Overland Expo West is an off-road and overlanding event where people share routes, gear, and techniques for long-distance, self-supported travel. In this segment, the host is covering a cruise connected to the event.
This is the Subaru Crosstrek, a small SUV/crossover that’s meant to be comfortable on regular roads but still handle gravel and light trails. In the story, the rental rules limited how far off-road they were allowed to go.
The Subaru Forester is a Subaru SUV that’s built to handle rougher roads than a typical car. Here, it’s the car the host drove on an outdoor trip where people were preparing for dirt trails.
“Off road” just means driving on dirt or rough trails instead of regular paved streets. The rental company’s rules meant they couldn’t do the full trail.
Flagstaff is a city in Arizona that people often pass through on longer road trips. Here it’s just part of the route the host traveled for their trip and filming.
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Hello, and welcome to another edition of the Subi Scoob.
You're listening to the Subi and you podcast.
Of course, if you don't know that that's what you're listening to, then how did you
get here?
But anyway, thanks for tuning in.
This one will probably be relatively short.
But what I mainly wanted to say is that I finally got done with part one of my long
form YouTube video for Overland Expo West in Flagstaff for 2026.
It was coverage and video footage of our cruise out to edge of the world on Thursday before
Overland Expo West.
So I was cruising in my buddy Roman's Forester and because I had a rental from Turro, I had
a cross trek and they have very strict policies about not taking it off road.
So I couldn't take it off road, but I wasn't the only one, Sean with Rune Management.
He also had rented a cross trek from Turro and he said that they told him the same thing.
So we both had to find a ride on the trek to edge of the world, but it all started off
with a breakfast and then we gathered together, drove out to this meeting spot, kind of took
a break there and let people use the restroom and air down.
Well, no, we didn't air down yet, but we used the restroom and then just kind of look around.
And then we took off, got to the trail.
Everybody air down that wanted to air down and then we drove on a really, it was a really
long trip.
I don't know how long it took us to get to edge of the world once we got on the trail.
I didn't time it.
I don't really know exactly how long it took, but I mean, it took, I don't know, maybe
an hour and a half or so and we weren't thinking it was going to take that long or I don't
know, maybe even two hours.
I'm not really sure.
But it was a fun trek and I got some good footage, I think, whenever we were out there.
And again, I was riding with Roman.
So there's some, a lot of footage of me and him talking just like to the camera and then
other footage of us just talking while I have my camera or my phone outside of his
forester just recording what was going on.
So the long form YouTube video is up for part one of my trip out out to Overland Expo
West 2026 and Flagstaff and the part one is again our trek out to edge of the world.
So it is my first video that I have done in long form like that.
My first video that I have edited.
And to be honest, I was like very anxious about it because I didn't really know how
I was going to put it together.
I didn't know how I was going to edit it.
And then I didn't have a plan about like what I was going to record before I went out there
because again, this was my first time doing this.
So I didn't really go into it with a plan.
Like I could have had a better intro and I could have had a much better outro.
So whenever I go to the next events, I, you know, I can try to do things better because
we will have another cruise when I go to the PNW Overland Expo PNW in like a week and a half.
We are going to do another cruise.
So for all of you, any of you YouTubers out there have been doing YouTube for a while.
If you have any suggestions, especially like if you've done a lot of cruises and you put
together videos like I could use some feedback.
So I sent it to my girlfriend and her and her daughter kind of analyzed it.
And they said that maybe I should have done a better like opening where it's me with all of the cars
and saying something like follow us to edge of the world as we cruise out through, you know, wherever we were.
And then also do some music in some parts.
And I'm not really sure how to do the music because I know with YouTube it's kind of tricky.
I've only done music in CapCut.
So I'm guessing maybe you can add music just to certain parts, but I don't really know how to do that yet.
And then also they said maybe I could do some like time lapse of some of the, you know, cruising parts.
So that was really good feedback from them.
