Ep 55: McKendree Hickory | Trail Runner Making HERstory

In her debut at one of trail running’s most prestigious race’s McKendree Hickory wasted no time stamping her place in Leadville 100 history by winning the whole damn thing. In this episode of The PowHERful Podcast, Hickory shares the details behind her multiple victories this summer, including the …

Ep 54: Pro Surfer Erin Brooks on HERstoric Win & The Mindset That Made it Possible

She's only 19 years old but already she's accomplished something less than a handful of pro surfers have done in their entire careers: win back-to-back Championship Tour events at two of the world's highest performance, and consequence waves, Teahupo'o, Tahiti and Cloudbreak, Fiji. Erin Brooks' rea…

Ep 53: Catherine Breed | Becoming the First Person to Swim the California Coast

She already holds a dozen records for open water swimming and now she's trying to do something that's never been done before - swim the entire length of the California Coast. Catherine Breed takes us inside the 900-mile journey, the self-doubt she faced in the first few weeks and the impact she's h…

Ep 52: Cameron Newton Smith (Decathlon)

Since 1912 there’s been a men’s Olympic decathlon, the year is 2026 and there is still no women’s Olympic decathlon. That’s a fact that women around the world are fighting to change through the Women’s Decathlon Championships. The event is in its 4th Annual event and will host more athletes, from m…

Ep 51: Johanne Defay (Surfing)

Olympic bronze medalist surfer Johanne Defay has led the field in competitive surfing for the last decade. She has won at the highest level, competed around the world, and now, after 18 months away from competition she’s doing something she’s never done: competing as a new mom. Nearly a year after …

Ep 50: Flavor Flav’s SHE Weekend

This week AJ McCord and The PowHERful Podcast hit the road for Flavor Flav’s SHE Weekend in Las Vegas. What started as a tweet offering to throw a part for the Olympic gold medal winning Team USA Women’s Hockey team turned into a weekend where the best Olympians and Paralympians from the Milan-Cort…

Ep 49: Rhiannan Iffland (Cliff Diver)

She started as a wildcard and now she hasn't lost in the nine years since. Red Bull World Series Cliff Diver Rhiannan Iffland is the undisputed queen in her sport, she's won nine straight titles and is going for her 10th. But in this episode, the Aussie gets vulnerable about fear, how she faces it …

Ep 48: Kelsey Pfendler (Ocean Row)

“Being brave is not an absence of fear, you need fear to be brave.” Kelsey Pfendler is trying to do what no woman her age has done before - row from Monterey, California to Oahu, Hawaii by herself, completely unsupported, rowing a boat utilizing only her own power to get across the 2,400 mile stret…

Ep 47: Now Days

Women’s surfing is entering a new era, one of equal pay, consequential waves, an excitement for the sport that feels unquenchable. Six women are leading the way and in a groundbreaking Red Bull Media House Film they share their Now Days. Highlighting the surfing of world champions, Olympians and ce…

Ep 46: (BEST OF) Brenna Huckaby (USA Para Snowboarding)

CURIOSITY | Para-snowboarder Brenna Huckaby describes her journey from Louisiana to professional snowboarding as a bit of a “Jamaican Bobsled” story. After losing her leg to cancer, she was introduced to the mountains through a hospital program designed to help recent amputees rebuild confidence — …