PRESS ENQUIRIES
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MEDIA COVERAGE
Below is a selection of items, featuring Extreme Dreams and Dean Dunbar, that have appeared in the media. These vary from newpapers, magazines, radio and television.
- 26 Sep 2023 - RNIB Connect Radio – Sea Swimming, Cycling and Prone Boarding with Dean Dunbar
- 01 Sep 2023 - RNIB Connect Radio – The Blind Leading
- 31 Mar 2021 - Always Another Adventure podcast – general interview
- 16 Mar 2021 - The Kaye Adams Programme, BBC Radio Scotland – The Adventure Show and general interview
- 15 Mar 2021 - BBC iPlayer, “The Adventure Show” – proneboarding, wing foiling, and foil towing
- 06 Mar 2021 - BBC News – Blairgowrie’s blind adventurer undeterred by brush with death
- 21 Aug 2020 - DofE Scotland Gold Award video
- 22 Jun 2020 - A Broken World – General interview
- 10 Jun 2020 - RSGS “Inspiring People At Home”
- 23 May 2020 - Sport Trax SAfm – General interview
- 30 Jul 2019 - Stand Up Paddlebording #Palm40years – SUP
- 15 Jun 2019 - The Courier Weekend magazine – Prone-boarding
- 23 Oct 2018 - Connect Radio – 150th Anniversary Feature: Dean Dunbar, Blind And Dangerous
- 28 Aug 2018 - The Courier Weekend magazine – SUP & other adventures
- 27 May 2018 - Daily Record – SUP 11 City, 2018
- 23 May 2018 - British Canoeing – General SUP
- 09 Jan 2018 - TotalSUP – St Kilda SUP
- 06 Dec 2017 - 101 Adventurers
- 22 Jul 2017 - The Scottish Sun – St Kilda SUP
- 05 Apr 2017 - Stand Up Paddle Mag UK – Magnificent Seven
- 14 Dec 2016 - Stand Up Paddle Mag UK – 3 Lakes Challenge
- 17 Oct 2016 - Daily Record – Great Glen Paddle Challenge SUP
- 08 Aug 2016 - STV News – Magnificent 7 SUP
- 06 Aug 2016 - Edinburgh Evening News – Magnificent 7 SUP
- 29 Jul 2016 - Blairgowrie Advertiser – 3 Lakes SUP
- 05 Jul 2016 - SUPboardermag.com – Blind SUPing
- 17 Jun 2016 - Blairgowrie Advertiser – Argyll Sea Kayak Trail SUP
- 12 May 2016 - ForArgyll – Argyll Sea Kayak Trail SUP
- 08 Apr 2016 - SUPboardermag.com – Loch Awe SUP
- 10 Jul 2015 - SUPboardermag.com – Scilly SUP
- 03 Jul 2015 - Blairgowrie Advertiser – Kerrera SUP
- 01 Jul 2015 - Mpora.com – Scilly SUP
- 11 Jun 2015 - Oban Times – Kerrera SUP
- 01 Apr 2015 - Mpora.com – Caledonian Canal SUP trip
- 15 Mar 2015 - Stand Up Paddling Magazine (SUPM) – SUP adventures (part 2)
- 21 Nov 2014 - STV (online article) – Dundee Mountain Film Festival
- 15 Oct 2014 - The Herald – Caledonian Canal SUP
- 01 Sep 2014 - Stand Up Paddling Magazine (SUPM) – SUP adventures (part 1)
- 08 Aug 2014 - Blairgowrie Advertiser – UK’s Highest SUP Club
- 01 Aug 2014 - Blairgowrie Advertiser – Loch Tay SUP
- 04 Mar 2014 - Insight Radio – General interview
- 04 Mar 2014 - Epic TV – Speed riding
- 24 Feb 2014 - Daily Record – Speed riding interview
- 01 Feb 2014 - The Blind Sport Podcast – Extreme Sports – General interview
- 01 Jan 2014 - ID Band Company Blog – General interview
- 01 Jun 2013 - Dangerous Magazine, USA – General interview
- 01 Oct 2012 - Faces magazine, Malaysia – General interview
- 10 Aug 2012 - Cyprus Weekly – Abandon Channel swim, set loch record
- 04 Aug 2012 - Sunday Times – Loch Etchachan swim
- 30 Mar 2012 - Cyprus Weekly – English Channel Swim training in Cyprus
- 07 Aug 2011 - Sunday Mail – Corryvreckan Gulf swim
- 03 Jun 2011 - North Tonight, STV – Interview and footage about upcoming English Channel attempt
- 01 May 2011 - Sunday Mail – English Channel solo swim
- 02 Dec 2009 - This Morning, ITV – General interview, including footage
- 06 Nov 2009 - The Herald – general article about being blind and doinig daft stuff
- 21 Sep 2009 - STV – UK’s highest waterfall abseil (aquaseil)
- 09 Sep 2009 - Health & Safety Executive – HSE Pledge Campaign
- 05 Sep 2009 - Press & Journal – UK’s highest waterfall abseil (aquaseil)
- 20 Jul 2009 - Press & Journal – Glen Nevis River Race
- 07 Feb 2009 - Saturday Live, BBC Radio 4 – chat about being registered blind & participating in extreme sports
- 31 Aug 2007 - North Tonight, STV – Hydrospeeding The Tay
- 17 Aug 2007 - Press & Journal – River Tay hydrospeed trip
- 01 May 2006 - The Adventure Show, BBC Scotland – River Bugging on the Tummel
- 04 Apr 2006 - Daily Express – Great Glen Way m/bike trip
- 01 Jan 2006 - MSG Magazine – Mountainbiking trip
- 01 Jan 2005 - 2 excess, Winter 2004/05 – website
- 30 Oct 2003 - The Courier – website
- 28 Apr 2003 - Press & Journal – river bugs
- 01 Nov 2002 - Disability Now – website
- 01 Oct 2002 - Hong Kong Sun – website
- 23 Sep 2002 - Western Daily Press – wing-walk
- 03 Sep 2002 - Express & Echo (Exeter) – wing-walk
- 21 Jun 2002 - Express & Echo (Exeter) – Queen’s Jubilee Baton Relay
- 18 Apr 2002 - Take A Break Magazine – world trip
- 02 Mar 2002 - Daily Express – world trip
- 18 Feb 2002 - Express & Echo (Exeter) – world trip
Extreme Dreams and Dean Dunbar, have appeared in many articles, including the following:
TV
- ITV’s “This Morning”
- The Channel 4 series “River Stories”
- The BBC’s “Adventure Show”
- South West ITV News
- STV (Scottish Television) News
RADIO
- BBC Radio 1
- BBC Radio 2
- BBC Radio 5 Live
- BBC Insight
NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES
- The Daily Telegraph
- The Sun
- Daily Record
- The Bangkok Post
- The Hong Kong Sun
- Men’s Fitness magazine
- Focus – the magazine of science and discovery
- Comuita Magazine – the nature of New Zealand
and many other publications.