Rad Season Action Sports Podcast

Darren Berrecloth otherwise known as 'the Claw' is a professional Canadian mountain biker. Hailing from Parksville, British Columbia, Canada. Berrecloth exploded onto the freeride mountain bike scene as a punk kid with a third in Red Bull Rampage 2002. He is one of the world's leading mountain bikers and pioneers of the sport bringing insane tricks into the backcountry.  Pushing the...

Matt Musgrove is an action sports and motoclimb events promoter  Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, Matt Musgrove always had a fascination with action sports, motorcycles and the outdoors. Matt graduated from Business School and decided to launch straight into building his own company Elevated Action Sports. Wearing many hats from managing partnerships, running and promoting live motor raci...

Brett Turcotte is a multi talented action sports athlete and outdoor enthusiast from British Colombia, Canada. Brett is known throughout the Winter X-Games world for competing in the Snowmobile Freestyle and Snow Bike Best Trick. In 2018 he was the Winter X-Games Double Gold Medalist and 8 Times Winter X-Games Medalist in Snowmobile.   Hailing from Clearwater, British Columbia, Canada Brett grew u...

Julian Carnall is an adventurer, tuk tuk enthusiast and Co-Founder of the adventure travel company Large Minority. In 2008 with the intent of getting people out of their comfort zone the concept of Large Minority was born. From tuk tuk driving in Sri Lanka, India Cambodia and Italy to sailing around the Philippines, they created bucket list adventure challenges you will remember forever. We talk a...

In this episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to Jim De Paoli, an Adrenaline Junkie and Athlete from Geneva, Switzerland who competes in Red Bull Ice Cross and Ice Cross Downhill.  Crashed Ice or Ice Cross Downhill is insane, dangerous and probably the wildest sport ever. What goes on in someone’s mind to skate on ice up to 50 miles per hour around tight corners and obstacles? We will find out from Jim....

Jeff McKee is a pro wakeboarder who specializes in water entertainment taking the buzz of ‘lake life’ to the next level. Growing up in Orlando, Florida Jeff had the ideal stomping ground to get into water sports. He now lives in Charleston, SC and takes his family out on the water at least once a day. When his twins were 2 years old, they wouldn’t stay in the boat while he went wakesurfing and wak...

Nick Butter is the first person in history to run a marathon in every single country in the world. Nick completed 196 marathons in all 196 countries in less than 2 years. That’s 3 marathons a week, every week!   8 years ago Nick decided to quit his office job in finance and entered the world of running and adventure. He is fascinated by the crazy things, the things no one else does.  Nick crossed...

Chip Conley who helped Airbnb’s founders become a global hospitality brand. Airbnb hired him as a teacher and mentor for his hospitality experience running Joie de Vivre Hospitality (JdV) for 24 years. Chip transformed an inner-city motel into the second largest boutique hotel brand in America. At Airbnb Chip reported to a CEO young enough to be his son and most other employees were half his age....

Robin Esrock is  a best selling author and travel writer who has traveled to over 100 countries across 7 continents. After a motorbike accident back home Robin decided to quit his job and travel with some insurance money from the accident. What started off as a one year journey of living dangerously turned into a new career of travel journalism. His stories have since been published in many public...

Tommy Walker is an adventure traveller, news journalist and photographer  who has traveled to 72 countries. Tommy reports from Asia, Europe and South America including stories on narco-tourism meeting Roberto Escobar (Pablo’s brother) and interviewing Medellin business owners in Colombia, visiting the special economic zone Rason in North Korea and the on-going pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong....

Andrew Cotton is one of the world’s most respected professional big wave surfers. After being a plumber and beach lifeguard Andrew started his professional surfing career in 2013 after surfing massive winter swells whenever he could. Chasing the biggest waves in the world has been his goal ever since. How big of a wave can someone surf? What’s the limit?   Tune in for some of Cotty's best sto...

Julia Galvin is a novelty sports enthusiast. After a car accident, Zimmer frame for 3 years and reading the Guinness World Records Book in hospital Julia learned to swim and bog snorkel. She became the Ladies World Champion Mountain Bike Bog snorkeller and soon went on to the Wife Carrying World Championships in Sonkajärvi, Finland. Food for thought: How injuries drive you to learn to swim and com...

Joe Turpel is a Sportscaster from Hawaii and commentator for WSL, the World Surf League. Joe travels to places you never imagine to go to and builds friendships with some of the best surfers in the world. He loves the adrenaline rush of going live, especially when it’s pumping.  Food for thought: Growing up in Hawaii and his love of the ocean Favourite spots on tour The new WCT format for 2021 Enj...

Carl Paoli is a lifestyle coach helping others to improve their lives through movement, language, philosophy, and ideal lifestyles. He is the founder of Freestyle and has written the New York Times Best Seller Book free+style. As a former elite gymnast with a passion for action sports, his determination and hard work got him where he is today.  Food for thought: The love of sport and fitness shape...

Edward Chapman is a UK trail runner. Starting to run when he was 40, Edward got into trail running and has completed over 200 marathons and ultra-marathons since. The Kalahari Augrabies Extreme Marathon is his favorite, Edward completed this 250km desert race 12 times!  Food for thought: Why you should start running at 40 Training and nutrition Focus on your own goals and enjoy the journey Enjoy a...

Selema Masekela is a US TV host, commentator, musician, actor, journalist, producer, entrepreneur and action sports enthusiast. Mostly known for his work presenting the Summer and Winter X Games for 13 years he was also the host for the Red Bull Signature Series. Selema reported on the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, hosted E!’s Daily 10 and was the executive producer on the hit documentary s...

Sol Neelman is a former professional sports journalist and most unusual sports photographer. Over the past 10 years he has been traveling around the world capturing the best moments from bog snorkelling to shin kicking. His 3rd book in the ‘Weird Sports’ series is about to be published. Food for thought: Sol’s experience photographing weird sports and how he finds them so much more entertaining th...

Wade Gravy is a big Aussie guy based in Barcelona. The former editor of Australia’s Surfing Life and life-long part of Stoke Travel knows Spain’s weirdest and wildest fiestas. Having been to more than 50 festivals in Spain , he knows how to have a good time. Food for thought: Almost every single village in Spain has a fiesta where they party for days, a tradition that dates back hundreds of years...

Neil Rutter is the fastest man in the bog. The three-time Bog Snorkelling World Champion also holds the Guinness World Record for the fastest time. The World Bog Snorkelling Championships are a strange competition held in Wales. Participants from around the world join this eccentric English experience every year. Food for thought: Neil’s experience snorkelling through murky water Neil’s training,...

Chris Thomas is a UK film director. Mostly known for his character-focused emotive tales, he recently released the Cheese Rolling Film ‘Let’s Roll’. Cheese Rolling is a dangerous race held every year on Cooper’s Hill in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, UK. Chris dives deep on his experience rolling down the hill chasing the cheese. After a few bruises the film idea came about.  Food for thought: The C...