Oct
14
Gear Love
Your browser does not support the audio element. A campfire conversation with the Dirtbag Diaries staff about their favorite pieces of gear - from surfboards to secret potions - and whether a brand new pair of socks is better than a beloved, threadbear set. Download Episode Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & [...]Sep
23
The Shorts — Senditude
Your browser does not support the audio element. “I didn’t need the phrase ‘send it’ explained to me the first time I heard it. I knew what it meant.” In their early 20’s, Forrest Wood sent everything they did. Skateboarding tricks. Dishes. Group projects. But after a series of gnarly injuries, Forrest had to spend [...]Sep
9
Beyond Mountains
Shogufa Bayat met mountain guide Danika Gilbert through climbing, but their friendship has stretched beyonds peaks and borders.
Aug
12
The Shorts– Look for Butterflies
Your browser does not support the audio element. For Sierra Meggitt, trail running was a way to heal from the trauma of sexual assault. On her biggest run yet, she embraces both pain and beauty. Download Episode Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • Sunset by Kai Engel • Headwaters [...]Jul
22
¡Con Ganas!
Your browser does not support the audio element. Colorado is a mountain biking mecca. Yet some mountain-town locals have never experienced the wonders of singletrack trails. Today, we travel to Dillon, Colorado where one cycling nonprofit helps a gregarious group of bilingual chicas oil their chains, clip their helmets, and become the first females in [...]Jul
8
Ask Us, We’ve Been There
Your browser does not support the audio element. “I definitely did not want to become a businessman,” remembers Rod Johnson, founder of Midwest Mountaineering. In the 1960’s, no Minneapolis outdoor shop sold climbing gear. So, Rod set up an impromptu gear shop in his apartment kitchen. Now, after 51 years of business, Midwest Mountaineering has [...]Jun
24
The Shorts — Roundabout River
Your browser does not support the audio element. The Colorado River is supposed to be chocolatey brown, not a vibrant blue-green like it is just below the Glen Canyon Dam. Chris Kalman had written off spending any time in those unnatural, human-affected waters– until a friend towed him along for a paddle. Download Episode [...]Jun
10
Bananas and Peanut Butter
Your browser does not support the audio element. Quinn Brett has been an endurance athlete for most of her adult life. From first ascents in Patagonia and Greenland to running across Zion and the Grand Canyon, her life revolved around putting one foot in front of the other. Then, after a life-changing accident in 2017, [...]May
27