Ascension with Simon Dumont

Meet ABM, Alex Beaulieu-Marchand, Canadian freestyle skier, X Games medalist and Olympic athlete. Tune in to hear Alex and Simon trade competition stories, injury recovery tips, and what motivated them to become professional skiers.

Meet Nick Goepper, Olympic and X Games freestyle skier. Nick and Simon discuss their experiences at X Games, and Nick's experience at X Games during the COVID pandemic. They talk about dealing with stress, strategies for competing, and navigating social media.

This week Simon is chatting with Olympian, Ted Ligety. Tune in to hear Simon and Ted trade stories about growing up as ski champions, their competition strategies, and what they are up to now. You don't want to miss this episode!

Meet Levi LaVallee, American Snowmobile racer and X Games medalist. Simon and Levi talk about Levi's early career, his competition strategies, and some of his gnarliest injury recovery processes.

Meet Mark Abma, professional park and mogul skier turned big mountain back country skier. Listen in to hear about Mark's early career, his wellness practices, and his changing perspective on skiing.

Meet Olympic Beach Volleyball player, Casey Patterson. Join Simon and Casey this week as they talk about preparing for events, overcoming loss, and sponsorship progression.

This is part 2 of a two-part episode with X Games gold medalist and Olympic free skier, James Woods. Join Simon and James in this second episode to talk about skiing on dry slopes, what it takes to be an X Games athlete today, and more about James's inspiration for free skiing.

Meet James Woods, X Games free skier from Great Britain. James competed this year in X Games Aspen 2021, and holds a gold medal from X Games Aspen 2017. Tune in to hear how James's career began and how he overcame injuries. Part two coming next week!

Alex Hall, four-time X Games gold medalist, Olympic athlete, member of the US Freeskiing Slopestyle team, and perhaps one of the biggest names in free skiing currently. You don't want to miss Simon's interview with Alex in this episode!!

Swedish free style skier, Jesper Tjäder, has competed world-wide in slopestyle competitions as well as the 2014 and 2018 Olympics. Listen in to hear about how his career grew, his advice for competitions, and his passion for urban skiing and making ski videos.

You may recognize Matt Macduff as the biker who built and rode the infamous "Loop of Doom." In part two, you will hear about the 7+ year effort required to design, build, and ride this loop. Listen in to hear what Matt learned about perseverance, injury recovery and mental fortitude during this process.

Matt Macduff, mountain bike free rider. This week Simon and Matt talk about their experience as free rider pioneers in their sports. Tune in to the first part of this episode to hear about Matt Macduff's biking career.

Meet legend, Philou Poirier. Poirier talks about his career in free skiing, the influences on his skiing style, and his process for overcoming addiction.

Multiple X Game gold medal winner, world record holder and world champion skier Simon Dumont brings his infectious energy to the show and discusses his life as a sole brand, champion skier, his competitive nature, and his transition from sports to entrepreneurship. On the outside, Simon’s journey is one of worldwide glamour, fame and dominance in his sport. In this episode, he reveals everything about what his life was like behind the scenes, how he coped with depression and anxiety, eventually overcame them, and ultimately became a successful entrepreneur and investor. Simon is joined by the hosts of Founder's Therapy for this special episode. Listeners can find Founder's Therapy wherever podcasts are available.

Part two of Simon's interview with Josh Dueck!

This week Simon is joined by Josh Dueck, professional free skier and Paralympics medalist. Simon and Josh discuss Josh's early career and coaching and they also talk about the important lessons Josh learned from injuries and injury recovery. Watch out for part two next week!

You wanted the Jossi Wells sequal...you got it! Simon goes for the Wells family bingo with Byron Wells in this weeks awesome sode. It's a full kiwi fest with all the usual antics. Buckle up for another great conversation with Simon.

This is it...a peek into what keeps a world class athlete in tip top Greek God level shape. Simon jumps on with Dr. Mike in order to dive deep into the history and science behind the BFR bands. Come, stay a while and learn a little bit along the way. As a special thank you to all of our listeners, if you think you have what it takes to keep up with Simon and get in great shape check out https://ascension.b3sciences.com/ Not only do you get access to these great products, you are also helping out the show.

Join Simon this week as he talks with free skier, Joss Christensen. Joss talks about being inspired by free skiers as he grew up in Park City, Utah. Simon and Joss discuss injury recovery and qualifying for the Olympics, and Joss shares his experience winning gold in 2014.

Paul Thacker, pro freestyle snowmobile and para snow bikecross athlete, meets with Simon this week to talk about his life and athletic career. Paul shares his journey from Alaska to hockey to finance to stuntman for Vin Diesel to X Games. Paul and Simon discuss injuries and the lessons that they have learned from them.