Today Iraq/Afghanistan war vet ,Dave Clemo opened our show with the song "Broken Road" performed by the singing group
4 Troops. Dave stayed on the phone to participate with Jake Rademacher, director of the highly acclaimed Showtime Documentary, "Brothers at War", who came in to the studio as we discussed how their efforts at film making, and music dedication have brought, positive attention to our troops...Thanks to Sony for use of the song.

Michael Goulian is a U.S.Aerobatics champion pilot in the Red Bull AIR RACE World Series. His debut was in Abu Dhabi,  flying the  number 99. 
Mike flew into the HaRdKnocks studio and gave behind the scenes insights into what it is like to fly his Extra330sc aircraft at such a high level of competition.Go for a ride with Rick and Mike, through this "Hi G " interview.    

Bill Cameron who usually rides a horse named Cowboy Up, rode in today to educate us on the new Extreme Cowboy race. Bill is a high scorer in the World Championships. We talked about his training methods and the technicalities of the race, as well as his movie and commercial career.

Today we had Academy Award winner and World class Rock Climber Scott Cosgrove climb into the studio. 

He has made 28 ascents of El Capitan. Received Two Presidential Commendations for Rescue service

in Yosemite Valley and was the first American to establish a 5.14 rock climb. Out of five confirmed 5.14 climbs, Scott is the author of three of them.
He teaches rock climbing to Navy Seals, Air Force PJ's, Delta Force, FBI, and DEA.

Corey Rich called in from Lake Tahoe. Corey is one of the most gifted action photographers in the world.
We talked about what extremes he goes to in order to get his astonishing action photographs...From  Rock climbing, to photos of Tony Hawk, from El Capitan to photo journeys starting in the jungle and ending  up at 16,000 feet , Corey embraces his trade with passion and a few burritos...

Racing into the studio today was Living Legend Mario Andretti.  Andretti talked about his family immigrating from Italy when he was a child, having his sons and grandson follow in his footsteps, and his racing school/experience.  He also talked about how his love for driving and racing drove him to branch out and drive Indy, Formula 1, NASCAR, Le Mans, and drag racing, but with all of his wins in all these types, open-wheel Formula 1 was his specialty.

Today we had World Record kayaker Tyler Bradt as our guest.  Tyler holds the World Record for the largest waterfall descent at 189 1/2 feet at the Palouse waterfall.  Bradt discussed what it was like to kayak off a 190 foot waterfall, the preparations and calculations that go on before the run, and his 3-year non-petroleum circumnavigation around the world that he is doing in December,which can be followed at worldsustain.

Flying in on a T-34 military trainer, aerobatic pilot Julie Clark was our guest.  Julie was an airline pilot for 30 years and has been an aerobatic pilot for 34 years (of which she did both for 25 years).  She talked about never having a gear up landing, flying for the airlines, flying the Chevron Global T-34 she owns in air shows all over the country, and her numerous awards she has earned over the last 3 decades including being a Living Legend.  Also racing in today was Simona De Silvestro, Rookie of the Year at this year's Indy 500.  21-year-old Simona is an up and coming force to be reckoned with in the open wheel race community and talked with us about racing her first Indy 500.  She also discussed the difference between racing oval vs. road courses.

Jean Jacques Machado was our guest today.  Jean Jacques is a member of the legendary Machado family of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fame and one of five brothers.  He has been winning Championships Worldwide for the past 30 years and owns his own studio where he teaches LAPD and Navy Seals the art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.  Jean Jacques discussed what its like to grow up in a large family of Jiu Jitsu artists, who practice night and day on each other no less, and how the sport has progressed in today's world and MMA. 

30-year veteran stuntman and A-list stunt coordinator Charlie Croughwell was our guest today.  Charlie discussed working on the miniseries "The Pacific" and how he got into the entertainment business. He also talked about mentoring and advising people that want to break into stunts. Charlie ended the hour discussing what it's like having a family and being on the road most of the year.

FMX Best Trick rider Chuck Carothers called from Camp Chuck in Texas today.  Chuck discussed his life as an FMX rider, how injury prone he is (he has broken over 30 bones), and back flipping a Harley Davidson XR1200.

Screeching into the studio today was Vietnam veteran and legendary stuntman Rick Seaman.  Rick discussed everything from fighting in the Vietnam War to his 40+ year Hollywood stunt career.  Rick is on the board of directors for Veteran's Network which is hosting the stunt race "Stunt Drive for Freedom," a fundraiser for NVF and Veteran's Network at Willow Springs Raceway on May 23rd.

Multi-World Record breaking skydiver Guy Manos called in from his island in Florida today.  Guy talked about his over 11,000 dives, breaking 29 World Records, what goes into breaking a record, Drop Zone, the movie which he wrote and performed on, and Cutaway the movie he recently directed.  Manos ended the conversation with what he's working on now.

