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Originally from a small-town in Michigan, Martin Fobes is a professional filmmaker and also a skateboarded now residing in Huntington Beach, CA with his wife and pup. Martin is partners with Chris Ray at their production company called Motion Clubhouse where Martin and Chris work with clients such as DC Shoes, Fender, Ford, Nissan, GoPro, and more creating commercials, documentaries, branded content, and more.

In today's episode, Martin shares his discovery of skateboarding and filmmaking and how he managed to turn them into the career he has today. We dive into packing up his car and driving across the country to Huntington Beach, CA to pursue his filmmaking career, landing a job in the films department at DC Shoes, shooting Robbie Maddison's Pipe Dream, starting Motion Clubhouse, shooting one of the biggest podcasts in the world (HubermanLab), his favorite camera gear, and a whole host of other topics.

Martin is truly a kind, humble, and determined filmmaker who has carved out a very successful career for himself within the action sports world, and it was wonderful hearing his journey and the ups and downs that he's endured throughout it!

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Brad Resnick is a Southern California native currently working as a filmmaker within the action sports community for The Brand Amp, an Orange County, CA based production company.

Before landing his position with the production company, Brad cut his teeth within in the world of Supercross and motocross racing, working full time as the in-house filmmaker for VitalMX. However, what maybe the most impressive part of Brad's story is that he has his college degree in film production. Why is that impressive? Because I am convinced Brad is the only filmmaker to work within the motocross industry that has a degree in film production. Most all of us are self-taught monkeys pointing these little boxes and pushing buttons without a real education.

Brad's story is a fun one. We dive into his BMX roots and his original goals of being a professional BMX rider, his time in college and how hard work and stubbornness got him into the action sports industry at VitalMX, his transition to agency life, and much more.

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Justin Kosman is a commercial stills photographer and filmmaker based out of San Diego, CA. Originally from Illinois, Kosman made the move to Southern California (specifically Huntington Beach, CA) in the early 2000s to live with former 2002 X Games gold medalist, Robbie Miranda, and commence his action sports career with X Games doing their research for BMX and motocross.

Kosman goes in-depth about his journey from a small town in Illinois to now residing in San Diego, CA and working for clients such as Petco, Puma, Cobra Golf, Vans, Red Bull, DC Shoes, Nike, Apple, and more.

Justin also shares a very heartfelt story about his time around the late Dave Mirra, the hilarious aspect of the comment section on sites like YouTube, the ebbs and flows of a creative career, finding the humor in the sometimes weird world of filmmaking, and so much more. This was a jam packed episode with wonderful stories and insights shared from a truly talented and kind human that is Justin Kosman.

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T.J. Signaigo is a gaffer and Local 728 Set Lighting Technician based in Los Angeles, CA working on major TV and movie productions such as Yellowstone, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, Insecure, Daisy Jones & the Six, The Baxters, and more.

Originally a San Diego, CA native, T.J., discusses his early years growing up in San Diego, CA and what it was like playing in a small punk rock band during his formative years in high school.

We also discuss the hilarious story of how we met via a Craigslist ad I made in need of a gaffer for a cooking show, what it is like working on big, union sets, his love for punk rock music, the San Diego Padres, and, of course, our mutual admiration for Blink 182 and Tom DeLonge. This was a lot of fun with a lot of laughs.

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Host of The Failed Experiment, Kyle Cowling, welcomes everybody to the podcast and explains exactly what TFE is all about.

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