Beyond the Ordinary
Beyond The Ordinary is the podcast introducing the visionaries who don’t just ask “What if…?” – they go on to make it happen. Combining video content with previously unheard insights from behind the scenes, the series reveals how these athletes are able to turn ideas that sound impossible into history-making feats. From wingsuit flying through Tower Bridge to landing a plane on a helipad, to smashing the ski jumping world record – Beyond The Ordinary is your feed for serious inspiration.
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June 8, 2025 • 31 mins
Brian Grubb had been on a lifelong pursuit of adventure and in December 2023, he added a new chapter to his ever-growing list of unique feats.
In this behind the scenes conversation hosted by adventurer Robert Chursinoff, Brian explained how he dreamed up - and then mastered - the unprecedented feat of combining wakeskating and BASE jumping from the world’s highest infinity pool in Dubai.
The American revealed the relentless natu...
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June 8, 2025 • 39 secs
Wakeskating pioneer Brian Grubb was towed by a custom-built drone before launching into a 77-story BASE jump off the side of the highest infinity pool in the world. The American had been dreaming for seven years of combining his two passions for “WakeBASE,” and history was made with the first jump of its kind at the Address Beach Resort in Dubai.
The stunt began with a 94m wakeskate behind a specially engineered drone and culminat...
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June 1, 2025 • 24 mins
Ryōyū Kobayashi was used to jumping far, but even for him, the prospect of hanging in the air for 300m and more than eight seconds was a daunting one.
In this behind the scenes conversation hosted by adventurer Robert Chursinoff, Ryōyū discussed the emotional and physical preparation he went through leading up to the record-breaking jump in April 2024.
Key figures in the wider project team on the ground also revealed the weather ...
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June 1, 2025 • 8 mins
Japanese ski jumping sensation Ryōyū Kobayashi made history with a gravity-defying 291m leap. Breaking the ski jump and ski flying world records required a hill bigger than standard competition jumps, so Ryōyū and his team headed to Akureyri in northern Iceland to carve out the special kicker.
The Olympic medallist and FIS World Cup ski jump champion flew through the air longer than anyone before and landed perfectly, elevating ...
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May 25, 2025 • 41 mins
In March 2023, Łukasz Czepiela achieved the seemingly impossible task of landing a plane on a tiny helipad atop the iconic Burj Al Arab Jumeirah hotel in Dubai. Measuring just 27m in diameter, it was the shortest helipad in the world, and landing on it took far more than just nerve and talent.
In this behind the scenes conversation, Łukasz explained the rigorous training he undertook and the engineering challenges he faced when ma...
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May 25, 2025 • 2 mins
You need a runway to land a plane, right? Not if your pilot was Łukasz Czepiela. The aerobatic aviator flew into the record books by landing on the world-famous helipad on top of the Burj Al Arab Jumeirah hotel in Dubai. To land on the helipad and stun experts around the world, Łukasz had to bring his plane to a halt in under 27m.
The Polish pilot and his experienced team completed over 650 practice landings and made a number of m...
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May 18, 2025 • 37 mins
In May 2024, Austrian wingsuit pilots Marco Fürst and Marco Waltenspiel executed a daring jump through London’s iconic Tower Bridge. Wearing the world’s fastest wingsuit, the duo stood on the edge of their helicopter half a mile up in the sky and simply said to each other, “let’s do it.”
In this behind the scenes conversation, the two Marcos explained how they prepared for the groundbreaking project and the impact of their achieve...
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May 18, 2025 • 1 min
Skydivers Marco Fürst and Marco Waltenspiel swooped to a world-first and became the first people to wingsuit fly through London’s iconic Tower Bridge. The Austrian duo reached a top speed of 246 km/h in their dive over the River Thames before performing a complex aerial maneuver known as a ‘flare’ to fly upwards again in close proximity to Tower Bridge and safely open their parachutes. It was a wingsuit flight that pushed the bound...
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Beyond The Ordinary is the podcast introducing the visionaries who don’t just ask “What if…?” – they go on to make it happen.
Combining video content with previously unheard insights from behind the scenes, the series reveals how these athletes are able to turn ideas that sound impossible into history-making feats.
From wingsuit flying through Tower Bridge to landing a plane on a helipad, to smashing the ski jumping world record...