And so if you have any ideas, you can either comment directly because the YouTube video is up.
And it's called Part One, Subaru's Off-Roading to Edge of the World, Arizona.
So it's a long title, I know, but you can just go to Subi and you YouTube channel and you'll see it there.
But you can either comment on the video or you can send me a DM or you can send me an email
at Subi and you podcast.com and just or wait, Subi and you podcast at gmail.com.
And so yeah, so if you have some feedback, if you have some suggestions of what I could do for
the remaining Overland Expos that I'm going to attend and maybe how I can make the videos better
or just other ideas, I would really appreciate it because I want to be able to go to the next
events with a little bit more of a plan. And having done the editing for this past the first
video and then now working on the second video, I kind of know a little bit more about going into
the editing process and what I want to do. And the editing is going to be much easier, I think,
next time. Not easy in the sense of like it's going to go quickly because it's this second video
is taking me a long time to do. And I'm definitely going to have it ready this week. But it's just
it's a lot of footage to go through a lot of stuff to cut out. I'm also adding in like if
somebody mentioned something about the event, whether it's there where the camping is or the
Subaru booth or whatever, I'm adding in little video clips or images. I'm also doing text.
So it's a lot of work and it's taking a long time. But it's fun, you know, it's a learning process.
Doing a longer form video like this is definitely a learning process. But so yeah, so just a recap.
The first video, part one is just us cruising out to edge of the world. And then part two,
what I'm working on now is the intro is going to be kind of going over what
Subaru Basecamp is and that's where all of the campers were that were invited out by Subaru of
America. And I'm also it's going to be kind of almost like a video podcast in a way because
I'm doing interviews with a few different people and or several different people really. And I'm
doing interviews with people asking them about what they think about Basecamp, what they think
about the whole camping setup. And then also what they think about the Subaru booth and then Overland
Expo. So it's basically like a series of interviews throughout the whole video, because it's going
to end up being like an hour long. So you know, and a podcast episode is more than an hour long
typically, but this is going to be in video format. And I'm trying to make it not boring. I mean,
because you know, the conversations are the conversations. But again, once if somebody
mentions like for example, I'm talking to this one guy and he mentions that Chris Ingram who goes by
Silver Roo off road, he's like, Oh yeah, it was cool to see his rig in the booth. So right as he
says that I throw up a little video clip I did of Chris's rig and it's that's Subaru booth. So
it's a lot of that type of editing where I'm adding in video clips. I'm also adding in some still
photos and then text. But and I'm also using keyframes in cap cut to, you know, so that it's not
like just a still image in the same spot, you know, I'm zooming in and out, painting a little bit
here and there. And then like, you know, if I play, if I'm putting in an image or a little video
clip, then I'll like pan to the side to give it more room. So I'm just playing around with it,
you know, trying to have a little bit more fun with this video. And again, it's going to be
a lot of conversations. And that's primarily what it's going to be. But so stay tuned for that.
But the first one part one is ready, go to Sue be a new YouTube channel, you can see that video,
watch it, and just let me know what you think for my first video. But anyway, thanks for tuning
into another Sue be scoop. We'll see you next Monday for a full episode. Hope you all have
a wonderful week. Much to be love. Raph
About this episode
Sharing updates on a long-form YouTube video tied to Overland Expo West 2026 and Flagstaff, the host describes filming from the passenger side while riding with Roman in his Subaru Forester. They also recap an overland-style cruise using a Subaru Forester and a rental Subaru Crosstrek, noting “very strict policies about not taking it off road.” Before the trail, the group planned to “air down” tires. The host teases an intro focused on Subaru Basecamp, with interview-driven, video-podcast-style coverage.
In this edition of the Subie Scoop I state that I have released the long form YouTube video, Part 1, from my trip out to Overland EXPO West in Flagstaff, 2026. I also state that I am working on Part 2 which takes place at Subaru Base Camp where all the campers were staying who attended Overland EXPO.
