Pisgah Podcast

Hurricane Helene has left Western North Carolina devastated. From the large city of Asheville to the hollers of Old Fort, Bat Cave, Mortimer and more, have all seen destruction. We've got friends all up and down these blue ridge mountains and felt it was time to check in with them and give you all an update from the source with hopeful tales of good news. Special thanks to Peter Mills, Kristian Ja...

We got a kickstart from Daniel and Natalie at Pisgah Area Sorba to crank this thing back up, so here we are! We've got the PAS folks on the mics to give us some updates on new trails and whats new in the scene while we've been away. Did you get an email from SORBA main too? if you didn't, here's the FAQ Link to answer some questions. If you've ridden the newly reworked Greensli...

Ever been so deep in Pisgah that you thought no one had touched that zone in forever but then you come across some fresh cut timber trail clearing and you’re completely flabbergasted that someone brought a saw waaaay back there. Well, that someone was the Back Country Horsemen of Pisgah and we owe them a ton of thanks. A really great video was just released showing some of the story on what the cl...

Matt Zuniga, a rising senior with the Brevard College Cycling team stops by to give us the run down on what these crazy college kids are up to, their operation and what their favorite rides are. Drew and Mangler wrapped up a busy year of downhill with a Central America visit and dropping a new USDH focused podcast, The Gravity Coop’s Hot Seat. If you dropped out of college to ride bikes rather tha...

About 7 months ago we dropped by Rockgeist so Drew could get a fancy custom bag made for his Tallboy and spent the morning documenting the process of making a bag the crew and the makings of Rockgeist with Greg Hardy PHD. So after 7 months, Drew has great things to say about his bag but some minor changes he would make. If you have bags full of water bottles strapped on your bike then click subscr...

Western NC has been sprouting up some new trails over the summer so like any good podcast producers, we wanted to deliver some sweet sounds of ripping. Drew and Mangler convinced Adam Hobbs to join in as they visit some new trails at Chestnut Mountain and Old Fort. IF you have rolled the rock on Union then click subscribe!

NC has legally declared 2023 as Year of the Trail so we got some of those behind the scenes of this movement on the mics to talk about the who, what and why. Daniel Sapp and Seth Alvo of Backslope along with Beth Heile from Friends of Valdese fill us in as we hung out at Berm Peak . October 21st is the first Great Trails State Day and it will continue every year as the third saturday in October. S...

Like many of you, we had lots and lots of questions regarding the proposed user fees for Pisgah Ranger district for mountain bikes and equestrians. So after a week of gathering questions, our friends at Pisgah Area SORBA got a lot of them answered from the USFS and brought us that info. Huge thanks to Natalie Narburgh, the Executive Director of PAS for sitting down with us for this rapid fire. You...

Little White Oak Mountain may be an unfamiliar name for most listeners, but you’re going be remembering it after listening to Craig Lee of Community Trail Designs and Ed Sutton of Trail Dynamics fill us in on the juicy details of the soon to be project. 900’sh feet of descent on a south facing mountain in a public trail system, easily highway accessible and way closer to the major metros to our ea...

Nick Bragg is no stranger to podiums and he’s also a real good friend of the podcast but after our interview with Eric Wever / Pisgah Productions for episode 166 we decided to put Nick on the spot and inquire about his thought on chasing the King of Pisgah for a second time, cause he’s already won it once… With a little bit of pressure and some sweet talking, Nick committed to the series and we’ve...

On the mic this week is French-Canadian World Cup downhill racer Rachel Pageau, fresh on a new bike and straight from the top step of an enduro win! Also, spring is still deceiving us, but winter is returning. Some prescribed burns around WNC and the regional racing season is firing up! If you are as ready for fools spring to be over as we are then click subscribe! Valentine Bikes Raffle

Ever had that feeling the bike shop crew was laser eyeball judging your bike? Yea, us too. So we put mics on some bike industry pros named Mike and allowed them to shame us on our bike setups, or did they? Also, we’ve got the Ride Kanuga winter enduro race results. If you have ever had trouble picking between your shorty travel rig and your long travel trail plow then click subscribe!

