A comment section full of love for the legend. Great interview, great questions, great responses. Really enjoy the dynamic and authenticity from both Sevan and Dave as always. I am personally looking forward to the upcoming season. We have your back Dave 💪🏼
I have so much love and respect for you Dave! Thank you for taking time to come on and speak on the hard things. You are the best Sevan, thank you for always keeping it real!
Castro rocks.........I am an Australian Ultra-endurance athlete who has met many US military types at races in "The States", who have become lifelong friends. Many of those guys are/were part of the SF community and have shared stories of their lives while deployed. Words cannot describe how much respect I have for those men and Dave, to me, is just like them. Respect Dave...Much respect! Bring on the 2025 CF season!
Dave is a real one! This was one of my favorites to listen to! Such a good conversation between you both. I love that you ask the hard questions and respect when Dave passes on answering, also respect that Dave keeps things private. You are a Good Dude Sevan and so glad to see Dave back! I know he continues to do so much that he will never take credit for behind the scenes but having him share every now and again is nice. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Sevan, I don’t jump into comments that frequently but I wanted to on this one . Thanks for this podcast , it’s good to hear from Dave and well done for asking reasonable questions. Happy Christmas 🎉
Dave is a special man and a rare breed. We CrossFitters are incredibly lucky to have him in leadership. It takes special kinds of balls and humility to get on here and NOT defend himself / make his case. With so many loud people BLASTING him, it would be the natural response from nearly anybody on earth. His conviction and discipline is honorable and I want to be more like him, for real.
Honestly he’s nothing special. Just a guy that genuinely doesn’t care what people think of him. If that’s impressive to you then you need to go live outside of a major city. That’s how everyone is lol.
Sevan. Please could you put your travelling aversion to one side and go with Dave to the affiliates and highlight how important he is to CrossFit and the community. The work he does the people and community he touches. It would be incredible
great episode, I'm so happy to see and hear Dave again!! noticeable how hard all was for him too when he decided not to answer a few of Sevan's questions, but the one he answered about the media people that want him out.. perfect answer 👏
Was really nice to see and hear from Dave after a really tough year. I’m glad he’s doing okay. Was always a supporter and I’ll continue to be. Looking forward to see what’s next with the season. God bless! 👊🙏🏻✝️
So great to see and hear from Dave. Delighted to hear “week in review” will be coming back 🙌🏻 You can see this has really impacted him and he’s still on a journey through this. Big luv to you Dave, stay strong 🫶🏻 Ps. Love the affiliate commercial too Thanks Sevan for a great show ❤
I really appreciate the dynamic between Sevan and Dave. Sevan asks Dave some hard hitting questions, Dave respectfully declines to answer. A good sign of mutual respect.
Dave Castro is my man crush. So much respect. Never met him, but I love that man. The wokarazzi could learn a thing or two, or ten, about integrity from him
Agree about podcasts. To easy for ppl to take out of context, twist words, hear only what they want, etc… Never the same as face to face conversations & real-relationships
I cannot believe Vellner and Fikowski think they can hold Dave accountable. Think of the life Dave has led. He’s been the most elite operator in the world, while the hardest part of the Canadian gays’ life has been chiro school and beach volleyball.
I was actually saying the same thing to my husband. Here are these guys who’ve never gotten their hands dirty complaining about a man who served in life and death situations and is too mean. Like he’s the problem.
How do we know what Castro did and did not do? Oh, yeah, it's secret. We had a famous author here in Denmark, Sven Hazel, got rich from his WW2-tales, where he fought for the nazis, mostly on the eastern front. Some 25 years into this, it turns out he was a clerk in Berlin, never saw combat. Now, let me see evidence of Castro's true merrits and I'll shut up, no problem. Yet, the way he handled Event 1 at CFG24, I would not feel safe having him leading my outfit/crew/team/company, no matter how much of a Rambo he would turn out to be.
Dave is a private person but he also really has to watch what he says until all the legal proceedings surrounding Lazar are over and resolved since anything he says could be used against him and CrossFit. If he even hints of feeling any responsibility for what happened, it could be used in a legal proceeding. So, you can see his emotions rolling off him even through that toughness and necessity to not speak about this. Glad to see Dave back in the public.
