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Looking Sideways Action Sports Podcast

Presented by Matt Barr, Looking Sideways is a podcast about the best stories in skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, and other related endeavours. www.wearelookingsideways.com

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Episode 027: Rick Ridgeway - At The Edge Of The Cliff

Looking Sideways Action Sports Podcast ·

2017/12/12

Full episode info and Show Notes: www.wearelookingsideways.com I welcomed true adventure royalty onto the show for episode 027, when I met up with the great Rick Ridgeway.Rick, a legendary mountaineer and adventurer, was part of the first American team to summit K2; just one highlight in a career full of firsts and achievements. Today, he is Vice President of Public Engagement at Patagonia, using the insights accrued from a lifetime of adventuring to help shape Patagonia's environmental activities

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Episode 026: Jon Boyer - The Second Act

Looking Sideways Action Sports Podcast ·

2017/12/04

Full episode info and Show Notes: www.wearelookingsideways.comWe dig into the details of a great American snowboarding life for episode 025 of the Looking Sideways Podcast, as I speak to Hollywood screenwriter and OG snowboard legend Jon Boyer.Canuck legend Boyer came up with the first wave of North American snowboard pros, mentored by Ken Achenbach and counting shredders like Keith Duckboy Wallace, Shaun Palmer and Damien Sanders as peers. Along the way he scored a pro model on Barfoot, the cover

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Episode 025: Hugo Tagholm - Canaries In The Coalmine

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2017/11/24

Full episode info and Show Notes: www.wearelookingsideways.comRecorded during my visit to Cornwall in August 2017, my conversation with Surfers Against Sewage Chief Executive Hugo Tagholm is a vital listen. Surfers Against Sewage are the marine conservation charity who first came to prominence in the 1990s when they spearheaded the campaign to improve water quality in the UK and around the world. Since then, they have diversified into one of the country’s best-loved marine conservation charities,

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55:31

Episode 024: Garrett McNamara - Redefining The...

Looking Sideways Action Sports Podcast ·

2017/11/17

Full episode info and Show Notes: www.wearelookingsideways.com Another week, another legend – this time big wave surfer and extreme waterman, the great Garrett McNamara. Garrett was in London for a few days during mid November 2017, so I sat down with him for an hour and look back over his storied, spectacular career.And what stories these are. Whether it's growing up surfing Halewia and then pioneering the outer reefs, or dedicating his life to Nazare, Gmac's life story reads as a guide to big wave

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52:23

Episode 023: Bryan Iguchi - Never Stop Riding

Looking Sideways Action Sports Podcast ·

2017/11/10

Full episode info and Show Notes: www.wearelookingsideways.comLegend alert! Yep, for episode 023 I was lucky enough to spend the afternoon with one of snowboarding’s most beloved characters: the great Bryan Iguchi.‘Guch’, as everyone calls him, has had one of the most most legendary and important careers in snowboarding, spanning over two decades and covering almost every key development along the way.Name a milestone and chances are Guch was part of the session. Big Bear back in the day, with

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54:46

Episode 022: Travis Rice - The Power Of Not Knowing

Looking Sideways Action Sports Podcast ·

2017/11/02

Full episode and show notes: www.wearelookingsideways.com *L E G E N D K L A X O N*Yep, I invited another true great onto the show for episode 022: none other than Travis Rice, a towering presence in snowboarding culture since he exploded onto the scene back in 2001.Today Travis stands as one of the undisputed greatest of all time. With his riding, his approach to arenas such as AK, his films or pioneering contests such as Ultranatural, it is no exaggeration to say that he has set the

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62:32

Episode 021: Mick Fanning - The Year Out

Looking Sideways Action Sports Podcast ·

2017/10/19

Full episode info and show notes: www.wearelookingsideways.comI welcomed a true legend onto the Looking Sideways Action Sports Podcast for episode 021: 3 x World Champion, renowned shark puncher and all-round Aussie surfing superstar Mick Fanning.I headed round to Mick’s place during my recent surf trip to Hossegor in the South West of France, and we got stuck into Mick’s life and career during the course of a hugely enjoyable conversation.Whether it’s the wildcard win at Bells back in 2001 that

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Episode 020: Easkey Britton - How To Be Like Water

Looking Sideways Action Sports Podcast ·

2017/10/10

Full episode info and show notes: www.wearelookingsideways.com For the third and final part of my Irish omnibus, recorded on my trip to the west coast at the end of September 2017, I headed to Galway to meet Easkey Britton.Easkey is a surfer, XXL nominee, swimmer, academic, artist, thinker, activist, environmentalist and explorer from Donegal. Part of the legendary Britton clan, she grew up surfing the great waves around Bundoran and Rossnowlagh, and is today famed for surfing some of the scariest

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64:30

Episode 019: Sophie Hellyer - The Beauty Myth

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2017/10/05

Full episode and show notes: www.wearelookingsideways.com It’s part two of my special Irish omnibus - episode 019 with surfer Sophie Hellyer, recorded during my brief sojourn to Lahinch on the west coast of Ireland at the end of September 2017. Sophie is a surfer, model and writer who came to prominence in her teens after she won British titles and was soon snapped up by Roxy. She then spent ten years as a Roxy girl, modelling, travelling, surfing and living what many would see as the dream gig

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Episode 018: Fergal Smith - Becoming The Change

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2017/09/27

Full episode and show notes: www.wearelookingsideways.comWelcome to Part 1 of my special Irish omnibus! Yep, in mid-September 2017 I headed over to County Clare in Ireland for a few days surfing and to catch up with some friends for the podcast. First up is Irish surfer and farmer Fergal Smith. Ferg’s the man who turned his back on a successful pro surf career to head back to Ireland and establish a community farm in Lahinch on the west coast. Today, Moy Hill CSA Farm, run by Fergal, Matt Smith,

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Episode 017: Ben Skinner - The Feeling of Surfing

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2017/09/17

Full episode info and show notes: www.wearelookingsideways.comEpisode 017! How did that happen? This time I headed down to Newquay to speak to Ben Skinner, world-renowned longboarder, the man behind Skindog Surfboards and all round UK surf legend. Ben and the boys were super welcoming and after showing me around the factory we sat down and went back over his life and career. Up for discussion - the current state of longboarding, the ethos behind Skindog Surfboards, his impatience with people who try

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61:52

Episode 016: Marcus Chapman - The Campaign Against...

