Michael Bane
Michael Bane defies stereotypes. He has leveraged a
career as a journalist, author, professional adventurer and acknowledged expert
on firearms into some of the most innovative — and successful — shooting sports
programming in the world.
He has traveled around the globe covering every aspect of the world of firearms. In addition, Bane is the recipient of numerous awards, including 7 “Tellys” and multiple OUTDOOR CHANNEL “Golden Moose” awards for broadcasting excellence, an OUTDOOR CHANNEL Lifetime Achievement Award and a Communicator of the Year award from the Professional Outdoor Media Association and the National Shooting Sports Foundation.
Bane was actively involved in the creation of 4 shooting
sports and regularly shoots competitively. He is also a big game hunter and a
vet bad gunsmith. His weekly podcast, Down Range Radio, is the most successful
firearms podcast on the Internet and an award-winner in its own right.
He is the author of 22 books, 21 non-fictions and one novel.
Most recently, he ghostwrote the biography of his longtime friend Bill Wilson
of Wilson Combat. Bane’s OVER THE EDGE: A REGULAR GUY’S ODYSSEY IN EXTREME
SPORTS is considered a classic in the field and led to the Wall Street Journal
commenting, “How did Michael Bane become the George Plimpton from hell?” His
WHITE BOY SINGING THE BLUES on the relationship between music and culture has
been called, “One of the five best books ever written on rock and roll” and is
used extensively in college courses on American popular culture.