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Adventure Rider Radio – Motorcycle Podcast

Alex Chacon - Viral Motorbike Video

Adventure Rider Radio – Motorcycle Podcast

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🗓️ 6 February 2015

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Alex Chacon - Viral Adventure Motorbike Video   36 countries in 500 days in just under 3 minutes. Hard to believe? Really. Meet Alex Chacon, an adventure motorcyclist who travelled from Alaska to Argentina and captured all the places he visited...

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0:00.0

I'm Jim Martin and this is Adventure Rider Radio.

0:03.6

Last episode we spoke with Graham Hoskins, a well-known TV and internet personality from the UK.

0:08.8

He's well known for his motorcycle travels and Graham explained to us some of the ins and outs of filming your adventure for profit.

0:15.0

Well this week we continue along that theme as we speak with Alex Chacon.

0:20.0

Alex was training to become a doctor when he decided to go on vacation with his motorcycle and take his GoPro camera with him.

0:26.5

He came back, made a video, and next thing you know, millions of people were viewing his videos.

0:32.0

It may surprise you to find out Alex didn't go back to school.

0:35.0

Now he now works full-time making videos for profit.

0:39.0

This is the story of Alex Chacon. I'm from the United States directly from El Paso, Texas.

0:58.0

I was raised in the Mexican household. My whole family is from Mexico and I was right here in the States.

1:04.0

I am a photographer, videographer,

1:08.0

social media influencer, and YouTube Talent. Currently I'm in Austin, Texas and this is my home base for now.

1:14.0

My home base ends the shift around.

1:26.0

I had always been curious about the world since I was a little kid.

1:33.0

I had always looked at the globe in elementary school and I would always wonder

1:37.0

what is Lake Pee-Ceeka look like? like.

1:45.0

So, you know, Tity obviously has a contact,

1:50.0

and then Kaka and Spanish has a context.

1:53.0

The most hilarious thing you need in the world,

2:00.0

to just, you know, repeat that word over again.

2:05.0

Pee. Ceeee, Ceeeee Caca.

2:08.0

So one day I promised myself I would actually go and see if it was full of what it truly meant. This is Day Bar and you listen to Adventure Rider Radio. And then. When I was 15 I managed to get my first dual sport bike a K-L-R50 and I started driving around the States and I did some crazy trips.

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