We sat down with Lucas Huppert to talk about his journey in mountain biking so far, juggling his apprenticeship as an electrician and his dream of a professional slopestyle career and the not so secret rules of contest after parties. We cover a lot of ground in our conversation, from his goals as a competitive rider and his plans for the future, Red Bull Joyride in Whistler, to his experiments in other mountain biking disciplines. “Huppi” is entering an exciting time as a rider, now being able to focus on his progression full time for the first time in his career, so we also talk quite a bit about his approach to training, mindset, learning new tricks and how and when to bring them to competition. As the Red Bull Rookie of the Year ’18, Lucas also knows a thing or two about young riders and what it takes to inspire the next generation and it was great hearing his insight into the development paths available to up and coming talents in Switzerland today.
Music credit: “B-Roll” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License