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Meet Michael Brassanini, the newly crowned WE Rock Unlimited Champion; all-in family man, keeper of dreams, and seeker of goals. Michael fulfills his kid's dreams, too. Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.
4:07 – As a kid there didn’t seem like there was a lot to do, looking back, the world was our oyster.
11:11 – It was hard as a kid being taken away from your family, but looking back, it definitely saved me
17:28 – I got hurt a lot, but girls like cowboys, and I like girls!
23:17 – A lot of cold, lonely nights, but I had a drive and a focus and had goals.
28:84 – Motors, big tires, and being outside, wheeling with my friends attracted me to rockcrawling
35:18 – we have a great community of guys and gals that get out, almost on a daily basis there are drivers headed out
41:59 – there are moments in life when you have this epiphany, I had one in Boulder Canyon near Montrose
48:38 – And once you do that stuff in competition, you go out on the trail, and you’re like, oh, hey, maybe this drop isn’t as bad as I thought it was
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There are just too many stories to write notes about; Andy Myers is one of the believers, a man who knows what it’s like to try, to build, to succeed, and to try again. Much respect for a man who walks the walk. Join this self-proclaimed introvert for a wild ride around the world. Thanks, Andy. Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.
12:56 – I’ve never had a job and I’ve never worked.
22:16 – I dropped out of college after a beef with a marketing professor who gave me an F for a product I’d already sold and was receiving royalty checks on
27:22 – We got into design and opened a factory in Mexico and started making clothes for some pretty big companies, REI, Columbia…
32:09 – I showed the product to Nora’s family and told them, this is what we’re going to make – they’re like, “you should probably go back to bed” it was pretty cute
34:46 – this is the coolest motorcycle story of my life
37:22 – all my life, it’s all I’ve done – offroad and motorcycles and travel and design
44:33 – Wow, I don’t want to go back to living in a truck, I better pull back the reins a little and make some hard business decisions
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Mitch Guthrie Sr. was raised a cowboy and became a Champion UTV Racer. He shares life in the fast lane with us on this episode of Conversations of Big Rich. Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.
3:27 – We were always riding horses, I was constantly getting pulled out of school.
8:34 – I heard about Azusa Canyon, back then, it was a wide-open four-wheel drive place
16:23 – It was a passion. It was all I thought about.
28:50 – Back then it was a little tougher without GPS, I remember going the wrong way around the wrong side of the mountain
42:44 – my favorite is the week of KOH when Mitchie is going to race, we drive the sh*t out of those trails
45:40 – Any advice? Yes, pay attention to those who are winning, listen, and be humble
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To keep up with Tracy Valenta, you’re going to need to step up. At 84, Tracy is still the ultimate salesman. On Episode 231, Tracy shares highlights covering the racing years with the Party Ice team. Tracy was inducted in the Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2016. Tracy is why we say; legends live at ORMHOF.org. Be sure to tune in on your favorite podcast app.
4:20 – I bought a ’32 Ford for 50 bucks and was able to rebuild it in Auto Shop
12:34 – I went to Scott McKenzie and said, “ If I could get Rick Mears to drive for me, would you put together a car for me?”
17:01 – There are so many fish in the little bay right at the Bay of LA, I’ve never seen so many fish in my life
20:26 – I bought 1000 seats altogether and sold them at cost just to help Mickey get people interested
29:33 – I felt like I had made it at the Coliseum, Phoenix was big!
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Phil Rawlings has his hands in a lot of things, he has embedded himself in off-road, like many of us. You’ll find him at Salt Lake Off-Road Expo, At Your Leisure, and many other places where voices matter. Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.
6:38 – I’m generally a very mellow and chill dude, but I definitely have an adrenaline addiction side
11:52– I got busted for a fix-it ticket, but they’d been after me for a while
21:13 – I have a photographic memory that doesn’t have any film now
36:02 – I found a job that was my favorite ever, I got to design and play with the coolest stuff
49:26 – people said, “you’re from Utah – I didn’t know they had off-road companies in Utah” that bothered me, we’re like the mecca for off-roading!
55:53 – our guiding pillars – promote Utah off-road businesses, promote Utah, and unite the off-road community
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Mark Jensen, founder and engineer of Off-Road Innovations is on Episode 229. Without a background in off-road, Mark got launched into it accidentally. It’s been a heck of a ride. Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.
