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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 Charlie’s 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 Chris Kovarik
1:05:00 “Oh! I’m not a robot, I’m a human being with emotions and feelings…”
1:07:00 Influencers and Mentors: Gabe Owens. Jim Karn, Brad Watt, Phil Wearing
1:10:10 Charlie Sponsel trail building philosophy and concepts
1:12:05 River View Mtb Trail, Portland, OR. Outside Online article. “Portland Hates Me”
1:15:00 Aaron Nactrab and Patrick Funk from Team Robot
1:15:40 Origin of “Team Robot” name. “You’re on the kill list!!”
1:17:40 Kyle Thomas
1:17:50 Bryn Atkinson and Jill Kintner
1:20:15 Lars Sternberg
1:22:00 Alex McGuinnis. Krunk Shox
1:23:15 John Kennedy, Mike Lawless, Kevin Walsh
1:23:40 NW Cup founders interview on MtbJumper Podcast
1:25:40 Mtb Injuries
1:28:30 Charlie Sponsel Skibowl NW Cup #4 Full Run (5th Pro)
1:29:30 Enduro and Cross Country Mtb racing is serious and hard
1:30:00 What it takes to win Enduro vs Downhill
1:33:50 Professional Influencers: Adam Craig
1:35:00 World Cup Mountain Bike Racing: Why you should at least go and watch
1:36:44 Verg Interview on the MtbJumper Podcast