Georgia Astle on Racing, Freeriding, & Finding Her Way to MTB Bikes & Big Ideas

Georgia Astle is one of the many ultra-talented riders to come out of Whistler, BC — but she actually grew up kitesurfing and doing a whole bunch of other sports, rather than mountain biking. Once she fell in love with mountain biking in high school, though, her rise through the ranks was astonishingly rapid — first as a racer and later as a freerider — and we sat down with Georgia to hear all about it, including the state of Enduro racing and women’s freeride, Georgia’s goals for 2024 and beyond, and a whole lot more.
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TOPICS & TIMES:
Growing up in Whistler and not mountain biking (2:44)
Getting into racing (7:51)
Georgia’s meteoric rise (13:42)
DH vs. Enduro as a privateer (21:32)
The folly of eMTB racing (31:06)
Moving to freeride (34:04)
The state of women’s freeride (39:06)
Georgia’s 2024 plans (48:52)
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