4:32 – I lived in the mountains with redwood trees, coming to Toelle was like being dropped in the middle of the desert, left for dead
11:56– I built an outside-the-box sandrail that was four-wheel drive – essentially the first side-by-side
20:29 – “You know this would be more suited for the rock crawling world.” I said, “The what? What’s rockcrawling?”
26:45 – every time this rock crawling thing would evolve into something more violent, it meant more failures for me
38:00 – Those two words, perfect perseverance and dedication to what you are doing, you will overcome!
51:33 – We’re learning a lot from the car, it adds credibility to actually finish races and be successful
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Bill Sanders on Episode 228, a legendary journalist who excelled in elevating off-road racing to worldwide recognition. At 92 years old, history was made and retold in this interview. We talk about all the racing, writing and sport that Bill has been a part of. Bill was inducted in the Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2014. Bill is why we say; legends live at ORMHOF.org. Be sure to tune in on your favorite podcast app.
4:26 – my first true love was a 1936 Ford three-window coupe flathead
20:21 – I went to Europe by myself and traveled around for about 11 months on $5 a day.
29:04 – “Where’s the rest of the slides?” And I said, I’m not the photographer, I’m the editor.
37:55 – any questions? “Do the service stations in Baja take credit cards?”
49:15 – these guys from Mexico would bring $50,000 cash in a paper bag to California and buy a truck
1:06:42 – about halfway through the race, the suspension broke, but Jean Calvin had her thermos full of coffee that she always took with her
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Whitewater to Off-road, the background of our guests is always fascinating. Join Rich and Chris Walker from Overland Training Canada for more adventure on Episode 227. Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.
4:51 – very quickly, I found my passion was the outdoors – mountaineering, kayaking, flying, diving, caving and what have you
12:34– Gosh, I hurt myself a lot, nearly died a couple of times
17:37 – I’m not doing what I’m doing without their grit and determination to kick me into shape to be a good off-road driving instructor
25:14 – just jump out right here, grab your stuff, someone will come get you – I’m literally in the middle of nowhere, there’s no one in sight, I have no cell service and no idea where I am
37:36 – that’s a really hard question, I’ve never found a concise answer…
55:01 – I’ve been doing a lot with a big expedition called the Transglobal Car Expedition
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From Slot cars to NASCAR, Mark Stahl has a storied past in racing, catch up with him on Episode 226. Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.
2:52 – I guess you could say I was a professional slot car racer
7:29– We went to Tijuana and got a fake birth certificate so I could race at age 16; Cajon Speedway required you to be 18
16:01 – Well, off-road racing, the motto was never give up
26:29 – I pull up at the finish line and Scoop is sitting there in the Blazer, and Parnelli Jones walks up and looks at the number on my hood and just starts cussing
34:08 – If I ever want to race NASCAR, now’s my time – I need to make the move to the south
43:57 – my most memorable event from the NASCAR days was the ’87 Winston 500 at Talladega
1:01:18 – you go through a lot of wives in racing, not because you’re cheating on them, but because you like race cars more than them, race cars don’t talk back
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“If I’m going to weld, it might as well be for myself,” we couldn’t agree more. Join Todd Gronsdahl from Aqualu Industries and Big Rich on Episode 225. Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.
6:57 – I took any job I could get because I really didn’t have any skillset
11:15– Rich: I asked your wife, “Is that your boyfriend?” She says, God, no, that’s my husband, my boyfriend would be way older and way richer!
13:30 – I bought a dilapidated Land Cruiser, and I was driving home one day when the roll cage fell through the wheel well onto the tire.
19:06 – the hardest part is just getting the aluminum body as close as you can to replicating the original
30:18 – the biggest challenge of being in Canada and exporting is location, we are packed in a little town in the middle of the mountains, so transportation is a real pain
35:59 – my wife has plans for us to buy a diesel pusher, and hook the vehicle up and go have some fun
37:37 – my simple rule of thumb: don’t spend more than you make and be humble
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Derek Trent, master fabricator and owner of Trent Fab joins us on Episode 224. Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.
9:11 – a couple of times I got in some trouble with the law and was told to push my motorcycle home
16:16– I was 21 years old and I hit a point where I had to make a “What am I going to do?” decision
24:31 – out of the box, a YJ was pretty damn tough
31:49 – Jason Berger was driving my car and eneded up breaking the TH400 case, I was really disappointed because all I was looking at was all the things that went wrong, that I didn’t do right
38:18 – I was working a job after college and woke up one day and realized that if I didn’t get out then, that was all I was going to do with the rest of my life.
