Battle Approved

Extreme Sports announcer Dave Arnold is also known as The Voice of Off-Road. 

If you've been to the Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Series, it's highly likely you've heard Dave's voice. He's announced multiple events, over numerous decades; from SuperCross to X-Games, and he loves Off-Road! "It's the most incredible, physical racing you're ever going to see!"

So just how did Dave get into announcing? Well, he was recuperating from a broken clavicle the day he went to watch some friends at a jet ski race and the event announcer never turned up. So, Dave picked up the microphone and started making fun of his friends out on the track.

Steve Van Doren from Vans walked up and asked him how long he'd been announcing and he looked at his watch and said ‘about fifteen minutes.’ And that’s how it all started.

Instagram: @BattleApproved and @DaveArnoldLive 

Twitter: @BattleApproved and @DaveArnoldLive

Facebook: @BattleApproved and @DaveArnoldLive

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Phil Ranta is the COO at cloud based global-scale Social & Commerce platform Wormhole Labs.

Phil is a pioneer of the digital media revolution, working as a pre-YouTube professional web video producer in 2005, video content app creator before the smartphone revolution in 2007, an early exec in the MCN (Multi-Channel Network) boom with two successful exits, and as the Head of Creators at Mobcrush, a technology and entertainment company at the epicenter of mobile gaming, live streaming and the creator-driven media revolution.

Previously, Phil was the Head of Gaming Creators at Facebook and the COO of Studio71, one of the world's largest MCNs, growing the network from 1 billion to over 8 billion monthly views in 3 years with over 1,000 creators.

Before Studio71, Phil joined Fullscreen as the Head of Channel Partnerships as the 9th employee, completing his tenure as the VP of Networks. He grew the network to the largest MCN in the world (on comScore) in less than 1 year. He was the recipient of Fullscreen's first "Founders Award" for his role in building the industry-leading company. As the 9th employee, he's also our 9th guest on the podcast.

Instagram: @BattleApproved and @PhilRanta

Linkedin: @BattleApproved, @CJamesMedia and @PhilRanta

Twitter: @BattleApproved and @PhilRanta

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Christina McKay is a high quality vehicle wrap designer and runs Curvaceous Wraps.

Clients include Curtis Jackson (50 Cent), Battle Approved, WrapSesh, plus many more,

Facebook: @BattleApproved and @CurvaceousWraps

Instagram: @BattleApproved and @Curvaceous_Wraps

YouTube: @CurveWraps

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Jerett Brooks is the reigning Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (LOORRS) Pro 2 Truck Champion. 

Backing that up, this past weekend he swept Rounds 1 & 2 with two wins and two Optima Batteries Fastest Lap Awards!

Jerett has been racing since he was a kid and even raced Mod Karts!

Facebook: @BattleApproved and @JerettBrooks77

Instagram: @BattleApproved and @JerettBrooks77

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Simon Harris is predominantly known as the founder of the record label Music of Life and producer of most of its catalog of songs. He is a DJ, producer, remixer, founder of the EDM label WorkRoom, and the creator of the Billboard No.1 hit "Bass (How Low Can You Go?")

This episode takes you on an interesting journey through the British rap scene back in the late 80s to how music is presented today.

Facebook: @BattleApproved and @SimonHarris

Twitter: @BattleApproved and @HarrisMix

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Johnny Greaves is a professional American short-course off-road race truck driver from Abrams, Wisconsin. He has competed in numerous major off-road series, including SCORE International, Short-course Off-road Drivers Association (SODA), Championship Off-Road Racing (CORR), World Series of Off-Road Racing (WSORR), TORC Series (TORC), Lucas MidWest Series, and this year COR (Championship Off-Road).

Greaves began racing in motocross at age 12. He switched to racing four wheel vehicles at age 23 and has never looked back. He has won multiple off-road Championships., too many to mention. This dude is certainly Battle Approved!

Facebook: @BattleApproved and @Pro4Champ

Instagram: @BattleApproved and @JohnnyGreaves22

Twitter: @BattleApproved 

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Cris Reed and The Level Up Experience is dedicated to sharing stories in the eSports, gaming and content creation spaces; ranging from startups, pro players, orgs, content creators, educators, and investors.

He is also an advisor for Gamerjibe. Gamerjibe is transforming how businesses and creators connect through immersive online events like conferences, concerts, meet-and-greets, and persistent virtual real estate.

Twitter: @BattleApproved and @TheLevelUpEXP

Instagram: @BattleApproved 

LinkedIn: Cristopher Reed 

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David M. Ross was the founder of Music Row Magazine and covered Nashville's music industry for over 3 decades.

MusicRow.com is now digital, but still publishes special issues like "In Charge" and "The Artist Roster" which are both are widely considered essential for anyone doing business in the country music industry.

David is a songwriter, author, entrepreneur, and journalist.

Twitter: @BattleApproved and @DavidMRoss

Instagram: @BattleApproved and @DavidMRoss4515

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Elle Shelley knows innovation. Over the last decade, she has designed and launched products, services, environments, and digital experiences for organizations seeking new ways to provide value to their customers. She is known for her ability to cheerfully create a vision of the future and then plan strategies to get there, executing on all aspects of design and development, from conception through production to delivery.

She is also the Co-Founder and CEO of Cobalt

Cobalt is the gig platform for the innovation market that pairs insights with action. Marketing teams use Cobalt to help make data-driven decisions about future customers and to uncover hidden customer needs and other opportunities hiding in plain sight. 

Instagram: @BattleApproved and @Elle_Shelley

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Greg Cozzo works Brand Activation and Promotions at Lucas Oil and MAV-TV. He's also the guy with the Big Red Cowboy Hat. 

Instagram: @BattleApproved and @BigRedCowboyHat