We sat down with Karin Christen to talk about her journey with mountain bikes – and we mean that quite literally! Not only has she discovered her love for riding while chasing the surf around the world, but combining mountain biking, travelling and her work remain a fixture to this day. We cover a lot of ground in our conversation, from Karin’s riding over the years, her favourite destinations, how to manage work, travel and bike park laps as well as all the other challenges and pitfalls of working remotely. In her free time, Karin is also involved with Santa Cruz Bicycles in Switzerland and their social media and, of course, we spend a bit of time on the brand, but also on some of our favourite themes we like to discuss, such as women in the sport, the dreaded e-bikes, trail building and how we can make the sport more attractive for everyone.
Music credit: “B-Roll” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License