49:03 – I got the invitation to go the very first King of the Hammers, but I really wanted to take my new car and it wasn’t ready. So I missed the very first one, it would have been 14 instead of OG13
58:25 – that’s when the Top Shelf chassis was born
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Bart Jacobs hails from Utah and has participated in every extreme sport the state offers – from skiing to mountain biking to OG rockcrawling. Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.
3:41 – I decided, as stupid 16-year-olds do, that drag racing would be fun.
10:40 – I was still ski-jumping and ended up hurting my leg, for rehab, I started mountain biking, and doing longer and longer rides
18:46 – XJ’s didn’t have a great reputation, and still don’t for the people who like frames and such
29:43 – …we watched a lot of other teams, and there was nothing in the back…and the light bulb went on and I thought “OH, maybe if we took some weight out of this thing, it might do a little bit better!”
40:21 – In my first six events, I broke on the first or second obstacle on every event, it was frustrating
48:31 – I got so much from this sport, I feel blessed. The friends I’ve met, the relationships I have and the fun we’ve had doing it – I felt like I needed to give back to the sport
59:19 – I had the midnight to 2 am shift, we had just passed Bimini and started heading in a more Southerly direction…
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Diesel mechanic – because he had to be – Logan Backus shares life in the trenches, the rockcrawling trenches, with all of us. Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.
4:48 – We were known for the kids in the neighborhood to build the biggest, baddest jumps out there.
14:43 – my dad’s like, “I don’t know why you want a truck like that? They’re expensive and they break.”
25:47 – this is the dumbest thing I’ve ever done – but the owner took me under his wing and showed me the ins and outs of all things diesel
31:38 – my first trip to Moab, you either have to go far right and get really sketchy or take the big undercuts – I’m sitting there thinking what did I get myself into?
41:46 – that YJ progressed me so much in wheeling that it scared the sh*t out of me
49:20 – why would I spend money to go beat the crap our of my own vehicle – why does that sound like it’s not that fun?
1:01:38 – I hate Cedar City, it’s like 30 minutes from where I live, but I have this vendetta with Cedar
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Meet the Desert Rat in his Desert Toy, John James, D-Toy in the old Pirate days shares his history in rock-crawling. Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.
3:57 – We learned how to fight early, and we were little guys, so if one us got in a fight, both of us got in a fight.
15:09 – one of the best things I did, not just going to school in Phoenix, but just moving to Phoenix, it was literally the biggest city I’d ever seen, and living there on my own with my parents six hours away, life lessons!
21:05 – the most awesome part about Pirate 4x4 was the diverse amount of people I met
29:28 – my brother still talks about Lion’s Pride Park, holding on to a ski rope and being lawn darted over the top of this rise
38:20 – it was an off-road race with these clapped out Toyotas all the way to Wrecking Ball
49:42 – Marlin was good at a lot of things, but competing in rock crawling wasn’t one of them, I think his mind just went too fast – I thought, I could drive that rig for him!
58:49 – Back then it was such a foreign thing to do all the Hammer trails in a day, I had an advantage, I knew where they all were.
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Cal Wells III on Episode 220. Such a privilege to interview Cal Wells. We talk about all the racing, racing, racing that Cal has been a part of. Cal was inducted in the Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2020. Cal is why we say; legends live at ORMHOF.org. Be sure to tune in on your favorite podcast app.
5:13 – I could get from Westminster to downtown LA in 35 minutes, and now it takes 3 hours
10:43 – I rode up there, it was like going to heaven; here’s this line on both sides lined with red, white, and blue off-road vehicles
20:23 – my first trip to Baja…
29:07 – That was the first time we raced, we were running down the highway and the engine blew up
43:24 – And if I had a do-over, I would have done things very differently
48:00 – I’m going to go hire Ivan Stewart or Malcolm Smith
1:03:22 – We got the deal for 180 grand, and that first year, I spent 360
1:23:44 – Everything was our own, our own shocks, our own everything.
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From multiple subscriptions to multiple books – Sean P. Holman, writer, editor, businessman, dad. Follow his journey through the media. Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.
5:06 – growing up, you could get yourself in as much trouble as you wanted to
8:57 – what can I get away with before my mom would get mad at me for spending money on something I probably didn’t need?
