Podcasts by Questions You Never Thought to Ask. Interviews with Whitewater Kayakers
Kayakers talking about kayaking with Whitewater kayakers hosted by Seth Ashworth
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Episode 1: Dane Jackson from 2023-12-12T16:32:21.770088
This is where it all started. Dane was stuck in an airport near my house and I helped him out with a place to stay for the night. I had an idea for an interview for my Youtube channel and that ...
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Episode 1: Dane Jackson from 2022-03-07T12:36:22.777491
This is where it all started. Dane was stuck in an airport near my house and I helped him out with a place to stay for the night. I had an idea for an interview for my Youtube channel and that ...
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Episode 1: Dane Jackson from 2022-02-22T07:16:18.373253
The first in the series of Questions you Never Thought to ask.
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Episode 2: Nouria Newman from 2022-02-22T07:16:18.372526
Sorry about the audio Quality of this one!
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Episode 3: Rush Sturges from 2022-02-22T07:16:18.371781
Episode 3 with Rush Sturges, stay all the way to end to hear a unique rap from Rush, which triggered a number of online rebuttals and re-rebuttals
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Episode 4: Ben Marr from 2022-02-22T07:16:18.371065
Sitting down with the ultimate pro Kayaker Ben Marr.
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Episode 5: Eric 'EJ' Jackson from 2022-02-22T07:16:18.370072
Chatting with one of the most legendary kayakers of all time.
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Episode 6: Emily Jackson from 2022-02-22T07:16:18.369311
A brief sit down with one of kayaking's leading ladies.
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Episode 7: Nick Troutman from 2022-02-22T07:16:18.368567
the most stereotypical nice Canadian kayaker out there.
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Episode 13: Rafa Ortiz from 2022-02-22T07:16:18.290008
Pow Wow with the man on fire Rafa Ortiz just a couple days before the birth of his daughter.
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Unleashed Event Preview FT Adrian Mattern, Bren Orton and Kalob Grady from 2022-02-22T07:16:18.288513
I chat to some of the event organisers for the up and coming UNLEASHED event which takes place in Canada next month.
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Ep 17: On Kayak Memes...FT Bren Orton and Dane Jackson from 2022-02-22T07:16:18.287068
I have a round table discussion with Bren and Dane about the recent upsurge in kayak memes and try to discern if they are an indicator of growth in our sport
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Coaches Toolbox 2: Outfitting vs Getting on the Water Quicker from 2022-02-22T07:16:18.280140
Just a few thoughts of mine on helping your students by outfitting them correctly.
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#32 Increasing participation in Whitewater Kayaking. FT Anna Levesque from 2022-02-22T07:16:18.269432
I chat with a goliath of empowering female kayakers on how we can work together to get more people kayaking.
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#42 Hayden Voorhees from 2022-02-22T07:16:18.243855
Hayden Voorhees, younger brother of Alec Voorhees (ep 38) has a range of 100ft+ waterfalls under his belt, high-water decent of many rivers across Idaho and the north west, a formidable professi...
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#43 Rory Atton from 2022-02-22T07:16:18.242664
This week I chat with the founder of Dewerstone: Outdoor lifestyle, A UK based company that cares about the environment AND IS ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT! We talk about all the things they a...
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#46 Cote Nord, Quebec First Descents Trip report. Ft Andrew Oxley and David Silk from 2022-02-22T07:16:18.239717
2 Kayakers, 1 car, 1 week, 6 First descents. Pretty incredibly fruitful whitewater kayaking mission from Andrew Oxley and David Silk in the Cote Nord region of Quebec, Canada. Waterfalls flowing in...
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#49 Kaelin Friedenson from 2022-02-18T09:00
This week I chat with young upstart Kaelin Friedenson (@kaelinkayak ) about how paddling journey so far. You no doubt have seen his back freewheel of Tomata 1 (60ft), back freewheel twisted pleasur...
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#48 Ben Stookesberry on ECUADOR from 2022-01-21T09:00
I talked once again with expedition legend Ben Stookesberry about some of his recent adventuring in Ecuador, we barely scratched the surface on all the stuff we could have talked about and it was s...
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#47 Adrian Mattern on KENYA from 2021-12-23T09:00
I caught up with Adrian Mattern about his recent trip doing First Descents in Kenya, with Dane, Bren and Czech powerhouses David Sodomoka. It sounded like a magical time!
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#45 Save Our Rivers.org from 2021-10-15T08:00
Quick chat with Tom from SaveOurRivers.org about the river advocacy work they have been doing since 2013 and the ongoing work they are doing globally, what you can do to get involved and ideas abou...
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#44 Rush Sturges. The River Runner. from 2021-08-13T08:00
I AM SORRY THIS IS LATE. I had a tough time making my schedule and Rush's schedule line up but I think it is really worth the wait. I talk to Rush about his new film and did my best not to re-cover...
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#41 Shannon Finch from 2021-04-16T08:00
This week I spoke with with Kokatat Brand manager Shannon Finch about overnight kayak trips, Avalanche Rescue Dogs, eating on the river and Kokatat's new Five Decade limited edition as well as s...
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#40 Adrian Mattern. Rd 2. from 2021-03-12T09:00
Red Bull Pro Kayaker Adrian Mattern, originally from Germany is currently based in Innsbruck, Austria. Along with Bren Orton he runs the SENDERS YouTube Channel and is a part of the SEND conglomer...
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#38 Alec Voorhees from 2021-01-15T05:00
A Casual chit chat about whitewater kayaking with up and coming legend Alec Voorhees. We talk mistakes made, lessons learned, grown up kayaking in Idaho and of North Fork Championships.
