We sat down with “Swiss” Chris Räber to talk about slopestyle, mastering new tricks and, of course, his appearance on national TV with the challenge to learn, and land, a Cork 720 within a month during the summer of 2017. We cover Chris’ personal journey with mountain bikes and competing in slopestyle events, his favourite tricks over the years, mindset and how things have changed in the sport since he came on scene. We discuss what the development path and infrastructure looks like for young riders that get into the sport today, Chris’ time at Highlands Mountain Bike Park and how he came to be “Swiss” Chris.
We caught up with Chris while he was on a riding trip and he managed to get some good Wifi in a restaurant. The downside to that is that there is a bit of background noise in some parts. Apologies for that.
Music credit: “B-Roll” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License