Aaron Gwin Talks Commentary, Injury, 2024 Plans and More
Downtime - The Mountain Bike Podcast
Downtime MTB
4.9 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2023
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Alright, today I’m joined by Aaron Gwin to catch up on what he’s been up to. Hear about his experience in the commentary booth, why he bought Windrock Bike Park, if he’ll be racing next season and plenty more. There’s some great insight in this episode and I really hope you enjoy listening. So, it’s time to sit back, hit play and listen to this episode with Aaron Gwin.
You can follow Aaron on Instagram @aarongwin1 and find Windrock Bike Park @windrockbikepark.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I didn't really love racing for a long time. |
| 0:03.6 | Like, that's definitely the truth. |
| 0:05.3 | My resting face looks angry, even though I'm not. |
| 0:09.7 | I'll take photos, and I'm like, I felt like I was smiling, and I look at photos of myself, |
| 0:13.7 | and I'm like, dude, you look like you're ready to rip a head off or something. |
| 0:16.6 | I'm like, take it easy. |
| 0:18.1 | The competitor in me is always analyzing, like, how would I beat it? |
| 0:21.5 | Not like, oh, my gosh, it was amazing. It was like, no, I could beat it. I'll figure out a way. I'm just, like, tumbling my way down the track and parts are flying and, like, big yard sales. And you're sore and you get back up and you're like, oh, man, like, I'm kind of limping around a little bit, but I'm good, and you go and win the race a few hours later. And then you have |
| 0:40.8 | times where it're like, ah, man, like I'm kind of limping around a little bit, but I'm good and you go and win the race a few hours later. |
| 0:40.4 | And then you have times where it's like you tip over on the parking lot |
| 0:42.9 | and dislocate a thumb. |
| 0:44.0 | And it's like, what does that? |
| 0:45.8 | All you can control is the effort you put in and not the outcome. |
| 0:49.7 | Just because you work hard doesn't mean, you know, |
| 0:51.9 | it doesn't guarantee success, but it definitely increases the odds of it eventually. |
| 1:00.3 | Hey everyone, I'm Chris Hall and this is the downtime podcast where we're going to be taking |
| 1:04.2 | you deeper than ever into the gravity-based side of mountain biking. This week's episode is |
| 1:08.5 | supported by We are One Composites and they have an even more generous |
| 1:11.4 | offer than normal for you. For the month of November, you can get 20% off their convergence rims |
| 1:15.9 | and wheel sets. If you listen to the podcast regularly, you'll know that I love Weir 1 wheels. For many |
| 1:20.8 | years now, I've been using them and benefiting from their incredible robustness and great ride |
| 1:24.7 | feel that strikes a perfect balance between compliance and stiffness |
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