Shane Johnson's Motivational Speech to UCF!

Motivational Speaker Shane Johnson inspired students from UCF College of Business in Orlando, FL.

The Fire Inside each of us is the key to success. It is the fuel that feeds our drive to see our dreams become a reality. Without it nothing great will ever be accomplished.

Last year Shane Johnson ran across the country Inspiring and motivating the homeless. Join us this year as Shane runs Across America as a Motivational Speaker inspiring Schools, Communities, and Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities to help those struggling with addiction to find their true WHY!

Crossing 9 States, speaking in 20 Cities, Crossing 3,000 Miles, and running over 1600 Miles for over 65 Days!

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Video Produced and Edited by Booyah VP Ray Tharaldson using FCPX, Motion 5 & Photoshop CS5. All Rights Reserved 2018

Motivational Speaker Shane Johnson to speak at GovCon 2018!

Motivational Speaker Shane Johnson will be speaking at the Veteran Connection Track of the Florida GovCon Summit in Orlando. He'll speak at lunch from 12pm-1pm on Feb 28th.

Jenny W. Clark
Businessman, Marine and Motivational Speaker, Shane's topic will be: "3,000 Miles for Your Why" asking you how far would you be willing to go for your purpose in life? In this presentation, Shane will show you how he ran 3000 miles while running 3 successful businesses and giving back all at the same time.

At the Veteran Connection Track for Florida GovCon Summit, We're creating two days of sessions to bring transitioning veterans together with the business community especially focused on technology and services across modeling/training simulation, cyber security, unmaned systems, special operations/mission support/intel... many of these veteran-owned small businesses.

Last year Shane Johnson ran across the country Inspiring and motivating the homeless. Join us this year as Shane runs Across America as a Motivational Speaker inspiring Schools, Communities, and Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities to help those struggling with addiction to find their true WHY!

Crossing 9 States, speaking in 20 Cities, Crossing 3,000 Miles, and running over 1600 Miles for over 65 Days!

www.facebook.com/tshanejohnson
Twitter-@tshanejohnson
Instagram-@tshanejohnson
Linkedin-@tshanejohnson
#hikeacrossamerica2017
#hikeacrossamerica2018
#runningmotivationalspeaker
#motivationalspeaker
#schoolofgreatness
#sevenbucksprod
#danygarcia
#lewishowes
#therock
#sevenbucksproductions
@danygarciaco

Video Produced and Edited by Booyah VP Ray Tharaldson using FCPX, Motion 5 & Photoshop CS5. All Rights Reserved 2018

The Fire Inside!

The Fire Inside each of us is the key to success. It is the fuel that feeds our drive to see our dreams become a reality. Without it nothing great will ever be accomplished.

Last year Shane Johnson ran across the country Inspiring and motivating the homeless. Join us this year as Shane runs Across America as a Motivational Speaker inspiring Schools, Communities, and Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities to help those struggling with addiction to find their true WHY!

Crossing 9 States, speaking in 20 Cities, Crossing 3,000 Miles, and running over 1600 Miles for over 65 Days!

www.facebook.com/tshanejohnson
Twitter-@tshanejohnson
Instagram-@tshanejohnson
Linkedin-@tshanejohnson
#hikeacrossamerica2017
#hikeacrossamerica2018
#runningmotivationalspeaker
#motivationalspeaker
#schoolofgreatness
#sevenbucksprod
#danygarcia
#lewishowes
#therock
#sevenbucksproductions
@danygarciaco

Video Produced and Edited by Booyah VP Ray Tharaldson using FCPX, Motion 5 & Photoshop CS5. All Rights Reserved 2018

Motivational Speaker Shane Johnson Speaks to Prominent Orlando Leaders!

Motivational Speaker Shane Johnson was honored to speak this week to the Orlando Community about what it is to be an American and our 2018 Hike Plans!

Last year Shane Johnson ran across the country Inspiring and motivating the homeless. Join us this year as Shane runs Across America as a Motivational Speaker inspiring Schools, Communities, and Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities to help those struggling with addiction to find their true WHY!

