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Snowboarder Shaun White w/ Jim Clash (on his new video game) Shaun White (aka "The Flying Tomato") chats with Forbes Adventurer Jim Clash about his 2006 Olympic snowboard gold medal (half pipe) in Torino, the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and his new video game. Tags: Jim James Clash Shaun White Flying Tomato snowboard skateboard Olympics video game Adventurer Forbes |
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Bonneville at 200 mph w/ Fannie Mae CFO at the Wheel Bob Blakely, ex-CFO of Worldcom and Fannie Mae, chats with Forbes Adventurer Jim Clash about the parallels between risk-taking at high speed on slippery salt (Bonneville) and in business. Tags: Jim James Clash Bob Blakely Bonneville Salt Flats Fannie Mae Worldcom 200 mph Forbes Adventurer motor sport |
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Ventures Founder Don Wilson Chats w/ Jim Clash on Adventurer Don Wilson, founder of The Ventures, discusses with Forbes Adventurer Jim Clash the band's 2008 induction into the Rock & Roll of Fame--and the hits Hawaii Five-O, Walk Don't Run and Pipeline. The interview took place at BB King's in New York at The Ventures sound check Oct. 17, 2008. Tags: Jim James Clash Don Wilson Nokie Edwards Bob Bogle Ventures Adventurer surf Hawaii Five-O Pipeline Walk Don't Run rock |
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Virgin Galactic Suborbital Space Flight Simulation Yanik Silver, founder of Maverick Business Adventures, has bought a $200,000 ticket to suborbital space aboard Richad Branson's Virgin Galactic Airways. Here he talks with Forbes Adventurer Jim Clash about his future flight aboard SpaceShipTwo. He is passenger #144. Tags: Jim James Clash Yanik Silver Maverick Business Adventurer Branson Virgin Galactic Forbes suborbital aviation space |
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General Chuck Yeager Spars w/ Jim Clash on Adventurer The great test pilot Gen. Chuck Yeager, now 85, talks with Jim Clash about being first to break the sound barrier (in 1947), "The Right Stuff" book and movie (and how he felt Sam Shepard played his character) and his U.S. military service. The interview took place at the 2008 Explorers Club Lowell Thomas Dinner in New York. Tags: Jim James Clash Chuck Yeager sound barrier Mach Right Stuff Sam Shepard Tom Wolfe Forbes Adventurer X-1 aviation space |
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Part 2: Brandi Chastain on Adventurer w/ Jim Clash This time, three-time Olympic soccer medalist Brandi Chastain dicusses her participation in her first 26.2-mile road race: the 2008 ING New York City Marathon. Tags: Jim James Clash Brandi Chastain soccer ING New York City Marathon olympics 1999 World Cup Mia Hamm Julie Foudy |
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Brandi Chastain Chats w/ Jim Clash About the Black Sports Bra In Part 1 of our interview, 3-time Olympic soccer medalist Brandi Chastain (2 golds, 1 silver) discusses with Jim Clash her famous moment in 1999 when, after kicking the 5th penalty goal to beat China in the World Cup final, she jubilantly removed her shirt to reveal a black sports bra (which, she says, is in a NYC museum). Tags: soccer Jim James Clash Brandi Chastain Mia Hamm Julie Foudy olympics world cup black sports bra Forbes Adventurer |
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Olympic Vaulter Kerri Strug Talks w/ Jim Clash on Adventurer Kerri Strug, who salvaged Olympic gold for the U.S. gymnastics team in 1996 at Atlanta, discusses her painful final vault (with two torn ligaments), and her run in the 2008 ING New York City Marathon. Tags: Jim James Clash Kerri Strug Atlanta 1996 olympics gold gymnastics ING New York City Marathon Adventurer Forbes pain vault |
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"Three Cups of Tea" Author/K2 Climber Greg Mortenson Greg Mortenson, climber and author of the bestseller "Three Cups of Tea, discusses the rigors of K2 and building schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan on The Forbes Adventurer With Jim Clash. Tags: Jim James Clash Greg Mortenson Three Cups of Tea mountaineering K2 Pakistan Afghanistan school Adventurer Forbes extreme |
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Part 2: Smithereens' Pat Dinizio on Behind the Wall of Sleep In part 2 of out chat with Pat Dinizio, Forbes Adventurer Jim Clash probes the Smithereens founder about its first hit, Behind the Wall of Sleep/Blood and Roses, and about the first time Dinizio heard the songs on WNEW radio. Tags: alternative rock Jim James Clash Pat Dinizio Behind the Wall of Sleep Smithereens Blood Roses Bill Wyman Adventurer |
