Conversations with Big Rich

Team Smiles Captain, Jeremy Hammer – owner of Fly-N-Hi Total Performance Center joins us for Episode 26 – our ½ year anniversary.  Jeremy talks football, growing up in Arizona, Garage Rehab and more.  Join us to catch up on all the latest.  No matter where you are, Jeremy and his team can help you out, reach out to. https://fly-n-hi.com/ for all your off-road needs, especially in Phoenix!

3:29 – Race night is on Thursdays!

5:18 – I could have been in the paint industry instead  

9:23 – a 12-speed is not the same as a BMX bike

11:51 – Football wasn’t always easy

14:15 – The transition from being a kid who watches TV to a kid who plays football:  how coaches mold you

18:35 – football is life 

20:47 – The first four-wheel drive

27:04 – where I still want to go with the racecar

32:45 – 9 minutes and then the crane of shame 

40:57 – The start of Fly-N-Hi

50:45 – the Garage Rehab experience

We want to thank our sponsors Maxxis Tires and 4Low Magazine.

www.maxxis.com

www.4lowmagazine.com 

Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.

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Three time KOH Champion Jason Scherer talks all things rock crawling, Ford, racing and family.  The stories are epic, they take place all over the country with all kinds of characters. And characters they are, get to know Jason and his friends.   Check out https://www.rage4th.com/ for great quality bumpers.

1:55 – A pivotable moment

5:30 – Every kid wants to be a fireman or baseball player, right?  

11:03 – sixteen years old on the Rubicon (with no supervision)

16:32 – You learn from the best teachers – learning to weld

19:06 – What do you mean we have to compete in Unlimited, we only have 35” tires?

27:30 – new car blues 

34:45 – The highlight event of rockcrawling

38:47 – two events, three trophies, and a near-death experience

44:50 – Baja, baby!! 

58:45 – Street outlaws in the parking lot

62:34 – putting Jason Berger in the car for the first KOH win

72:04 – Opportunities that come

80:08 – The Ford team

We want to thank our sponsors Maxxis Tires and 4Low Magazine.

www.maxxis.com

www.4lowmagazine.com 

Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.

Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

Three time KOH Champion Jason Scherer talks all things rock crawling, Ford, racing and family.  The stories are epic, they take place all over the country with all kinds of characters. And characters they are, get to know Jason and his friends.   Check out https://www.rage4th.com/ for great quality bumpers.

1:55 – A pivotable moment

5:30 – Every kid wants to be a fireman or baseball player, right?  

11:03 – sixteen years old on the Rubicon (with no supervision)

16:32 – You learn from the best teachers – learning to weld

19:06 – What do you mean we have to compete in Unlimited, we only have 35” tires?

27:30 – new car blues 

34:45 – The highlight event of rockcrawling

38:47 – two events, three trophies, and a near-death experience

44:50 – Baja, baby!! 

58:45 – Street outlaws in the parking lot

62:34 – putting Jason Berger in the car for the first KOH win

72:04 – Opportunities that come

80:08 – The Ford team

We want to thank our sponsors Maxxis Tires and 4Low Magazine.

www.maxxis.com

www.4lowmagazine.com 

Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.

The Iceman Cometh…Dean Bulloch, all-around adrenaline junkie is on this weeks episode with stories for days.  This one is a long one, but there’s so much good stuff, you’ve just got to listen.  Dean is a world champion in so many disciplines and part of the 2020 class of Off-Road Hall of Fame inductees.  We are proud to call him a friend.  Listen in on your favorite podcast app.  If you don’t know how to listen, go to the pinned post on this page for more info.  

2:11 – What I really wanted, and how hard I worked for it

7:16 –You passed, so what?  

