Brett Tippie Podcast

Jerome Clementz is one of the greatest Enduro riders of all time.  He won the first EWS overall championship in addition to many other races and events.  We met up in Italy at Riva del Garda to talk about how cross country skiing got him into biking,  his enjoyment riding with his young family, his long time partnership with Cannondale and much more! Presented by Ride Wrap: https://bit.ly/3i0wNoh Get all the BTP: https://linktr.ee/bretttippiepodcast

Legendary Trials rider Ryan Leech is here to talk about his impressive career of not only riding but also coaching! He's an entrepreneur who, through his online training videos, is dedicated to helping others improve their riding skills and mindset while creating a comfortable life for himself and his family. Presented by RideWrap: https://bit.ly/3i0wNoh Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BrettTippiePodcast

Jake Pantone and Coleman Edwards are here from ENVE Composites. ENVE manufacture some of the best rims and wheelsets in the industry and have been a sponsor of mine for about 10 years.   Everyting from R&D to production is done at their facility in Ogden Utah with the attention to detail that produces results like World Cup and World Championship trophies!   Presented by Ride Wrap: https://bit.ly/3i0wNoh FOLLOW the BTP: https://linktr.ee/bretttippiepodcast

Brian Lopes is arguably one of the greatest MTB racers of all time.  Flyin' Brian is multiple World Champion and is a member of the MTB and BMX Hall of Fame!  Tune in for some great stories from his impressive career! Presented by RIDEWRAP - https://bit.ly/3i0wNoh Follow the BTP - https://linktr.ee/bretttippiepodcast

Matt Dennison and Jason Lucas are the co-founders of the hilarious MTB film company IFHT Films.   Through their two YouTube channels, IFHT Films and Mahalo My Dude, they've become the masters of showing the fun side of MTB to well over a million followers. The "How to..." series of short films, inventive music videos and behind the scenes shorts are exactly what this community needs when it starts taking itself too seriously Presented by Ride Wrap - https://bit.ly/3i0wNoh Get More Brett Tippie Podcast - https://linktr.ee/bretttippiepodcast

Guy Perrett is a Canadian, Moto Freeride legend who is one of my personal heros and someone I'm happy to call a friend.  He's a Gold Medalist at the International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) with 6 National Off-Road Championships, and has been in many of the sport's most influential films! Presented by RideWrap - https://bit.ly/3i0wNoh Get all the BTP -https://linktr.ee/bretttippiepodcast

Dan Seguin is one of the co-founders of Ride Wrap.  He's here to talk about its impressive growth and innovation with its bike protectoins products.  As a relatively young company, Ride Wrap is surging within mountain bike industry.  The story starts in a small bedroom to five production facilities around the world and, of course, to the Brett Tippie Podcast. Presented by Ride Wrap: https://bit.ly/3i0wNoh Get All The BTP: https://linktr.ee/bretttippiepodcast

Brett got the opportunity to go to the Daytona 500 with an all access, VIP pass! His eyewear partner PitViper brought him out to support their sponsored car. Brett lived up to his title of, "Director of Good Times", winning go cart races, meeting influential new friends, conducting an epic thumb war battle for the ages and of course, watching the race. Presented by Ride Wrap: https://bit.ly/3i0wNoh Follow along with the BTP: https://linktr.ee/bretttippiepodcast    

Jason White competes on the NASCAR, Camping World Truck series as well as on the ARCA Menards Series!  I grew up with Jason in Kamloops and this episode was recorded at the Daytona 500!  He was able to spend a few minutes talking to me right next to the track infront of the grandstands. What an experience!

