Looking Sideways Action Sports Podcast

Jan 26 2025 289 ep. 74 mins 118
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Presented by Matt Barr, Looking Sideways is a podcast about the best stories in skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, and other related endeavours.

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The Announcement Episode 3: Legacy

Jan 26 2025 62 mins  
“Well, I think the simple answer, and nothing here is simple, is that capitalism dies with its mistakes.” - John Elkington, Founder, VolansPatagonia’s September 2022 decisions to make ‘Earth’ the company’s only shareholder was huge news, particularly in the worlds of climate activism, business, philanthropy, the outdoors, and action sports. And at the heart of this deci

The Announcement Episode 2: Scrutiny

Jan 20 2025 55 mins  
“Whenever anybody with that level of wealth and power moves money into an opaque system, we should wave our red democracy flag, and say, ‘However virtuous they may be, we want to hold you to a higher standard’." Patagonia’s September 2022 decisions to make ‘Earth’ the company’s only shareholder made headlines around the world.So perhaps understandably, it wasn’t lon

The Announcement Episode 1: Decision

Jan 13 2025 41 mins  
“Going purpose, not going public.”Patagonia’s September 2022 decisions to make ‘Earth’ the company’s only shareholder was huge news, particularly in the worlds of climate activism, business, philanthropy, the outdoors, and action sports.Here was the most influential company in the outdoor world, and one of the most influential businesses on the planet per se, relinquish

Introducing The Announcement

Jan 05 2025 1 mins  
"Earth is our only shareholder.”In September 2022, Patagonia's billionaire owner Yvon Chouinard relinquished control and made 'earth' the company's only shareholder.But … what did this actually mean? Why did he do it? What about the scrutiny the company received? And is this really a critical moment in the history of capitalism, as Patagonia believe?The Announcement is a new th

Episode 244: Tim & Gendle - Festive Special!

Dec 23 2024 99 mins  
Use LOOKINGSIDEWAYS massive discounts on ski and snowboard hire from my friends at Intersport Rent. --Ah, Christmas. A time of friends, family and tradition - which in Looking Sideways world means the much loved Festive Special with my close pals and stalwart podcast supporters Tim and Gendle! If you’re new here (and many thousands of you subscribed anew this year), I’ve known

Episode 243: Chris Nelson - Marching On Together

Dec 01 2024 90 mins  
Use SIDEWAVES10 for 10% off anything from session at The Wave in Bristol!--Regulars who’ve been following Looking Sideways at all closely for the last two years will be familiar with the name Chris Nelson. Alongside Demi Taylor and Lewis Arnold, he’s one of the triumvirate of creative talents behind the brilliant Big Sea, which I’ve been championing since I saw the first cut

Rerun: Episode 242 - Greg Stump

Nov 12 2024 91 mins  
Use my Intersport discount code LOOKINGSIDEWAYS for huge savings on ski and snowboard rental this winter. --One of the odd things about podcasting (at least the way I do it, anyway) is when a episode you’re convinced is one of the best, most enjoyable conversations you’ve ever had doesn’t get the pick up it deserves.That was very definitely the case with my autumn 2022 conver

Episode 241: Jordy Smith - Jordy's Game

Oct 27 2024 51 mins  
Use SIDEWAVES10 for 10% off anything from session at The Wave in Bristol!--As anybody who’s watched your typical softball chat-show conversation will be aware, interviews with people at a certain level of fame and renown, such as this week’s guest Jordy Smith, tend to unfold in one of two ways. There’s the filtered, on-message, and generally uninteresting stuff we’ve all he

Episode 240: Jamie Brisick - Third

Oct 06 2024 77 mins  
Use SIDEWAVES10 for 10% off anything from session at The Wave in Bristol!--What a treat to welcome the great Jamie Brisick back for his third Looking Sideways appearance. The occasion? The release of The Life and Death of Westerly Windina, his brilliant documentary collaboration with Australian director Alan White about the life and times of Peter Drouyn and Westerly Windina. But a

Episode 239: Laura Crane - Hear My Story

Sep 22 2024 67 mins  
Use SIDEWAVES10 for 10% off anything from session at The Wave in Bristol!--Over the last year, it’s been one of the biggest stories in British surfing. How Croyde’s own Laura Crane headed to Nazare, and surfed the biggest waves ever snagged by a British woman. No wonder if’s been covered by everybody from Carve to BBC Radio Five Live. But if you’ve been listening a little b