Sven Martin – The Changing Face of Mountain Bike Racing

Downtime - The Mountain Bike Podcast

Downtime MTB

Wilderness, Leisure, Health & Fitness, Sports, Fitness, Hobbies

4.9 • 628 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Today we’re joined by the biggest name in mountain bike photography, Sven Martin. Sven shares his thoughts on what makes a good mountain bike photo as well as giving us the story behind some of his favourite shots. Hear Sven’s take on the changing face of enduro and downhill racing and his thoughts on wether video is taking over from photography on the hill. Sven lives and breathes this sport, so you know he’s going to have some well thought out points of view and plenty of great stories. So, it’s time to sit back, hit play and listen to this episode with Sven Martin.

You can also watch this episode on YouTube here.

You can follow Sven on Instagram @svenmartinphoto and @squidsontour or checkout his work over at misspentsummers.com.

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0:00.0	I think we need a few more rivalries, but like that's just, you know, like, it would be nice to have, like, a few more villains in the sport.
0:07.5	We don't really have enough villains.
0:08.9	The back shot's kind of cool, but you also don't want to have your favorite shot of Steve Paid winning world champs as a butt shot.
0:16.1	Like, that's just not your race winning shot, you know?
0:26.8	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 base side of
0:30.0	mountain biking first up a quick thanking to our supporting partner we are one composites
0:34.4	for the month of July downtime listeners can get 20% off all WeR1's
0:38.9	convergence rims and wheel sets. In designing the convergence range, WeR1 took their tried and tested
0:44.0	durability in ride feel and mixed in the very latest in engineering and material science.
0:48.7	The end result is a wheel that not only improves their already incredible ride feel but increases
0:53.3	their impact strength by an amazing
0:54.9	32%. We've been using the convergence rims on our downhill team bike since the beginning of
1:00.0	2023 with no problems and a whole lot of smiles. If you want some top quality we are one wheels
1:05.4	in your life then until the end of July you can get 20% off all convergence rims and wheel sets
1:10.3	by using the code
1:11.1	downtime July 2024 at the checkout over on we are one composites.com. That's downtime with
1:17.7	the capital D, July with capital J and the number 2024 with no spaces at we are one
1:22.8	composites.com. All right, just a couple more quick things before we get stuck into this week's episode.
1:28.5	First off, make sure you never miss an episode by following the podcast.
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