Latest Freerunning Podcast Episodes
Be Like Water During This Pandemic (BSTBU 21)
Be Strong to be Useful (BSTBU) - January 21, 2021 21:34 - 40 minutesFamous martial artist & actor Bruce Lee said: "Be like water." This is the only way we will survive this COVID-19 pandemic with all the uncertainty and chaos that goes with it. Join BSTBU host Vin Nelsen as he explores where we've come from and how we can navigate a risky future with hope and c...
Courage, persistence, and flips for strangers
Hardcore Parkour - January 19, 2021 06:44 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDoes parkour make you brave or does it attract already brave peoples? in this episode, we talk about what we think we learn from practicing parkour and how it impacts who we are.
Job Searching, Career Planning During a Pandemic Part 2 of 2 (BSTBU 20)
Be Strong to be Useful (BSTBU) - January 13, 2021 04:53 - 47 minutesPart 2 of 2, more of the bright side of the Yin-Yang equation: practical and a bit more light-hearted. I used to be a career and employment counsellor. Throw half (or more) of the old career and job search advice out the window and let's come up with solutions for the new challenging world emer...
Job Searching, Career Planning During a Pandemic Part 1 of 2 BSTBU (19)
Be Strong to be Useful (BSTBU) - January 12, 2021 04:13 - 1 hourWarning - A very personal episode here, as this COVID-19 pandemic rages on, worsening and causing many damaging side-effects in society. Listen at your own risk. Part 1 of 2, and part too will be the bright side of the Yin-Yang equation: more practical and light-hearted. I promise. But now,...
#11 - wtf are we doing in 2021?
Hardcore Parkour - January 11, 2021 08:14 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratings2020 being the dumpster fire that it was, we didn't get to enact many the plans we had for Team Farang. But new years being the arbitrary resets that they are, we decided to share our new plans and what will most likely be the next set of disappointments for the coming year :) ENJOY!
Crossing the Rubicon Into a New Year & Era 3 of 3
Be Strong to be Useful (BSTBU) - January 10, 2021 06:58 - 38 minutesGovernor of Gaul Julius Caesar had a big decision to make. To build his empire and move towards his future, he had to cross the small Rubicon River with his army and take over Rome. All of us have important decisions to make and goals we'd like to reach. In this episode, BSTBU Host Vin Nelsen r...
Crossing the Rubicon Into a New Year & Era 2 of 3
Be Strong to be Useful (BSTBU) - January 10, 2021 06:50 - 58 minutesGovernor of Gaul Julius Caesar had a big decision to make. To build his empire and move towards his future, he had to cross the small Rubicon River with his army and take over Rome. All of us have important decisions to make and goals we'd like to reach. In this episode, BSTBU Host Vin Nelsen r...
Crossing the Rubicon Into a New Year & Era 1 of 3
Be Strong to be Useful (BSTBU) - January 10, 2021 05:52 - 36 minutesGovernor of Gaul Julius Caesar had a big decision to make. To build his empire and move towards his future, he had to cross the small Rubicon River with his army and take over Rome. All of us have important decisions to make and goals we'd like to reach. In this episode, BSTBU Host Vin Nelsen r...
DJ O Show (Part 1 of 2) - Conversation with Orene Askew aka DJ O Show (BSTBU 14)
Be Strong to be Useful (BSTBU) - December 01, 2020 14:59 - 33 minutesDJ O Show is one of Canada's rising starts on the DJ scene! She brings 10+ years of experience to the industry. She has dedicated herself to her passion of music, chiseling out her niche as a female hip hop and R&B DJ in Vancouver, BC. O Show has been delivering energy-filled playlists around t...
Best of Many Worlds (Part 2 of 2) - Conversation with Orene Askew aka DJ O Show (BSTBU 15)
Be Strong to be Useful (BSTBU) - December 01, 2020 14:59 - 25 minutesDJ O Show is one of Canada's rising starts on the DJ scene! She brings 10+ years of experience to the industry. She has dedicated herself to her passion of music, chiseling out her niche as a female hip hop and R&B DJ in Vancouver, BC. O Show has been delivering energy-filled playlists around t...