Elladee Brown has been riding bikes since the beginning of Freeride.  She won Silver at the first UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, she was in Kranked 3,  which is still the one of the most female inclusive Bike films to this day and she's worked for big brands such as Norco, Shimano and Evil.  We've been friends for a long time and this was a great excuse to catch up and have some big laughs! Presented by Ride Wrap: https://bit.ly/3i0wNoh Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BrettTippiePodcast

Evan Wall is an up and comer on the EWS circuit who makes his home in Squamish BC. He's gained notoriety as the inaugural winner of the Pink Bike Academy competition which won him a spot on the Orbea Fox Enduro Team. Pay attention now because we think you'll start to hear Evan's name a lot. Presented by Ride Wrap: https://bit.ly/3i0wNohA All the BTP: https://linktr.ee/bretttippiepodcast

Antoine Bizet is a wild freerider from France who learned to ride a bicycle around the Palace of Versaille!  When he was young, the 2x Rampage, silver medalist started riding bikes and doing gymnastics at the same time and it shows in his comfortability in the air and in his love for oppo-tricks.  We can't believe he doesn't have a bike sponsor right now! Presented by Ride Wrap: https://bit.ly/3i0wNoh Get all the  BTP: https://linktr.ee/bretttippiepodcast

Dik Cox is a Deep Cove legend who has been a huge influence on the success of Kona Bikes. He's was their second employee and had been with the company for 32 years! He tells great stories from early days at The Cove bike shop and Kona including how they come up with all their unique bike names. Presented by Ride Wrap: https://bit.ly/3i0wNoh Get all the BTP: https://linktr.ee/bretttippiepodcast    

Miranda Miller is a UCI DH World Champion and 3x Canadian National DH Champion from Squamish! It's apparent she puts a lot of thought into everything she does as she tells us about her evolution in racing and how she views competition vs personal performance.  We talk about her bike set up, injuries, trust in her riding partners and her plans for the upcoming season. Presented by Ride Wrap: https://bit.ly/3i0wNoh Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BrettTippiePodcast    

Ian Morrisson is a multi-sport athlete and a true Whistler local.  He grew up riding the Whistler Bike Park from its inception and has the insight, stories and a nasty whip from thousands of days of riding. He's worked at two of the most iconic and independent bike shops, Evolution and now Fanatyk Co.  With 15 covers between skiing and biking you'll understand why he decided to shy away from competition and stick to freeriding. Presented by Ride Wrap:  https://bit.ly/3i0wNoh Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BrettTippiePodcast

Garett Beuhler is a good buddy and a sender you'd know from the Kranked movies,  Freeride Entertainment Production's, "Where the Trail Ends",  and from several appearances at Rampage!  He's now working as a trail builder in the small Kootenay town of Nakusp, living life and still ripping his bike.   Get all the BTP: https://linktr.ee/bretttippiepodcast Presented by Ride Wrap: https://bit.ly/3i0wNoh

Did you know that I was a pro snowboarder before I became a pro mountain biker?  I sit down with Mark Warner, the producer of the BTP, to tell stories about about building my own snowboards, racing on the Canadian National Team, becoming friends with Craig Kelly and getting started with my announcing career. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/c/BrettTippiePodcast Presented by RideWrap: https://bit.ly/3i0wNoh

Jonny Smoke is an old friend, who's been around since the start of freeride mountain biking. He's a true rider's rider who lives to spend his days on his bike. As a guide for Retallack, we figure he's had more heli-bike time than anyone in the world! We talk about everything from early days at the Cove Bike shop to our co-first decent of BC's Yak Peak and subsequent BIKE Mag Cover. Watch: https://youtu.be/dOLl92m4_Cc https://linktr.ee/bretttippiepodcast Presented by Ridewrap: https://bit.ly/3i0wNoh

Jackson Goldstone is the freshly minted Junior DH World Champion and he's also just joined the team at Red Bull! He talks about growing up in Squamish, who are his biggest influences and we discuss his excellent racing season that finished with him standing on the top step! Oh and jokes! We can't forget about the jokes. Everything BTP: https://linktr.ee/bretttippiepodcast Watch: https://youtu.be/xv8OUTBryIw  

I spent an amazing week riding around 80,000 vertical feet with Haku Expeditions in Ecuador.  Bill and Nicole Koch, originally from Buffalo NY, are the owner/operators of Haku. They moved to Peru to work as missionaries and ended up building not only a big family but possibly the best MTB guiding business in South America. They've hosted riders from around the world and special guests like Jordie Lunn and Geoff Gulevich.  https://linktr.ee/bretttippiepodcast Watch: https://youtu.be/HPRkbHSCzsk  

