formerly Twitter) at @BehindTheMittenInstagram at @BehindTheMitten

Welcome to Episode 423 of the Outdoor Biz Podcast. Today I'm speaking with Peter Arlein, Founder and CEO of mountainFLOW eco-wax. Peter has been in the Outdoor Industry for over 20 years working as a ski patroller and raft guide. In 2016 he started MountainFLOW eco-wax with a straightforward mission: provide a simple and eco-friendly way to improve the skiing experience. Their first product was a water-based anti-stick spray that reduced snow and ice buildup on top of skis. Located in Carbondale CO they've since added more ski bike products to the line. Facebook​ ​Twitter​ ​Instagram​ Love the show? Subscribe, ​rate, review, and share!​ Sign up for my Newsletter ​HERE​ I'd love to hear your feedback about the show! You can contact me here: ​rick@theoutdoorbizpodcast.com Show Notes Questions we Discussed What was your first outdoor experience? tell us about the path from Biology and Neuroscience at Colby College to an MBA at the Business Intelligence and Data Analytics at the University of Alaska. before we get into ski wax what was the Seafood business like? and when did you first have the idea for eco-friendly ski wax? and it's made entirely from plants? what was the iteration process from raw paraffin to eco-friendly ski wax? how many non-stick pans and stove burners did you ruin? how big was the business when you went on Shark Tank? how did their investment help? Now you have plant-based water bottles, a bike maintenance kit, and recycled aluminum poles, what else are you working on that you can share with us? are all your products made in the US? do you sell to retailers? how often do you get to ski and ride? Do you have any suggestions and/or advice for folks with a product idea to get it into production? What is your favorite outdoor gear purchase under $100? Solar-charged, battery-powered string lights. How about some of your favorite books? Flow-The Psychology of Optimal Experienceby Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi  Learn More To learn more about Peter and mountainFLOW eco-wax, visit their website at: mountainFLOW eco-wax You can also visit Peter and mountainFLOW eco-wax on these social sites: Instagram YouTube Facebook Next Steps If you enjoy interviews devoted to the outdoor industry, find us online at ricksaez.com/listen. We welcome likes and comments, and if you know someone who is also an outdoor enthusiast, go ahead and share our site with them, too. Keywords #Peter Arlein #mountainFLOWeco-wax #colbycollege #outdoor-activities, #skiing, #biking, #eco-friendlyproducts, #entrepreneurship #RickSaez #TheOutdoorBizPodcast #PodcastInterview #OWAA Podcast produced using Descript Podcast hosted by Libsyn use code 'outdoorbizpod' for 20% OFF Show Notes powered by Castmagic Website powered by Wordpress Note: As an Affiliate of Amazon and others, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Doug sits down with Nathan Fry and Pantelis "Jerry" Geralis to talk about their experience in the Edelweiss raid, a military training event for mountain warfare. The gauntlet is thrown leading up to the 2024 Elk Mountain Grand Traverse race where Nathan and Jerry will text their need for lycra and speed to drop the rucksacks and come out to Colorado. 

"Dry January" and healthier lifestyle choices are two of the top resolutions we hear you're making, so we asked Chris Carney, the owner of NoProof Seltzer to join us on the show. NoProof is a non-alcoholic energy drink with an orange-citrus flavor, infused with beneficial vitamins, no sugar added, and a light caffeine kick. Chris started his company when he was looking for something that was alcohol free, healthier for you to consume, and offered a caffeine boost - without the unnecessary added sugars and artificial flavors. When he couldn't find anything on the market, he found a way to create his own, and now you can enjoy the benefits and refreshing taste of NoProof Seltzer!Now, we're aware that not everyone participates in "Dry January," so we spoke with one of the co-founders of Bitchin' Kitten Brewery, Michael Crosson. Michael and his wife, Bridgette, started the brewery inspired by her Bridgette-smitten kitten (Shadow) and Michael's enthusiasm of home-brewing. After years of successfully being a home-brewer, Michael landed an apprenticeship at Tindall Road Brewery to gain more experience and knowledge of brewing on a larger scale, and in October of 2021 they opened the doors to their brewpub in Morrisville, PA!Some people like beverages, others have a hankering for something sweet which is why we spoke with Jenny Gardner who owns Philly Waffle Cabin! What is Philly Waffle Cabin? Well, it's one of those delightful joys where you'll smell the tantalizing scent of freshly-made Belgian waffles in the air before you find where the fully mobile version of the Waffle House Cabin franchise is located at. Born from the slopes, this skier-friendly treat can now be wherever you would like! So, if you're familiar with the tasty treats then you already know why you'd want to seek some out--but if you're not, then let us introduce you to Philly Waffle Cabin and why they're so sought-after on (and now off) the slopes!

Welcome to Behind the Mitten, Michigan's premiere travel radio show and podcast, hosted by the dynamic duo Amy Sherman and John Gonzalez.Your hosts take you on a journey through the snowy landscapes of Michigan, featuring exclusive interviews and insider tips. Nick Nerbonne, the Resident Ski Bunny from Pure Michigan, joins the show to spill the beans on the best ski resorts now open for action. From the slopes of Treetops resort in Gaylord to the thrills at Boyne Mountain and Crystal Mountain in Thompsonville, Nick shares the latest updates and a fantastic deal – $60 for a beginner lesson, rental equipment, and a lift ticket. It's an offer you won't want to miss!For more details, visit https://www.goskimichigan.com/discover-michigan-skiing/.Next up, Gina Thorsen, CEO of Stormy Kromer, unveils the fascinating history behind this iconic Michigan brand. Learn how her family took over the legendary business and brought it to the heart of Michigan. Since 1903, Stormy Kromer has embodied the independence, wit, and grit of the upper Midwest, starting with a simple cap. Discover the story of how a practical solution turned into a century-old brand that stands for style, durability, and a sense of fun.But that's not all — tune in as John and Amy discuss the age-old debate of the proper way to eat a UP Pasty. Ketchup or gravy? It's a contentious issue, and John shares a firsthand account of spotting a Yooper committing a culinary faux pas by choosing gravy. Join the conversation and let us know your stance on this hot-topic pasty preference!Don't miss this jam-packed episode of "Behind the Mitten" as we dive into Michigan's winter wonders, iconic brands, and the great pasty debate. Subscribe now for a thrilling exploration of the Mitten State!This show aired on December 16-17, 2023. Check it out hereDon't miss out on the latest in travel, events, and the spirit of the season! Learn more about Behind the Mitten at amyandgonzo.com.Follow John and Amy:Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/behindthemittenX (formerly Twitter) at @BehindTheMittenInstagram at @BehindTheMitten

The Idiots talk to best selling author Scott Sigler and it's awesome. The fellas mention Wilford Brimley and thats when things really heat up! And, yes Matt fucked up and the show cut off early and we can't find the end.

