Rad Season Podcast

In the next episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to professional Canadian mountain biker Darren Berrecloth otherwise known as 'the Claw'. 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 limits in freeriding and competing, taking on crazy lines that other riders wouldn't consider.  Berrecloth's sheer determination and resilience saw him returning to riding competitively in 2012 after breaking his back in 2011.   Traveling around the world has seen Berrecloth taking to the screen in 'Where The Trail Ends' and 'North of Nightfall' in search of the biggest rides and biggest lines. He also keeps busy designing mtb courses such as the Bearclaw invitational on Vancouver island.    We talk about growing up in the outdoors how he started off riding BMX and the evolution of taking those early tricks to the mountains. Tune in for some of Claws best big mountain stories and some of the craziest mountain biking moments from Rampage, Crankworx and freeriding around the world. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rad-season-podcast/message

In the next episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to action sports and motoclimb events promoter Matt Musgrove. 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 racing events to filming and photographing athletes. Not to mention growing one of the world’s oldest extreme motorsports. The sport of motoclimb, (motorcycle hill climb racing) has not been recognized on a global scale, and it’s Matt’s mission to help get the sport and it’s athletes on a mainstream level. Matt calls his race trailer home and spends the majority of the season on the road documenting the insane sport of motoclimb. In his spare time, you can find him crafting custom bike frames, surfing, dirt biking, mountain biking and snowboarding somewhere epic in California. Tune in for some of Matt’s best motoclimb stories and his craziest event moments and what projects he has coming up to promote the sport of motorcycle hill climb.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rad-season-podcast/message

In this episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to multi talented action sports athlete and outdoor enthusiast Brett Turcotte 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 up competing in Sno Cross races and hill climb events from the age of 13 and riding snowmobiles since he was 6 years old. He went on to push the sport of backcountry mountain riding and snowmobile freestyle. Brett is always challenging himself to be the best action sports athlete he can be. From multiple sports including Freestyle Motocross, Free-Ride Mountain Biking, UTV Rally Cross, Sno-Bike Freestyle Backcountry Mountain Snowmobiling and Freestyle. He also manages to sneak in time to go hunting and fishing in the summer months and is heavily involved in the Freestyle Moto Industry. We talk about growing up in the outdoors, how he stated racing Sno-Cross and the progression into Snowmobile Freestyle and Freeriding. Tune in for some of his best snowmobile freestyle adventures, worst crashes and greatest event moments. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rad-season-podcast/message

In this episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to Julian Carnall, 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 about how Large Minority started back with the first tuk tuk adventure in Sri Lanka. Tune in for some of Julian’s best travel stories, worst and funniest tuk tuk challenge moments and what locations and projects he has in store for his next adventure challenges.   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rad-season-podcast/message

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.    We talk about how Jim grew up playing sports when he started skating and Ice Cross and his favorite destinations on tour. Tune in for some of his best stories, worst crashes and how he trains for this competitive rad winter sport, the craziest thing on ice.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rad-season-podcast/message

In this episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to pro wakeboarder Jeff McKee. He 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 wakeboarding. So they joined him for a ride, on his shoulders! Jeff is the Co-Founder of AdventureIO, an app where you can find next-level outdoor adventures and experiences hosted by verified pro athletes and local experts. Being a Professional Athlete for Slingshot Wakeboards, he is also their brand manager. For Jeff, it’s all about adventure inspiration and spending time outdoors with his family and friends. Tune in for some of his best adventures how he grow up and started wakeboarding in Orlando. We go in depth about how Adventure IO began and we talk about some of his favorite off the beaten path adventures from paddle boarding in Hawaii to surfing in Central America.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rad-season-podcast/message

In this episode, Oli Russell-Cowan chats to Nick Butter, 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 the finish line after 674 days with a few friends and hand in hand with Kevin. The two met at Marathon Des Sables a few years ago. Kevin has prostate cancer but keeps running until he physically can’t. He is Nick’s inspiration for this incredibly physical and mental challenge. Finishing his journey after 2 years Nick raised over £100,000 for Prostate Cancer UK.    Tune in for some of Nick’s best running and travel stories, worst moments and how he got fit to run 3 marathons a week. We go in depth about the logistics of planning a marathon and traveling to every country in the world and how he got a team involved in his challenge. We also discuss what make the trip special and what running challenges he has coming up.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rad-season-podcast/message

