Claire Buchar's guest appearances

Claire Buchar

Downtime - The Mountain Bike Podcast

The New Standard Podcast - Ilan Rotenberg

The Lawless Podcast

DONUTS & BIKES: The Mountain Bike Coaching Podcast

Jack Russell

James Anderson

Hans Rey

Greg Minnaar

Leigh Donovan

Joe Smith

Matt Walker

John Hall

Jamie Scott

Rob Copeland

Shaun Hughes

Aaron Gwin

Laura Robson

Simon Burney

Greg Callaghan

OwlTail

Becoming a World Cup Racer involves much more than learning to be a good rider. Coaching at the highest level is more than just teaching.  Claire Buchar knows these things.  She shreds harder post-World Cup, rides smoother than most, keeps it humble, and enjoys a good (vegan) donut.We sat down with the Canadian mountain bike legend to discuss her formative experiences as a racer, and how she has translated those learnings into coaching, and, life in general.Claire's resume runs deep and includes multiple National Championships and a World Champion Bronze Medal. Her unique journey has much to teach aspiring racers and coaches alike about the power being your authentic self.  In this episode we discuss:What inspired Claire to start mountain bikingHer early years of racingRacing as a privateer How her racing shaped who she isCompetition and egoChallenges of being a top athleteTransitioning from racing to coachingLearning to coachHow racing experience influences coachingThe power of skills based teachingThe mental side of trainingKids these days! Claire's favorite donutDISCLAIMER The views, thoughts and opinions expressed by Donuts &amp; Bikes - The Mountain Bike Coaching Podcast are solely those of the authors, Kristian Jackson and Paul Howard and their guests, and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the PMBIA, or any other company, person or organization mentioned or included in the podcast. Any content provided by our guests or authors are of their opinion, and are not intended to malign any religion, ethic group, club, organization, company, individual, or anyone or anything. THIS PODCAST &amp; IT'S AUTHORS DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF ANY INDIVIDUAL'S USE OF, REFERENCE TO, RELIANCE ON, OR INABILITY TO USE, THIS PODCAST OR THE INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THIS PODCAST.Have you checked us out on Instagram and told your mates, yet? Well, get on it! @donutsandbikes

Becoming a World Cup Racer involves much more than learning to be a good rider. Coaching at the highest level is more than just teaching.  Claire Buchar knows these things.  She shreds harder post-World Cup, rides smoother than most, keeps it humble, and enjoys a good (vegan) donut. We sat down with the Canadian mountain bike legend to discuss her formative experiences as a racer, and how she has translated those learnings into coaching, and, life in general. Claire's resume runs deep and includes multiple National Championships and a World Champion Bronze Medal. Her unique journey has much to teach aspiring racers and coaches alike about the power being your authentic self.   In this episode we discuss:<ul><li>What inspired Claire to start mountain biking</li><li>Her early years of racing</li><li>Racing as a privateer </li><li>How her racing shaped who she is</li><li>Competition and ego</li><li>Challenges of being a top athlete</li><li>Transitioning from racing to coaching</li><li>Learning to coach</li><li>How racing experience influences coaching</li><li>The power of skills based teaching</li><li>The mental side of training</li><li>Kids these days! </li><li>Claire's favorite donut</li></ul> DISCLAIMER  The views, thoughts and opinions expressed by Donuts &amp; Bikes - The Mountain Bike Coaching Podcast are solely those of the authors, Kristian Jackson and Paul Howard and their guests, and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the PMBIA, or any other company, person or organization mentioned or included in the podcast. Any content provided by our guests or authors are of their opinion, and are not intended to malign any religion, ethic group, club, organization, company, individual, or anyone or anything.  THIS PODCAST &amp; IT'S AUTHORS DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF ANY INDIVIDUAL'S USE OF, REFERENCE TO, RELIANCE ON, OR INABILITY TO USE, THIS PODCAST OR THE INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THIS PODCAST. Have you checked us out on Instagram and told your mates, yet? Well, get on it! <a href="https://www.instagram.com/donutsandbikes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@donutsandbikes</a>

Learning to Coach from a World Cup Racing Career - A Conversation with Claire Buchar

Claire and I were born in the same year, the year of the horse, and according to the Chinese zodiac, it symbolizes Power, beauty, and freedom—all qualities I see in Claire. I’ve been looking at Claire for two decades. We used to work on the same block in Whistler, and I’ve always thought of her as a gentle being. And I always thought she was gentle until she straddles a bike… but upon interviewing her, I realized that her true strength and longevity come from her smooth style. Claire is calculated and artful in how she lives, bikes and speaks.    She had a great amount of loss in her teenage years and channelled all of that into being a racer, biker, mentor and friend. I know adversity is what shapes us… but many of her stories break my heart a little. And I know that is life, and nobody exits with a fully intact heart.    This is an hour of real talk with Claire Buchar, and I feel we’re just scratching the surface. A second part is probably growing somewhere.   Enjoy.

