Ivan McClellan is a photographer and designer based in Portland OR. In 2015 he was invited to attend his first Black rodeo which was the start of a journey to the heart of Black cowboy culture where he found community and reframed his perception of home.
This show is available everywhere you get podcasts February 10, 2023
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Benji Alexander doesn’t think small. When he broke out on the scene in 2020 declaring his intention to ski for Jamaica in the Beijing Olympics it took the ski world by surprise. Not only was he not a professional skier, but he had just started skiing. Many of us missed the big picture though, this was more than a singular goal, and it’s manifesting in the most incredible way.
This show is available everywhere you get podcasts February 3, 2023
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We’re so excited to be back. Check out everything that’s going down this season!
Our first season 3 episode drops Friday February 3rd everywhere you get podcasts.
Anna Soens is a multi-sport adaptive athlete, a committed outdoors person in all seasons, and a wildlife biologist. We had the opportunity to sit down with Anna to discuss her expeditions and projects, tackling old problems in new ways, making trails and bikeways accessible for everyone, how adaptive sports and traditional sports are not separate spheres, and the dignity of risk.
This show is available everywhere you get podcasts August 19, 2022.
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Jalen Bazile is a professional outdoorsman and outdoor educator, a cycling advocate, a member of the Black Foxes, and the founder of the newly launched Trvl Wide. We had an opportunity to sit down with Jalen just prior to the launch to discuss his company, bikepacking as a path to healing, moving at the speed of relationships, different types of fun, controlling the narrative, leaving the doors open, and positive masculinity
This show is available everywhere you get podcasts August 12, 2022
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Lanrick Bennett Jr is the Bicycle Mayor of Toronto, Canada’s largest city, with extensive experience in active transportation policy, urban design, and placemaking. We had the opportunity to sit down with Lanrick to discuss painted lines or ‘sharrows’, the political will to embrace change, NIMBYism, the concept of 8 80 cities, complete streets, and the opportunities you create when you say: Yes! And?
This show is available everywhere you get podcasts July 29, 2022
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Monica Garrison is the Founder, Executive Director, and Chief Storyteller at Black Girls Do Bike, a Pennsylvania based nonprofit that has 100+ chapters of women centric bike clubs worldwide. We had the opportunity to sit down with Monica to discuss her work, safety in community, building confidence, moving under your own power, how cities would look if women were setting infrastructure standards, riding with natural hair, size inclusive kit, and the mission of Black Girls Do Bike.
This show is available everywhere you get podcasts July 22, 2022
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Get the “Bike Girl Magic Cycling Guide” and check out all the Black Girls Do Bike kit in the BGDB Shop: https://bgdbshop.squarespace.com/
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Courtney Williams is the founder and lead strategist at the Brown Bike Girl, a New York based consultancy that not only teaches people about biking but empowers cycling leaders, collaborates with local health authorities on active transportation initiatives, and does diversity, equity, inclusion, and access training throughout industry. We had the opportunity to sit down with Courtney to discuss embracing the fail, navigating the space between mainstream cyclists and cyclists of colour, bike lanes as utilities, taking control of our own destiny’s, how allyship is not a check box, how to not put limits on yourself, and exposing people to their possibilities.
This show is available everywhere you get podcasts July 15, 2022
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S2 E7 Courtney Williams – Exposing People to Their Possibilities. – Descript
Alyssa Gonzalez is a multi-sport athlete, an outdoor advocate, and a product designer in the outdoor industry. We had the opportunity to sit down with Alyssa to talk about finding new ways to love movement, questioning what success looks like, the benefit of slowing down, building things with people in mind, and going all in.
This show is available everywhere you get podcasts July 1, 2022
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Friday, after hearing the news I took care of a few critical business ops for this show and work I do under other hats, paused all social media (Thanks Digi Dave for the sage advice), and went outside.
I told my partner I planned to write some thoughts once I could collect them, he said ‘you’ll get more hate mail’ … note he said more. Zero hate mail when you’re a woman of colour with an opinion in public isn’t an option.
I want to be very clear on my personal position and the position of this community. Abortion is healthcare. Healthcare is an apolitical, amoral human right.
But this has nothing to do with the outdoors, shut up and ski BIPoC Outside. No!
Abortion bans do not stop abortion, they stop safe abortions, which includes safe treatment for septic uteruses, ectopic pregnancies, and miscarriages that the body can not clear. Pregnant people will die and economically marginalized communities, queer communities, and BIPoC communities will be disproportionately affected. These are our communities.
Some of the conversations post this decision include attacks on other ‘settled’ law including Justice Clarence Thomas inviting a legal challenge against Griswold v. Connecticut. This is the law which protects access to contraceptives. Missouri is seeking to attack the constitutionally protected right to interstate travel which protects privacy and ensures free domestic movement without governmental abridgement.
Folk who menstruate face additional challenges to free and unimpeded access to the outdoors. Heather Hansen said it best when she said the ‘IUD Is the Most Important, Underrated Piece of Outdoor Gear’. This is also my experience and I recognize the privilege of that opportunity.
The idea that a uterus having person could face impediments to their fundamental right to move freely is anathema to everything BIPoC Outside stands for.
But aren’t you in Canada, how about mind your business? No!
First, I will speak out against human rights abuses regardless of where they take place. Second, because of our shared common law heritage American jurisprudence is valid and often used in Canadian courts. In some cases, only American law is cited in Canadian cases because of our significant population difference. America simply produces more judge made law.
Over the course of the weekend I’ve listened to law makers, healthcare providers, and advocates to determine the best way for both myself personally and BIPoC Outside to support those whose fundamental human rights have been affected by this ruling. I’m still learning but expect to see concrete action from us in the coming future.
Kris
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