In the Face of Adversity – Kasper Woolley
Downtime - The Mountain Bike Podcast
Downtime MTB
4.9 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2024
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
Today, we’re joined by Kasper Woolley from the YT Mob. After less than a year on a downhill bike, Kasper entered his first World Cup in Mont-Sainte-Anne and made it all the way to the finals. But his journey to this point has not been easy. Kasper has faced significant health challenges and overcome serious injuries to make a name for himself in enduro racing. We sat down at the Loudenvielle World Cup to hear Kasper’s incredible story, from his early days in BMX and skiing, to discovering the health issues that were holding him back, and how he overcame those hurdles, alongside numerous injuries, to finish 7th overall in the Enduro World Cup. Kasper’s journey is a testament to resilience and determination. So, it’s time to sit back, hit play and listen to this episode with Kasper Woolley.
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You can follow Kasper on Instagram @kasper_woolley.
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| 0:00.0 | I started to kind of move backwards, feel like I'd do everything I can, and I would just be, like, |
| 0:04.5 | so far off of where I would want to be, and I'd just be, like, devastated. And my mom was pretty |
| 0:10.0 | adamant that there was something wrong, because I was just so small, got, like, pulled from the race |
| 0:16.3 | and was like, you have to go to the, like's hospital like today and I just remember like |
| 0:21.1 | nose wheeling for so long I was like yeah like airlifted like directly from from there and |
| 0:32.8 | Hey everyone I'm Chris Hall and this is the downtime podcast where we're going to be taking you |
| 0:36.7 | deeper than ever into the gravity base side of mountain. Before we get stuck into this week's episode, |
| 0:41.8 | do you want to be part of the downtime podcast team? Well, this is your opportunity. If you love |
| 0:47.1 | mountain biking, have knowledge and skills with video, YouTube and social media and have a bit of |
| 0:51.7 | time available each week to get stuck in, then I'd love to hear from you. This is your chance to be a big part of growing the video side of the podcast, and I'm excited to see who's out there, as I've no doubt there are a lot of amazingly talented people listening to this show. So if you're keen to get involved, then please drop me an email to Chris at downtimepodcast.com by the 18th of October and let me know a little bit about yourself. If you've got a CV, then feel free to send that over, but no worries, if you don't. Just tell me what you're into and how you see your skills fit in with growing the YouTube and the social media side of the podcast. Just to be clear, this doesn't involve recording the podcast video or audio so you don't need to have those skills. |
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