The Roe Show Action Sports

This week on The Roe Show I sit down for a second time with Julian and Annalisa Pavone to discuss the music industry, but this time from a different perspective. They are joined by award winning music producer, Norman 'Ace' West to talk about their first single, 'Secret Love,' that was co-produced by Julian. Annalisa does both lead and back-up vocals while Julian drums and raps. It's an R&B style of song and is the first single in what will become and exciting career for them both. "The...

This week on The Roe Show I sit down with Charlie Holderness, who is a leading high risk insurance strategist working with Marsh & McLennan Insurance Agency. We discuss many topics around insurance including the relationship between insurers and business owners that hopefully will give you a much better appreciation for the role insurance plays in the business world as a whole. We discuss the methodology of coming up with policy costs and the thinking that goes into creating unique policies...

This week on The Roe Show I sit down with Scott Benjamin from FunSpot, one of the world's leading trampoline park manufacturers. Scott and I discuss all the ins and outs of designing, planning and building a park, what makes a great park and how parks can improve in both safety and customer satisfaction. If you are planning to build your own park I highly recommend you listen to this great interview and reach out to Scott for more information. Scott can be reached at: Scott Benjamin...

This week on The Roe Show, I sit down with X-Pogo Stunt Team members. This was one of my first interviews for my podcast series, but as they say, "I saved the best for last!" Although we could not get them all on camera, we had a great discussion with co-founders Will & Nick about their sport, some of the funny moments and how they all got into it. They produce hundreds of Live Events each year, make Films from all around the world, and support fellow enthusiasts in any way they can.They...

This week on The Roe Show, I sit down with Simon Ata, a world leader in strength and fitness training. We discuss how he became so strong without using external weights and how to get your athletes to learn independently. We discuss progressions and how beginners can get into fitness. If you are frustrated with your current conditioning program and want to change it up, this episode is for you. Simon is a Physiotherapist & Calisthenics Athlete. He calls himself 'Simonster ' as he is also a...

This week on The Roe Show, I sit down with Seneca Schwartz, a young #GirlFlipper who does a mix between Freestyle Trampoline and Parkour. She talks to me about the role of girls in Freestyle sports. Currently not many women take up these more extreme sports and even though brands and industry leaders would like to see more Girl Flippers, the numbers remain low. The same was true for other freestyle sports such as snowboarding or skateboarding back in the 70’s so it may just be a matter of...

This week on The Roe Show, I sit down with Peter Landerholm, freestyle trampoline athlete and 'gtramper' as the community calls themselves. This "Sport Born on Instagram" as coined by the LA Times, has rapidly grown into a global phenomenon and Peter has been a the heart of it for many years, despite his young age. We discuss his life altering injury a year ago and how it changed his outlook on life when he broke his neck during a training session. I recommend that all parents of kids who...

This week on The Roe Show, I sit down with Paul Kaye, a leading sports therapist and CEO at Rebound Therapy International Ltd. We talk about the many benefits of using trampolines for therapy across all spectrum of special needs and he explains the Rebound Therapy program along with some fun stories and what he has learned working with both young children and adults alike. The phrase 'Rebound Therapy’ was coined by the founder, Eddy Anderson in 1969 to describe the use of trampolines in...

This week on The Roe Show, I sit down with Professor Ronald A. Smith, a leading sports historian. We talk the NCAA and how it came to be and the not so well known strategies behind used to create it. We also learn from Prof. Smith about the controversial NCAA uprising of the athletes who began to sue because they felt they were technically 'working' as athletes, yet not getting paid. He explains how they were not compensated if they were hurt, even though through their scholarships they were...

This week on The Roe Show, I sit down with Mickey Wilson, veteran Slackline expert and extreme athlete. We discuss the sport and how to learn it, the equipment used and how to compete. He has some alarming stories and some great insights as well. Towards the end we talk about the future of this niche sport and compare it to some of the more classical sports. We have a look into the pros and cons of each sport, traditional versus freestyle, so if you're looking to learn about another great...