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#37 Sal Montgomery from 2020-11-13T11:04:18
Sal Montgomery is a UK based, pro kayaker, explorer and TV personality, best known for her TV expeditions with Steve Backshall in Bhutan and more recently in Russia. We chat about everything from ...
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#36 A small language change that had a big impact on me from 2020-10-30T08:00
This episode is actually a reading from my blog entry back in 2016. Something I was recently reminded of and that I thought some people may find informative, interesting or even something of a con...
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#35 Ben Marr's 30 hr solo expedition from 2020-09-11T08:00:09
I chat with Man, myth Legend Ben Marr on his recent 30 hr/almost 500km solo paddle in BC earlier this season. We talk route, nutrition, poop, preparation and more.
#34 FT James Pringle Bebbington on eating vegetables to improve your kayaking. from 2020-08-14T08:00:20
Chatting with James 'Pringgle' Bebbington, 2011 Freestyle Kayak World Champion and how that journey was aided by his transition to eating a raw vegan diet. We then went on to talk about his more r...
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#33 Saving Slalom. FT Lois Betteridge from 2020-06-26T08:13
An interesting and informative look at what slalom can do for us and what we can do for it in my continued quest to save whitewater kayaking.
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#31 Fear management. FT Benny Marr from 2020-05-15T07:38
I chat with Benny Marr about all the aspects of managing fear on the river.
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#30 How Information Technology is being used to help in Whitewater Kayaking from 2020-04-24T08:00
I chat with not 1, but 7 kayakers who are using their tech skills for the good of kayakers everywhere and figure out how you and I can help build up digital resources for paddlers.
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#29 Kayaking's Most Famous Drone Pilot ft Flow Motion Aerials from 2020-03-20T08:08
I chat with Flow Motion Aerials founder and first pilot about what it took to make that incredible shot of Dane Jackson's 134ft first descent in Chile look even more incredible.
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Ep 28: Ft Corran Addison: The state of Whitewater Kayaking. Article Follow up. from 2020-02-21T09:35
I chat to Corran about a magazine article he wrote in thePaddler mag.
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ep 26 Expedition Kayaking with Nouria Newman from 2019-12-13T07:40
I chat expedition advice and stories from one off the best in the business Nouria Newman
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Pre Green Race with Adreine Levkenecht from 2019-10-25T08:06
I chat with 'Queen of the Green' Adriene Levkenecht about all things green race, what you need to know as a first timer, shit talking and more. Let me know what you think, Appreciate you!
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Ep 24: Article review 'Your Beatering is not cool' ft Golder Goldstein (Author) from 2019-09-27T07:42
I chat with the author of a cool little article from BlueRidgeOutdoors.com called 'Your Beatering is Not cool' Which was widely shared throughout the whitewater kayak social media community.
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EP 23: Geoff Calhoun on how to increase participation within Whitewater Kayaking. from 2019-09-13T07:09
I chat with Geoff Calhoun on how to get more people fired up on Whitewater kayaking.
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Ep 22: Was It Worth It? FT Alec Voorhees from 2019-08-23T06:05
Alec Voorhees and I discuss if his run down 100ft Alexandra Falls just over one year ago was worth the time off the water since then.
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Coaches ToolBox 3: Why Are We Doing This? from 2019-08-16T07:37
Another instalment of Coaches Toolbox. This time digging into a giving real world applications of why a certain drill is important.
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Coaches Tool box #1 Building Rapport/Trust from 2019-07-26T07:41
Audio from a recent Youtube video where I try and share some of my coaching knowledge and experience.
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Ep 21: Should Freestyle Kayaking be in the Olympics? Ft Dane Jackson from 2019-07-19T06:00
I talk the current Mens Freestyle Kayak World Champion to see if Freestyle in the Olympics is the right move for the sport.
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Ep 20: "Certification is killing paddling Adventures" Article discussion with Author Fiona Hough from 2019-06-28T07:00
I chat with the article author Fiona Hough about here article "Certification is Killing paddling adventures"
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Ep 19: How to bounce back from a bad Competition result from 2019-06-14T06:13
This week I take you on a walk through a little anecdote and try and dish out what I learned from it. Sorry if it is too monologue.
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Ep 18: Bren Orton Interview from 2019-05-24T06:57
I sit down with one of my oldest Kayak friends and talk about how he made it to where he is and where he is going next.
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Ep 16: Darren 'Daz' Clarkson-King Interview from 2019-04-19T06:39
A chat with one of the UK's most veteran exploratory kayakers with First descents all over the world and one of the first people to Solo descend the rivers of Everest.
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Episode 14: How to plan a WhiteWater Kayak Festival ft: Aoife Hanrahan from 2019-03-22T07:06
GALWAY 2020 March 6-8th. Thinking of setting up a kayak festival? One of the event organisers from Ireland's Galway Festival tells us how.
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How to train when you cannot go kayaking? Featuring Ben Marr from 2019-02-22T12:00
I chat to Ben Marr about Heatlh and Fitness in the Kayaking world, especially focussed on what to do if you cannot paddle all the time.
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Adrian Mattern Interview from 2019-01-25T13:48
An interview with German Ripper Adrian Mattern. Check it!!
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Are rapid names important? featuring Evan Moore from 2019-01-11T12:59
I throw down with Evan Moore on the importance of Rapid names following up on a well written article form Nouria Newman in Kayak Session Magazine #68
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Questions You Never Thought to Ask: WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU ARE NERVOUS? Reverse Radio Call Show from 2018-11-30T09:05
I call 7 pro kayakers and ask them what they do when they are nervous before a rapid.
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Episode 8: Ben Stookesberry from 2018-11-16T12:01
One of the most accomplished Expedition kayakers in the world, talks about everything from arrest stories to being vegan and everything in between.
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