Anna Newkirk: 2024 Breakthrough and a New Chapter with Frameworks Racing
Downtime - The Mountain Bike Podcast
Downtime MTB
4.9 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2025
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Summary
Today, we’re joined by Anna Newkirk, a rider who had a standout 2024 season that put her on the radar of multiple teams. Ultimately, she chose to join Frameworks Racing for 2025. Anna’s journey started with racing IXS Cups, where she honed her skills and went head-to-head with Vali Höll—a rivalry that followed them into the World Cup circuit. In 2024, Anna delivered some incredible results, including a 3rd place qualifying at Fort William and a 2nd place finish in Leogang. Now, with her move to Frameworks Racing, we’re diving into what’s next for this rising star. So, it’s time to sit back, hit play and listen to this episode with Anna Newkirk.
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| 0:00.0 | I'd never had had this many teams approach me. |
| 0:03.5 | I was so stoked to be able to do a shooey. |
| 0:05.3 | I always told myself, I get onto the podium. |
| 0:07.7 | Like, first podium, I'm going to do shooey. |
| 0:09.7 | I got to the race, did trackwalk and stuff. |
| 0:12.2 | And after track walk, I was just like, |
| 0:14.1 | what am I doing here? |
| 0:15.8 | I don't belong here. |
| 0:16.8 | I don't know how many people know this, |
| 0:18.4 | but coming into 2024, I was... |
| 0:21.6 | Hey everyone, I'm Chris Hall and this is the downtime podcast, where we're going to be taking you deeper than ever into the gravity-based side of mountain biking. |
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| 0:36.3 | 2025 is looking like a very challenging year for the bike industry, |
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