The Mtb Jumper Podcast

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1:00 Realities of self employment as a parent

3:00 Lee’s beginnings with biking

4:19 1988 Nishiki Pueblo. Mtb’ing for weight loss and fitness

6:30 Overcoming childhood obesity

7:10 Mountain biking community acceptance (vs road riding)

7:19 David Weens. six consecutive winner of the Leadville Trail 100 MTB

9:38 Mountain biking as an individual sport, unique challenges

12:30 “Gravel riding”

14:00 Brian Lopes

16:07 Kurtis Keene

16:14 Lee McCormack’s beginnings as a downhill/progressive mtb’er

16:20 Sacramento Bee

16:40 Mammoth Nationals

16:56 Kamikaze Downhill. Ridiculous Kamikaze Downhill edit from “Tread, the movie”

21:00 Lee’s Career change

24:46 Bike Magazine

25:00 Watching the film, Whale Rider and realizing his purpose

29:15 Seeds of ‘Mastering Mountain Bike Skills’ book

31:48 Ned Overend, author of ‘Mountain Bike Like a Champion’

32:56 Lee McCormack beginnings as mountain biking skills teacher

32:50 SMBA Mountain Biking Club

36:00 Joseph Campbell and the hero’s journey

36:15 How to find your purpose

37:31 How Lee McCormack landed a desirable, high paying job with a cutting-edge tech firm with no experience

40:47 The roles of Brian and Lee in ‘Mastering Mountain Bike Skills’

44:27 Lee McCormack talks about the Rip Row beginnings, how it works and how it builds mountain biking skills

100:12 Understanding fear, tension and body energy when facing a new jump or other scary feature

105:00 Understanding what you’re feeling in the moment and how to set and adjust internal goals accordingly

Skills with Phil on Instagram

Skills with Phil on Facebook

Phil Kmetz on Tumblr

Skills with Phil YouTube Channel

1:10 Phil’s beginnings with bikes

2:50 BMX Grand Nationals USA

3:50 Woodward Camp BMX

4:10 Rebull Rampage

5:25 Drummer Hills Trails

8:05 Todd Lions, SE Bikes. Brian Foster

10:45 Downhill mountain bike racing beginnings

11:00 Dual Slalom Mountain Bike Racing

11:30 Aaron Chase

12:10 Joey Schusler

15:15 USA Cycling pro upgrade

15:25 Richie Rude

17:20 Relax to go faster

25:20 Evil Bikes

28:10 Race Financing

29:30 Jordie Lunn Pinkbike Interview. And, uh, this.

30:20 Lees-McRae College Mountain Biking Team

31:40 Walker Shaw, Shane Leslie, Dakota Norton

33:40 Danny’s Cycles, New York

34:30 Mountain Creek Bike Park

38:20 2015 National Championships at Mammoth

39:20 Snowshoe Bike Park

37:35 Niko Mullaly

40:00 UCI World Cup Mountain Bike Races

40:10

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Show Notes for Clayton Peterson

Ride It Out on Facebook

Ride It Out on Instagram

Ride It Out on YouTube

00:00 Disclaimer

02:50 Early family life and biking experiences

05:55 Marine Corps enlistment

06:30 X Games in Oceanside CA

07:30 Dave Mirra. Haro Signature Blammo

8:00 Gummo, film

8:45 Flatland BMX

10:40 Torker Bicycles

12:00 Eben Fischer

12:40 Rick Moliterno

12:55 Tree Bicycle Co.

13:40 Fufanu Bike Trick

15:20 S&M Bikes. Terrible One, Etnies Forward BMX Film

16:50 Shoots Brah BMX

19:00 Post Military Employment difficulties

19:30 Adam Watkins

21:50 Enlistment in Army Medic program

24:55 Ryan Nyquist, Early Dave Mirra

25:55 First Deployment to Iraq as Platoon Medic

31:00 Brian Conolly

35:30 Specialized P1

37:10 Selected for Special Operations Combat Medic Course

40:05 Snoqualmie Pass View

43:00 Experticity

43:10 Diamondback Scapegoat

44:20 Friends of Capitol Forest

47:45 Duthie Hill Mtb Park

48:40 Steven’s Pass Mtb Park

50:00 Origins of Ride It Out project

50:30 Commencal Supreme DH

51:50

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Show Notes for Charlie Sponsel

1:13 Charlie can bake a cake.