Top athletes now think they are bigger than CrossFit! Hence they feel they can put demands on CrossFit! No other sports stars get a say in their sport! Did David Beckham get a say in how The Soccer World Cup was run?
People are just way too sensitive. People want to blame everybody else he's just a businessman and being a Navy SEAL he's just black and white and that's how it is and people want to say whatever. People just need to grow up and stop crying about everything
Games shouldn’t be in August ; that is my first week back to school & it is an inconvenient time for me to ask off. lol who am I…I have paid $20 to enter the Open 4 times…each time after being inconsistent with my training…”just needed ANOTHER baseline.” …Nevermind. TDC go ahead & schedule it whenever you see fit. At least I was able to last year. 😂😢😊
So funny to run through the comments. Lots of parises from the freedom fighting, anti government, Trump voters, who would just like to have a strong leader to do all the thinking for them. That's rooting for facism on a small scale, just for your information.
@@abstractgeniuscomments said the communist. Kamala still loves you even if your mommy doesn't. Take your negative vibes back to Brian friend and Craig richey. 🤡 💉
No, buddy, the root of fascism is taking the rights away from individuals and giving them to groups. Usually lead by weak beta men. Just for your information.
@@TheSevanPodcasthah, sounds like a description of that new administration USA is looking into; rich(by birth), asberger/sociopathic CEO-betas, putting tarrifs on their own hard working omega-voters, while telling them it's all about immegrants and banning freedoms of half the population. To put it all in one sentence and that wasen't easy btw.
The important question is when Don said that CrossFit HQ was going to “take significant money out of the Games” did this include the safety budget. It seems to me that for a brand new venue in TX in August the safety budget should have increased. The rumor I heard was that they slashed the safety budget by 1/3. If they cut the safety budget by 1/3 from previous years, they knowingly and intentionally FOR PROFITS made the Games unsafe or at a minimum less safe. I also heard that the presence of safety personal on the water was noticeably lower than in years prior. As if this isn’t damning enough, the athletes organized into the PFAA because their safety concerns were being ignored. Despite injuries and safety concerns, there was seemingly no safety standards or best practices. The PFAA was pushing for this and somehow this was too much for CrossFit to agree to. With regards to Dave Castro as head of the Games, if he was aware of the cuts to the safety budget and did not at least push back, then he is complicit. If he remains complicit after Lazar’s death, then as the head of the CrossFit Games, people will call for him to be removed.
Who is concerned with retribution? They just have safety and communication concerns and HQ / Dave have a history as I understand it of not taking these concerns seriously. Seems like Dave would not have been able to answer questions about this anyway.
Seriously? You don’t know why athletes who have dedicated their lives to competing in the competition to find the fittest athlete in the world maybe upset with Dave still be involved and conflicted about participating? Sounds like Dave is telling athletes to boycott the Games. Wonder if according to Chase Ingram this makes Dave a piece of shit. Sounds like Dave doesn’t have an issue with how Private Equity is destroying the company or he would not associate with it and take it all the way to the goal line.
Craig Richey said he wanted Dave gone? You sure that isn’t a bit of recency bias?? A bit of butthurt from you Sevan?? Or just a blatant BS lie?? I mean it would not be your first 🙄🤷🏽♂️
I want to hug Dave. You could feel his emotion even without his saying a word. And yes, I miss the week in review!
Thanks Sevan! Dave is a great inspiration, as are you! Long time listener from Australia!
Glad to have TDC back and in good spirits.
A comment section full of love for the legend. Great interview, great questions, great responses. Really enjoy the dynamic and authenticity from both Sevan and Dave as always. I am personally looking forward to the upcoming season. We have your back Dave 💪🏼
Sooo good to see and hear Dave again!
I have so much love and respect for you Dave! Thank you for taking time to come on and speak on the hard things. You are the best Sevan, thank you for always keeping it real!
A friend from my gym, said you were extremely approachable. She said you treated volunteers as important as the athletes.
Glad to hear from Dave, thanks for the interview and broadcast Sevan.
