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Guides Gone WildEverything's Better on Bikes: Nicole Freedman, New England Mountain Bike Association and Former OlympianThe Summer Olympics in Paris kick off in mere hours, so how appropriate that today I’m going deep with the first Guides Gone Wild former Olympian, Nicole Freedman, now the Executive Director of NEMBA, the New England Mountain Bike Association.As you'll hear, Nicole’s Team USA experience is impressive, but even more amazing to me are the decades of devotion she’s applied to making bikes, and bike transportation, a bigger part of our everyday lives.Nicole was the city of Boston’s first-ever 'Bike Czar'; during her tenure, she help...
2024-07-241h 03Guides Gone WildCalendula, Chamois Cream, and Cancer Candor from Susan Shashok, Caroline's Dream Handcrafted SkincareToday’s guest, Susan Shashok of Caroline’s Dream Handcrafted Skincare, based in Middlebury Vermont, has three big goals for 2023 - and she is already well on her way to nailing them all. Never mind that she spent the last few months of 2022, as she puts it, in "a game show where the prizes behind doors 1, 2, and 3 all suck."Trigger warning for this one - our conversation starts out all rainbows and flowers (or should I say herbs), talking about Susan’s fabulous natural skincare company, Caroline’s Dream. But we do take...
2023-02-231h 00Guides Gone WildJust Show Up (Rocking That Hardtail with the Pull Brakes): Vertical Weekend Recap with Trish and JenThis week I welcome back my friend Trish for a reunion episode, because we literally just got home from a super fun event in the Northeast Kingdom with a bunch of bad ass women and we can’t shut up about it already...We spent the weekend at the Vertical event, organized and hosted by Heidi Myers of Rasputitsa and Mary Zider and Ande Smith of Colavita, which on the face of it, was about gravel and mountain bike riding and fly fishing. But as you’ll hear, there was...
2021-09-1648 minGuides Gone WildEmphasize Organic Fun (and Don't Worry About the 'Game Plan'): Sabra Davison, Little BellasToday my guest is Sabra Davison, one of the founding powerhouse trio of women behind Little Bellas. Little Bellas should sound familiar to you by now if you’ve joined me for a pod or two before - it’s an organization creating opportunities for girls to build life skills and confidence through mountain biking fun.As Sabra and her sister Lea started getting serious about mountain bike racing in college, they also started noticing what an anomaly it was to see more than a few women involved in most races. One fateful day...
2021-08-1250 min
Bikes & Big IdeasLittle Bellas / Sabra DavisonSabra Davison grew up ski racing and running, but when she got into mountain biking, she saw girls participating at far lower rates — so she decided to do something about it. Sabra (along with her sister, World Cup XC racer and two-time Olympian, Lea) founded Little Bellas to get girls into riding bikes, and develop the confidence to keep with it. We sat down with Sabra to talk about Little Bellas; how to make skill building fun; removing barriers to participation in what is an expensive sport; and a whole lot more.TOPICS & TIMES:Little Bellas’ miss...
2021-07-2933 min
Flame Bearers: UNEDITEDLea Davison (USA): Mountain Biking & Queer VisibilityLea Davison is a 2X Olympic Mountain Biker and 2016 World Championship silver medalist looking to qualify for her 3rd Olympics. Lea is unabashedly herself in all ways, including being open about her sexuality: Lea is gay.
This episode takes a dive into some of Lea's professional cycling highlights, her co-founding of Little Bellas with sister, Sabra (a mountain biking/mentorship nonprofit for girls), and her decision to be open about her sexuality, which is something her sponsor Garneau, actively supports.
Experts interviewed include Sabra Davison, Andy Bishop, Frazier Blair, Marie-Andree Vezina and Dr. Susan Cahn. Audio clip of Megan Rapino...
2020-08-2720 min
NBDA: Bicycle Retail RadioGetting More Kids on BikesIn this episode, Kat Andrus, Youth Program Manager at PeopleforBikes, interviews Sabra Davison, co-founder and Executive Director of Little Bellas. Kat and Sabra discuss youth programs in the bicycling industry, why they are important, and how bike shops can get involved.Support the show
2020-05-2923 min
Taking The Lead Together - A Bicycle PodcastSabra Davison - Executive Director, and Adventurer in Charge of LIttle BellasSabra Davison is quite simply put, a rock star! Her lifelong passion for the outdoors and for cycling starts to explain her title as Executive Director, and Adventurer in Charge of Little Bellas, a national nonprofit committed to helping girls realize their full potential through mountain biking. Sabra actually co-founded Little Bellas in 2007 with her sister Lea Davison and close friend Angela Irvine as she was finishing up her degree in Women's and Gender Studies from Middlebury College. What I admire most about Sabra is how she took time out of h...
2018-10-2525 min
Velo PodcastSpecial VN Podcast: Interbike mountain bike chatsStraight from Interbike, Fred Dreier, Spencer Powlison, and Caley Fretz have more guests and more games in this week's special VN Podcast episode. Sabra Davison joins to chat about Little Bellas, a program that gets girls on bikes, and play a round of "Two Truths and a Lie." Geoff Kabush is "the Deaner" and both are tested on Geoff Kabush knowledge. Finally, Josh Tostado of Montezuma's Revenge fame is quizzed on the intricacies of toast.
2017-10-0248 min
The Active Lifestyle MarketerThe Active Lifestyle Marketer: Ep. 07 with Sabra Davison from Little BellasThe Active Lifestyle Marketer: Ep. 07 with Sabra Davison from Little Bellas This week on The Active Lifestyle Marketer we talk with Sabra Davison who is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of Little Bellas. Little Bellas is a non-profit organization that mentors little girls using the sport of cycling. The organization was founded with the […]
2017-03-1400 min
The Active Lifestyle MarketerThe Active Lifestyle Marketer: Ep. 07 with Sabra Davison from Little BellasThe Active Lifestyle Marketer: Ep. 07 with Sabra Davison from Little Bellas This week on The Active Lifestyle Marketer we talk with Sabra Davison who is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of Little Bellas. Little Bellas is a non-profit organization that mentors little girls using the sport of cycling. The organization was founded with the […]
2017-03-1434 min