We at all times publish our personal New 12 months’s resolutions, however this yr we determined to ask a few of our favorite professional riders what their targets are this season as effectively.
Kate Courtney
What’s the largest lesson you realized in 2020?
The most important lesson I realized from 2020 is that the outcomes of my efforts have at all times been unsure, but when I proceed to give attention to the method day by day and decide to giving my greatest as an athlete and particular person – I no less than give myself an opportunity at attaining my desires and studying lots alongside the way in which.
What’s your sporting purpose for 2021?
My focus for 2021 is squarely on the Olympic Video games and delivering my greatest efficiency in Tokyo.
What’s your New 12 months’s decision?
Intention: Consider within the imaginative and prescient. Concentrate on the method. Belief the following proper step.
Certainly one of my resolutions: Stroll my doggo Monte day by day that I’m house!
Brook Macdonald
What’s the largest lesson you realized in 2020?
Studying to stroll once more
What’s your sporting purpose for 2021?
To be on the sharp finish of racing once more
What’s your New 12 months’s decision?
Practice even tougher than I did in 2020
Jesse Melamed
What’s the largest lesson you realized in 2020?
To drift with positivity.
What’s your sporting purpose for 2021?
I wish to make my #1 official.
What’s your New 12 months’s decision?
I haven’t got something particular, simply steady self-improvement.
Haley Smith
What’s the largest lesson you realized in 2020?
I realized a LOT of classes, throughout all spectrums of life. I realized about my capability, my goal, the significance of group… the record goes on. However all of those classes have been realized not directly via failure. It’s extra enjoyable to replicate on the (rarer) classes realized via success, so I’ll share a kind of: in 2020, I realized that I really, actually, like to trip my bike.
Since I began driving, I’ve at all times raced. So on a really apparent degree, driving has at all times been about coaching in some kind or one other. I’ve typically requested myself, “Do I really like what I do? Or is the day by day trip only a means to succeed in an goal?”. This yr, I had the liberty to coach in another way – extra journey, extra exploration, extra “driving by really feel” – and I spotted that I really like to be on bikes. Mountain, gravel, highway… even the indoor coach typically (who would have guessed that?!). In a approach, COVID gave me the present of a re-awakened love for my bike and the chances it represents each day. I’ve lengthy harboured a secret fear that once I cease racing, I received’t hold driving. However this yr confirmed me that I adore it sufficient that driving will at all times be part of my life.
What’s your sporting purpose for 2021?
I’m capturing for lots of issues in 2021. I’ve many course of or skill-related targets that I’m actually motivated to work on, like enhancing fluidity on descents and the mindset I carry to challenges. By way of efficiency targets, I’m hoping to be on the Olympics in Tokyo and would love to face on one other World Cup podium. I really had a dream final night time that I received a medal on the Video games, so it’s protected to say the hearth is stoked!
What’s your New 12 months’s decision?
My New 12 months’s Decision most likely sounds a bit of corny to most, nevertheless it’s this: “to decide on positivity and happiness each day”. I don’t imply that I need to be glad day by day, however relatively actively select a optimistic lens to see issues via. I’ve gone via waves of being extra habitually optimistic/detrimental all through my life, and COVID has tipped me in direction of the detrimental bias a bit of bit. With the ability to see the great in issues makes every part higher and extra manageable, in order that’s my purpose for the brand new yr.
Pauline Ferrand-Prevot
What’s the largest lesson you realized in 2020?
“Belief the method.” My principal lesson, which means it’s important to be affected person (an enormous problem for me!)… and to just accept dropping to realize higher victories.
What’s your sporting purpose for 2021?
Positively, the Olympic Video games.
What’s your New 12 months’s decision?
Keep away from the New 12 months’s decision and begin your journey day by day.
Casey Brown
What’s the largest lesson you realized in 2020?
Largest lesson was to decelerate and take a tough have a look at the way in which we’ve been residing for thus lengthy, Covid has made me understand I used to be blinded by the ever quickening tempo of life.
What’s your sporting purpose for 2021?
My purpose is to get higher on my Ticket DJ exhausting tail.
