Podcast: Recounting Sam Smoothy’s Near-Death Crash in Winterland

Accidents in the mountains don’t just take a toll on the athletes involved, they weigh especially heavy on the friends and bystanders who witness and respond to them. When Sam Smoothy took a particularly heavy tumble while filming in Austria for TGR’s Winterland last year, the experience shook his film crew (who were the first responders and saved Sam's life) to the core. Learning from events like these is unfortunately part of the game we play, but provide valuable moments to look back on and reflect about how we can improve our skills.

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Production crew member and longtime part of the TGR family Jon Desabris, who counts Sam Smoothy among his closest friends, was the first on the scene in Austria. Learn more about what happened in Episode 1 of Man:Age, a new podcast with host Ryan Dunfee that explores what a new philosophy for American masculinity might look like in the 21st century.