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Meet The Smithereens: Pat Dinizio Chats w/ Jim Clash Smithereens founder Pat Dinizio discusses his band's two Beatles cover CDs--"Meet The Smithereens" and the newer "B-Sides The Beatles" with Forbes Adventurer Jim Clash. (See Part 2 video for earlier Smithereens tidbits.) Tags: James Jim Clash Pat Dinizio Meet The Smithereens Beatles rock Forbes Adventurer Babjak Maseros Diken alternative |
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Part 2: Swimmer Aaron Peirsol Chats After Beijing Olympics This time backstroker Aaron Pierson discusses with Forbes Adventurer Jim Clash his plans for the 2012 Olympics in London, his race for the oceans event in Ft. Myers, FL, his association with the Bank of America Hopefuls program and the controversial subject of steroid use. Tags: water sport Jim James Clash Aaron Peirsol steroids Olympics Beijing Adventurer Bank America Hopefuls swim oceans Phelps |
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Aaron Peirsol On Helping Michael Phelps Win 8th Gold (Part 1) Backstroker Aaron Peirsol, a 7-time Olympic medalist (5 golds, 2 silvers) discusses with Forbes Adventurer Jim Clash his lead-off leg in the historic 4 X 100 medley relay which gave Michael Phelps his 8th gold medal in Beijing, breaking Mark Spitz record 7 golds in Munich in 1972. (Also see Part 2 of chat where Peirsol discusses steroid use and his plans for the 2012 Olympics.) Tags: Jim James Clash Aaron Peirsol Michael Phelps record Beijing Olympics medley relay backstroke Mark Spitz water sports |
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Indy Lights Rookie Test at Nashville Superspeedway Forbes Adventurer Jim Clash takes his Firestone Indy Lights rookie test at Nashville Superspeedway. Rain delayed the proceedings, but Clash did run a 28.3-second lap (about 170 mph average). Tags: Jim James Clash Firestone Indy Lights Pro Series Nashville Superspeedway rookie test NASCAR Forbes Adventurer IRL Speedworks LLC |
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Jim Clash Takes Thrill Ride on World's Biggest Rollercoaster In 2005, Six Flags Great Adventures took top honors with Kingda Ka, the world's tallest (456 feet) fastest (128 mph) rollercoaster, from Cedar Point's Top Thrill Dragster. Forbes Adventurer Jim Clash samples the wild rides. Tags: Jim James Clash Kingda Ka rollercoaster Six Flags extreme action tallest fastest Top Thrill Dragster Cedar Point Forbes adventurer |
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Parachutist Joe Kittinger On His Record 102,800-Ft. Jump Parachutist Col. Joseph Kittinger, in 1960, took a helium balloon to 102,800 feet above the earth, then jumped out--breaking the sound barrier on descent. He discusses his world record for the highest parachute jump with Forbes Adventurer Jim Clash. Frenchman Michael Fournier has spent 2 decades and $20 million trying to break Kittinger's record, but so far without success. Tags: Jim James Clash Joe Kittinger balloon parachute jump world record 102800 feet Adventurer Forbes extreme Michael Fournier U.S. Air Force astronaut outer space sound barrier |
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Olympic Taewkowndo Champ Steve Lopez Chats w/ Jim Clash Two-time Olympic Taekwondo gold medalist Steve Lopez (and his bother Mark and sister Diana, both Olympians as well) discuss their participation in the upcoming games in Beijing. Tags: Jim James Clash Steve Lopez Diana Mark martial arts Taekwondo Olympics gold medal Adventurer Forbes combat sports |
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Sir Jackie Stewart Chats on "Adventurer with Jim Clash" The 3-time F-1 World Driving Champ Sir Jackie Stewart discusses the recently merged Champ Car/IRL series, his near win of the Indy 500 in 1966 and being in the broadcast booth for the horrific Gordon Smiley crash in 1982 at Indy in turn 3. Tags: motor sport Jim James Clash Jackie Stewart McKay ABC Formula IRL NASCAR Champ Car Indy 500 Gordon Smiley fatal crash |
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Searching for Bobby Fischer's Josh Waitzkin w/ Jim Clash Josh Waitzkin, the child chess master after whom the critically acclaimed movie "Searching for Bobby Fischer" was patterned, chats with Forbes Adventurer Jim Clash about his new passion, martial arts. Tags: Jim James Clash Josh Waitzkin Joan Allen Ben Kingsley Searching for Bobby Fischer chess martial arts Forbes Adventurer |
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Indy 500 Champ Scott Dixon Talks w/ Jim Clash After Big Win 2008 Indy 500 winner Scott Dixon chats with Forbes Adventurer Jim Clash after the big race. (Caveat: The video producers misspelled Dixon's last name in the chirons...sorry about that.) Tags: Jim James Clash Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Indianapolis 500 Indy Forbes Castroneves Wheldon Adventurer motor sport win |