2:05 Gravity Components

3:30 Team Robot

10:15 Clay Porter Films

12:00 Charlie Sponsel views on marketing in the mountain bike industry

13:20 Charlies mountain biking beginnings

14:00 How to teach your kids to ski/ “the run bike of skiing”

16:00 Buck Hill Mtb Race

16:40 Whistler Mtb Park , Kona Stinky

17:10 Tioga Tires

19:45 Ski Bowl Mountain Biking

20:20 Mountain Cycles Shockwave

20:50 Atomlab

27:35 Charlie Sponsel on slope style, tricks… Wham Bam Thank You Jam, 2007

29:40 Brandon Semenuk. Redbull Rampage 2016

30:30 Nicholi Rogatkin Cork 1080 at Crankworx Les Gets 2016

32:40 Downhill mountain bike race beginnings for Charlie Sponsel

34:20 “I race in the pro category. There’s a big difference.” “Rapid Fire” video with Charlie Sponsel, by Cory Tepper

35:33 “The entire nation of Poland came out to ruin my day” ~Charlie Sponsel

37:00 Charlie Sponsel Wambulance Tour

37:50 How to get professional sponsorship

40:40 Internal conflict re sponsorship, racing and products

41:20 The, Charlie, why did you burn out and quit, question.

43:10 Dirt Diaries Contest with Cory Tepper

53:15 Eric Porter interview on the MtbJumper Podcast

54:30 Charlie Sponsel on Slow vs Fast Practice for downhill Mountain Bike Racing

56:50 The elements of practice and preparation for Downhill Mtb Racing

1:00 “I’m a bad person”. Understanding the emotional side of race preparation.

1:02 Charlie Sponsel Sea Otter Classic Race Results 2015. Steve Wentz

1:03:04

1:44 HowVerg started out biking and wrenching

3:15 USA Cycling Mechanics Clinic

5:25 Shimano Multi Service

5:55 Bike Shops where Verg Started out: Open Road Bicycles, Fat Tire Farm, Revolver Bikes, 21st Avenue Bicycles

7:45 Sea Otter Classic, Ironman Hawaii Race, Paris-Roubaix Race, World Cup Mtb Races,

9:18 Traveling and work life of a traveling bicycle mechanic

12:20 Wrenching during a race, effective attitude, getting and sharing parts and tools, cooperation with other teams.

15:20 Attitudes of community in mountain biking

18:15 Diamondback Bicycles

18:20 Kyle Thomas

18:25 Charlie Sponsel

20:50 The difference between a ladder and stairs

21:40 Is it easier or more difficult for tall people to do push ups

22:55 Working with pro riders

23:00 Kelly McGarry Canyon gap back flip at Red Bull Rampage

24:00 Carson Storch, Eric Porter

25:00 Redbull Rampage

25:50 Digging and building at Redbull with athletes

29:45 The multi-faceted job of helping a team achieve success

30:30 Flying with tools as a pro bike mechanic

31:20 Finding resources in strange places

32:30 AJ Johnson

32:54 Mountain Bike Suspension Design

37:40 Geographic influence of Mtb designs

38:30 Devinci Traveling Demo Program

39:30 “Quiver Killer” bike?

43:05 Devinci Django. Devinci Troy

45:10 Wheel size discussion; allowing 29’ers in Mtb Downhill racing

48:45 Tour de France Bicycle Weight Limits

59:20 Verg’ role as a Devinci Bicycles demo specialist

1:00:45 Devinci owner, Felix Gauthier

1:04:20 Devinci Hatchet, “Gravel Bike”

1:11:10 Working with Slope Style Athletes and their bikes

1:12:47 Colorado Freeride Festival

1:15:00 Slope Style suspension purpose and design

1:19:00 BMX beginnings:

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GHY Bikes on Facebook

GHY Bikes on Instagram

01:54 Evel Knievel

02:42 AJ Johnson’s first bmx bike

03:09 BMX Race beginnings

03:57 Competitive Soccer

07:35 Advanced skills development

11:25 Downhill Mountain Biking beginning’s

13:13 John Cowan, Randy Spangler, SuperHeros Mtb Film, Garret Thayer, North Shore Mtb, Wade Simmons, New World Disorder Films

16:54 Darrin Berecloth

17:06 Thomas Vanderham

18:35 Go Huck Yourself Shop Origins

20:00 GHY T-Shirts Origins

22:38 The Gathering

23:29 Steve Cominsky

25:23 Aaron Chase, Joe Prisel, Darren Berecloth, Cam McCaul and Tyler McCaul, Paul Basagoitia, Randy Spangler, Kirt Vorheis (Instagram), Scott Matual, Phil Sundbaum, Robbie Wright, Andrew Carpenter

27:12 Decline, Mountainbike Action magazines

27:58 The Gathering impact on Mtb events

30:03 GHY Bikes place in the Mtb community

32:23 Transition Bikes, Devinci Bikes, Norco Bikes, Fit Bikes, S&M Bikes, Kink Bikes

33:08 Redline Bikes, Torker Bikes, Raleigh Bikes

34:05

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01:13 Eric Porter’s travel/work schedule

01:54 Fox Suspension

01:54 Diamondback Bicycles

02:24 Vernon Felton of Pinkbike

02:43 Camelbak Hog

03:03 NICA High school cycling league, Utah

03:34 Eric Porter in Guatemala for Outside Magazine

03:50 Gravity Logic

04:23 Sea Otter Classic Mtb Festival

04:32 Wasatch Trails Alliance

05:48 How Eric Porter balances work and family life

07:13 Cam McCaul mention

08:00 Magura mention

08:04 Dirt Rag Dirt Fest

08:11 Sierra Club mention

09:56 Eric Porter’s beginnings on bikes

10:06 Kentucky Mountain Biking

12:18 John Mahorney mention

12:46 Eric Porter’s mountain bike race experience

14:03 Dirt Jumping and Street Mtb beginnings

14:08 Aaron Chase, Jeff Lenosky, Kyle Ebbett mentions

14:16 Chain Reaction Video Series

14:31 Slope Style

14:53 First Crankworx and John Cowan mentions

15:18 Darren Berrecloth mention

15:57 More Jeff Lenosky

18:27 Kranked filming

18:41 Eric Porter 45 foot canyon gap crash, injury

22:00 Role in mountain biking film making work

24:00 Alaska Ridgeline Video filming

24:14 Mason Mashon mention

25:31 Kevin Murphy mention

27:08 Utah Progressive Mountain Biking Scene

28:32 Double Down and Jib film mentions

29:23 Park City Dirt Jump Park

31:25 The...

Simon Lawton interview show notes

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1:15 Simon Lawton’s Motocross roots

4:17 Training to be a pro Motocross rider

5:45 Discovers Mtbs

6:28 Beginnings of racing career

7:15 Mount Hood Mtb Race mention

7:45 Mammoth Kamikaze race mention

9:20 End of DH career

9:28 Career injuries suffered by Simon Lawton

13:11 Origins of Fluidride

13:28 Simon’s involvement in Leftside Industries, prosthetic leg project

16:06 Larz Sternberg mention

17:25 Simon Lawton’s first coaching client

18:08 Tiger Mountain Mtb trails mention

19:30 Closing his bike shops and starting Fluidride coaching full time

20:16 Big Tree Bikes mention

21:31 Satisfaction that comes from teaching

22:51 Dealing with fear as a Mountain Biker

26:03 Overcoming Mtb’ing fears as a metaphor for like

27:21 Advice for parents with kids who want to be Mountain Bikers

28:29 Do something that scares you everyday; the Mtb’ers version

29:49 Lee McCormack mention and discussion re anxiety about hitting jumps

30:56 Importance of upper body relaxation in Mtb Jumping

32:53 Jordie Lunn mention

33:06 Footwork for better Mtb turns

34:11 Mtb racing foot placement history and development

34:27 Sam Hill mention and “level feet” Mountain Bike turns

37:21 How to snap turns, and why you should learn it

38:40 Why the bicycle is the fastest vehicle down a hill

42:15 How the best Mtb’ers work hard to build basic, foundational skills

44:27 How to pass most people in right handed turns

45:09 Phil Kmetz mention

45:47 Fluidride Mtb Training classes, videos and more

46:29 Diamondback Bicycles mention

47:07 How Simon Lawton’s teaching evolves and improves

49:35 How to incorporate articulation and body movement into straight jumps, vs hips

