Kat Sweet of Sweetlines (#48)

Trail EAffect Episode 48 Kat Sweet of Sweetlines

This episode first aired on November 29th, 2021 on Mountain Bike Radio

Topics Covered:

• The Kat Sweet Back story and how she got into mountain biking
• Kat’s career with Alpine Skiing / Skiercross / Big Mountain Skiing
• How Skiing shaped her future for Mountain Biking
• The Evolution of Mountain Bike Coaching from the early days to today, and how Kat became a coach
• Kid Specific Coaching at Sweetlines and working with kids
• The Sweetlines Story
• The different programs with Sweetlines
• Promoting and expanding Racial Equity and DE&I* as part of Sweetlines and how this is working in Kat’s Area
• Training Coaches to help with DE&I* and the quest towards constant improvement
• The contrast of Seattle, WA vs Marin Co, CA where Kat learned to Mountain Bike
• How Duthie Hill has changed the dynamic of mountain biking in the Seattle Area
• Mountains Not Necessary for Mountain Biking
• Sweetlines and the planning for 2022
• Closing

*Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: DE&I

Links:

Kat Sweet Bio: https://sweetlines.com/kat-sweets-bio/

Sweetlines: https://sweetlines.com/

As a Young Black Man Speech by Morris Vasser: https://youtu.be/I9DdKdk2peE

Sweetlines Grow: https://sweetlines.com/grow/

Duthie Hill: https://www.evergreenmtb.org/trails/duthie-hill

 

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