The NSMB Podcast
Episodes
From Cult To Singletrack
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if the trail that scares you most is the one that finally sets you free? We sit down with illustrator and writer Cy Whitling to chart a life that...
From Welder to Toolmaker: How Jason Quade Built Abbey Bike Tools
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Precision isn't just a goal for Abbey Tools founder Jason Quaid—it's a religion. From humble beginnings as a welder crafting nuclear-grade...
From Podium to Production: Building We Are One Composites
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Dustin Adams founded We Are One Composites in 2017, the mountain biking industry experts said it couldn't be done. Manufacturing carbon fibe...
Wade Simmons
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Vanderhoek
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Deniz Merdano sits down with North Shore freerider Steve Vanderhoek to discuss his day-to-day life as a firefighter and how it influences his decision...
Caleb Holonko
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you don’t know the name Caleb Holonko, you should, and you likely will soon. Caleb is one of the rising stars in the world of freeride, and he’...
Mark Fitzsimmons
16 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Unless you’ve met him at a race or listened to him on another podcast, you may not have heard of Mark Fitzsimmons, or Fitzy as he’s known to frien...
Mike Ferrentino Part 2 - From Bike Mag to Downcountry?
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For our first Podcast with Mike Ferrentino, he was home on the acreage where he lives, inland from the coast up the Carmel Valley. Mike lives in a bar...
Mike Ferrentino - Moving to America
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Here’s part one of my conversation with Mike, where he talks about growing up barefoot in New Zealand, learning to fix motorcycles and bikes, moving...
Kasper Woolley – Coming of Age
21 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest for the latest NSMB Podcast and the first of our Coming of Age series is Kasper Woolley, a young and fast EWS athlete now racing for the Yet...
Ben Arnott
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest for the latest NSMB Podcast is Ben Arnott, a World Cup downhill mechanic, engineer, and small business owner. Ben spent several years wo...
Chris Porter (Part 2): Big Mouth Strikes Again
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Porter joins A.J. Barlas for another episode of the NSMB Podcast and once again, it's a brain-tickler. Our first conversation shared storie...
Chris Porter – Part 1
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mountain bikes have evolved tremendously in the last five years but before then, media and marketing had already nudged the term longer, lower, slacke...
Katy Winton
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
But none of those lessons could prepare her for the latest challenge faced at the end of 2020. After a messed-up year, thanks mostly to the world turn...
Kyle Warner
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What actions will inspire someone to make a better life for themselves? Those of our childhood heroes, our friends and parents, or a complete stranger...
Steep Seat Tube Angles & Their Effect on Riders w/ Coach, Joel Harwood
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For every rider frothing about their new bike with a steeper seat tube angle, there are plenty who feel things are going too far. Claims of poor power...
Specialized 2022 Flat Pedal Shoes with Footwear Product Manager, Stephen Quay
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For flat pedal riders after the most grip possible, FiveTen has really been the only option. Year after year, new shoe releases have left us to questi...
Yoann Barelli
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For many of us, riding bikes begins as a childhood activity, belting around the local neighbourhood, learning to wheelie and launching off gutters. Bu...
Bryson Martin
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bryson Martin has been involved in the industry for longer than most of you would imagine. From racing in the 80s to starting his own suspension manuf...
Geoff Gulevich
02 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Over the last 20 years, we’ve watched Geoff Gulevich evolve and grow from a fresh-faced 13-year-old grom into one of the most recognized freeriders ...
Ed Masters
12 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sven and Anka Martin
05 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On a short trip to New Zealand in 2019, I thought there might be a chance to record a podcast with Sven and Anka Martin. When I arrived in Nelson, I l...
Nico Vink
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of the NSMB Podcast, A.J. Barlas chats with Nico Vink about his childhood and how growing up in Belgium influenced his riding to...
Sterling Lorence
01 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, in the first ever episode of the NSMB Podcast, Cam McRae talks to Sterling Lorence about how he got his start as a rider and photographer a...