In this episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to 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. He succeeded by combining his wisdom and experience of the hospitality industry with the curiosity to learn about new technology. This experience led Chip to write New York Times bestseller Wisdom@Work: The Making of a Modern Elder and start his new company, the Modern Elder Academy: the world’s first “midlife wisdom school”. Tune in for some of his best stories about learning to surf at age 58, mentoring six young CEO founders in the hospitality/tech world, his time on the board for Burning Man founding Fest300, his most craziest festival moments and his experience at Airbnb.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rad-season-podcast/message

In this episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to best selling author and travel writer Robin Esrock 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 publications like National Geographic Traveler, The Guardian and Chicago Tribune and he has been featured on television including CNN, Huffington Post, MSNBC, ABC and 60 Minutes.    Robin developed and co-hosted the TV series ‘Word Travels’, revealing the real story of professional travel journalism and created the adventure-culinary show ‘Get Stuffed’. He spoke at Tedx about the lessons of travel and started to write books. The books ‘The Great Canadian Bucket List: One-of-a-Kind Travel Experiences’, The Great Global Bucket List, The Great Australian Bucket List and 75 Must See Places to Take the Kids (before they don’t want to go) became national bestsellers.   Tune in for some of his best travel stories and bucket list experiences, worst moments and what he thinks will be the future of travel and tourism in the 'new norm'.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rad-season-podcast/message

In this episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to adventure traveller, news journalist and photographer Tommy Walker 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.   Tune in for some of Tommy's craziest travel stories on dark tourism, worst moments when travelling in Southeast Asia, South America and India and why he likes to travel off the beaten path. We also cover the political situation in Hong Kong where he is currently based reporting.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rad-season-podcast/message

In this episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to Andrew Cotton, 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 stories. Growing up surfing in Devon, England to doing winter seasons in Ireland and Nazaré, Portugal riding 70+ foot waves, worst moments and major wipeouts from big wave surfing. We dive into how he stays fit both physically and mentally to continue paddling out in conditions when no one else would put a foot in the water?  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rad-season-podcast/message

In this episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to Julia Galvin, a novelty sports enthusiast. After a car accident when she was 27 years old, using a 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! Listen to her stories about bouncing back and what it takes to win. Find out more about how Julia got into Wife Carrying and Bog Snorkelling events around the world and what she loves about novelty sports.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rad-season-podcast/message

In this episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to World Surf League commentator Joe Turpel, the voice of professional surfing. He travels to places you would never imagine to go, building friendships with some of the best surfers in the world on the dream tour. He loves the adrenaline rush of going live, especially when it’s pumping! Tune in for some of his best stories from the World Surf League and how he sees the future of surfing events unfold. Find out more about how Joe got into surfing, where he grew up and his favorite moments from the surf tour.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rad-season-podcast/message

In this episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to his childhood friend Carl Paoli. Oli remembers Carl as an elite gymnast with a passion for action sports. Carl would run down the beach doing 10 backflips in a row. The love of sport and fitness shaped Carl’s personality. Through determination and hard work he arrived at who he is today: Helping others to improve their life 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. Join us for some of his best stories. Find out more about how Carl got into gymnastics growing up, why he started coaching and how he transitioned into lifestyle design.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rad-season-podcast/message

In this episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to trail runner Edward Chapman. Edward's an ordinary guy, well as ordinary as a recovering accountant can be, but has achieved extraordinary things through running. At the young age of 40 a grave health warning resulted in his first tentative running steps. It took some time, but he eventually became hooked and has completed over 200 marathons and ultra marathons. Edward has done something amazing; finishing the Kalahari Augrabies Extreme Marathon, a 250km desert self-sufficiency stage race, 12 times. More people have walked on the moon than done that, not bad for an ex fat bloke. He will always be a trail runner, but is currently enjoying a new lease of life as an adventurer, hiker and wild camper.  Find out how Edward got into trail running, what keeps him going and what he loves about marathons and ultras. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rad-season-podcast/message