Brock Little, the legendary big wave rider, called in from the beaches of Hawaii today.  Brock, now a successful stuntman in Hollywood, talked about what it's like to ride a big wave, tow-ins vs. paddling into a wave, the dangers of surfing big waves, including his own stories of almost drowning, and his never ending love of surfing.

Today's show started off with a small memorial to stuntwoman April Stirton who passed away just the other day in a motorcycle accident and who was a very close friend of our guest, the awesomely talented, successful stuntwoman Luci Romberg.  Luci has so many talents they cannot be listed, but here are a few.  She lettered 9 times in soccer, gymnastics, and diving in college, is a Tempest Freerunner, and was the 1st female Ninja Warrior Champ. 

BMX freerider Cam McCaul called in to the show today to talk about his life in the BMX world.  Cam discussed how he ended up in BMX instead of motorcycles, the difference between riding a mountain bike instead of a BMX bike, what he's up to now, and recovering a friend's stolen bike (check out the video of it).  Also, Ara Z our man on the street called in to talk about his getting a ticket for texting while driving and how his search for a girlfriend is going.

Today's guest was base jumper and motion picture award winner Tim Rigby, who host Rick Avery calls the real James Bond. Tim talked about what it's like to base jump, the fear that goes through your mind, and some of the places and experiences he has had from it.  He also discussed his time in the Royal Navy as a bomb disposal expert at age 19 and becoming an award winning stuntman.

Today we had Cynthia Rothrock, a champion martial artist and martial arts actress.  Cynthia talked about her time making martial arts films in Hong Kong before moving back to Hollywood to do the same.  She also discussed her days on the martial arts circuit, winning unsegregated divisions (males and females competing in the same class) in both forms and weapons.

Legendary, undefeated Benny "The Jet" Urquidez was the guest of the hour.  The longest reigning World Champion in all pro sports in modern history told some great stories about working with Jackie Chan and his legendary fight with John Natividad.  Benny also discussed fighting in Japan, the old Jet Center, his lessons that are available online, and starting his own style of martial arts, Ukidokan. 

Legendary pro skateboarder Christian Hosoi charmed us all with his smile and charismatic ways.  Hearing him speak about his passion, at the age of 12, for skateboarding was infectious, and his inspiring story about his rise, fall, and rise back up to the top, in life and skateboarding, makes you really think about how anything is possible.  Christian, an associate pastor now, ended the hour by discussing his upcoming events including what his parish is up to, his skateboarding career, and his business ventures.  

US Air Force veteran fighter pilot Dave Weisman captivated everyone with his stories of flying in Desert Storm.  Dave was hit by enemy fire over Baghdad.  His backseat pilot's hand was blown off, and Dave, while bleeding from the neck, tries to fly his out of control jet to safety.  Dave also discussed his business ventures in Japan and charity work with the Dax Foundation, in which he is Executive Director.

Pro BMX rider Mike Escamilla shared a love of torturing host Rick Avery with the help of Brian and Mike as always.  On the more informative side Mike talked about bringing BMX back to the forefront, riding for the troops in Iraq and Kuwait, along with the many other dangerous sports and activities he enjoys doing.

The professional wrestling legend that is Rowdy Roddy Piper was our guest today, along with his daughter, actress Ariel Toombs.  Piper not only discussed his 40 years of wrestling and how it all started, but also how being a father changed his life.  He touched on only a few of his many accomplishments in his career, one of which is winning 7,000 fights.   Ariel gave insight into what it's like to live with the legend and what any guy that wants to date her can expect when meeting her dad.  The show closed with both Roddy and Ariel's upcoming projects and where you can see them next.

Lance Coury, the 19-year-old FMX riding phenom, rode into the show today.  Coury is one of only 20-30 riders in the sport.  Lance discussed his love of the sport, how it has grown and changed in the 4 years he has been in FMX, not including his 15 years of riding experience, and all the projects he has lined up, including his regular practices up in Wyvern.

Radio personalities Mark Ward and Rich Procter stole the show today with hilarious tales of their 4 hour live show they had in Santa Barbara including the notorious Scam Co commercials.  These comedians had radio shows from one end of California to the other and when they weren't doing radio they had a live act they did on stage.  The hour included commercial skits from their show and a story of Mark at host Rick Avery's bachelor party way back when. 

Paul "Diddy" Darnell (the founder) and Rich "Dickie Boy" King of Tempest Freerunning stopped in today to discuss the sport of freerunning, its history, where they hope to see the sport going, and freerunning's similarities and differences to parkour.  With loads of laughs filling the hour the show was rounded out with the story of "Dickie Boy" losing half his eyebrow to a concrete wall.

The master of all things Semi-trucks, Mike Ryan, came in and discussed racing his Freightliner at Pikes Peak, doing accident re-enactments for semi-truck collisions, and even stunt driving these massive vehicles.  We got to hear about his love of all things with wheels and even with wings.  Ending the hour was the story of how he survived a 28-bone breaking bi-plane accident that left him harpooned to the plane for 17 hours before being rescued. 

