Episode 233 - Tara Llanes on Reinventing Herself As a Wheelchair Basketball Paralympian
The Pinkbike Podcast27 Maalis 2024

Episode 233 - Tara Llanes on Reinventing Herself As a Wheelchair Basketball Paralympian

Tara Llanes has been wildly accomplished at the high levels of multiple sports - BMX, MTB, and wheelchair basketball, not to mention wheelchair tennis - and she also has a whole lot more life experience to share. In 2007, in what she thought was her second-to-last race before retiring from her career as a mountain biker, a devastating crash changed things for her. She spent the next several years going through intense processing, a move to Canada, some serious mental low points, a growing interest in tennis, and much more before she found herself on the basketball court to improve her speed as a wheelchair tennis player. Wheelchair basketball stuck. Tara clearly knows how to train hard, and that continues to take her far. She's now preparing for her second Paralympics, this one in Paris, and plans to then step away from high-level competition - retiring the right way this time. Brian and I sat down with Tara in Vancouver, where she lives, to talk about that whole process. While we imagined this episode would end up the same length as most of our podcast episodes, we just kept finding more conversation. Tara is clearly smart, capable, an incredible athlete, and seriously strong as a person, and we were glad for every minute she spent with us.

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Episode 238 - Who's In Your Downhill Fantasy Team?

Episode 238 - Who's In Your Downhill Fantasy Team?

We discuss our picks for this weekend's race, explain why your season won't be as easy as you think, and who are the likely winners.

29 Huhti 202446min

Episode 237 - Is World Cup XC Actually Worth Watching?

Episode 237 - Is World Cup XC Actually Worth Watching?

While Henry enjoys riding shorter travel cross-country bikes, he doesn't follow the pro circuit all that closely. In this episode, Sarah gives Henry an idiot's guide to XC and why there's more to it t...

24 Huhti 202457min

Episode 236 - Getting to Know Henry Quinney

Episode 236 - Getting to Know Henry Quinney

We chat about how he got into riding as a teenager, how he bounced back and forth chasing summer in the UK and New Zealand for years, his time as a World Cup mechanic, why he left GMBN, some of his en...

17 Huhti 20241h 32min

Episode 235 - Does Mountain Biking Need Its Own 'Drive to Survive'?

Episode 235 - Does Mountain Biking Need Its Own 'Drive to Survive'?

Romain Dompnier and Madison Wallinger explain what goes into a season of in-depth mountain biking coverage, the power of archetypes and how race coverage can help the sport grow.

10 Huhti 20241h 8min

Episode 234 - Remi Gauvin on Racing, Riding & How Everything Changes

Episode 234 - Remi Gauvin on Racing, Riding & How Everything Changes

Remi Gauvin has seen it all in racing, from their early days as a promising junior to climbing the ranks of Enduro. In this chat we cover his roots in downhill, what it really takes to do both discipl...

3 Huhti 20241h 14min

Episode 232 -  The Emergency Response Side

Episode 232 - The Emergency Response Side

Amy Ertel and Steve Vanderhoek are two people who bring a lot to our sport: both in terms of their excellent riding and when it comes to their jobs and risk preparedness. Amy is a nurse, Steve is a fi...

21 Maalis 20241h 23min

Episode 231 - Secrets of the 2024 Taipei Cycle Show

Episode 231 - Secrets of the 2024 Taipei Cycle Show

Dario and Brian are joined by Alvin from our sister publication Velo to discuss the products we saw, the factories we toured, and the food we ate at this year's Taipei Cycle Show.

14 Maalis 20241h 30min

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