Professional Mountain Biker Mark Matthews talks about his early beginnings on a bike and his journey to becoming a pro rider. Mark touches on riding in Victoria as a teenager and how he began the early stages of creating a sanctioned jump park in his local community. We discuss the changing MTB industry and how pro riders no longer need to put themselves on the line to win events and being an online influencer is a much more sustainable avenue but involves utilizing more skill sets than just riding the bike. 

Marks Sponsors:
Marin Bikes 
Shimano
Suntour
Insta360
Kavu
Lazer
PNW Components
Delium Tires
Godfathers Garage
Dodge City Cycles
Nobl Wheels

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Live from the 2024 12 Hours Of Cumberland MTB race, I sat down with organizers, volunteers and racers to get the full scoop on what the THC is all about!

Guests:

Dougal Browne
Tatiana Rigowski
Curtis Saunders
Jeremy Grasby and Eric Holbeck
Edward the Volunteer!
Zachary Rebbit
Noah O' Connell

*Due to my lack of decent recording software, once again I have lost some great conversations which disappeared while trying to back up and save the file. My sincere apologies go out to Erica Spizawka, Gene Way and Loic Meier who's recordings did not survive. They were all great conversations and it saddens me not to share them with you all!

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It's been a year since releasing any content! Thank you for sticking with me. Here is an episode that I recorded with Chad Pab about a year ago but just recorded the intro today. I'll make more stuff I promise!

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Back in the banjo shop, Amy Muloin makes her second appearance on Stumped and is joined by top notch banjo picker Cluny Macpherson! - They order a pizza. - We talk about the bluegrass and old time music communities. - They play some original songs. - we bond. - It's nice to get back to podcasting again!

Check out Cluny's music here:
 
www.clunymacpherson.com
https://youtu.be/n_kGJWviFqk
https://youtu.be/IdycJlLVUSo
https://youtu.be/KNCunZJ3W1g

Check out Amy's music and artwork here

www.amymuloin.com

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Local creative Cumberland musician Joanna Finch joins me for the first podcast in the new studio. - It sounded good I think. - Joanna plays a lot of songs that she wrote. - She has many years of songwriting under her belt and does not define herself to a musical genre. - Joanna has lived in the community of Cumberland for a long time and has lots of knowledge and wisdom of the area. - It was a very entertaining and musical episode!

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Old timey music friend Craig Marcuk brings his unique voice and multi talented-ness to the podcast. He plays lots of his original songs. - He tells me about his history of getting into music. - He talks about his time sailing the west coast on his boat. - He talks about his time living up in the arctic and discovering square dancing. - Instead of just playing a few tunes live, he shows me a few of his recent recordings. - Some of them are less old-timey than what I usually expect out of Craig, especially that last one!!

Find Craigs music at:

www.onefootchop.com

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Cam Boyce returns from his worldly travels and joins me to chat about it. - Cam loves to play "gypsy jazz" and we talk about that controversial word. - Cam talks about his time in Serbia and the film he's been involved with these past couple years. - We discuss professionalism in the music business. - I learn about Cams history and his early beginnings getting into music as a child. - We talk about opinions and our opinions about it.

Find Cams music at 

www.fanfaremusic.ca

Instagram: @fanfare.music

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hsDcVcrKY4

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OG Stumped Podcast co-hosts Catman and Emmett Chisholm made the trip up the island from Victoria for a visit. - Catman reveals his idea for a 24hr "Porn News" channel. - Kevin Gustafson stops by to drop off his dog, Django before going on a date. - We swap stories about our late friend and legendary wild man Corey Shields. - Emmett promotes his new business "Bespoke Restorations". - We have a laugh about a cheesy pop star from Victoria. -  The nonsense bullshitting continues. - Have a listen if you don't want to learn anything new.

Brought to you by Nutty Buttercup Bakery:

https://cosmiccrayon.ca/nutty-buttercup-bakery

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After a 2 month break from episodes, I bring you one of my best conversations yet. - I joined the multi-talented musician, writer, music producer, engineer, educator and one of the most creative people in Cumberland, Corwin Fox at his studio: Hidden Well. We talked about his book of one sentence stories called "Kill Love" and read a few. - We talked about his podcast with his dad called "The Pa Cast". - Corwin knows a lot of interesting people and has a lot of stories. - We talked about past jobs and share hitchhiking stories. Corwin breaks the world record for most shoutouts on Stumped podcast. - Near the end Corwin revisits a dark place in his past but brings us back to the light with a beautiful song on the banjo.

Find Corwin at:

https://corwinfoxmusic.com/

Instagram:    @corwinfoxmusic

Bandcamp:    https://corwinfox.bandcamp.com/

Spotify:    https://open.spotify.com/artist/1tiPsSrso3NuZhjMsvMLk0

Facebook:    https://www.facebook.com/corwinfoxmusic/

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So stoked to have Juno award nominee for "Comedy Album Of The Year" Shirley Gnome on the show! - Shirley Gnome was touring her wacky and hilarious and musical comedy act across the island and she stopped by the banjo shop for a chat. - We talked about living in shitty houses in Vancouver, growing up in Surrey, and finding "forest porn" while playing in the woods. - She tells a cool story about how she got started as a full time performer. - The people of Vancouver Island have been giving her a lot of weed. 

Find Shirley Gnome at: shirleygnome.com

Instagram, Twitter and tiktok: @shirleygnome

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