Chris Ball – Shaping the future of Enduro and Downhill Mountain Bike racing.

From En Roue Libre: “Chris Ball is VP of Cycling Events at WBD Sports which ensures the promotion, TV production and broadcast of the UCI Mountain Bike World Series.

Chris is no stranger to Mountain Bike competition and its evolution.

Since 2011, He has worked with Fred Glo and Enrico Guala on the development of the Enduro World Series which is now known as the Enduro World Cup, or EDR.

Since 2022, he is at the front to lead the future of the UCI Mountain Bike World Series with WBD Sports. I had the chance to sit with Chris during the World Cup in Les Gets in July and ask him all the questions that I wanted to ask him, and probably some of yours.

In this episode, expect to hear about:

• – The future of enduro racing and the difficult compromise between keeping the sport core and bringing coverage on it.
• – What to expect from the first Enduro World Championships in Val di Fassa.
• – His thoughts about Snowbike World Championships, Urban downhill and about a potential world championship in this discipline too.
• – How he sees the future format of downhill racing, and its effects on the riders and teams, from grassroots to elite
• – His thoughts on the protesting of slopestyle riders about prize money and how dowhnill and enduro racers could benefit from it.

And much more.”