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The Ride Companion

#101 Tyler Villopoto

The Ride Companion

TRC Media House

Sports, Wilderness

4.9533 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2020

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Tyler Villopoto might have one of the most unique stories in all of action sports. You may already recognise Tyler's last name? After all, he is the younger brother to multi time motocross/supercross champion Ryan Villopoto and has himself been in and out of professional racing for many years.

During this episode Tyler talks about growing up racing motocross with older brother Ryan, being home schooled in order to pursue a professional career, injuries, witnessing huge family sacrifices and the negative side effects of professional sports. 

Just five years ago Tyler rediscovered mountain biking after pulling an old Tomac out of his shed which he'd originally bought from John Tomac himself. Fast forward to the present day and Tyler is riding for Specialized Bikes and is a true mountain biker. This really is a fascinating story!

Check out Tyler's Instagram! @tylervillopoto

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Transcript

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0:00.0

all righty what is up out there podcast family welcome back to another episode of the hookit podcast

0:09.8

before we drop in on this episode i want to say a quick thank you to some of our show sponsors first up

0:15.5

this particular episode is brought to you by the legends over at works and their portable hydroshot pressure washer

0:23.9

the works hydroshot is unlike any other pressure washer on the market as it has a super unique

0:30.1

and useful function how can a pressure washer be unique i hear you say surely it just sprays water and clean stuff. Well, the works hydroshot

0:40.5

uses a power share battery and draws fresh water from any source no matter how remote you are.

0:46.3

All you got to do is dip the hose into some water. It could be a stream, a river, a puddle,

0:52.2

the bathtub or the bucket that comes free with the hydrhot.

0:56.2

And voila, you can wash your bike or anything else right by the side of the trail or easily

1:02.4

at home. Personally, I use it after every ride. Pretty much if my bike's got a little bit of dirt

1:08.3

on it, because I have to store my bike inside the house.

1:12.1

So it prevents arguments as well. You could say it's sort of changed our relationship.

1:17.2

Anyway, the rotating head allows switching from mist through to pulsating sprayer capable of eliminating

1:23.0

cape on dirt. It's available in numerous models including a full kit version which comes with a soap

1:28.6

bottle attachment. They do a body only version and also a new brushless model too. It's capable of

1:35.7

producing up to 10 times the power of a water hose. The Hydroshot includes the 20 volt power

1:41.0

power power power other works tools.

1:45.5

Works have very kindly actually just sent me a streamer for my new lawn that I just laid,

1:51.5

which I'm looking forward to trying out. So same battery, swap it from the power washer,

1:56.3

Hydroshot over to the streamer, no problem. The Hydro Shot is available to buy from select retailers only,

2:02.6

which are Amazon, Argos, Halford's, Tool Station

2:06.6

and their official eBay store,

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