Crossing 9 States, speaking in 20 Cities, Crossing 3,000 Miles, and running over 1600 Miles for over 65 Days!

www.facebook.com/tshanejohnson
Twitter-@tshanejohnson
Instagram-@tshanejohnson
Linkedin-@tshanejohnson
#hikeacrossamerica2017
#hikeacrossamerica2018
#runningmotivationalspeaker
#motivationalspeaker
#schoolofgreatness
#sevenbucksprod
#danygarcia
#lewishowes
#therock
#sevenbucksproductions
@danygarciaco

Video Produced and Edited by Booyah VP Ray Tharaldson using FCPX, Motion 5 & Photoshop CS5. All Rights Reserved 2018

Flash Back: Last spring Shane began training with WBH Champion Pinklon Thomas for Hike Across America

Last spring World Heavy Weight Boxing Champion Pinklon Thomas began training Businessman / Speaker / Marines Shane Johnson to prepare him physically, mentally & spiritually for his Hike Across America to raise awareness about Veteran suicides and homelessness.

by George Diaz Contact Reporter / Orlando Sentinel

Pinklon Thomas has a Christmas gift for you.

It offers redemption, sacrifice, pain and perseverance. It’s a road map of survival, one that he would not recommend.

It’s his story. Hopefully, you can take away bits and pieces, and remember those cautionary moments that come across in everyone’s life. From there, it’s a simple step: Don’t do what he did.

Thomas, who has lived in Orlando since 1989, is a former world heavyweight boxing champion. 

Back in the day, that was the most prestigious badge of honor a man could wear. Boxing was once the sport of kings, and heavyweight champions were legendary heroes.

Joe Louis, John L. Sullivan, Jack Dempsey, Joe Frazier, Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson. And Pinklon Thomas.

“Pink” was the World Boxing Council heavyweight champion from 1984 to 1986. He made one successful title defense against Mike Weaver before losing the title to Trevor Berbick. It was a short ride, but still, he climbed the mountain.

The sacrifices have been significant. Pink provides much context and detail in an autobiography he released in November, titled “Back from the Edge of Hell.” The spoiler alert is obviously in the title.

You can also flip to the back cover that says, “Pinklon allowed himself to be lured into the gangster lifestyle and becomes a heroin addict at age 12. When 15, he quits school, commits armed robberies, steals from a drug lord and is hunted down by hired killers. Boxing offers him a way out. …”

After years of inflicting pain on himself, Thomas found a way out by learning to inflict pain on others.

“I didn’t have to have a degree,” he said. “I didn’t have to have a diploma. I had to have heart. I had to have desire and motivation to do what I wanted to do. So I had to make a choice. And when I made that choice I didn’t look back.”

He turned pro after just three amateur fights. His skill sets were basic. He was a lefty and didn’t even throw rights in his first nine fights. But he kept winning. After 25 fights and a 24-0-1 record, he beat Tim Witherspoon in August 1984 to win the world heavyweight title.

Two fights later, it was all lost, and Thomas eventually reverted to the hopeless lifestyle he had embraced growing up in Pontiac, Mich.

He checked out in a hazy blur of smoking cocaine after losing to Evander Holyfield in September 1988. He lost 13 pounds in a drug-induced stupor. All the while, he kept fooling himself that he could still fight. He tried reaching out to his former trainer, the legendary Angelo Dundee, who abruptly told him to get lost before hanging up the phone.

Pink had to make another choice. He finally checked himself into a drug rehab facility, the Eastwood Clinic near Detroit. Ashamed and embarrassed, he used the alias, "Thomas West.” Pink got himself scared straight in 21 days. After paying the $6,000 bill, one of the first people he called was Dundee.

This time, Angie didn’t hang up the phone.

Pink would fight until January 1993, retiring with a 43-7-1 record. But his greatest victory is getting clean and sober, all these years and counting, starting on Feb. 13, 1989.

 photo by Ray Tharaldson all rights reserved

“There are a lot of things I wish I didn’t do,” he said, a few months short of celebrating his 60th birthday in February. “But today I have a great life. I’m happy. Satisfied.”

Like every good man, Pink has a strong woman in his corner. He met DeJuana (aka DJ) eight months into his sobriety, in Orlando. They’ve been together ever since, embracing the traditional “sickness and health” vows.