Love him or hate him, as a man he is operating on his values according to what he thinks is right, not whats popular. I respect that!
Castro rocks.........I am an Australian Ultra-endurance athlete who has met many US military types at races in "The States", who have become lifelong friends. Many of those guys are/were part of the SF community and have shared stories of their lives while deployed. Words cannot describe how much respect I have for those men and Dave, to me, is just like them. Respect Dave...Much respect! Bring on the 2025 CF season!
Dave is a real one! This was one of my favorites to listen to! Such a good conversation between you both. I love that you ask the hard questions and respect when Dave passes on answering, also respect that Dave keeps things private. You are a Good Dude Sevan and so glad to see Dave back! I know he continues to do so much that he will never take credit for behind the scenes but having him share every now and again is nice. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Sevan, I don’t jump into comments that frequently but I wanted to on this one . Thanks for this podcast , it’s good to hear from Dave and well done for asking reasonable questions. Happy Christmas 🎉
Dave. Is. The. Best! He IS CROSSFIT!
Mmmm I'm wondering where did you take that picture in the thumbnail from... 🤔
Sevan I appreciate that you ask the hard questions. Dave I appreciate that you say next question rather than just spilling your guts. Keep it up!
So glad to see Dave back! Sorry to miss it live. Thank you!
It was so great to see TDC back on here again!
Dave is a special man and a rare breed. We CrossFitters are incredibly lucky to have him in leadership. It takes special kinds of balls and humility to get on here and NOT defend himself / make his case. With so many loud people BLASTING him, it would be the natural response from nearly anybody on earth. His conviction and discipline is honorable and I want to be more like him, for real.
Honestly he’s nothing special. Just a guy that genuinely doesn’t care what people think of him. If that’s impressive to you then you need to go live outside of a major city. That’s how everyone is lol.
Sevan. Please could you put your travelling aversion to one side and go with Dave to the affiliates and highlight how important he is to CrossFit and the community. The work he does the people and community he touches. It would be incredible
So glad see Dave and he's in good spirits ❤
Dave glad to see you back, Sevy you’re the best and thank you for making this happen 🥰
Thanks for coming on the broadcast. Nice to hear from you again. ❤ Good job from both of you.
Great to see Dave back !
great episode, I'm so happy to see and hear Dave again!! noticeable how hard all was for him too when he decided not to answer a few of Sevan's questions, but the one he answered about the media people that want him out.. perfect answer 👏
GOD I LOVE THIS MAN!!!!!❤❤❤
Was really nice to see and hear from Dave after a really tough year. I’m glad he’s doing okay. Was always a supporter and I’ll continue to be. Looking forward to see what’s next with the season. God bless! 👊🙏🏻✝️
I think Dave has been treated unfairly and given that, he’s shown great emotional maturity.
I hope to grow into a man that Dave would be proud of. I respect him more than I can explain.
Also, I really appreciate your quiet professionalism. In a world full of all these loud celebrity/tacti-cool influencers.
I love you TDC! I don’t hate you. 😎
Thanks for all you do.
In service to this country first & foremost, 2nd to CF & the community!
Sevy showing TDC how to fire a gun had to be my favorite part.
Dave, your WIR's were the best. I hope you restart them.
Dave is the real definition of a man. He is the type of man that built this country. The world needs more like him.
We really don't.
G A Y
Chill with the glazing bro.
Amazing interview...loved it...Thank you both. Merry Xmas x
So great to see and hear from Dave. Delighted to hear “week in review” will be coming back 🙌🏻
You can see this has really impacted him and he’s still on a journey through this. Big luv to you Dave, stay strong 🫶🏻
Ps. Love the affiliate commercial too
Thanks Sevan for a great show ❤
Dave Castro is the fn man 🇺🇸💪🏼
Dave Castro is my spirit animal. Thanks Dave for all that you do for CrossFit.
Dave❤ the one and only TDC❤
Thanks in advance for bringing back WIR. Cheers from Finland.
I really appreciate the dynamic between Sevan and Dave. Sevan asks Dave some hard hitting questions, Dave respectfully declines to answer. A good sign of mutual respect.
