Spindrift is an award-winning podcast all about cycling, people and adventures. Each episode hear from a different guest from the world of cycling, from pro riders to industry insiders, and from community advocates to everyday adventurers.
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Olympic Special: Celebrating cross country mountain bike events at Paris '24 with Tara Nolan, Canadian Cycling Magazine
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Fast, furious, dramatic - the 2024 Olympic Mountain Bike races in Paris delivered on the drama front! Spindrift host Aoife Glass chats with Tara Nolan, journalist from Canadian Cycling Magazine in this special edition of the Spindrift Podcast. They discuss highlights of the women's and men's Olympic XC events, the medal winners, the course, the dra…
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Adventure mums, accessible trails, women led spaces in cycling & more: Cotic panel discussion
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Does motherhood have to mean the end of cycling adventures? How can you find accessible trails? Is the bike industry doing enough to diversify the representation of cycling? Spindrift was invited to host a panel discussion with 5 incredible guests at a live event in Sheffield, with Kelly-Jayne Collinge, Dr Fiona Spotswood, Vicky Balfour, Bron Black…
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Skye Murphy, show caller for the Mountain Bike World Series & World Champs, and new mum
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From stage management and musical theatre to bringing the atmosphere to the Mountain Bike World Series and the Cycling World Champs, Skye Murphy has fascinating role within the bike world, and an unusual path into it. Cool, calm and professional, she's worked at MTB events across the world over the last year with Great Big Events... and done it as …
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BONUS On The Outside podcast crossover: the ’23 Cycling World Champs in Scotland
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This bonus episode is a crossover with On The Outside, a podcast sharing diverse views on outdoor news in the UK. Specifically, this episode discusses the Cycling World Championships which took place in Scotland in August 2023, looking at a range of topics around the event including its impact, accessibility, and what it was actually like to be the…
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Dr Fiona Spotswood, researcher, on Project FIAS and gender inequality in mountain biking
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Why is there still such a marked gender disparity in mountain biking? That’s the question that prompted Dr Fiona Spotswood, associate professor of marketing and consumption at the University of Bristol, to research gender equality within and women’s perceptions of mountain biking. After numerous conversations with women across the UK, the results a…
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Lee Craigie, bike adventurer, athlete and storyteller, on her new book ’Other Ways to Win’
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Scottish mountain biker Lee Craigie describes herself as a storyteller and bike adventurer, and in this episode of the Spindrift Podcast she talks about her new book 'Other Ways to Win: A Competitive Cyclist's Reflections on Success'. The book is an autobiographical looks at her life, told in adventures, from childhood, to UK National Cross-country…
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Cassondra Spring, Global Brand Manager for Liv Cycling, chats Tour de France Femmes & more
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Cassondra Spring is the Global Brand Manager for Liv Cycling, one of the largest cycling brands in the world and one that’s focussed on putting women first in all it does. She chats about how she got into cycling, what exactly it is that a global brand manager does, and as Liv is also the sponsor of the White Jersey at the Tour de France Femmes, wh…
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Emily Horridge, mountain bike guide, downhill racer, 40+ athlete & Masters DH World Champion
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Emily Horridge discovered mountain biking in the 90’s when it was a fresh new sport, and never looked back. She raced as an elite athlete in the downhill world cup for many years, then became a mountain bike guide and now leads adventures in the Alps with evocative names like ‘Temple of Tech’ and ‘Cathedral of Flow’. This year, she’s decided to ret…
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Bonus: Behind the scenes UCI MTB World Series, Final Outdoor Region
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A bonus episode with several of the people who make the racing magic happen at the UCI MTB World Series races, behind the scenes at the Enduro and Marathon rounds in Finale Outdoor Region, Italy. Liz Walker, Liv Racing team manager, talks about what her role as entails, the highs and lows that come with racing, and the emotional rollercoaster that …
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Nikita Ducarroz, Freestyle BMX athlete, Olympic medallist and founder of MindTricks
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Nikita Ducarroz is an incredible Freestyle BMX athlete, European champion, Olympic Bronze Medallist and Red Bull sponsored athlete. The sheer style she brings to her riding is impressive, and her list of accolades demonstrates that she's an athlete at the top of her game. She's also notable for her open and honest representation of life as an elite…
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Katy Curd, Four-cross World Champion, DH racer and MTB coach
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From a very unusual start in MTB racing (thanks MBUK Magazine!) to becoming a coach that helped World Champion Evie Richards to the podium, Katy Curd has had an incredible and varied career. Katy shares her experiences, from the highs of racing and a hilarious first championship race experience, to the lows, including a very candid and moving expla…
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Rachelle Boobar, GT Bicycles Global Marketing Manager & industry insider
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If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to work in the bike biz, then this episode is for you! Rachelle Boobar shares her journey from working in TV in Australia to a season in Whistler that just didn’t end. After learning to MTB in the incredible playground of the Sea to Sky corridor in Canada she then worked for mountain biking super-site Pinkbike…
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Vendangi Kulkarni, round-the-world endurance cyclist
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Indian endurance cyclist Vedangi Kulkarni set off around the world in 2018 aged just 19 with a mission to become a Guinness World Record holder and become the youngest women to circumnavigate along the globe. To say it was an adventure in an understatement; close encounters with bears, dead kangaroos, visa issues, wonderful hospitality, saddle sore…
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Ines Thoma is and always has been VERY competitive, and it's paid off. She's regularly in the top 5 at Enduro World Series mountain bike races, and has a passion for mass-start events like the Megavalanche. She chats about how she made the transition from ski racing as a kid to cross-country mountain bike racing, then on to enduro, what it is she l…
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Jenny Graham & Lee Craigie on the Adventure Syndicate, bike packing & Type 2 fun
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When it comes to adventure, Jenny Graham and Lee Craigie have plenty of epic experiences under their belts (and a few record breaking ones). They are both Directors of the Adventure Syndicate, a collective of women adventure cyclists who aim to inspire, enable and encourage, they explain what the Syndicate is all about, how they define adventure, a…
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Mikayla Parton: Scottish downhill MTB racer & privateer
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Scottish downhill mountain biker Mikayla Parton only discovered the sport relatively recently, but that hasn’t stopper her rising through the ranks to become a World Cup racer! This privateer, supported by the likes of Greenpower, Nevis Range, Trek UK and Endura, shares what it’s like to be a newbie at a World Cup, how she discovered mountain bikin…
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Aneela McKenna; mountain biker, diversity advocate & adventurer
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She's a mountain bike guide, co-founder of an MTB holiday company, community advocate, diversity and inclusion expert and force of nature! Aneela McKenna is my guest for episode 2 and there's so much to chat about! Aneela shares the story of how she got into cycling and how she wasn't a fan to start with, her favourite trail snacks, the work she do…
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Vero Sandler; freeride mountain biker & Red Bull Formation athlete
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Freerider Vero Sandler chats about how she got into cycling, how she developed her freeride skills, and shares some tantalising snippets of the exciting projects she’s got coming up. Vero is the rider behind Vision, the female-led freeride mountain bike film and it’s corresponding amazing jump line at the Revolution Bike Park in Wales. She also tal…
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