Thomas is recuperating from recent back surgery that took nearly six hours. The doctor’s diagnosis was spinal stenosis, which came from all the rounds of combat fighting. A lot of scar tissue had built up as well. The pain had been excruciating.

photo by Ray Tharaldson

all rights reserved 2018

Pink will be home for the holidays on doctor’s orders. He wears a back brace. He hooks himself up to a simulator two hours a day to strengthen his back. DJ still gives him grief because Pink tends to go off the grid now and then, playing pool or doing something else to put stress on his back.

But he will be fine. Rising up without adversity is easy. Rising up after you fall is the hard part.

Pinklon Thomas is no longer King of the Ring. But he is still standing. Sometimes, the greatest victories aren’t celebrated when the referee raises your hand.

Booyah Productions Releases New Promo for Motivational Speaker Shane Johnson!

Motivatonal Speaker Shane Johnson will be the key note speaker at UCF College of Business, Orlando, on Feb. 6th from 11am-12pm.

Shane  has spoken at major events and corporations including Wreathes Across America, GoDaddy, Caesars Entertainment, UCF School of Business & Clean The World.
 
He has been interviewed by major news organizations such as USA Today, Fox, CBS, NBC, PBS & IHeart Radio.

 Cover design & photo's by Ray Tharaldson

Early this spring Shane will be releasing his book "3,000 Miles For Your WHY" featuring highlights, photo's and insights about Hike Across America.
 
Associated Press award winning photojournalist Ray Tharaldson is producing the documentary "3,000 Miles For Your Why" about Shane's journey  across America.

The Booyah Team is currently seeking sponsors & endorsements. If you are interested, have possible contacts or want to share your ideas about this monumental project please contact us by following the links below!

tshanejohnson.com
www.booyahproduction.blogspot.com
www.booyahveteranbusproject.com
www.cleantheworld.org/hike
 #getonthebuswithus
#hikeacrossamerica
#booyahveteranbusproject

For  information about speaking engagements contact: (704) 574-6611

The Hike Across America promo video was created by Ray Tharaldson in FCPX, Motion5 & Photoshop CS5. 

Motivational Speaker Shane Johnson asks "Are Your Goals Big Enough?"

Motivational Speaker Shane Johnson asks the question "Are Your Goals Big Enough?"

One of the most gratifying rewards in life is to achieve greater success than you thought you were capable of and accomplishing what your critics considered impossible.

Give them something to laugh about. Then succeed and enjoy the ultimate reward of having the last laugh!

We'd love to hear your greatest success story. Please leave your personal story of accomplishment in the comment section below!

tshanejohnson.com
www.booyahproduction.blogspot.com
www.booyahveteranbusproject.com
www.cleantheworld.org/hike
 #getonthebuswithus
#hikeacrossamerica
#booyahveteranbusproject
 
For  information about speaking engagements contact: (704) 574-6611

The Hike Across America promo video was created by Ray Tharaldson in FCPX, Motion5 & Photoshop CS5.

Booyah Productions has begun development on the reality show "Hike Across America"

Booyah Productions is starting development on a reality show inspired by Motivational Speaker Shane Johnson's epic 3,000 mile Hike Across America. Shane shared his inspirational message to audiences in 20 cities across 9 states. 

We felt America's heartbeat. We visited the main streets of our nation and heard the real life day to day struggles of our fellow citizens. We want to share their compelling stories of overcoming personal limitations and how they've begun the journey to becoming the success they were created to be.

In each episode of the Hike Across America reality show Shane will share his motivational message of hope, perseverance and personal responsibility to the porches, town halls, schools, churches and local diners of America.

Shane  has spoken at major events and corporations including Wreathes Across America, GoDaddy, Caesars Entertainment, Central Florida School of Business & Clean The World.

He has been interviewed by major news organizations such as USA Today, Fox, CBS, NBC, PBS & IHeart Radio.

 Cover design & photo's by Ray Tharaldson

Early this spring Shane will be releasing his book "3,000 Miles For Your WHY" featuring highlights, photo's and insights about Hike Across America.

Associated Press award winning photojournalist Ray Tharaldson is producing the documentary "3,000 Miles For Your Why" about Shane's journey  across America.
 