Yup, and as listners, costumers and cult members we stand there, with no real answers left.
Mad respect for Dave giving his friend the benefit of the doubt 1:37:27
So much respect for him
Great interview. Gives me more faith in the future growth of CrossFit.
Great episode, thank you!
Dave Castro is my man crush. So much respect. Never met him, but I love that man. The wokarazzi could learn a thing or two, or ten, about integrity from him
Love when Dave is on. I also have that abdomen pain when I do a high number of t2b it's like a nasty cramp that takes you out idk what to do about it
Agree about podcasts. To easy for ppl to take out of context, twist words, hear only what they want, etc… Never the same as face to face conversations & real-relationships
Awesome to see Dave back. Haters will Hate, but Dave is CrossFit and the affiliates know it. Thank you sevy and merry Christmas and prayers Dave.
THANKS DAVE!!
Good to see Dave!
TDC always delivers
I cannot believe Vellner and Fikowski think they can hold Dave accountable. Think of the life Dave has led. He’s been the most elite operator in the world, while the hardest part of the Canadian gays’ life has been chiro school and beach volleyball.
I was actually saying the same thing to my husband. Here are these guys who’ve never gotten their hands dirty complaining about a man who served in life and death situations and is too mean. Like he’s the problem.
How do we know what Castro did and did not do? Oh, yeah, it's secret.
We had a famous author here in Denmark, Sven Hazel, got rich from his WW2-tales, where he fought for the nazis, mostly on the eastern front. Some 25 years into this, it turns out he was a clerk in Berlin, never saw combat. Now, let me see evidence of Castro's true merrits and I'll shut up, no problem. Yet, the way he handled Event 1 at CFG24, I would not feel safe having him leading my outfit/crew/team/company, no matter how much of a Rambo he would turn out to be.
@ you would never make this comment without an avatar.
Sevan you had Dave trembling... sheesh this was intense
Hahaha @ Sevan naming everyone who's been crapping on Dave 45:43
Dawg, that hamstring sniper is ALWAYYSSSSS lurkin 😭
GAINED EXTRA RESPECT FOR DAVE
Trying to watch while driving was brutal with the ads every 2 minutes 😂😂😂😂😂.
Will catch the rest tonight.
Thanks for coming on Dave
youtube did that, I took them out, thanks for heads up
@ this is why you’re the best in the biz
Get premium. Brilliant. Can play in the background when you leave the app to text, etc...
@ oh that’s swayed me. Thank you
This was a good show.
Great episode
Dave Castro ❤
We love Dave! We love CrossFit!
For those complaining for the ads… either stop complaining or subscribe to YT Premium 😂
Seevon, congrats on your acting debut as Senna’s father on the Netflix Senna series! You must be stoked.
Dave is a private person but he also really has to watch what he says until all the legal proceedings surrounding Lazar are over and resolved since anything he says could be used against him and CrossFit. If he even hints of feeling any responsibility for what happened, it could be used in a legal proceeding. So, you can see his emotions rolling off him even through that toughness and necessity to not speak about this. Glad to see Dave back in the public.
❤ Love Dave ❤
This was the real deal.
Hi Dave
this was great!
Amazing conversation, at times Dave said a lot without saying anything at all.
Mainsite is the bomb. We follow it.
Killa Dave in the house NOT happy i missed this😂 hope you guys had fun without me
So sad, I missed this live
Fuck yes
Another great podcast! Thanks Sevan and Dave!
Top athletes now think they are bigger than CrossFit! Hence they feel they can put demands on CrossFit!
No other sports stars get a say in their sport! Did David Beckham get a say in how The Soccer World Cup was run?
Most major sports have player associations that look after players interest
How the hell did we miss this live? STEUPS
I just can't think how those candyasses at the PFAA thought they could kick out Castro. Great talk...great character...!!!!!
Brilliant
People are just way too sensitive. People want to blame everybody else he's just a businessman and being a Navy SEAL he's just black and white and that's how it is and people want to say whatever. People just need to grow up and stop crying about everything
Love the affiliate commercials
Bring back WIR!!
