SEASON 3, EPISODE 4
STEVE SMITH

LAUNCHED OCTOBER 11, 2022

L.L. Bean CEO Steve Smith is a busy guy, but he always makes time for family, friends and outdoor adventures. And while spending a sunny morning on Cousins Island together, we were able to incorporate all three into a fun episode of the podcast. He recounted his early love for being a gear junky, using his paper route money to buy, and then continually upgrade his childhood dream bike — an early ‘80s Mongoose BMX. There were of course the crash stories — one resulting in two broken thumbs (definitely a dad joke in there somewhere), hair-raising encounters with various deadly wildlife in Florida, being humbled on the Mount Washington Auto Road Hillclimb by a rider with a handlebar basket and white tennis outfit, and his many riding [mis]adventures while living abroad.