This dude doesn't need much of a title nor does one really fit him. If you have been around the GA MTB scene you have likely heard of him. Whether it is from his World Cup enduro days, working in the industry at bike shops, or for companies like Bike Fettish and Factor/Novatec/HT, making his own race course Rockcrusher, or just shredding the gnar Ben Hobbs gives a rad perspective. We learn about his story starting off in moto to now. We also discuss his thoughts on bikes, preferences, and his new gig with Troy Lee and Intense! Hope you enjoy hearing from a guy in the core mtb scene!

https://www.instagram.com/benduro_hobbs/

https://www.bikefettish.com/

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Great getting our cohost The Lawyer and usual guest The Mechanic on, but we also got mystery man Chase from the MTB Brethren to hop on to a good ole fashion roundtable discussion. We discuss The Lawyer's latest injury and bike happenings, our first PAYING sponsor (SEE BELOW FOR THIS LIMITED TIME OFFER YALL!), some guys in our group committing to only Ebikes!?, Josey hitting the wood hard, latest trail rides, and avoiding crackheads in the woods at night! Tune in to get all the latest happenings!

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There are many podcasts with Philip on them talking about SORBA stuff ie Trail Effects, Ride the Rebellion, SORBA Podcast, and so many more. I wanted to take a different approach and try to get the know the man behind the organization better. I hope you enjoy listening to one of the top dawgs behind our great organization for Southeast mountain biking!

https://sorba.org/

https://www.instagram.com/sorba_main/

https://sorba.org/2025-sorba-summit/

https://hivepass.app/

We uncover the big news about SORBA breaking away from IMBA with Dan the Man! He brings a really cool fresh perspective to SORBA with his business and financial background, non profit experience and casual MTB'er. Being what he phrased as somewhat of an outsider of the industry he really looked at things in a different way to help pave the way for this big move. It was fun to get to know the guy behind SORBA but also him as a person. Got to know him originally as a fan of the podcast and him buying some merch from me near the trails. Was really cool to have him on and hope you enjoy!

https://sorba.org/

https://www.instagram.com/popinnorthga/

What a treat it was to talk to Stan who has been in the mountain biking space a long time! We will need a part two of this soon as we only fit about half the discussions we wanted to. We chatted about everything from his early days when mountain biking barely existed, to current day and everything in between. We also touched on his trail work and being a USFS Certified Sawyer, favorite saws, favorite bikes and soooo much more. His group is also responsible for two of the most used mtb trail systems Chicopee and Jake/Bull MTN, along with 7 other trail systems. Catch ya a listen of this local legend!

Disclaimer: This guest has a dry sense of humor. If you get offended by a comment he makes, it was probably a bad joke. His humor is like a dry red wine. You don't realize till the next day that you drank too much.

https://www.negasorba.org/

Happy New Year Yall! We were a little behind on this one but life got in the way. We get fellow Gnomies The Lawyer (now MTB Laywer on YouTube), The Mechanic, and The Outlaw of Josey Wales to sit down with the Chief Gnar Gnome to look back on 2024 and what is ahead in 2025. We chat about favorite rides, stats, future rides, and a look on the podcast itself. Get your new year kicked off right and listen up!

https://www.youtube.com/@MTBLawyer

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On episode 83 (I said 84 but ignore that ;)) we chat with the leaders of Standing Boy Trail system in Columbus GA! The buzz has been generating over these trails in our state and since I have heard such great things we had to get them on to hear the story of the trails, what they entail, and the stories of the individual leaders and their journey in mountain biking. I am super excited to visit this trail system after recording this and hope you are too!

P.S. They said they don't do rain well so best if you visit after March!

https://www.instagram.com/standingboytrails/

https://www.standingboy.org/

https://www.instagram.com/standinggirlmtbkr/

https://www.instagram.com/blake.csg/

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Happy New Year's Eve yall! What better way to celebrate than chat with the guy that helped me take Gnar Gnomies to the next level with branding, apparel and soon to be drumroll... an ecommerce site! Pete is an awesome riding buddy too with the Gnomies and MTB Brethren and it was fun to hear his story. We also were extra excited as this was recorded on the way to a big Brethren group ride at Bearhoti. So lube up those chains and get ready for this great episode!

https://www.choosebooster.com/

https://www.instagram.com/lovelace_pete/

https://www.instagram.com/choosebooster/

Merry Christmas! I hope you listeners have your chainsaws gassed up and chain lube ready cause this one is about the mass destruction Sorba CSRA saw from Hurricane Helene. I had no idea how bad the Augusta, GA area got hit and man did they get hit bad. They are still trying to dig themselves out of the rubble, and we hear about the massive project Ed is facing to bring these trails, and community back to life. Hope you enoy!

https://www.instagram.com/sorbacsra/

https://sorbacsra.org/

We sat down with local boy legend Drew Blankenbecler to discuss his passion of all things MTB! We had a great ride together in Utah before this GA boy came back to the dirty south and talked about the move, his bike related companies, siyack shredits on YouTube, and on and on. Really enjoyed catching up with this ripper and catch you a listen now ya here?! Oh yeah and he dropped a new schweeet YouTube bike review on his channel and forgot to mention it lol.

https://www.instagram.com/drew.blanks/

https://www.youtube.com/@drew.blanks

https://www.instagram.com/narrowpathcycles/

https://www.instagram.com/pedalupbikes/

https://www.pedalupbikes.com/