Welcome to the Outdoor Biz Episode 393 with Todd Lawson. Todd Lawson believes in passion, diversity, and the search for freedom outside. He's an avid world traveler, husband, brother, father, son, writer, photographer, creator, storyteller, mountain athlete, humanitarian, adventure-seeker, and lover of life and all its wonderful ways. Todd is the publisher, producer, and photo editor at Mountain Life Media, Founder and CEO of RISE Outdoor Innovation Inc., and Co-Founder of the Rise and Sean Foundation. His first book, Inside the Belly of an Elephant, launches October 03, 2023. He lives in Whistler, British Columbia. Facebook Twitter Instagram   The Outdoor Biz Podcast   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!   Sign up for my Newsletter HERE.   I'd love to hear your feedback about the show!   You can contact me here: email: rick@theoutdoorbizpodcast.com   Or leave me a message on Speakpipe! Brought to you by Show Notes What was the adventure or outdoor experience that sparked you to work in the Outdoor Biz? Wow, that's a good banger to start with. I guess for me, it was probably when I did my first travel, and I got my first taste of a real culture shock. I flew from Darwin, Australia to East Timor, and that was back when it wasn't its own country as part of Indonesia. And then that just kind of hit me hard, and it was just like so awesome and so amazingly invigorating all at the same time and a bit scary. And it was just like, I was like, you know, 21 years old and, but that planted the seed of travel, which has been with me for the rest of, you know, for the rest of my life so far.   And photography and storytelling, how did those come into your life? Yeah, so I was kind of at a crux in my life where I wanted to change what I was doing. I used to be a golf professional. Actually, I was a member of the Canadian Professional Golf Association. It was great because it was kind of one of those sports that you don't really, or careers that you don't really associate with the outdoors necessarily, but it kind of totally is. You're out there outside all the time. It kind of wasn't doing enough for my soul. Always when I traveled, I took photographs, you know, I had a little point and shoot, and then someone was looking at my photos, and they're like, oh, your, your photos are pretty good. They're like, way better than the normal stuff that we see from someone's travels or whatever. I was like, oh, thanks. And it kind of got the wheels spinning. So I enrolled in this program in Victoria, BC. It was called the Western Academy of Photography. It was like one of those 10-month intensive courses, and I was single at the time, and it was like, I'm a Pisces and apparently were creative. And before then, I didn't really have, there was no creative outlet for me, aside from maybe golf or whatever. But then when I got into photography, that was just like, it, I was bit, I was in, I was shooting every single day and just like shooting, and that's when we were like, this is back in early 2000, still Darkroom days. The dark room was open till midnight. We could go in there and just make our own prints and stuff. It was pretty cool. So I just let it go.   Your bio says you believe in passion, diversity, and the search for freedom outside. I'm most curious about freedom outside. Tell us what inspires you about freedom outside. The freedom really comes from my brother, cuz he was such a, he wasn't your typical traveler. Like he was the kind of guy that would get in the rickshaw and tell Robert to sit down, and he was gonna take the rickshaw for a while, and then he would take the dude out for lunch. So he was that kind of guy, and he was just, he really like, as cliche as it sounds, he really did live like full on. He lived each moment like it was his last almost, and he was just like one of those full-on guys. So that came over into me. You are a busy guy, tell us about RISE Outdoor Innovation Inc. That is another labor of love. Um, so one day, I was. On an annual paddle trip, a bunch of us, 20 plus, maybe 30 of us that year, uh, on a paddle trip down the Thompson River here. So we carry all our camping gear and have a great old time. And you know how it goes, you're camping with your spouse, got the chores to do, and it was my chore to take down camp that day. So I had to deflate the mattresses, you kneel on it, and then you lay on it, and you fold it up, and then you roll it again, and you do that, and then you find the stuff sack. If you can find the stuff sack and put it in there, then take the tent down. It was kind of raining, and I was a little bit hungover to be honest. And you know, you're kind of swallowed in all these like mountains of fabric trying to stuff things in StuffSack. And I was like; there's gotta be another way. This idea was in my mind to create a better mouse trap. And this idea wouldn't go away, so I started to act on it. I'm trying to bring the world the first rapid inflatable and inflatable outdoor sleep system with an integrated mattress. So everything is just taking away the hassle of setting up and taking down a tent. Because it takes approximately 18 to 30 minutes, depending on how well you even know your gear. To get the tent out, blow up the mattress, and get everything ready. Yeah. And I hope to, you know, it's based on avalanche airbag technology. Oh, interesting. So I'm gonna trademark the term 'push-button-pitch'. So you push a button, and it's gonna inflate in a few seconds, minute, I dunno. So I'm deep in the prototyping stage right now, bootstrapping my own brand, trying to build the brand, just trying to build some community.   Let's talk about the Rise and Sean Foundation. I love the outdoor field trips concept. What's Rise and Sean? Sean was my brother's name. So when Christina and I came back from our first major trip to Latin America, There was an incredible outpouring of help from people who help you daily. And there's no way in hell that you could, you know, pay everyone back or do something in return. So because my brother loved to travel and he loved kids. He didn't have kids, but he loved kids, and he loved to like goof around with them when he was traveling. So we're like, what can we do that would be educational but travel based? What we started back then was called the Sean Lawson Young Travelers Foundation, which is a bit of a mouthful.   So what we do is we take kids from developing nations on extended Outdoor, Educationally based field trips where we take between 10 and 30 kids. We take teachers sometimes, principals, cooks, and bus drivers and take them off on an adventure and a road trip within their own country so they can see what it is like to travel and learn from travel. What travel does to your mind, your heart, and your soul. We've done three of them now. They're, they're always such a, like, mind-blowing success from, from the minds of these kids.   Every kid has a, has a dream, right? Every kid should reserve the right to dream, have that dream, and be able to Dream. We just want to kind of fund and facilitate that and give them that spark to let 'em know that, you know, there is life beyond your village.   And Mountain Life Media, you produce and publish a lot of content. How did that get started? I couldn't be more grateful for what that's provided to my life, just in general. But what we do, our whole motto and our tagline is connecting with people from all walks of life to the magic of the mountains. And mountain Life was started 20 years ago by my business partner Glenn Harris. It's been pretty cool to see what we've grown. We've been able to do this in the media landscape in Canada mainly. And, you know, in print, we've got a really successful formula in the sense that we have a regional model where we concentrate our entire distribution, editorial, stories, and photography into a hundred-kilometer region zone or radius. And it's free. It's been pretty cool to see what we've been able to do in the media landscape in Canada, mainly. We've grown, and we've prospered, and we've thrived, and we've gone through the ups and the downs and all that stuff. But Our mountain lifers, as we call 'em, the people that pick up mountain life every time, we're very lucky to have a 99% pickup rate. So because the magazine is free, we recycle any mags, and we just hold back 1% for marketing and mailouts and stuff like that. So, the demand is there, and it's always been there, and the demand has been there for 20 years.   How about future Adventures? What exciting places are you going? The thing that was the biggest pain in the ass about this trip was the logistics. We had to ship our bikes from Vancouver to Dublin we actually shipped them on the plane, and that was pretty cool. It was expensive, but they were like right there when we arrived kind of thing. So then when we came back, our end point on this journey was Portugal and Lisbon. So, again, we had to go through that same nightmare. It's more expensive to ship things from Ireland to North America, so that was a more expensive bet. But they are almost in a container ship, and they'll be here in hopefully sometime in July. They take a long time. But as, yeah, so as for the next trip, we're like, well, we're never doing that again. The nice thing about being in North America is that you can point your wheels south and pretty much go as far as you want.   Do you have any suggestions and/or advice for folks wanting to get into creative work? My motto in life is, go for it. So I would just say, look for an internship somewhere that you can be exposed to something every single day. The beautiful thing about photography and digital photography now is that you can shoot as much as you want. There's no like paying for film and developing like it was back in our day; it was like 20 bucks a roll or whatever. So you spend a lot of time editing behind the computer. I would just say find someone you want to mentor you and just like ask questions. Ask questions, ask as many questions as you can, and just act, just do. Just go out there and do it.   If you were able to hang a huge banner at the front of one of the tradeshows, what would it say? Live it up. That's our mountain life tagline. Don't take life too seriously. Do what you wanna do. Do it well, share it with friends, and have a cold one after that.   Do you have any daily routines you have to keep your sanity and health, like meditation, exercise, walking the dog, etc? It's my 20 20 20 routine in the morning. So I'll do 20 minutes of body weight exercises. Twenty minutes of yoga and 20 minutes of meditation. And then I also do 20 minutes of reading, so that happens before I even check my smartphone. I try to do that, it's not every day, but that's what I try. Like you said, that kind of keeps me focused, gets me ready and keeps me in shape, and keeps everything going.   Do you have any favorite books or books you give as gifts? My favorite book of all time is called Jupiter's Travels. That's a book written by Ted Simon. He wasn't the first to ride his motorcycle around the world, but he was probably the first to write a really good, serious book on it. And that was a big motivation. In my life and, to continue on with these, these big motorcycle epics cuz he went around the world.   What is your favorite outdoor gear purchase under $100? I have two. One of them is like a Stanley one-click mug. So you just click the button and drink hot, cold beverages. It's just like that thing has been with me for so many places. And the second one is a duct-tape-wrapped Bic lighter. If I'm going away on a trip with six guys, six people, or ten people or whatever, I'll buy 10 Bic lighters. And I'll pop 'em all in a bunch of duct tape. So that if you ever need duct tape, you can have it. And you also have the lighter, which also helps you not lose your lighter so much. Cause it's kinda got that grip on it,   Is there anything else you want to say or ask of our audience? I would love your support in checking out my book, Inside the Belly of an Elephant. If you're into the outdoors and outdoor life, check out Mountain Life Media, mountainlifemedia.ca, and @MountainLifeMedia on all the socials.

