🎉🎮🎅 One Year In, WUBR Awards & Only in Big Rapids | What’s Up Big Rapids Ep. 51 (12-31-25)

It’s our one-year anniversary episode — and what a ride it’s been. 🥹🎉

We kick things off with a Christmas greeting from Santa Claus himself, then take a moment to realize something kind of wild: 51 episodes, dozens of guests, and a full year of telling Big Rapids stories together. Dom even crowns us the “Regis and Kathie Lee of Big Rapids” (we’ll take it).

From ice storms and snowboarding at Caberfae 🏂 to retro video games 🎮, Christmas gifts that hit you right in the feels, and the surprising stat that only 44% of podcasts make it past three episodes — this one is equal parts gratitude and joy.

Then we roll out the FIRST-EVER WUBR AWARDS 🏆
Favorite Guest. Segment of the Year. Event of the Year. Rumor of the Year. Only in Big Rapids Moment. Accidental Moment. Community MVP. And more.

We close it out by looking ahead to 2026, new goals, and a promise that Season Two is going to be even bigger than the first. ❤️

0:00 – Christmas greeting from Santa Claus 🎅
0:25 – Intro & happy one-year anniversary to WUBR 🎉
1:50 – 51 episodes in the books! Dom dubs us the Regis & Kathie Lee of Big Rapids 😂
3:00 – Ice storms, power outages & snowboarding at Caberfae 🧊🏂
5:00 – Chris sells a house the day after Christmas — rentals needed! 🏡
5:40 – Pat’s surprise seafood boil & Xbox Christmas 🎮🦞
7:45 – First video game systems you played & owned 🎮
11:00 – Duck Hunt gun trivia 🤯
11:55 – Dom started with Intellivision… moment of silence 😅
14:08 – Chris gifts his son a 20,000-game handheld 🎮
14:57 – Chris’ first console ever: GoldenEye on N64. Legendary. 🕶️
16:00 – Christmas gifts recap & Chris becomes a reluctant Ugg convert 👢
18:00 – Pat gives Jordans & a bicycle to his mom — tears were shed ❤️🚲
20:35 – Dom gifts Elevation Worship tickets & finally gets his dream multitool 🎶🔧
23:40 – Podcast longevity stats — WUBR is heading toward top 5% 🎙️
27:10 – 🎉 WUBR AWARDS BEGIN 🏆
28:33 – Favorite Guest of the Year
32:21 – Segment of the Year
34:28 – Event of the Year
39:50 – Uplifting Moment of the Year
42:00 – Community MVP of the Year
43:27 – Breakout Business of the Year
46:36 – Big Rapids Rumor of the Year 👀
49:44 – Most Likely to Only Be Talked About Online
53:30 – Only in Big Rapids Moment of the Year
58:10 – Accidental Moment of the Year 😂
1:00:00 – New Year’s resolutions & hopes for 2026 🎯
1:05:25 – Season Two confirmed — and it’s going to be bigger 🚀
1:06:55 – Outro & goodbye 👋

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