Mike Corey is an adventure traveler, YouTuber, BBC TV Host and seeker of crazy experiences. Mike has always had an interest in the more unusual parts of the world. After finishing a Marine Biology Degree in Canada in 2007 Mike took his backpack and volunteered on ocean conservation studies as a research assistant. He brought his camera with him and documented his travels which led to a new career path focused on filmmaking and photography capturing these incredible destinations.  

Mike went on to produce short films for tourism boards and travel brands before creating his own YouTube adventure travel channel Fearless and Far focusing on unique experiences in interesting cultures and strange places around the world. 

Tune in for some of his best travel stories over the years. We talk about taking part in the Exploding Hammer Festival and Bulls of Fire in Mexico as well as the epic Battle of the Oranges Festival in Italy. We also dive in to why Mike seeks these bizarre experiences and find out what other places are still on his travel list.

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Mike Powell is a ski industry veteran, action sports podcast host and producer of the Powell Movement Podcast. Powell grew up in Washington, DC and went to Radford University in Virginia studying speech communications. He moved to Vail, Colorado after college and got hooked on snowboarding.

He spent 16 years in marketing, action sports management and working with the world’s best skiers in the world at K2 Skis. At K2 Powell started as International Team Manager then on to Global Marketing Manager and Partnerships. He got the opportunity to MC at skiing and snowboarding events around the world for Red Bull, K2 and Powder Magazine.

Powell went on to produce and host the Sponsored Podcast for Powder Magazine finding the stories behind the skiers. In 2017 he started the Powell Movement Podcast featuring skiing, snowboarding and other action sports legends.

Tune in for some of Powell’s best stories over the years including how he got his first job at K2, crazy antics and beer pong at action sports events and how he started and grew the Powell Movement Podcast. 

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Don Meek is a media, marketing and entertainment executive and the Global Chief Content Officer and GM North America at FUEL TV.  

California native Don started his career at Prime Ticket Network managing a number of sports events including the US Open of Surfing. He then went on to Sony Pictures where he launched international television networks and headed up sales and marketing for one of the pioneering online video platforms at iFilm.  

Don then became the President of Primedia’s Action Sports Group looking after websites, events and magazines including SURFER, POWDER and SKATEBOARDER and was then head of digital at Tribune Company.  

Don is currently steering the ship at FUEL TV in the US and is in charge of content going out to 103 countries around the world. He is also an avid surfer, chair of the content committee and board member at the Surfing Heritage and Culture Center.  

Tune in for some of his best stories over the years in the action sports industry and what projects FUEL TV has in store and how he sees the landscape of action sports media changing. 

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Courtney Gresik is the Vice President and General Manager of Dew Tour. Coming from a financial background Gresik started her career in the action sports industry in 2005 working at TransWorld Media and the World Surf League. Gresik now oversees the business, partnerships, event operations, marketing and content strategy of Dew Tour's contest series of skateboarding and snow events.

Prior to being the GM she was Director of Business and Partnerships on the Tour which saw her partner with nonprofits, schools and the action sports community. She has been pivotal in relocating Dew Tour Winter to Cooper Mountain and including women to the Tour Team Challenge and Streetstyle Winter 2020 competitions. She is also a member of WISE—Women In Sports and Events.

Tune in for some of Gresik's best stories over the years at Dew Tour, what challenges they are facing and projects Dew Tour are working on and how she sees the future of action sports events.

Find out when the next events are happening on the Dew Tour.

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 Alistair Gosling is an investor, entrepreneur and founder of EXTREME. With a passion for extreme and adventure sports Alistair set out on a mission to build a TV distribution company and in 1998 at the age of 27 he had created The Extreme Sports TV Channel which was televised in more than 60 countries worldwide and by doing so The EXTREME brand franchise was born.

Today, EXTREME spans across events, media, marketing and real estate. Alistair sits on the advisory board of Qiddiya, an entertainment mega project being developed in Saudi Arabia. Alistair is still an extreme sports fan and regular skier, diver, pilot and sailor.

