Midwest Dirt - "Fat Bike Birkie Special - Gary Crandall & Joe Vadeboncouer" (March 3, 2019 | #1094 | Host: Ben Welnak)

March 3, 2019 Fat Bike Birkie Special Show Page ABOUT THE EPISODE Gary Crandall is one of the Chequamegon Area's outdoor sports founding fathers. Gary joins Ben and Joe in The Cable Cabin to chat about the area history, the Chequamegon MTB Festival (formerly known as the Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival), marketing in the old days, the Telemark night club, moving to the area, and what keeps him around. Gary is always full of great stories, information, history, and great perspective and he doesn't disappoint in this episode. Do yourself a favor and listen in for a primer on the area, history, and thoughts for the future. --------- RELATED SHOW LINKS Fat Bike Birkie - https://www.birkie.com/bike/events/fat-bike-birkie/ Mountain Bike Hall of Fame - https://mmbhof.org/gary-crandall/ Chequamegon MTB Festival - http://www.cheqfattire.com/ The Cable Cabin - http://thecablecabin.com Telemark Lodge - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telemark_Lodge Lumberjack World Championships - https://www.lumberjackworldchampionships.com/ Chequamegon Area Mountain Bike Association (CAMBA) - https://www.cambatrails.org/ CAMBA Fat Bike Afterparty - https://www.facebook.com/events/2187000951346820/ CAMBA Fat - https://www.facebook.com/cambafatbike/ ---------- ABOUT THE FAT BIKE BIRKIE SPECIAL The Fat Bike Birkie is the largest fatbike race in the world. Over the next week, Ben Welnak and Ben Hall ("MTB Ben from New England Dirt) will be bringing you an audio experience of the weekend. This will include discussions with several different people – directors, racers, sponsors, volunteers, and anyone else willing to chat! Follow along below! (Or you can listen other ways too – GO HERE) If you appreciate the weekend of coverage, please CLICK HERE to find out how you can support Mountain Bike Radio and help make future things like this possible! Thank you.