Kat Sweet of Sweetlines (#48)
Trail EAffect Episode 48 Kat Sweet of Sweetlines
This episode first aired on November 29th, 2021 on Mountain Bike Radio
Topics Covered:
- The Kat Sweet Back story and how she got into mountain biking
- Kat’s career with Alpine Skiing / Skiercross / Big Mountain Skiing
- How Skiing shaped her future for Mountain Biking
- The Evolution of Mountain Bike Coaching from the early days to today, and how Kat became a coach
- Kid Specific Coaching at Sweetlines and working with kids
- The Sweetlines Story
- The different programs with Sweetlines
- Promoting and expanding Racial Equity and DE&I* as part of Sweetlines and how this is working in Kat’s Area
- Training Coaches to help with DE&I* and the quest towards constant improvement
- The contrast of Seattle, WA vs Marin Co, CA where Kat learned to Mountain Bike
- How Duthie Hill has changed the dynamic of mountain biking in the Seattle Area
- Mountains Not Necessary for Mountain Biking
- Sweetlines and the planning for 2022
- Closing
*Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: DE&I
Links:
Kat Sweet Bio: https://sweetlines.com/kat-sweets-bio/
Sweetlines: https://sweetlines.com/
As a Young Black Man Speech by Morris Vasser: https://youtu.be/I9DdKdk2peE
Sweetlines Grow: https://sweetlines.com/grow/
Duthie Hill: https://www.evergreenmtb.org/trails/duthie-hill
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