Local Legends

Local Legends - Episode 19 with Susie Murphy -  Advocating for mountain bike trails in San Diego Susie Murphy has a huge impact on the trails we ride in San Diego.  Her role as the Executive Director (since 2015) at San Diego Mountain Bike Association, a non profit advocacy group aiming to improve trails in San Diego for mountain biking since 1994, puts her on the ground, in meetings, an...

Local Legends - Episode 18 with Jake Orness (Director of Photography) I’m super stoked to have Jake Orness - better known as JPOV - Director of Photography on this podcast.  He is responsible for many of the photos and drone-recorded footage that you may have seen like the Belgian Waffle Ride , San Diego.  Jake is an interesting and talented person on the bike as a rider and off the bike...

EPISODE 17 with Michael Macare - your ‘normal guy’ making the impossible..possible.   I’ve known Michael for about 6 years when he joined the TASCO-mtb race team - with his happy and gregarious attitude, we became instafriends :).  For as long as I have known Michael, he has set his goals far and long going for races that are at the edge of his grasp.   This year, he successful...

Local Legends - Episode 16 with Jim Bradford (Skills & Jump Coach) Jim operators Del Sur Dirt - a local San Diego coach that works with kids to adults on dirt skills.  As a BICP coach , he works one-on-one and in small groups on mountain skills ranging from cornering to gap jumping.  Jim comes from a unique and diverse background - with a career as a river guide to running a construc...

Local Legends - Episode 13 with Tammy Tabeek If there's a force to be reckoned with, it's with this fine lady. Tammy is an accomplished cyclists a mountain biker, road rider, downhiller, and triathlete (and not to mention racketball player).  I've had the pleasure of riding and racing against Tammy over the years and honestly not knowing her background - which explains her slam dunk performan...

EPISODE 15 with Brian Scarbrough - Professional Racer & National XC Champion Brian Scarbrough is a local San Diegan, who raced BMX as a young child.  He didn’t find cross country mountain biking until much later.  Now in his thirties, Brian races professionally with Competitive Metals.  You will often see Brian racing at in local races such as the QnD summer series and the BWR S...

Local Legends - Episode 14 with Lauren Lentz - Kevin Lentz Legacy   In this conversation, I sit with  Lauren Lentz, Kevin’s widow, to share his story.  Whether you knew him personally or perhaps only heard about him, this conversation highlights who he was as husband, a friend, a father and a rider. I knew Kevin from our time together on the TASCO-mtb race team back in 2016.  H...

Local Legends - Episode 4 with Pete Tholl Pete was born and raised in San Diego growing up Encinitas and graduating from San Dieguito High School.  Pete got into riding by some friends and later started road racing in 1988 with the Swamis Race Team.  In 1993, he took a hiatus from racing and riding when he started a family.  Later when his kids were in high school he picked up the b...

Local Legends - Episode 12 with Chris Horner   "100% commitment, 24 hours a day"  Chris trophy shelf as a professional cyclist of 25 years is stacked including Tour de France 7-time racer, winner of Tour de California, 2012 Olympics, with his greatest achievement - 2013 Vuelta a Espana win at the age of 41 becoming the oldest and only American to ever win the Grand Tour. Chris Horner gre...

Local Legends - Episode 11 with Phil Tinstman Phil is an highly accomplished and decorated cyclist with an X-games gold medal and the RAAM world record to his name (((mic drop!!))) Phil is also a fellow San Marcos neighbor who is raising 2 children, works, and continues to ride his bike 10-20 hours a week!!   Riding bikes all his life including BMX, Motocross, Downhilling, Road and Grave...

Welcome to the first installment of Mic Check - a different kind of interview where turn the mic on myself and share part of the lifestyle, training, and lessons of leading a life of riding and outdoor adventure.  This interview is special because I bring my children forward and have them give their thoughts and reflection on how life was like having a mom who was training.  I tend to we...

Local Legends - Episode 9 with Leeann Folse Honored to interview Leeann.  She has a rich history, experience and knowledge of bikes and racing.  Leeann raced as a professional downhill racer in the mid 1990s at national and world level representing USA in 1994.  She also was a team manager to many race teams including Yeti, 3D, Barracuda, and Stratos overseeing racers such as Juli F...

Wanted to share a little about the purpose of this podcast, how it got started and where it is going.   This is a podcast to highlight passionate cyclists in Southern California (specifically San Diego) that influence how, where, what, we ride. Thank you for listening. Cheers! Chi

Local Legends - Episode 8 with David Hekel, Ranger, Rider, Photographer  Ranger Dave is many things - a ranger, rider, and passionate about all things in nature.  If you ride Hodges, raced in the QnD Filthy 50, or participated annual Archipelago or the BWR, you have been on the trails he oversees and directly affects these trails.  The funny thing is I've talked to Dave many times n...

Local Legends - Episode 7 with Brendan Collier, Stagecoach 400 and Hub Cyclery I met Brendan almost ten year ago when I was mountain biking with friends in Idyllwild.  Like many bike stories go, a soon got to know him and people in the bike community with rides that were hosted by The Hub Cyclery, the only bike shop in Idyllwild.  And then I got an invitation to DO the Stagecoach 400 in...

Local Legends - Episode 2 with Michael Marckx Michael Marckx, aka MMX, is most known for promoter and visionary for the Belgian Waffle Ride - largest gravel race in the US with 4000 riders in San Diego in 2021.   His many accomplishments also include Founder of Monuments of Cycling since 2015 CEO Creative Disruption since 2015 Accomplished Drummer Professional racer and UC National Team triat...

Local Legends - Episode 1 with Victor Sheldon, Professional Stand up Jet Skiier, Mountain Bike Racer, Quick’n’Dirty  We kick off the first Local Legends with key mountain bike race coordinator and accomplished mountain biker himself, Victor Sheldon. Also known as Slasher for his accomplishments as a stand up jet skier, Victor Sheldon runs a year around mountain bike race format with the Summe...

Local Legends - Episode 3 with Jim Miller, Voice of Gravel Jim has been named Voice of Gravel as his role as emcee and race announcer at some of the largest gravel events in the nation including Belgian Waffle Ride (San Diego, N. Carolina, Cedar City and Lawrence, Kansas), Steamboat Gravel.  He is also fondly known in the SD mountain bike world as the emcee Quick’n’Dirty races and race series...