TPM Episode 23: Jill Kintner, Pro Biker, Olympic Medalist

The Powell Movement

Mike Powell

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4.8 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2017

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Jill Kintner is a badass on a bike and has been for more than half of her life. Regardless of the discipline, she had a drive to be the best on her bike and that drive was first instilled by her dad. Her story is a rollercoaster of emotions dominated by a lot of wins and one huge loss, it’s worthy of its own afterschool special. Jill tells her story, from the NW, to the Olympics, and beyond.

Jill Kintner Show Notes:

1:30: Winning the US Open and dealing with the conditions

5:00: Born in Seattle and chasing around her brother

7:00: Riding transitions and other sports and what she sucks at

9:26: Were there any girls to look up to when she was a kid?

11:07: Leading into my sponsors, Jill talks about hers and what they do for her. Red Bull, Norco Bikes, Shimano Maxxis Tires, Sombrio Clothing, Smith Optics, Fabric Saddles

12:38: Being a privateer and how her life is different than teammate Rachel Atherton.

15:38: Why is she not racing on the World Cup anymore?

18:08: Evo (listen for special offer) and Diecutstickers.com (Listen for 10% off your first order with DCS 15)

20:10: Becoming pro at 14 and traveling on her mom buddy passes and the support of her parents.

24:00: Keeping her success quiet because she was shy and how she did in school

26:00: Having a social life in high school.

28:21: Hitting a wall with BMX and going to design school at RIT and then school in SF

30:44: BMX is going to be part of the Olympics and then losing her dad

34:50: Hurting her knee twice. Once right before the games and the drama of almost not making the team

38:16: The pressure on the top dawgs at the Olympics and her Olympic run

39:42: The emotions of winning a medal for her Dad and with her family and then the media tour

41:20: Win a medal get dropped from your sponsor and how the medal separates her from the rest of the bikers out there

42:52: Re-defining herself after the Olympics and focusing on downhill.

43:58: Her life in Bellingham and the pump track that she lobbied to have built.

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is the Powell Movement.
0:09.9	Welcome to another episode of the Powell Movement.
0:13.3	I'm your host, Mike Powell.
0:15.0	And this week on the show, we have Jill Kittner.
0:17.3	And if you're not familiar with Jill, well, all she does is win on her bike.
0:21.9	It doesn't matter whether it's BMX, whether it's four-cross, whether it's crankworks
0:27.3	or a free ride event.
0:28.6	Jill is on the podium, it seems like, everywhere she goes.
0:32.0	She's the Olympic BMX bronze medalist in 2008.
0:35.3	She's a three-time four-cross world champion.
0:38.2	She's a 17-time USA national champion.
0:41.1	She's won 15 Seater Classics, 31 Crank Orch's events.
0:44.9	When we talked on this podcast, she had just gotten back from winning the U.S. Open in New Jersey.
0:50.6	And we were going to talk to Jill about the ups and downs of her career.
0:53.5	It's been an interesting one where her biggest inspiration of her whole life was her father and she lost her father right before the Olympics. We'll talk about the motivation that that created for her. And we'll talk about being a privateer about running her own team and not having that factory team sponsorship where everything's taken care of.
1:11.9	Jill's out there doing all the planning and everything herself.
1:15.0	And we'll talk about the difference in how much weight is on her shoulders as she is her own team
1:18.8	manager.
1:19.5	But before we get into Jill, I want to thank you for listening.
1:22.3	I want to encourage you to review me on iTunes and to subscribe to the podcast.
1:26.9	And I want you to check out the websites of my great sponsors.
1:30.3	They are Evo.com, diecut stickers.com, and unofficial networks.
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