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Front Lines MTB — 98 episodes

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Ep 98 – Franz Plangger w/ Outdoor Council of Canada (OCC)

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Ep 97 – Siobhan Fox w/ Recovery Rides

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Ep 96 – High School Bike Maintenance Program with Teacher: Tyler Greenwood

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Ep 95 – Patrick Lucas and Thomas Schoen of the Indigenous Youth Mountain Bike Program

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Ep 94 – Fraser Gordon of the Queenstown Mountain Bike Club in Queenstown, NZ

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Ep 93 – Matt Ball of the Nelson Mountain Bike Club in Nelson, NZ

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Ep 92 – The Trail Research Hub & The Hydrocut Trails

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Ep 91 – Michael Anzalone of the California Mountain Biking Coalition

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Ep 90 – Amanda Carey, President of the National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA)

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Ep 89 – Circular Economy with Miguel Santos of Wonderflux

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Ep 88 – Update with Dave Ternier of Single Track Communications

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Ep 87 – Active Transportation and Mountain Biking with Paul Perrault of Bike Cochrane

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Ep 86 – Justin Martin of COGGS Discusses Their Indigenous Re-Naming of Trails

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Ep 85 – Dave Ternier and Valley Life Recreation

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Ep 84 – Richard Edwards of IMBA Trail Solutions Part 2

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Ep 83 – Richard Edwards of IMBA Trail Solutions Part 1

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Ep 82 – Checking in with the Blue Ridge Off-Road Cyclists

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Ep 81 – Checking in with the Kickapoo Mountain Bike Club

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Ep 80 – New Season Update: Where Do We Go from Here?

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Ep 79 – How Can We Safely Run Trail Days in a COVID-19 World?

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Ep 78 – The Value of the Outdoors for Youth and the Impacts of Isolation

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Ep 77 – A Panel Discussion for Looking at What Comes Next

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Ep 76 – Taking Advantage of All the Internet’s Tools w/ Ian Jones of SWMMBA

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Ep 75 – Starting Something New with the Lowelifes Respectable Citizens’ Club

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Ep 74 – eMTB 5: A New Perspective on an Old Topic w/ Joe Vadeboncoeur

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Ep 73 – How Trail Associations are Addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Ep 72 – A Professional Trail Builders Panel Discussion

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Ep 71 – Increasing Bicycle Competency in Future Generations through Bicycle Playgrounds w/ Minneapolis Bike Parks

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Ep 70 – What Mountain Biking has done for First Nations Communities in BC to address Climate Change

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Ep 69 – IMBA Canada’s Provincial Councils and the Beginning of Our Climate Change Conversation

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Ep 68 – Keeping Sponsors Engaged w/ Tom Stuessy of VMBA & VOICe in Vermont

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Ep 67 – Morgan Lommele of People For Bikes & Martin Littlejohn of the BC MTB Tourism Symposium

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Ep 66 – Mountain Biking Impact Review by the Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz

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Ep 65 – Father’s Day Panel Discussion

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Ep 64 – Panel Discussion on Trail Association Paid Staff

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Ep 63 – Panel Discussion on Rebranding into a Trail Organization

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Ep 62 – Mother’s Day Panel Discussion

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Ep 61 – Panel Discussion with the Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association (SORBA)

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Ep 60 – Understanding Your Community Members: User Profiles with Brennan Morrow of COTA

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Ep 59 – NICA’S Teen Trail Corps: Interview w/ Phil Waidner

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Ep 58 – Rogue Trails w/ Outside In Podcast Host: Sam Evans-Brown

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Ep 57 – Serving Your Community: Interview with Daniel Cammiade of the Nature Trails Society

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Ep 56 – Adding Conservation to the Mandate: Interview w/ Laura Puckett Daniels

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Ep 55 – Are Mountain Bikers Really Conservationists?: Interview with Greig Gjerdalen

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Ep 54 – Sharing The Trails: How Trail Associations Can Create Harmonious Multi-Use Trails

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Ep 53 – So You Want To Be a Trail Builder? w/ Guest Host Rocky Blondin of the FVMBA

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Ep 52 – Finding The Right Membership System: Interview with Dana Wacker

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Ep 51 – Events Roundup: 4 Guests, 4 Trail Associations & 4 Events

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Ep 50 – The Greatest Hits and a Look Back on Where We’ve Been

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Ep 49 – Advocates Turned Candidates: Panel Discussion of Municipal Election Candidates

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Ep 48 – Creating New Mountain Bike Communities: Interview with Patrick Kell of IMBA

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Ep 47 – We’re Back! Check In On Some Past Topics & Guests