Accepting & Yet Working Around Reality (BSTBU 13)
Be Strong to be Useful (BSTBU) - November 07, 2020 01:46 - 34 minutesWow. Historical time. Weird time: Not only is the US election still not nailed down, but BSTBU host Vin Nelsen's province of British Columbia, Canada, population 5.1 million, is currently at 589 COVID-19 cases today (Nov 6, 2020)! 2,581,000 residents live in Metro Vancouver and a half million i...
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back (BSTBU 12)
Be Strong to be Useful (BSTBU) - November 03, 2020 05:29 - 25 minutesInspired by how much life sucks and how it can paradoxically be beautiful at the same time sometimes, host Vin Nelsen discusses how we must take "two steps forward, one step back." In other words, there's a zigzag and not a straight line to success. For the 1% who haven't figured this out yet...
Paulstar (Part 2 of 2) - Conversation with Paul Napash (BSTBU 11)
Be Strong to be Useful (BSTBU) - October 27, 2020 06:42 - 32 minutesOur 1st BSTBU conversation with a rising artist Paul Napash AKA Paulstar, an inspiring Canada-based indigenous musician & producer & a proud member of the Eeyou istchee community from Chisasibi, Quebec, an area represented by the Grand Council of the Crees, although he lives nowadays in Ottawa,...
Paulstar (Part 1 of 2) - Conversation with Paul Napash (BSTBU 10)
Be Strong to be Useful (BSTBU) - October 27, 2020 06:35 - 27 minutesOur 1st BSTBU conversation with a rising artist Paul Napash AKA Paulstar, an inspiring Canada-based indigenous musician & producer & a proud member of the Eeyou istchee community from Chisasibi, Quebec, an area represented by the Grand Council of the Crees, although he lives nowadays in Ottawa,...
My Very Brief Emergency Management Manifesto (BSTBU 9)
Be Strong to be Useful (BSTBU) - October 26, 2020 19:31 - 12 minutesInspired by one of the most experienced & knowledgeable Emergency Managers in the United States & perhaps the world, Vincent B. Davis, host Vin Nelsen describes his "Manifesto" about Emergency Management in a brief episode here. Start by throwing out your 72 hour Emergency Kit right now; it's n...
Be the Change! What? How? (BSTBU 8)
Be Strong to be Useful (BSTBU) - October 20, 2020 17:53 - 35 minutesThe pandemic has torn off the bandages & life support we've had. For 70+ years we've developed & maintained systems & institutions that are failing us. The elites, the billionaires & their political pals, can't save us. Grassroots, bottom-up movements based on science, nature & reality need to ...
You Don't "Got This" So I'm Stepping Up (BSTBU 7)
Be Strong to be Useful (BSTBU) - October 19, 2020 04:49 - 27 minutesInspired by the 2020 documentary "Totally Under Control," the madness that is LinkedIn, & the extreme inspiration of activist Dominic Frongillo, host Vin Nelsen responds to the politicians, Emergency Managers & Climate Change Adaptation experts who say "We got this!" The only proper response is...
Decolonise Yourself Part 2 of 2 (BSTBU 6)
Be Strong to be Useful (BSTBU) - October 17, 2020 18:33 - 28 minutesDecolonise yourself: What does it mean? Canada was born out of European colonisers taking over the land from indigenous peoples over the centuries and now. The system is still here and we are it. What can we do to root out the British Empire that still continues in Canada's system and culture ....
Decolonise Yourself Part 1 of 2 (BSTBU 5)
Be Strong to be Useful (BSTBU) - October 17, 2020 18:13 - 40 minutesDecolonise yourself: What does it mean? Canada was born out of European colonisers taking over the land from indigenous peoples over the centuries and now. The system is still here and we are it. What can we do to root out the British Empire that still continues in Canada's system and culture ....
