We sat down with Anna Newkirk to catch-up at the end of an eventful 2021. After finishing school late in the spring, Anna completed a busy racing calendar and we cover some of the highs, lows and key takeaways of her first season as an almost full-time athlete. It was also interesting to hear her …
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Friend of the podcast and good riding buddy Luise Rohland chipped in with a great listener question the other day. Inspired by on the bike chats on our recent trips and a new Youtube series, she was wondering if we could discuss our own take on “how do you learn how to mountain bike?” Naturally, …
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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 …
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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, …
We sat down with Lucy Jager to talk about the work that she does with the Schtifti Foundation and Gorilla as well as her bachelor thesis about how to motivate kids to get on pump tracks and how that eventually brought her where she is today. We dive deep into the psyche of overcoming challenges, …
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We sat down with our good friend and riding buddy Esteban “Yeti” Zimmermann to talk about his time getting into mountain biking on the shores of the pacific ocean in Peru, his riding in Switzerland and his take on the local scene here in Zurich. On top of his day job as an engineer, Yeti …
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