Tarin It Up

Carrie Hoffman, founder of Bigger Life Adventures, shares her experience organizing yoga and adventure retreats. She discusses her own journey of sobriety and how it inspired her to create retreats that are supportive of people in recovery. Carrie’s retreats focus on authentic yoga, trauma-informed practices, and creating a community of like-minded individuals. She offers accessible retreat options, such as the Catalina Island Hiking & Yoga Retreat, where a gear haul service is provided to make hiking more accessible for all participants.

Bigger Life Adventures offers transformative retreats that combine yoga, adventure, and sobriety. The retreats provide a safe space for people to disconnect from their daily lives and connect with nature, themselves, and a supportive community. The retreats incorporate yoga classes, special workshops, and outdoor adventures based on the location. Each retreat is unique and offers a different experience, such as tree climbing in Costa Rica or backpacking in Catalina Island. Bigger Life Adventures aims to make their retreats accessible to all, offering recovery scholarships and creating a supportive environment for people in recovery.

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www.instagram.com/biggerlifeadventures
https://www.biggerlifeadventures.com/

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We are joined by Maria Boustead of Po Campo today to talk about how a want & need sparked her motivation to start her own business. Bike bags have been around a long time, but Maria wasn’t quite finding what she needed to fit her lifestyle. She had the bike, but she needed the perfect bag. As a cyclist and a professional industrial designer, she had a lot to carry—from commuting and working to meeting up with friends. She needed a versatile bag that could keep up with her busy day and still look great.

Po Campo merges Maria’s expertise in product design with her passion for cycling. Unable to find a bag that seamlessly transitioned from bike to everyday use, she decided to create one herself. Say goodbye to sweaty straps, distractions, and dull colors with Po Campo.

https://www.instagram.com/pocampobags/

https://www.pocampo.com

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Holy 36! Tarin rang in her 36th lap around the sun on the 10th annual Sturdy Dirty! Let’s just say, she ain’t feeling so spry after race day. We recap race day which opens a can of worms on age, general health, and advocating for yourself in our f’d up healthcare system.

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Meet Marley Blonsky, a fat adventure cyclist, co-founder of All Bodies on Bikes, co-host of the All Bodies on Bikes podcast, curve model, advocate, and consultant. Marley is fiercely passionate about size inclusion, believing that everyone deserves full access to life-including at work, in sport, and at home.

Marley loves all kinds of bike riding, especially overnight adventures, long gravel rides and riding her cargo bike with her dogs in the front box. Marley might not be the fastest cyclist out there, but she rides with determination, grit and perseverance, leading her to multiple last-place finishes!

Marley’s work is supported by Cannondale, Shimano, RideWithGPS, Osprey Packs, Twisted Spoke CBD, and Shredly.

https://www.instagram.com/marleyblonsky
https://www.instagram.com/allbodiesonbikes
https://shredly.com/pages/shredly-x-marley-blonsky-collaboration
https://www.allbodiesonbikes.com

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We had an amazing conversation with Taylor-Anne Smith, founder of Ride Force, about inclusivity, discovering mountain biking, and finding your people. All of us have had our own experiences with ill-fitting gear, especially as women in typically male-dominated sports. Taylor-Anne shares how she got into mountain biking, the start of her amazing brand, and some fun stuff on the horizon.

Ride Force was born out of wanting EVERY. BODY. to feel badass on a bike while focusing on the trail and not the fit of your gear. Taylor-Anne is doing phenomenal at this and supporting many different organizations to help mountain biking be more accessible to all.

Follow the ride here: https://www.instagram.com/ride.force

Shop jerseys: https://ride-force.com

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100 EPISODES!!! This is a huge milestone for our little podcast production and we are so happy you are here to celebrate with us! Amber is in Truckee and Tarin and her celebrate 100 episodes with a ladies’ group mountain bike ride with a local Reno-Tahoe women’s mountain bike group, Dames of Dirt. Hear about the ride and how we feel about this big accomplishment of 100 episodes!

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Lisa Nigon, founder of Truckee Flannel Company, shares her journey from the Midwest to Tahoe, her passion for outdoor activities, and the balance between her marketing business and Truckee Flannel Company. Lisa’s entrepreneurial spirit and dedication to connecting people with the outdoors shine through in her story. We discuss their focus on sustainability, community engagement, and giving back. Truckee Flannel Co contributes to programs like 1% for the Planet and encourages shoppers to Round-Up for Outside so we can protect and enjoy the natural places we love so much.

Check out their stuff online at: https://truckeeflannelcompany.com/ and follow along on social: https://www.instagram.com/truckeeflannelco/

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Tamara Jacobi, owner of the Tailwind Jungle Lodge and author of the book Wildpreneurs, shares her journey of starting a jungle eco-lodge in Mexico and becoming (a term she coined) a Wildpreneur. Raised by very adventurous parents who considered backpacking or bike-packing for a month (or 2) a typical family adventure led her to write up the business plan for a jungle lodge in college and create that business when she was just 21.

For nearly 20 years, Tamara has been learning lessons as she goes, creating a road of her own. This is ultimately what inspired her to write her book to offer insights and advice for those looking to start their own off-the-beaten-track business. She is also the guide community leader and head of accommodation partnerships at Thermal – a company offering private surf adventures.

Tamara reminds us to enjoy the journey (not just the destination) which has been a lifelong lesson across all aspects of her life personally, professionally, as a mom and a partner.

https://www.tailwindjunglelodge.com
https://wildpreneurs.com
https://www.instagram.com/tailwindjunglelodge
https://www.instagram.com/wildpreneurs
https://www.thermal.travel

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Our guest this week, Meg Carney, is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to Outdoor Minimalism and PFAS, or forever chemicals. This episode offers some serious knowledge bombs if you aren’t already versed in this hot topic!

Meg is an outdoor and environmental writer with a passion for environmental advocacy. She primarily covers topics within the outdoor industry ranging from the best new products and greenwashing to the scientific coverups of hazardous chemicals. Her work can be found in digital publications such as Field and Stream, Popular Mechanics, and GearJunkie, and her environmental journalism extends into podcast production with her original shows, Outdoor Minimalist and Forever Chemicals.

Find her shows and resources below!

Forever Chemicals: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/forever-chemicals/id1724693010
Outdoor Minimalist: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/outdoor-minimalist/id1586174667
Instagram: instagram.com/outdoor.minimalist.book/ 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/megcarney/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theoutdoorminimalist 
Podcast Website: https://www.theoutdoorminimalist.com/ 
Writing Website: https://www.megcarney.com/ 
GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/de200e1e (because independent media needs help from friends like you!)

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