The Failed Experiment

Send us Fan Mail Born and raised in Seal Beach, CA, Katie Hayes is a public school teacher working in the Southern California school system with an emphasis in special education. She has been teaching for 10-years. Originally, she started teaching in private schools; however, she eventually transitioned into teaching in the public school system.  In today’s episode with Katie, we dive into her chi...

Send us Fan Mail Ricki Bedenbaugh is a professional cinematographer based in Southern California. Originally born in Tennessee before moving down to Florida, Ricki grew up in the skateboarding world with dreams of becoming a professional skater. While Ricki didn’t end up as a professional skater, he did end up as a professional cinematographer in the skate world. Ricki has been apart of some of th...

Send us Fan Mail A Huntington Beach, CA native, Sean "Borky" Borkenhagen, is a former professional Supercross and motocross athlete now working full-time with Kawasaki Motor Corporation in Tech Services. Borky is a longtime friend (we grew up riding and racing together), and this conversation was a lot of fun being able to walk down memory lane and hear his journey. We dive into his Hunt...

Send us Fan Mail Fun fact. After recording this episode with Stu Alfano, he was shortly thereafter promoted to Art Director at 100%. Maybe we need a part two with Stu to talk about the promotion and what the role of an art director entails? Not a bad idea. Anyways, I digress... Originally a North Carolina native, he eventually made his way out to Southern California (specifically San Diego, CA) to...

Send us Fan Mail A Boston, MA  native, Allison Keddie is a former private school and public school educator. Working in the education system for six years, Allison’s emphasis was within the special ed area of education. However, after six years in the education system, she walked away from her career to pursue her dreams of becoming a professional stills photographer. In today’s episode with Allis...

Send us Fan Mail Kelli Crigler is a Police Lieutenant working within the Southern California area. Kelli has been a police officer for 18-years; two of those years as an unsworn police officer aide. For almost the last four years of her career, she’s been the Police Lieutenant of her current department. This episode is a big one. We dive into everything from Kelli’s early years growing up, childho...

Send us Fan Mail A high desert rat from Hesperia, CA, Kris Keefer is a former professional Supercross and motocross racer who is now working as a full-time test rider in various capacities. At his company, Keefer Inc, he tests motorcycles and products within the dirt bike world and does editorial and video reviews for the consumer. He is also a  podcast host of the Rocky Mountain ATV/MC Keefer Tes...

Send us Fan Mail Originally from Tucson, AZ, Mike Williamson is a gaffer/chief lighting technician (CLT) working in Hollywood, CA on commercials and music videos. After graduating from the University of Nevada Las Vegas, Williamson made the move to Los Angeles, CA to pursue his dreams of working in the film industry. Since making the move, Williamson has worked with clients such as Apple, Captain...

Send us Fan Mail David Pingree is a former professional athlete, racing Supercross and motocross from 1993 to 2003. Pingree rode for Splitfire/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki, Primal Impulse Suzuki, factory Red Bull/KTM, and MotoWorld Suzuki before transitioning into the editorial life for Racer X Magazine. A multi-time Supercross race winner, Pingree was a title threat throughout a majority of his career. M...

Send us Fan Mail Originally from Glendora, CA, Ryan Cooley is an account director,  producer, and business owner of The Medium Creative Group, a creative agency specializing in still photography, video production, graphic design, Web design and more. Based in Costa Mesa, CA, Cooley and co-owner of the MCG, Luis Rodriguez works with clients such as Red Bull, Nike, American Honda, Toyota, Schwinn, B...

Send us Fan Mail Jeff Emig is a retired professional Supercross and motocross athlete who now works in television broadcasting, handling the color analyst for the World Supercross Championship. Prior to his television career, Emig rode for factory Yamaha and factory Kawasaki throughout the 1990s. He won the 1992 125 outdoor motocross championship, the 1996 250 outdoor motocross championship, and t...

Send us Fan Mail Casey Davis is an action sports filmmaker with an emphasis in the Supercross and motocross world, based out of Southern California. Casey works with the creative outfit, Octopi Media, alongside Garth Milan and Ryne Swanberg, handling video needs for clients such as Monster Energy/Star Racing Yamaha, Scott Goggles, Kawasaki Motor Co, and more. Casey’s story is incredibly wild and,...

Send us Fan Mail Kit Karzen is an Emmy award-winning stills photographer and photo journalist based out of Los Angeles, CA working with clients such as the NFL, Amazon Studios, CBS, CNN, Netflix, Nike, Team L39ION Los Angeles, Zwift, Hammerhead, Oakley, Playboy, Stance, and many more. Originally, Karzen started racing cycling at a young age and eventually started racing at a  professional level fo...

Send us Fan Mail Jordan Powell is a Southern California based filmmaker and cinematographer working within the action sports world. Originally cutting his teeth as the in-house video editor at TransWorld Motocross Magazine, Powell has since gone onto to work with clients such as Red Bull Media House, American Honda Motor Co., Capelli, Thor MX, and also spent several years working as a wedding cine...

Send us Fan Mail Originally from south Texas, Troy Murrah is a musician and artist now residing in Southern California with his wife and three children. Troy dives into his story of working as a set designer in the early 2000s for Comedy Central's, The Man Show, with Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla, how he picked up a guitar and eventually started his two piece punk rock band, RESTAVRANT, (yes,...

Send us Fan Mail Shannon Stutenroth is a 1st AC (Assistant Camera) and cinematographer currently residing in Los Angeles, CA working on narrative, commercial, documentary, and branded content. Originally from Pennsylvania, Shannon had quite the road map in terms of education. She spent time in Philadelphia, California, and New York before graduating from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York....

Send us Fan Mail Chris Ray is a skateboarder and filmmaker residing in Southern California with his wife and kids. Partners with Martin Fobes at Motion Clubhouse (their production company), Chris is responsible for some of the most influential skate videos over the last 15+ years. In today's episode, Chris shares his journey from working crummy jobs while pursuing his passion for filmmaking i...

Send us Fan Mail Originally from a small-town in Michigan, Martin Fobes is a professional filmmaker and also a skateboarded now residing in Huntington Beach, CA with his wife and pup. Martin is partners with Chris Ray at their production company called Motion Clubhouse where Martin and Chris work with clients such as DC Shoes, Fender, Ford, Nissan, GoPro, and more creating commercials, documentari...

Send us Fan Mail Brad Resnick is a Southern California native currently working as a filmmaker within the action sports community for The Brand Amp, an Orange County, CA based production company. Before landing his position with the production company, Brad cut his teeth within in the world of Supercross and motocross racing, working full time as the in-house filmmaker for VitalMX. However, what m...

Send us Fan Mail Justin Kosman is a commercial stills photographer and filmmaker based out of San Diego, CA. Originally from Illinois, Kosman made the move to Southern California (specifically Huntington Beach, CA) in the early 2000s to live with former 2002 X Games gold medalist, Robbie Miranda, and commence his action sports career with X Games doing their research for BMX and motocross. Kosman...

Send us Fan Mail T.J. Signaigo is a gaffer and Local 728 Set Lighting Technician based in Los Angeles, CA working on major TV and movie productions such as Yellowstone, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, Insecure, Daisy Jones & the Six, The Baxters, and more. Originally a San Diego, CA native, T.J., discusses his early years growing up in San Diego, CA and what it was like playing in a small punk r...

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