56:14 The scarriest thing for a pro Mountain Biker to do off a jump

57:18 No take off/lip is perfect, and what to do about it

58:40 Relationship between speed and distance in Mountain Bike jumping

01:01 Fluidride Whistler Camps

01:02 How to boost Mtb dirt jumps

01:05 Why you land back wheel first, or front wheel first

01:07 What to do if you’re coming off the peddles in the air

01:10 Fluidride Alps Tours

01:12 Fluidride Andes Tours are coming

01:17 Group vs Private instruction

01:20 Fluidride Instruct Training details

01:24 Norman’s experience with Fluidride instruction

01:25 Rockshox and Sram mentions

Show Notes

1:00 PSBMX.com or Plussizebmx.com origins

1:40 Chris’ downhill experience

2:40 First dirt jumper GT Ruckus and seeds of love for DJ riding

3:20 Thrashbike mention

3:40 Eight year anniversary of PSBMX.com

4:00 PSBMX.com team, content creation…

5:00 USA/Europe readership of PSBMX.com and the European progressive Mtb scene

6:40 Chris Olivier roots of bike riding, first bike; Huffy Stu Thompson Signature model

7:40 Progressive riding roots and philosophy

10:00 Andreu Lacondeguy mention

10:55 Mountain bike basics for technical riding

12:00 How to pump for mtb technical riding, bike control

13:08 Bunny hoping and manuals

13:45 Pump track types development around the world

14:35 Velo Solutions mention, Zurich monster track

15:00 North SeaTac BMX track mention. Value of learning to ride BMX pump tracks

16:50 Trestle Bike Park mention. Winter Park Colorado.

17:10 Chris Olivier’s favorite trails, parks, riding spots

17:54 Angel Fire Bike Park and Keystone Bike Park mentions

18:05 Outlaws of Dirt Mtb and BMX dirt jump contest

20:00 Josh Hult mention

20:10 DJ Brandt mention

20:51 2016 Outlaws of Dirt Video on Vimeo

21:00 Connor Tieulie, videographer mention

21:25 Ruby Hill Bike Park mention

21:50 How Chris Olivier approaches new, difficult, scary jumps and features

24:32 Favorite bikes of Chris Olivier

24:50 BTL Bikes 702 mention. Review on PSBMX.com is located here.

26:27 SE Bikes OM Duro mention. PSBMX.com review is located here.

27:10 Captain Jack’s Trails mention

27:50 Mongoose BootR mention. PSBMX.com review is located here.

28:05 Shaun Palmer mention

28:50 Rider mentions by Chris Olivier

29:15 Nicoli Rogatkin mention. #Rogatking on PSBMX.com

20:12 Ethan Nell and Nic Hilton mentions

31:00 Black Sage Fest Series mention

Kat Sweet Show Notes

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1:15 Kat’s First bikes

1:50 Sand Diego State Mtb Club

2:30 Race origins

4:50 College Career

6:50 Trip for Kids and Cascade Bicycle Club

7:45 Origins of women in Mtb Racing

9:40 Racing timeline

9:10 Seattle to Portland

11:15 NW Cup Mention

12:10 Inspirations for Sweetlines, process of becoming a coach and creating the business

14:10 Focus and structure of Sweetlines including age and gender groups

20:00 Traveling full time as a pro Mtb coach

35:30 Overcoming Mountain biking Injuries, recovery, strength building

36:55 Facing new and scary features, process of assessing new Mtb jumps

43:55 Mountain bikers and others who inspire Kat Sweet

46:40 What’s next for Sweetlines. Sugar showdown...