Alaska Wild Project

AWP Episode 163 "Take a Pike" w/Parker Bradley of ADF&G

Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Jack Lau invite ADF&G Biologist and invasive species expert Parker Bradly into the studio to discuss the state of pike in Alaska

 

First keg beers (Moosehead & Hamms) Green bottle beer hangovers, How many craft brewers in AK?, can’t get into Quinoa, Farm to table fresh Local Greens salads, E-collar do’s & don’ts, recap on the Homer Winter King Derby & beer league hockey tournament, hearing fishery & roe harvest, Parker intro, going to school in Kentucky & Montana, Hydro Kinetics River turbines and its effect on salmon migration, starting a career as a habitat biologist, working in the field, Pike introduced into the south-central in the 50’s, and the spread, the Alexander Creek Suppression Process, pulling over 30k pike out of Alexander Creek, radio tag and track pike, dealing with Elodia in our local lakes, Pike into to the Kenai Peninsula in the 70’s, Pike swimming across Cook Inlet, category levels for pike impact, (1, 2 & 3), state record large mouth bass caught in Sand Lake, Alaska Muskie Scare, spring bear, Kodiak goats, white mountain hunting critters, finding an Alaska Black Fish Aliens style, finding places to fish for pike, (ADG&G Pike Mapper/Tracker)

 

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AWP Episode 162 "What the Frack!" w/Christina Twogood

Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & The Mayor bring in Christina Twogood, Director and Advisory Board Chair w/AK Avalanche School

 

Chin scares, the Finger Lake Family Ice Fishing Classic, my first free ride, switch the Arctic Cat Catalyst, Nelchina Glacier Ride, what is sugar snow?, AK Lady Shredders, South central Riding vs. Interior riding, cold gear ninja suite, TOBI gear, FXR Mono-Suite & Flat Technology, Jet boil burgers, UAF vs UAA, a career in the oil/petroleum engineering, fracking, carbon wells and new technology, Diamondback bed covers & sled decks, entry into avalanche training, getting proficient with the process, strength of presence, recourses, and awareness, advances is beacon technology, Eyeball test field forecasting, “The 5 Red Flags”, 1: were there recent avalanches, 2: Wind (Wind Slab Avalanche), 3: New Snow & Weight, 4: Rapid Warming (Spring Time), 5: Collapsing & Cracking, secondary avalanches, the art of avalanche forecasting, the awareness component, collaborating avalanche awareness in the hunting space, where to go (alaskasnow.org)

 

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AWP Episode 161 "Game Recognize Game" w/Justin Shaffer of KUIU

Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Jack Lau go full camo with special guest Justin Shaffer Senior Director for Guide, Outfitter, Military and First Responders Programs for KUIU

 

Breaking down a moose carcass solo style, congrats to Dallas Seavey 2024 Iditarod Champion!, Dallas’ moose run in and 2 hour delay, Justin’s minor injury report, Texas hunt and making it work with duck tape, Robin Hood shot in a cast, Robin Hood “Prince of Thieves”, cancelation hunt for a Desert Big Horn, hunting in hot weather, Mexican sheep terrain, Gila KUIU light weight gear, KUIU innovation, Guide & Outfitter Program, product development, KUIU established in 2011, re-introducing original gear, KUIU getting into the waterfowl game, The OG Yukon Rain Gear and new design, the hunt show & expo rigamarole, the KUIU booth is popping’n, KUIU Ultralight Tour show tour, the process of moving trade shows (SCI, Sheep Show, Shot Show), the new Dallas KUIU store front, KUIU launching the female line, the youth line relaunch in 2025, 5-years in a dream job, 25 years of service, Sniper School Instructor, ready for military retirement, transitioning into the outdoor space, bringing a guiding and military background to a career @ KUIU, completing the the slam & Justin’s Stone Sheep, the challenge and cost of chasing sheep, Ibex & Marco Polo bundle, not loosing sleep over bow to rifle if needed, gear junky mode, VALO is my favorite, the photo opp, Justin’s bear charge, Hoyt Pro Staff Shooter, Justin’s big Utah bull, holding off on Kodiak Elk, giving back to law enforcement and military hunts w/the guide & outfitter program, the KUIU price point, stumbling across a snow buried 1 horned billy, Holland the Hunter, Whittaker Hunting Bro’s

 

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AWP Episode 160 "We All Win When We Win" w/Bert Sorin of Sorinex Excercise Equipment