Looking Sideways Action Sports Podcast ·

2017/09/08

Full episode info and show notes: www.wearelookingsideways.comEpisode 015 is a special episode of the Looking Sideways Action Sports podcast, as I invited my old friend Marcus Chapman onto the show to discuss his work for CALM, his role as organiser of Nelson’s Tour de Test Valley and our old friend, the much-loved and much-missed Nelson Pratt. We wanted to discuss Nelson’s own story in the hope that it might illuminate some of the issues around mental health in a positive way, and help illustrate

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Episode 015: Alex Honnold - Free Rider

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2017/08/25

Full episode info and show notes: www.wearelookingsideways.comBefore June 2017, Alex Honnold, my guest for episode 015, was already renowned as one of the world’s greatest climbers thanks to achievements such as the Fitzroy Traverse, his free solo ascents of Moonlight Buttress in Zion National Park and on Half Dome, or his solo ascent of Yosemite’s Triple Crown.Then he ‘sent the project’ he’d been working on for years – a free solo ascent (where the climber ascends without ropes or protection) of

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89:24

Episode 014: Lucy Adams - About Balance

Looking Sideways Action Sports Podcast ·

2017/08/21

Full episode info and show notes: www.wearelookingsideways.comMy episode 014 guest is Lucy Adams - pro skateboarder, chair of Skateboard England and one of the most respected and positive presences in UK skateboarding. Lucy has been a tirelessly upbeat presence in UK skateboarding for years now, whether through the efforts she’s made to make skateboarding more accessible for girls through her She-Shredders coaching classes, or through her visibility as one of the most high profile female

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Episode 013: Keme Nzerem - Finding the Story

Looking Sideways Action Sports Podcast ·

2017/08/09

Full episode info and show notes: www.wearelookingsideways.comMy guest for episode 013 is journalist and broadcaster Keme Nzerem: skier, climber, outdoorsman, head judge at Kendal Mountain Film Festival and Correspondent for Channel 4 News. Keme covers some of the biggest stories in the world, and in this in-depth chat, recorded in London in July 2017, we dig deep into his career and experiences working on stories such as Hurricane Katrina and Grenfell Tower. If you enjoyed Ed Leigh on how he ended

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Episode 012: Tom Kay - How I Built Finisterre

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2017/07/20

Full episode info and show notes: www.wearelookingsideways.comFor episode 012 I welcomed Finisterre founder Tom Kay to the show. A surfer, swimmer, fisherman, lifeboatman, father and entrepreneur, Tom founded Finisterre in 2002 and in that time has overseen the brand's evolution from bedroom start-up to the UK’s most beloved surf brand with a staff of 50 and a workshop overlooking the cliffs of Saint Agnes in Cornwall. Tom and I spent the day in Brighton, and after a brisk sea swim we sat down on

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Episode 011: Jamie Brisick - Chronicling The Margins

Looking Sideways Action Sports Podcast ·

2017/07/10

Full episode info and show notes: www.wearelookingsideways.comMy guest for episode 011 of the podcast was writer, journalist, novelist, editor, photographer, documentary-maker, surfer and former Pro Tour competitor Jamie Brisick.Jamie, a writer of uncommon power and sensitivity, has been chronicling surf and popular culture since the early 90s. For the last decade he’s been immersed in the story of Westerly Windina, firstly through his magisterial book Becoming Westerly, and now through a

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Episode 010: Peter Hellicar - The Generosity of...

Looking Sideways Action Sports Podcast ·

2017/06/23

Full episode info and show notes: www.wearelookingsideways.comI marked the tenth episode of the Looking Sideways podcast by welcoming legendary UK skateboarder Peter Hellicar to the show. Pete is a skater, company owner, designer, artist, musician, thinker and all round creative powerhouse who first came to prominence in the late 80s/early 90s UK skate scene. Since then, he has gone on to have a long and varied career. He helped set up OG British skate company Unabomber, then headed to the States to

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Episode 009: Lesley McKenna - Blazing Trails

Looking Sideways Action Sports Podcast ·

2017/06/14

Full episode info and show notes: www.wearelookingsideways.comIt's the long-awaited episode 009 of the Looking Sideways Action Sports podcast, in which I finally managed to interview somebody who isn’t a man - visionary snowboarder, three-time Olympian and current GB Park & Pipe Programme Manager Lesley McKenna.That description doesn’t really do Lesley justice though, as the truth is she’s spent her entire career blazing trails for other people to follow, whether by pioneering the route into the

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Episode 008: DJ BBQ - Life's Rich Pageant

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2017/05/24

Full episode info and show notes: www.wearelookingsideways.comIn episode 008 of the Looking Sideways Action Sports podcast, I was ‘catertained' by the great DJ BBQ, aka Christian Stevenson. Christian may currently be best known for being a breakout star on Jamie Oliver’s FoodTube, but his roots in action sports go back thirty years. He's been a film-maker, team manager, a BAFTA-award winning TV presenter, a Sony Award-winning radio DJ, and a best-selling author. Christian is one of those action

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