How tf he passed t through the screen… 1:07
YO STOP IT 2:48
TDC!!! Amazing and great to hear from him.
This is awesome to Sevan
This was unexpected, but awesome. All the cry baby haters will give up and fade into obscurity.
💚🫶💚TDC
Therepy is deeply needed in this community and these people could seriously benefit from it.
Are R.A.D sponsoring the games next year?
Games shouldn’t be in August ; that is my first week back to school & it is an inconvenient time for me to ask off. lol who am I…I have paid $20 to enter the Open 4 times…each time after being inconsistent with my training…”just needed ANOTHER baseline.”
…Nevermind. TDC go ahead & schedule it whenever you see fit. At least I was able to last year. 😂😢😊
So funny to run through the comments. Lots of parises from the freedom fighting, anti government, Trump voters, who would just like to have a strong leader to do all the thinking for them. That's rooting for facism on a small scale, just for your information.
@@abstractgeniuscomments said the communist. Kamala still loves you even if your mommy doesn't. Take your negative vibes back to Brian friend and Craig richey. 🤡 💉
No, buddy, the root of fascism is taking the rights away from individuals and giving them to groups. Usually lead by weak beta men. Just for your information.
@@abstractgeniuscomments communist. 🐓
@@TheSevanPodcasthah, sounds like a description of that new administration USA is looking into; rich(by birth), asberger/sociopathic CEO-betas, putting tarrifs on their own hard working omega-voters, while telling them it's all about immegrants and banning freedoms of half the population. To put it all in one sentence and that wasen't easy btw.
@@TheSevanPodcastfor a elderly man, your knowledge of history and political tectonics seems very imature.
Same same on psychedelic therapies. Maybe to each their own. But I don’t think it’s healthy. Also, never have, never plan to smoke or use drugs
Jesus christ how much money do you need with all these ads🤬
UA-cam does that sometimes, i manually took them out, thanks for the heads up
Get premium. Brilliant. Can play in the background when you leave the app to text, etc...
The important question is when Don said that CrossFit HQ was going to “take significant money out of the Games” did this include the safety budget. It seems to me that for a brand new venue in TX in August the safety budget should have increased.
The rumor I heard was that they slashed the safety budget by 1/3. If they cut the safety budget by 1/3 from previous years, they knowingly and intentionally FOR PROFITS made the Games unsafe or at a minimum less safe. I also heard that the presence of safety personal on the water was noticeably lower than in years prior.
As if this isn’t damning enough, the athletes organized into the PFAA because their safety concerns were being ignored. Despite injuries and safety concerns, there was seemingly no safety standards or best practices. The PFAA was pushing for this and somehow this was too much for CrossFit to agree to.
With regards to Dave Castro as head of the Games, if he was aware of the cuts to the safety budget and did not at least push back, then he is complicit. If he remains complicit after Lazar’s death, then as the head of the CrossFit Games, people will call for him to be removed.
Who is concerned with retribution? They just have safety and communication concerns and HQ / Dave have a history as I understand it of not taking these concerns seriously. Seems like Dave would not have been able to answer questions about this anyway.
Seriously? You don’t know why athletes who have dedicated their lives to competing in the competition to find the fittest athlete in the world maybe upset with Dave still be involved and conflicted about participating?
Sounds like Dave is telling athletes to boycott the Games. Wonder if according to Chase Ingram this makes Dave a piece of shit.
Sounds like Dave doesn’t have an issue with how Private Equity is destroying the company or he would not associate with it and take it all the way to the goal line.
I don't understand the love Dave is getting here. Honestly confused.
Until when will we be pretending that nothing happened?
Craig Richey said he wanted Dave gone? You sure that isn’t a bit of recency bias?? A bit of butthurt from you Sevan?? Or just a blatant BS lie?? I mean it would not be your first 🙄🤷🏽♂️
Time stamp 5:08 for your fact checking purposes
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@@stevemorgan7944 and you are a liar
@@TheSevanPodcast and you are a butthurt pissant!! Feel better now
@@TheSevanPodcast and you are a complete shitstain
@@TheSevanPodcast well clearly you edit responses - you can suck a phat one 🖕🏾🖕🏾