Bernard Kerr talks pay cuts, the return of skin suits, Red Bull Hardline Tasmania and more
The Ride Companion
TRC Media House
4.9 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2024
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Bernard Kerr drops by the studio slightly unplanned so, we decided to record a podcast!
On this episode of The Ride Companion Bernard talks about buying the BK Sport warehouse, wether DYFI is becoming the global hub of mountain biking and switching GoPro footage to hide lines. Bernard also opens up about taking a pay cut to keep the race team alive, testing jumps at Red Bull Hardline Tasmania, will skin suits make a return in 2024 and much more... (Apologies for the slight audio issue. Blame Lada for moving a cable whilst sniffing out the new studio space)
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| 0:00.0 | Two years ago at the end of 20, beginning of 23, the accountants that you spent, |
| 0:04.2 | I think we spent £2,800 in McDonald's in 2020. |
| 0:08.4 | The team did in like a three-month period in the middle of Europe. |
| 0:11.3 | A good year, it's a celebration. |
| 0:13.3 | Two thousand and $800 in McDonald's in three months. |
| 0:15.6 | That's the cost of victory, dude. Welcome to the show. |
| 0:27.2 | We've got to... |
| 0:27.7 | We've got two guests today. |
| 0:31.0 | He's supposed to be down there. |
| 0:32.6 | Put that a little closer to you. |
| 0:34.1 | Yeah, just keep it two fingers away from you. |
| 0:35.9 | Oh, yeah. |
| 0:36.1 | You know, when people do the stuff on thing in English. Yeah, ASMR, yeah. There we go. Yeah, just keep it two fingers away from you. Oh, yeah. You know, when people do the stuff on thinking you go? Yeah, yeah, ASMR, yeah. So we've got... To do that, if you'll need to be online. Siri. We've got three guests today. We've got Siri, we've got... We've got Lord of Kerr. And we've got Bernard Kerr. Welcome to the show once again. |
| 0:55.5 | Round of applause. |
| 0:56.3 | Thanks for having me, guys. I was second choice. I just want to put that out there as well. Now, you already booked in for tomorrow. Yeah, sure. Yeah, we're moving around. Second choice on a Monday. Second choice on a Monday. Moving and shaking today. Dude, you're already booked in for tomorrow, but you're coming in hot as the off the bench, aren't you? |
| 1:13.7 | Hot off the bench, yeah. Monday. We're moving and shaking today. Dude, you're already booked in for tomorrow, but you're coming in hot as the |
| 1:11.6 | off the bench, aren't you? Hot off the bench, yeah. I feel like how much requested. You were starting tomorrow, but then you're hot off the bench today. I'm a day early. Couldn't wait. Too excited to come back on the car. I'm keen. I'm home for five days. I'm keen to be on. Really? |
| 1:26.7 | Dude, what a whirlwind your life is at minute. |
| 1:29.1 | I can't even keep up. |
| 1:30.1 | It's weird. |
| 1:30.6 | Normally when you're around here, I feel like I can keep up a bit better. So talk us through where you've been, what schedule you're on that right now. This is a whirlwind for me. I'll be honest with you. This is a lot even for me. I'm glad. I'm glad to hear it. |
| 1:45.5 | I've been in New Zealand for six weeks, eight weeks, seven weeks. I don't know. I went at the end of |
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