A Love Letter to Indigenous Peoples (BSTBU 4)
Be Strong to be Useful (BSTBU) - October 14, 2020 22:26 - 18 minutesAre you a settler or are you indigenous? If you're indigenous, love your culture(s)! If you're a settler like me, let's connect with indigenous people and work together to bring justice and joy to indigenous communities and individuals all over Turtle Island (North America) and beyond. This is ...
Mindfulness In Chaos (BSTBU 3)
Be Strong to be Useful (BSTBU) - October 14, 2020 00:06 - 26 minutesPandemic. SHTF. All kinds of chaos around us. What can we do? Be mindful. Meditate. Dr. Dzung Vo is a pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist from BC Children's Hospital. His advice on mindfulness can cut through the noise and lack of order around us in society and help us stay sane and...
A Sense of Urgency (BSTBU 2)
Be Strong to be Useful (BSTBU) - October 11, 2020 17:46 - 30 minutesWelcome to "Be strong to be useful" or BSTBU! In this episode, Vancouver, Canada's host Vin Nelsen discusses what urgency is, why we need it and where he himself got it. He also talks about: *volunteering *multi-hazards *indigenous peoples *the global COVID-19 pandemic *online education:...
Podcast Premiere - Parkour & Georges Hebert (BSTBU 1)
Be Strong to be Useful (BSTBU) - October 09, 2020 19:55 - 22 minutesWelcome to "Be Strong To Be Useful" or BSTBU! Host Vin Nelsen does a Territorial Acknowledgment then launches on a new podcast adventure! BSTBU is the sister podcast for the Multi-Hazards podcast (multi-hazards.libsyn.com) and an excuse for Vin to unleash his inner creative monster into the wor...
#10 - Editing videos is hard bro!
Hardcore Parkour - July 18, 2020 11:22 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsTwo of the latest videos on the Team Farang youtube channel, "we jump the world" and "life of a profreerunner's phone", were uniquely challenging and we talk about the best are worst moments in that process.
#9 - $10K prize Parkour competition
Hardcore Parkour - July 09, 2020 06:03 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsIn the wake of the corona pandemic, online competitions are on the rise but none have gone quite this big. Fight or Flight Academy putting in a whopping 10K prize for their latest event, Project Parkour.
Coaching BURNOUT
On Parkour - November 12, 2019 19:11 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsRetaining coaches may at times feel as elusive as catching a greased pig, but here at Freedom in Motion we have researched and learned from experience some effective techniques at catching that slippery swine. There are many reasons a gym (or any business) should want to keep their employees; Fi...
#8 - Art of Motion 2019: All questions answered
Hardcore Parkour - July 31, 2019 05:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsAfter a 1 year hiatus, Red Bull Art of Motion is back but for the first time ever the event is moving to Matera, Italy, after being in Santorini, Greece 7 years in a row. This is uncharted territory for EVERYONE. Only 2 athletes have already locked down their invitations to the main event. A...
#7 - Being a Redbull sponsored athlete
Hardcore Parkour - July 09, 2019 16:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsJason Paul has been a Red Bull athlete for 8 years and today we talk about what that is like, the opportunities it opens up, the challenges of the job, and the ins and outs of being part of the Red Bull family.
#6 - Own The Spot Wrap Up
Hardcore Parkour - July 02, 2019 16:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDom breaks down all the happening at Own The Spot, the latest event out of The Netherlands. With a novel new competition format, an “outdoor” speed comp, and a sick grass roots vibe, the community has really come out in force for this one. Storror cover the event here https://youtu.be/hGMr...
#5 - Making Our First Parkour Shoe
Hardcore Parkour - June 25, 2019 13:52 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsJason and Anan talk about the proccess of creating their first shoe, The Farang Elevates, and all the terrifying surprises that show up along the way.