AWP Episode 160 “We All Win When We Win” w/Bert Sorin of Sorinex Exercise Equipment, Sorinex Summer Strong & Winterstrong. - Broomed off”

 

Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield, Jack Lau & Chad Aurentz crush the rack with special guest, Bert Sorin co-owner & President of Sorinex Exercise Equipment out of South Carolina

 

Ultra focused high’s, Chugach Powder Guides & snow cats, Chad’s dude week, social media hacks, (Coffee Creamer & THC edibles), edible truths, 15ft case drop, last chance snowmobile snow check @ Alaska Mining & Diving, event ends March 31st, ($1,000 in parts, accessories & Gear or a 1-year bumper bumper warranty), That PPP $$$, the 2 billion $ Godmother, the dark side of the student loan process, the union option ain’t a bad idea, spring bear time is coming, you wanna fuck with bears or sharks, shooting a bear form the knee prone position, the brown bear charge, rolling the dice with Chad, Sorinex intro, Argentina Red Stag Hunt, Bert’s African hunt, Sorin Equipment Starting in 1980, Berts growth into the business through training, building a brand through tracks & trails, #1 perpetuate the business brand, #2 personal brand, #3 Learn nothing #4Teach something, The 2024 Winterstrong vibe, we all win we we win, Brandon’s winterstrong experience, developing the “FARM”, Kipp & Donny @ the Farm, Soinex Outdoors, building the fitness & custom equipment process, being an ambassador to the Global War on Terrorism  Memorial Foundation (Mike Rodriguez),

 

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AWP Episode 159 "Die With Your Boots On" w/Kip Fulks of Bushwhack Alaska, Big Truck Farm Brewing & Origin USA

Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield, Jack Lau & Chad Aurentz are honored to have American business entrepreneur & icon Kip Fulks, former COO & co-founder of Under Armor, Founder of Big Truck Farms Brewing & Origins Apparel

 

What has the world come to? Like or dislikes? How many dislikes do you have, San Jose hockey report, Alyeska slope edicate, hyping up our guest, the under armor come-up, Lululemon mens boxers don’t hold up, what brand would you love to see make hunting gear, going up a military kid, meeting his business play Lacrosse, starting out Under Armor as a co-founder, getting it done with a team, becoming and crafting a leader the way you were raised, starting & creating the Under Armor Hunt division, transiting to the origin wool, breaking news, (Origin Waterproof Rain Gear), today’s marketing weaponizing propaganda, becoming a board member and advisor for Origins, starting the hunting/camo line, truly made in the USA, local farmers & manufacturing factories, purchasing into a lodge and hunt outfitter in Alaska, building an adventure and price point for every adventure enthusiast, setting the bar high and being ruthless, tourism money coming in AK and staying AK, Lake Clark preserve vs. Yellowstone, Unit 17 & Unit 9 bear factories, bucket list hunts, learning the seasonality of the process, being authentic, Big Truck Farm Brewing building a bear brand for outdoors men & women

 

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AWP Episode 158 "Wrap'n & Braaap'n" w/Sierra Winter

Daniel Buitrago, Jack Lau & “The Mayor” Adrien Gregory” WRAP & BRAAAP with local branding specialist, web designer, artist and backcountry snowmobiler Sierra Winter with Artwork by Sierra Summer!

 

Salad salesmen, Ice fishing overflow, Iron Dog Results, Iditarod start hot spots, Willow pizza Rons Place, Wrapping Sleds, The Mayors new wrap, Tail Gate Alaska, Ideas for new winter events, snow cats, Sierra’s design philosophy, Adobe Illustrator, Sierra’s sled design, Sled deck wrap, 4 runner wrap, Skyline signs, Beginnings of Sierra Winter Designs, Inspiration and staying creative, Freaky Leaky Pod, snow machine injuries, Tatoos and acupuncture, wood burn or carve rifle stalk, fractal wood burning, Quapolits book, ice fall through events, trivia, Polar bear plunge, Anchorage Brewing can designs, favorite places to ride, Grandview and Lost Lake,  Mountain vs trail riding, Women in snow machining, Snow machine club, snow machine community support and clinics, Awaken film fest, Timber sleds and snow bikes.

 

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AWP Episode 157 "Alaska Women are the Toughest Men" w/Morgan Christensen (Alaskan Prospector)

Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & “The Mayor” Adrien Gregory throw the pickaxe with local prospector, adventurer and Gold Rush personality Morgan Lauren!

