The Failed Experiment

Send us Fan Mail Hailing from San Diego, CA, Eric Gunderson is a former professional racer car driver who get his start in the world of karting. By the time Eric was a teenager he was testing cars for an opportunity to race within the NASCAR world before eventually suffering from such severe burnout he chose to walk away.  In today's episode, Eric dives into the aforementioned, starting his o...

Send us Fan Mail Tanner Yeager is a professional stills photographer based out of Globe, Arizona, who spent his career in the motocross industry before finding his way into the music and NASCAR industries.  Tanner has worked for clients such as Red Bull, ABC, Sony Music, Fender, The Walt Disney Company, Universal Music Group, and individuals such as Eli Tomas, Ken Roczen,  Colton Haaker, the late...

Send us Fan Mail Originally from Connecticut, Cole Beach is a professional stills photographer, filmmaker, and podcast producer based in Salt Lake City, UT. Working with clients such as Triumph Racing North America, American Honda Motor Co., Fox, 100%, Red Bull, and more, Cole has created some absolutely stunning imagery for clients and motorsports fans alike.  In today's episode, Cole talks...

Send us Fan Mail Hailing from Northern California, Corbin Hayes is a retired professional Supercross and motocross athlete. Now, Corbin finds himself as an entrepreneur and business owner of Happy Bad Golf, where he is creating content, restoring golf clubs, and working to build the bridge between the action sports community and the golf community.  In today's episode, Corbin dives into his e...

Send us Fan Mail Originally from Minnesota, Haley Shanley is a professional on-air commentator for NBC Sports/Peacock and Race Day Live with an emphasis in professional Supercross and motocross racing. In today's conversation, Haley dives into her time growing up and how she was introduced into the racing community, when she realized she wanted to become an on-air commentator, how she got her...

Send us Fan Mail Originally from Fountain Valley, CA, Summer Johansen-Graham is a former store manager (mate) at Trader Joe's. Present day, she residing in the Pacific North West, where she is pursuing her dreams of becoming a nurse. In today's episode, we dive into Summer's time growing up in Southern California, how her dreams of becoming a psychologist transitioned into one of be...

Send us Fan Mail It happened! We officially have somebody from my Wishlist of guests on the podcast today. And, that person is none other then multi-time NHRA Top Fuel World Champion, Brittany Force. I am still baffled that this all happened, but so appreciative that it did. Brittany is a rad human and I hope everyone that listens takes something away from our conversation.  Multi-time NHRA Top Fu...

Send us Fan Mail Originally from Denver, CO, Dylan Wineland is an award-winning cinematographer now residing in Salt Lake City, Utah. In today's episode, we dive into Dylan's journey and unexpected path to becoming a commercial DP (Director of Photography), all of which came to be thanks to dirt bikes.  Dylan grew up riding and racing dirt bikes against the likes of Eli Tomac, Jason Ande...

Send us Fan Mail Originally from Minnesota, Andrew Bauer is a race mechanic within the world of professional Supercross and motocross racing. Most recently, Andrew spent multiple years as a factory race mechanic at Rockstar/Husqvarna. As a mechanic, Andrew has won multiple X Games gold medals with his riders including Vicki Golden and Colby Raha as well as wrenching for riders such as Alex Martin,...

Send us Fan Mail Originally from Southern California, filmmaker, Nathan Avila (@studio39filmco on social media) split his time between the Orange County coastline and the desert landscapes of Albuquerque, New Mexico.  We dive into his time growing up in two very different landscapes, how he got into video production, dropping out of college, chasing his dreams and moving back to California, the dr...

Send us Fan Mail Drew Ruiz is a commercial stills photographer based out of Southern California. If you are not familiar with Drew's work, I highly recommend viewing his portfolio which is included below. We dive into quite a lot in today's episode from his early years at Dirt Rider Magazine to working with Cameron Baird, Taylor Creative, Fox Racing, commercial work, and becoming a photo...

Send us Fan Mail Three months after we recorded our first conversation together (April, 2024), Nick Evennou and I were able to finally sit down one more time (July, 2024) to record part two of our conversation. And, that brings us to episode 35. In today’s conversation, dive deeper into Nick’s time with Yamaha of Troy, his hopes to secure a ride with YoT for the 2005 season, corporate Yamaha alrea...

Send us Fan Mail Spencer Owens is a professional stills photographer based out of Southern California focusing his work within the action sports community. He’s earned multiple cover shots for Racer X Illustrated as well working alongside clients such as 100%, Troy Lee Designs, and more. Aside from taking over a year to make this episode happen, this particular episode was truly a fascinating and...

