Kurt Sorge is featured in Anthill Films' new movie, Follow Me. Check out the footage from his section and get to know about more about this Canadian mountain biker from this interview.
From Anthill Films: Last week Kurt Sorge, Geoff Gulevich, Jordie Lunn and Graham Agassiz
dropped by the Anthill office on their way up to Whistler. Since we
were just putting the finishing touches on Kurt’s rider profile for
Follow Me, we thought it might be cool to ask him a few questions to go
with it. Here’s what Sorge had to say for himself. Enjoy.
Q: Where’s home?
A: Nelson BC
Q: Favorite riding location?
Kamloops. The riding there is just so much fun. The trails are fast
and flowy, there’s lots of big jumps and a good crew of people to ride
with. It’s basically dessert terrain so you’ve got these wide-open,
fully-pinned trails. Also it’s really easy to build jumps there. You
try to build a big jump anywhere else and it takes forever – digging
through roots and rocks, building with wood – in Kamloops it’s like
building snowboard booters. Everything just goes up so fast.
Q: Describe the mountain bike world that you’re a part of.
A: It’s just a tight crew of really good friends that are also pro
riders. We all ride and train together. Go to the same contests. We
want to try to keep the “mountain” in mountain biking. I like doing
tricks but want to make sure I keep true to what mountain biking is.
You might as well ride a BMX if you’re just doing tricks on a small
mountain bike that is basically a BMX. A real mountain bike is supposed
to be ridden in the mountains.
Q: Favorite trick?
My favorite trick to do is probably a super-seater. And I really
like to watch super-flips.
Q: Favorite Contest?
A: Chatel Mountain Style. The organizers over there are super rad –
they take really good care of you. The course is awesome – it’s a mix
between slopestyle and big mountain. And the whole atmosphere there is
really cool because it’s in a small European town up in the mountains.
Q: How many days on the bike this year?
A: Ummm 5 days a week for most of the year. I’d say about 200.
Q: What keeps you motivated?
A: Watching everyone’s’ movie segments gets me motivated. Action
motivates me a lot to get out there, ride fast and learn new tricks.
Read the rest of the interview, along with some photos from Kurt's session here. Check out the Anthill Films website for more info about Follow Me.