FUEL TV: Firsthand
FUEL TV’s original series Firsthand brings you up close and personal with today’s top action sports athletes. Follow along as they span the globe in search of untracked powder, concrete bowls, and perfect waves. In a super-sized Season 11, catch a personal look at the lives of Mike Mo Capaldi, Mat Rebeaud, Damien Hobgood, Lance Mountain, Ryan Nyquist, and many more.
Full Length Episodes
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Coming out of a long off-season, professional snowboarder Laura Hadar must get back into shape to...
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Join pro skateboarder, Mike Mo Capaldi, in his hometown of Simi Valley, CA as he warms up with so...
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In this up close and personal look into Alex Grey's life we get a clearer understanding of his re...
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This Week On Firsthand

Chico Brenes
Pro skateboarder Chico Brenes returns to his childhood home of Nicaragua to reconnect with family and friends and to help strengthen the local skate scene.
Robbie Maddison
Follow pro FMX rider Robbie Maddison as he takes on the distance jumping record, competes in the X-Fighters, and attempts a ten story step up in Vegas.
Matt Rebeaud
Swiss FMX Rider Mat Rebeaud gives us a tour of his home in Switzerland, journeys to the Red Bull compound to practice for the upcoming competition season, and then flies to Calgary, Canada to see if he can continue the form that gained him the 2008 X-Fighters overall championship.
Lance Mountain
Legendary skateboarder Lance Mountain visits Tony Alva s shop, skates with Paul Rodriguez, and offers a behind the scenes look at the filming of Flip s video "Extremely Sorry."
Brian Patch
Join professional skateboarder Brian Patch as he skates pools, jumps mega ramps, rides motocross, snowboards, jumps out airplanes, and mountain bikes. Brian also joins legends Jay Adams and Christian Hosoi for some more skating.
Damien Hobgood
Representing half of the wonder-twin duo, Damien Hobgood heads to two of the most spectacular surfing destinations in the world in this unforgettable episode of Firsthand.
Cast
Daniel Dhers
After an awe-inspiring breakout year in 2006 that included clinching the overall Action Sports Tour title in BMX Park, Daniel Dhers became the man to beat in 2007. Unfortunately for h...
Nick Dompierre
Nick Dompierre likes to go fast. Really fast. He turned pro in January 2007, but with his skill on all terrain, he'd been on the verge of pro status for two years. An East Coast skate...
Josh Dirksen
As an integral part of the Robot Food generation that revolutionized modern snowboard videos, Josh Dirksen has some serious clout these days in front of Mack Dawg’s infamous lens. A p...
Paul Machnau
Paul Machnau (it’s Mack-now) is one of skateboarding's unsung heroes. Machnau exists in a world outside of marketing flash or outrageous fashion trends. For this reason, he's lesser-k...
Mike Mo Capaldi
Mike “Mo” Capaldi grew up in the breathtakingly beautiful city of Simi
Valley, CA. home of the Manson Caves, Van Wastell and Skatelab. Born
one year before I graduated in 1990, Mike...
Damien Hobgood
Damien Hobgood competes because he loves it. And no amount of lousy
Florida surf can keep this serious competitor from dominating the epic
tubes at breaks like Tavarua where he's wa...
Ryan Nyquist
Ryan Nyquist is one of the biggest names in BMX Dirt and Park. He was on a bike by the age of three and was entering BMX competitions before he could drive. Now at the age of 37 he co...
Brian Grubb
Twenty-nine-year-old Brian K. Grubb is arguably the best wakeskater in the world. But is it all too much for him? How does he relax? Or is he just too relaxed? He tells The Red Bullet...
Anthony Napolitan
Anthony is a 23 year old professional BMX rider from State College, Pennsylvania.Sponsors: Hoffman Bikes , BooKoo Energy , System Cycle , Duffs Shoes , Profile Racing , Maxxis TiresFo...
Chad Reed
Nickname: Reedy
Team: Monster Energy Kawasaki
Date of Birth: 15/3/1982
Nationality: Australian
Hometown: Kurri Kurri, NSW
Height: 179cm
Weight: 72kg
Marital Status: Married to ...













