Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Jack Lau finally get the man, the myth, the legend “Gideon Saunders” in studio all the way from kodiak Island to sit down for much anticipated podcast convo!

Brandon needs readers, “Gideon the The Great warrior”, Ol’stumpy”, Kona Honey & Bees, 2024 Double Shovel Christmas Cran launch, Mule deer foundation, Blacktail Foundation, Big Buck Contest in Kodiak, (Inferred Drone & Darting), hunting pressure, (Adult onset Hunters), Kodiak Surfing Scene, unwritten rules and the hunting conversation, Kodiak Crawdad’s on the Buskin, Kodiak, The furthest most Hawaiian island, Jack’s new fade, Gideon’s 25 years in the oil fields, Bear Valley Golf Course in Kodiak, we need some snow, “Snow Bros”,

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Daniel Buitrago & Jack Lau babble with Alpacka Raft cofounder Thor Tingey

Draw permit application, Trawlers in Prince William Sound, bad weather jinx, Ritt Kellogg grants, the OG white boat, Design by Sheri, dog mushing gear, growing up in Denali, designing the first Alpacka raft, figuring out inflation and working with seams, jigging and welding techniques for thermoplastics, Jack’s Plastic Welding and Feathercraft, trial and error, white water Valkery, store and zip tech, paddle progression, favorite packraft trips for families, International Packraft Film Fest, raft durability and material science, what’s coming down the pike, buy direct to consumer to support small biz

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Daniel Buitrago & Jack Lau sit down with  physician, hunter, back country skier Paul Forward

Skiing anatartica, hunting in trees, neck injury bike crash story, 2024 sheep hunt and fall sotry, pack from hell, neck surgery and recovery, life in Girdwood, ski guiding, Heli skiing, predicting snow conditions, skiing is inherently dangerous, the hard way video, eastern rises fishing movie, origin of a hunting conservation story, draw tags, climate change impact on sheep habitat, archery impact on sheep, introducing new species to alaska,  compressed alaska cedar wood shafts, sure wood shafts, customizing arrows mental refocus, lifesize targets for practice, hyperlite cook bag, gear talk, sleeping bag dreams for a quilt guy,

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AWP Episode 197 “No Days Off” Teresa Moss (@alaskamountaingypsy)

Daniels Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Jack Lau are joined by special guest Teresa Moss, Alaska Outdoor Guide & Pro Body Builder

We need some snow, running a dump truck, shout out to Awakening of Winter 5 by Awakening Productions, Sierra Winter & Josiah Smith, the art of video editing, shout out to smoking moose bones, eating the bone marrow, underground smoker, Teres’a road kill moose, sloppy kills and, John Lau’s hand kill caribou, TKO @ Koots & the start of the Miller Girls, latest body building completion in AZ, the terminator, getting started with fitness & training, fitness coaching and completion, Team IPL Coast to Cast, the natural federation, No Days off, writing training programs, BLT’s “Bite Lick, Taste”, Arbonne Products for supplements, outdoor guiding business, Outbound heli, Pioneer peak, tackling the Appalachian Trail, Trail Angles, Continental Divide trail, tearing an ACL, peptides & PT, love to inspire, “handsome ransom” Cheese Cake Factory, The She Beast, “Pillow” Teresa Jean Bell,

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Daniel Buitrago & Jack Lau sit down with special guests and local small business coffee sisters Kristen Redfield & Jenna Fredric of Goldie Coffee Shop & Roasters)

Adventure for Ava fundraiser (www.avasstory.org), Wolverines vs UAA, Sully looking better, growing up in Kenai, expresso machines, the fin whale at Westchester, Mount Marathon, favorite hikes, draw results party at Double Shovel, February 22nd, how Goldies got its name, La Marzocco is the top shelf, coffee carts in AK, keeping longterm employees, coffee blends for milk based vs americanos, black coffee vs milk based,  epic latte art, sourcing ingredients, journey to roasting, roasting protocols, coffee storage, medalling up at coffee competitions, celebrating Ernie, coffee shop names, water delivery trucks, Alaskan’s and ice cream,  have to try afogato, roasted trivia,

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Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Jack Lau hook-up on a remote podcast with special guest & wildlife photographer Jillian Brown of Jillian Brown Photographer

Bitcoin on the rise, planet money podcast, being stocked up on ammo, re-loading and do you have the time, shout out to the patron, On-Step Alaska Podcast, the shoulder season cabin life, Jacks transition after the farms, servicing outboard salt motors, Squamish, BC, (Don’t go to Winnipeg!) seasonal, the old school cannon, getting a photo of Sasquatch, Capturing a Pika’s, recon and photographing a new tropical area, The cross country paddling adventure, It’s (Portage not Portage), (River Angle’s), paddling the massive rivers, 150 days on the river, 130 in the field, resupplying, logistics and rest days, 12-days on the Colorado, the river flip ratting, finishing the Lewis & Clark journey, a gear junkie sesh, keeping it old school, paper maps, Floating the Noatak, Seeing the quiet, never stop shooting, river madness,      