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Ep 46 – Details About Two Upcoming Events You’ll Want To Check Out

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Ep 45 – New Voices for Mountain Biking: A Women’s Round Table Discussion

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Ep 44 – Adaptive Mountain Biking Round Table

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Ep 43 – Working with Indigenous Communities: Interview with Patrick Lucas

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Ep 42 – Traditional Indigenous Names: Interview with Len Necefer of NativesOutdoors

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Ep 41 – The Space Between Spaces: Providing Riding Opportunities for Youth in Stillwater, MN

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Ep 40 – Reducing Barriers for Youth: Elevation Outdoors & BikeWays Bike Shop

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Ep 39 – The eMTB Part 4: Panel Discussion

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Ep 38 – The eMTB Part 3: Policy and the Future: Interview with Morgan Lommele of People for Bikes

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Ep 37 – The eMTB Part 2: Perceptions and Opinions with Will Niccolls and Kristian Jackson

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Ep 36 – The eMTB Part 1: Interview with Drew Engelmann of Yamaha Bicycles

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Ep 35 – Chapter Representation on the IMBA Board: Interview with Ernest Rodriguez

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Ep 34 – IMBA Local: Interview with Anthony Duncan of IMBA

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Ep 33 – Planning for a Duluth, MN: Interview with Hansi Johnson

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Ep 32 – Maximizing Membership: Interview with Tom Stuessy of the Vermont Mountain Bike Association

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Ep 31 – A Year In Review: Round Table with Jay Darby, Christine Reid & Brannon Pack

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Ep 30 – The Elected Officials Rulebook: Interview with Bruce Alt

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Ep 29 – What’s Up With Parks Canada: Interview with Mark Schmidt

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Ep 28 – Sustainable Backcountry Riding: Interview with Naheed Henderson of Tyax

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Ep 27 – Bikes in Wilderness Part 3: Interview with Ted Stroll of the Sustainable Trails Coalition

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Ep 26 – Bikes in Wilderness Part 2: Interview with Eric Melson of IMBA

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Ep 25 – Bikes In Wilderness Part 1: Your Introduction to the Topic

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Ep 24 – Industry Influence Part 2: Creating a Partner in the Bike Industry

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Ep 23 – Industry Influence Part 1: Has Media Gone Rogue?

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Ep 22 – Marketing, Branding & Promotions: Interview with Brandon Gallagher Watson of MORC

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Ep 21 – Building a Strong Board: Interview with Ian Jones of the SWMMBA

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Ep 20 – Bridge Between Communities: How Mountain Biking Brought Two Groups Together in the Middle East

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Ep 19 – What’s Up With Arkansas: Interview with Brannon Pack of the Ozark Off-Road Cyclists

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Ep 18 – Lines in the Dirt: Exploring the BIKE Magazine Article with Writer Devon O’Neil

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Ep 17 – Don’t Tread on Me: How Trail Associations can Manage Users on Soft Trails

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Ep 16 – Digging Into the IMBA Board: Interview with Kevin Loomis of SDMBA

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Ep 15 – The End of this Chapter?: Six IMBA Chapters On Why They Decided to Stay or Leave

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Ep 14 – IMBA’s New Executive Director: An Interview with David Weins

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Ep 13 – Keeping the Focus Local: Looking Into the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance and the Cold Creek Mountain Bikers

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Ep 12 – Politics & Non-Profits: Interview with Vernon Huffman, President of Access4Bikes, Differences of a 501c3 vs a 527

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Ep 11 – Working Together: Interview with Thomas Schoen of the Cariboo Mountain Bike Consortium

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Ep 10 – For the Kids: Youth Programs Changing the Future of Mountain Biking

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Ep 9 – Barriers for Beginners: How Bike Shops Can Make or Break a New Rider’s First Impression

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Ep 8 – Bringing Trails to the People: Joshua Rebennack, Urban Trails Expert

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Ep 7 – Why is this so Important?: Diversity with Ambreen Tariq of @BrownPeopleCamping

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Ep 6 – How Can We Include Everyone?: Interview About Diversity with Eric McKeegan of Dirt Rag

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Ep 5 – What’s in a Name?: Offensive Trail Names And Why Change Is Important

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Ep 4 – Digging For Reconciliation: Relationships with First Nation Communities

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Ep 3 – Second Chances: How Trail Associations Can Reduce Barriers for Adaptive MTBs

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Ep 2 – Getting Social: How a Trail Association Can Optimize Their Online Presence

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Ep 1 – What’s Involved?: Exploring the In’s and Out’s of Mountain Bike Advocacy