Welcome mountain bikers. You’re listening to Vital MTB’s The Inside Line podcast and our guest today is industry legend, Mike Redding. Mike helped get the fastest and most exciting riders into Troy Lee gear back in the day, working with the likes of Steve Peat and Sam Hill just to name a few. He moved on to Fox, bringing that energy to their MTB marketing through big video projects and campaigns with Ratboy, Voreis, the McCauls and others. He’s currently consulting for Alpinestars, so we’re excited to see where he takes things there.  Sean ‘Griz’ McClendon walks with Mike through his story, battles with kidney failure and so much more. Mike, thank you, Griz, thank you, listeners, thank you! Enjoy the show!

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