Like a Bigfoot

#428: Ward Family Summer Adventures with Lindsey & Harper Ward by Chris Ward

In 2023, in an amazing feat of endurance Chad Caruso pushed his skateboard across America from Venice Beach, California all the way to Virginia Beach, Virginia!! In this episode we chat all about that adventure!! What he learned about America from crossing it in this way, the challenges he faced along the way, and what he learned about himself from taking this on!! Chad also shares some details ab...

This week we are chatting with Pro Skier, Ultrarunner, Filmmaker and Mental Health Advocate Drew Petersen about his incredible film "Feel It All" and his journey through his own mental health struggles. MORE FROM DREW: Website: https://drew-petersen.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drewpeterski/ Film: https://youtu.be/J94ZkA59sSM?si=dhoUY1VAQz_Y5eWL Ted Talk: https://youtu.be/iIWd6FbQqtM?...

This week we are chatting with ultrarunner and writer Sarah Lavender Smith about her experience running the Hardrock 100!!! MORE FROM SARAH: Hardrock Hundred History Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdcP9AcEhro&t=80s Weekly Newsletter: https://sarahrunning.substack.com/ Book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1493027743/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1493027743&link...

This week we are chatting with adventurer Cody Taylor a week out from his new Unsupported FKT on the International Appalachian Trail through Canada!!

This episode is a recording made with my buddy Chris Cornejo during our road trip out to Iowa before our big Cedar River paddleboard trip and Iowa adventure film project!! We talk a lot about what we want to get out of this adventure, our expectations, our worries, and the adventures you can find in the midwest!! Heads up, the audio from the car ride is not the best...but it's the best we could ge...

#422: Micah Ferrell & Thomas Mullins -- Guide to "Dirtbagging" & Arizona Monster 300 Run by Chris Ward

#421: Heather Werner 2 -- Biking Across Mongolia, Guiding Up Mt. Shasta by Chris Ward

#420: Tim Barr 5 -- Running the West Highland Way Race in Scotland by Chris Ward

#419: Francesco Valentinuzzi 2 -- "Ephemeral" Telluride Mountain Film, Producing Adventure Films by Chris Ward

This week we are chatting with Kari Gibbons about her 27 day journey through the Alaskan wilderness to complete the entire 1,000 mile Iditarod on foot!! Kari's journey is all about endurance, joy, perserverance, art, creativity, community and mentorship. This is a fantastic episode!! Hope you all enjoy it as much as I did!! MORE FROM KARI: Wild Winter Women: https://www.instagram.com/wildwinterwom...

This week is a very special episode introducing a second adventure documentary we are about to go film in the great state of Iowa!! I'm joined with my friend and one of the smartest, most creative guys I know Paul Scheuring to chat through the idea of this film and the possibilities of this adventure! Way more details about this project in this episode!! All I can say right now is that I am very e...

In this episode we talk with Drew Raney about his adventure taking on the Stagecoach 400 bikepack race on a singlespeed!! Drew is also a P.E. teacher who does amazing work on a program "All Kids Bike" in which he teaches kids the skills, resilience and confidence that comes with biking! This is a super fun episode!! Thanks for coming on the show Drew! MORE FROM DREW RANEY: Instagram: https://www.i...

This week we are chatting with Ray Zahab about his epic journey across Ellesmere Island with his adventure partner Kevin Vallely! The adventure has been years in the making and I want to give Ray and Kevin a BIG CONGRATS for getting it done! They battled the brutal weather of the Arctic, had Arctic Wolves walk right into camp, and persevered for 28 days. I hope you enjoy the episode!!

#414: Kelly Hays -- Backpacking the AT and the CDT, Taking on Her First Ultra by Chris Ward

This week we are joined by adventurer, photographer, ultrarunner, and awesome guy Howie Stern!! Howie just finished photographing the first part of Ray Zahab and Kevin Vallely’s expedition crossing Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic. In this episode we’ll talk all about this expedition and the first one Howie went on with Ray in Baffin Island. We also talk about what the brutal cold feels lik...

This week we are talking with elite endurance runner Pete Kostelnick about his journey back from a devastating car accident, his goals for 2025, plans to run across Australia and how to adventure in Iowa!! This is an awesome one and Pete is the absolute nicest dude around!! Enjoy! (Cover from Mile90 Photography)

This week we are chatting with ocean adventurer and incredible speaker Cyril Derreumaux!! Cyril just wrapped up his grand adventure of solo kayaking across the Atlantic Ocean. 71 days of isolation, endurance and self reliance! Through this experience he truly got the opportunity to connect with the ocean spiritually while embracing the routine of the day to day. This episode is all about this adve...

This week we are sitting down with Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor Kate Ringwood to chat about all sorts of struggles athletes (and runners) face and healthy ways to face these struggles! Kate runs Serendipity Counseling and is a lifelong athlete and runner herself. In this episode we chat about all sorts of things like, the struggles of an athlete who cannot compete in his/her sport anym...

Phil Pinti is about 18 days out from toeing the start line of the Arizona Monster 300!! Once the gun goes off, he will have a week to take on this insanely long adventure that traverses the deserts of southern Arizona. This will be it's inaugaral year and is organized by the awesome Candice Burt and Destination Trails. In this episode, we talk about his mindset a month out and his training up unti...

#408: Allan Schoenberg -- "Strength in Every Hill, Vulnerability in Every Valley", Ultrarunning by Chris Ward

This week we are talking with Jesse Males - adventurer, fisherman and filmmaker behind the EXCELLENT Backwater Fly Fishing!!

This week’s episode is a special one! We are sitting down and talking to the director of the AZT bikepacking race John Schilling!! The first half of the show is more of a normal Like a Bigfoot Podcast as we dive into John’s history with bikepacking and designing amazing routes (like the Queen’s Ransom ride). In the second half of the show, co-host Thomas Mullins picks John’s brain for info about s...

This week we are chatting with Heather Moyse- 2X Gold Medal winner in the Bobsled, World Rugby Hall of Famer, Canadian sports legend, Public Speaker and Author of the book "Redefining Realistic." Heather is an elite athlete who uses her experiences competing at the highest levels in sport to help inspire people to find 100% of what they are capable of! In this episode we talk about her experiences...

This week we are chatting with Meredith Mcluckie about her very first 100 miler at Javelina!!