Prime Time With Alex Clark
The Mountain Flyer Podcast
Cycling, in all its forms, has a way of transcending geography and culture. Prime Ability, a bike-based nonprofit in Washington, D.C., is dedicated to empowering BIPOC youth through the transformative power of cycling. Prime Ability Founder Alex Clark is a passionate cyclist and a health and physical education teacher at Dunbar high school, in Washington, DC. Through Prime Ability, Clark established DC's pioneering youth cycling team of color. He sees cycling as a vehicle for education and exploration; a chance to learn about the city’s history and see it in a different light;...
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Abby Long: Riding With Gratitude
The Mountain Flyer Podcast
As the executive director of Vermont’s Kingdom Trail Association, Abby Long carries on a legacy that began 30 years ago. The Kingdom Trails encompass more than 100 miles of trails and pump tracks in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. The region is known for its remote location, rural character and mountainous landscape that lends itself to skiing and mountain biking alike. In this episode, Long reflects on the unique nature of the public-private partnerships that make the Kingdom Trails viable. Whereas in the Western United States there are vast amounts of public land, the opposite is true...
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Chewing The Fat with Wende Cragg
The Mountain Flyer Podcast
During the early aughts of mountain biking, men dominated the scene and took most of the credit for the birth and progression of the sport. It’s a fact that early rider and photographer Wende Cragg reflects on with a good-natured laugh, before shrugging off the egos that like to take credit for what has become a global phenomenon. Cragg played a pivotal role as one of the first female mountain bikers. She always carried a camera on her adventures, mainly to capture images of wildflowers and the idyllic California landscape. Along the way she happened to document the birth of mountain biking...
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Sourcing Singletrack with Silverton's Klem Branner
The Mountain Flyer Podcast
Silverton is a remote outpost in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains. The former mining town is known for the steep skiing at Silverton Mountain, and the narrow gauge railroad train that brings throngs of tourists from Durango. Most of the area’s established trails ascend steep, rugged terrain that’s best suited for expert mountain bikers, if they are rideable at all. More recently, the Silverton Singletrack Society has embarked on a mission to add more purpose-built mountain biking trails to the area. Silverton local Klem Branner is president of the Silverton Singletrack Society....
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In The Dirt With T.C. Johnstone
The Mountain Flyer Podcast
Filmmaker T.C. Johnstone has been making documentaries for more than 25 years. So far his career in film has taken him to over 60 countries, including a trip to Rwanda with cycling legend Tom Ritchey. Most recently, he filmed In The Dirt, a moving documentary about the Native American cyclists who are growing the sport of mountain biking on the Navajo Nation, where no bike shops exist. It’s a moving film that shows how the bicycle can heal and bring together a community, whether through trail building, racing or giving castaway bikes new life. In this episode, Johnstone explains why...
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E-bikes: Rad, Bad or Just a Fad?
The Mountain Flyer Podcast
For this special edition of the Mountain Flyer podcast, host Trina Ortega welcomes Seattle-area broadcast journalist Paul Andrews in co-hosting a panel discussion about e-MTBs and their place in today’s mountain bike landscape. Industry leaders Ace Bollinger, Leslie Kehmeier, Nat Ross and Yvonne Kraus dive deeper into the impacts e-mountain bikes are having on trail development and access, land management decisions, and advocacy efforts.
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Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: Richmond Cycling Corps
The Mountain Flyer Podcast
Richmond Cycling Corps uses cycling to create positive change in the lives of youth who live in Richmond, Virginia’s public housing projects. In this episode, the organizations director Matt Kuhn talks about how the program uses bikes as a way to connect and build relationships with kids and teens.
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The Endless Advocacy of Bikepacking Roots
The Mountain Flyer Podcast
In this episode, Bikepacking Roots cofounders Kait Boyle and Kurt Refsnider talk about the need for their nonprofit, the joys and challenges of creating epic routes, paying homage to both the land and the people who came before, how bikes have changed their lives and their new Backcountry Bike Challenge.
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Catalyst for Diversity: Eliot Jackson, Grow Cycling Foundation
The Mountain Flyer Podcast
In this interview World Cup downhill mountain bike racer Eliot Jackson talks about his life growing up with two entrepreneurial parents; how he got into mountain biking, his experience as a Black athlete, Grow Cycling’s aspirations—including the construction of a $1.2 million pumptrack in Los Angeles—and the best way one person can make a difference.
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Thriving on Challenge: Hannah Finchamp
The Mountain Flyer Podcast
The two-time overall amateur Xterra world champion and five-time collegiate cycling national champion Hannah Finchamp talks about how she got into mountain biking, what to look for in a coach, her bout with Covid-19 (which occurred during the European World Cup races of 2020), and her positive outlook that keeps pushing her to excel.
info_outline2019 Mountain Bike Hall of Fame inductee and World Champion cross country and gravel racer Rebecca Rusch turned 50 last year. The four-time Leadville 100 MTB champ, six-time Dirty Kanza winner, public lands advocate, motivational speaker and fire fighter has every reason to down shift. Yet in September, she launched Rusch Ventures (rebeccarusch.com) to integrate her existing and new programs, including Rebecca’s Private Idaho, Rusch Academy, MTB Lao adventure trips, and the Be Good Foundation, funds from which go toward removal of unexploded ordnance in Lao and the preservation of public lands. When the Queen of Pain turned 50, she reflected on all she’d done in her first four decades, then got to work defining what’s in store for “Rebecca Version 5.0.”
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