Emilly Johnston on joining Scott-SRAM and throwing tricks in the middle of Worlds

The Adventure Stache

Payson McElveen

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4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Emilly Johnston was wondering if she was going to have a team for her first Elite season when she got a call from Scott-SRAM team director Thomas Frischknecht. Shortly after she signed a contract with the team, she placed third at Worlds, rounding out a triumphant 2024 season that marked her as one of the most promising up-and-comers in the women's field. Emilly sat down with Payson in Girona earlier this week to talk about landing a spot on her dream team, the chaos of racing last year’s com...

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0:00.0	I don't want to get to a World Cup and be scared of anything.
0:02.7	Like, I know that I have the technical skills to do these jumps.
0:05.9	Like, I know my technical skills is way better than my jumping skills.
0:10.4	So then I just, at home in the fall, went to, like, some dirt jumps and just, like, started
0:16.3	getting comfortable on jumps and then started taking off a hand and then started doing seat grabs and
0:21.3	started doing tire grabs and then I started working on some no handers which are still like
0:25.7	really a work in progress I've only done them on the airbag so I've got to transition them to dirt
0:30.9	is my mission for this year it's showtime everybody showtime You've been living in a dream world, Neil.
0:40.3	This is the world as it exists today.
0:44.3	Life moves pretty fast.
0:48.3	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:50.3	You could miss it.
0:52.3	Listen, we're talking about practice.
0:57.0	Repeat on the dude's room.
0:59.0	Donnie, you're out of your element.
1:01.0	I see, you think this has nothing to do with you.
1:05.0	Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.
1:10.0	This is the adventure stash with Pason McElvin.
1:14.5	Hi, everyone.
1:15.5	Welcome back.
1:16.5	Coming up a really fun interview with Emily Johnston.
1:19.8	She's a first year elite XCO writer from Canada.
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