Cam McCaul Interview
Written by: Cam McCaul
Cam McCaul is hands down one of the most famous mountain bike riders around and catching up with him is no easy feat. Our forum boards compiled a bunch of questions for him and when he wasn’t jet setting around the world this year, he was able to take the time to answer them all. Thanks for taking the time to answer all of these Cam!
Enjoy the words and pictures by Sterling Lorence inside,
You inspire so many riders of all ages and all abilities , BUT who inspires you?
When I first started riding, there wasn’t really a freeride scene like there is now and I was really into racing. There were two riders that inspired me big time and those guys were Aaron Chase and Kirt Voreis. When I’d watch those guys ride, it was obvious that there was so much more going on with them than the pursuit of the finish line. Every move their bikes made was interesting to me because there was creativity to their approach. You’d never take your eyes off Kirt during a race-run cuz he could chuck a 360 at any time without warning, and if there was any down-time in the pits, Chase would be riding backwards down some stairs or fuf’ing a fence. They were obviously more concerned with having fun on their bikes than anything else, so I started following them in videos and I haven’t stopped since.
One bike, one location, one day. What, where and when?
I’d probably hit up Highland mountain bike park on a day that Smutok just finished buttering up a huge set of dirt jumps to be abused on a slopestyle bike.
Who’s your favorite rider(s) to ride with?
My normal crew to ride with when I’m home is my brother, Ryan Howard, Alex Reveles, Greg Watts, and Jamie Goldman (but Jamie just moved to Bend-over Oregon). That’s the usual crew along with a ton of others who are getting better by the day.
If you had to do anything other than mountain biking for a living, what would it be?
I’d be a Lion Whisperer, a weather man, or a fire truck.
What was your first trick that you landed that really stoked you out and what trick stokes you out now?
Believe it or not, when I did my first no-footer, I was pretty damn amazed. It was crazy to look down at my pedals and not see any feet on them. I’ve come a long way since then, so it’s tougher to get that same feeling. Now it’s all about Frontflips, double-whips, and superflips… basically anything that ends in “ip.”