This week on The Roe Show, I sit down with Professor Garrett Hall, from Sheridan College. We discuss the overarching principals of both classical and digital marketing, the digital age of marketing in general, how selling your product is much like a coach selling to his athletes, the new digital age of social media and many more fun marketing topics. We discuss on-line bulling and how social media has affected education and a teachers ability to teach and how it has also affected coaches of...

In this week's episode of The Roe Show, I sit down with one of youngest flippers out there, Nidal Wonder (/Ajib) and his mom Adrica. He is definitely the youngest guest I've had so far!! We discuss the flipping community for young athletes just starting out and the proper way to approach it. Mom Adrica discusses Nidal's serious injury a few years ago and what parents can do to ensure their kids stay safe when learning to flip. We also talk about how parents need to educate themselves and...

Ron Munn, this weeks special guest on The Roe Show, has an intimate relationship to trampoline history because he actually was there watching the sport develop, all the way to seeing it enter the Olympics in 2000. Ronnie worked hand-in-hand with George Nissen, the inventor of the Trampoline. Larry Griswold is the co-inventor of the trampoline and Ronnie gives us a complete timeline of how the equipment was created with Larry and George, how it was then distributed all over the world and how...

This week on The Roe Show I interview two outstanding athletes in the freestyle sport of Indoor Skydiving (Body Flying) - Inka Tiitto and Rafael Schwaiger. We talk about this unique sport, and how it has evolved over the years, evolving from Skydiving, how to train it and how it has become it's own unique niche sport. Inka Tiitto, crowned FAI Indoor Skydiving Freestyle World Champion in 2015, born in Finland, age 29, a true inspiration to all flyers out there! Indoor Sky Dancer Inka Tiitto...

In this weeks episode of The Roe Show, I talk with fellow Canadian Sydney Brown who is an acrobat turned social media star who became known as a member of Royal Caribbean's tumbling team. She has over 2.2 million fans on TikTok and is also popular on Instagram. We discuss how she came to work for a cruise line, what life is like as a performer living on the road and what is the lifestyle of a travelling and touring performer. If that sounds like the ultimate dream job, it is. Or at least, it...

This week on The Roe Show I sit down and have a fun discussion with Guinness World Record holder for most consecutive backflips on spring loaded stilts, circus performer and creative artist, Ben Brason, known as "Backflip Ben." We discuss his varied career in both gymnastics and performing and how he learned to become a Power Stilts 'master' which earned him his world record. He first started Tumbling and Acrobatic Gymnastics when he was just 7 years old and is a former gymnast for Great...

This week on The Roe Show I talk with Swedish wakeboarding champion Caroline Djupsjo about the sport and her life on the road doing what she loves. In her own words, she describes how she became involved in the sport; "The summer I turned thirteen I spent every minute down by the local waterski club in the freezing water of Sweden, riding with my friends. I learned my first invert with my dad as the only one who had enough patience to drive the boat since it took me endless tries, crashes,...

In this episode of The Roe Show, I talk with Richie Gaona, trapeze artist, stuntman, coach and a member of the world renowned "Flying Gaona's" Trapeze family of acrobats. We discuss what it was like to be part of a circus family growing up, how he teaches trapeze to young artists and how he became involved in the stunt business. Richie once gave me a trapeze lesson and it was a ton of fun and much harder than it might look!! Richie grew up in Venice, Florida, attending Epiphany Catholic...

This week on The Roe Show, I sit down with Coach Lain and discuss the psychology of coaching. Many different professionals throw around conflicting opinions and Coach Lain gives us his opinion about the industry standards and how to improve them. We also discuss how online material and information from credible sources still has 'holes' in their application and ways coaches can think about available sources that offers a direct benefit to athletes. Coach Lain's motto is: "To help athletes...

This week on The Roe Show, I sit down with MMA fighter, Derik Scott ("The Law") to discuss few of his endeavours, including his amazing experience competing on the Titan's Show, hosted by 'The Rock' and his background in Gymnastics and Trampoline, then his pursuit of a Law degree and his rise to fame as a local favourite in the MMA world in St. Louis, Missouri at Shamrock FC. Derik, besides running his St. Louis legal practice, is also a personal training coach, health & fitness expert and...