This show is about wild ideas and there's someone I've been following on

Instagram who had a wild idea that really stuck out to me. If you're an outdoorsy

person and you've spent time on

Instagram lately, you may have seen at Patty Gonia. She's the world's first

backpacking in outdoors drag queen. Patty sports huge platform heels while stomping D'

Drag Queen. Patty sports huge platform heels while stomping, skiing, dancing, and now surfing her way through

some of Mother Nature's most beautiful scenery. She does photo and video shoots,

and she posts the finished products on her account where she promotes inclusivity and diversity in the outdoors as well as raises awareness about climate change, things like plastic pollution and so much more in an incredibly fun format.

Her voice is new and refreshing in the outdoor space.

I was honored when I reached out to this queen and she agreed to let me take her out for a surf lesson.

Just a note, we get pretty passionate and animated in our conversation,

and there's some not so kid-friendly language in this episode.

We also get very real and dive into things from

The Birth of Patagononia, who the amazing photographer behind

Patty is, building community and why that's so important, how Patty deals with the haters,

coming out, and most of all we get really deep in how to be wildly

you, no matter what.

So the audience knows you're listening in your car or wherever you're listening.

We just went surfing.

Patty went surfing in heels.

You know, we did the damn thing and it was very addicting. I had fun. I was not

expecting to be able to even stand on the board so that was a life accomplishment but then I I wanted to get out there

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