Hey, what's up, Trainiacs?

Taryn here without my co-host in Life and this podcast, NTK.

I actually recorded this interview with Chip Hawkins, who is the founder of Wahu Fitness,

the kickers, the trainers, the bike computers, the power

meters that are on your trainer, the Wahu climb that was just announced weeks before we

recorded this interview. I recorded it at Interbike 2017 while I was in Vegas. And we did it solo.

Kim, unfortunately, was not down there with me.

So I had to walk the tightrope without a net.

She's like my safety blanket in these podcasts because she's so good with the questions.

But you know what?

I think your boy, Triathlon, Taryn did okay with Chip.

We got into a lot of really interesting things. We

hear about how he started the company, how he went from floating boat docks to being

probably the leading smart trainer company in the world. We talk about the development of

the Wahoo climb, talk about how he as a guy that just loves being the mechanical engineer, doing the data, doing the coding and things like that.

He also balances that with managing the company and maintaining a culture of openness, of creativity, of solving problems.

And we actually talk about how he himself, much like myself and a lot of you, have gone from

being basically a couch potato to going into his first duathlon, which he might not have finished,

and now running one of the largest smart trainer fitness companies in the world. Very interesting story. Chip was a

interesting guy. And we actually had some fun interludes because as we're recording the interview,

Chip and Wahoo were awarded some inner bike awards. So there were a couple of a very fun interruptions that happened right

in the middle of this that might have involved morning mimosas while we were recording the interview.

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