Built on Passion

Built on Passion

By RY OutfittersBusinessEntrepreneurship
Download on the App Store

Built on Passion episodes

  • #14: Panda Ski Poles - 100% bamboo & environmentally sustainable ski poles - Co-founder Tanner Rosenthal Sharing His Story

    Josh sits down with Tanner Rosenthal The founder of Panda Ski Poles. Panda Ski Poles is a ski pole manufacturer that makes environmentally sustainable ski poles out of Bamboo. Since their start they have branched out to making trekking poles, selfie sticks, and apparel while maintaining a focus on sustainability and aggressively trying to make their production process more sustainable and reduce their carbon footprint. They are the first ski pole company to utilize “Zero Drag Powder Baskets” which reduces snags on pow, trees, and brush while riding. Panda Ski Poles has a lot planned for the future and are planning to do more with sustainable apparel. They stands by their values to make a product that is high performing, long lasting, and sustainably made.

    58 min
  • #14: Panda Ski Poles - 100% bamboo & environmentally sustainable ski poles - Co-founder Tanner Rosenthal Sharing His Story

    Josh sits down with Tanner Rosenthal The founder of Panda Ski Poles. Panda Ski Poles is a ski pole manufacturer that makes environmentally sustainable ski poles out of Bamboo. Since their start they have branched out to making trekking poles, selfie sticks, and apparel while maintaining a focus on sustainability and aggressively trying to make their production process more sustainable and reduce their carbon footprint. They are the first ski pole company to utilize “Zero Drag Powder Baskets” which reduces snags on pow, trees, and brush while riding. Panda Ski Poles has a lot planned for the future and are planning to do more with sustainable apparel. They stands by their values to make a product that is high performing, long lasting, and sustainably made.

    58 min
  • #13 Point6 Socks - The best merino wool socks you can buy - co-founder Peter Duke sharing his story

    Josh sits down with Point6 cofounder and CEO Peter Duke. Point6, based in Steamboat Spring, Colorado is a sock company created to take sock production to next level by improving its quality, comfort, and longevity while making huge strides in reducing the environmental impact of production. Point6 socks uses merino wool and is spun using a compact spinning method, which creates as tighter, stronger sock.

    Peter Duke, and his wife Patty, are no strangers to the outdoor industry and especially sock production, having cofounded Smartwool in 1994. After stepping away from the company they are back with a brand new company that is deeply rooted in its cofounders experience, passion, and motivation to create a perfect product.

    43 min
  • #13 Point6 Socks - The best merino wool socks you can buy - co-founder Peter Duke sharing his story

    Josh sits down with Point6 cofounder and CEO Peter Duke. Point6, based in Steamboat Spring, Colorado is a sock company created to take sock production to next level by improving its quality, comfort, and longevity while making huge strides in reducing the environmental impact of production. Point6 socks uses merino wool and is spun using a compact spinning method, which creates as tighter, stronger sock.


    Peter Duke, and his wife Patty, are no strangers to the outdoor industry and especially sock production, having cofounded Smartwool in 1994. After stepping away from the company they are back with a brand new company that is deeply rooted in its cofounders experience, passion, and motivation to create a perfect product.

    43 min
  • #12 Vestigo.co - The Airbnb of Guided Outdoor Trips - Co-founder Marshall Mosher Sharing Their Story

    Josh sits down with Vestigo.co cofounder, Marshall Mosher. Vestigo.co, based in Athens, Georgia, is a startup that connects adventurers, outdoor sport enthusiasts, and new experience seekers to guides who are experts in their field and eager to share their passion. With a spark of interest and just a few clicks you can be on your next adventure or, after applying and getting approval individuals can plan and lead their own trip into the outdoors and beyond. Marshall shared his philosophy is that everyone’s adventure is different and his vision of turning Vestigo.co into a platform that connects you with any type of guided experience regardless of whatever that experience is.

    57 min
  • #12 Vestigo.co - The Airbnb of Guided Outdoor Trips - Co-founder Marshall Mosher Sharing Their Story

    Josh sits down with Vestigo.co cofounder, Marshall Mosher. Vestigo.co, based in Athens, Georgia, is a startup that connects adventurers, outdoor sport enthusiasts, and new experience seekers to guides who are experts in their field and eager to share their passion. With a spark of interest and just a few clicks you can be on your next adventure or, after applying and getting approval individuals can plan and lead their own trip into the outdoors and beyond. Marshall shared his philosophy is that everyone’s adventure is different and his vision of turning Vestigo.co into a platform that connects you with any type of guided experience regardless of whatever that experience is.

    57 min
  • #11 Slant Skis: Handmade Bamboo Skis - Founder Josh Bennett Sharing His Story

    Slant Skis was founded in 2007 by Josh Bennett in Truckee, California, after breaking countless skis and getting fed up with the quality of skis on the current market. In 2010 they moved to their factory near Tahoe City, California, located on the Truckee River in the Lake Tahoe basin, surrounded by their favorite mountains.

    Josh, moved to Truckee, CA, in 2006 from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Josh’s background is in ski coaching, carpentry, and ski tuning which has helped him make an easy transition into ski making.

    Josh had the pleasure of speaking with Josh and asked him some questions that our readers put together.

    15 min
  • #11 Slant Skis: Handmade Bamboo Skis - Founder Josh Bennett Sharing His Story

    Slant Skis was founded in 2007 by Josh Bennett in Truckee, California, after breaking countless skis and getting fed up with the quality of skis on the current market. In 2010 they moved to their factory near Tahoe City, California, located on the Truckee River in the Lake Tahoe basin, surrounded by their favorite mountains.

    Josh, moved to Truckee, CA, in 2006 from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Josh’s background is in ski coaching, carpentry, and ski tuning which has helped him make an easy transition into ski making.


    Josh had the pleasure of speaking with Josh and asked him some questions that our readers put together.

    15 min
  • #10 Weigh My Rack - Quitting Corporate To Dirtbagging & Building The Largest Database Of Climbing Gear! - Founder Alison & Andreas Sharing Their Story

    Josh sits down with Alison Dennis and Andrea Boldrini to talk about their website Weigh My Rack. Weigh My Rack is website where you can compare climbing gear to help climbers find the exact gear that they are looking for by providing specs, reviews, and the history and evolution of various brands. By laying out all the options that are on the market, Weigh My Rack helps its users find gear based off specific needs and preferences with just a few clicks. After Alison and Andreas got fed up with their corporate jobs they decided to hit the road and fully committ to building this invaluable tool to help climbers find the gear they’re looking for. Now they travel and adventure while building their business and helping to remove the stress of gear hunting

    56 min
  • #10 Weigh My Rack - Quitting Corporate To Dirtbagging & Building The Largest Database Of Climbing Gear! - Founder Alison & Andreas Sharing Their Story

    Josh sits down with Alison Dennis and Andrea Boldrini to talk about their website Weigh My Rack. Weigh My Rack is website where you can compare climbing gear to help climbers find the exact gear that they are looking for by providing specs, reviews, and the history and evolution of various brands. By laying out all the options that are on the market, Weigh My Rack helps its users find gear based off specific needs and preferences with just a few clicks. After Alison and Andreas got fed up with their corporate jobs they decided to hit the road and fully committ to building this invaluable tool to help climbers find the gear they’re looking for. Now they travel and adventure while building their business and helping to remove the stress of gear hunting

    56 min

About Built on Passion

From the publisher's feed

We catalog the experience of CEOs, founders, and entrepreneurs in the outdoor sports industry. Some of them have failed, some of them skyrocket into the stratosphere of success, all of them have a…