Britain’s Holly Budge started off her sporting life while still a toddler when she began riding eventually taking up eventing. when she reached 20 something she discovered skydiving and was soon to move to New Zealand where she learned filming and became the first woman to became the third woman in New Zealand at the time to be a skydiving camerawoman.

In 2008 she took up her next challenge and became the first woman to skydive off Mount Everest. The following year, she took part in the famous Mongol Derby covering 1000 kms in just 9 days. Since then she she has taken on some of the world’s highest peaks  and led a successful expedition on the technical Ama Dablam (6812m) in Nepal. 

Holly is passionate about sustainability, design and conservation and has a Masters in Sustainable Design. She is currently combining a campaign with an exhibition entitled  ‘How Many Elephants’ which presents a physical commentary on the devastating impacts of the elephant ivory trade. 96 elephants are poached every day which at that rate, would make them extinct by 2025.

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Lisa Ingarfield continues to delve deeply into some of the systemic barriers facing women in sport and women's sport in general, to examine some of the deep seated and persistent problems facing women, to think about how we can change that culture. On this episode Lisa discusses with Fox Sports Reporter Laura Okmin, how women are marginalized in sports media both in terms of opportunity and their treatment. 

The full transcript and links can be found on the show page of our website at www.wispsports.com.

For more conversations from the world of women's sport visit us at www.wispsports.com and follow us on social media @WiSPsports. 

WiSP Sports Radio, the world's largest podcast network for women's sport with more than 750 episodes across 30 shows and a global audience of 1.5 million, is on all major podcast players including iTunes, TuneIn, Stitcher, Spotify, Overcast & Google Play.

Welcome to a brand new podcast with Females in Athletic Business (FAB) that will be  covering the many aspects of women working in the sport's business. DaTorria Robinson and Kristen Reenders are the hosts of this monthly show and their first guest is the founder of FAB, Kristin Ray.  And a big welcome and thank you to our sponsors It's On Everywhere. Visit FAB at www.fabsports.org for more information and follow them on social media @FABsportsorg and @itsoneverywhere.

Full show notes and links are on the show page of our website at www.wispsports.com.

For more conversations from the world of women's sport visit us at www.wispsports.com and follow us on social media @WiSPsports. 

WiSP Sports Radio, the world's largest podcast network for women's sport with more than 750 episodes across 30 shows and a global audience of 1.5 million, is on all major podcast players including iTunes, TuneIn, Stitcher, Spotify, Overcast & Google Play.

Annie Lush is currently in Auckland recovering from an injury she sustained on Leg 3 of the Volvo Ocean Race aboard Team Brunel when she suffered a fracture to L1 as well as two broken bones in her right foot. She joined Chris Stafford to discuss the race as the teams head north and her hopes of getting back on the boat in Hong Kong, plus news of more opportunities for women to sail on bigger boats, thanks to The Magenta Project.

Full show notes and links are on the show page of our website at www.wispsports.com.

For more conversations from the world of women's sport visit us at www.wispsports.com and follow us on social media @WiSPsports. 

WiSP Sports Radio, the world's largest podcast network for women's sport with more than 750 episodes across 28 shows and a global audience of 1.5 million, is on all major podcast players including iTunes, TuneIn, Stitcher, Spotify, Overcast & Google Play.