Ep 12 - Brent Martin on entrepreneurship, group flow through adventure, and modalities of transformation

Mountain Whispers

In this episode, I chat to Brent Martin, founder of Ryders Eyewear, one of the OG of mountain bike eyewear brands, as well as xcamp.ca which leads transformational backcountry camps designed to stoke souls and awaken spirits.

we chat about:

• The birth of Ryders, the same year that Brent won the first Canadian Mountain Bike Championship in 1986
• Legendary figures in the early Vancouver/Whistler mountain bike scene
• The Shoe Dog-esk story of building Ryders
• The spark that started Xcamp + how Brent designs experiences to facilitate group flow and transformation
• modalities of transformation: how we can design experiences of inspiration, healing, and connection through the modalities of adventure sports, breath, stillness, engaging the senses, and more

Links mentioned in the conversation:

• The books Stealing Fire & Recapture the Rapture
• The Presence Process breathwork by Michael Brown - book here, Youtube clip of the practice here
• The neuroscientist mentioned is Dr. Ryan D'Arcy, and functional medicine practitioner is Dr. Jan Venter

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