696: From Newbie to Pro: Off-Road Training with Sierra Nevada Off Road Academy
Snail Trail 4x4 Offroad Podcast
Tyler and Jimmy: Off-Road Enthusiasts
4.9 • 795 Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2026
⏱️ 99 minutes
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Summary

Learning how to off-road isn’t just about hitting the trail—it’s about building skills, confidence, and doing it the right way. This week, Tyler and Jimmy sit down with Sierra Nevada Off Road Academy (Jason and CJ) to talk about how they’re helping everyone from complete beginners to experienced wheelers sharpen their abilities. From trail etiquette to technical driving tips, this episode is all about becoming a smarter, safer off-roader.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome one, welcome all to the snail trail four by four podcast. |
| 0:15.3 | If you like going off-roading in Toyotas, wrenching on Toyotas, camping in Toyotas, |
| 0:18.6 | and maybe even poking a little bit of fun of Toyotas. And of course, hearing about how fantastic off-road education is in Toyota's, then this is the podcast for you. That's right, ladies and germs. My name's Tyler. And joining me for another episode of the Snail Troffer 4-Ber podcast is Jimmy. This guy. Hey, what up. How's it going, man? Good, good. Thanks for asking. How are you? |
| 0:38.9 | Doing pretty good. Nice. Yeah. You have a good weekend. Definitely had a great weekend. |
| 0:43.7 | Good. Yep. Good. The weather cooled down. Everything's so much nicer. Hopefully it stays like this for a little while. |
| 0:51.5 | Doubtful. Yeah. I know know. I know. Hope. Yeah. |
| 0:54.9 | But yes, definitely had a good, uh, wine weekend. |
| 0:59.8 | Nice. |
| 1:00.6 | I got some work done on Kermit. |
| 1:02.1 | Oh, good. |
| 1:02.9 | So Kermit's off the tracks and we'll get into all that on Thursday. |
| 1:05.9 | Okay. |
| 1:06.3 | So, that's great. |
| 1:07.5 | Uh, today though, we have a really fun interview for you guys with Sierra Nevada |
| 1:12.1 | Offroad Academy. |
| 1:14.7 | Jason, Mr. Jason from over at Wheeling Wine and Whiskey, as well as CJ with a CJ, |
| 1:20.6 | who we've had on the podcast before as well. |
| 1:23.9 | They started a business doing off-road training and everything. |
| 1:27.9 | And so we're going to have them on today. |
| 1:30.1 | They're kind of off screen right now in the green room, uh, hanging out, |
| 1:33.7 | waiting for us to do the intro. |
| 1:35.3 | So we're going to take about 45 minutes to do the intro here just so they're stuck in |
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