Hey, I'd love your feedback about the show and which topics and guests you'd like to hear in future episodes. Click here: 2023 Listener Survey THANKS!  Last Fall I had the pleasure of meeting Adam Jaber founder of Out of Collective and host of the Out of Bound Podcast. Originally created by Adam, the network is a collective of ski and outdoor industry veterans with a strong passion and knowledge for all things happening in our industry. Yes, we geek out a bit on podcasting but we also talk about gear, trade shows, and plenty more . . . Facebook Twitter Instagram   The Outdoor Biz Podcast   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!   Sign up for my Newsletter HERE.   I'd love to hear your feedback about the show!   You can contact me here: email: rick@theoutdoorbizpodcast.com   or leave me a message on Speakpipe!   Presented to by:   Show Notes What is a fish lift operator and how did you get that job? I was an environmental major in college. And one of the jobs that they had as a paid internship was working at a fish lift. Basically, it's essentially just like a water mitigation situation where they have this waterfall and they gotta get the fish back up so that they can go back and spawn. But they also have invasive species that they don't want in the river, that they gotta move somewhere else. And that's kind of how it goes. So they have this little thing set up. You basically just watch 'em through a little fish tank essentially as they go up the lift. And if there's something that's not supposed to be there, we pull it, test it, go out, and put it somewhere else. You were going to Westfield State. What did you study there? At Westfield, I actually studied Business Management and then, I was at Holyoke Community College when I went and did the fish lift thing and I was going for Environmental Outdoor. I knew I wanted to be in the outdoor industry in some capacity, and even at 20, I already had, you know, seven years under my belt of working in this space and kind of growing up in this space. What were you doing? My family owns a ski shop here in Western Mass. What's the name of the shop? Colorado Ski Shop How did skiing and biking become your jam? When did that happen? I was playing basketball all throughout high school and a little bit in college. So I never really had the time to commit to skiing. And then I kind of popped into the shop and started doing it more and more. You know, I'd skied as a kid and it was just kind of a recreational passion for me for a while. And then I got into racing bikes around at age 15 or so. Then, got hooked on that whole bit. So bike and ski, I've kind of just been committed to for, I don't know how long, 15 years now, something like that. What kind of bikes? Mountain bike racing. When did you discover podcasting? In 2018 a buddy and I were working together on some media stuff, doing gear reviews and all that kind of thing. And then podcasting seemed like a thing that was gonna start moving in the direction of the YouTube world. And we kind of were just like, let's start doing it as a gear-based show and talk to the people in the industry that I've made connections with. And then one thing led to another and ended up just doing a bunch of pro talk. It's still crazy to me. Like I get to talk to the athletes that I grew up watching as a little kid. Out of Bounds Podcast Tell our listeners about the Out of Bounds Podcast. How often do you drop episodes and what's the content about? So once a week I basically have everybody from the biggest snow sports and bike athletes in the world. It's insane to me to be able to say that. And then I have people that are professionals in a specific department on quite a bit. I'm trying to do some more of that. As I can, so if people are a specialist in one area, like whether they design ski boots or they design skis, or they go in and they care about snow science, these kind of things are . . . especially now that I've had, most of the athletes that I want to talk to on, I'm at the point where I kind of wanna have a specific, more impactful conversation with people. Which part of podcasting do you enjoy the most? I like leaving a conversation and feeling that like rush that you get when you're just so happy with how it went and you're just like, you made a new friend out of it. Those are the ones that I enjoy. Tell us about Out of Collective, How did that come to life? A couple of years ago I decided all right, I'm running out of episode slots, and this is really as simple as it was. I'm selling four sponsors every show. I can't grow the businesses if this is all I can make. And I can't charge a thousand bucks an episode. It just doesn't make sense for our sponsors. I can't, some of them it does, but it doesn't make sense on the regular to sell that kind of volume. And even if I am, what, that's four episodes times 52 a year. It's just not enough money to grow a business. So I was looking for some people to go in on what we did as we were growing the business into more of a full-on media company. Okay, There are four other days in the week that there isn't a show. Let's fill some of those days. Let's get some other interesting people on to tell some stories. And that has transformed it into what it is now, which is we do full-on gear reviews, we do the YouTube stuff, and we create content for social. We do a lot of stuff outside of just doing podcasting now, but I think having so many people on the team that host shows gives us more content to use and it just increases the audience exponentially because now it's all on the same feed, right? If you listen to my show, the next show that's gonna play is gonna be Michelle Parker's show. And then we keep rolling from there. So we have plenty of people that just sit on their bike trainer and they'll listen to every show during the week. What are some of those other shows? Michelle Parker does a show called Careless Do More, where she basically just sits down for an hour and a half, two hours, talks with her friends, other athletes, and stuff. She's been such a blessing to have and she's so good at it already. She's been doing it for six months and she's better than I am already. It's insane. She's a professional in everything she does. It always impresses me to see the kinds of things that she's able to do while still being one of the most prevalent ski athletes in the world. It's crazy. Then we do The Pursuit with Adam Saurewine. He hosts on Wednesday. He's a tele skier and van lifer, so he's got some stuff to chit-chat with people about. His and my show are sort of similar, but in a different vein. Then we do Coffee and Van Chats, which is with a professional cyclist name John Crew. And he basically just does like cycling talk and now he's getting into some boat racing and stuff like that as well. It's cool. And then we got two more shows, hopefully dropping the summer. In addition to cycling, what other outdoor activities do you do? Honestly, it's mostly cycling. I do all the traditional sports, I was super into playing basketball, playing football, playing baseball. I did all the sports in high school and some in college and I'm still, I try to fill my time with things outside of the outdoor industry. I fish and I hike and trail run and all that stuff, but that's really kind of the extent of it for me. Do you have any suggestions or advice for folks wanting to get into the outdoor biz? I mean, just be nice, man. Like just reach out to everybody. You can try to make as many connections as you can. Even if it's just somebody giving you the time of day to say hey. Or even somebody telling you they don't have time for you right now. That's the thing that I think people get so bummed out on, so burnt out on, is just the fact that everything is so yes or no, and being told no is sometimes such a downside, but people remember you. There are people that have told me no before that I've come back to and now we're super tight. So I think remembering that these relationships are gonna last for a long time and that somebody will always move on to a different position. I can't tell you how many people I've dealt with at one brand that, either went well or it went poorly, and then they go to another brand and it switches. You never know where people are gonna end up. So I think if people are trying to get into it, one care about the sports that you're talking about and you're trying to be involved in, care about the outdoors and, and try to stay committed to actually like making those connections in a positive way. What's your favorite piece of outdoor gear under a hundred dollars? I have this little tool roll-up bag that this company, I think called Re-up makes. They basically just make little things out of unused material or previously used material. I have this little kit that I carry with a toothbrush and pencils and all this stuff. It's just a little roll-up goretex, like sheath basically, and it's so cool. They're like 50 bucks or something. What are a couple of your favorite books? The most recent book I was enthralled with completely was Powder Days by Heather Hansman, it is such an incredible book. And I usually don't like ski and snowboard or outdoor books at all. I usually lean towards other stuff, but the way that Heather writes is so impressive and the storytelling is so good. I couldn't put the thing down so that would be one that I'd recommend to everybody. Is there anything else you'd like to say to our listeners? I want to know what people actually care about in the outdoor industry, cuz that's the thing that I'm constantly in a battle with, right? Do people care about gear? Do people care that there are new boas on ski boots? It seems like it, but then does it sell? Do people care that there's a new bag out there that has this feature, that feature? I'm always curious to see what it is that interests people. Follow Up with Adam Out of Collective Podcasts YouTube Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Website Email

Today I'm speaking with Alpine Fit founder Jen Loofbourrow. Jen launched Alpine Fit to be an outdoor activewear brand in line with her customer's values offering fit options for body proportions, odor-resistant fabrics for spending more time outdoors, and making products in Alaska. Raised in Ontario, Canada in a hard-working, outdoor-loving family. She went on to live in Vancouver followed by Galway, Ireland before settling down in Anchorage with her husband, and two children, and they all love the outdoors including hiking, running, skiing, kayaking, and camping. Facebook Twitter Instagram The Outdoor Biz Podcast Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Sign up for my Newsletter HERE. I'd love to hear your feedback about the show! You can contact me here: email: rick@theoutdoorbizpodcast.com or leave me a message on Speakpipe! Presented to by: Show Notes In your early twenties, you fell in love with expeditions kayaking the outer islands of Alaska's Southeast coastline. How were you introduced to the outdoors? Was it kayaking? Well, that definitely wasn't my first time getting into the outdoors. I'd say I got introduced to the outdoors as a child going to my grandparents' little cabin up north in Ontario, Canada. we called it a cottage, but it was what you would more identify as an off-grid cabin in the woods. You know, outhouse. Pump for house getting the water up from the lake to closer to the cabin for washing dishes. Endless trails to hike through the woods. So pretty remote. And you have a BS in chemistry and an MBA? Were those degrees intentional? I felt like I should probably go into the sciences because I was highly more likely to get a job that I'd be able to do after university. And somehow that science career led me to chemistry, which did bizarrely lead me to fabric development and did indeed, create a building block over my career. But, I don't know if I do chemistry over again. If I had the choice.  How'd you get into science? Where'd that come from? I certainly always liked questions and problem-solving and seeking solutions. And I do remember having one of those nerdy, you know, microscope sets. But I think I really always liked Science and Art. I mean, that sounds like the most diplomatic answer I could possibly give, but I really, really enjoyed both science and art and I think I just picked science because I thought maybe I'd be able to get a better job. How were you inspired to get into design? That must have been the art side of your brain. Yeah, definitely. I mean, I always did painting and you know, my mom did a lot of sewing in her younger years and my grandmother as well was a quilter. So I think I've always been around art, fabric, and textiles my whole life. So, it was just kind of a natural fit to pull on those different building blocks of my, upbringing. And one of your first design-related jobs was as a material developer at Lululemon in Vancouver. How did you connect with Lululemon? Well, I was going to university in Vancouver, BC, Canada and I needed a job to help pay some of the student life bills. And I actually worked in their stores. This is a long time ago before Lululemon kind of has become what it has become now. So this is like 2007ish. And basically, my apartment was where their flagship store was. We're a stone's throw from one another. It was an obvious, growing, cool vibe of the company at the time. And, it was just a great place to get exposed to potentially different types of jobs behind the scenes in, outdoor and technical fabric apparel. And just by happenstance, I got a job there just as a salesperson that they call educators, and I was such a keen, let's say, fabric nerd. I just loved the technical fabrics that they had and, what they did with their design, incorporating those specific purpose-built textiles into the designs. And how long were you there? How long did you do that? Really only two years. I was pretty young and had sort of the call to go backpacking in South America and all that sort of stuff, And you had a lingerie and swimwear retail store in Ireland. How'd you get to Ireland? How'd that start? That's another side-tangent, chapter of my resume. Basically, my, now husband, got into school in Ireland. And he got into school while we were on that trip traveling in South America. And of course, it seemed like, Hey, why not? Let's move to Ireland. You're young, you know, the economy's not that great. Let's go do something crazy. And then it turned out that, of course, the economy's not so great. And even though I had this chemistry degree that I thought was. great for getting jobs anywhere. There was no chance of getting your European work visa or Irish work visa. There were no jobs at all. It was happening just as bad or worse over there than it was in North America. So there was no status for anyone, like a spouse or anything of a student to be over there for longer than like a one-year work holiday visa or a three-month work holiday visa, I can't remember. Maybe it was a one-year maximum. And I was like, okay, I gotta figure out a better plan. And it turns out that if you can come up with a business plan and idea and apply to the Irish government for a status called business permission, they will allow you to move over and start the business. Contribute to the local economy, hire EU or Irish Nationals to be employed. Then evaluate you at the end of the year and offer you the opportunity to continue. So that is what I did. Do you have anybody in your family that's entrepreneurial? Does that come from someone in your family? I'd say there's a definite trend of an entrepreneurial spirit and, many, many self-employed people in my family. So then you're back in the States as the operations manager at a Swedish women's brand. Shkoop? Yep. Skhoop. So Skhoop is a Swedish brand that has North American offices in Anchorage Alaska. They basically make Puffy down skirt s and jackets. So picture a puffy, you've probably seen them. They're really popular in cold areas, right? They make other types of, you know, they have a spring and summer collection as well as other pieces like base layers and vests and things like that too. But the product that they started with was this sort of puffy jacket skirt version. So you, you can wrap it around, you're really easily, like over your snow pants or, you know, if you're spectating outdoor sports or things like that. You just zip it fully on and fully off, and it can layer over your other layers. Quite honestly in Alaska in the winter, you need that extra warmth. So by the time, you came around to the idea of Alpine Fit, you had a pretty well-rounded  personal experience in education on how to start a business, run a business, hire reps. I mean, yes, I felt very well prepared. and then only in hindsight or when I was in the thick of the early years, you know, of Alpine Fit, it's been just over four years, in those first couple of years I realized I was missing a couple building blocks. Yeah. Those definitely were the most challenging things. Who's gonna make it? How'd you figure that out? Well, that was a rough road. you know, there's not much of an industry. There's a big outdoor industry, but there are not a lot of sewing products or manufacturing industries. I mean, there certainly are businesses that have come before me. Revelate Designs and the bike packing worlds you know, they, they were there. Right alongside the emergence and development of those types of products. And they're based here in Anchorage, Alaska. And then there are some fishing-related sewing product businesses. How did Alpine Fit come to life? Oh, well, it, you've asked me so many questions about those building blocks. It was the call of me wanting to be an entrepreneur again. And then just kind of bringing together all of these passions that I have for all these various things together. And namely, I mean, the way I like to personally recreate is to spend long periods of time outdoors. You asked me earlier about this first long expedition-style kayak trip that I did. Those kinds of trips are my favorite thing. You pack one very small kit of gear and your self-supported food supply and all of your camping gear, and you go and you go for many days. Those trips give you a lot of time to think about what you want to have on those, trips with you. And they make you really think about the features you like and don't like about the gear you brought. So basically just to start in refining like these kit of essentials that would be good for these kinds of trips and then also this like fit options thing. Tell us more about that silver-infused fabric. So I knew that this fiber existed and I knew what kind of fabric feeling I wanted it to have. I didn't want it to have a plastic bag feeling. I didn't want it to be cold to the touch or hot and clammy to the touch, depending on the season or the condition, not another fleece product. So, basically, I didn't even have a company at the time, just the business names. And, I literally like, reached out to the fiber supplier and was like, please take me seriously. I have this whole idea, I wanna include this fiber. Basically, there is an awesome US-based fiber supplier that's working with Silver in wearable application Technologies. And, I knew of them from my time at Lululemon. Fast forward 10 years later when I start embarking on what I'm going to do for this business, they were still top of mind as the leader out there for working on, this sort of antimicrobial fiber technology. So my first step was to reach out to them. And learn about what they have, and what's possible out there that exists that's not, you know, infringing on any exclusivity that another brand might have. Right. Name Lee Lululemon. Totally unique. Yeah. Yeah. That's kind of where it all began. That's amazing. do you wanna name that, that company? The fiber supplier company is Noble Biomaterials. I believe they'd probably be delighted if I mentioned them. What outdoor activities, maybe I should flip this question. What outdoor activities don't you participate in? Oh my goodness. you're gonna tap into my Alaska Imposter Syndrome. The first thing that comes to mind is like, also the funny thing is, everything is so relative, right? Mm-hmm. I mean, I'm gonna say that I'm not really into something, but then maybe I'm into it compared to other people, right? I'm an adult learned Cross Country skier. I absolutely love it. And I go at least three times a week in the winter. But where I live is world-class Cross Country skiing, and I literally have friends that are former Olympians. Relative to them. I'm not really into cross country. It's hard to say what I don't do. I mean, the, there are some things that I don't, that are definitely outdoor recreation that go in the sports realm, but like we do a little bit of fishing. Again, that's not like maybe. Like sport. I would say like, we do fishing, we're not like way into fishing. My favorite, I guess the road biking is not very good. Sorry if anyone's planning a fun road trip, biking trip to Alaska, but I personally think that road biking is not very good here. The mountain biking is phenomenal. The gravel biking thing is taking off. And fat tire biking is phenomenal. So maybe, I don't know what I'm missing. rock climbing. I love rock climbing. Backpacking too. And pack grafting. More recently, in the past few years, got have gotten way into pack grafting. I mean this a boat that's basically an inflatable kayak sort of thing, and it folds down to a seven-pound little parcel. Do you have any suggestions or advice for folks wanting to get into the outdoor biz? I would say if you're wanting to get into being an entrepreneur of any kind, be prepared to work hard at it. But actually getting into the outdoor world, you probably need to actually still physically go to where people meet in person to build a network of connections in the outdoor industry. So that may not mean you have to travel to one of the big national trade shows. Those, though, are, you know, a very fun place to go and meet your people. You can build a network closer to home. Personally, I have existed as an entrepreneur, sort of flailing in the wind for longer than I should have, and there were networks and communities that I could intersect with earlier that I'm glad that I now have. Mm-hmm. For instance, we've formed ourselves a little Alaska woman-led outdoor product business group. So there's a handful of us that are geographically based that are doing outdoor-oriented products and we're all women-led businesses. And meet quarterly and we share our challenges, successes, you know, bounce ideas off each other, plan some co co-branded marketing campaigns and just generally try to like, You know, be a community for the unique, challenges and successes that we're facing. So build a, build a network, get some peers. Do you have a favorite piece of outdoor gear that costs under a hundred dollars? Are you meaning a non-Alpine Fit thing or an Alpine Fit thing? The Alpine Fit one's way easier to answer, our little Nordic, we call it our Nordic Anywhere Marino wool hat. I'll just say the first thing that came to mind is recently I discovered these little, trail mitten things that I'm loving for spring running. They're called run mitts, white paws run mitts. Okay. And they're basically this little sort of fleecy thing that you, it's a thumbless mitten that you just put your hand inside of and it flips over. And then when you're too hot, which happens all the time really quickly in these sort of late winter, early spring runs, especially in cold places like this, you can just flip it open and then push it up your arm like a cuff. So it's like, it's like really versatile. Do you have any favorite books? My favorite thing that I'm reading right now is, my just turned nine-year-old daughter and myself have been working through a 13-book series. And it's the Lemony Snickets Series of Unfortunate Events book series. And I have to say that is action-packed with adventure, and it has been so fun. But the other books that I'm reading at the moment, is Jim Collins, B 2.0 Beyond Entrepreneurship. As we wrap up, is there anything else you'd like to say to our listeners or ask of our listeners? I guess I should tell you how to look up Alpine Fit online. alpine fit.com, and on social media, on Instagram and Facebook at Alpine Fit Co. And then if you're physically traveling to Anchors Alaska, we welcome visitors. You can pick up our address on alpine fit.com and come and visit us in our workshop space. And we'd love to hear your travel stories here about what you're doing in Alaska and meet more people.

