AVANTS PODCAST
Rallies Are Hard
Our friends Todd, Clarke, and Evan join us to recap their rally down to Monterey and all the fun stuff that comes with planning and running a rally.
A Rally With The Rimmers!
This special episode was recorded live in front of almost 100 of our Avants Charter Members at the incredible Rimmer family warehouse! We welcome Steve, James, and Josie Rimmer to the show as we get to know the family behind DirtFish Rally School.
Michelle Miller Can Teach You All the Right Racing Moves
Continuing our trend of long overdue interviews, this week we have Michelle Miller! When she’s not busy co-driving for Lucy Block at Hoonigan, Michelle is an instructor with our friends at Dirtfish.
If You Love Events At DirtFish As Much As We Do, You’ve Got Brian Dallas To Thank!
We work a lot with Marketing and Events Manager Brian Dallas at DirtFish Rally School. From Avants Off-Road, to WagonFest, to the DirtFish SummerFest, and MANY more, it seems like we're always at DirtFish and we wouldn't have it any other way.
Episode 211 - The Incredible Verena Mei
We don’t use that word to describe a lot of people - incredible - but it fits for Verena Mei. From drag racing, to stunt driving, to road racing, to drifting, to rally, AND MORE, Verena Mei has basically done it all. In spite of all that, she’s still humble, charming, and was an absolute joy for us to have on the show. Enjoy this very special, extended podcast featuring a guest you won’t forget and will definitely enjoy.
Episode 199 - 199 for 199! Pro Rally Co-Driver Rhianon Gelsomino!
For episode 199 we get Professional Rally Co-Driver Rhianon Gelsomino! Not only is she the 2021 ARA National Champion along with driver Travis Pastrana, she’s legitimately one of the most knowledgeable people we’ve ever met when it comes to all things rally and co-driving. She walks us through all of it in a way even we can understand and gives us all the good stories about her racing life, racing with Travis, and she’s even married to Alex, Ken Block’s co-driver. Talk about a power couple!
Episode 191 - Josie Rimmer Roams Into RCS
A long time ago Dan stumbled across an IG; RoamingRS and thought “What a cool person, she should be on the show!” Turns out that person was none other than Josie Rimmer.
Episode 175 - The Backcountry Monkey
The Honda Monkey 125. The perfect, adorable, retro style bike for getting you around town. We’re taking it on a 600 mile ride down the WABDR.
Episode 162 - Living the Baja Dream with David Wheaton (Part 2)
On part 2 of our episode with David Wheaton we talk all about epic trips to Baja you find out you booked when you wake up, Raptors, suspension, and laugh all the way through. We had a lot of laughs creating this episode, but it is marked explicit due to some language and an explanation about why penguines like vanilla ice cream. Some stories are just better told unfiltered and we felt this one fit that flow.
Episode 148 - CAGS is a Crock, Rally Time, and the Avants Magazine Launch!
In this short episode we talk about CAGS, the RCS Rally, and the new Avants Magazine! This is a shorter episode, but stay tuned, we are heading out on our 2020 Rally and the stories will be coming!
Episode 140 - A Unicorn of a Guest, Paul Blake!
On this episode we have a Unicorn of a guest, Paul Blake! Not only is a Paul a co-owner of the famous Unicorn bar and restaurant in Seattle, he’s also a racer, driving instructor, and car collector of actually interesting cars! Enjoy some of Paul’s good stories on Episode 140!
A note from Dan: This episode unfortunately had some file corruption we were unable to recover. Fortunately, this only impacted a few scattered seconds of audio across the episode.
Episode 121 - Welcome Back Trevor Wert - Director of Marketing for DirtFish!
We welcome back Trevor Wert to talk more about his expanding role at DirtFish and all the amazing things DirtFish is bringing. Trevor gives us all the info on the big moves DirtFish is making in media and becoming yours and the whole world’s source for all things rally! We talk rally cars, rally drivers, drives to Alaska, and his adventures around the world.
Episode 92 - The Sea-Mont Rally Review. Emphasis on the Rally part.
This year’s Sea-Mont Rally is going to be really, really hard to top. I mean, we might not have to cross any rivers or move a landslide, but it’ll be hard to top the fun we had this year in the many years to come. We turned the trip from Seattle to Monterey for car week into a 4 day, 1,450 mile trip of a lifetime. Be sure to check out the album for this trip for some great highlights!
Episode 87 - Daniel Piker Reminds Us We Were Really Lazy At 21
What were you doing when you were 21? College? Parties on the weekend? Daniel Piker is a full time photographer, videographer, and rally co-driver. We were definitely not that cool. We still aren’t, but that’s OK. If you’ve heard some of our previous episodes you've probably heard us drop his name a lot and we’ve featured his photography before. Get to know Daniel and his work on this weeks episode!
Episode 64 - Jeff Evans Tells Us How To Rally A Prius
To answer your first question, no this isn’t a joke and we have the pics to prove it! Jeff Evans of Throttle Grotto tells us about RallyCross in the PNW and how he started doing it with a Prius. More importantly, he was competitive! Just goes to show, you really can race anything.
Episode 41 - Don't Just Get There, Enjoy The Drive To Monterey
We talk about the Sea-Mont Rally and all things Car Week. Get ready for a lot of updates on social media, live streams, and a whole lot of road tripping!
Episode 20 - Trevor Wert with DirtFish Rally School
Nick and Dan talk to Trevor Wert, head of media and former driving instructor from DirtFish Rally School.