Hey folks, welcome to the Adventure Sports podcast. I'm your host, Mason. Today we are throwing it back to

2019 when we talk to Brendan Leonard. And Brendan is the founder and the author, the designer, the illustrator, if you will,

behind semi-rad.

He's also a writer, he's written tons of books.

He's got a couple really cool, funny movies on YouTube

and short films.

And he's really well known for this, like,

Instagram-based and blog-based comic strip going in the outdoor adventure industry called

semi-rad. Really entertaining stuff. He's had some just classic stuff over the years, but he's

gotten a bunch of books out since we last talk. This was five years ago that we had a conversation.

This was one of the first interviews I did or pretty early on.

And, you know, I re-listed to this and I'm like, oh, my gosh, there's so many things I do differently now.

I'd speak up for one.

I'd talk louder and, you know, ask better questions.

But I thought, you know, Brendan was such a great guest.

And he's someone I'd absolutely love to have on again here soon to talk about what has been updated in his life ever since we talked.

So I hope you enjoy. I hope you're looking forward to an adventurous weekend and do something. Do something that builds your life in an adventurous way.

Doesn't have to be big. Doesn't have to be running 100 miles.

Doesn't have to be flying across the world and climbing a mountain. It could be making sure you get that bike in, making sure you get that early morning hike in, that late morning paddle in.

I went kayaking the other night throughout the night with my buddy Ben. We went fossil hunting. It was like two or three hours. It was incredible because so many things happened

that we didn't expect. So you might go into a short little tiny adventure thinking, you know,

how much benefit is this really going to bring me? Go do that thing because the stories that you're going to walk away

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