The Ride Companion

Stu Thomson is the founder of what is now know as Cut Media. You may be familiar with the name Cut Media as the creators of the most iconic/viral mountain bike films of all time including Danny MacAskill's Imaginate, Wee Day Out, The Ridge and also the recent Focus Bikes Designed For Down campaign plus tonnes more. During the episode we take a deep dive into Stu's history in mountain biking which,...

Welcome to Gettin' Booked volume 2 where professional mountain bike rider Matt Macduff and I discuss Sir John Hargraves book Mind Hacking. If you haven't read this book then don't worry, we mainly use the book as a framework for the podcast and to discuss some of our experiences which came from reading it.  During this episode we discuss meditation, purpose, the tools promoted in this book, Matt's...

Where's Olly? Well, he's in the Surrey Hills again because..... PANDEMIC. There's not much we don't cover on this latest episode of the podcast. From baby emu's, buying a home sauna, playing fetch with cats, Tyler Bereman's Imagination film and most importantly staying apocalypse ready. There's some mountain bike talk too... DOWNLOAD THE FREE WINTER DEFIANCE HANDBOOK HERE:- https://www.hktproducts...

Russ Pierre is just one of those guys that's a pleasure to sit and chat with. Russ and I met at Freedom Ride back in July and I just knew I had to get him on the podcast. Russ was one of the founders of Upgrade Bikes and witnessed first hand the formation of DMR back in 1995. He has also worked as a professional surf photographer and helped rehabilitate veterans suffering with PTSD. Russ is curren...

The ebike special! On this episode of the podcast Olly and Davi catch up on Olly's recent trip to the Focus Bikes HQ in Germany, Freeride Madeira and Glasgow for the Designed for DOWN video. They also discuss kangaroo knockouts, ebikes, airport pranks and special guest Stu Thomson joins the podcast to give some behind the scenes insights into the SAM² shoot. Help support the podcast and Grab yours...

Matt Macduff is a professional mountain bike rider and action sports athlete from BC, Canada. You may remember Matt first appeared on the podcast back in November 2018 for episode #061.  Since Matt's first appearance we have stayed good friends, Matt and I often share book recommendations, articles and podcasts with each other and a few months ago I sent Matt a book title that I thought he'd enjoy...

Well here we are folks, Where's Olly? is LIVE! On this episode Olly and Davi catch up on what they've been up to since The Lockdown Companion ended. Olly talks about his first crash in a long time, his bike packing trip to France with girlfriend Georgie, a secret trail in Glasgow and what plans are in the pipeline for the release of a new Focus bike...plus much more! Help support the podcast and G...

Tyler Villopoto might have one of the most unique stories in all of action sports. You may already recognise Tyler's last name? After all, he is the younger brother to multi time motocross/supercross champion Ryan Villopoto and has himself been in and out of professional racing for many years. During this episode Tyler talks about growing up racing motocross with older brother Ryan, being home sch...

Joe Barnes is a professional mountain bike rider from Fort William, Scotland. On this episode of the podcast we take a deep dive into where Joe's creativity both on and off the bike comes from, why he launched his own race team, lockdown videos and much much more! Check out Joe's YouTube channel and shoot him a follow on Instagram! YouTube // @top_chief Grab some merch y'all! https://thehktpodcast...

It's time to read the final page of the book and wrap up this chapter folks. But, maybe we can reach to the shelf and grab a new book? The final instalment of The Lockdown Companion is here. On this episode we chat about how freakin' good Freedom Ride 2020 was and, start to plan Freedom Ride 2021, we discuss our up-coming series and all sorts of other random chat...  Thank you so much for all of y...

The one with Ali C... On this episode of The Lockdown Companion Olly Wilkins and Davi are joined by professional trials rider Ali Clarkson. During the episode we hear how Ali is a professor of braking technology, discover some insights into his career and take some listener submissions plus the usual randomness... Help support the podcast and Grab yourself some merch! https://thehktpodcast.teemill...

The one with the Freedom Ride 2020 details... On this episode we decided to ride solo and just chat rubbish, Olly has an update on the missing snake, we talk about our idols growing up, take some listener questions and most importantly share details of the Freedom Ride! The Freedom Ride 2020 takes place on Saturday, 4th July at Rogate Bike Park. You can get your ticket HERE:- https://www.tickettai...

