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From the team behind NSMB.com, The NSMB podcast will go behind the scenes with the makers, breakers, and risk-takers of our favourite sport. Interviews, news, and other important topics will all be on the menu.
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Racing, Restructuring, & Drop Bears, Oh My – What's News
Pete, Mike and A.J. dig into the 2027 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup schedule, including its growing European focus, Whistler’s return and the absence of Mont-Sainte-Anne and Fort William. From there, we get into the formats, technology and bu
Jordi Cortes: From BMX and Motorcycle Racing to the World Cup
Jordi Cortes is Fox Factory’s Global Race Department Manager, but his path into World Cup downhill wasn’t a straight line. From riding BMX and racing motorcycles to working with metal and solving problems hands-on, Jordi has built a career
Red Bull Hardline B.C. – The Debrief
The inaugural Red Bull Hardline B.C. brought some of the world’s best downhill riders to Cypress Mountain for a race that left little room for error. From changing North Shore conditions and brutally technical sections to flats that cost ri
Tales from the Final Two World Cups: The Debrief
With the 2026 World Cup downhill season wrapped up, A.J., Mike Ferrentino, and Pete look back on the final two rounds in Whistler and Lake Placid, sharing their experiences and discussing some of the stories that stood out. We get into how
Whistler World Cup: The Debrief
Whistler just hosted its first-ever UCI Downhill Mountain Bike World Cup, and a few hours after the final runs, Pete Roggeman, Mike Ferrentino, Uncle Dave, and Deniz Merdano sat down to unpack the weekend. We talk about how the new track ac
Ron Goldstone: Raising a Two-Time World Champion
Your kid wins a World Championship, and the whole world sees the highlights. What they don’t see is what happens behind the scenes: the nerves, the travel, the quiet moments between the races, and the reality of watching your child take ris
Building Whistler's World Cup Track with Marty Gautrey
A World Cup downhill track looks like pure speed on race day, but the real story is the years of scouting, digging, carrying rock, and second-guessing every corner so the world’s fastest riders can push the pace and the sport forward. I con
Whistler's Downhill World Cup Moment, with Wendy Robinson
A World Cup downhill doesn’t land in your backyard by accident. Wendy Robinson of Whistler Blackcomb joins us to share how Whistler’s first UCI Mountain Bike World Cup came together, from the earliest rumours to the decisions that made it r
Cy Whitling: From Cult To Singletrack
What if the trail that scares you most is the one that finally sets you free? We sit down with illustrator and writer Cy Whitling to chart a life that moved from a Christian nationalist upbringing in northern Idaho to the loamy corners of B
How Jason Quade Built Abbey Bike Tools
Precision isn't just a goal for Abbey Tools founder Jason Quaid—it's a religion. From humble beginnings as a welder crafting nuclear-grade pressure vessels to becoming the creator of the cycling world's most coveted tools, Jason's journey e
Dustin Adams: Building We Are One Composites
When Dustin Adams founded We Are One Composites in 2017, the mountain biking industry experts said it couldn't be done. Manufacturing carbon fiber rims in Canada? Economically impossible. Yet Adams, a former World Cup downhill racer with po
Steve Vanderhoek
Deniz Merdano sits down with North Shore freerider Steve Vanderhoek to discuss his day-to-day life as a firefighter and how it influences his decisions when pioneering some of the most progressive lines on the North Shore, as well as an exc
Caleb Holonko
If you don’t know the name Caleb Holonko, you should, and you likely will soon. Caleb is one of the rising stars in the world of freeride, and he’s taken the North Shore by storm, building some incredible moves that are not only massive in
Mark Fitzsimmons
Unless you’ve met him at a race or listened to him on another podcast, you may not have heard of Mark Fitzsimmons, or Fitzy as he’s known to friends. He’s one of the unsung heroes of the mountain bike world. Fitzy is famous to a certain sor
Mike Ferrentino Part 2 - From Bike Mag to Downcountry?
For our first Podcast with Mike Ferrentino, he was home on the acreage where he lives, inland from the coast up the Carmel Valley. Mike lives in a barn filled with bikes and motorcycles, the latter in various stages of decomposition. He's a
Mike Ferrentino - Moving to America
Here’s part one of my conversation with Mike, where he talks about growing up barefoot in New Zealand, learning to fix motorcycles and bikes, moving to America, racing bikes and motos, working in shops, beginning to write about mountain bik
Kasper Woolley – Coming of Age
Our guest for the latest NSMB Podcast and the first of our Coming of Age series is Kasper Woolley, a young and fast EWS athlete now racing for the Yeti/OneUp Pro EWS team who hails from Squamish, B.C. Kasper first caught the eye of brands a
Ben Arnott
Our guest for the latest NSMB Podcast is Ben Arnott, a World Cup downhill mechanic, engineer, and small business owner. Ben spent several years working as the head mechanic for Trek World Racing and the YT Mob and the stories from his time
Chris Porter (Part 2): Big Mouth Strikes Again
Chris Porter joins A.J. Barlas for another episode of the NSMB Podcast and once again, it's a brain-tickler. Our first conversation shared stories of Chris's background, giving a better understanding of the man behind the ideas having a res
Chris Porter – Part 1
Mountain bikes have evolved tremendously in the last five years but before then, media and marketing had already nudged the term longer, lower, slacker beyond the edge of being a cliché. The alarmingly incremental progress made to bike shap
Katy Winton
But none of those lessons could prepare her for the latest challenge faced at the end of 2020. After a messed-up year, thanks mostly to the world turning on its head, Katy found herself without support to continue her career as a profession
Kyle Warner
What actions will inspire someone to make a better life for themselves? Those of our childhood heroes, our friends and parents, or a complete stranger can have a lasting impact but how about a video game? Growing up, Kyle Warner dealt with
Steep Seat Tube Angles & Their Effect on Riders w/ Coach, Joel Harwood
For every rider frothing about their new bike with a steeper seat tube angle, there are plenty who feel things are going too far. Claims of poor power and efficiency accompany complaints of sore hands, knees and backside but what if the sea
Specialized 2022 Flat Pedal Shoes with Footwear Product Manager, Stephen Quay
For flat pedal riders after the most grip possible, FiveTen has really been the only option. Year after year, new shoe releases have left us to question, why is it so hard for others to achieve similar grip? With the release of their new 2F
Yoann Barelli
For many of us, riding bikes begins as a childhood activity, belting around the local neighbourhood, learning to wheelie and launching off gutters. But in some parts of the world, it goes beyond an after school activity. Neighbourhoods ridd
Bryson Martin
Bryson Martin has been involved in the industry for longer than most of you would imagine. From racing in the 80s to starting his own suspension manufacturing company, DVO, he’s seen the evolution of our sport from its early beginnings. We'
Geoff Gulevich
Over the last 20 years, we’ve watched Geoff Gulevich evolve and grow from a fresh-faced 13-year-old grom into one of the most recognized freeriders in our sport. His career started about the same time that riding on the North Shore achieved
Sven and Anka Martin
On a short trip to New Zealand in 2019, I thought there might be a chance to record a podcast with Sven and Anka Martin. When I arrived in Nelson, I learned that my two podcast targets had planned and were running the Santa Cruz media event
