Skids & Giggles Mountain Bike Podcast

Pascal sat down with Debbie and Philipp Gilgen to talk about the Pumptrack Muttenz , the challenges of starting a new community-based bike project during a global pandemic and how their project has gone about finding the support that they needed. We discuss how to find a good spot for your pump track , what to look out for and what the positive "side effects" of a community bike project look like....

We sat down with "Swiss" Chris Räber to talk about slopestyle, mastering new tricks and, of course, his appearance on national TV with the challenge to learn, and land, a Cork 720 within a month during the summer of 2017. We cover Chris' personal journey with mountain bikes and competing in slopestyle events, his favourite tricks over the years, mindset and how things have changed in the sport sin...

Pascal  sat down with  Greg Kowner , owner of  Biroma Bikes , the  Bikeschule Zürich  as well as, more recently,  Biroma BMX . This is the second part of the conversation with Greg where we cover the bike school and what the most successful courses are, new trails, destinations as well as Greg's personal journey with mountain bikes. We picked up on the different dynam...

Pascal sat down with Greg Kowner , owner of Biroma Bikes , the Bikeschule Zürich as well as, more recently, Biroma BMX . This is the first part of the conversation with Greg where we cover all the ups and downs of running a bike shop in 2020 and the challenges that will most likely stay with us for some time. We picked up on the theme of customisation, something we've covered with James before, an...

We sat down with Anna Newkirk to talk about her career so far, her preparation for the coming season of racing downhill and enduro at the highest level of the sport as well as her goals for the future. With a World Cup win and medals at World Championships to her name as a junior, Anna is looking to make her mark as an elite in '21 and beyond. Her main focus lies on the downhill, but don't be surp...

We sat down with Robin Schaub , Design Engineer at Onza Tires , to talk about why we still get flats, the challenges of a smaller brand in the bike industry today and why Onza will not bring back bar ends any time soon. Robin is also very active in the local trail building community and can provide an interesting perspective on the growth in the sport in 2020 and how that data provides the basis f...

We sat down with Lucy Jager to talk about the work that she does with the Schtifti Foundation and Gorilla as well as her bachelor thesis about how to motivate kids to get on pump tracks and how that eventually brought her where she is today. We dive deep into the psyche of overcoming challenges, dealing with and overcoming fear and, of course, Lucy's perspective on women in the sport. To get in to...

We sat down with our good friend and riding buddy Esteban "Yeti" Zimmermann to talk about his time getting into mountain biking on the shores of the pacific ocean in Peru, his riding in Switzerland and his take on the local scene here in Zurich. On top of his day job as an engineer, Yeti is also a certified Swiss Cycling mountain bike guide with an interesting perspective on riding in groups, wome...

We sat down again with James Drew for the final part of our conversation series to talk about his own love for bikes that eventually led to him pursuing a career in the industry as well. After a few stints with other brands, James hit out on his own with Bike The World , a distribution company here in Switzerland that today represents illustrious brands such as  Chromag ,  Industry Nine...

We sat down again with James Drew for Part 2 of our conversation series to talk about marketing, sponsorship and social media. James runs Bike The World , a distribution company here in Switzerland that represents mountain bike brands such as Chromag , Industry Nine , and, more recently, Title . He supports a wide array of riders here in Switzerland, ranging from slope style riders that can pull o...

We sat down with James Drew to talk about what it means to run a business in the bike industry in 2021. James runs Bike the World , a distribution company here in Switzerland that represents some of the most illustrious brands in mountain biking today. James has been involved in the bike business for the better part of two decades and also has the experience and perspective of having worked in mar...