WAY UP WEST OUTDOORS - Steven Laughter (ElkShape Podcast)

ElkShape

Dan Staton

Fitness, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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In this episode, Dan sits down with Steven Laughter, a former 9-to-5 corporate employee who took a massive leap to become a full-time freelance photographer and videographer. Steven shares how he turned his passion for the outdoors into a career, his experience running his first 100-mile ultra-marathon, and the mindset that helped him crush gym PRs like a 450 lb deadlift and 300 lb bench. We also dive into his time in Northern British Columbia, where he spent the fall capturing epic content and living out his dream behind the camera. ⁨@way-up-west-outdoors⁩ 💢 Discount Codes 💢 BORN PRIMITIVE OUTDOOR - 10% Off Code: ELKSHAPE - https://glnk.io/p9vpq/21r PEAX EQUIP - 10% Off Code: ELKSHAPE - https://www.peaxequipment.com/ CANVAS CUTTER - 10% Off Code: ELKSHAPE - https://bit.ly/MobileElkHunting VORTEX WEAR | 20% Off Code: ELKSHAPE - http://bit.ly/40pIF6R SHEEPFEET | 10% Off Code: ELKSHAPE - https://bit.ly/SheepFeet onXhunt ELITE Membership | 20% Off Code: ELKSHAPE - https://bit.ly/ONXHUNT Basekamp Quarter Pad | 10% Off Code: ELKSHAPE https://bit.ly/42Xa5mB CrossOver Symmetry | 20% Off Code: ELKSHAPE - http://bit.ly/3LMnVBA Stealth Cam | 20% Off Code (non-cellular): ELKSHAPE20 10% Off Code (cellular) ELKSHAPE 10 - https://bit.ly/3LFRULv MAGVIEW | 10% Off Code: ELKSHAPE - http://bit.ly/3nhGmUo MY MEDIC | 10% Off Code: ELKSHAPE - https://bit.ly/3nhRJvV DARK ENERGY | 10% Off CODE: ELKSHAPE - https://bit.ly/3P5x3BY GORUCK | 10% OFF CODE: ELKHUNT - https://glnk.io/ko1wr/staton BLACK RIFLE COFFEE | 20% OFF CODE: ELKSHAPE20 - https://blackriflecoffeecompany.pxf.io/9LnW0E INITIAL ASCENT | 5% OFF CODE: ELKSHAPE - https://initialascent.com/ WILDERNESS ATHLETE | 20% Off Code: ELKSHAPE - https://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=pl&ti=14093&pw=265865&mi=30849&pt=3&pri=26 🚨Video Production🚨 A CAM - SONY A1 BODY - https://amzn.to/3wLZLBW B CAM - SONY A7 IV W/KIT LENS - https://amzn.to/3InUGST SONY LONG LENS 70-200MM - https://amzn.to/433SXLW WIRELESS DJI MIC 2 - https://amzn.to/3uYPku5 STUDIO LENS 24-70MM - https://amzn.to/3PbhZD8 DJI DRONE - https://amzn.to/3TqrAZo DJI ACTION 4 - https://amzn.to/49FDPXA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Oakley Meta Vanguard, the new performance AI glasses designed for athletes,
0:08.0	with an action-ready ultra-wide camera, powerful open-ear speakers, and built-in meta-a-i that syncs with your Garmin devices for real-time insights while you train.
0:18.0	Take your performance to the next level with Oakley Meta Vanguard. Athletic
0:23.1	Intelligence is here. Learn more on meta.com.uk slash AI dash glasses. I know you as somebody who
0:32.0	should be a part of my brand. You're like, you're the elk-shaped guy. You're super well-rounded fit, phenomenal photographer,
0:40.4	videographer, probably self-taught, but have natural talent and then also just a killer.
0:46.5	Make me blush, man. Well, that's what I think of, man, like just a dude who's like, I got a lot
0:52.6	in common with, you know, but where are you driving?
0:55.7	Like, yeah, give us your background.
0:57.3	So my name is Stephen Lauder, photographer, videographer, hunter, everything outside, really.
1:03.1	I'm coming back from Canada right now.
1:05.2	It was up in the Yukon and British Columbia, filming and photographing for BC backcountry and
1:10.1	Beon and Caesar Lake Outfitters. So we were hunting moose, bear, caribou, goat. I feel like I'm missing things already. There's more stuff up there as sheep and, um, moose goat, caribou. How far north? Above the 60th parallel. It's right on the Yukon, BC border. Got it. So they've got, they've got two outfits. One's just south of the border.
1:28.3	One's just north the border. And they're horseback hunting jet boat out of float planes, backpack hunts. I mean, it's a huge, awesome operation. Dustin Row and Colby Coglin are running that up there. Is Dustin Rowe? Yeah. Dude, he's a very good bow hunter. Oh, he's a stud
1:43.1	Yeah
1:43.5	Yeah
1:43.8	He's kind of a
1:44.8	I didn't know
1:45.5	Who he was
1:45.9	Honestly before
1:46.5	Like I started
1:47.5	I started working
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