Claire and I were born in the same year, the year of the horse, and according to the Chinese zodiac, it symbolizes Power, beauty, and freedom—all qualities I see in Claire. I’ve been looking at Claire for two decades. We used to work on the same block in Whistler, and I’ve always thought of her as a gentle being. And I always thought she was gentle until she straddles a bike… but upon interviewing her, I realized that her true strength and longevity come from her smooth style. Claire is calculated and artful in how she lives, bikes and speaks.  She had a great amount of loss in her teenage years and channelled all of that into being a racer, biker, mentor and friend. I know adversity is what shapes us… but many of her stories break my heart a little. And I know that is life, and nobody exits with a fully intact heart.  This is an hour of real talk with Claire Buchar, and I feel we’re just scratching the surface. A second part is probably growing somewhere. Enjoy.

Claire Buchar on Life, Bikes, Adversity & Growing as a Human

Claire Buchar is an inspiring lady, with a background in World Cup DH, and a World Champs bronze medal to her name, she now works for Chromag Bikes and coaches at Kovarik Racing. In this episode you'll find out more about Claire's story, what drives her, and some of the huge challenges that she has had to overcome in order achieve everything that she has. This is well worth a listen, so you know what to do!This episode of the podcast is supported by CushCore. Our recent episode with their inventor and founder, Adam Krefting, is available here. These inserts are more than just a rim protector, giving improved damping, better cornering support, lower rolling resistance and an improved ability to roll through chunky terrain. They are used by riders like EWS star Martin Maes, and 3x World DH champ Loic Bruni. You can find out more at cushcore.com, or over on Instagram @cushcore.This episode of the podcast is also supported by The Trailhead Bicycle Company in Shrewsbury, UK. The Trailhead is an awesome bike shop, with a great team of staff, headed up by main man Sandy Plenty. We released an episode with Sandy last year which you can find here. The Trailhead have an awesome shop ride every Tuesday at 6.45pm, where you can ride the best trails in the area with a great mixed bunch of riders. You can find the details on their social media accounts (links below).You can find The Trailhead Bicycle Company at www.thetrailhead.co.uk on Instagram @the_trailhead_bicycle_co, on Facebook @thetrailheadbicyclecompany, and you can find Sandy here @sandy_plentyIf you are enjoying the podcast, then don't forget to subscribe. It's free, and it means you'll get every episode delivered to your device as soon as it's available. All the links you need are at downtimepodcast.com/subscribe. You can also find us on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio and most of the podcast apps out there.To follow Claire on Instagram, head to @claire_buchar, and you can check out Kovarik Racing at kovarikracing.com.You can show your support for the podcast by getting yourself a t-shirt, hoodie, sweatshirt or mug from downtimepodcast.com/shopIf you want to share tips and advice with other podcast listeners on anything mountain bike related, you can join our Facebook group, head to www.facebook.com/groups/mtbperformance/ request permission to join the group and get involved!Our back catalogue of amazing episodes is available at downtimepodcast.com/episodesPhoto - Petri Films

Claire Buchar is an inspiring lady, with a background in World Cup DH, and a World Champs bronze medal to her name, she now works for Chromag Bikes and coaches at Kovarik Racing. In this episode you'll find out more about Claire's story, what drives her, and some of the huge challenges that she has had to overcome in order achieve everything that she has. This is well worth a listen, so you know what to do! This episode of the podcast is supported by CushCore. Our recent episode with their inventor and founder, Adam Krefting, is available here. These inserts are more than just a rim protector, giving improved damping, better cornering support, lower rolling resistance and an improved ability to roll through chunky terrain. They are used by riders like EWS star Martin Maes, and 3x World DH champ Loic Bruni. You can find out more at <a href="http://cushcore.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cushcore.com</a>, or over on Instagram @cushcore. This episode of the podcast is also supported by The Trailhead Bicycle Company in Shrewsbury, UK. The Trailhead is an awesome bike shop, with a great team of staff, headed up by main man Sandy Plenty. We released an episode with Sandy last year which you can find here. The Trailhead have an awesome shop ride every Tuesday at 6.45pm, where you can ride the best trails in the area with a great mixed bunch of riders. You can find the details on their social media accounts (links below). You can find The Trailhead Bicycle Company at <a href="http://www.thetrailhead.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.thetrailhead.co.uk</a> on Instagram @the_trailhead_bicycle_co, on Facebook @thetrailheadbicyclecompany, and you can find Sandy here @sandy_plenty If you are enjoying the podcast, then don't forget to subscribe. It's free, and it means you'll get every episode delivered to your device as soon as it's available. All the links you need are at <a href="http://downtimepodcast.com/subscribe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">downtimepodcast.com/subscribe</a>. You can also find us on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio and most of the podcast apps out there. To follow Claire on Instagram, head to @claire_buchar, and you can check out Kovarik Racing at <a href="http://kovarikracing.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kovarikracing.com</a>. You can show your support for the podcast by getting yourself a t-shirt, hoodie, sweatshirt or mug from <a href="http://downtimepodcast.com/shop" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">downtimepodcast.com/shop</a> If you want to share tips and advice with other podcast listeners on anything mountain bike related, you can join our Facebook group, head to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/mtbperformance/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/groups/mtbperformance/</a> request permission to join the group and get involved! Our back catalogue of amazing episodes is available at <a href="http://downtimepodcast.com/episodes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">downtimepodcast.com/episodes</a> Photo - Petri Films

Claire Buchar – Driven to Succeed