Alright I’m amped guys - on today’s show I have Cody Townsend, who is truly one of the outdoor and adventure world's most ambitious and accomplished personalities. The quintessential adventurepreneur, Cody not only resides atop the list of pro skier royalty for his mind-bending descents and unprecedented ski mountaineering projects, but also owns an outdoor company and thinks like a true innovator. And before I go into Cody’s long list of achievements, I want to remind you that there has...

Alright I’m amped guys - on today’s show I have Cody Townsend, who is truly one of the outdoor and adventure world's most ambitious and accomplished personalities. The quintessential adventurepreneur, Cody not only resides atop the list of pro skier royalty for his mind-bending descents and unprecedented ski mountaineering projects, but also owns an outdoor company and thinks like a true innovator. And before I go into Cody’s long list of achievements, I want to remind you that there has...

  A few weeks ago I got a chance to sit down with Jen Zeuner and Anne Keller during the Outdoor Retailer trade show in Denver, CO. Jen and Anne are the owners of a not to be missed pizzeria called the Hot Tomato in the mountain bike mecca town of Fruita, Colorado. They are also the subjects of a recent film by Patagonia and Felt Soul Media called the Life of Pie, which does a beautiful job of telling Jen and Anne’s story of being business owners, bad ass mountain bikers, and an openly gay...

Alright, I have to say I am so amped for today’s episode. If you have listened to this show for even a nano second, you know I’m enthralled with the topic of flow and peak human performance. Well today, we are taking a deep dive my friends. My guest is literally one of the world’s most prominent thought leaders in the world of flow and decoding the science of optimal performance, he’s a tour de force in this space and I’m thrilled and honored to share my conversation with him.    Steven...

My guest today is a legend, and if you’ve been in the outdoor space long enough you either know him or have heard his name floating around. Penn Newhard is the founder of Backbone Media, a public relations, media, social and content agency headquartered in Carbondale CO that has over the years built a client base of some of the most admired outdoor and lifestyle brands out there. Penn is also a co-author of the awe-inducing 50 Classic Ski Descents of North America, an enthralling coffee...

On today’s show I have Justin Lozier. Justin is the Cofounder and Lead Guide for Patagonia Heli Ski, which is the only Heli Ski operation in the Patagonia region of Argentina. Along with his partner Gabriel Rapoport, Patagonia Heli Ski offers something truly unique, skiing first descents and unnamed peaks are not uncommon and the opportunity to explore a new frontier of powder skiing is just a little too enticing to resist. Justin has built his entire adult life around skiing, and when he...

A couple of weeks ago I emceed a panel at the 5point Adventure Film Festival, a 4 day event in Carbondale, Colorado chocked full of inspiring films, creative art, insightful panels, and a whole lot of playing, eating and drinking outside. As I reflect on the overall experience of the festival, I have to say it was pretty incredible. Between the amazing 5point staff, the magic of the Carbondale community, and the world class outdoor recreation, it’s hard to beat. Needless to say, I highly...

Today on the pod I have Len Necefer. Len is the founder and CEO of the apparel, story telling, and advocacy company Natives Outdoors, a professor at the University of Arizona, and board member with the Honnold Foundation and American Alpine Club. His work lies at the intersection of conservation, energy, outdoor recreation, and indigenous peoples - how’s that for a fascinating and impactful mix.   Our chat weaves through topics like advocacy, storytelling, aligning yourself to what you...

A couple of weeks ago I participated in a ski retreat in Jackson Wyoming called SummitX, which brought together professionals at the convergence of tech, leadership, entrepreneurship, and adventure. The event focused on a whole lot of skiing powder (priorities straight right) and leadership development, and through intense workshops and in-depth conversations, I think it’s safe to say everyone involved walked away a stronger leader and human being.  As part of the event, I got the opportunity...

Today I’ve got a mini episode for you. For some of you newer listeners, that means we’ll be hearing from a member of this podcast community about their life design journey and I’ll also be sharing a useful wisdom nugget that will hopefully help you guys along your path. Community Story: For our community story I'm talking with Sydney Smith.  Sydney is a regular listener to this show and after growing disenfranchised busting her ass for someone else at a start up in Denver, she decided to...

On the pod today I have dutch academic, author, and fear expert Roanne Von Voorst. In late 2017, Roanne published a book called Fear: Extreme athletes on how to reach your highest goals and overcome stress and self-doubt.   Roanne’s book dissects all things fear from how pervasive it is in our daily lives to practical tips to overcome it. Through the lens of names like Lynn Hill, Steph Davis, Cedric Dumont, Alain Robert and Alex Honnold among many others, Roanne’s mission is to get to the...

(Part 2 of 2) Hey guys - this episode is the second piece of a 2 part chat with Andrew Muse, so if you haven’t listened to part 1 - you probably want to check that out first for some context ahead of listening to part 2 here. Cool, with that said I’m going to jump right into to the rest of my conversation with Andrew - enjoy.

Today on the show I have Andrew Muse, a multi-sport athlete, photographer/cinematographer, producer and story teller. He has been in the action sports industry for the last 10 years and routinely works with some of the biggest brands in the biz.   He’s perhaps best known for his online adventure series called Tiny Home Adventure, where he travels the world in a custom bad ass van while exploring and playing hard with his dog Kicker.   A couple of years ago, Andrew was in a horrible...