8:56 – I used my paycheck for parts

12:56 – You better be careful throwing out a challenge to Dean

15:32 – The beginning of a long and fruitful friendship

19:07 – hash marks before GPS 

22:25 – From trials bike to drag bikes

25:50 – no one is going to taunt me now

36:12 – we flipped for it 

42:23 – hold my beer, the water is getting deep

51:36 –The Discovery channel takes up residence

55:15 – Clicking together

57:47 – new car blues

1:00:53 – the start of KOH

1:08:51 – September 21, 2012, the accident that changed everything

1:12:48 – Polaris vs. Artic Cat

1:17:33 – a big to-do at Horsepower Ranch

1:23:54 – the importance of Dean’s nomination to ORMHOF

We want to thank our sponsors Maxxis Tires and 4Low Magazine.

www.maxxis.com

www.4lowmagazine.com 

Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.

The Iceman Cometh…Dean Bulloch, all-around adrenaline junkie is on this weeks episode with stories for days.  This one is a long one, but there’s so much good stuff, you’ve just got to listen.  Dean is a world champion in so many disciplines and part of the 2020 class of Off-Road Hall of Fame inductees.  We are proud to call him a friend.  Listen in on your favorite podcast app.  If you don’t know how to listen, go to the pinned post on this page for more info.  

2:11 – What I really wanted, and how hard I worked for it

7:16 –You passed, so what?  

8:56 – I used my paycheck for parts

12:56 – You better be careful throwing out a challenge to Dean

15:32 – The beginning of a long and fruitful friendship

19:07 – hash marks before GPS 

22:25 – From trials bike to drag bikes

25:50 – no one is going to taunt me now

36:12 – we flipped for it 

42:23 – hold my beer, the water is getting deep

51:36 –The Discovery channel takes up residence

55:15 – Clicking together

57:47 – new car blues

1:00:53 – the start of KOH

1:08:51 – September 21, 2012, the accident that changed everything

1:12:48 – Polaris vs. Artic Cat

1:17:33 – a big to-do at Horsepower Ranch

1:23:54 – the importance of Dean’s nomination to ORMHOF

We want to thank our sponsors Maxxis Tires and 4Low Magazine.

www.maxxis.com

www.4lowmagazine.com 

Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.

Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

Dixie Four-Wheel Drive Founder, Milt Thompson shares his story this week.  It’s not just about four-wheel drive, it’s about raising a family, hiring well and being around at the beginning of the competitive scene.  Now with two shops in Utah, St. George and Moab, Milt and family have built a terrific business.  If you are in either area, and need some work done, these are the people you go to.  Capable, trustworthy and always working with you in mind.  https://dixie4wheeldrive.com/ 

2:21 – Growing up in St George, when it was still small

3:52 –Figure 8’s in the field gave us away

9:42 – the things we sell for love

12:25 – A pioneering family

22:01 – A bad habit working on my own stuff

23:25 – Why I was packing at 2 a.m. 

27:13 – It was time to get a Jeep

37:31 – Can you do that to my Jeep?

44:15 – My mail-order bride 

49:23 – Hiring solid crews

1:07:41 – Broken bones and ARCA

1:10:41 – Why didn’t you tell me that before?

We want to thank our sponsors Maxxis Tires and 4Low Magazine.

www.maxxis.com

www.4lowmagazine.com 

Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.

Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

Dixie Four-Wheel Drive Founder, Milt Thompson shares his story this week.  It’s not just about four-wheel drive, it’s about raising a family, hiring well and being around at the beginning of the competitive scene.  Now with two shops in Utah, St. George and Moab, Milt and family have built a terrific business.  If you are in either area, and need some work done, these are the people you go to.  Capable, trustworthy and always working with you in mind.  https://dixie4wheeldrive.com/ 

2:21 – Growing up in St George, when it was still small

3:52 –Figure 8’s in the field gave us away

9:42 – the things we sell for love

12:25 – A pioneering family

22:01 – A bad habit working on my own stuff

23:25 – Why I was packing at 2 a.m. 

27:13 – It was time to get a Jeep

37:31 – Can you do that to my Jeep?

44:15 – My mail-order bride 

49:23 – Hiring solid crews

1:07:41 – Broken bones and ARCA

1:10:41 – Why didn’t you tell me that before?

We want to thank our sponsors Maxxis Tires and 4Low Magazine.

www.maxxis.com

www.4lowmagazine.com 

Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.