Ray has worked as an editor/photojournalist for CBS WSBT/22, Fox WSJV/28, PBS WNIT/34 and freelanced for CBN & Fox NY.
 
The Booyah Team is currently seeking sponsors & endorsements. If you are interested, have possible contacts or want to share your ideas about this monumental project please contact us by following the links below!

tshanejohnson.com
www.booyahproduction.blogspot.com
www.booyahveteranbusproject.com
www.cleantheworld.org/hike
 #getonthebuswithus
#hikeacrossamerica
#booyahveteranbusproject
 
For  information about speaking engagements contact: (704) 574-6611

The Hike Across America promo video was created by Ray Tharaldson in FCPX, Motion5 & Photoshop CS5.

Motivational Speaker Shane Johnson Decides to Compete in The Worlds Toughest Foot Race, Badwater Death Valley!

What does motivational speaker Shane Johnson do after Hiking Across America to raise awareness about Veteran suicides? How about competing in the worlds toughest foot race known as Badwater in Death Valley, CA. Shane's mission is to use this race as a platform to help raise awareness and 3 million dollars to complete the new Orlando Fisher House.

For members of our Armed Forces, retirees, veterans, and their families, the Fisher House program offers shelter and support during a medical crisis. Fisher Houses offer a comforting “home away from home” while a loved is receiving care in an unfamiliar environment. This special support is even more important to a family during the most stressful time – the hospitalization of a wounded or injured service member involved in military operations like Enduring Freedom or Iraqi Freedom.

These homes are located at major military and VA medical centers nationwide, close to the medical center or hospital they serve. Fisher Houses have up to 21 suites, with private bedrooms and baths. Families share a common kitchen, laundry facilities, a warm dining room and an inviting living room. Fisher House Foundation ensures that there is never a lodging fee. Since inception, the program has saved military and veterans’ families an estimated $360 million in out of pocket costs for lodging and transportation.

Shane has begun training for this especially brutal race and building the support team needed to accomplish possibly the greatest challenge of his life.

“The World’s Toughest Foot Race”

Covering 135 miles (217km) non-stop from Death Valley to Mt. Whitney, CA, the STYR Labs Badwater® 135 is the most demanding and extreme running race offered anywhere on the planet. The start line is at Badwater Basin, Death Valley, which marks the lowest elevation in North America at 280’ (85m) below sea level. The race finishes at Whitney Portal at 8,300’ (2530m), which is the trailhead to the Mt. Whitney summit, the highest point in the contiguous United States.

The Badwater 135 course covers three mountain ranges for a total of 14,600’ (4450m) of cumulative vertical ascent and 6,100’ (1859m) of cumulative descent. Competitors travel through places or landmarks with names like Mushroom Rock, Furnace Creek, Salt Creek, Devil’s Cornfield, Devil’s Golf Course, Stovepipe Wells, Panamint Springs, Keeler, Alabama Hills, and Lone Pine.
 
Shane  has spoken at major events and corporations including Wreathes Across America, GoDaddy, Caesars Entertainment, Central Florida School of Business & Clean The World.

He has been interviewed by major news organizations such as USA Today, Fox, CBS, NBC, PBS & IHeart Radio.

 Cover design & photo's by Ray Tharaldson

Early this spring Shane will be releasing his book "3,000 Miles For Your WHY" featuring highlights, photo's and insights about Hike Across America.

Associated Press award winning photojournalist Ray Tharaldson is partnering with Full Sail University to produce the documentary "3,000 Miles For Your Why" about Shane's journey  across America.
 
Ray has worked as an editor/photojournalist for CBS WSBT/22, Fox WSJV/28, PBS WNIT/34 and freelanced for CBN & Fox NY.
 
The Booyah Team is currently seeking sponsors & endorsements for this epic event. If you are 
interested, have possible contacts or want to share your ideas about this monumental project please contact us by following the links below!

tshanejohnson.com
www.booyahproduction.blogspot.com
www.booyahveteranbusproject.com
www.cleantheworld.org/hike
 #getonthebuswithus
#hikeacrossamerica
#booyahveteranbusproject
For  information about speaking engagements contact: (704) 574-6611