S3/E9: Lakey Peterson (Surfing)

As women’s sports continue to rise, women’s surfing isn’t just riding the wave — they’re leading it. Lakey Peterson, a veteran of the World Surf League Championship Tour, represents a pivotal generation of female trailblazers. She recalls a time when winning a contest earned her $15,000, while the …

S3/E8: Jess Blewitt (Mountain Bike - Downhill)

Picking yourself back up after a fall is never easy but it’s something competitive mountain biker Jess Blewitt knows how to do all too well. When you look at her last few years it would be so easy to focus on the injuries, but that is far from what the first ever female entrant to Red Bull Hardline…

S3/E7: Dani Aravich (USA Para Nordic Skiing / Para Track & Field)

Paris 2024 marked another meaningful step forward for equality in Paralympic sport, but the work is far from over. As winter Paralympians look ahead to their own moment on the world stage in Italy, they’re also bracing for the all-too-familiar media narratives that often reduce their complex journe…

S3/E6: Janeé Kassanavoid (USA Track & Field - Hammer)

Hammer thrower Janeé Kassanavoid was poised to make her first Olympic team in 2024 and then, she missed her throws at the Olympic Trials in Eugene. This past weekend, she returned to the scene of one of her greatest disappointments and rewrote her Hayward Field history - making her third World Cham…

S3/E5: Kristine Anigwe (WNBA)

As athletes, and often as women, we're frequently told we must fit ourselves into a nice neat box of what society defines our role to be. Luckily, Kristine Anigwe never subscribed to that belief. Now the former WNBA player is building her fashion empire, one she started when she was still an active…

S3/E4: Hannah Roberts (BMX Freestyle)

She’s a 2x Olympian, 6x World Champ and multiple X Games medalist and yet, the road has been full of struggle and perseverance few knew about for BMX freestyle rider Hannah Roberts. In this episode she shares how she manages the pressure and privilege of being a trail blazer, as well as how learnin…

S3/E3: Vicki Golden (Freestyle Motocross)

Trailblazer. Badass. “One of the boys.” Vicki Golden has been called all that and more, but to her, it’s simple: she’s a rider. Raised on two wheels and fueled by the grit her late father instilled in her, Vicki has broken barriers in the world of motocross, and she’s still pushing limits today. H…

S3/E2: Lee Whitwell (Pickleball)

No. 1 Senior Pro Pickleball Player Lee Whitwell is a trail blazer and community builder who shares her journey through one of the fastest growing sports in the country. And while we talk about where we're going, we remember the importance of never forgetting who blazed the trail we walk. 

S3/E1: Bryce Wettstein (USA Skateboarding - Park)

Welcome back PowHERful Pod Squad! Season 3 is kicking off with a lovely, fierce, 2x Olympic skateboarder who’s rarely without her ukulele. Through our partnership with the X Games we’re catching 2x X Games medalist Bryce Wettstein fresh off her bronze in Salt Lake City at the X Games 30th Anniversa…

S2/E12: Katie Uhlaender (USA Skeleton)

In the season finale of The PowHERful AJ McCord sits down with Katie Uhlaender, a 5x Olympic skeleton athlete who, at 40-years old, is trying to do the unprecedented and make a sixth Olympic team. In this episode Katie gets vulnerable, sharing the doubt she faces as she pursues this massive achieve…