Episode 203 - Nina Hoffman on World Cups, Starting Late and Making the Syndicate Her Home

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4.6 • 743 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In the last five years, Nina has gone from newcomer to world cup winner. We wanted to find out about her mindset, her perception of downhill compared to her initial career in athletics and what's it like joining one of the downhill's biggest, most established, and most successful teams.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Pink Bike podcast.
0:13.7	This week again, as it's released on a Monday and we're doubling up on the output.
0:17.7	This is just a quick intro from me.
0:20.0	So I got to sit down with Nina Hoffman in Monson Ann and talk about life on the output. This is just a quick intro from me. So I got to sit down with Nina Hoffman in
0:22.9	Monson Ann and talk about life on the syndicate, World Cup wins and a past life as a potential
0:28.5	Olympic athlete. I hope you enjoy it. Nina, thank you very much for one on the podcast.
0:46.5	A couple of years ago, I was working as a mechanic on the World Cup circuit, and a friend
0:50.9	of mine who worked for trick stuff called Dag.
0:53.6	He came up to me and he said, there's this German rider who's going to be really, really good.
1:00.7	And basically just said, mark the name Nina Hoffman.
1:04.6	Because she's going to be really, really, he's around a success in this sport.
1:08.2	That must have been like 280 maybe.
1:10.1	2018, yeah. Yeah, when I was at Lenzai, the World Show.
1:12.5	Yeah, and it just embedded in there because we were putting down on the grassy paddock at the bottom.
1:17.3	Yeah, exactly.
1:17.8	And you were over the way and he pretty much pointed.
1:19.2	He was like, see that person?
1:20.6	They're going to be really good at this.
1:21.9	Oh, wow. And anyway, so that's when I was like, the name Nina Hoffman went in. And in the interim, you've enjoyed a huge amount of success in downhill.
1:30.0	Yeah, it went quite well so far.
1:31.6	Yeah, it's going quite well.
1:32.8	Because I'm right insane, though.
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