Graduating High School While Racing World Cup Downhill – Lucas DeDora

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#USDH ripper, Lucas DeDora, shares his story of going from a diehard XC grom to his first year racing World Cup Downhill. In the middle of the season, Lucas graduated high school and managed to hit 19 different races around the globe. Jack Rice was there all summer with Lucas as photographer for Transition Factory Racing and they talk about the highs and the lows of it all.

Podcast contents
0:00 – “I wanted to be Nino Schurter”
4:44 – School and finding enduro
11:54 – Racing his first National Champs with a torn ACL
24:32 – Early DH career
32:20 – Aiming for the World Cup with Pro Builds Team
39:57 – Being friends with and racing against Asa Vermette
42:33 – Dealing with injuries and P.T.
50:24 – First European World Cup season and the Ft Bill Crash
59:15 – Poland and his last physical day of school
1:05:56 – Val di Sole struggles and Valentina Roa Sanchez
1:11:30 – Graduating high school mid-season
1:19:00 – Junior World Cup Les Gets race day canceled
1:25:04 – Getting on Transition Factory Racing
1:30:25 – National Champs, Rest in Peace Scott Huntley
1:36:17 – Competing in 19 races, Joakim and World Champs
1:44:33 – Loudenvielle and weather issues, Recovery, US Open, MSA
1:57:50 – 2025, no contract and the USDH scene and World Cup challenges   Read More Vital MTB 

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