Brice Minnigh Editor in Chief at Freehub Magazine (#39)

Trail EAffect Episode 39: Brice Minnigh – Editor & Chief at Freehub Magazine

This episode first aired on September 16th, 2021 on Mountain Bike Radio

Topics Covered in this show:

• The Brice Minniqh Back Story
• The extensive travels the Brice was involved with as a foreign news correspondent for multiple media outlets
• Travels back to the U.S. and becoming the Managing Editor at Bike Mag – and 12 years of writing for Bike Mag
• The transition to Freehub Magazine as the Chief Editor
• The backstory on the Shaums March Story / how stories have come together in general over Brice’s Career as a Mountain Bike Journalist
• Bringing positive stories to the masses – even though personal struggles
• The renaissance in Mountain Biking and Trail Building, and how we got to where we are now
• Where we are now from a trail building and maintenance perspective with all the new users
• Keeping the message out that it’s everyone’s responsibility to be a custodian of the trails.
• How do we educate and embrace new people coming into the sport of mountain biking
• The growing scene in Chattanooga, TN
• The shared goal at Freehub to create awareness around trail communities
• Palisades Plunge Trail / Single Track Trails Story
• The effort it takes to get stories written and told in a certain timeline
• The Community Theme Issue
• Fact Checking by Brice
• Brice’s idea of the ideal perfect mountain bike community
• Riding In Bellingham, WA
• San Diego Co, CA
• Tourism & Quality of Life
• Nevada Feature in Freehub
• Traveling to ride, meeting people and exploring places
• The Traditional Culture of Mountain Bikers
• The inclusivity of Mountain Biking
• Words – and the Evolution of words and our language
• Finding new contributors in different locations
• The shift into being more gender inclusivity
• Closing

Links:

FreeHub Magazine: https://freehubmag.com/

The Journalist – Living Large with Brice Minniqh: https://freehubmag.com/articles/journalist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy1oqb0HiEE&t=2s

Brice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bricemag

Support for Trail EAffect Comes from Smith’s Bike Shop in La Crosse, WI https://smithsbikes.com/

This show has been edited and produced by Evolution Trail Services, for more information go to:

Evolution Trail Services: www.evotrails.com

Contact Josh at evolutiontrails@gmail.com

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