What’s your New 12 months’s decision?
New Years decision is to spend extra time with household and be a greater listener.
Remy Metailler
What’s the largest lesson you realized in 2020?
With the ability to adapt (quick) is totally key for any jobs or industries particularly throughout these occasions.
What’s your sporting purpose for 2021?
Engaged on my weaknesses to maintain changing into a greater rider. Observe makes excellent proper?
What’s your New 12 months’s decision?
Spend extra time driving on a Downhill bike!
Andreane Lanthier Nadeau
What’s the largest lesson you realized in 2020?
Nothing needs to be taken with no consideration! Dwelling distant from my household in our stunning (however massive) nation I at all times took with no consideration that I might hop on a aircraft and see them at any moments discover, that was challenged in 2020. Identical for travelling to Europe and all of the wonderful nations we get to see with racing. I 110% took with no consideration that I might be in South America, Europe, and different locations this yr. Even hugging your shut pals shouldn’t be taken with no consideration!
What’s your sporting purpose for 2021?
I’d wish to win an EWS.
What’s your New 12 months’s decision?
Eat extra chips than final yr (don’t take something with no consideration). Haha, severely I work greatest with small targets that I accomplish over set intervals of time, greatest case situation they stick round and turn into habits. If not then they return into the “rotational targets” and are available again round. So I don’t know what I’ll be engaged on within the New 12 months’s however there’s gonna be a purpose of some type.
Johny Salido
What’s the largest lesson you realized in 2020?
The most important lesson I realized in 2020 is you can take nothing with no consideration and that I need to admire each second, alternative or expertise at its fullest as a result of we don’t know what’s occurring tomorrow.
What’s your sporting purpose for 2021?
My principal sporting purpose for 2021 is to make a mark for Latin American Freeride with my upcoming occasion: Freeride Fiesta. Host the perfect riders on the planet for per week of fine occasions, make the occasion sponsors proud and encourage younger upcoming riders to pursue their desires. And in addition in the identical degree of significance, get a wildcard invite for Rampage 2021 and get redemption.
What’s your New 12 months’s decision?
My New 12 months’s decision is to attempt to stay within the second at all times. Stay someday at a time and benefit from the nice alternatives I’ve in my profession proper now.
Miranda Miller
What’s the largest lesson you realized in 2020?
Life sucks and then you definately die. Simply kidding, I already knew that. As for a severe reply, maybe it’s extra of a reminder than lesson, however 2020 proved once more the significance of recognizing all of the rad issues and alternatives that I’ve proper at my doorstep. Much less is definitely extra and it’s vital to give attention to our wants and never simply our desires.
What’s your sporting purpose for 2021?
I suppose to reply merely, to maintain evolving as an athlete.
What’s your New 12 months’s decision?
I ought to most likely give up smoking all these cigarettes. Once more, a joke… To be completely trustworthy I’ve by no means made a New Years Decision, if I’ve it was most likely simply to reply certainly one of this stuff! I’m a motivated particular person and my each day life is already very purpose oriented.
Isabeau Courdurier
What’s the largest lesson you realized in 2020?
The most important lesson I learnt from 2020 is you can’t management what’s out of your attain, however you may adapt to take care of it. It was exhausting to maintain coaching and pushing with all of our targets taken away, however ultimately it was like testing my final purpose of getting higher every day.
What’s your sporting purpose for 2021?
My principal purpose is first to get again from my ankle damage at 100%. My principal focus for subsequent yr would be the Enduro World Collection, however I wish to diversify my racing too with some downhill and E-bike races.
What’s your New 12 months’s decision?
I are inclined to make resolutions originally of every month, so New 12 months’s ones for me are like my resolutions for the month. But when I had to decide on one for the yr it could be to be extra form with myself. 2020 was such a curler coaster I used to be very exhausting on myself each time I used to be not motivated sufficient. However a part of the method is to permit your self to not be okay all the time. And 2020 confirmed me I am unable to management every part and I used to be upset not to have the ability to. So my principal resolutions for 2021 is to just accept these days the place I’m not a hundred percent okay and take advantage of out of it with out judging myself.
