We delve back into DIY, the sound quality is terrible, Kieran is rumoured to be the coach of the NZ team, Dan Sims is off flat pedals and there was a Downhill race.
SE2 - EP8 - World Champs, Lenzerheide, 2018
This week we find out that Loic Bruni's favourite wine is Chateauneuf, Rupert Chapman joins us again, Dan ruins Red Dog's day, and Kieran comes clean about Minnaar.
SE2 - EP7 - MSA, Whistler, La Bresse, 2018
In this episode we tackle 3x events, Rennie joins us LIVE, there are wild team rumours, crap drink suggestions, brutal crash stories, and we scroll Instagram for a while.
SE2 - EP6 - Vallnord, Andorra, 2018
A special episode where we have a legitimate guest in the studio, one that's nearly relevant. Kieran is back, Dan brings a red from the bottle-o, Rupert Chapman talks drunk training and we go on for quite a long time.
SE2 - EP5 - Val Di Sole, Italy, 2018
Kieran sits one out, Dan matches wine and racing, James gets upset by baby boomers ruining search engines and Jay loses the ability to speak (again). Plus all the normal segments, the highlights, the lowlights, the timely banter.
SE2 - EP4 - Leogang, Austria, 2018
This week we get attacked by vicious pugs. Jay knows nothing about Mountain Biking history. Dan Sims comes to the table with so many good answers and thoughtful commentary that we think he's in the wrong place. James hates Leogang, and KB's 2009 X-Fusion team video get's put under scrutiny.
Link to the X-Fusion video HERE
KB and Pugs + Jays wanabe X-fusion race jersey.
SE2 - EP3 - Fort William, Scotland, 2018
This week Season 1 guest host Dan Sims makes a return, Kieran and Dan get confused about Tahnee's wins, Jay doesn't know who JK is, and James makes Dan choose favourites.
SE2 - EP2 - Losinj, Croatia, 2018
Jay French is again joined by Kieran Bennett as we delve into the racing from Croatia. We talk bikes, crashes, new tracks, Kiwi's and rules. James Rennie drops the ball.
SE2 - EP1 - Pre-Season Ramblings, 2018
The Downhill World Cup Season is upon us once again. We've decided to punish you all, by inflicting another season of coma-inducing chats via the FRNZ podcast. Once again Jay French is joined by regular co-host Kieran Bennett, however this time we're joined by punter-extraordinaire James 'Red-Dog' Rennie. On this episode we chat pre-season changes, what's new, Croatia and tell rubbish stories. Enjoy!
06 - Val Di Sole, and World Champs, 2017
The season ender and a repeat World Champion. We look at the big decider between Gwin and Minnaar. Was the season a good one? We talk about the uphill pedal at the end of the Cairns World Champs track. Mick Hannah nearly does it, Sam Hill sits in the sun all day with his enduro bike, we talk rumours and speculation going into next year. Team Specialized Gravity nearly miss making history, and we put together plenty of poorly informed assumptions. Make sure you listen to the end, so you can win the prize!
05 - Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada, 2017
It's being called the greatest downhill race of all time. We go into our highlights from the race, and we take a closer look at where everyone is sitting going into Val Di Sole, which is promising to be a super exciting final to the season.
04 - Innsbruck, Andorra and Lenzerheide, 2017
This week is a bumper recap episode. While Jay was away in Europe snapping photos of the World Cup, we missed a few episodes, so here's all of our rubbish chat all rolled into one. We chat racing, how Enduro is taking over, we ruin Kierans Wife's night, we talk about all the things we don't like and have the usual shit chat. Enjoy.
03 - Leogang, Austria, 2017
The boys look into the racing that went down in Leogang, talk goggle tech, Gwins hatrick, Tahnees first win. We get in depth about; bikes, riders, injuries, haircuts and nicknames.
Google 'Dan Sims Xprezo' while you're at it - and 'Team Reddog racing'
02 - Fort William, Scotland, 2017
We return with episode two of the Freeride New Zealand Podcast. This time we're joined in studio by OG local privateer WC racer Dan Sims. The 29" debate rages on, we go through the Fort Bill #mudboggate in detail, we discuss what wines to match with DH racing, and so much more.