Tune in for some of Alistair's best stories over the years running EXTREME, how it all began and what he sees for the future of action sports and adventure sports media and industry.

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Chris Coté is an action sports events host, musician, broadcaster, writer and podcast host and one of the most recognisable voices in the action sports community.

Hailing from Southern California, Chis grew up skating and surfing and had a short stint at competing before moving behind the scenes in the surf industry. In the late 90’s he got his big break as the Editor in Chief at Transworld Surf Magazine which he held for 14 years. As well as the host of Fuel TV and playing in punk bands.

Nowadays Chris can be seen and heard on the World Surf League’s Work Surf Weekly and WSL Surf Breaks. He also gets amongst it as an on air announcer. He is on the board of directors for Yew Media based out of San Diego and Editor of Encinitas Magazine in his hometown as well as hosting his own podcast ‘the Monday M.A.S.S’ along side Todd Richards. He’s still involved in the skate scene as the commentator on the Vans Pro Park Series and is the one-man-media powerhouse of content and production company Cote Media Group.

Tune in for some of Coté’s best stories including traveling around the world for surfing and skateboarding events and what future action sports projects he has in store.

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In the next episode Oli Russell-Cowan chats to Risto Kalmre, designer, event producer, founder and organiser of Simple Session one of the world's premier action sports events for skateboarding and BMX. Simple Session had it's 20th Anniversary in February 2020 just before the pandemic hit and the events world changed forever.  

Risto, grew up in Tartu, southern Estonia. During the 90's there was only a handful of BMX and skaters in the country. In Tartu they built a new skatepark and with his brother Mario they launched the first ever Simple Session event in 2000.  

In 2004 Risto moved to the Estonian capital of Tallinn, along with Simple Session. Over the years the event has grown and housed some of the biggest names in BMX and skateboarding. The riding is next level and the parties are legendary.  

Tune in for some of Risto's best and worst moments from Simple Session and what future events projects he has in store.

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Darren Berrecloth otherwise known as 'the Claw' is a professional Canadian mountain biker. Hailing from Parksville, British Columbia, Canada. Berrecloth exploded onto the freeride mountain bike scene as a punk kid with a third in Red Bull Rampage 2002. He is one of the world's leading mountain bikers and pioneers of the sport bringing insane tricks into the backcountry. 

Pushing the limits in freeriding and competing, taking on crazy lines that other riders wouldn't consider.  Berrecloth's sheer determination and resilience saw him returning to riding competitively in 2012 after breaking his back in 2011.  

Traveling around the world has seen Berrecloth taking to the screen in 'Where The Trail Ends' and 'North of Nightfall' in search of the biggest rides and biggest lines. He also keeps busy designing mtb courses such as the Bearclaw invitational on Vancouver island.   

We talk about growing up in the outdoors how he started off riding BMX and the evolution of taking those early tricks to the mountains. Tune in for some of Claws best big mountain stories and some of the craziest mountain biking moments from Rampage, Crankworx and freeriding around the world.

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Matt Musgrove is an action sports and motoclimb events promoter  Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, Matt Musgrove always had a fascination with action sports, motorcycles and the outdoors. Matt graduated from Business School and decided to launch straight into building his own company Elevated Action Sports.

Wearing many hats from managing partnerships, running and promoting live motor racing events to filming and photographing athletes. Not to mention growing one of the world’s oldest extreme motorsports. The sport of motoclimb, (motorcycle hill climb racing) has not been recognized on a global scale, and it’s Matt’s mission to help get the sport and it’s athletes on a mainstream level.

Matt calls his race trailer home and spends the majority of the season on the road documenting the insane sport of motoclimb. In his spare time, you can find him crafting custom bike frames, surfing, dirt biking, mountain biking and snowboarding somewhere epic in California.

Tune in for some of Matt’s best motoclimb stories and his craziest event moments and what projects he has coming up to promote the sport of motorcycle hill climb.

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Find out more about the motoclimb tour, events and athletes on Elevated Action Sports. 

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