 

Pizza Del Fi (Best Pizza in Palmer), the mayor’s tattoo, what’s the crews favorite pizza, And-1 shorts, spell “rigmarole”, Mrs. McKnuckles, Daniel’s first ice fishing trip, the new rod bender, Sheep Creek Lodge Poker Run, building city glaciers, THE NUGGET HUNTER, MINE-LAB EQUINOX 6000, finding gold & precious metals in the most unlikely places, metal detector turf wars, “The Laurenco Turf” Wal-Mikes, that Sutton life, Eska Falls, the mysterious gold globs, the family dig in Denali, the Canada/Yukon work process, the scovile scale, creation of the pepper-x, 1,000 millions to make a billion, falling into the gold rush, the camp cook, living that mining camp, the devils gold, the women’s impact and shift in the industry, crawling in polar bear dens, new show for 2024, independent filming and Morgans future projects

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AWP Episode 156 "Welding a Legacy" w/Eric Engebretsen & Brad Conley of Bay Weld & Cold Water Alaska

Brandon Fifield & Jack Lau link up with Eric Engebretsen CEO and owner of Bay Weld Boats and Cold Water AK spear fisherman Brad Conley.

 

Draw hunt woes, Hunt results party at Double Shovel Cider Co, Moose call competition, shout outs, Anchorage Boat Show, Bay Weld boats at the show and the process, other boat shows, community connections, growing up together and Alaska history, homesteading, Brad’s path to ownership, Erics design mind, employees of Bay Weld, building a positive work culture, shop growth, manufacturing, book of knowledge, state trooper boat, process of boat order and building, part ownership of Raider Boats, building up to a Bay Weld boat, 278 boats built so far, landing crafts, cold water AK, spearfishing, North Cape Video, trivia, cold water adventures, spearing halibut, surfing, future for cold water & Bay Weld,

 

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AWP Episode 155 "A True Jagermeister" w/Kevin Kehoe (Ak Wild Sheep Foundation)

Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Chad Aurentz welcome in Kevin Kehoe, President of the Alaska Wild Sheep Foundation

 

Kevin’s first Kodiak brown bear encounter, “Who’s doing their laundry in the middle of the night?” Alaskan Turkey’s, Engineering prep and a college career @ Syracuse University, graduation and a career in the Army, Jagermeister history and backstory, learning to hunt in Germany, Roe Buck, Red Stag, Rifle options, delayed miletation, Revier (Permit), hunting tradition saving game thousands of years later, retrieving ducks in the dark, shooting critters in the dark, barn cats, Wild Boar Fever, Kevin’s New Zealand Stag, win a hunt loose your voice, good take karma, Carmen Island Big Horn, British Columbia Lions, Resolute Bay Polar Bear w/Canada North, Shiris Moose meat quality, Sloths jumping in front of the car, North American WSF Chapters, Ducks Unlimited in Alaska, “Triple Canopy” & Matt Man, Finaz to WSF, Starting up WSF in 2014, dealing in YETI, AWP coming to, wild harvest initiative, “A night with Shane MaHoney” a sport hunter that eats the meat, a message to the swing voter, federal overreach issues, closing 19C, executive director (Molly McCarthy-Cunther), M.ovi,

 

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AWP Episode 154 "Fresh Start Race'n" w/Team #6 Mike Morgan & Bradley Kishbaugh

Daniel Buitrago & Brandon Fifield pound the trail with Iron Dog veteran’s and newly acquainted teammates Mike Morgan & Bradley Kishbaugh

 

Podcast overload, iron dog hard knocks, draw result part reminder, how do you eat ptarmigan, X games timber sled division, Polaris manufacturing, athletes and the come up from the late 50’s, Polaris, Skidoo dominate race sleds over arctic cat/Yamaha, 26 race teams, the mountain sled market, Eddie Burke taking 3rd on the 2024 Yukon Quest, winter coat BMX riding, Bradley towing up in Soldotna, learning how to ride with dad, paying comp hockey, the new 2024 race sleds, lead dog helmet light, mandatory safety gear for the race, Head to toe Klimb, Toggaddi Klim Bibs, Klim Valdez Parka, Klim F3 Carbon Helmet, Haydays in Minnesota, total product testing practice sleds/race sleds, 2024 fresh start

 

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