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AWP Episode 194 “Out of the Darkness” w/Ashley Saupe (The Sharp End Podcast)

Daniel Buitrago & Brandon Fifield are joined by special guest and fellow podcaster, Ashley Saupe of the Sharp End Podcast

Transforming A podcast and passion project into a business and managing it, not selling out, Rockie talkies, the community of Alaskan podcast, meeting Emily out remote nordic lake skating, the crack of noon crew, life style after knew surgeries, finding a new identity and joy in other activities, the metal shift and getting thought the dark times, dealing with the mental challenges while managing the podcast and its foundation, the climber & blaire, getting outside of your comfort zone, a career in field safety management of global reality shows, riverside FM, podcast followers & show downloads, Evan Phillips, Motorcycle Adventure in Peru, Alaska Mountain Rescue event @ Bearstooth Theater, Ashley’s hopefully future moose hunt, Ashley’s AK History, graduating the Alaska Military Youth Academy, Outward Bounder, Lead safety coordinator, Zoleo vs. Garmin Inreach, GIA Maps,

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AWP Episode 193 “For the Grom’s” w/Greg Stafford & Emily Baker (Northern Aspects Film Festival)

Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Jack Lau are joined by outdoor life style photographer Greg Stafford and “BIG AIR BAKER” Emily Baker of Northern Aspects Film Festival

Jacks new gig, working as a team and achievements, having structure and the benefits, the dirt bag award, The Northern Aspect Film Festival 2024, The Grom’s, Ski porn, ocean base vs. Lake based water skiing, thanks to Jeff Lund @ On-Step Podcast & the new book “Big Wild Life”, back country ice skating, Jack’s AZ Trip, lava tubes, Kennedys sweet 16, Daniels new sled, the history of tailgate in Valdez & Thompson pass, poor mans helicopter, back country access by snowmobile and the transition, Snow Bros movies, the new alliance and cross over of winter sports brought together throughout safety, Sarah Glauser new film festival poster for 2024, truck house, hair pin spine, the  new onesie’s for the event, designing a film festival, the bear tooth venue, the art of film making, reviewing submissions, Greg’s proposal to Emily in the jungles of Peru, Mavic air drones, International Pack Rafting Festival announcement, May 2025 packrat adventures, 6-mile, Tatshenshini River pack raft, Snow river glacier,     

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AWP Episode 192 “Evolution of a Hunter” W/Emily Thompson

Daniel Buitrago & Brandon Fifield are joined by our favorite lady in the world Emily Thompson

Upcoming events in November Artwork by Sierra & Awaken productions “The Awakening of Winter 5” @ HILLTOP SKI AREA November 22nd, Northern Aspects Film Festival @ BearTooth Theatre pub November 21st & 23rd, Nordic skating windows, find an under water dead ewe, the massive ram on the table, Lou Bradley’s assessment & score, the ram going into the 4th installment, Grant’s super clean filed work, the Epic goat kill, the life size taxidermy process, intro to cub hunting, the tundra doing the full squat with over 200 gallons of AV gas, a night with bear claw bill, super cub community, Red Fox Air flight snacks, air strip fuel stashing process, finally setting up shop, spotting the mass, making the stalk, cutting the distance, making the kill shot, realizing the magnitude of what Emily & Cole harvested, the ram of a life time, a bond created through hunting

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Daniel Buitrago & Brandon Fifield are joined by the Allstar team of creative directors, musicians & artists (Sam Kassirer & Harrison Goodale) who produced the one of a kind short film “Refuge Alaska!”

The Boy Band Era, Lou Pearlman “Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scan”, “The Yintah” documentary, commercial and industrial impacts on indigenous lands, longer term impact, creating public access, Intro to Sustain Nature & Music connection made w/Jessica Bonner, the project team, choreographers, composers & the musicians, The meditation & zen vibe produced in the film, paring the music & videography, creating the 4 segments & integrating the musical inspiration through art, obtaining permissions and working with local videographers, partnering with conservation groups, connecting the music industry with conservation & public lands, Soundscapes, the inspiration and reason behind the film, composing a film, parameters & the use of instruments (Segment 1 Pianos, Segment 2 Vocalization, Segment 3 Woodwinds, Segment 4 Synthesizers), the films initial release in 2022, Showing the film premier at the Anchorage museum, nature & music and the human connection, big thanks to the entire Sustain music & Nature team!

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