Today I have a very special episode for you. My guest Andrew Patterson has to be one of the most thoughtful, dedicated, and altruistic guys I’ve ever met. About a year and half ago, Andrew left his comfortable corporate job to pursue a gloriously whacky idea, an idea that hit him like a lightning bolt one day and that he couldn’t stop thinking about.  Andrew decided that he wanted to climb Table mountain in his native South Africa - which is one of the 7 natural wonders of the world, every...

(Part 2 of 2) On today’s show I have Tyler Tringas. Hmmm… what to say about Tyler. Well - He’s got to be one of the most well-rounded and intellectually curious dudes I’ve ever met. Tyler has done a bunch of different work in his relatively short career. After undergrad, Tyler worked as a consultant for a clean energy startup and pretty quickly realized he had an entrepreneurial itch. Shortly thereafter he started a solar energy company called SolarList, and after fighting the good fight for...

On today’s show I have Tyler Tringas. Hmmm… what to say about Tyler. Well - He’s got to be one of the most well-rounded and intellectually curious dudes I’ve ever met. Tyler has done a bunch of different work in his relatively short career. After undergrad, Tyler worked as a consultant for a clean energy startup and pretty quickly realized he had an entrepreneurial itch. Shortly thereafter he started a solar energy company called SolarList, and after fighting the good fight for a few years -...

Today on the show I have Travis Bluemling, Chris Parks, and Ross Jennings - collectively they make up the content creation company Three Wheels Co. You may remember Ross from episode #9 when we talked about his journey to travel to every single country in the world playing bag pipes.  I really enjoyed this episode, and here’s why. A) because Ross, Chris and Travis are hilarious and we shared a lot of laughs and B) There are a lot of great nuggets - really tangible lessons that are useful for...

So on today’s show, I’m going to try something new. Today, I have a mini episode for you.    You may remember from last time in my conversation with Brody Leven that I highlighted a member of the APP community (btw guys, the name of my show is mouthful, so you’ll start to hear me refer to the Adventurepreneur Playbook Podcast in shorthand as APP) - anyway I talked about the story of Take Me Out There, a new adventure business launched in part using some of the resources from this show.    ...

In this episode, I’m chatting with Brody Leven - a professional adventurer, activist, and skier. Brody is a unique breed of professional athlete, namely because you won’t necessarily find him hucking backflips off of gnarly cornices in Alaska in the latest TGR ski movie. Instead you’ll find him undertaking a journey to Uganda to ski the last remaining glacier on the African continent, or creating a documentary about an intense first ascent of a remote couloir in Georgia’s (the country that...

In the last half a dozen years or so, Alex Honnold has gone from one of the biggest names in rock climbing to a bonafide household name, and for good reason. On top of an already incredibly impressive climbing resume, including historic free solo ascents of big walls like the Moonlight Buttress in Zion National Park and Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, on June 3, 2017 Alex completed perhaps his crowning achievement, a mind-bending free solo climb of the infamous El Capitan, a 3,200 foot...

Today I have a different kind of episode for you. Before I officially kick off Season 2 with a totally unique conversation with Alex Honnold, I'm taking a look back. I had so many great interviews last season, full of insights, tips, and takeaways - that I wanted to summarize them for you into sort of a greatest hits or cliffs notes.   So, as I started thinking back on the things that impacted me in Season 1, and re-listened to many of the episodes - and noticed a lot of common threads....

Today on the show I have Randall Jacobs and Alice Liu, founders of Thesis Bike, who are doing something truly innovative in the biking industry, and are creating "The one bike for every road - no compromises." Randall probably knows more about bikes than anyone I’ve ever met, and he’s been in about every role you can think of within the industry.   Randall has been a pro mtb bike racer, bike mechanic, designer at specialized, a consultant and advisor to many large name-brand bike companies,...

I don’t know about the rest of you, but the idea of having an adventure travel company has always enticed me. I mean, what’s not to like about building amazing trips and taking paying clients to do cool s**t all over the world?!  Today on the show, I’ve got Frank Scotti, Founder and owner of Nomad Inc., an adventure travel company, specializing in skiing/snowboarding, surfing, and mountain biking itineraries. They also do a lot of customization for their clients globally, so basically, if you...

Emi Koch, surfer and humanitarian, is the founder of Beyond the Surface International, a non-profit working around the globe in disadvantaged coastal communities to build social and ecological resilience through surfing, storytelling, and mindfulness workshops. Emi was named National Geographic Adventurerer of the Year for 2018, and she has recently been featured in Surfer magazine as one of the top women innovators in the industry who are “Creating a Line of their Own.” At the age of 19,...

Dave Mossop is the cofounder of Sherpas Cinema, one of the most - if not the most cutting edge, innovative outdoor film production studios out there. In fact Sherpas has been cited as redefining what is possible in outdoor film. Dave and his team have created some of the most stunning imagery I’ve ever seen, and likely a lot of what you’ve seen but may not know it. With big productions like All I Can, Into the Mind, Imagination, and their latest film - Loved By All - Sherpas has received...