Rezduro with Germaine Simonson and Marvin James #94

Trail EAffect Episode 94 Rezduro with Germaine Simonson and Marvin James

Episode 94 features Marvin James and Germaine Simonson of Rezduro. Rezduro represents a mountain bike community within the Navajo Nation aka the Diné Tribe of Northern AZ.

Rezduro is the first and only Indigenous-led mountain bike enduro race. We are organized by Diné (Navajo) for Diné on Diné Lands.

• Marvin James
• Hardrock, AZ
• Mending the Hoop
• The impact of Resource Extraction
• 5 Finger Human Being
• Being out of Balance
• The freedom of the bike
• Friday – Youth Day at Rezduro
• How the bike is the new horse
• The Horse Culture
• The Trails Before Us
• How the bike can help with health
• IMBA Trail Labs
• Using Trails for education
• Humans – the most dangerous species on earth
• Our job is to protect the land and preserve the land
• Trail Placement at Rezduro
• Brandon from Dirt Tek Trails bringing us together
• Skill development at Rezduro
• Germaine Simonson
• Rezduro Back Story
• Nigel and his hand-built trails
• Getting the 2022 Event ready
• The importance of food
• Rezduro 2022
• Fry Bread and the importance of this
• The historical perspective of the U.S. Gov’t moving the Navajo Nation
• The Navajo Treaty of 1868
• Nomadic Nature of the Navajo
• The Bosque Redondo Concentration Camp
• The impact of Covid on the Navajo Nation
• Health and Wellness with the Bike
• The Future of Rezduro
• Key Components to Rezduro
• Timing the Reduro with Slaughter Trail Guides
• Nigel the Visionary
• Siihasin Ride – Finish What You Start
• Closing Comments

Links:

Rezduro: https://rezduro.com/

Dirt Tek Trails: https://www.dirttektrails.com/

Soil Searching – The Trails Before Us: https://youtu.be/dWEzoFy8cDQ

Siihasin Ride: https://sihhasinbikeride.com/tour-de-siihasin-1

Siihasin Ride Video by Giant: https://youtu.be/dTtsDlalWww

Slaughter Trail Guides: https://www.slaughtertrailguides.com/

This Podcast has been edited and produced by Evolution Trail Services

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