{"podcast":{"title":"The Ride Companion","slug":"the-ride-companion-1105810","podcast_index_feed_id":1105810,"rss_url":"https://rss.libsyn.com/shows/116030/destinations/661415.xml","website_url":"https://theridecompanion.co.uk","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/c/a/c/8/cac83d30f25ceb3a40be95ea3302a6a1/The_Ride_Companion_TRC_MEDIA_HOUSE2.png","author":"TRC Media House","episode_count":457,"summary":"The mountain bike podcast that sometimes forgets to talk about mountain bikes... Hosted by Olly Wilkins and Davi Birks #theridecompanion","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T14:17:46.983950+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ride-companion-1105810"},"episode":{"title":"Martha Gill & Janelle Soukup On Pioneering Women's MTB While Keeping It Fun","slug":"martha-gill-janelle-soukup-on-pioneering-women-s-mtb-while-keeping-it-fun","published_at":"2026-05-06T04:55:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ride-companion-1105810/martha-gill-janelle-soukup-on-pioneering-women-s-mtb-while-keeping-it-fun","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ride-companion-1105810","url":"https://thehktpodcast.libsyn.com/martha-gill-janelle-soukup-on-pioneering-womens-mtb-keeping-it-fun","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/p19512/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thehktpodcast/TRC242_MARTHA_AND_JANELLE.mp3?dest-id=661415","summary":"Martha Gill and Janelle Soukup join The Ride Companion for a powerful conversation about the progression of women's mountain biking, freeride, racing, mentorship and what it takes to build a career in the sport. During this episode Martha Gill, the 2024 Queen of Crankworx and long time Marin Bikes athlete, shares her journey from cross-country racing and Olympic hopeful to enduro, Crankworx, Lucid and helping support the next generation of riders. Janelle Soukup talks through her rapid rise into freeride mountain biking, from selling her ATV to buy her first mountain bike, discovering events like Hannah Bergemann's Hangtime, earning a place at Natural Selection, becoming Whip-Off World Champion and receiving the invite to Red Bull Rampage. Together, Martha and Janelle discuss the pressure of Rampage, fear, progression, sponsorship, the state of women's mountain biking, the importance of opportunity and why the next generation of female riders is pushing the sport further than ever before. This is a proper insight into two women helping shape the future of mountain biking... Of course, BIG thanks to the Marin Bikes team for helping make this episode happen! Episode Sponsors:- - Mudhugger → Get 10% off with code ridecompanion10 at https://www.themudhugger.co.uk - LAKA Insurance: Don't risk it, head to https://laka.co/trc to learn more and get 30 days FREE cover on us! Get early access & ad-free episodes → https://www.patreon.com/theridecompanion You can also support our long term partners: Marin Bikes → marinbikes.com/gb Focus Bikes → focus-bikes.com SRAM: sram.com/en/sram adidas FiveTen: adidas.co.uk/five_ten invisiFrame: 15% off with code REFRESHANDRIDE at invisiframe.co.uk Troy Lee Designs → 10% off with code theridecompanion at saddleback.avln.me/c/OzduCWvjtcOr Manta…","meta_description":"Martha Gill and Janelle Soukup join The Ride Companion for a powerful conversation about the progression of women's mountain biking, freeride, racing, men…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3888,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ride-companion-1105810/episodes/martha-gill-janelle-soukup-on-pioneering-women-s-mtb-while-keeping-it-fun/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ride-companion-1105810/martha-gill-janelle-soukup-on-pioneering-women-s-mtb-while-keeping-it-fun.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}