Hi, if you don’t know me – I’m today’s guest – I’m Shelley Krehbiel, the one who writes the Show Notes and does the Transcription, and generally is Big Rich’s partner in crime and life and love and everything else.  Rich interviewed me a while ago so I could tell some of our story.  How we got here, all the things we’ve done to arrive at this place.  Can I tell you, it’s weird to talk about yourself this way.  But here it is, a bit of history of the Rich and Shelley show, these are stories we tell all the time with company and friends.  Hope you enjoy. 

2:02 –I am not an off-road girl

3:18 –Thank you Dr. Warren

5:18 – Do you still want to get married? Or how to plan a Surprise wedding

8:49 – How to Unscript your life

11:51 – My identity crisis

15:13 – The rebirth of WE Rock 

22:57 – How 4Low came to be with a little help from our friends

29:42 – Industry, Competition or Enthusiast – which are you?

34:22 – Working toward Strategic partnerships 

35:51 – Wyatt Permberton gives a push

38:35 – What I love most is the family

43:48 – Wednesday’s are my favorite

You can catch Shelley on a number of websites:  www.unscrpt.com for help in your online business; reservations at www.masonsquarehotel.com; magazine subscriptions at www.4lowmagazine.com and coming soon, her own author website at www.shelleykrehbiel.com   Don’t forget, for all things WE Rock, go to www.werocklive.com and if you are needing some all natural skincare products – check out www.thehealinghippy.com or www.trailnaturals.com 

We want to thank our sponsors Maxxis Tires and 4Low Magazine.

www.maxxis.com

www.4lowmagazine.com 

Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.

Hi, if you don’t know me – I’m today’s guest – I’m Shelley Krehbiel, the one who writes the Show Notes and does the Transcription, and generally is Big Rich’s partner in crime and life and love and everything else.  Rich interviewed me a while ago so I could tell some of our story.  How we got here, all the things we’ve done to arrive at this place.  Can I tell you, it’s weird to talk about yourself this way.  But here it is, a bit of history of the Rich and Shelley show, these are stories we tell all the time with company and friends.  Hope you enjoy. 

2:02 –I am not an off-road girl

3:18 –Thank you Dr. Warren

5:18 – Do you still want to get married? Or how to plan a Surprise wedding

8:49 – How to Unscript your life

11:51 – My identity crisis

15:13 – The rebirth of WE Rock 

22:57 – How 4Low came to be with a little help from our friends

29:42 – Industry, Competition or Enthusiast – which are you?

34:22 – Working toward Strategic partnerships 

35:51 – Wyatt Permberton gives a push

38:35 – What I love most is the family

43:48 – Wednesday’s are my favorite

You can catch Shelley on a number of websites:  www.unscrpt.com for help in your online business; reservations at www.masonsquarehotel.com; magazine subscriptions at www.4lowmagazine.com and coming soon, her own author website at www.shelleykrehbiel.com   Don’t forget, for all things WE Rock, go to www.werocklive.com and if you are needing some all natural skincare products – check out www.thehealinghippy.com or www.trailnaturals.com 

We want to thank our sponsors Maxxis Tires and 4Low Magazine.

www.maxxis.com

www.4lowmagazine.com 

Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.

Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

Today’s guest, Kenny Blume, recorded this interview with us last November, the very first interview done (I’ve learned a lot).  Since then, he’s made good on his promise to judge at WE Rock and move to Florida.  At the time, none of this other nonsense was going on, so no reference to “COVID” in this one!  Kenny has been the longest running competitor at WE Rock – beginning in 2006 and retiring with the 2019 season, no one else has consecutively run so many seasons.  Good friend, great competitor.

2:22 –Getting started with an old Craftsman

4:51 – How’d you get up here?

11:13 – We all have this friend….

15:39 – Huh, maybe I should get a locker?

17:47 – a beater CJ7 takes second in points

20:42 – At the end of the day, people don’t want to be measured, because it’s no fun if you come up short. 

28:11 – from second to fourth in a nanosecond

31:22 – this was a proud moment, getting the better of Shoupl

39:03 – I was a nobody

We want to thank our sponsors Maxxis Tires and 4Low Magazine.

www.maxxis.com

www.4lowmagazine.com 

Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.

Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify