Peaks and Pines Podcast Dane Oakley

Trust us, you are going to want to meet Benjamin Alexander. Together we will learn about his amazing past and the incredible progress he has made as an Alpine Skier. Going from his proper education, dabbling in the underground music scene, growing into an Internationally recognized DJ, and finally how he has been working towards his current goal of being the first man to represent Jamaica for alpine skiing in the Olympics. Clipping on his first set of Skis at the age of 32, this is a massive story for anyone interested in the sport, and beautiful example of how you can make anything happen if you put your heart and mind to it.

DISCLAIMER: There is news of suicide at the beginning of the episode, if you would like to bypass this subject you can skip straight to Taylor Jensen's interview starting at 7:10 in the episode.

Today we have a bit of a shorter and sad news segment. There was some tragic news in our world recently, we will quickly cover those stories. After that we will move on to an awesome interview with Taylor Jensen. He is a really cool guy and we are sure you will enjoy getting to know him as much as we did.

Today we talk about the Mercedes-Benz UCI downhill world cup in Lousa, Portugal. We dabble in some small news and the introduce you to Jammin Jordy Scott, a young biker who has already made a name for herself but we have high hopes of seeing only grow bigger in the coming years.

Today we talk about the Mercedes-Benz UCI downhill world cup in Maribor, we do a quick review of the Audi FIS skiing cup, and also touch on the World Surf League event that we just saw in Espinho.

This leads into our interview with Pro Mountain biker, Skier, Director, and Producer Mike Hopkins. We get to hear a bit about how he got where he is in his career, he also shares a few of his cool experiences and stories along the way.

Here we are and this is an idea of what to expect.