George Brannigan - In The Hot Seat

Lachie Stevens McNab and Ellie Hulsebosch join us this week for a catch up on the start of their season and their epic performances at the Bielsko-Biala Downhill World Cup. Also joining us is the man behind the Union Joe Bowman to tell us all about how and why the team started along with the ins and outs of managing a World Cup race team! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kieran-bennett4/message

The boys are back and Bielsko-Biala sure did turn on an epic race, a new venue, mixed conditions and a rise of the kiwis! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kieran-bennett4/message

The winner of round two of the EDR series and now current points leader Charlie Murray joins us to catch up on his incredible weekend in Poland! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kieran-bennett4/message

The World Cup season has started and we are back! Better late than never, we finally managed to get the crew back together to break down all things Fort William; electronic suspension, horrendous kits, race chassis’s, speed suits, 75mm rise handle bars and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kieran-bennett4/message

This week we've got Blenki back in the hot seat with KB and Lester to talk about his new deal with Zerode, how the new bike is going for him, Hardline and plans for 2024 and beyond. As always its an extremely insightful chat with a legend of not only NZ downhill but a legend of the World Cup scene too. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kieran-bennett4/message

KB, Red Dog, Lester and Chris are back and just when we thought the mountain bike world was a bit quiet, the slopestyle riders at crankworx decide to form a union and stage a walk out! Throw in some Sam Hill rumours, Whaka 100 news and the usual tangents we head off on and its a banger of an episode! Brought to you by: www.troyleedesigns.co.nz www.smothoptics.co.nz www.filthy.net.nz --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kieran-bennett4/message

In this episode of Rewatchables we dive into the iconic New Zealand downhill movie Pusher - KB, Red Dog, Lester and Chris are joined by Byron Scott who co produced the movie to talk about how it came about and dive into stories of the 2005 New Zealand National Downhill Mountain Bike Series. Sit back and enjoy some great stories, or if you want to watch the movie and listen we have that up over on our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@TheOTBPodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kieran-bennett4/message

The boys are back to discuss what went down at the New Zealand National Mountain Bike Championships at Coronet Peak in Queenstown, national jersey controversy, how did the 26" bikes fare, where did KB lose time and much more! Hosted by Kieran Bennett and James Rennie with Lester Perry and Chris Vanderkolk. Video version available on Youtube.com/@theotbpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kieran-bennett4/message

We catch up with Ellie Hulsebosch, Tuhoto Ariki Pene, Louis Hamilton, Toby Meek, Oisin O’Callaghan, Lachie Stevens McNabb, Thibaut Ruffin, Benoit Coulanges and Jess Blewitt. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kieran-bennett4/message

Greg Minnaar joins the podcast this week to discuss his move to Norco after 16 years with Santa Cruz Bicycles, KB and Red Dog cover off how the switch happened, his thoughts on the new bike, his longevity in the sport, tales of the past with team mates like Missy Giove, Steve Peat, Nathan Rennie and Josh Bryceland and of course, it wouldn't be The OTB Podcast if we didn't discuss the era of 26" downhill bikes! A very special thank you to Spoke Magazine, Advance Traders and Norco for making this episode happen! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kieran-bennett4/message