The OTB Podcast

Jan 28 2025 74 ep. 70 mins 9
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World Cup Downhill, Enduro and everything mountain bike racing - Interviews, race reviews and industry insights. Hosted by former World Cup Downhill racers Kieran Bennett and James Rennie.

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#46 - World Cup team changes, NZ Racing and belt drives are on trend!

Jan 28 2025 72 mins  
Theres been a lot of team changes going on for the 2025 World Cup season so we dive into who is going where, good choices, bad choices, who is going to excel and more! Join Kieran Bennett, James Rennie and Chris Vanderkolk for the usual talk of downhill racing with a mixture of side quests, a not too serious look at the sport! Brought to you by: Maxxis Tyres - New Zealand's tyre o

#45 - Erice Van Leuven

Jan 22 2025 42 mins  
Erice Van Leuven joins us this week for her first ever podcast! After two incredible years in the Junior Women class winning multiple DH world cups, a World Cup overall, two World Championships and even an EDR World Cup round, Erice is moving up into the Elite field and has also joined the Norco Race Division team! We catch up with Erice on how settling into the new team is going a

Lachie Stevens-Mcnabb joins Trek Factory Racing!

Jan 16 2025 15 mins  
We catch up with Lachie Stevens-Mcnabb as the announcement has just come out that he is joining the Trek Factory Racing squad for 2025. After his break out 2024 and the unfortunately closure of The Union, it's no surprise that he has made the move into the factory team.

Ellie Hulsebosch - In The Hot Seat

Jan 01 2025 87 mins  
The news has dropped today that Ellie Hulsebosch has joined the Santa Cruz Syndicate for 2025 and beyond! We caught up with Ellie recently to talk about her new deal, her breakout 2024 World Cup season and much more! Ellie is a rising star on the downhill circuit and has the skill and drive to be at the top, we are definitely looking forward to watching where she goes in the next f

#44 - Team rumours, listener questions and power rankings are back!

Dec 16 2024 64 mins  
We're back for one final episode to round out 2024 before holiday season kicks in and we decided to let you guys, the listeners dictate where this episode went! We've got team rumours, listener questions and the always popular power rankings by Chris have made a return. Thanks for joining us for another year, we'll see you in 2025! Brought to you by: Maxxis Tyres - New Zealand's ty

Rae Morrison - In The Hot Seat

Dec 09 2024 74 mins  
Rae Morrison joins us this week as we take a dive back through her very nice career racing on the enduro circuit over the last 10 years. From the classic humble kiwi beginnings of putting everything she had into going racing as a privateer to spending a number of years as a factory racer with Giant/Liv, theres no doubt that she gave it everything. After announcing her retirement fr

#43 - The first rule of NORCA is...

Dec 02 2024 80 mins  
And were back! Its been a few weeks but the crew is back together to catch up on everything that has been going on. Lester and Red Dog attended the Le Petite Brevet, KB went to the Ignition MTB festival in Australia and Chris... well we're not really sure, he probably went running. All the hot topics are covered this week, whats the difference between a brevet and a gran fondo? ho

Lachie Stevens-Mcnab - In The Hot Seat

Nov 25 2024 52 mins  
Do we even need to introduce Lachie? After an incredible 2024 World Cup Downhill season that saw him land two podiums, including an absolute nail biting second place at the final round, Lachie sat down with KB to talk about the season just gone and what has lead him to this point. Another rising star out of New Zealand, we're excited to see what the future brings for him! Brought

John Kirkcaldie - In The Hot Seat

Nov 11 2024 79 mins  
John Kirkcaldie, an absolute legend of New Zealand downhill racing joins us this week to discuss just about everything from his years of racing in the USA - The bikes, the contracts, the antics, we leave very few stones unturned!JK did it all, from his early days as a privateer on a Foes, to being part of the factory Schwinn power house team with Dave Cullinan, to his very successf

#42 - Who got Whaka'ed?

Oct 29 2024 79 mins  
The 2024 Whaka100 is in the bag and as you would expect, it didn't go smoothly for the boys. Who finished? Who didn't? Who cramped first? All in all though, another great event and as always, it didn't take long for everyone to decide they would be back again in 2025! If you enjoy the OTB Podcast and would like to support, please consider joining us on Patreon and help keep the pod