This is the crazy story of my 85 hour journey back from South America after an epic bike trip with Haku Expeditions in Ecuador.  Missed planes, random security checks, customs officers who were mountain bikers and great new friends were all part of it!   Presented by Ride Wrap: https://bit.ly/3i0wNoh Follow Along with the BTP: https://linktr.ee/bretttippiepodcast  

Ken Achenbach is an innovator and inventor who has changed the course of action sports and influenced countless legendary figures we all know today. He opened the world's first snowboard shop, and for 28 years ran the Camp of Champions in Whistler. CoC spawned countless, Olympic and XGames, ski and snowboards medalists as well as a generation of mountain bikers who went on to heavily influence their sports!

Anthony Napolitan is a BMX World Champion, Dew Tour Champ and XGames medalist who is switching his skills to Mountain Biking. Well, maybe not fully switching but he's really enjoying spending time on the big bikes.   Watch This Episode: https://www.youtube.com/c/BrettTippiePodcast Follow Brett Tippie Podcast:         https://linktr.ee/bretttippiepodcast  

Ale Di Lullo is one of the premier photographers in MTB and is a great friend. He's shot with virtually everyone and has been published in almost every bike magazine on the planet. He's worked with a huge list of commercial clients and has won many photo competitions including Crankworx Deep Summer, The WSSF Pro Photographer Showdown and Red Bull Illume just to name a few!

Mark Weir is unafraid to speak his mind and share a story which is why he's a perfect guest for the Brett Tippie Podcast. The California native is an enduro legend, winning the Downieville Downhill eight times. He tells us about his house burning down, riding a million vertical feet in a year, almost dying from a tree falling on him and again from a potential heart attack! This is another episode with the energy and perspective you'll only get with an old friend of Tippie. 

Fraser Newton embodies the role as one of the most revered people in biking. The expert mechanic. Growing up in rural Ontario, Fraser had no choice but to fix his bikes when they broke and was so good at it he eventually got paid to do it by age 13. Since then he's become the head mechanic at BC Bike, worked extensively with Anthill films and has filled many roles, fixed many more problems and has the stories to go along with them. YouTube: https://youtu.be/opeMC8Fgwqw  

Dave Watson is another character from the early days of freeride who pushed limits and laid the foundation for today's riders. He was a Canadian National Downhill Champion, filmed for numerous film series including Kranked, he famously jumped his bike over the Tour de France and was a co-founder of Sombrio, bike gear for the spirit of freeride. BTP YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BrettTippiePodcast BTP Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bretttippiepodcast/    

Dustin Adams is the CEO of We Are One Composites and is an accomplished OG shredder too! We talk to Dustin about his early days on a bike including poaching the shoot for Kranked and getting into the movie. Dustin is a guy who marches to the beat of his own drum and is unafraid of a challenge. Even if that means starting over from scratch, which he has done more than once, in business and in life. He says he's not much of a team guy and yet, we learn that he has a pretty amazing team of people working with and supporting him at We Are One.

Richie Schley is here!  He is one of the most important figures in freeride MTB history.   Entered together as members of the The Mountain Bike Hall of Fame with fellow Fro-Rider, Wade Simmons, the three of them make up the first freeride mountain bike team.  Richie has been friends with Brett since they were getting kicked out of class in elementary school and have had countless adventures, rides and laughs since.

Reece Wallace is an ex Slopestyler, Rampager and Team Giant Freerider. I went to his house on Vancouver Island where he tells us about his early days in Whistler, while simultaneously attending University, before he started to really make a name for himself. He talks about his Rampage experience, a scary neck injury, learning to fly his own plane and much more!