Hey everyone, welcome back to the outdoor biz podcast.  I have an inspiring conversation for you today with an incredible human being, leader, and visionary. High Fives Foundation Founder Roy Tuscany. We talk about his go-all-in attitude, talent for big air, his skiing accident, and the High Fives Foundation Facebook Twitter Instagram The Outdoor Biz Podcast Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Sign up for my Newsletter HERE.  I'd love to hear your feedback about the show! You can contact me here: email: rick@theoutdoorbizpodcast.com or leave me a message on Speakpipe! Presented to by:   Show Notes: So when did you first put on a pair of skis? In third grade, my mom gave me a choice that I had to do something in the winter. And at the time I was probably about 46 pounds soaking wet. I was barely four feet tall. I was the littlest kid in my grade, and I grew up in this kind of rural area of Vermont where the two choices were either hockey or learn to ski at the Bolton Night Ski Program. And the folks that played hockey at that time were the kids that were on the opposite side of the spectrum, the ones that like could buy beer in third grade, they had like a full beard, you know? And I just knew that like the game of “Let's see how hard we can hit little Roy into the boards” wouldn't be that much fun to me. Little did I know, unfortunately, skiing would have some pretty devastating injuries throughout my life. They're probably more devastating than getting crushed into the boards. Where did you get your talent for Big Air? Back in the day, I was on a freestyle team and they had this jump that was set up behind a bar. And, we used to get literally paid by the patrons at the bar to keep jumping from like three until the sun went down. We basically would just put on our own little big air shows at Sugar Bush, Vermont. And that's how I got into it. Why did you choose mechanical engineering at UVM? My dad is a civil wastewater engineer. So my dad designed sewer systems and it just never really appealed to me that you would be designing something that when you went to go test it, you would be smelling well . . . yeah, you can guess it that. And I knew I wanted to be creative. I knew I had a mind that could start with an end result and work all the way back to the beginning to figure out all the steps needed to. So it just hit me that let's try some type of engineering that you don't have to smell poop. After graduation, you landed a job as a freestyle skiing coach at Sugar Bowl, that must have felt great!   You know the wild thing, the head coach at that time, Eric Des Laurier hired me. The guy I wanted to be my whole life from Bolton Valley. He was the head coach there and gave me the job through John Egan. Yeah, I got paid to go skiing every day, that was awesome. And then you had your accident in Mammoth, which changed everything. So April 29th, 2006, after coaching for two years at the Sugar Bowl Academy, I was down at Mammoth for the annual coaches retreat. And, ended up going 130 feet on a hundred-foot jump, came down from 30 feet in the air, and then the result an impact into the snow fractured my T 12 vertebrae in my spine and I was paralyzed from there and got life flighted to Renown which is a medical center in Reno, Nevada. Then somehow found the perseverance to push through all the work it took to get you where you are today. I mean, for two straight years that's all I did. But it was because the academy I was working from and the place I'm from in Vermont, they came together and they rallied around and raised all this money. All I had to do was focus on myself. To me, I had an obligation to every single person that donated to my recovery fund to be obligated o show up. And I think if there's anything people could learn, is that if you just show up, you're already beating 90% of the population, right? That means you only gotta be better than 10% now. And gosh, like how great is that if like all you have to do is show up and now all you gotta beat is 10%. Like let's go! Tell us about the High Fives Foundation In 2009, we kicked off the foundation with the idea of helping one individual every year that would sustain a life-changing injury in winter sports. And now, 14 years later, we have supported over 600 plus individuals and veterans with grants that have totaled over 7 million dollars that are focused in getting people back to sports and getting through the recovery process. And we've evolved from one individual getting hurt in the outdoor sports to now evolving to the idea to focus on preventing life changing injuries, but providing resources and hope because they do happen in the outdoor sports. Do you have any suggestions or advice for folks that might want to launch something like High Fives, a foundation or something they're passionate about? I would say, you've gotta be able to tie it back to something. I always tell people the one reason I was as successful, and there's many, but one really drives back to the idea of these nineties commercials I remember for Hair Club for men, and the guy would end the commercial being like, I'm not only our first client, I'm also the president. Right? And we can use that same pitch. I'm technically Athlete Zero for the foundation. Right. The first person the foundation ever helped. Before the foundation was anything. And because of that I can speak with a massive amount of passion. But then through my education, through just all the things I've done leading up to that, I'm also able to bring in a lot of structure. And a lot of ways to stay organized and ways to become more successful just by showing up What's your favorite piece of outdoor gear? Under a hundred dollars? I would actually say they're these like after surf pants from the brand Rvka, just, they are like, I think they're like 70 bucks or something like that. After I go surfing, I just always put these pants on and I've actually kind of transitioned into wearing them every day, every once in a while, right? Because. I just feel happy in 'em. Do you have a couple of books? I am like in love with this book right now. I've listened to it three times and I think I've bought it in the last day for like 14 different people. It's the new book by Ryan Holliday. Discipline is Destiny. Where can people find you if they'd like to follow up? High Fives Foundation.org Instagram Twitter Facebook

