Process, Self-Belief, and the Bike as Teacher with Braydon Bringhurst

About this episode

Braydon Bringhurst discusses the deeper lessons learned from mountain biking and the importance of process and self-belief.

In this episode of outside Is Magic, I sit down with Braydon Bringhurst, a professional mountain biker, filmmaker, public speaker, father, and the founder of the Hard MTB League. You may know him from his film 8,600 Feet, but this conversation goes well beyond the bike. This one is about process. About what it actually takes to overcome something hard, and what the bike can teach you when you treat it as more than a sport. We talk about turning pain into action, building self-belief through ...

People in this episode

Host: Christopher San Agustin

Guest: Braydon Bringhurst

Topics covered

• process
• self-belief
• mountain biking
• overcoming challenges
• pain into action

Keywords

• mountain biking
• self-belief
• process
• pain
• action
• Braydon Bringhurst
• 8,600 Feet

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hard MTB League

Books & works: 8,600 Feet

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