From Racer to Filming With the World’s Best Athletes
Downtime - The Mountain Bike Podcast
Downtime MTB
4.9 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 20 August 2024
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
Today we’re joined by Cut Media founder, Stu Thompson. Stu might be better known for his video work with Danny MacAskill and around the sports world, with his production company Cut Media. However, Stu was a world cup downhill racer whose talent was spotted by none other than Steve Peat. Believe it or not, Stu was also responsible for the first ever World Cup livestream. We chat about his racing career and it’s unfortunate or fortunate end, depending on how you look at it. Hear how Stu met Danny MacAskill and how their work together evolved. We also discuss his other Cut Media projects, the creator landscape in MTB and plenty more. So, it’s time to sit back, hit play and listen to this episode with Stu Thompson.
You can also watch this episode on YouTube here.
You can find out more about Cut Media at their website here and on YouTube here.
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Transcript
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| 0:24.1 | I go home from being a uni one day and my mate was like, oh, there was a call from me from a guy called Steve Pete. And I was like, I just thought it was one of my friends like winding me up. In a way, I sort of look back at it as a blessing in a way because it made me do something else and it made me pick up a camera and, you know, I've ended up doing what I'm doing now. Imagine it's probably the one project to me I really struggled to kind of look back on because I'd never really liked it that much. |
| 0:25.7 | I'm pretty strict with myself in a way. |
| 0:30.7 | For me, there's three things in my life that I'm like, I kind of just are important to me. |
| 0:39.2 | 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. This episode is supported by |
| 0:43.8 | Canyon and their end-of-season sale is now live. Now's your chance to grab that Canyon that |
| 0:48.6 | you've been iron up all year at an unbeatable price. With up to 30% off on award-winning bikes, |
| 0:54.1 | gear and accessories, there's no better |
| 0:56.0 | way to close out the season. Whether you're upgrading your ride or getting ready for next year, |
| 1:00.3 | now is the perfect time to score some incredible savings. Head over to canyne.com to check out |
| 1:05.2 | the deals in their end-of-season sale. This year, the support I get from Patreon is even more |
| 1:10.4 | important than ever and helps me |
| 1:11.8 | keep the podcast going. So if you're enjoying the podcast, getting something out of listening and are in |
| 1:16.2 | a position to help out, then from just £3 a month, you can join my Patreon over at patreon.com |
| 1:21.5 | forward slash downtime podcast. You can find the link to my Patreon on downtimepodcast.com. |
| 1:27.1 | All right, just a couple more quick things before we get stuck into this week's episode. First off, make sure you never miss an episode by following the podcast. Just hit the follow button in your podcast app or find dedicated buttons for all the major platforms at downtimepodcast.com for slash follow. You can also keep up to date with what's going on by following us on Instagram or |
| 1:44.3 | Facebook where we're at downtime podcast. And if you're hungry for more downtime, then you can join |
| 1:48.5 | the newsletter at downtimepodcast.com for such newsletter. If you want to help support the show |
| 1:53.6 | and Patreon isn't your thing, you can represent by grabbing yourself some fresh merch from |
| 1:57.5 | downtimepodcast.com for slash shop or by sharing the episodes on your social media |
| 2:02.2 | and with your friends. If you'd prefer to watch today's episode, check out the podcast on |
| 2:06.6 | YouTube at YouTube.com for slash at downtime podcast. All the links I mentioned will be in the show |
| 2:11.9 | notes for this episode on the website, downtimepodcast.com. All right, today we're joined by |
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