Justin Wyper keeps a low profile which is a huge contrast to his riding.  He is the builder behind Brandon Semenuk's new edit, Realm and he throws down in an impressive and rare cameo performance. Wyper talks about working on the build team for several of Semenuk's Rampage wins, he talks about a couple of his own world's first tricks, a viral crash photo, being a dad and lots more. He also goes toe to toe and joke for joke with Tippie and holds his own. Enjoy! Presented by RideWrap: https://bit.ly/3i0wNoh Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZaS3AF7CT70

Mark Matthews has a lot of love for his home on Vancouver Island, BC. That's where he was born, raised and introduced to his first bike. At the age of 14 he started down the path of bringing a dirt jump park to his community by writing to city council. He had a brief stint living on the North Shore, in an illegal suite, with Jordie Lunn, which they got kicked out of. Mark talks about how he developed a taste for travel and why a broken femur made him realize that competition might not be for him. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/q98yPwebwp0 Presented by RideWrap: https://bit.ly/3i0wNoh

Tianna Smith joins Tippie after the Steve Smith Memorial Cup at Mount Washington, to talk about the life and legacy of her "Dude",  Stevie Smith.  #LongLiveChainsaw Watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/xfA-rCOG80s

Brett Rheeder is one of the most accomplished competition riders of all time. He talks to Tippie about his atypical path to mountain bike supremacy growing up in rural Ontario. He shares his thoughts on stress and expectations and how his mindset has evolved over the years because of them. The Bretts talk about Rheeder's interest into the world of downhill racing and his bike component company, Title, which has just reached its one year anniversary. Presented by Ride Wrap  - https://bit.ly/3i0wNoh

Yoann Barelli, the wild man himself joins Brett , The Director of Good times, for the most energetic episode of the podcast yet. We all know what Yoann is capable of on his bike, but do you know how he got here? Brett dives deep to learn about Yoann's early days growing up in France, being inspired by his famous cycling neighbours, the evolution of his racing career and how he ended up in the beautiful Sea to Sky region of BC. Enjoy!

Matt MacDuff made his name in MTB Street riding because he knew he could own that space.  But that isn't what defines him.  Matt is a thinker and is constantly evolving, not only his riding but himself as well.  He talks about the infamous Loop of Doom, learning to ride with brakes, apprenticing to fix antique clocks and much more.  Matt also has an excellent podcast that we think you should listen to. The Matt MacDuff Show.   Watch on YouTube Presented by Ride Wrap

Paddy Kaye could be considered the Godfather of freeride trail building. He was the co-founder of the original "Joyride "which would eventually develop into Crankworx, the world's biggest MTB festival. He's been a part of creating most of the trails in the Whistler bike park, and has built custom trails for film and photo shoots as well as for biking destinations like Retallack Lodge.

Andreas "Dre" Hestler is a co-founder of the BC Bike Race; one of the world's most popular mountain bike stage races. He's also an old buddy of Brett's and shares how his experience as an XC racer, winning multiple National Championships and attending the inaugural mountain bike event at the 1996 Olympics, naturally led to creating the "Ultimate Singletrack Experience", in BC, which will be entering into it's 14th year.

Steve Vanderhoek is probably the best pro biker who really isn't a pro biker. After early success as one of the best up and coming riders, Steve decided to shift his focus and embark down a different career path. He spent most of his 20's becoming a Firefighter / Paramedic. He joined us right after a 24 hour shift, saving the city of North Vancouver though an epic heat wave. We talk about his early days on a bike, riding big gnarly lines, cliff jumping, getting peer pressured by his dad, epic crashes and injuries, who he likes to ride with and much more! Enjoy!

Thomas Vanderham joins Brett to talk about his mountain bike career from being, "The Kid" to now having two of his own. He tells stories of his first bike experiences in Edmonton, and on the North Shore, as well as an hilarious story of his first sponsored bike frame that turned out to be a Tippie hand-me-down. The guys talk about Vanderham's many Rampage experiences, shooting with Sterling Lawrence, injuries, family life and much, much more.  Enjoy!   Follow Thomas: https://www.instagram.com/thomasvanderham/?hl=en Presented By Ride Wrap- Protect Your Bike https://bit.ly/3i0wNoh Special Thanks to the Colorado Ski Shop https://www.coloradoskishop.com/ Subscribe on YouTube and Watch Every Episode! https://youtu.be/H90035zOVTQ Follow The Brett Tippie Podcast! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bretttippie... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TippiePodcast Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/TippiePodcast Thank you all for listening!! If you like the show, please leave us a review and send us a message or a DM. We'd love to hear it!    

