We sat down with Greg Jolliffe to talk about his journey with bikes so far, his time at the renowned BASE mountain bike programme in Scotland, racing downhill and enduro, and the path that eventually led him to a career as a professional trail builder. Some of Greg’s standout projects so far include building slopestyle …
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Spring has arrived here in Switzerland and the snow has been melting away slowly but surely. Trails are running really good at the minute and we’ve been out to a couple of trail days and weekends already. Good times were had with riding buddies, former guest Robin Schaub, and we even got to meet some …
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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 …
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We sat down with Nik Wicki to talk a little bit more about Zermatt, hosting an Enduro World Series event and how to design a course that is not only fun to ride and race, but also safe for everyone, from elite racers, spectators as well as the numerous volunteers. As the Race Director and …
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We sat down with Jan Cadosch and Dario Lohner to talk about their trip to Zermatt last year and how they managed to take the Pinkbike Photo of the Year 2020. Of course we discuss how the competition went down, what the infamous Pinkbike comment section had to say about the photo and what “the …
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Pascal sat down with Debbie and Philipp Gilgen to talk about the Pumptrack Muttenz, the challenges of starting a new community-based bike project during a global pandemic and how their project has gone about finding the support that they needed. We discuss how to find a good spot for your pump track, what to look …
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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 …
Pascal sat down with Greg Kowner, owner of Biroma Bikes, the Bikeschule Zürich as well as, more recently, Biroma BMX. This is the second part of the conversation with Greg where we cover the bike school and what the most successful courses are, new trails, destinations as well as Greg’s personal journey with mountain bikes. We picked up on the different …
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Pascal sat down with Greg Kowner, owner of Biroma Bikes, the Bikeschule Zürich as well as, more recently, Biroma BMX. This is the first part of the conversation with Greg where we cover all the ups and downs of running a bike shop in 2020 and the challenges that will most likely stay with us …
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We sat down with Anna Newkirk to talk about her career so far, her preparation for the coming season of racing downhill and enduro at the highest level of the sport as well as her goals for the future. With a World Cup win and medals at World Championships to her name as a junior, …
