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#140 Greenbelly Meals - Super Yummy, Calorie-Dense, Stoveless Backpacking Meals. Founder Chris Cage Sharing His Story. Apr 02, 2019

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Josh sits down with Greenbelly Meals founder Chris Cage. Greenbelly Meals makes delicious super nutrient dense stoveless backpacking meals. Cage dove headfirst into the backcountry meal game after stepping away from his stable accountant job to travel the world, starting with Asia and, shortly after, biking across New Zealand from coast to coast. His ultimate goal? To hike the entirety of the Appalachian Trail, which he did (like a boss). With all his travel and after tons of calories spent, it would be on that very excursion that he came up with the idea of a simple, easy, calorie-efficient meal. The time between his resupply points for food was 3-6 days apart so he was looking for low weight calorie dense meal and it didn’t take long for him to commit to fill his own needs. As soon as he got back to civilization he got to work and it wasn’t long until Greenbelly was filling the stomachs of happy hikers.

#139 Renoun Skis - Redefining Ski Construction With Their Patented HDT Technology. Founder Cyrus Schenck Sharing His Story Mar 26, 2019

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Josh sits down with Renoun Skis founder Cyrus Schenck. Renoun Skis is a high end-high, high-tech ski company with a one-of-a-kind technology that allows their skis to feel stiffer as you increase your speed. The key to this incredibly innovative technology? Their trademarked HDT or Hyper Dampening Technology which involves using what’s known as a non-newtonian material inlayed into each ski they make. This is something that has NEVER been done in ski construction world so, it’s safe to say this new tech is fairly groundbreaking. Josh had a chance to sit down with Cyrus to get the full scoop on how he decided to deviate from the classic ski building recipe and take a hard left turn with his approach to manufacturing skis.

#138 14th Star Brewing - Veteran-Owned Craft Brewery On A Mission To Brew World Class Beer. Co-Founder Steve Gagner Sharing His Story. Mar 19, 2019

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Josh sits down with 14th Star Brewing co-founder Steve Gagner. 14th Star Brewing is a brewery is a Veteran owned craft brery in Northern Vermont that, not only dishes out world class beer but, also puts an incredible effort behind philanthropic efforts to give back to both their community and veteran community. Gagner, and his co-founder, Matt Kehaya began this project shortly after coming back from Afghanastan in 2012 and it’s been growing like wild fire ever since. While they’ve taken huge strides in the past few years their goal has stayed the same; to create something that allowed them to be creative and through the sale of their product, to be able to do something to improve their community. Having just expanded to the New York market, it’s safe to say that they’re showing no signs of stopping anytime soon.

#136 Carv - Your Own Personal Digital Ski Coach Built Right Into Your Boots. Co-Founder Jamie Grant Sharing His Story. Mar 05, 2019

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Josh sits down with Carv co-founder Jamie Grant. Carl is a digital ski coach that uses both hardware and software to track your form, skiing habits, and helps to correct them to give you better skiing form. By inserting the Carv footbed into your boot, data is sent directly to their app to delivery you real-time analysis so you get feedback as your skiing to help with your form. This UK based company first got its start while Grant was getting his Ph.D. in Financial Economics and looking at how machine learning could be applied to financial markets. This spark of excitement prompted Grant to apply this technology to real-world data; and with his love for skiing, it wasn’t long until he found a way to combine the two, creating the spark that started Carv. With more and more technologically advancing being brought to the outdoor sport world we are extraordinarily interested in how this could shape the future of skiing and snowboarding. Join us as we dive down this digital rabbit hole.

#135 Wild Zora - Nutrient Rich Meals w/ Real Ingredients You’d Find In Your Kitchen. Co-Founder Zora Tabin Sharing Her Story. Feb 26, 2019

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Josh sits down with Wild Zora co-founder Zora Tabin. Wild Zora is a paleo snack and meal brand that supports people who live a healthy lifestyle have clean food on the go! There’s truly no planning for a spark of innovation and the same can be held true for Zora’s paleo meals. After being dissatisfied with the sweet snack bar options that left you hungry after a half hour, she decided to make her own savory take on backcountry snacks. By combining quality meat with organic veggies Zora slowly perfected her tasty treats and meals into what Wild Zora has become today

#134 UnTapped - All Natural Athletic Fuel. Co-Founder Ted King Sharing His Story Feb 19, 2019

