Episodes

If you’re impressed by Cole Richardson as a skier, there’s a chance you’ll be more impressed with Cole as a person. The 20-year-old from Canmore, Alberta has, in a very short period of time, made himself known on the mountain but there’s more to him than you think. In this…

Fraser Newton embodies the role as one of the most revered people in biking. The expert mechanic. Growing up in rural Ontario, Fraser had no choice but to fix his bikes when they broke and was so good at it he eventually got paid to do it by age 13.…

It’s been a year and a half since Nick’s near fatal accident skiing pillows on a TGR shoot in March 2020. The one where he was buried and his transceiver failed. He talks about the fallout from bringing attention to the faulty device and Black Diamond’s luke warm response to…

Dave Watson is another character from the early days of freeride who pushed limits and laid the foundation for today’s riders. He was a Canadian National Downhill Champion, filmed for numerous film series including Kranked, he famously jumped his bike over the Tour de France and was a co-founder of…

Jordie Kidner is a pro skier living in Squamish BC. For the past few years he’s been a part of the Blank Collective and has a big part of this year’s excellent film, Tales From Cascadia. He tells us a funny story of his first day filming with the crew…

Dustin Adams is the CEO of We Are One Composites and is an accomplished OG shredder too! We talk to Dustin about his early days on a bike including poaching the shoot for Kranked and getting into the movie. Dustin is a guy who marches to the beat of his…

Richie Schley is here!  He is one of the most important figures in freeride MTB history.   Entered together as members of the The Mountain Bike Hall of Fame with fellow Fro-Rider, Wade Simmons, the three of them make up the first freeride mountain bike team.  Richie has been friends…

Reece Wallace is an ex Slopestyler, Rampager and Team Giant Freerider. I went to his house on Vancouver Island where he tells us about his early days in Whistler, while simultaneously attending University, before he started to really make a name for himself. He talks about his Rampage experience, a…

Justin Wyper keeps a low profile which is a huge contrast to his riding.  He is the builder behind Brandon Semenuk’s new edit, Realm and he throws down in an impressive and rare cameo performance. Wyper talks about working on the build team for several of Semenuk’s Rampage wins, he…

Mark Matthews has a lot of love for his home on Vancouver Island, BC. That’s where he was born, raised and introduced to his first bike. At the age of 14 he started down the path of bringing a dirt jump park to his community by writing to city council.…

Tianna Smith joins Tippie after the Steve Smith Memorial Cup at Mount Washington, to talk about the life and legacy of her “Dude”,  Stevie Smith.  #LongLiveChainsaw Watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/xfA-rCOG80s

Brett Rheeder is one of the most accomplished competition riders of all time. He talks to Tippie about his atypical path to mountain bike supremacy growing up in rural Ontario. He shares his thoughts on stress and expectations and how his mindset has evolved over the years because of them.…