Forging Brains Podcast

Most people know that Tim "Hooter" Hoover ain't afraid to have a good time and share laughs, and that's exactly this episode went! Tim shared with us on how he acquired the nickname Hooter and it isn't what you were expecting or thinking. We got to talk about how he started his career shoeing horses and also some of the trials and tribulations he had to go through living in Arkansas as well. Give this episode a listen and let us know what you think!

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Doug is a man of many talents. Although he has faced some challenges physically, he hasn't let that slow him down one bit when it comes to raising the bar and sharing knowledge about our trade to many people. Currently Doug is the resident farrier at Iowa State University and does A LOT of therapeutic shoeing there. Listen in to hear what he has to say about that. He also is a big advocate for the AFA and the new "American Farriers Association Foundation" which sounds like it will be super beneficial to us but mainly the trade in a whole. This was a great podcast and we hope you enjoy.

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I think It's safe to say this time of year gets busy for a lot of people, or more busy I should say, and we're trying to stay on top of weekly episodes! But we got together and chatted about what's been making us more busy this past month. Gavine went on a fishing trip and Riley went on a bachelor party bear hunt. Listen in to hear how those went! Also, if you're interested in some contests or clinics coming up over the next few months, we had people reach out and let us know what are some good ones worth attending. Thanks for listening guys!

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Carl Via is a busy man and we're glad he took some more time out of his busy life to do another episode with us! He's an AFA Tester and involved with a lot of pre-cert clinics, as well as, being on the current WCB Team and has been on the team for the past 4 years. So it was cool getting to hear a little more about Carl's busy life and also a little more about his family farm's history dating back to the 1800's. There's also some really good bits of knowledge Carl dropped on us about competing and/or certification that I think would be helpful to lots of listeners, even us! Enjoy this episode and do us a favor if you haven't already, go to our Forging Brains YouTube Channel and hit the Subscribe Button, we'd appreciate it!

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Man we really enjoyed sitting down with Travis Smith for this episode. Travis enlisted in the Marine Corps straight out of high school, served our country, and then decided he wanted to shoe horses after his time was up because he thought getting to wrestle with horses would be "fun" but quickly realized that there's so much more to it than just wrestling horses! You'll have to listen for the full story. Travis also has been on the American Farrier's Team twice and is now the Team Manager for the AFT and also, on the Rules Committee for the American Farrier's Association. There may be a nugget in there regarding a new forging class at this years AFA Convention! Check it out and thanks for listening to this week's episode of Forging Brains Podcast

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Ben Snure is a man of many talents! He has a long background in ranching which in turn exposed him having to shoe the ranch horses out of necessity for the job and that is what peaked his interest in blacksmithing. Ben later found his passion for building tools but mostly for some of the finest handmade hammers on the market currently. This episode shows how someone with no initial background in blacksmithing can get into this trade, as long as, you have the determination and self discipline to learn and become great at it. Give it a listen!

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This was a great episode with Adam Fahr, who owns River Bottom Forge, and we're really glad we got to talk with him. Adam has achieved a lot of goals in his professional farrier career. He's been on the WCB Team, American Farrier's Team, and some others that have done really well, as far as his competitive horseshoeing goes. Adam talked about there was a time that competing wasn't much fun for him anymore and felt like he was stuck in a rut. But, what is really cool to hear is that Adam was able to find a way within himself to make competing fun for him again and really look forward to getting back in the arena competing against top level guys! You can hear all about it in this episode. He also builds punches for sale and has been creating the hot commodity hoof templates that everyone really likes. Much more in this episode so I hope you enjoy!

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