Sean Leader of Windrock Bike Park Part 2 of the Knoxville Series (#43)
Trail EAffect Episode 43 Sean Leader – Windrock Bike Park Knoxville Series Part 2
This episode first aired on October 25th, 2021 on Mountain Bike Radio
Topics Covered:
- Sean’s Backstory
- How Sean got into Mountain Biking
- Ultra-Endurance Racing / Single Speed Racing
- Pro XC Racing and Cyclocross
- Transition to Gravity / Enduro Racing
- How going to New Zealand was the most influential mountain bike Destination for Sean
- Sean’s Wrist Injury
- The Turning Point of Being injured and being forced to explore other avenues
- Trail Building
- The History of Windrock and training facility for Sean and others
- How Windrock turned into a Legit Downhill Park
- The Sean Leader and Nico Mulally Business Plan
- Keeping American Downhill Alive
- Horseface: https://youtu.be/c3wcw_VaF8g
- Tracks Vs Trails
- How Suspension technology is driven by DH Racing and testing
- Schedule of shuttle stops
- Public Parks Vs Private Parks
- Short Chairlifts and how they have huge potential for future parks
- The sport needs more bike parks
- Downhill Bikes and the Future of Downhill Bikes
- E Bikes, and the avenue of innovation
- Windrock YouTube and Content Creation – Vlogs / Windrock Original
- Behind the scenes at Windrock
- Knoxville as a destination
- Multigenerational Riding
- Closing Thoughts
- Other Windrock Amenities (Camping / Cabins)
Links:
Windrock Bike Park: https://windrockbikepark.com/
Windrock Vlogs and Originals on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCywWFBO-Id8AapvmPMaEXtg/featured
Windrock on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/windrockbikepark/
Knoxville Trail Org Links:
Appalachian Mountain Bike Club (AMBC): www.ambcknox.org
AMBC Fall Fest: https://fallfest.ambcknox.org/
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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