Send us Fan Mail Melissa Gutierrez is a stand-up comedian and viral Instagram and TikTok content creator from southern California. If you haven't, I highly recommend diving into Melissa's Instagram and/or TikTok page (@fiveoclockmommy) before listening to this one. Laughs will be had! Melissa has gone viral for quite a few of her reels, but the one that caught my attention is pokes fun a...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode we sit down with former professional motocross racer, Nick Evennou. In today's episode, we dive into Nick's career sharing his journey into racing, growing up riding with Travis Pastrana, winning a Loretta Lynn's championship, riding for Yamaha of Troy, MotoXXX, his time in Canada, and so much more. This is a fantastic conversation sharing th...

Send us Fan Mail A Bakersfield, CA native, Kyle Crabb is a filmmaking within the motocross industry. Most recently, Kyle released his long form passion project on YouTube entitled, YOUNG BLOOD, which highlights the amateur motocross scene. It's a modern twist with old school sensibilities. Essentially, think a modern day version of Mini Warriors. In today's episode with Kyle, we dive int...

Send us Fan Mail Originally from the Thousand Oaks, CA area,  Corey Martin is a Los Angeles County firefighter who is married with two children. Corey grew up riding and racing motocross with aspirations of racing professionally. However, injuries hindered that goal and, eventually, he found his way to becoming the transport driver for the TLD/Red Bull racing team during their tenure with Honda an...

Send us Fan Mail Allie Anderson is a stand-up comedian based in Los Angeles, CA. A Las Vegas, NV native, Anderson grew up with a very unique family dynamic that spilled into a very unique academic career where Harry Potter Club was the biggest club on campus. Yes, seriously. Today, we dive into Allie’s upbringing with a father who had wild conspiracy theories and identified as a sovereign citizen,...

Send us Fan Mail Oliver Keenan-Lyu is a musical composer and audio engineer currently based in Scotland with his wife and son. Oliver has been working as a professional musical composer since 2013, working for brands such as Red Bull, American Honda, Dunkin' Donuts, Jennifer Lopez, Volvo, and more creating music for all kinds of unique projects. However, many may know Keenan-Lyu from his work...

Send us Fan Mail Ryan Marcus is an award-winning director, filmmaker, and editor based out of the Orange County, CA. Originally with ambitions of becoming a professional skateboarder, Ryan eventually found his way behind the camera and a job at the iconic 411 Video Magazine. After his tenure at 411, Ryan moved onto DVS where he was responsible for one of the most progressive and forward-thinking m...

Send us Fan Mail Ryan Holliday is the team manager Team Green Kawasaki. Team Green Kawasaki is the most prestigious amateur support program within the sport of amateur motocross racing. Throughout the decades, Team Green has been responsible for the success of athletes such as Ryan Villopoto, Jeremy McGrath, Ricky Carmichael, James "Bubba" Stewart, Jeff Emig, David Bailey, and more. In t...

Send us Fan Mail Yakov Olivarria is a film director currently residing in Riverside, CA. The writer and director of the award-winning short film, Benny Bill, Yakov opens up about the journey to write the script, and then hiring and casting the film. We also dive into his thoughts on film school as he is currently in his sophomore year of higher education with an emphasis on film, the struggles of...

Send us Fan Mail From Whittier, CA, 21-year-old Jake Isaac is a professional Supercross and motocross race mechanic for the factory TLD/Red Bull/GasGas Racing team, spinning wrenches for Pierce Brown. Prior to landing his current job with TLD/Red Bull/GasGas, Isaac was working with Derek Drake on the small, satellite team, Bar-X Suzuki. In today's episode with Jake, we dive into his early yea...

Send us Fan Mail Originally from Budds Creek, MD, Kenny Day now resides in Southern California, working at Fox Racing as the Pro Athlete Manager. Kenny works alongside athletes such as Christian Craig, Adam Cianciarulo, Ken Roczen, Max Vohland, and the entire Pro Circuit/Kawasaki team. However, prior to his position at Fox Racing, K-Day was working at Aplinestars and also Traders Racing before A-S...

Send us Fan Mail A New Jersey native, Tom Journet is a content creator within the professional Supercross and motocross world. Tom got his start with vurbmoto before helping to start Evergood Co. From there, Tom went onto handle all of the filming needs for Team Fried (Jason Anderson's creative outlet). Today, Journet is working for Racer X Illustrated as well as Hunter and Jett Lawrence crea...