The B Practice Podcast - Lourdes World Cup Downhill 11

Jason Schroeder, Austin Hackett-Klaube and Tanner Stephens talk the Lourdes World Cup Downhill with Dakotah Norton.

Jason_Schroeder
3/30/2022 9:22am
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Vital's B Practice Podcast kicks off with a post-race show discussing the Lourdes World Cup Downhill. Dakotah Norton, 11th place finisher in Lourdes, joins former #USDH World Cuppers, Jason Schroeder, Austin Hackett-Klaube and Tanner Stephens to discuss the first round in France. They ask Dak about his transition from YT to Intense, riding a brand new bike at the race, track difficulties, race results across all categories, why all the kits seem to look the same, Dak's color palette to stoke out his grandmother who's been diagnosed with cancer, and Fort William coming up. Oh, they apologize for leaving Luca out of the discussion. He's so good, it wasn't a shocker, HA!

 

 

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bizutch
2 years ago
So did Dak drop down to a mullet Intense from full 29 on Devinci & YT?
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Landis_Burr
2 years ago
Hey guys, I definitely like the perspective you give on the podcast however I found it fairly focussed on the elite men’s category. I realize that’s the category you raced or race in but I think if you’re doing a podcast about the World Cup as a whole you owe it to the athletes and fans to research and report on each category. To me this was most obvious in the junior women’s category when you mispronounced names and glossed over details. Additionally, when you talked about the womens elite category you could not nail down if women were mainly on mullets or 29ers. The elite men’s category is a big/competitive field, but each category of athletes should be given their due respect, that means looking into how to pronounce the names of the top 5, getting a feel for how women are setting up their bikes, and maybe making predictions for who will win the women’s overall. As a male listener this felt like a bit of a boys club and is definitely not the way to grow the sport with different demographics.
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Jason_Schroeder
2 years ago
Thank you for your feedback and I totally agree - we need to clean up our coverage of junior/women categories. Was/is on my radar going into our next show!
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bizutch
2 years ago
Good luck busting out the spreadsheet that lists who has what wheel size on which bike, team, frame, configuration. Over 150 different racers trying to qualify too.
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taldfind
2 years ago
What a great listen! Dak's insight into the track was eye-opening for me.
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tstep
2 years ago
Thanks to anyone who listened! Please let us know if there’s anything you’d like to hear in the next one, or what you did/didn’t like

-Tanner
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hd4rider
2 years ago
Really appreciate how honestly and objectively Dak discusses his competitors! Such humble admiration for his peers from a guy who himself had a great result on a new bike!
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Mtbforlife4
2 years ago
Pod was sick! I like the format, are you guys getting Dak on every round? If not it'd be sweet to have a USDH guest every round, mechanic/ trainer/ rider/ whatever.
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Eoin
2 years ago
+1 For more Dak: very honest and to the point, made for a great listen.
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kcy4130
2 years ago
Great podcast, really enjoyed it. Small suggestion: next time just if each of you quickly introduced yourselves it would make it easier for new listeners to tell which voice belongs to which name.
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