Tim Warwood ex professional snowboarder, sport events commentator, TV, radio and podcast host and Founder of the game show Famous First Words. Tim Warwood is a British TV presenter known for his energetic style and entertaining hosting skills. Tim started snowboarding at Britain’s first indoor snow centre, the Tamworth Snowdome. It was there that he met his best friend Adam Gendle and they have been on a thousand adventures since. Tim started doing seasons and became UK Snowboarding...

Hugo Tagholm, Environmentalist, Speaker, Campaigner, Surfer, Executive Director and Vice President of Oceana in the UK.  Committed to protecting and restoring the world's oceans, Oceana is a global organization dedicated to this cause. Prior to his current role, Hugo led the charity Surfers Against Sewage, where he took action from the beach front to Parliament, securing crucial government legislation across 4 environmental pillars: plastic pollution, water quality, climate change, and...

Steven Kotler, New York Times Bestselling Author, Award-Winning Journalist,  Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective and Park Skier. Steven Kotler is an acclaimed author and journalist renowned for his expertise in flow states, human performance, and action sports. He has dedicated his career to exploring the frontiers of human potential. Kotler is widely recognized for his groundbreaking work on "flow," the psychology of optimal human experience. His 11 bestselling books,...

James Threlfall is a skateboarder, BBC Radio Presenter, Podcaster and Host of Football Platform 433.  James Threlfall is a British presenter hailing from just outside of Bath, radiating more charm and wit than a pack of cheeky monkeys. With a career predominantly in radio for the BBC and as a host for the football platform 433, James is like a human ball of energy, ready to make you laugh, gasp, and cheer like a madman. Tune in as James give us the lowdown about how he got into skateboarding,...

 Sarah Crockett is the Global Chief Marketing Officer at Dickies a workwear brand that recently celebrated its centennial anniversary. She has an impressive background in the outdoors and action sports industry, having previously worked as the Chief Marketing Officer for Burton Snowboards and Backcountry. Her focus at Dickies is on reaching the next generation of consumers and continuing the brand's plans for globalization. Jake Hayes is a member of the Dickies Skate Team and an Australian...

Matt Stocks is a renowned DJ, live event host, presenter, and writer hailing from Birmingham in the UK. With an extensive portfolio, he has presented on prestigious radio stations including Q Radio, Kerrang! Radio, and Scuzz TV as well as contributing 200+ articles to prominent publications like Metal Hammer, Kerrang! magazine, and Classic Rock. As a podcaster, Matt is the creator and host of two successful podcasts: Life in the Stocks and Stoke the Fire. The latter he co-hosts with Jesse...

Scott Bradfield is a trailblazer in the field of entertainment, technology, and action sport. As the first US employee of Red Bull Media House, he co-created the Red Bull Signature Series, launched Red Bull TV, and played a pivotal role in the record-breaking live-streaming of the Stratos project. Bradfield's award-winning action sports documentaries, such as Blood Road and McConkey, focus on narrative and human elements, reaching mass audiences. He is also an avid mountain biker, snowboarder...

Jeremy Grant is an award winning film director, mountain biker, skier and family man.  Jeremy grew up in Nelson, British Colombia, Canada and was hooked on watching and wanting to make ski movies. Some friends in his high school class got into mountain biking. These friends just so happened to be some of the best freeride mountain bikers at the time including Mike Kinrade, Robbie Bourdon and Joe Schwartz to name a few. Jeremy opted to hold the camera when the boys started sending 20 foot...

Xavier De Le Rue is a French snowboarder renowned for his aggressive riding style, world championships, and innovative approach to snowboarding. Growing up in the French Pyrenees Xavier began competing professionally in the late 90s. He quickly gained a reputation for his unique style and fearless riding winning the Boardercross World Championships 4 times along with multiple X Games gold medals. Xavier went on to compete on the World Freeride Tour and won 3 consecutive World Championships...

Espree Devora is a podcaster, journalist, speaker and founder of WeAreLATech.  Espree started her entrepreneurial journey out of college building ZexSports, a digital media company focused on connecting brands with the emerging youth market through action sports. Espree went on to create WeareLATech.com, a platform that unifies the LA tech ecosystem through her first WeAreLATech Podcast, a localized Silicon Beach community event calendar, and offline experiences. She is also the producer and...

Teddi Dean grew up in Huntington Beach, California where he was deeply involved in surfing and skateboarding culture. He competed extensively and was sponsored by Vans and Powell and Peralta. He was a member of the iconic Bones Brigade team during the late 70's and early 80s along side Tony Hawk, Mike McGill and Steve Caballero. Teddi had a deep interest in spirituality, which led him to yoga and mindfulness meditation and has deep appreciation for the Dharma and the teachings of the...

Beau Nixon is a Stand Up Paddler, SUP Coach, Podcaster, Commentator and Founder of Travel With A Paddle. Nixon was born in NSW, Australia and before he could walk his dad had him on the nose of his longboard. Growing up by the coast he got into competing at longboarding, winning the Australian Junior Longboard Championships. He was then introduced to Stand Up Paddling in 2002 and the rest is history. Nixon would compete in as many SUP events as he could and became Australian Open Stand Up...