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March 11, 2025 • 35 mins
If you love stories about going to the very edge of human endurance, then you’re in for a treat. We’ve just launched Season 3 of our adventure podcast How to Be Superhuman, with 12 new jaw-dropping stories. This episode features cyclist Abdullah Zeinab – an ultra-endurance machine who took on the Rhino Race, a brutal 2,700-kilometre slog across South Africa and Namibia. Think endless miles, punishing terrain, and the kind of challe...
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November 14, 2023 • 18 mins
If you have missed hearing from incredible people who push the boundaries of their sport, we have got something beyond the ordinary for you. Mind Set Win is a podcast about how we can apply the mental tactics that elite athletes use to our everyday lives.BMX legend Daniel Dhers joined hosts Cédric Dumont and York Peter-Klöppel to reveal his key to competing at the highest level. Daniel talks about being prepared for something to go...
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November 6, 2022 • 12 mins
Meet B-Boy Lee, a young breaking phenomenon from Amsterdam who’s taking the breaking world by storm with his creativity, explosive moves and signature style. With a b-girl for a mother, hear how Lee’s family, crew and upbringing are key to the Red Bull BC One All Star’s evolution as a breaker. He’s been winning battles the world over with his instinctive moves, and now he’s headed to New York City for the 2022 Red Bull BC One World...
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October 3, 2022 • 10 mins
Aidan Heslop is built for cliff diving – and it shows. The British athlete fell in love with the sport at the age of 10, and is now helping push it into a new era for a new generation. Hear how he got hooked after watching Gary Hunt in action and made it his goal to compete in the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. He achieved that ambition when he became the youngest diver ever to compete in the Series at 16. Now he's scoring 10s...
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September 14, 2022 • 13 mins
Meet basketball player Nadine Selaawi, the teenage schoolgirl from Egypt who challenged cultural expectations and went to the USA to follow her dreams. Inspired by her family, Nadine became a record-breaking athlete at college, and now she's preparing for the Red Bull Half Court World Final back home in Cairo.This is a long read taken from Red Bull.com. Read this article at https://www.redbull.com/int-en/nadine-selaawi-egyptian-bas...
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August 2, 2022 • 12 mins
Meet Principal Strategy Engineer Hannah Schmitz – part of the team making real-time race-winning decisions for Oracle Red Bull Racing. Hannah has been working with the team since joining as an intern in 2009. Together with Head of Race Strategy Will Courtenay and a skilled team, it’s their split-second strategy brilliance that was a large contributor towards Max Verstappen claiming his first FIA Formula One World Championship title...
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February 28, 2022 • 30 mins
Australian cliff diving sensation, Rhiannan “Rhi” Iffland has leapt from hot air balloons, helicopters and plunged into oceans all across the globe. But even as a five time world series champion and two time FINA world champion, Rhi says she still experiences fear and sometimes it’s what keeps her safe. Rhi began her cliff diving career with a stunning win. In her rookie year – 2016 – she won her first-ever competition as a wild...
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February 21, 2022 • 34 mins
Snowboarder and Olympian Jess Rich has had to contend with fear and push past her comfort zone throughout her career. Jess didn’t grow up in the snow and never dreamt that she’d one day compete in the winter Olympics. Jess made her Olympic debut in the new Olympic discipline of women's snowboard Big Air at PyeongChang 2018. The Sydney-sider, who originally intended to compete in both slopestyle and Big Air, ruptured her ACL on...
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February 14, 2022 • 33 mins
Paralympic gold medallist Kelly Cartwright embodies all the grit and determination. At the age of 15, after being diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer in her right knee, Kelly was forced to make a decision that would change the direction of her life. In November 2004, faced with the option of amputation or radical surgery to remove the cancer Kelly had her right leg amputated. After a painstaking 3 months of re...
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February 7, 2022 • 24 mins
The BMX sensation, who's already a five-time world champion. Saya Sakakibara is an Olympic BMX rider and at 22 she’s already a champion. Saya’s love for BMX began before she could walk and despite some devastating setbacks, Saya’s never let fear influence her performance. At the age of four Saya attended practice sessions and races that Kai, her older brother was involved in and her love of the sport of BMX racing grew from there...
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January 31, 2022 • 32 mins
Jess Fox is considered to be the best paddler in the world. As a kayak and slalom canoeist and Olympic gold medallist, Jess discusses her relationship with fear and what it takes to be the best in the world. Jess was born into paddling royalty in Marseille, France on June 11, 1994 to parents Richard Fox and Myriam Fox - Jerusalmi – both Olympians from England and France respectively. After moving to Australia at the age of four,...
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