15:38 – offroading was like freedom, you were away from the road, no street signs or anyone telling you what to do
31:28 – At the end of my career, I had been there for 20 years, and I was overseeing all the truck and off-road magazines when they decided to dissolve that part of the business
40:32 – The romanticism of off-roading started for me in the magazine; the problem is we used to be influencers before there were influencers
53:35 – My favorite is the Raptor story, it goes back to 2007, starting with “how did you know?”
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Skyjacker President Lonnie McCurry, Jr. shares his faith, family, and future with us on Episode 218. A strong family man, he brings West Monroe, Louisiana, to life for us. Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.
2:45 – this area of Louisiana is all about hunting, fishing, and family
9:14 – my parents were great about not forcing me into the business – y’all go make an education, get a college degree, and decide your own career path
24:27 – I learned two things doing the competitive side of rockcrawling: 1. It is a lot of work, and two, it’s hard to be competitive if you don’t have the seat time
34:54 – the way my dad worded it 40 years ago, if he built a lift kit, he wanted to feel like he could hand his daughter the keys and her go drive it, knowing she’d be safe
42:20 – We started working with Willy long before Duck Dynasty
54:15 – we focused on the marking side for many years, but we feel like we need to focus more on the manufacturing side for the next few years.
58:04 – let’s talk about family
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Our very own people person, Alan Johnson, has spent a lifetime helping people. With good listening and great photography skills, Alan is a storyteller. I’m proud to call him my friend. Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.
4:03 – my dad took typing because that’s where the pretty girls were; he claims typing saved his life.
10:32 – I really wanted to be on the radio, so I showed up at 16 with my FCC disc jockey license and played country music
14:43 – I had my life all planned out, then I fell asleep driving home and broke my face
23:03 – Just because someone has a leadership role or not, doesn’t mean they’re better or worse than you. Every role is important.
31:36 – That’s always my MO at work, start at entry level, work hard, prove who you are, and then move up rapidly.
39:59 – That’s when I discovered my first Jeep, it was basically a motorcycle, but with a roll cage.
48:01 – who’s the one person on your team who never puts their phone down, won’t shut up and can’t build anything? They all laughed and pointed at me!
56:02 – I started working with promoters because my job was to help tell the story of something I was passionate about and loved.
1:07:47 – Imagine life as a piece of paper, most people fill it from top to bottom, left to right, there’s not a blank space anywhere – but life happens in the margins
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Rich Minga got his start in off-road racing, then turned it into a career in the movie business. Stuntman to the stars, winners do daily what losers do occasionally. Rich is a winner. Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.
9:57 – I thought I’d learn from the school of hard knocks. I was a better student of the universe than the school system
12:43 – It’s not O-N-E, it’s W-O-N; it means WE won the race!
17:24 – he got me across Diablo Dry Lake by Morse Code with a horn, it was crazy
25:10 – It was life-changing; I ran out of gas and had to walk out of Baja, it was horrific
36:28 – The people, the culture, there’s something magical about the people of Baja; I think we’re always celebrated, never tolerated
48:05 – I’ve been k*lled a bunch and k*lled a few people as well. That’s what I do; I work as a stuntman in the movie business
52:53 – I was the stunt coordinator for a TV show with no stunts – it makes me a lifeguard at the car wash
1:02:26 – You got to be in the FBI – friends, brothers, or in-laws! It’s the way it works
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World champion speed skier turned rockcrawler, John Hembel, shares techniques in improving all skills on Episode 215. Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.
9:48 – I worked ski rentals, at the end of the day there’d be a huge pile in the middle of the ski shop; my job was to pair them all up together and put them awayl
17:30 – I actually got a soccer scholarship to a school in Mississippi, but I didn’t like the school
22:40 – the fortunate part is the auto detailing end of things gives you the ability to bring in day-to-day business without knocking on doors
28:57 – It’s the south, so really all you’re wheeling is mud, which is terrible. I hate mud.
36:11 – We’re fortunate in the people we know that we have a lot of really responsible friends who want to save the lands
48:44 – I always knew I wanted to be a pro skier, I loved it so much.
58:01 – when they brought a speed skiing competition to Snowmass, I was like, I got to go out and do that
1:01:55 – I yelled down to the kid, in French, I think I have mad cow disease…then I took my run.
1:08:27 – 2002, I set my record, 2003, I was world champion
1:18:28 – Almost every time we go out rockcrawling, even three and a half years later, I’m learning something new.
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