PodCrank | Talk Of Champions | With Philip Hindes & Callum Skinner

This is a quick update on why we have been a bit quiet! We changed the Podcast name!
We will be back very soon with new guest!

In this week’s episode we speak to a good friend of the podcast, Jon Dibben. An team mate of Phil and Callum before leaving the track and competing on the road. This episode is a PodCrash congratulations and send off to Jon’s cycling career. While looking forward to what’s next?

In this week’s episode we speak to the man who seems to be doing everything right in a market where others consistently fail, the British pro cycling scene. Alec had a humble introduction to cycling, short on funds and knowledge he built a credible individual career in multiple disciplines, specifically, fixie crit racing. He’s now turned his attention to running his cycling team, Tekkerz. Widley regarded as a sponsors and riders dream, how has he created a team that everyone can invest in?  

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This week's guest is Bradley Forbes-Cryans. An up and coming canoe slalom athlete already selected for Tokyo 2020/21. Bradley out paddled the reigning Olympic champion in a closely fought selection battle. Then COVID hit, and his selection looked to be in jeopardy. Hear Bradley's unique perspective of an athlete who had so much to lose by the Olympics being postponed but understood its necessity more than most with his hospitalised father catching COVID.

In this week's episode, we speak to a man who has been a staple of the British Cycling support team, Chef Alan. Alan has traveled all over the world with Phil and Callum cooking and supporting them and the team. Previously Alan was a successful Chef and Restauranteur we hear about the surprising cross over between being a Michelin Star chef and Elite Sport. Also a keen athlete Alan has won age category world and European duathlon titles. 

After a PodCrash mini-break we are back! This week's guest is British Badminton Men's Singles Number 1 Toby Penty. Likely to be selected for Tokyo 2020, Toby talks about his journey through the sport and the complexities of having a former teammate become one of his coaches. We hear about his expectations for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics - with Badminton having a massive following in Asia, it's likely to be something special. We also hear about Toby's recent diagnosis with alopecia, how lockdown has had a positive influence for him in coming to terms with it, and how sometimes even an enforced break from sport can bring positives. 

In this week's episode, we speak to Etienne Stott, we hear about his journey to Olympic Gold and how he attempts to use his platform for good in protesting for environmental causes. 

Etienne is a member of Extinction Rebellion and has engaged in acts of civil disobedience leading to multiple arrests. We look to the future, one that has seen many changes in a sporting and societal context; is being an elite athlete sustainable during the climate emergency? Why did the Olympics remove his event from the Tokyo 2020 games?

In this week's episode we speak to Sam Ward. A latecomer to the elite Hockey world, after less than 2 years on the team he earned himself a place with Team GB at Rio 2016! After a freak accident on the pitch in 2014 Sam was left with significant facial injuries including losing the majority of his sight in one eye. After a long recovery, relearning hand-eye coordination he's back on the pitch and targeting Tokyo 2020!

In this week's episode, we talk to Shane Perkins. An incredibly successful track sprinter and a staple of the circuit. We talk about the culture that used to exist in the Aussie cycling team where tempers sometimes spilled over into fights 🥊 The culture has now changed beyond all recognition but the new set up didn't gel with Perkins. He chose to change his nationality to Russian in a bid to make Tokyo 2020! 

This week's guest is Kelly Massey, a "late bloomer" to the sport but finding success regardless in Olympic and Commonwealth and European Championships. Kelly has recently retired and is currently doing a PhD in elite and professional athlete retirement. A topic that merits extensive further research given recent negative coverage of athletes struggling to adapt to life after sport.