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I heard Vital Global Media made a compelling offer of $100 cash money, a demo bike SantaCruz may or may not have forgotten about and one set of signed Dak custom bars!

I just want to bump this for posterity. 😘

I saw the wildest thing ever. I saw him testing the bike and there was a bald eagle following him the whole way each lap! It was incredible. Never seen anything like it. The American dream team growing

I'm not even from the USA and I'm stoked as hell for this!

Indeed some great stuff. The ending was hilarious: "Arnold said he did not regret his decision to sell a majority stake in the company he called his “life’s work” while maintaining a 35 per cent stake. 'My money is in the company and I am glad about this: the best is still ahead of us.'" I BET you don't regret cashing out at an insane valuation! I mean seriously, at €800M, assuming the €63M EBTIDA in 2021 was accurate - that would a 12.7x multiple for a highly cyclical business that was already generating EBTIDA margins 50% higher than the...

I think we can stop the circle jerk and everyone pulling each others Dak’s. What a move for Jess Blewitt, such an opportunity to grow into an even more amazing racer

Personally I find Dakotah a heck of a lot easier to relate to than someone like Jackson. Just a hard working dude from a similar part of the same country as me, also with questionable hair styles, that has overcome some adversity and doesn't mind getting his hands dirty at home. Nothing against Jackson, but his story is so far out of my realm that its just... not very interesting.

Dak liked a picture of my dog on IG, so he's good in my book.

Saving it from burn out. Sammy has worked through mental struggles and RED-S in her past and a sabbatical will give her the chance to recharge for the future.

The unspoken assumption here is that we should be rooting for athletes on the basis of their accomplishments, but that’s not at all how sports fandom works. Just rooting for the guy who you think will win isn’t fandom, it’s gambling without money. Dak’s the homie and I’ll be cheering for him even if he’s DFL.

The podcast plays a big oart in It, at least for me (I'm a spaniard). You get a look behind the scenes and to "live" the WC thru his eyes, so there is a familiarity that others don't have, add to that he is a cool cat , normal dude and you get why he's loved around these parts. In a sense he is a Vital Rider.

Also not American. I really started to follow Dak after hearing him on the pod and getting the behind the scenes look at the World Cup circus. I'm way more interested in those details than I am in the highly polished WB stuff. Same reason I liked Moi Moi, Wyn and Ed.

His contributions to the B-Practice podcast are probably a big reason that Vital favors him (Just like people here love Jesse M. because he actually posts in the forum periodically). It makes them feel like they're "one of your own." Shocking... do good PR things that expand your audience and let people get to know you... and you increase your fan base and marketability. I think people really appreciate his perspective, combined with Tanner and Jason, on the races and racing in general. It's one of the more interesting podcasts to me. On top of that, his journey over the...

Dak said on the new pod that he was gonna troll us with a bike in the background that Frida will be riding this year. So Frida will be on AG's setup this year it looks like. Not surprising considering they're friends and she spent a lot of time in the pits with them last season. It will be cool to see what she can do with some more support. She's been on the cusp a lot over the last few years and with less stress of logistics (although maybe a lot of PHD stress still) she might be able...

Spy shots of the new Syncros DH cockpit for Dak!

Looks like he’s still got the monster bars on the new bike!

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" Today we are here to talk about Dak food streams for 2026. Dak is going to be frying for Fruitworks Raisins with New Muesli . A true American cream team that is almost too good to be true ..."

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Now it all makes sense!