Are you hungry for adventure and connection? Episode 372 of The Outdoor Biz Podcast features former pro snowboarder and Saturday's co-founder Josh Rosen. As host of Huckberry's recently launched series DIRT, Josh shares how the show reconnects and inspires viewers to explore the world of adventure, the outdoors, and cooking in the wild, their backyards, and homes. It is currently streaming on Huckberry and YouTube. Facebook Twitter Instagram The Outdoor Biz Podcast Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Sign up for my Newsletter HERE.  I'd love to hear your feedback about the show! You can contact me here: email: rick@theoutdoorbizpodcast.com or leave me a message on Speakpipe!   Presented to by:   Show Notes: How'd you get connected with Huckberry? Yeah, it's been a really lovely, Experience with Huckberry. Initially, we worked on a project where, Kate West, who's the content director over at Huckberry, reached out to me cuz she had been in New York when I was there and worked for a nonprofit, bringing kids out. To the beach to surf and up into the mountains to snowboard from the inner city, which was really cool. And we helped out with that and, in any capacity we could, at Saturdays. And she had moved on and started working in Huckberry and asked if I was interested in doing, it's, they sell a really amazing, product called the, 72-hour shirt. Oh yeah. Which is this, it's. All the bells and whistles, antimicrobials, sweat, wicking, all that great stuff. But you're gonna essentially wear it and do anything you want for a couple of days, without a wash. So it's a great shirt to camp with and literally anything you're getting into. So before we get to the show, tell us about your cooking chat. Yeah, sure. Is that why you're there? it's interesting because the show always starts with meeting a chef, okay? And the chef always asks or has, so far, are you a chef? Okay. And my answer and the first time I was asked that my response was, No. I'm just a cooking enthusiast. I'm a food enthusiast. So how did the idea for dirt come to life? So Kate West came to Seattle to do this article for Huckberry with me about wearing the shirt. And we went out for 72 hours. It's the 72-hour shirt. And so that's the deal. It's like a, what can you do with this shirt in 72 hours? And I loved that task because I have always love to see how many activities I can accomplish in a day, so they came out and we went out to one of the San Juan Islands, which is our little chain of islands out here in the sound, beautiful spot. And it's a special place for sure. . , absolutely gorgeous. And we just, we went nuts. We did, the list is long, but we had these amazing couple of days, and somewhere in, in that time I posed to Kate that I had this idea for a food adventure show where essentially we do what we do on dirt, which is that we go to a place we meet with a chef, or the initial idea could also have been like a, somebody who's very connected to food in that city. And we got some information and that kind of set us off on our journey. How is this show different than other adventure travel shows? I think it's interesting. It's like until you work in a, you don't really look at that space that deeply, and after working in this space over the last year and l going around and looking at other adventured shows or on, things like YouTube catching cooks or food, food adventure pieces. It just feels. A lot of those shows and, nothing against them. There are some really great ones out there. We're really about the chef or the host. So what goes into deciding where to go? Is it driven by the food sources, the sustainability? It's a great question and I think we started in Seattle with no real distinct plan of where we were gonna go next because it was the trial episode and it was I think it was meeting with the people around, in that first episode in Seattle or at Washington State that we realized we can go anywhere. It was really liberating, right? Because initially maybe you gotta go to these really important big cities or, it was, we, there was a lot of discussions, but really it's we can go anywhere. We have and we've gone to New York cities, this last one, but we were in Minneapolis, and then we were in New Orleans and then, you know, there's. , there are amazing things happening everywhere. Yeah. It's just about going and looking and so we I think for us, a balance of places that are very obvious, like a New York City mixed with places like Minneapolis that are not necessarily places you like first on your list to visit. If you have a weekend off then of course like it's important that the product that Huckberry. is selling in the season. I'm very connected to that. So you don't actually work at Huckberry, but tell me about the brand. Was your perception of it beforehand and after you started working on the show? Did it change? It was a great beginning to it because I told you, I, I worked with on. Photoshoot with about the 72-hour shirt. I've always been very employee-focused. With my company. I think that the people that you have if they are, and you, I'm sure you experience this, if you go into a place where the employees are not treated well or Oh, yeah. Not respected or not supported. You just feel it immediately, you can smell it. And then you have these places where you can see that these people are respected and are paid appropriately and all of this. Right off the bat with Huckberry cuz there was a photographer and the producer and these people were on the shoot. You just sensed that this is a place where people are respected. And it felt very similar to Saturdays in that everybody felt like it was a common goal to deliver something that we're interested in. I don't work directly for Huckberry. I'm just doing this project for them, but I feel like part of that family and that's important to how I work in the world. Like any project that I do, I feel like it's really important that we're all passionately pushing a cool goal, and that's outdoors, right? So can you share anything with us about projects in the pipeline? So we are headed off, I'll say this, we are leaving the country. Which is really exciting. And I'll leave it at that. How did your outdoor lifestyle begin? I was born and raised, in Seattle to two very different parents in terms of the outdoor lifestyle. My mom is from Oregon, lived in a van, and was a river guide on the Salmon River. And then met my dad who is New York City born and raised. Moved as far away from New York City as he possibly could and stayed in the Continental US. I think he used a piece of string to see which one San Francisco or Seattle was further cuz he hated it. And this is the sixties, right? And he wanted to just be outdoors. He had this kind of romantic vision of the outdoors. And he assumed, Seattle would potentially have all the things he had seen in magazines, I believe. And he got out here and he had no practical experience with the outdoors at all.   So tell us about your snowboarding career. Obviously, skiing led to snowboarding, and then you became a pro right? Yeah. So I skied it's interesting cuz I got to a certain place in skiing and then you either go, in my time you were into racing or you went into like mobile skiing or freestyle. There wasn't a big free ski community. And I watched snowboarding come up and it was all free ski. It was like the initial, original free ski. Like they just went everywhere, there were no rules. And I was a skateboarder so that energy, just like I knew it, right? I was like holding onto skiing cause I had done it for so many years, but I was like, that, there's something about that. And then it just looks more, it just felt more like skateboarding, like you were a rebel too. And 13-year-old little guy wants to be a rebel and explore that side of himself. So the middle school I was in had a ski bus and there were some, the cool kids were snowboarding and I was like, all right, I'm gonna try it. I went to a special high school where I only had to go once a week so that I could so I could take snowboarding as a job. And I started actually snowboarding professionally when I was in High School. And then you co-founded the surf-inspired brand Saturdays. What was your role there? So I moved out to New York. My dad's family was in New York City and so my entire life I visited and knew from a very young age that I wanted to be a part of New York City at some point in my life. And the second snowboarding ended and I realized that was probably a good time to make the shift in New York City I worked in fashion for six or seven years and different components of it, trying to find my space. What'd you do there? So I've always been interested in fashion since I was a young kid and living in Seattle, then, and to some degree now it's just not a very fashion-centric place. It's a land of waterproof clothing and comfortable clothing. And that doesn't lend itself generally to cutting-edge fashion. So going to New York was just eye-opening and there was something about the way people dressed and their independence, the styles they would create for themselves that were just so uniquely them, but somehow looked right. And when my buddies came to me discussing this idea for a surf shop, I thought maybe that'd be it, right? So we'd opened the surf shop and then maybe we could design our own. And it was this great experience, the classic New York experience where we came together, we found a little spot in Soho. And this is 2009 in a recession., which is actually a really great time to open something new and unique and I'll explain why. We were able to find a location very inexpensively cuz a lot of stuff was closing down and because we were so unique to that landscape, we garnered a lot of attention from the press because we were just an interesting thing, without any marketing dollars, does, marketing dollars had pretty much dried up around the city, and we were just filler for these magazines. They're like, oh, three guys opened a surf shop in Manhattan. It was all you needed for attention. So why did you leave? I lived at that point in New York after 10 years with Saturdays and then six years of being in New York before that for,15, 16 years and being a kid from the mountains and very connected to that there was a longing that I couldn't block outta my mind anymore. And I just had to come home and be back in my cozy space. Do you have any advice or suggestions for folks that might want to get into the adventure biz or outdoor biz? I think for me it was, it has just always been curiosity, right? And exploration and with the surf shops I have lots of young employees who are, starting their careers as whatever, the beginnings of whatever they would be. And I've had that question come from young people and my answer to them was to find the space you want to be in, and then experience as many pieces of that as you can, because it really takes doing a lot of stuff to figure out exactly. What suits you? Do you have a favorite piece of outdoor gear that's under a hundred dollars that you always have with you? I love that question. I discovered I mean, I've been fishing my whole life and I discovered this last summer I've seen them in the landscape, but it's this Tenkara fishing rod. It's just a totally different thing. It breaks down into this tiny thing and you can whip it out. And it's this beautiful, its own unique cast. But anyway I had a ton of fun with that and I keep that in my pack. Do you have any favorite books? Yeah. I do love to read. I feel like I'm very similar to a lot of people lately where I listen to a lot of stuff. I grew up surrounded by books and I read a lot as a young person, but I tend to listen to a lot of stuff. But I have been trying to buy Paper books of late. My most recent book I bought was that it was a, it's a translation of the Tao Te Ching by Steven Mitchell. Someone had of course posted an image of one of the pages of the book, and it just landed on me because the Tao Te Ching is just that sort of thing where you could pretty much open it to any page and it's just, it was written 4,000 years ago or something, but it is so wise it still hits you in the side of the head, right? As we wrap up, is there anything else you'd like to say to our listeners or ask of our listeners?  I'd love it if you go watch the show. One cool thing that the world we live in now, if you have any insight into what you liked, what you didn't, or what you can always comment on the bottom and it's encouraged and That's about it. Links Dirt Huckberry YouTube Josh on Instagram @rosen43

At the November meeting of the Kiama and District Historical Society Alan Fredericks spoke a bit about the history of skiiing in Australia, the development of the skifields in NSW and  their links to Kiama and Jamberoo, and how the Kiama Lodge came about.  https://www.kiamaalpineclub.org.auhttps://www.kiamahistory.com/

