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The Adventure Stache

Katie Burrell on ‘Weak Layers’ and finding comedy in the outdoor industry

The Adventure Stache

Payson McElveen

Outdoors, Interviews, Society & Culture, Current Events, Culture, Photography, Adventure, Mountain Biking, Celebrities, Inspirational, Basketball, Health & Fitness, Entrepreneur, Cycling, Athletes, Sports

4.9727 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2023

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Katie Burrell has been called the “action sports cult antihero” for her wildly popular videos satirizing the outdoor industry. Through YouTube videos and Instagram reels, the comedian has poked fun at everything from know-it-all mountain bikers to couples having relationship meltdowns in the middle of hiking expeditions. Now, she’s written, directed, and starred in her first feature-length film, ‘Weak Layers,’ which follows a woman in a ski town who tries to win a world-famous ski film compet...

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There was a massive trend for many years in the outdoor space of just everything being like super serious and dramatic and everything had to have this like profound story attached to it.

0:11.7

And I was like, we're literally riding bicycles, like being children in our adult bodies, like what is going on with this shit and so i started just kind of like

0:23.4

taking the piss and that snowballed and um really it's a snowball it's a runaway joke my career is a

0:29.3

runaway joke like let's just call it that it's showtime everybody showtime you've been living in a dream world, Neo.

0:38.3

This is the world as it exists today.

0:43.3

Life moves pretty fast.

0:46.3

You don't stop and look around once in a while.

0:49.3

You could miss it.

0:51.3

Listen, we're talk about practice.

0:55.8

Repeat on the dude's room.

0:57.3

Donnie, you're out of your element.

0:59.6

I see.

1:00.2

You think this has nothing to do with you.

1:03.6

Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.

1:08.2

This is the Adventure Stash with Payson McElvin.

1:12.1

Hey everybody, welcome back.

1:14.2

Really fun podcast this week.

1:15.8

We had Katie Burrell on to discuss her new feature length film, weak layers.

1:21.5

You may know Katie from the socials.

1:23.8

She turns out very funny Instagram reels that can also be thought-provoking at times for sure.

1:29.3

She's a comedian, actor, director, screenwriter, influencer, and self-proclaimed professional

1:36.1

leisure athlete. She has a very diverse background. You may have seen some of her fun short

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