Retired Navy submariner George Paddock came in today to discuss what it really takes to be a Navy submariner.  He told stories of his own hardknocks during some training exercises and out in the ocean in a submarine .  George is also the man who makes the PRO camera, which is an offshoot of the steadicam used on almost every movie and TV show made today.

The beautiful, hilarious, and talented Bridgett "Baby Doll" Riley was our guest today.  Bridgett, who is a World Champion in both professional boxing and kickboxing, discussed the early days of women's pro boxing and kickboxing.  She gave us insight into what goes through a fighter's mind both when they step into the ring and during a fight. 

Gene LeBell, (the man, the myth, the legend) also known as the Godfather of grappling, was our guest of the hour, and what an hour it was.  Gene, with his quick wit, gave us some amazing stories ranging from his decades long friendship with our host Rick "Tricky Ricky" Avery, as Gene affectionately calls him, to his life in the film industry, the pro wrestling circuit and karate competitions, including being trained by and training with the world's best martial artists, boxers, and wrestlers, all starting at the tender age of 6. At age 70+ he is still grappling and adding to his over 1,000 film and TV credits. 

There is still an unanswered question as to how many impersonations and accents the ultra talented comedian Carlos Alazraqui can do, but after just an hour with him we know that we only got to scratch the surface of his talent.  With 723 skydiving jumps, Carlos, the man in the uniform of Reno 911's Officer James Garcia, is not just your ordinary comedian and we got to see just a glimpse of what millions have seen on TV and heard on his comedy tours.

Racecar driver, race coach, and author of the 6-volume series "Speed Secrets", Ross Bentley, called in from Seattle and congratulated open wheel racing star Brett Smrz, who was in Georgia, on his nomination for the Team U.S.A scholarship.  Brett will be representing the U.S. in England at the Formula Ford Festival in Brands Hatch and the Walter Hayes trophy at Silverstone.  Ross is one of Brett's coaches, so it was an honor for us to be a part of Ross's congratulations to Brett.  Ross gave some tips on becoming a better driver out on the track and discussed what it takes to be a great racecar driver.   

We started the show with a discussion of the stunt industry, how it used to be, how it has changed, and where it seems to be going.  Our guest, undefeated lightweight boxer John Molina Jr., called in to talk about his upcoming HBO televised fight at Staple Center on September 26th against Efren Hinojsa.  With a record of 17-0 and 13 of those by way of knockout it is sure to be a great fight.

For our first show in the new studio we had J.R. Richards, lead singer and songwriter from Dishwalla, in to promote his hot new solo album "A Beautiful End." Richards discussed what goes into writing songs and producing an album. He closed the show as beautifully as the name of his album with "Your the Only Way Home."

Dating dynamic duo Jeff Speakman and Stepfanie Kramer came into the studio today to talk about the multitude of things they have each accomplished and what they are working on today.  Jeff, the #1 rated martial artist in the world, talked about his global martial arts franchises, being asked to go to China to demonstrate and speak about American Kenpo Karate, and his DVDs he is working on for Kenpo 5.0.  Stepfanie, the ultra talented, Emmy nominated actress, singer, and writer, talked about her role on the TV series Hunter, writing books and screenplays, her 2 CDs she has released, her one-woman show she does, and as if that isn't enough, her upcoming internet talk radio show.  Stepfanie closed out the hour by gracing us all with her phenomenal singing voice.

Television and movie star Lorenzo Lamas stopped in for the hour to talk about his new motorcycle company, Lorenzo Lamas Cycles, his new reality show on E! called Leave it to Lamas coming out in October, and his passion for flying and autoracing. 

Renowned stuntman Joey "Stuntafuco" Bucaro joined us to talk about his childhood dream of being a stuntman and how he made that a reality.  He also gave us a glimpse into his wine making talents and some great stories of his life in the entertainment industry. Joey closed out the show displaying his musical talents on the guitar, singing the theme to Hooper.

On this Saturday's HardKnocks show we had the legendary Jeannie Epper, her daughter Eurlyne Epper and Donna Keegan joining us. The gang spoke on how the renowned Epper family started in the business and the vastness of their family tree. We touched on Jeannie's Taurus Lifetime Achievement Award, Donna's Emmy, and how Eurlyne got her start in Sparticus at the wee age of 3 weeks!  These gals gave the boys a run for their money.

Today's guests were top stunt driver, Corey Eubanks, and action coordinator for "Fear Factor", Perry Barndt.  We discussed their accomplishments, Corey's upcoming show for Versus "The Ultimate Driving Challenge" involving his auto barrel racing, and much more.  Ending the show with the always hilarious "Irrelevant Questions" segment.

Today’s guests were 4-time World Champion jet skier and stunt double for Bruce Willis, Larry Rippenkroeger.  Also we had veteran stuntman and author of “Stunt Adjustment”, Jim Palmer. We discussed their accomplishments and how each broke into the stunt business.  With exciting and informative banter from all, we ended the show with our hilarious “Irrelevant Question” segment.