We often play in the woods far from civilization, thats what we do, so what happens if you or someone from your riding crew get hurt? Well, we took those questions to Justin Padgett of Landmark Learning, a learning specialist for the outdoor community that specializes in wilderness first aid. We all want to recreate as rowdy and safely as we can, so take some notes and think about getting some tra...

If you’ve been to a bike fest, you probably had a good time with the Handup Gloves crew. So we ventured across the mountain to Chattanooga Tennessee to indulge in a good time and get the story on how Handup became the fun havers and good timers that they are. If you have ever got to a trail head to find that you only brought one glove, click subscribe!

Pisgah Productions has been one of the main racing promoters of western NC for many years now. Bringing you such death marches as PMBAR and Pisgah 36 but also more fun races like the 111, 55 and Pisgah Enduro. So we caught up with Eric Wever, the creator of Pisgah Productions to talk about its evolution into being part of the G5 Trail Collective now and what the future looks like. If you have ever...

Drew and Mangler ripped laps at Ride Rock Creek for New Years day on their enduro sleds, its team transfer season and also, is it gravel season? Is that a thing? To find out more, we met up with the new shop Gravelo Workshop in North Asheville to find out more on their new shop focused on coffee and bikes. Greattrailsnc.com gravelo-workshop.com

Jolanda Neff, Olympic Gold Medalist and multiple world champ title holder sits down with us to chat off season in Pisgah and more! A once rogue trail network gets legalized, bike raffles and winter solstice. If you came to the UCI WC DH live stream for the DH race but stayed for the XC then go ahead and click that subscribe button! Gravel Adventure Guide 286 trails press release

Neko Mulally guides us through what we can expect on visiting the new Ride Rock Creek Bike Park, the location, the trails, the shuttle, what it took to build the place out and other fun info. The park opens December 9th and is operated by the crew from Ride Kanuga. Drew and Mangler run you through a local gift buying guide from as many local Mtb focused companies we could come up with, from coffee...

We’ve been watching Max tear up the local and soon to be global race scene and build some sweet trails out at Kanuga and the soon to open Rock Creek bike parks so its rad to sit him down and find out where this dude gets all this energy from! Lots of stoke to go around. And we recap a bit of this past weekends racetivities from NCGP and Cranksgiving. If riding in the cold isn't tough enough for yo...

The racing season around western NC has almost come to a close and we’ve got Chris Bennett of NCCX to talk about the upcoming NCCX Grand Prix race this weekend at Jackson Park. Also this weekend is Upstate SORBA cranksgiving taking place at Ride Kanuga. So still some race fun to participate in! We rapid fire off some results from Pisgah 111 and 55, Rock Creek Enduro, Swank, Coach Potato, College N...

If you’ve been around western NC trails frequently enough, theres a strong chance you’ve caught Shanna Powell ripping around having fun in her cat ears and fairy wings. Drew caught up with Shanna to find out more about her path to bike riding, making drive train parts and pushing ladies to shred. If you ever thought you were bonking cause you saw a cat fairy shredding pisgah but realized it was Sh...

Pisgah Area SORBA recently brought on Natalie Narburgh as the executive director so we got her and president Craig Ruhland on the mic to give us a little more behind the scenes look and sort of a how its made on the club, what they have going on and whats in store for the future of the organization. Have you ever wondered how the Pisgah Area SORBA sausage was made then go ahead and click subscribe...

Following up from last episode on Rocky Knob’s history, we have a gathering of Boone locals to celebrate the opening of RKP’s newest trail Jumbo Shrimp, a blue “back country” descent off the top of the mountain. We caught up with some of the shredders and shakers of the high country scene to hear some words. Kristian Jackson guides us through as Moto Mike of Teratek Trails gives us a little of his...

We flash it back to an older podcast project that Mangler did a few years ago with trail boss Kristian Jackson on Rocky Knob Mountain Bike Park. Rocky Knob opened up a new trail recently so we wanted to share this older podcast to get people up to speed on some of the backstory before our episode on this new trail opening. If you went to Rocky Knob and were surprised at all the rocks then go ahead...

Did you know… yes, Ohlins USA is based in western NC! We got Jake Thompson Jacobson on the mic to chat about Ohlin’s history in western NC, the twin tube damper and weird bikes. And if you’ve ever blessed the rains down in Africa, then go ahead and click subscribe!