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Josh sits down with UnTapped co-founder Ted King. UnTapped makes maple-based energy products. Though you might not think it, that sweet succulent syrup is actually packed with nutrition containing amino acids, electrolytes, antioxidants, as well as being low glycemic source of energy. But why maple syrup? Before King became the maple guru he is now, he was (and still very much is) a professional bike racer, having ridden in just about every race you can think of. Being the only athlete from New England competing in these races, he would often get greeted to new places with quarts of maple syrup by fans to feed his maple obsession. After being fed up for far too long with the rough effects of energy products on the market, Ted resorted to downing maple syrup and in turn discovering the perfect alternative for the processed products he was used to. Since then, UnTapped has blown up and we’re lucky enough to get a front-row seat to the story behind the syrup.

#133 Livsn Designs - Durable, Quality Apparel Designed For True Nature Lovers. Founder Andrew Gibbs-Dabney Sharing His Story Feb 12, 2019

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Josh sits down with Livsn Designs founder Andrew Gibbs-Dabney. Livsn Designs is an outdoor clothing company dedicated to making durable goods for people who want to own less, experience more, and spend more time outside. It’s no secret that there is a ton of waste coming from the apparel industry which is why Andrew is so dead set on going against the tide of mass-produced cheap goods. Having a ton of experience in the outdoor apparel industry, Andrew cut his teeth getting his start in the warehouse of an outdoor apparel company and slowly working his way up to become CEO, gaining knowledge with every step of the way. It’s no wonder Livsn Designs has been rapidly on the up and up and we’re psyched to see what comes next!

#132 Hemp Daddy’s Therapeutics - High Quality, Full Spectrum CBD Oil. Co-Founder Caleb Simpson Sharing His Story Feb 05, 2019

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Josh sits down with Hemp Daddy’s Therapeutics co-founder Caleb Simpson. Hemp Daddy’s Therapeutics makes CBD or Cannabidiol oil, transdermal cream, and capsules that offer a wide range of both mental and physical health benefits to help with inflammation, depression, anxiety, pain, and a number of other ailments. We’re no strangers to Caleb as he was a founder of Bearded Brothers, one of our earliest brand that we worked with so naturally, we had to find out the motivation for stepping away from bearded brothers and jumping into a completely new endeavor. With more and more studies and acknowledgment of the health benefits of CBD we are beyond interested in its effects and development, especially since Simpson's motivation to start this budding business (no pun intended) came from witnessing the pain relieving and anti-inflammatory effects of CBD first hand.

#131 Switch Designs - Award-Winning, Transforming Ski Boot Bag. Founder James Poss Sharing His Story Jan 29, 2019

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Josh sits down with Switch Designs founder James Poss. Switch Designs is a brand dedicated to innovating the outdoor luggage and bag space, specifically with their one of a kind boot bag. It’s a rare thing indeed to get excited about boot bags but, wish Switch’s one-of-a-kind (and we really mean there’s never been anything like it) your bag can transform into a backpack to a tote with an extremely and effortlessly simple buckle system. Poss is a long time skier and self-taught design, his first design being a pair of gloves that ended up on top-level skiers. Though that first pair of gloves was merely a high school project, that was enough to stoke passion within him to follow through with building his experience. The inspiration for reinventing the everyday ski bag was simple: He found it ridiculous that no one has designed a updated boot bag since boots are an absolute necessity. From there it was just rolling up his sleeves, getting to work, and after a long prototyping phase Poss and the rest of the Switch Designs team came up with a significantly more flexible and functional bag that looks incredible.

#130 Cor Surf - Premium Gear For Surf & SUP. Founder Andy Gossett Sharing His Story. Jan 22, 2019

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Josh sits down with Cor Surf founder Andy Gosset. Cor Surf is a brand making surf and paddleboard accessories for the core surfer, including board racks, bike trailers, and bags and backpacks. Cor Surf got its humble beginnings when Gosset made a surfboard rack as a better way to store his board. It wasn’t long before he started getting some seriously positive feedback on his rack that he began Cor Surf and launched his first product. Since that first rack Cor Surf has created a ton of other often overlooked accessories to make it way easier to store and transport Surf and SUP boards. Join us as we get a closer look at Cor Surf from the very voice of its founder.

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