The American Birkebeiner (Birkie) is an annual cross-country ski marathon located in Hayward, Wisconsin that people from all over the country participate in. The Birkie is made up of several events in addition to the 51K and 55K Birkie marathon races and the 24K Kortelopet race (the second largest ski race in North America). It spans 50 kilometers from Cable, WI to Hayward, WI for Skaters, and 55K for Classic Skiers. In 2020, skiers from 49 States and 27 countries participated.This year, the Birkie will take place the week of February 22 – 26, 2023. In addition to the annual Birkie event, the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation provides year-round, healthy, active lifestyle events for thousands of adventurous spirits of all ages and abilities. Ben Popp is with Michelle to talk all about it!Winter weather can wreak havoc on your skin and hair. Between all the chapped and cracked skin, and frizzy or damaged hair, this is the time of year to pay extra attention to self-care and beauty routines. Beauty & Fashion Expert, Emily L. Foley is here with a few tips to help us look and feel our best during the colder months. Joe Hart is the President and CEO at Dale Carnegie Training, the most experienced training organization in the world, celebrating 110 years since its founding with operations in over 75 countries and having provided training to tens of millions of people globally. Hart regularly has his writings appear on Newsweek, HR.com, and Rolling Stone, a popular speaker, and co-author of the upcoming book, “TAKE COMMAND: Find your INNER STRENGTH, BUILD ENDURING RELATIONSHIPS, and LIVE THE LIFE YOU WANT” released January 10th, 2023 with Simon and Schuster. The book is inspired by the iconic best seller “How to Win Friends and Influence People” and named after the Top 50 ranked Leadership and Management Podcast Joe hosts, “Take Command: A Dale Carnegie Podcast,” which has included guests ranging from Fortune 500 CEOs to Hall of Fame athletes and fast growing company CEOs. Joe talks to Michelle about how to take command of your own life.Cardiologists at Northwestern Medicine are using AI to identify patients with advanced heart failure who require specialized care, including those who might need ventricular assistance devices or transplant. Heart failure is a common, costly condition affecting over 6 million U.S. adults. That's about 1 in 250 people. When a patient reaches advanced heart failure, medications no longer work. That's why it's vital to catch the problem early.The Center for Artificial Intelligence at the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute oversees an expansive research and clinical AI program targeting cardiovascular diseases. Dr. Faraz Ahmad is a cardiologist and associalte director of Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institiue's Center for Artificial Intelligence. He talks to Michelle about what Northwestern Medicine is doing to help patients.

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This week, Gigi talks to the legendary alpine skiing Olympic champion, Lindsey Vonn. Lindsey talks about near-death crashes, the mental toll that comes with starting from ground zero after an accident, how she weathered insomnia and anxiety on the slopes, and why she has no regrets. Lindsey also gives us tips to cultivate mental resilience and how to keep our cool under pressure! Produced by Michael Lane Jingle by Rhys Tivey Follow Gillian on Instagram and Twitter: @gilliansagansky Follow Lindsey on Instagram: @lindseyvonn A Type7 podcast https://type7.com/. A RecTag production.

What should we make of the recent crypto crash? A sign this is all a scam? Or just another dip in the cycle? Gather round; you're in for an interesting chat with the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Disciple on Twitter @LDrogen. A Long Island surfer turned quant turned crypto fund manager who shows us how you have to be able to hold two separate thoughts in your head to succeed in the wild world of crypto. We're hanging ten and talking Crypto with Starkiller Capital's Leigh Drogen. In this episode, Jeff and Leigh bond over their love of skiing, the inception of Starkiller, how he's doing trend-following on a portfolio of coins with dynamic yield farming. Jeff gets Leigh to dive deep on the long list of warts in crypto: shadow banking, yield swaps, yolo trades, Ponzi schemes – but also wants to know what the real opportunities are. They then talk just how you can do trend following on assets so volatile, how you even start to go about doing due diligence in this space, and how to hedge the book. Plus, Leigh's in the hot seat giving us his views for preparing for the next 10x cycle — SEND IT! Chapters: 00:00-01:44 = Intro 01:45-10:50 = Big Wave Surfing, Skiiing & Montana scenery 10:51-31:45 = The Warts of Crypto: Shadow banking, Yield Swaps, Yolo trades & Ponzi schemes 31:46-43:19 = Trading the coins: Trend following in the Volatile Crypto space 43:20-58:02 = Hedging the book, Coin rewards & farming for extra yields and liquidity 58:03-01:09:57 = Managing Risk & Stepping into the pool with a hazmat suit 01:09:58-01:16:11 = Hottest take: Preparing for the next 10x cycle Follow along with Leigh on Twitter @LDrogen and @StarkillerCap and for more information visit www.starkiller.capital Don't forget to subscribe to The Derivative, and follow us on Twitter at @rcmAlts and our host Jeff at @AttainCap2, or LinkedIn , and Facebook, and sign-up for our blog digest. Disclaimer: This podcast is provided for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as legal, business, or tax advice. All opinions expressed by podcast participants are solely their own opinions and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of RCM Alternatives, their affiliates, or companies featured. Due to industry regulations, participants on this podcast are instructed not to make specific trade recommendations, nor reference past or potential profits. And listeners are reminded that managed futures, commodity trading, and other alternative investments are complex and carry a risk of substantial losses. As such, they are not suitable for all investors. For more information, visit www.rcmalternatives.com/disclaimer

This week we catch up and recap our family vacation, together. And yes, we also talk about Butt worms. They are just as gross as it sounds. 

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The buddies banter session over beverages is riffing and laughing our way through vintage beer cans, skiing, Super Bowl ads, superhero movies, annoying fans, and more. And, of course, the coveted fact check!

The Winter Olympics are finally here and so is an all new episode of the Sports Lordz! This week your Lordz discuss the upcoming “Big Game” on Sunday, our love of the winter games, a Jackass-esque nards bonk at the games, Kyler Murray wiping his Instagram of the Cardinals, the upcoming movie we're very much anticipating, plus Rudy Giuliani and more!Stay safe and be careful out there Serfs. Omicron is coming for us all.This week's episode is brought to you by, Cooper Kupp's Korn Syrup Kobbler Kups.Follow us on twitter, Instagram, and Twitch @SportsLordz----------------------------------------------------------------Rap Dreams by LOWERCASE n https://soundcloud.com/lowercasen Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/rap-dreams Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/tJd8zzQBu98

Travelling 140km/h downhill head-first on ice is not for the faint-hearted, but Jackie Narracott is no shrinking violet. After her first attempt at the sport, she asked: how do I go faster? Ahead of her second Winter Olympics, which starts in Beijing next week, Narracott talks to On Side about her switch from the track, what it's like going head-first at 140km/h, her hopes for the upcoming Games, and her impressive family pedigree. She is, after all, following in the footsteps of her famous uncle, Paul – the first Australian Olympian to compete at both Summer and Winter Games. Fast forward 10 years and Narracott, who is based in the UK, became the first Australian to win a World Cup gold medal in skeleton when she broke the track record in Switzerland a couple of weeks ago. That amazing run came in St Moritz, where she broke the track record with a time of 1:08.72 seconds to shock the field. “Everything came together, right time, right place,” she admits. “I've always known I can do it, now I've got that concrete evidence to say, ‘I'm not crazy, I can actually do it', which his nice.” Putting on the Australian jacket for the 2018 Games was “an absolute dream come true”, she says, however she feels she is “in a much better position to perform …. this time around I think it's about achieving my potential”. For his part, “Uncle Paul”, who once beat Carl Lewis over 60 metres, told On Side that he was thrilled his exploits “opened her eyes to the fact that there are sporting opportunities other than the mainstream sports”. He encourages everyone to look beyond traditional sports - like Jackie did. “It's a 10-year journey and it's only really the last 3-4 years where it's really coming together [for Jackie],” he says. “I thinks she's a real chance, she's not a favourite, but she's a realistic chance [in Beijing].” We also talk to our most successful Winter Paralympian Michael Milton, who won six gold, three silver and two bronze medals. “Snow, ice, it's magical stuff as to how much fun you can have on it,” he says. “How high you can jump. How fast you can go. For me, everything around winter sports is based on snow and ice and it's fantastic fun to do as an athlete.” He also discusses our chances at the Paralympics, the impact of Covid-19 on the Games, and how Dylan Alcott is changing society's perceptions of people with a disability. “The more people with disabilities that we see in every different area of our lives, whether it be social, whether it be work, whether it be on television as elite athletes, the more we can include people with disabilities in every single area of our life the better off society will be, the better off those people with disabilities will be.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Utah has the "Greatest Snow on Earth," but are we ensuring its longevity for future generations to come? This KSL Podcasts In-depth features a two-episode series, hearing from various voices in the climate and ski communities to better understand the trends and concerns impacting the future of Utah's snow. This episode features Executive Director of Save Our Canyons, Carl Fisher, Wasatch Backcountry Co-Founder, Brad Rutledge, and Snowbird Communications Director, Sarah Sherman. In these conversations, you will find discussion on trends and concerns affecting Utah's winter seasons and how we recreate in the Wasatch Mountains. Topics include climate change, ski resort and population pressures, conservation challenges, and the Little Cottonwood Environmental Impact Study(EIS) on transportation planning.  If you would like to view the resources referenced in this episode, check out the links below.  Little Cottonwood EIS:  https://littlecottonwoodeis.udot.utah.gov/#current-phase https://gondolaworks.com/ Carl Fisher: https://saveourcanyons.org/ Brad Rutledge:  https://wasatchbackcountryalliance.org/ Sarah Sherman:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CTVXGWZAaGx/ https://www.snowbird.com/play-forever/ Produced and hosted by Trent Sell See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you have skied or snowboarded at a ski resort, chances are you have enjoyed the fresh corduroy laid down the night before by a snowcat operator.  Mack and Ben talk snowcats and ski slopes on this episode, detailing everything from what it takes to become a snowcat operator, the various types of snowcats, to a day in the life of a snowcat operator.If you have questions for Ben, find him on Facebook under Ben Tregillus. Or reach out to myself and I will get you in touch with Ben.

