The Mtb Jumper Podcast Norman Petersen
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Weekly conversations with extraordinary progressive mountain bike riders (professional and amateur), coaches and industry leaders. We talk about Freeride, Dirt Jumping, Downhill, Park, Street, Trials, skill development, bikes and gear, digging and building, strength and fitness, industry trends, and much more.
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Lee McCormack: Mtb Coach and Rip Row Creator interview
Show Notes for Lee McCormack Lee Likes Bikes Coaching, Books and much more
Lee McCormack on Youtube
Lee Likes Bikes on Facebook
Lee Like Bikes on Instagram
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
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Phil Kmetz | Skills with Phil YouTube channel | Downhill Racer
Show Notes for Phil Kmetz 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
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Clayton Peterson | Ride It Out Founder | US Army Special Operations Flight Paramedic
Mtb Jumper Podcast on iTunes
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
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008 Charlie Sponsel | Pro Downhill Racer & Mtb Industry Influencer
Mtb Jumper Podcast on iTunes
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
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007 Ryan Verg Vergeront Pro Bicycle Mechanic
Show Notes for Verg 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
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006 AJ Johnson of Go Huck Yourself Bikes
Show Notes for AJ Johnson of GHY Bikes Mtb Jumper Podcast on iTunes
Mtbjumper.com/AJJohnson/
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
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Customer Reviews
Understated but hopefully not underrated
Norm has a wonderful interviewing style and his guests really share a lot. This show is a must listen for Pacific NW riders who not only have an interest in hearing from some of their heroes, but to pick up some. Ore skills along the way.
Great stuff Norm keep them coming!
Great interviews
Diverse guests and conversations with a laid back interview style.