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We chat with Claudio Caluori about pump tracks, concussion, and why he isn't doing the course preview at the 2018 Fort William World Cup.
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hey everyone it's will here from single
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track magazine and we're here at the
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2018 Fort William World Cup and I have a
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gentleman next to me here claudo kri say
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hello hello you have such a nice mic I
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needed to sing please don't let me stop
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you I was
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wonderful last time uh I think last time
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we saw you uh you made a wonderful video
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for us uh with a wheelbarrow your uncle
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yeah yeah you uh you took out the award
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for personality of the year so
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congratulations thank you thank you now
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we're here um in more usual surroundings
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here at the Fort William World Cup but
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um you're not doing the the usual course
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preview so can you tell us why that is
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um why you're not doing that this
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weekend well maybe a lesson for a lot of
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guys out there it's um I had a crash on
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my head at uh GoPro run in Croatia and
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uh we we thought it was only a normal
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concussion so I didn't really well you
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know had couple of them in the past so I
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knew how to deal with them or thought I
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knew how to deal with so I was just
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sitting it out at home not doing too
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much still doing some stuff but the
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headaches just got worse and worse and
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then a week
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ago I I got dizzy and thought I really
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should go check it out at the hospital
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so that was four weeks after the crash
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wow and then uh they found out that my
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whole head was full of blood my like so
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like immediately I needed surgery and
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had to drain all that blood out of out
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of my head and so if my commentary this
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week is kind of weird I have an excuse
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you have an excuse a good excuse I think
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yes so yeah maybe maybe for some people
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out there when they crash on their head
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maybe go get it checked out right good
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advice good advice so you are
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commentating this weekend well if I
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don't talk too much nonsense until
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Sunday they might let me yes fantastic
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good be good to have you in the
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commentating Booth again um
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what's uh what's the feelings then
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coming into this weekend's racing
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obviously you're here with the Scott vow
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Solutions team so um there must still be
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excitement there for you even though
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you're perhaps not doing the course
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preview yeah I just need to learn the
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names of my writers
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again ring on the back of your hand it
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helps trust me
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yeah what are their names again uh brain
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dark and um
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gon good good all right 10 points for
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you well done
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and um you've just come back from the
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track walk so you've done that with the
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guys what do you think of the the track
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and the changes to the track this year
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compared to last year well you know I
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heard a lot of criticism about that
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paved rout section but I think you know
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from from over
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there I think I think it's not that bad
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because at least that way it stays as it
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is no matter what the weather does MH I
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mean as last year it just looked
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ridiculous when when half of the field
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didn't get through it because the it was
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so muddy and and your your wheels could
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get stuck in between the roots and now
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no matter what happens it's going to be
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the same for everybody in there and it's
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still rough so it's cool yes have you
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got any uh predictions for this weekend
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both weather and uh and who's going to
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take out the glory well obviously brain
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dog oh yes that's his name yeah I'm I
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made that up now um
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well since Greg is
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out let's stick with brand all right
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good good uh I think that's a good
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recommendation that one yes and for the
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weather I don't trust uh the forecast so
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yeah it's kind of all over the place at
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the moment isn't it yeah thunderstorms
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sun dry wet rain well my assistant
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insists on not insistant assistant
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assistant assist insists on rain so I
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don't trust her either so right okay
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well what we'll be what we'll be I guess
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yeah now um aside from for in World Cup
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I mean your calendar is stacked for this
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year uh can you tell us about some of
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the other events that you've got going
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on um aside from World Cup um
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commentating and uh and going to these
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events well we've got quite a lot of
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pump tracks to build we've just finished
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two in glass go and uh after Leo gang
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I'm going to build one at Travis
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Pastrana's house whoa um um and there
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actually I don't even know how many we
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have on current construction right now I
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would have to go through the lists it's
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it's absolutely nuts but what makes this
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year more exciting than others is that
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we have the Red Bull pump track World
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Championship on those tracks and with
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with 22 races there's going to be one in
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Glasgow on the 30th of June and I hope
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uh you guys are all there uhuh um end of
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this month in Glasgow pump track uh now
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is it the world championship series is
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that the race at the end of June or is
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it a qualifier uh in Glasgow that's a
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qualifier so the fastest four from that
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race will advance to the final uh so the
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fastest four from Glasgow will be able
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to to go that the fastest one from
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Glasgow will even have his flight paid
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wow there you go there you go all right
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all you pump trackers out there Glasgow
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end of June for the qualifier so uh
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there you go you could be going to the
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World Championships you've been uh Trail
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build for a long time is that right yeah
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we started the company 2004 but before
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that you know as a rider you always
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build your own trails and it started in
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99 when I built a track with friends in
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in San Diego California and uh that
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track became a pretty good training
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track for the whole California racing
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scene right and um I I guess that's
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where we really started is and uh I mean
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what's what's Trail building like for
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you what do you love building building
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as far as Trails trails are concerned do
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you love building pump tracks or
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downhill tracks or cross country tracks
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like what do you love
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doing well the work itself I love it all
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but the effect that it that comes with
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it is really the biggest with pump
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tracks like all over the world it's the
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same effect you see a thousand kids
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coming out of their houses no matter
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whether you're in India or in New York
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City it's always the same there's a
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thousand smiling kids and and that just
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keeps me going that's that's a cool
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thing to be a part of yeah I love
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it right on and I mean it's there's a
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real art to it as well because it's all
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about the flow it's all about keeping a
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speed I mean not anyone can just you
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know produce that out of nothing
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right yeah I guess I don't know well we
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do have quite a bit of experience but uh
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yeah I still insist with all of our
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partners worldwide that it's myself
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doing all the
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designs all I see I see the uh the best
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one at work huh well I'm not saying that
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but uh have to make sure I I still have
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some work to do absolutely absolutely
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well Claudia thank you so much for your
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time and uh good luck with commentating
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this weekend and uh you heard it here
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first Bren dog he's got the uh he's he's
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going to be in the hot seat this weekend
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huh yeah I guess I got to kick him out
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if his
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not all righty well thank you very much
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for your time and enjoy the rest of the
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weekend and we'll see you soon thank you
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no worries there you go
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