Oliver Percovich is the founder and executive director of Skateistan, a nonprofit organization that uses skateboarding as a means of empowering youth and promoting education in Afghanistan, Cambodia and South Africa. Percovich was born in Australia and grew up skateboarding in the streets of Melbourne. In 2007, he moved to Kabul, Afghanistan. He decided to turn his passion for skateboarding into a way to make a difference in the lives of young people. In 2009, Percovich founded Skateistan,...

Sophie Everard is a journalist, consultant, entrepreneur, adventurer, amplifier and storyteller of Women in Sport. Growing up by the sea in Greece and Portugal Sophie then moved to the UK for high school and University. After studying she took a year out and did a season learning to snowboard in the Alps. Sophie decided to move to London to seek out her first job in the action sports industry. She started off doing sales for Cooler Magazine but her passion was always to write. She would...

Truls Brataas is an engineer, CEO and founder of Db Journey. Growing up in Oslo, Norway, Truls started snowboarding. He got a scholarship to study Entrepreneurship in Utah and spent most of the time on the slopes. When he returned he wanted to continue studying and did a MSc in Mechanical Engineering back home. 3 years into the course Truls went travelling around the world, surfing, hiking and exploring.  In 2009 on a surfing trip in Norway Truls met freeski legend Jon Olsson. They bonded on...

Kieren Owen, otherwise known as YouTuber Jimmy The Giant or The Internet’s Louis Theroux is a storyteller, musician and sub culture enthusiast. Kieren got hooked on two things at an early age, parkour and making videos. Growing up he had a group of mates who he would practice parkour with and film. They created a parkour lifestyle brand called Marrero Gang. The company fell apart after a few years. He still wanted to make videos and had built a name for himself as Jimmy The Giant through...

Martina Russo is the Founder of Action Sports Translator and Co-Founder of Protect Our Winters Italy. Martina grew up in Milan, Italy but always new the city life wasn't for her. She spent her winter and summer months in the Alps. Studying translation at University Martina moved to Germany and Switzerland and hasn't been back for 14 years.  We talk about... → Martina's background and how The Action Sports Translator was born. → How they ended up working with some of the world's most iconic...

Mike Cessario is the Co-Founder & CEO of Liquid Death Mountain Water. Mike always knew he wanted to start his own company. He saw a gap in the healthy beverage market for a water company built around brand humor. In January of 2019 Mike launched Liquid Death Mountain Water an aluminium canned water from the Austrian Alps. With damn right hilarious savvy marketing campaigns and a death to plastic approach they have gone full throttle in the CPG space and produced the raddest merch....

Gerry Lopez, Mr. Pipeline one of the greatest surfers and surfboard shapers of all time joins us on the show for our 100th Episode. Gerry grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii and would go to Waikiki Beach with his family at a young age. He honed his surfing skills at Ala Moana bowl winning state and national surfing titles. Gerry is a pioneer at Pipeline and multiple Pipeline Master winner. His calmness under pressure and ability to surf waves that can kill you is linked to his yoga practice on...

Stacy Peralta, Co-Founder of Powell & Peralta, award-winning film director and one of the most influential skateboarders of all time. To say Stacy Peralta had an impact on skateboarding and action sports culture as a whole is a bit of an understatement. Stacy grew up in Venice, California. At the time when he started skateboarding, it didn't even exist as a sport. He joined the Zephyr Surf Team along with Jay Adams and Tony Alva. They formed a skateboard team and the rest is history....

Declan Brooks is a professional BMX rider and BMX Freestyle Olympic Bronze Medalist. Declan grew up in Portsmouth, UK. His Dad was into motorcycling but Dec had other ideas. He got his first BMX at 9 years old and started skipping football to ride his bike. From then on he spent every minute at the skate park. At 16 he thought that he could take BMX further and make it a career. He worked as a plasterer on the side to get money to go to competitions. British Cycling came along and Dec became...

Beaver Fleming is a pro skateboarder, Nitro Circus rider, author and motivational speaker. Beaver Fleming grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee. His brother had the Tony Hawk Pro Skater Game and that was his introduction to skateboarding. His parents were really supportive of his new found love of skating and got an 8 foot halfpipe built in the backyard. Beaver started competing and going to Camp Woodward in the summer months. When he was 17 he moved to Woodward West in California for his final...

Todd Richards is a pro snowboarder, action sports commentator, podcaster and entrepreneur. Todd grew up in Paxton, Massachusetts and got into skateboarding and punk rock. Skating was one of the first things Todd was passionate about and he could see progression happening and that was the backbone for everything. Snowboarding came along initially as something to do in the winter months when the vert ramps got too icy to skate. A friend introduced him to competing right at the time when the...

Mikey Corker is a film director, cinematographer, photographer, producer and Surfer. Mikey grew up in Cape Town, South Africa and started working as a camera assistant on feature films. He got his break working on 5 big feature films as an assistant which led to becoming a trainee clapper loader and with that experience he was away. He took a break after 5 years and went travelling bought a digital camera and taught himself how to edit. Mikey found himself in Croyde, North Devon and fell in...