{"id":169094,"date":"2021-05-04T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=169094"},"modified":"2021-05-07T15:36:27","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T22:36:27","slug":"grow-cycling-with-eliot-jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/grow-cycling-with-eliot-jackson","title":{"rendered":"Grow Cycling with Eliot Jackson"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"200px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/dd8f66de-06ed-46c6-a768-8dfdc0adb8a9?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wild-ideas-worth-living.simplecast.com\/episodes\/grow-cycling-with-eliot-jackson\/transcript\">Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professional mountain biker, Eliot Jackson, is no stranger to reaching big goals. He started riding motorcycles before he was in kindergarten, and ended up becoming a child motocross athlete. He won five national motocross national championships during his youth. When Eliot was 15 years old, he decided to retire from motocross.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few years later, Eliot took up mountain biking and had the wild idea to become a professional downhill mountain bike athlete. In his seven year career, Eliot became one of the top three downhill mountain bikers in the US.&nbsp; Now, he is conquering a new dream. Eliot recently started a non-profit called Grow Cycling Foundation, which is an organization that is making mountain biking more accessible to youth in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Connect with Eliot and Grow Cycling Foundation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/growcyclingfoundation.org\/\">Website<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/growcyclingfoundation\">Facebook<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/eliotjackson\/\">Instagram (Eliot)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/growcyclingfoundation\/\">Instagram (Grow Cycling Foundation)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Season Sponsor:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ford.com\/\">Ford<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Episode Sponsor:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teva.com\/\">Teva&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/sonos.com\/\">Sonos<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transcript Professional mountain biker, Eliot Jackson, is no stranger to reaching big goals. He started riding motorcycles before he was in kindergarten, and ended up becoming a child motocross athlete. He won five national motocross national championships during his youth. 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