It’s been a year since ski resorts all over the world shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Listen to Patroller Directors Tony Cammarata of Arapahoe Basin and Denise McLaughlin of Bogus Basin discuss their year of wins and losses, moving through the unknown, and staying safe. Finally, they share the silver lining and light at the end of the tunnel for everyone.

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Las Vegas sees snow! It's rare but it happened. Many do not realize Las Vegas has a ski resort about 45 minutes away from the strip. Sean and Dayna talk to the Jim Seely from Lee Canyon. They are excited about how much snow they got up on the mountain. Find out what safety protocols are in place and what they offer. Also, Jeff Diamond is a longtime performer in Las Vegas and he shares some stories from the past and his connection to the stage. He's known as the Human Jukebox! Diamond also offers up performances in a singing SkypeGram! He does special performances for weddings, home concerts, special occasions, and more. Plus, Elon Musk visits Las Vegas recently and shares a picture, and the Vegas 2020 visitor numbers are in. Book Jeff Diamond:https://www.jeffdiamondmusic.comhttps://www.gigsalad.com/jeff_diamond_friendsIf you want to start a podcast, sign up for Buzzsprout. Use our referral code and get a $20 Amazon gift card. Use this link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=710207 Listen to Conversations with Matt Goss to hear Matt's full interview with Larry Ruvo, available February 1st.https://conversationswithmattgoss.buzzsprout.com/Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=UCMULZYF325PL)

Diego Allolio is at the forefront of Telemark skiing in S. America and is helping bring better instruction and awareness of dropping knees to his hometown of Bariloche, Argentina. He currently runs his two business in Bariloche: A training and consulting business as well as a guiding business. He helped translate the AAIRE avalanche training course material into Spanish and he's the guy to know when you are looking for the best mate and asado on your trip down south.   Connect with Josh and the Freeheel Life Family  Josh on Instagram and Twitter Telemark Skier Magazine on Instagram, Twitter and YouTube Freeheel Life on Instagram and Twitter Shop The Freeheel Life Telemark Shop      HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT US   Support our content by making a donation of your choice: PayPal.me/freeheellife CHECK OUT FREEHEELLIFE.COM Check out articles on TelemarkSkier.com Email Podcast@freeheellife.com     THANK YOUR FOR LISTENING. PLEASE TAKE A SECOND TO RATE AND REVIEW US.   SEE YOU NEXT WEEK!!  

(DAY 1) - I'm a published author of Oralicious - The Truth About Oral Sex, Intimacy and Passion that conveys a positive message about how to achieve an orgasm through our 5 Senses (sight sound, taste, touch and smell); and a basic kiss.Our culture today is fast pace, that believes in instant gratification and wanting to achieve orgasms based upon how our society dictates it from A "to" Z; missing out on points B through Y. Oral sex is a de-stresser: a relaxer, a soother, an enhancer of sexual gratification, an aphrodisiac because it causes and creates arousal, and a guarantee of an orgasm. We need to learn to take advantage of what our bodies have to offer when it comes to sex, then maybe we will learn the true essence of enjoying sexual gratification by way of oral sex.Oral sex is to life as air is to breathing…it’s much needed and relaxes your atmosphere. A balanced life is a healthy life, which includes many pleasurable things to offset life’s challenges. Sex, whether it’s through intercourse, therapy, or oral, does bring about pleasure and satisfaction. The one true element that they all have in common is trying to achieve sexual pleasure at the end of the movie.I applaud those who are bold and audacious at wanting to please their partner sexually through any means necessary. Do you have a favorite oral sex position; if so, what is it? Today’s oral sex clipart does not hold back, and I love all of the positions. Of which, I have tried each and every one of them, achieving an OFS.Support the show (https://oralicious.com/podcast/)

Lynsey Dyer is a professional skier and filmmaker from Jackson, Wyoming. Following a career in competitive big mountain skiing, Lynsey went on to become a trailblazing star in many backcountry films, eventually moving on to directing and producing award winning films of her own. Especially of note was "Pretty Faces", the first and only all-female ski film. Lynsey has also been a commentator for ESPN, starred in a reality TV show on Bravo, presented Ted Talks, and been awarded Female Skier of the Year by Powder Magazine multiple times. Payson sat down with Lynsey in her home to discuss her incredible dedication to setting a good example for young women (she's turned down opportunities with Coca-Cola, Mountain Dew, and Playboy recently), the challenges of navigating all-male film shoots, the oxymorons and environmental challenges of her career, and her observations on why men are in desperate need of good role models. Lynsey also hosts her own podcast, "Showing UP."

Episode XII: We finally got to finish the Pod with Jake!! Did somebody say Beer? and Skiiing? and more Beer? Jake breaks down how hard it is to live in Colorado, while Bobby and Zach throwback to an episode recorded back in February. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alwayssaucy/support

Each week on "You, Only Better" world-renowned orthopaedic surgeon Kevin Stone, MD imparts wisdom and inflames curiosity with reflections on patient care and our personal paths in becoming our fittest, strongest selves. This blog post, along with helpful resources, can be found here: stoneclinic.com/blog/Top-Ten-Tips-Skiing-and-Snowboarding-2017 For more information on Kevin Stone, M.D., please visit stoneclinic.com For more information on the podcast, please visit stoneclinic.com/youonlybetter

On this Podcast we learn about the "all outdoors" fun you can have in Gaylord, Michigan. Paul Beachnau of the Gaylord Tourism Bureau is our special co-host. (This show aired Nov. 24-25, 2018 on radio stations across the state.)SHOW NOTES:Segment 1: John Gonzalez and Paul Beachnau talk about the Gaylord area.Segment 2 (Listen at 10:04): John and Paul welcome Barry Owens, the GM at Treetops Resort.Learn more about Treetops at https://treetops.com/Segment 3 (Listen at 19:42): Owner Sean Smalley of Big Buck Brewery runs down the history one of Michigan's first breweries, and why he wanted to re-open it.Learn more at https://www.facebook.com/TheBigBuckBrewery/Segment 4 (Listen at 30:00): John and Paul welcome Casey Buckleitner of Otsego Resort, which will be open to the public again this season. They also welcome Big Buck Brewery head brewers Doug Meal, who offers BEER OF THE WEEK! More information about Otsego Resort at https://www.otsegoclub.com/Learn more about Behind the Mitten at https://www.facebook.com/behindthemitten/

Thank you for listening to the funniest podcast in Arkansas! The boys are back with our first Halloween episode! It's in there...somewhere. Alan did use some sound effects, at least. This week, Alan, Fro, Chase and Romey shoot the breeze. We are welcomed by Lexi and her boyfriend, Hunter. We have a new "Ask Mrs. Nelda". And, Alan asks Chase for his impression of Hank Hill getting 3 wishes from a genie. Special thanks are given this week to Jeff Prince and his pharmacy, Prince Pharmacy, in Magnolia, AR! Also, we announce that $1/month will get you a special "STF Shoutout" on an upcoming episode! As always, if you like listening to genuine Southerners talking about the greatness that is "small town life", then this is your podcast. Give it a listen, and don't forget to leave a 5-star review on iTunes and on Facebook. And, while on iTunes, hit that Subscribe button! It helps make the episodes easier to find in iTunes. You can also find us on our new YouTube channel! Also, visit www.smalltownfamous.com to subscribe using your favorite podcast player and to get in touch with us. Follow us on social media by searching Small Town Famous or, more directly, @theSTFamous. You can support us for as little as a dollar per month by going to our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/smalltownfamous! Thanks for listening to "The Biggest Little Podcast Out There"! We are Small Town Famous!

Thank you for listening to the funniest podcast in Arkansas! The boys are back with another funny episode! This week, Alan, Jordan, Fro, and Chase are shooting the breeze. There’s so many topics, you’ll just have to listen to catch ‘em all! As always, if you like listening to genuine Southerners talking about the greatness that is "small town life", then this is your podcast. Give it a listen, and don't forget to leave a 5-star review on iTunes and on Facebook. And, while on iTunes, hit that Subscribe button! It helps make the episodes easier to find in iTunes. You can also find us on our new YouTube channel! Also, visit www.smalltownfamous.com to subscribe using your favorite podcast player and to get in touch with us. Follow us on social media by searching Small Town Famous or, more directly, @theSTFamous. You can support us for as little as a dollar per month by going to our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/smalltownfamous! Thanks for listening to "The Biggest Little Podcast Out There"! We are Small Town Famous!

Thank you for listening to the funniest podcast in Arkansas! The boys are back with another funny episode! This week, Alan, Chase, Jordan and Romey are shooting the breeze. When you get a chance, please leave us a 5-star review on iTunes and Facebook! And, while on iTunes, hit that Subscribe button! It helps make the episodes easier to find in iTunes. Also, we are now active on YouTube! Visit us on our website at www.smalltownfamous.com. Or reach us on social media by searching @theSTFamous. Thanks for listening!

Thanks for listening to the funniest podcast in Arkansas! Alan and Chase are in the house with one of our friends, Jeremy Bland! Hear some of Jeremy's stories from his years of being a deputy sheriff, like our boy Jordan. And, hear our first call to request STF t-shirts at Wal-Mart! When you get a chance, please leave us a 5-star review on iTunes and Facebook! And, while on iTunes, hit that Subscribe button! It helps make the episodes easier to find in iTunes. Also, we are now active on YouTube! Visit us on our website at www.smalltownfamous.com. Or reach us on social media by searching @theSTFamous. Thanks for listening!

Thanks for listening to the funniest podcast in Arkansas! The boys are back with another funny episode! This week, Alan, Chase and Jordan are joined once again by Chase's dad, Ernie. Also, Jordan begins STF's newest segment...The J-Files! And we have another installment of STF in Slo-Mo! Fro checks in from Universal Studios in Orlando, FL. When you get a chance, please leave us a 5-star review on iTunes and Facebook! And, while on iTunes, hit that Subscribe button! It helps make the episodes easier to find in iTunes. Also, we are now active on YouTube! Visit us on our website at www.smalltownfamous.com. Or reach us on social media by searching @theSTFamous. Thanks for listening!