The one with Sam Reynolds... On this episode of The Lockdown Companion Davi and Olly Wilkins are joined by Fest Series rider and all round shredder Sam Reynolds. Olly makes a surprise discovery, there's elevator music and we chat with Sam about bike set-up, pump track home builds and the usual random tangents!  The audio version of the podcast features a cover of the Sublime's song 'What I Got' by...

The one with Danny Macaskill... For this episode of The Lockdown Companion Davi and Olly Wilkins are joined by mountain bike royalty Danny Macaskill. During the episode we discuss Danny's unique approach to lockdown, his love for e-bike adventures and trips of a life time that sometimes go wrong. We also set a challenge for the listeners/viewers! The audio version of the podcast features a cover o...

The one with the Tenga eggs... On the latest episode of The Lockdown Companion Olly and Davi are joined by Steel City Media's Joe Bowman. We discuss the current state of MTB content, find out how much Olly knows about his local area, reminisce about Dirt Magazine and take a bunch of listener questions plus, the usual randomness. The audio version of this podcast also features a beautiful cover of...

Tarek Rasouli is a former BMX and mountain bike pro who after a career changing accident turned his attention to entrepreneurship. Tarek is the owner of Rasoulution, a sports marketing and communication agency based in Munich (GER) who organise events like RedBull District Ride. The company also manages top flight action sports athletes Danny Macaskill, Fabio Wibmer, Thomas Genon and Emil Johansso...

The one with Gully... On this episode Davi and Olly are joined by freeride mountain bike royalty Geoff Gulevich! We chat about how Geoff is dealing with being a content creator during corona virus lockdown, travelling the world in search of new trails, RedBull Rampage and take some listener questions too... plus, some of the usual randomness. Want to WIN a Focus bike?! Sign up to the 'Beat Your Sc...

The one with Olly's Mum… On this episode of The Lockdown Companion Davi and Olly are joined firstly by a surprise guest, Clare Wilkins (Olly's Mum) to learn about how accident prone he was as a child, Clare drops some knowledge bombs about bees and shares some hilarious antics carried out by Olly's grandad. As if that wasn't enough, Boris 'Mad Dog' Beyer then joins us to chat about how he's coping...

The Behind The Bike series aims to open the doors to bike brands and, introduce you to the people who help bring specific bikes to the market. On this episode I chat with three members of Canyon's product development and marketing team to find our more about the start to finish journey of a new bike model. First on the podcast I was joined by Daniel Oster, Director of the gravity product range who...

Volume nine comin' in your ears! For the latest episode of The Lockdown Companion Olly and Davi are joined by mountain bike royalty and podcast host Andrew Neethling. During this episode we discuss all manor of topics from religion (yes, you read that right) through to what it's like to be a professional rider during corona times. There's also a round of DOPE OR NOPE plus loads of other randomness...

Still in Lockdown and still churnin' these bad boys out! For this episode Olly and I are joined by Jono Jones to chat about life as a banker, backflips gone wrong and mountain bike career decisions. We reveal details of The Lockdown Mop Down and, reveal how you can WIN a set of custom goggles from Melon Optics. As if thats wasn't enough there's a KILLER cover by Zeb and Chris Allen @chrisallandrum...

The Lockdown Companion is back for Vol7! On this episode Olly and I are joined by Ed Masters for a rather varied conversation to say the least. We discuss New Zealand's corona virus status, riots, porn stunt doubles and much more... There's also a live and exclusive track from Zeb. Must Follows from this episode:- @Odub_23 , @edmasters , @thehktpodcast , @zeb_co All new merch store! https://thehkt...

On this episode of The Lockdown Companion Odub and I are joined by Bernard Kerr. During the episode we discuss buying an island, supercross, YouTube content plus much more... We also take some 'DOPE' or 'NOPE' suggestions and start planning the post lockdown party celebrations! There's also a live and exclusive track from Zeb. Must Follows from this episode:- @Odub_23 , @bernard_kerr , @thehktpodc...

On this episode of the podcast I am joined by mountain bike slopestyle phenom Emil Johansson. During this episode we talk about Emil's incredible rise to fame and, the difficulties he has faced on the journey. We take a deep dive into Emil's past, his struggles overcoming autoimmune disease and what it has taken to get back to the top step of the podium. I really hope you all enjoy this episode an...

Well, we are still indoors in the UK so here we are with volume 5 of The Lockdown Companion!  On this episode Olly and Davi are joined by Ben Deakin. We discuss what The Deakinator has been doing to pass his time during lockdown, share our top 3 things to watch/listen too, make some predictions as to when we will be able to ride with our friends again and plenty more randomness... There's also a l...