"SHUT THE FRONT DOOR!" Big Brad Ewen was the Voice of MTB. During the formative years of big Redbull events, you'd hear Brad on the mic announcing the show and keeping you entertained. Tippie and Brad have been friends since high school in Kamloops and talk about Brad's Bike / Coffee shop, Java, which sponsored early races at nearby Sun Peaks, how that got him into announcing and a few stories of shenanigans and good times.

Darren Berrecloth has been one of the best freeride mountain bikers in the world for almost 2 decades. Claw, as he's known, is a BC boy originally from Parksville on Vancouver island. Claw has established himself as a rider who is not only extremely versatile but equally hardworking as well. Tippie and Claw have been friends for along time and talk about everything from Claw's first bikes and the meteoric rise at the start of his to career to epic trips around the world with Red Bull and how his riding has evolved over his career.

Graham Agassiz has been on the front lines of Freeride Mountain bike for over 15 years.  He's graced the covers of the best bike mags, stood on podiums at the gnarliest events and even has hosted his own!  Aggy shares stories about growing up in Kamloops, and the opportunities that were available to him there as young rider. He talks about his special relationship with Jordie Lunn, this thoughts on Rampage, his early movie parts, Fest Series, RC cars, snow bikes and lots more. As always the guys finish up with a few funny dad jokes. 

Micayla Gatto joins Tippie to talk about her life on a bike including her racing career and her transition to and away from event announcing. Micayla is also an artist. The two chat about the combination of her love for art and biking as well as riding the epic, "White Line" , based on misplaced peer pressure and one-upmanship.   That and lots of Dad jokes.

Hans "No Way" Rey reflects on an epic career that started out with BMX then lead to Trials and eventually Freeride. Brett and Hans start from the start and discuss his long term partnership with GT, shopping mall demos, making bike movies with a Chimpanzee, the first X-Games, being a stunt man on the "Baywatch" of biking, and so much more. Enjoy this conversation with these two Mountain Bike Hall of Famers.

Christian Begin is the director of "KRANKED", the ground breaking,  mountain bike film that changed the game. If you're someone who is fascinated by the history of Freeride Mountain Biking,  get comfortable because this is a lesson from the guys who made it. Brett and Christian talk about the events that lead to the making of Kranked.  They knew they were doing something special at the time and were proven right when they witnessed the crazed response from the crowd at the first premieres.    

Finn Iles is a Red Bull sponsored Downhill racer on the World Cup circuit.  At the age of fourteen, Finn got a special exemption to enter the Crankworx, "Whip Off" event and ended up winning it.  Since then he's made a name for himself winning titles on the junior circuit and is now challenging the best in the world.  Learn a little more about Finn as he talks about where he grew up, his approach to training, night biking with Tippie , winter sports and much more.

Rémy Métailler, originally from France, moved to Whistler BC in 2013 because of his passion for Mountain Biking and skiing.  He rode 113 days in the Whistler Bike park in his first season!  He now makes his home in Squamish, BC which is right in the heart of the Sea To Sky MTB Mecca.  Rémy posts riding videos with tips, special guests, including Brett on his excellent YouTube channel. Make make sure you check it out!

Geoff "Gully" Gulevich has firmly established himself as one of the most photographed and filmed freeriders in the sport. The North Vancouver, BC native has been friends with Tippie since he was a teen.  The guys talk about competing and judging slopestyle and freeride competitions as well as travelling for photo and movie shoots all over the globe.

Wade Simmons, MTB legend, is the first guest on the Brett Tippie Podcast. Wade and Brett have been friends for decades and have traveled the world together riding bikes.  The two of them, along with Richie Schley, formed the first ever professional freeride mountain bike team.   Listen to them catch up and tell stories like only old friends can.

Welcome to the Brett Tippie Podcast!  Y'know, I heard it a million times, “Tippie, you should host a podcast!” Well, now I do! I'm excited to bring you tons of great interviews with MTB legends, current superstars, up and comers and the OG's of the mountain bike industry! Subscribe NOW, tell your friends and stay tuned so you don't miss a thing! Cheers Everybody!