Thanks for listening to the funniest podcast in Arkansas! The boys are back with another funny episode! This week, Alan's daughter, Lexi Grace, joins us to talk about winning back-to-back Arkansas State Championships in softball...and her graduation. Then, to top it off, we have a call from STF Uber-fan, Ty Too Fly. He has advice for Alan and his upcoming trip to NYC! You don't want to miss this! When you get a chance, please leave us a 5-star review on iTunes and Facebook! And, while on iTunes, hit that Subscribe button! It helps make the episodes easier to find in iTunes. Visit us on our website at www.smalltownfamous.com. Or reach us on social media by searching @theSTFamous. Thanks for listening!

Thanks for listening to the funniest podcast in Arkansas! Alan, Jordan and Romey are in the house! This is a quick STF episode which we've dubbed, "STF Short". But, its still over 40 minutes. We'll wait and use that title when we throw y'all something that's less than 30 minutes. When you get a chance, please leave us a 5-star review on iTunes and Facebook! And, while on iTunes, hit that Subscribe button! It helps make the episodes easier to find in iTunes. Visit us on our website at www.smalltownfamous.com. Or reach us on social media by searching @theSTFamous. Thanks for listening!

Thanks for listening to the funniest podcast in Arkansas! The whole crew is here, except for Fro. We have a new installment of Romey Reminisces...possibly the best ever! Also, Rapid Fire is back with our own Aaron Willis! When you get a chance, please leave us a 5-star review on iTunes and Facebook! And, while on iTunes, hit that Subscribe button! It helps make the episodes easier to find in iTunes. Visit us on our website at www.smalltownfamous.com. Or reach us on social media by searching @theSTFamous. Thanks for listening!

Kayvon is recognized as a lifestyle entrepreneur, high performance business/ life coach and keynote speaker. As a former professional #1 salesman in 3 highly competitive industries, a Two timing collegiate male athlete of the year, University football running back and national ski racer, he is currently transforming lives and touching souls across all North America. Kayvon shared the stage with superstars like Lisa Nichols, Tom Bilyue, and Brendan Bouchard. His Business “10k10min turnaround system” has been seen on FOX, NBC, ABC and CBS. Kayvon trained with The World’s Number One Vocal Coach Roger Love, The World’s renown transformational coach Lisa Nichols. Kayvon has also worked with elite body language experts such as Mark Bowden. He has partnered with experts such as: John. C Maxwell, Jack Canfield, Robin Sharma, Collin James and even the master himself Tony Robbins. Kayvon's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kayvonuniversity/ Kayvon's Website: https://mykayvon.clickfunnels.com/behind-the-scenes VR Website - http://www.vancouverreal.tv/ VR Twitter - https://twitter.com/vancouverrealtv VR Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vancouverrealtv/ Omega Point - https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOmegaPointProject/ Float House - http://www.floathouse.ca/

My guest on Intrepid Entrepreneur today is none other than Doug Schnitzspahn. I feel he should be Knighted, like Sir Richard Branson. Why? Because there are few people out there in the active outdoor lifestyle markets with the work experiences and perspectives that Doug has. He basically holds a Ph.D. in producing, editing and publishing content in a myriad of forms. As a freelance writer and editor, he has worked on publications like National Geographic, Outside, Men's Journal, The Chicago Tribune, The Denver Post, Backpacker, Skiiing, and The Mountain Gazette. In my opinion? Doug is one of the main portals educating newcomers to the outdoor active lifestyle markets while concurrently keeping existing outdoor fans stoked. In a nutshell? Doug is super important to the outdoor recreation economy! Perhaps he should run for office? I know someone who could do publicity on that… :) In this podcast, Doug and I get to talk shop. We're old friends and we're also entrepreneurs. We're wired in a similar way and as we watch how the economy continues to be transformed by the digital direct era, we're both wondering where the quality and topic alignment has gone. There's a sweet spot when the unique voice of the writer aligns with the topic, and the topic aligns with the audience's and brands focus and interests. Brands should focus on making this perfect trifecta happen, and invest in content creation that really hits these three points. You can't buy this type of approach from a content service or farm. Doug has built a career out of creating amazing content, with a unique voice, that connects deeply with a specific audience: the outdoor market. His opinions shared in this episode can truly help your organization ensure that you're not publishing “choss” (that's our word for CRAP content). You can also learn all about Doug's perspective on the “freelancer's economy,” and the role of sponsored content.   If you're a freelancer, entrepreneur, or an outdoor enthusiast of any kind, you'll find Doug to be a fascinating guy with sharp insights. Few people can offer the insights Doug can on the outdoor market today, or on how brands can pull off authentic content marketing. Pull out a notebook and get ready to learn, and to be inspired, on this episode of Intrepid Entrepreneur!

The bums are back and they're doing app research so you can the most out of your mobile device when you get to the mountain!

The Amateur Traveler talks to Kara Williams of TheVacationGals.com about Aspen, Colorado. Like so many locals who live in that area of Colorado, Kara came for the winters but stayed for the summers. She tells us about this historic silver-mining town that is better known as a winter playground for the wealthy now than for its mining past. Whether you are skiing, hiking or fly fishing it has a wealth of outdoor activities. It offers great, if not always inexpensive, food and a wealth of artistic events set in a gorgeous mountain valley. Kara describes side trips to the Ghost towns of Ashcroft and Independence, to the continental divide at Independence Pass and to the caves at The Grottos. She also tells you whether the Aspen Crud is something you want to get. Aspen also hosts festivals as diverse as the Aspen Institute, Jazz Aspen Snowmass, the Aspen Music Festival and School and Aspen Summer Words.

The Amateur Traveler talks to Kara Williams of TheVacationGals.com about Aspen, Colorado. Like so many locals who live in that area of Colorado, Kara came for the winters but stayed for the summers. She tells us about this historic silver-mining town that is better known as a winter playground for the wealthy now than for its mining past. Whether you are skiing, hiking or fly fishing it has a wealth of outdoor activities. It offers great, if not always inexpensive, food and a wealth of artistic events set in a gorgeous mountain valley. Kara describes side trips to the Ghost towns of Ashcroft and Independence, to the continental divide at Independence Pass and to the caves at The Grottos. She also tells you whether the Aspen Crud is something you want to get. Aspen also hosts festivals as diverse as the Aspen Institute, Jazz Aspen Snowmass, the Aspen Music Festival and School and Aspen Summer Words.

The Amateur Traveler talks to Kara Williams of TheVacationGals.com about Aspen, Colorado. Like so many locals who live in that area of Colorado, Kara came for the winters but stayed for the summers. She tells us about this historic silver-mining town that is better known as a winter playground for the wealthy now than for its mining past. Whether you are skiing, hiking or fly fishing it has a wealth of outdoor activities. It offers great, if not always inexpensive, food and a wealth of artistic events set in a gorgeous mountain valley. Kara describes side trips to the Ghost towns of Ashcroft and Independence, to the continental divide at Independence Pass and to the caves at The Grottos. She also tells you whether the Aspen Crud is something you want to get. Aspen also hosts festivals as diverse as the Aspen Institute, Jazz Aspen Snowmass, the Aspen Music Festival and School and Aspen Summer Words.

The Amateur Traveler talks to Kara Williams of TheVacationGals.com about Aspen, Colorado. Like so many locals who live in that area of Colorado, Kara came for the winters but stayed for the summers. She tells us about this historic silver-mining town that is better known as a winter playground for the wealthy now than for its mining past. Whether you are skiing, hiking or fly fishing it has a wealth of outdoor activities. It offers great, if not always inexpensive, food and a wealth of artistic events set in a gorgeous mountain valley. Kara describes side trips to the Ghost towns of Ashcroft and Independence, to the continental divide at Independence Pass and to the caves at The Grottos. She also tells you whether the Aspen Crud is something you want to get. Aspen also hosts festivals as diverse as the Aspen Institute, Jazz Aspen Snowmass, the Aspen Music Festival and School and Aspen Summer Words.

Beginners. Andorra is one of the smallest countries in Europe. It is high up in the Pyrenees. If you look at the map of Europe, you can see that it lies exactly between France and Spain. It is a very mountainous area that has spectacular views. Though it is snow-covered for six months of the year, summers are warm and dry. Its capital is Andorra la Vella. Its area is about 174 square miles, and its population is close to 80 thousand. Though Catalan is the official language, there are many French and Spanish speakers as well. The river Valira splits into two and flows south, traveling through valleys and gorges. Several things make Andorra very famous. First, it is a tourist destination. About 12 million tourists go there every year. Wow! That's a huge amount of income and traffic for a relatively small place. Most of the tourists go to ski. A lot of mountain climbing takes place all around, especially on the highest peak which is called Coma Pedrosa at just under 10 thousand feet. Its a healthy place to live! Infact, secondly, it is the country that has the highest life expectancy: 85 years. Grammar notes. Useful vocabulary: spectacular, official, to split, destination, peak. Exs: The performance was spectacular! What music! What special effects! Their marriage is not official. They still have to sign the papers. Let's split (share) our company's profits. The last destination of the tour is the castle. The climbers went up one peak after another. They enjoyed the tremendous views. Advanced.  The history of Andorra is interesting because of its geographical location. The original tribe of Andorra was apparently the Andosinos who lived in the area for thousands of years. In 1278, the government was shared between Spain and France. But then in the sixteenth century, control was handed over to France. However, in 1993, the first democratic elections were held, and the General Council of the Valleys was set up. Because Andorra is protected by both Spain and France, each has a representative on the Council. About one in five people there are Andorra citizens; the rest are mainly French or Spanish. Though tourism is the main source of income, and a tremendous one at that, there are others. Hydroelectricity is sold to Catalunya, and banking is also big business. One benefit of being a tourist in the area is that goods are tax free; it is a tax haven. Among the crops that are grown, tobacco is successfully turned into cigars and cigarettes. Many of the villagers are also farmers, having their cattle, sheep, and goats graze on the plentiful upland meadows. Grammar notes. Verbs: to hold (hold, held, held), to sell (sell, sold, sold), hydroelectricity, income, meadow. Exs: The man was held at the police station all night. Last year we sold a lot of household objects. This year, I don't know what we will sell. The dam produces an incredible amount of hydroelectricity. Finally our income has increased. It's about time! We had a wonderful picnic in the meadow. It was full of wild flowers.

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